Both teams beat the victory drum and return to camp.

Although it was not a real fight with swords and guns, bruises on the nose, face, and bruises were inevitable. As generals, Zhao Tian, ​​Yang Anxuan and others comforted the injured soldiers separately.

Yang Anxuan saw the lanky man he met at dinner last time, his face was bruised, and he thought he had been beaten.

"How is it? Does it hurt?" Yang Anxuan asked: "Fortunately, the skin is not broken and the appearance is not disfigured. Have you married a wife?"

The lanky man grinned and said, "It doesn't hurt. My family is poor and I can't afford a wife."

Yang Anxuan knelt down next to him and asked, "What's your name?"

The man's face turned red, he murmured for a long time, and managed to squeeze out three words: "Xu Goucheng."

There was a burst of laughter around, and the man became anxious and shouted: "Wang Niuzao, why are you laughing? Your name sounds nice."

Yang Anxuan also laughed and said: "Xu Goucheng, if you don't like the name, how about I change it with you?"

The man's face turned red and he said excitedly: "General, please change your name."

Yang Anxuan thought for a while and said: "Filial piety is the most important thing in life. How about your name is Xu Xiaozhong?"

The man knelt down to Yang Anxuan, kowtowed and said, "Xu Xiaozhong thanks the general for changing his name."

Next to him, Wang Niuzao also knelt down and said: "The villain Wang Niuzao also wants to ask the general to change his name."

"Okay, let's call him Wang Quanyi."

After changing the names of several people, Yang Anxuan stood up and said to everyone: "In the battlefield, casualties are inevitable. You will suffer more and sweat more during training, and you will bleed less when you get to the battlefield. Don't be afraid of getting tired.

be lazy."

Xu Xiaozhong patted his chest and said, "General, don't worry, I defeated three people today."

Yang Anxuan saw that this man was much stronger than when he first met him, and asked with a smile: "Are you full now?"

Xu Xiaozhong scratched his head and said sheepishly: "It's better than before, but it doesn't seem like I'm full yet."

Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "Okay, let's reward everyone tonight. I'll tell the kitchen to make more noodles to satisfy our needs."

The camp was filled with the aroma of meat, and the soldiers were laughing and laughing. Yang Anxuan deliberately sought out Xu Xiaozhong to see how much he could eat.

I saw Xu Xiaozhong wrapping strips of meat in flour pancakes and biting his mouth until his mouth was full of oil. A group of people gathered around to watch him eat.

Wang Quanyi came over and said: "General, Xu Gouchen is really good at eating. Two bowls of porridge, four cakes, and large pieces of meat, which is a full four or five kilograms."

Seeing Yang Anxuan coming over, Xu Xiaozhong swallowed the cooking cake in three mouthfuls, patted his belly and said with a smile: "This time I finally know what it feels like to be full."

After shaking his fist, Xu Xiaozhong said: "I feel like I can kill a cow with one punch. Next time I compete in the camp, I will definitely be able to get into the top ten."

There were stone locks and stone poles placed in a corner of the camp for the soldiers to build up their strength. Xu Xiaozhong walked over excitedly, picked up the heaviest one, weighed it, and said, "It's a bit light."

As he spoke, he grabbed the wooden pole with both hands, easily lifted the stone burden above his head, and began to dance. Everyone was stunned. You must know that this stone burden weighs 140 kilograms, and few people can usually lift it. Xu Xiaozhong grabbed it.

It feels so easy in my hand.

Yang Anxuan's eyes jumped. He is such a strong man. If he uses it to charge into the battle with armor, he will definitely be able to defeat ten.

When Xu Xiaozhong put down the stone burden, Yang Anxuan said: "Such a strong man should wear armor and be the vanguard of the army."

In the envious eyes of everyone, Xu Xiaozhong knelt down and said: "I am willing to serve the general."

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Yang Anyuan's camp was set up five miles outside the south gate, also close to mountains and rivers, with wooden walls as the camp walls. In the camp, Yang Anyuan and everyone else sat on the ground and ate from the same pot.

"General, I heard that the soldiers in General Zhao's camp have cakes to eat, and they often have meat to eat." someone asked.

Yang Anyuan wiped the porridge stains from the corner of his mouth and said: "Yang has no ability. I'm sorry to all my brothers. I can't let everyone eat meat often. I can only eat and drink like everyone else."

