Chapter 53: The Fishy Wind Rises
Jiangling, next to the East Pavilion Bamboo Hall in the Imperial Palace, Zhou State Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Yu Civilization and several Zhou Army (Anzhou Army) generals and guards were walking in the corridor, when he heard the attendant introduce that the building next to it was the East Pavilion Bamboo Palace, he pondered for a moment and asked: "This bamboo hall is a place to rebuild, right?" ”
The attendant who led the way in front pretended to be surprised: "The prince knows the past and the present, and he also knows the past of this East Pavilion Bamboo Palace?" ”
Knowing that the other party pretended to flatter himself, Yu Wenming was still quite useful, he liked to read books and listen to scholars tell the stories of the past dynasties, so he had an impression of this East Pavilion Bamboo Palace, so he introduced the relevant stories to the people around him.
Twenty-seven years ago, Yu Wentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, sent troops to attack Jiangling under the leadership of Xiao Jing, the governor of Xiangyang, who had surrendered to Chengcheng, and on the day of the city break, Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang set fire to the bamboo hall in the east pavilion of the palace, and burned the 140,000 ancient and modern books contained in it.
Yu Wenming looked at the rebuilt East Pavilion Bamboo Hall quite melancholy, the talented emperor Xiao Yi, who liked to read, vented his hatred of the death of the country in the books and caused countless infamy, and his 'resentful couple' Xu Zhaopei made a '' common saying for his husband.
"Junhou, the official family is in Zhulin Hall, please go this way."
Yu Wenming is the history of the Xiangzhou Assassin of the Zhou State, and the number of households under the rule of Xiangzhou exceeds 30,000, so he is the Eight Lives of the State, so he is the Eight Lives of the State of the Assassin History, although as the son of the Duke of Qiguo, he has to wait for his father to pass away in order to inherit the title of the Nine Lives, but only by virtue of his official position, he can also bear the title of the king.
Tonight, Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang hosted a banquet in the palace for him, the commander of the Zhou army stationed in the western city of Jiangling, and several major generals, and at the same time sent officials of the Ministry of Rites to send wine and meat to the Zhou army stationed in the city as a tribute to the army.
Because of some tacit reasons on both sides, Yu Wenming and other Zhou army generals did not 'come out of the nest', of course, face work had to be done, so Yu Wenming happily entered the palace for the banquet after arranging the relevant matters.
"These bamboos are good. It's also replanted, right? Yu Wenming asked. Along the way, there may be a cool breeze blowing in the lush bamboo forest, which is quite pleasant.
"No, no, no. The fire only burned the attic, but most of the surrounding bamboo forests were unaffected. The servant said proudly, "The East Pavilion Bamboo Hall was built by Liu Yiqing, the king of Linchuan in the Song Dynasty, the front of the court is the cinnamon bamboo that can be windproof and dew-proof, and the court side is the arrow bamboo spring bamboo shoots like Gui and Xin, and the bamboo forest has been extended for more than 150 years since it was built. ”
The group walked around and saw that at sunset came to the bamboo forest hall, Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang and Xiao Yan, the king of Anping, who accompanied the banquet, personally went down the steps to welcome the guests, and the two sides routinely greeted each other after the guest of honor sat down and the banquet officially began.
A corner of the palace, in the arrow hall of Zhengwu Hall. Xiao Jing, the king of Linhai, was practicing archery, while Xiao Yu, the king of Xin'an, was sitting on the side and watching, Xiao Jing hit the bull's-eye with an arrow, and then put down the bow, took the handkerchief handed by the attendant, wiped the sweat, and came to sit down in front of Xiao Yu: "Thirteen officials, how is the foot injury?" ”
Xiao Yu, who was six years old at the time, was eating the pastries in the lacquer box with gauze wrapped around her ankles, and when she heard her brother's question, she replied with a smile: "Siguan, my injury is fine, but I am twisted." ”
In the Liang Guozong family, the male is called the rank plus the word 'official', Xiao Jing ranks fourth among the children of Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang, and Xiao Yu ranks thirteenth, so he has this title.
Xiao Jing looked at his younger brother's ankle quite distressedly and said, "You, don't go to the ninth sister in the future." ”
"Why?" Xiao Yu asked with wide eyes, he and the four officials in front of him and the ninth sister who had just returned to the palace not long ago were all born to the same mother, Empress Zhang, since he saw the ninth sister, he had a sense of intimacy, so he ran to the ninth sister in three days.
"Heal your injuries first, don't be lame."
"Four senses. Don't you also think that Ninth Sister is inappropriate? Xiao Yu quickly came back to his senses and asked, he was smart and clever since he was a child, and when he saw something in his brother's words, he remembered a saying: his ninth sister is ominous.
"Sister Jiu and I are generally born from the same mother, why do you want to say that!" The little guy admits death. He felt that outsiders would ruin his sister's reputation, but it was incomprehensible for his own brother to say the same.
"Thirteen officials, if you want the ninth sister to be your ninth sister, don't bother her." Xiao Jing said helplessly, some things can't be explained clearly in three or two sentences.
Xiao Yu blurted out that if it weren't for Yuwen Tongjun tearing his face and breaking into the palace, then Aya wouldn't have recognized the ninth sister, Xiao Jing was so anxious to silence him when he heard this, and seeing the little guy with tears in his eyes, he quickly explained that Aya is the king of a country and some things are not something that can be done as he wants.
"Outsiders say that the ninth sister is ominous, so the thirteenth official, you and the ninth sister accidentally twisted your legs when enjoying the flowers, and others can pour sewage on the ninth sister!"
"That," Xiao Yu stammered when she heard this, wanting to say something, but couldn't speak.
"Just have A-Niang to take a look from time to time, you stay honest!"
