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Chapter 45 Results of the talks

?The next day, the court envoy Zheng Yi and Huangfu Qian held a "warm and friendly" closed-door talks with Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang and his staff.

However, this has nothing to do with Yuwen Wen. He was training his own personal army in a barracks outside Anlu City. Starting from mid-May, he brought three hundred personal army to fight with the army, eating, living, and even marching and camping together. The names of the three hundred people can be called out now.

"Xiong Da, why is your team at the bottom? Could it be that I have been too irritated with my wife when I got home these days?" Yuwen Wen looked at the three dejected men in front of him and cursed. The five personal soldiers around him, including Chen Wudi and five others laughed.

After two months of training, the practice of the 300-person army has now reached the spear stab stage. Today is the passionate spear stab competition: a wooden block is placed on the left, middle and right of a cross-shaped wooden stake. Each team of soldiers at the same time outputs the wooden blocks at the designated position at the same time. Which team does not stab or fails to hit the command is at least the first.

Yuwen Wen divided his personal army into six teams, each with fifty people, each team with two team deputy team members. He set up fifty cross wooden stakes in the camp to practice spear stabbing, before.

The three people in front of him were the team leader and the two teams were the team deputy. The eldest son of Xiong's family was named Xiong Da, so Yuwen Wen called him Xiong Da. The third team under his command was at the bottom of today's game and was responsible for washing the whole army's smelly clothes and socks according to the rules.

"Monday Duke, I won't be there next time!" The Bear team was clenching their fists. After the army returned to Anlu, Xiyang County Duke gave the entire army five days off to let them go home to reunite. As a result, many people did not come back to their senses after returning to the team, which led to their condition deterioration. He decided to work overtime to train the boys in the team.

Yuwen Wen nodded and asked the team commanders and deputy team members of the other five teams to come in: "From today, the training will be carried out for three months in accordance with the rules set by this official, and the military affairs will be under the responsibility of Chen Zhuang."

The master of the pagoda was a common military position during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. A building had a force of about 500. Yuwen Wen appointed Chen Wudi as the master of his personal army, and the other four personal soldiers assisted in training the new army together.

"It's still the same rule. Don't beat and scold soldiers at will, and don't deduct military pay!" Yuwen Wen changed his smile and said sternly, "I may have to go out for several months. All matters will be resolved by Master Chen Zhuang and the four deputy. If I come back and find someone committing a crime, I will never give up!"

"Get order!" Everyone saluted and agreed.

Fully armed off-road four-mile road, spear-sprinting and spear-sprinting are the training subjects for the personal soldiers in the next three months. In order to stimulate the enthusiasm for training, the first and second ones can add meat to their meals, and the fifth and sixth ones can do chores.

Chen Wudi and others had no experience in training troops, but Yuwen Wen let them do it, which was considered training talents. After arranging various matters, Yuwen Wen walked out of the barracks and came to the side of the martial arts field.

In the martial arts field, Yuwen Shiwu and "Ripple Demon" Zhang Yu were fighting fiercely in armor. Yuwen Shiwu used a wooden long knife to Zhang Yu used a wooden short knife. The rule of the competition was that only weapons can be used but not hands and feet.

The two sides fought each other for a while and then collided again. After a few rounds, Yuwen Shiwu was pushed by Zhang Yu with a short knife.

"I've left and I've gone back to have a meal." Yu Wen Wen called the two of them over, "How is the outcome?"

Yuwen Shiwu was dejected: "I didn't win once." Zhang Yu just giggled beside him. Yuwen Wen asked them to change their armor and follow him back to the city. The three of them rode their horses and walked out of the barracks slowly, and the camp gate was then closed tightly.

"You are not a master of swordsmanship and you will be defeated!" Seeing Yuwen Shiwu listless Yuwen Wen was full of contempt, "You want to compare the skills that are licking blood on the knife's head?"

These days, Yuwen Shiwu and Zhang Yu had time to fight and suffered a fight, but they all failed without any surprises. He was good at fighting in groups, but his sword skills were not very hard to be tempered. Compared with Zhang Yu's sword skills that he used blood to fight on the battlefield with Xiangyang naval warships since childhood.

