In the palace of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xingchen, who had freshened up under Liu Jixiang's service, no longer had the embarrassment he had when he fled in a hurry, but the anger and murderous intent on his face still showed that he was in a rather bad mood now.

Until this time, Liu Xingchen still couldn't accept the reality that he was defeated by a junior like Xia Fan.

Especially thinking that he had heard Long Teng say that Xia Fan was severely injured by him, so he thought about taking advantage of the sharp decrease in his strength to pass, and then go all out to deal with Ying Potian after killing this scourge, but he didn't expect Long Teng's intelligence to be so wrong, judging from the situation of his own fight with him at that time, he looked like he had been seriously injured, and even later he was able to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, and even defeated himself under the outburst. If it weren't for Long Teng helping him block the fatal blow, if it weren't for an old thirteen who spoke out to stop him, maybe he would ......

"Long Teng, a thing that is not enough to achieve and more than to lose, is simply extremely mediocre, it is really a big thing that has ruined me!" Thinking of this, Liu Xingchen couldn't help but hate Long Teng. If it weren't for the fact that Long Teng was dead, Liu Xingchen would definitely not spare him.

Liu Jixiang stood beside him with his head down, not daring to look directly at Liu Xingchen, feeling the surging breath on his body, obviously he was in an extremely bad mood at this time, and Liu Jixiang, who was worried that he would be angry, did not say a word, and completely regarded himself as a wooden man.

has been by Liu Xingchen's side for so long, and Liu Jixiang certainly knows Liu Xingchen quite well. He knew that this king had extraordinary talents and strategies, and his strength was not inferior to that of previous kings, but he also had the tyranny that most emperors had, especially when he was in a bad mood, no matter who angered him, he would suffer from the wrath of thunder. At this time, Liu Jixiang didn't want to touch his moldy head.

After ......being silent for a long time, Liu Xingchen let out a long breath, as if he had exhaled all the sullenness and anger in his heart. Although he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, with many soldiers and horses under his command and many strong men, he actually knows in his heart that some things are not what he wants. Especially in the current situation of internal and external troubles, what he really has to do is to deal with the enemy from the grassland, instead of focusing too much energy on Xia Fan. After all, as the emperor who controls this great dynasty, he has to consider the overall situation more often, rather than acting arbitrarily just because of his own personal likes and dislikes.

Because of this, after the two batches of Qianlongwei sent to kill Xia Fan failed miserably, even if Liu Xingchen was already furious in his heart, and his heart to kill Xia Fan was blazing to the extreme, he did not continue to send more Qianlongwei to the past, because he knew very well that no matter how many Qianlongwei were sent, it would be of little use, but it would affect the battle situation against the enemy from the grassland because of the large losses of Qianlongwei.

It's just that the anger in his heart is hard to quench, and he feels more and more that letting Xia Fan live will become a big disaster, so he decided to go and kill him in person. But the result made Liu Xingchen more and more annoyed.

Although Liu Xingchen's killing intent towards Xia Fan was even stronger, he finally suppressed the idea of sending troops to attack, because although doing so could wipe out Xia Fan and his forces like a plow, it would be extremely unfavorable to the overall situation at hand. For the current Han Dynasty, although there are many soldiers and horses, they are all useful, and he can't afford to waste his precious troops on Xia Fan's body, otherwise there will be big problems in other more important places.

"Hu ......" exhaled a sullen breath again, Liu Xingchen said: "Order Geng Qingping to speed up the suppression of the rebellion, and then lead the troops to oppress the border of the Blue Jade Country, and when the time is right, you can attack Xia Fan, and then strictly order the soldiers and horses of all provinces to cut off the trade route to the Blue Jade Country, and no piece of iron and one weapon are allowed to enter the Blue Jade Country again." The Qianlong Guards stationed in various provinces are also about to move, and if they find that someone dares to smuggle ordnance and materials to the Blue Jade Country, they will be killed. ”

"Yes. Liu Jixiang nodded hurriedly.

Immediately, Liu Xingchen casually said some dictations, except for some of them aimed at the layout of the grassland enemy, the others were aimed at Xia Fan's strength.

As an emperor, of course, he has to think about the overall situation, but he will not be depressed when he is unhappy, but will make more people unhappy or even die.

After finishing the order, Liu Xingchen said again: "I want to retreat for a few days, don't bother me if there is nothing particularly important." ”

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After Xia Fan returned to Yunhuanhu, the first thing he did was to take over all the important military and political affairs, and began to deal with some extremely important matters that he could not decide, such as the strategic direction and the official documents submitted by Lu Chuan requesting Yunhuanhu to aid food, ordnance and other house materials......

Due to Xia Fan's absence before, no one was qualified to decide on these important matters, so they had to be temporarily backlogged, and these things were precisely the most important.

Xia Fan looked through the backlog of official documents and dealt with them at the same time, and it didn't take long to deal with the mountains of official documents, and then it should have been the responsible officials who took the official documents away and implemented them according to Xia Fan's handling opinions. But now these things are done by the Thirteen Princes.

"Senior brother, I really didn't expect you to be an expert in handling official business, but if it were me, facing so many complicated military and political affairs, I am afraid that I will die of a headache. Of course, the thirteen princes didn't have to take away a large number of official documents, but directly put them into the Qiankun bag, and raised their thumbs towards Xia Fan with admiration.