Seeing that his younger brother was about to speak, Xiao Jing suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth and listened to the movement outside, and after a while, he summoned the attendant and asked, "What's going on outside?" The Praetorian Army is on the move? ”
The attendant shook his head in confusion and said that he had never heard of the relevant news, the brothers looked at each other and saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes, although Xiao Yu was smart, he was young after all, and he couldn't hold his breath and said, "Could it be that someone wants to do it?"
"Say no more! Don't go anywhere with your brother! Xiao Jing lowered his voice and said, "No matter what happens outside, don't care!" ”……
Outside the loquat gate in the east of Gangneung City, it was dinner time in the barracks, and the soldiers who had been training for a day were eating.
Laihu'er was gobbling up his food, this was the third bowl of rice he had added, and since he started practicing a few days ago, he was so tired that he could barely stand on his feet every day, and the amount of food had doubled.
The food in the barracks was good, and every meal was full of fish, and he was willing to put salt, so after eating a full stomach every night, he got up early the next day, and his strength recovered a lot.
Every morning, there is a trumpet to urge you to get up, after the morning run, eat breakfast, rest for a while, start drilling, after lunch, there is an hour to rest, followed by the afternoon exercise, there is a long-distance run before dinner, after dinner, read the thousand-character text for half an hour, then take a bath for half an hour, and finally turn off the lights and go to bed.
The simple barracks life is like this every day, and Laihu'er and the other recruits have adapted to it. Although I am tired and alive every day, I can't complain at all about the intensity of the other soldiers' drills.
for they were trained in armor. Whether it is long-distance running, queues, spear thrusts, archery, and horseback riding, they are all dressed in armor. Looking at it, even the simplest two armors were furious, and he asked himself, he could do it with his own strength, but it would be a little difficult for more than 2,000 people to do it.
"No wonder you dare to ask for three days off from practice, how much food does this consume" Laihu'er added another bowl of rice and continued to eat, full of confidence in his future.
There were similarities and differences between this army and other armies he had seen, the same was that the soldiers were not much different, they were ordinary farmers and even miners, but there were many differences.
There is no phenomenon of generals abusing and enslaving soldiers in the army, and it is unknown whether the military salary is deducted or something, because the date of payment has not yet arrived, but the news I heard from other soldiers is that it is a lot of money.
In the army, the generals had no subordinates, no servants, and many were young, mostly in their twenties. It is said that they are all young and strong people, but he has been observing for a few days and found that there is not a single woman in this barracks!
According to the military law on the surface, there can be no women in the army, but in fact, he has seen many women in the army to a greater or lesser extent, and the first to take the lead in violating military law are the generals, who can't bear the 'personal needs' of long-term marching and fighting in the army, and will openly or covertly take women in the army.
Lai Hu'er once speculated that the main general Yu Wenwen should have hidden a woman in the camp tent in case of 'unforeseen needs', but based on all indications, this barracks is really a singles' den, and he even suspects that there is no mother for rats.
Yu Wenwen rests in his own tent in the military camp every day, and the prosperous Jiangling City is next to it, but he has not seen him stay in the city even once, if he hadn't heard that he had a wife and a concubine and a son to protect his children, he would really suspect that the other party had Longyang.
With such exemplary generals and a group of well-trained soldiers with high morale, this army will definitely be an extremely capable and strong army in the future, and his idea of making meritorious contributions can really become a reality.
Lai Hu'er couldn't help but look happy when he thought about it, and at this moment he heard a question from beside him: "Why is the team leader so happy?" ”
When he heard the sound, he looked up and saw that it was Yu Wenwen sitting beside him with a bowl. was about to get up and salute, but was motioned by the other party to sit down: "Don't say anything first, hurry up and finish eating." Those guys are adding rice faster than the other, and I'm afraid they're going to eat the pot. ”
The same meals, the same camping conditions, as the commander of the whole army, Yu Wenwen eats the same as the soldiers, and lives in the same camp tent, under his example, whether it is the military owner, the building owner, or the team owner, without exception, they all line up to eat with the soldiers when they arrive at the meal, and they rest on time and get up on time.
"Commander, how long will our army stay in Gangneung City?" Laihu'er asked cautiously, he began to look forward to what it was like to fight in such an army, after six or seven months in Chen's army, he had seen all kinds of numbness, timidity, and despair of the soldiers, but here he was looking forward to it.
"Don't worry, there is a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy." Yuwen Wen smiled and didn't say much, it was naturally a good thing that the soldiers had the desire to fight, and when it came to 'finding a copy to brush up experience', he was more active than anyone else.
While he was talking, a herald came to report that there were several ox carts led by officials of Liang State outside the barracks to deliver wine and meat to the army, and the officials led by him asked to see the unified army.
"Let's go, take your men with you to help carry the wine." Yu Wenwen got up and greeted Hu'er, he walked towards the gate of the barracks with his collar, he knew that Liang Guo sent someone to treat the army today, and his brother Yu Wenming was also invited to the palace for a banquet to promote bilateral friendship.
As a means of prevention, the main generals of the Zhou army (Anzhou army) did not all enter the palace so as not to be wiped out by some people, while Yu Wenwen was stationed outside the loquat gate, staring at the east gate of Jiangling.
Yuwenwen came to Yuanmen under the guidance of Zhang Yu, Laihu'er and others, only to see several ox carts parked on the side of the road, and several men in Liang Guo's official uniforms were standing quietly by the guards and waiting.
"Prince, the lower officials will send wine and meat to fate"
Before he finished speaking, the man suddenly pulled out a crossbow and pointed it at Yu Wenwen, but before others could react, he saw Zhang Yuliang rushing forward with a short knife in his hand, swinging the knife and cutting off his wrist.
"There are assassins!" Shouts echoed over the barracks. (To be continued.) )