Zhang Yu's eldest brother, Gun Li, was dying in the battle of Xiangyang, leaving behind the orphan widow's wife Zhang and youngest son. Although Zhang Yu gave all the rewards Wang Yi's head to her and her mother and son to live a worry-free life, orphan widow's mother is always inconvenient and easy to be bullied.

Seeing that Zhang was upright and diligent, Yuwen Wen asked her to go to his mansion to listen to his wife's orders. Zhang brought her youngest son to Anlu to live in Xiyang County Duke's Mansion. Anyway, there are many empty rooms in his mansion, which is a rise in popularity, and having children is a good omen.

‘Soul Dan, and Chifan worked hard for so long, but there was no movement!’ When Yuwen Wen thought of this, he became depressed.

Seeing that his sister-in-law was taken care of, Zhang Yu was not afraid of being bullied, and he was devoted to serving Yuwen Wen. He had only learned how to ride a horse in recent days, so he did not dare to ride a horse and whip it. He followed the man to slowly walk into the city.

"Oh, isn't this Xu Langjun?" Yuwen Wen saw the 'acquaintance' on the streets of Anlu - Xu Shao and Xu Sizong, the son of the governor of Yuezhou. He was taking his old servant shopping.

"It turns out that it is Xiyang County Duke, Xu Shao is courteous." Xu Shao bowed in a humble and arrogant manner. He and Yuwen Wen made a bet: If Yang Jian would kill Zhao, Chen, Yue, Dai, and Teng, who were staying in Chang'an within the year, use any excuses to kill Xu Shao, take off his nakedness and run around Anlu for three laps, and Yuwen Wen will run away.

"With half a year left, Xu Langjun needs to exercise more and not go to the end of the lap and get cold, which is a bad thing."

"I will return the original words, so please help the county magistrate to exercise more."

......

In the afternoon, the "friendly consultation" between the court and Anzhou continued in the Anzhou General Administration Office.

Not long after Zheng Yi came out of the "Five Grain Reincarnation", Yuwen Wen held a wooden box and "floated" in front of him.

"Is this the Duke of Xiyang County?" Zheng Yi looked at the glittering glass jewelry in the box, and his eyes were glowing. Yuwen Wen said with a smile: "I heard that my parents were overjoyed, and I got what I wanted last night."

The two men looked at each other and smiled meaningfully. Yuwen Wen struck while the iron was hot: "This is not the one who takes out all his favorite jewelry and asks you for Duke Pei."

"What's the matter? I never do this illegal and disorderly matter."

"Where is it? Now the court and Anzhou have resolved their misunderstandings and have resolved their past grudges. They are thinking about bringing their father-in-law's family to Anzhou..."

The two of them muttered sneakily for a while, Zheng Yi kept his expression and returned to the conference hall without changing his expression. Yuwen Wen returned to the mansion to wait for the results of the talks.

As the evening approached, the two sides finally agreed after "friendly exchanges", and both sides basically held their bottom line:

Xiangzhou and Huangzhou general managers were selected as the imperial court according to the meaning of Anzhou. Anzhou was not a rebellious person, and the Jingzhou army withdrew from Fancheng opposite Xiangyang to the Jingzhou general managers' office.

Anzhou sent envoys to Beijing to meet with the young emperor and reiterated his view of "supporting a Great Zhou" and supporting the left prime minister Yang Jian to assist the country, and not attacking the remaining prefectures and counties of the court. The matter of releasing the Angu County Duke Yuchi Shun must be negotiable with the left prime minister.

Next is something that both sides failed to get on the battlefield:

Fuzhou, under the Xiangzhou General Administration, has defected to the Jiangling General Administration on the west side due to the war, and has now returned to the Xiangzhou General Administration;

Li Hui, the governor of Shenzhou in the northern border of Anzhou, responded to Yuchi Jiong's rebellion against the imperial court. Anzhou must not interfere with the imperial court to attack the rebels in Shenzhou and also allow the rebels to enter. As for the pacification of Shenzhou, the checkpoints on the main road to Anzhou south were controlled by the Anzhou army.