"It's nothing, and I don't care about everything, I just need to outline it. Xia Fan looked at the Thirteen Princes and said, "Don't always think about cultivating or helping me do these little things, these are all the things that the officials below should do, and if you do it, they will blame you for robbing them of their jobs." ”

"I don't want to be closer to my brother and get more guidance. The Thirteen Princes smiled disapprovingly.

"If you really want to learn something, just learn how to deal with government affairs in a down-to-earth manner, my territory is getting bigger and bigger, and I will hand it over to you in the future for you to manage." Having said this, Xia Fan beckoned the thirteen princes to sit down, and said earnestly: "My territory is going to expand, and one day I will have to compete with the Han Dynasty, as a prince, don't you have any ideas?"

"I just want to cultivate, and I don't have any interest in the throne or anything, what can I think?" the Thirteenth Prince shook his head.

"You couldn't have it before, now it's time to think about it. Xia Fan stared at the Thirteen Princes and said: "You have also seen the previous battle, he will not let me go, I will not let him go, this is something that cannot be changed, and if he dies, I hope that you will take over this Han Dynasty." ”

Xia Fan was in front of the thirteen princes, of course, he couldn't say Liu Xingchen's name directly, and naturally he didn't want to call him the emperor, so he referred to him.

Of course, the Thirteenth Prince understood who Xia Fan was talking about, but he was shocked by Xia Fan's words, and his face changed: "It doesn't have to be like this, right?"

"Of course, not yet, but it's hard to say in the future. Xia Fan patted the thirteenth prince on the shoulder and said, "So you have to prepare in advance." There are some things I said, he may not believe it, but you should understand my ambition, although the Han Dynasty is good, I don't think much of it, and I don't want to seek power and usurp the throne to become the emperor, so it is the best choice for you to take over the Han Dynasty, and what I want to do is to conquer a higher realm. ”

"I'll think about it. The Thirteenth Prince nodded, then got up and left, he needed to hand over the official documents to the corresponding officials and let them carry them out one by one. Uploading and distributing is what the Thirteen Princes have been doing recently.

Watching the Thirteen Princes leave, Xia Fan couldn't help but sigh lightly. He also knew that the Thirteen Princes might not be willing to be emperors, but there were some things that he really couldn't do if he wanted to.

Especially recently, Liu Xingchen has been making various small moves, in addition to mobilizing troops and horses to deploy on the border to constantly put pressure on Xia Fan's forces, but also cut off a lot of trade routes, which made a lot of materials to be obtained from the Han Dynasty also suddenly decreased, even if some can be obtained through some secret channels, but there are not many of them, and the price has also risen sharply, which makes Xia Fan, who is using a large number of troops, suddenly feel great logistical pressure.

Although Xia Fan hadn't seen Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong recently, when he interrogated them again, he didn't hear Zhao Weiwei's very unhappy scolding, and every time he mentioned Liu Xingchen, he didn't have a good word.

In addition, the Holy Dragon Kingdom has spread all kinds of news that is unfavorable to Baishi City through many secret agents who have infiltrated the surrounding small countries for a long time, saying that Xia Fan has angered the Great Han Dynasty, and will soon be attacked by the Great Han Dynasty, and it will only be completely destroyed overnight.

At the same time, many of these domestic officials who had long been co-opted by the Han Dynasty began to encourage the lord of the country to send troops to deal with Baishi City, which was not only to gain benefits, but also to show goodwill to the Han Dynasty.

When similar remarks were in the dust, there were really some lords who only saw the small profits and really moved their minds, some did send soldiers and horses, but they came under the banner of helping Lan Haolin restore the country, and some simply made it clear that the chariots and horses wanted to help the Han Dynasty crusade against rebellion, and some did not dare to directly fight Baishi City as an enemy, so they played a trick, most of them were to block the border and cut off the trade route or something.

In this way, the logistics supply, which was already not in a good situation for Xia Fan's side, suddenly became a little worse. Especially now that it is still September, the short autumn of the Blue Jade Country is about to pass, the relatively long winter is coming, and there is still a big gap in the winter clothes of the soldiers, if such a problem cannot be solved quickly, when the ice and snow arrive, it will inevitably cause a large number of freezing deaths and frostbite, which will make the situation even worse.

In addition to the chaos and complexity of the external situation, there are also a lot of rumors inside Xia Fan's territory.

There are all these rumors, some say that Xia Fan has a bad relationship with the Han Dynasty and will inevitably be destroyed by the army soon, and these words are even more sworn that he has seen the army of the Han Dynasty stationed on the border. Some people also say that Lan Haolin, the lord of the Blue Jade Country who is about to be remembered, is still fighting against foreign enemies, and with the support of the Divine Eye Country, he can quickly turn defeat into victory, thus defeating Xia Fan's army in one fell swoop and regaining the Blue Jade Country.

In addition, there are also many rumors that both the Holy Dragon Kingdom and the Divine Eye Kingdom are ready to attack Xia Fan's army at the appropriate time in order to help Lan Haolin restore the throne.

(End of chapter)