"General, don't say that. It's already true. Same people have different fates." "General Yang is a concubine, and that one is a legitimate son. How can it be the same?", "Damn it, what's the point of eating better than us? It's not like being lost to us.

", "They didn't lose, God knows the outcome next time we compete", "I think that Little General Yang is so awesome", the buzz of discussion started, noisy and harsh.

Yang Anyuan put down the bowl, stood up and said loudly: "Brothers, it is the robe that kills the enemy on the battlefield. Otherwise, even with the courage of an overlord, he still cannot escape from committing suicide in Wujiang. Yang is willing to share the joys and sorrows with his brothers, and live and die together on the battlefield."

"

The words were resounding. Cen Minghu looked at the high-spirited Yang Anyuan and remembered the ambition of the Northern Expedition that he had proposed to him. His heart was filled with passion. Only such brave and unyielding people are worthy of his determination to follow.

Yang Anxuan is like a hard whetstone, grinding Yang Anyuan into a sharp awn.

The next day, twenty war horses were delivered to the camp. War horses were not only expensive, but also cost as much as twenty people needed. The Yang family spent nearly a million dollars every year to maintain more than a hundred war horses.

However, the addition of light cavalry on the battlefield is like the addition of a sharp long knife, which can kill generals, seize flags, change the situation of the battle, and win by surprise.

There was a special stable built in the south of the camp, and everyone above the camp commander was equipped with war horses. There was a military discipline for raising horses in the army. Zhao Tian ordered people to expand the stable and selected five people from the army to specialize in raising horses.

When the soldiers saw the horses, their eyes shone brightly. If the captain hadn't scolded them, all of them would have wanted to step forward and touch them.

Yan Zhuang laughed and scolded: "You bastards, you are in luck. I have been a soldier for more than ten years and have never touched a horse. As long as you train well, you can ride it. If someone is more capable, maybe this horse will come back."

Without him, if anyone complains during training, the horse will not belong to him."

The training gradually became more difficult, including walking with heavy loads, learning to ride and shoot, camping in the wild, etc. As the intensity increased, the soldiers began to stratify, and Yang Anxuan asked Zhao Tian to select the elite to form a vanguard battalion, and there were sixty-three people.

Yang Anxuan discussed with Zhao Tian, ​​Yan Zhuang, Yin Ji and others, and followed Zhuge Wuhou's method of training to be a flying army, asking the soldiers of the vanguard battalion to carry heavy loads over the mountains and shoot down birds and beasts with bows and arrows. Yang Anxuan also used the special forces known in his previous life.

The training method is to let the soldiers climb cliffs and swim in water, and the fittest will survive.

On March 16, the fourth competition was held. The competition was between Bali walking with weight and mounted archery. Zhaotian team won in Bali walking with weight and Yang Anyuan team won in cavalry. It ended in a tie again.

Zhao Tian and others no longer cared much about victory or defeat, and everyone firmly believed that their side would win a complete victory in the final battle a month later.

On March 19, the imperial court's decree of award was finally issued to Jiyang.

"General Guangwei, Yang Quanqi, the governor of Xinye, has shown his loyalty for a long time... If you offer the Yang family plow, you can cultivate it and make contributions to the country... You can be made a Marquis of Guan Nei and restored to General Longxiang. In addition, I will give you two hundred gold and five hundred silk."

The eighteen levels of titles are: King, Duke, Marquis, Uncle, Son, Male, Founding County Duke, Founding County Duke, Founding County Duke, Founding County Marquis, Founding Marquis, Founding Uncle, Founding Son, Founding Male, Founding Marquis,

Tinghou, Guanneihou, Guanwaihou.

In terms of official rank, the founding county prince, the county prince is the first rank, the founding county marquis, uncle, son, and male are the second rank, the county marquis is the third rank, the township marquis is the fourth rank, the pavilion marquis is the fifth rank, the Guan Neihou is the sixth rank, and the Guanwai Marquis is the seventh rank. There is no Xianghou to Guanwaihou.

The fiefdom, which only had a monthly salary, was actually in vain.

Yang Quanqi thanked him and was a little disappointed after receiving the imperial edict. Although he was knighted and regained the title of General Longxiang, the most anticipated family status promotion failed again. Yang Guang and others were overjoyed. The Yang family did not receive a knighthood after they crossed south. Now,

Regaining the title means there is hope for family promotion.

