The army marched into the open space outside the capital, and Xue Ren could see the tall walls in the distance from a distance, but after seeing the natural barriers of the frontier, he always felt that they were much shorter when he looked at them.

Although Xue Ren himself knew that the city wall was still the same as before, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the wall was too low.

"Your Highness. Xiang Zuo followed Xue Ren and rode on horseback, "We will be able to reach the capital before sunset this evening." ”

"Evening?" Xue Ren looked at the city wall in the distance, "I can't wait to go to the Peony Pavilion to drink some good wine." But you told me it would be evening. ”

Xue Ren grabbed the reins and shouted at the team of less than 20,000 people, "Speed up the march! I'm almost about to die in the old wine in the city! When I arrive in the capital, I invite the first hundred people to drink!"

The soldiers in the entire team all became excited one by one after hearing what Xue Ren said.

Look at the long dragon whistling past him, and dust drifting on the ground with the horse's hooves.

"Your Highness, allowing the army to rush into the city like this will surely provoke the reproach of His Majesty the King. ”

"It's me, not you, who blame me. Besides, I don't want to wait until the evening to go back and be called by him for questioning. In that case, wouldn't I have to wait until the next night to go to the Peony Pavilion to drink?" Xue Ren followed the team and galloped away into the distance, regardless of the obstruction.

Xiangzuo shook his head, thinking that he was becoming more and more unable to see what His Highness was thinking.

"There's movement there!" shouted the soldiers guarding the northwest gate, pointing to the dust in the distance, "Enemy attack!

"Why aren't you leaving?" Xue Ren caught up with the front team, but at this time they all stopped in place one by one.

"What kind of gates are closed in broad daylight!"

Xue Ren's voice reached inside, and more than a dozen guards looked at each other, "Isn't it an enemy attack?"

"Open the door, you little bunnies, dare to turn away His Royal Highness the Prince who has returned from the frontier! If Your Majesty finds out, what do you say you should be guilty of?"

The general led shouted behind Xue Ren.

"What a crime, what a crime!" the 20,000 people behind him also shouted.

"Is it Prince Xue Ren?" the guards couldn't believe that they hadn't received the news from the king.

"Don't open the door yet!"

A small slit opened in the heavy door panel, and a guard poked his head out of it to see the troops lined up outside the city, and also saw Xue Ren at the front of the line.

"It's really His Royal Highness the Prince. The guard's expression could not tell whether it was frightened or delighted, and he shouted to his companion standing behind the gate, "Open the gates!

Seeing the door in front of him slowly open, Xue Ren took the lead in galloping straight over.

One man drove through the wide street, and a huge procession followed closely behind him ten meters away.

The loud movement even alarmed the troops stationed in Xicheng District.

Mu Xiong ran out of his tent, "Where did the sound of horses' hooves come from!"

"General Hui, I heard from the sentry outside that it was His Royal Highness Xue Ren who led the border team back. ”

"Prince, even if he returns, how can he let his army gallop through the capital? Mu Xiong's expression was a little gloomy, "Go and get my sword." ”

"General, you are ......"

"Bring me my sword. Mu Xiong walked towards the wide street not far away. His soldiers brought him swords, and Mu Xiong stood in the middle of the street and waited quietly.

In a short time, a large group of people rushed from a distance.

Xue Ren also saw Mu Xiong who was standing on the street: "General Mu, hurry up and get out of the way! Be careful not to be trampled by my horse's hooves!"

"The body of the last general is not worried about His Royal Highness the Prince!" Mu Xiong drew his sword with a serious expression.

"General!" the soldier beside him did not dare to linger in this place for long.

"You're going to rebel and fail!" said the king, walking back and forth in the room, pointing his finger at Xue Ren and angrily recolding.

"Erchen didn't dare. ”

"Don't you dare?" the king stood in front of Xue Ren, "then tell me, why do you do this? As a general, he did not have a strict army, but let them run wild in the capital. Fortunately, this is not a residential area, otherwise the people in the city would have thought that an enemy army had broken into the inner city!"

"This is the purpose of the retainers, the army in the capital has not fought for too long. I'm afraid that they have forgotten to be rusty, so I deliberately indulge my soldiers. Xue Ren knelt on the ground and couldn't see a trace of remorse on his face

"Are you so eager for war to happen?" the king crouched in front of Xue Ren and looked at him levelly, "Answer me, what did you see in the northern frontier this time?"

"Endless snow, endless beasts, and a sea with no borders in sight. Xue Ren's eyes did not dodge, "I never want a war to break out, let alone someone to shed blood and die because of this." But I saw too many people in the north dying on the cold walls because of the guard, their bodies being dragged down the ice walls and eaten by fierce beasts on the snowy fields. ”

The king stared straight into the depths of Xue Ren's eyes, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to ask Father, what are you going to do?"

"This king has done enough. The king stood up, "Rise up too." ”

"Father Xie" Xue Ren also stood up

"You said you saw the sea?"

Xue Ren nodded, although he still didn't love his father much in his heart, he was now the lord of a country after all.

"Let me guess what's in your mind. The king began to walk around Xue Ren, "You want to strengthen the army, wait for the horses, and one day, you hope that you can lead the army to level the world," the king looked at Xue Ren and saw that he had no expression, "Not only that, but you also want to cross the sea and lead your invincible army all the way to the other side." From now on, there will be no more evil in the world."

Xue Ren looked at his father, and his guess was not bad at all.

"But I can tell you," the king said to Xue Ren in a ruthless tone with a cold look in his eyes, "this is impossible, it is nothing more than your wishful thinking. You may still be able to see from here, but if you want to cross the ocean with your army, you'll always need a warship to carry men and horses.

Where did the ship come from?"

"I will cut down every tree in the world, whether it is a thousand-year-old tree or a seedling, and I will cut them down if they can be used for shipbuilding. Until I build the fleet I want. ”

The king nodded and didn't say anything, and his expression also made Xue Ren a little unpredictable.

"Father, king, and son have something to ask for. ”

"What?"

"About the upcoming expulsion war. ”

"You want to take the initiative?"

"I hope you will abandon this plan......"

(End of chapter)