The Xiangzhou General Administration shall not interfere with personnel exchanges and material transportation between the court and the Liang State;

Under the rule of the Xiangzhou General Administration, the two prefectures of Cai and Chang were still under the rule of the imperial court, and were under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou General Administration, but they must not interfere with personnel exchanges and material transportation between Xiangyang and Suizhou.

The last one is that Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County, entered Beijing as an envoy of Anzhou!

When the news came, the Xiyang County Duke's Mansion was panicked, but was then calmed down by Yuwen Wen. He summoned the backbone of the mansion in the study to arrange many affairs one by one, and everything was as usual: Liu Caiyun led Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi continued to be responsible for the "income-generating" technology tree of silver mirrors, Zhang Dingfa and Fu Youcai were responsible for the "security" work, and the affairs of the mansion were taken charge of by the butler Li Sanjiu.

Yuwen Shiwu, Lin Youdi and Zhang Yu followed Yuwen Wen to Chang'an as followers. The test progress of the Lianzhu Gun was suspended. Lin Youdi's assistant was responsible for metalizing the wooden model of the "turning tool rotary cutting machine bed".

"In short, when I am not in the mansion, all major events will be decided by the wife!"

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.

After someone else stepped back, Yuchi Chifan, who had just sat next to her husband, couldn't stop crying. Yuwen Wen took her into his arms and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, Sanniang, I will definitely give my father-in-law the husband's father-in-law..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuchi Chifan interrupted in tears: "I just want you to come back safely..."

If she could, she would not want her husband to go to Chang'an at all. The situation now clearly shows that the court and Anzhou will turn against each other one day, and her husband's trip this time is not so much a hostage as a hostage.

When both sides meet, can the husband who is under house arrest in Chang'an be safe and sound?

But it is impossible not to go. Since the Anzhou Army wants to breathe, it will recognize the "proton" request of the court even if it is unwilling to accept it. Yu Wenming, the eldest son of the Anzhou General Manager Yu Wen, is the natural candidate to inherit his father's business in the future. Then the only one who goes to Chang'an to be a hostage is Yu Wen Wen, the second son.

What's more, in terms of patriarchal law, he has adopted Yuwen Liang's younger brother Yuwen Yi, which is not as important as Yu Wenming to the generals gathered around the Anzhou general manager Yuwen Liang.

"The father and brother had originally strongly opposed the hostages entering Beijing, and it was because his husband strongly advocated the exclusion of the congressional opinion and agreed to the court's request."

Yuchi Chifan was stunned when he heard this. After hearing her husband whispering in his ear for a while, her face changed drastically: "This...how can this be done!"

"What's wrong?" Yuwen Wen sneered, "I can save you from striking the mess with a quick knife."

"Erlang, why don't we live a life of ignorance and silence, right?" Yuchi Chifan was so shocked by what her husband said that he was so sad that he was snuggling in his arms. She just wanted to stay with her husband for the rest of her life. How can she compare to her beloved person? "It's always easier to have a sunrise and sunset..."

"Sanniang is here, don't be afraid of Sanniang." Yuwen Wen just hugged her gently and said no more.

"Yeah." Yuchi Chifan chose to believe her husband.

"For the husband, I want to plough and weave men in Chang'an City with Sanniang." Yuwen Wen whispered in his wife's ear, "Plow hard every night to let Sanniang weave towering trees with lush branches and leaves."

The tone of Geng's word "Geng" made Yuchi Chifan's ears turn red when he heard it. Seeing the atmosphere ambiguous, she was about to take action to escape to the bedroom, but she heard her husband say seriously: "Wait for me to come back."

"I'm waiting for you."

The young couple looked at each other in love with each other and gradually became better. Seeing that the study was about to stage a scene of "not suitable for children" Yuwen Wen suddenly remembered something and said:

"By the way! If Sanniang burns incense and worships Buddha at home, she is not allowed to go to the monk temple, nor is she allowed to come to her home!"

"Why?"

"The monk with one character, the monk with two characters, the ghost music official with three characters, and the hungry ghost with four characters!"

“Good or bad…”
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