Yang Quanqi looked at Yang Anxuan and felt a little guilty. He said that he had taken away the credit from his son. These rewards should have belonged to Yang Anxuan.

Evening, inner hall.

The Yang family members gathered together, everyone talked and laughed, and their eyes fell on the gold and brocade silk piled on the table from time to time. It was an honor to be rewarded by the emperor, not to mention that each family could get a lot of property.

The tree lamp next to the table gave off a halo of light, illuminating Yang Quanqi's face. After drinking three or two more cups at the banquet, Yang Quanqi felt a little carried away.

Yang Siping coughed lightly and said, "Second brother, it's getting late. Please tell me how to distribute these rewards."

Yang Quanqi drank the water in the bowl, put it down and said, "This reward is from the new plow presented by An Xuan. Let's hear what An Xuan means first."

Everyone looked at Yang Anxuan who was standing next to Yang Quanqi. Yang Siping smiled and said: "An Xuan, just tell me."

Yang Anxuan was short of money, and bamboo paper had not yet been produced, so the materials for raising the army were still owed to the Yin family on credit. However, the mulberry paper was selling well, and Yin Dun had told him that the money for food did not need to be deducted from the profits of the bamboo paper.

Everyone's eyes were like a torch, Yang Anxuan knew it well, and said with a smile: "This is a gift from the emperor to the family. I am a junior, so why do I talk so much? I obey the arrangements of my elders."

Yang Quanqi stroked his beard and nodded, and Yang Guang gave a rare compliment and said: "An Xuan, you understand the righteousness, you have indeed grown up."

After thinking for a moment, Yang Quanqi said: "Two hundred taels of gold, eighty taels are left in the clan, twenty gold and fifty pieces of silk are given to An Xuan, and the remaining one hundred taels of gold and the rest of the brocade silk are distributed according to the clan's customary practices."

Laughter rang out and everyone was happy. Yang Quanqi stood up and asked Yang Anxuan to follow him to the study.

Tapping his fingers and thinking for a moment, Yang Quanqi said: "An Xuan, my father did not expect that you were not rewarded in the emperor's decree. This time, my father has benefited from your honor."

Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "Everyone in the Yang family relies on their father. The father's title is much better than the rewards the child can receive."

Yang Quanqi sighed: "An Xuan, it is a great comfort to my father that you can say these words."

He pulled out a letter from the official documents on the desk and handed it to Yang Anxuan, saying: "Look at this letter."

The letter was written by Xi Hui, the governor of Yongzhou. The letter mentioned Yang Anxuan and said that the emperor was very concerned about Yang Anxuan, but because Yang Anxuan had not yet been finalized, it was difficult to reward him. In the letter, Xi Hui asked Yang Anxuan to raise it and hope that the emperor would have it in the future.

He must be reused. The Yang family's future will depend on him for promotion.

The letter was full of the sincere wishes of his elders. The Governor Xi had high expectations for him. Yang Anxuan felt warm in his heart and handed the letter back to Yang Quanqi, saying: "My child will live up to everyone's expectations and strive for the top grade."

"I have mentioned the candidates for the county's Zhongzheng to Governor Xi, and Governor Xi agreed to help recommend Yin Youqi to the Situ Mansion." Yang Quanqi said: "Old Master Yin told me that Beijing is also spending money on activities, and there are already clues about this matter. If

If Yinyou Qi can really become the Zhongzheng of Xinye County, then there is hope that Xuan'er will be ranked as a top grader."

"You have a good reputation in the county. You first recited poems in the Phoenix Tower, then participated in the "Spring Breeze Collection" in Yinjiazhuang, and then talked about it by the Feishui River and gained the reputation of being one of the eight handsome men." Yang Quanqi smiled and said: "The poems and paintings you created on the clothes have become

According to Xi's letter to the governor of Xiangyang, people in Xiangyang City are also following the trend, and it won't take long for it to spread to the capital."

"It's scheduled to be sold in September. Xuan'er, you should spend more time on calligraphy, painting, and piano. You are lacking in these areas. Liu Zhi, who is good at calligraphy and painting, is good at calligraphy and painting. His calligraphy and painting are all in the seventh rank. I told him to let you

If you go to ask for help, you might as well ask him for more advice."
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