In March 139 of the summer calendar, Wang Rong Nanfeng of the northwest led 3,000 infantry to attack the Central Plains, without breaking a single soldier, and captured three border cities in a few days, which made the people nearby panic, and the people were not able to make a living, one did not dare to go to the street, and the other did not dare to go out of the gate, for fear of being captured to be a slave in the northwest. The once bustling and peaceful streets were now empty overnight, and the air was filled with the smell of imminent war.

Of course, this is just a rumor, and in fact, Rong Nanfeng, the author of this whole thing, did not lead 3,000 infantry, nor did he capture three cities in a few days, and even drank tea and chatted with Lin Xuan Sect Master in the Riyao Sect.

The people have not been disturbed, and the people are not happy, and this kind of thing will only appear in rumors.

This is only because the Northwest Royal Mansion posted a notice in these three cities, and the notice is as follows:

In recent days, the Northwest Palace needs to requisition the city, as long as the people in the city stay at home, they are not allowed to go out when they hear any sound, to ensure that there is no one on each street, and the palace will reward each person with a hundred taels of silver as a reward, but if someone who is found by the guards on the street by the patrol guards, then he can only consider himself unlucky to be caught by the palace guards and go to the Northwest Palace to sweep the floor.

And Rong Nanfeng also cordially greeted the local magistrate's mansion.

When they were sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, the feeling of being awakened by this cold dagger against their throats was not so pleasant for these powerless civil officials.

"Wang ...... You can use the city wall as you like, don't ...... Don't ruin us. The magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead, and could only nod his head in front of the king of the northwest.

Rong Nanfeng nodded with satisfaction and left, but he was so frightened by the prince that he couldn't sleep all night.

The people in these places are also shrewd people, as long as they don't go out and don't go to the street for a few days, they can get a hundred taels of silver, this kind of good thing, you can't meet it once in hundreds of years, it's too late to be happy, and the fool has to go to the northwest palace to sweep the floor.

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The news that the king of the northwest suddenly went to war and attacked the surrounding cities soon spread to the palace. The Xia Dynasty had been talking about peace with the northwest for many years, and many young ministers had not experienced the rebellion in the northwest of the former emperor decades ago, and when they heard that the battle was about to start, they were obviously panicked.

"Father." Early in the morning, Xia Yi took the lead and said to Xia Huai, "Erchen volunteered to ask for troops to meet the king of the northwest. ”

"Nonsense!" Xia Huai's expression was very solemn, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Father, the son is at the age of strong blood, and he will want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and ask his father to promise." Xia Yi's eyes were firm, and he looked eager to make meritorious contributions to the Xia Dynasty.

An elderly civil official walked out of the ranks of 100 officials and proposed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, you should agree to the request of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will lead the troops to the west this time, with the strength of the dynasty, this will definitely be a victory. ”

"yes."

"Master Tao is right."

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not go through a trial, how can he bear the heavy responsibility of the future emperor."

The echoing voices below came and went, making Xia Huai a little headache, what he didn't expect was that there would be so many officials supporting Xia Yi's idea. What they didn't know was that these officials who should be reconciled were just because they wanted to let Prince Rong teach this arrogant boy who didn't know the height of the sky a good lesson.

Since so many officials supported letting Xia Yi lead the troops to the battle, he didn't say anything more, so he had to respond to Xia Yi's request.

"Let's get here today, and let Aiqing retreat. General Wen, take Yi'er to lead the troops. ”

"Yes." General Wen saluted the emperor, and then said to Xia Yi, "Your Highness, shall we go?" ”

Xia Yi knelt on his knees: "Son-in-law Xia Yi, thank you father for your success." ”

"Yi'er, come back safely." As a father, Xia Huai naturally still worries about the safety of his children, and he still can't help but want to advise, "General Wen, give Yi'er more troops." ”

"Yes."