After Xia Fan finalized three conditions for Xia Hu and the three of them, he pointed to the sand table in front of them and discussed the specific matters of how to deal with them.

The defense system of Tongtianguan is relatively complete and stable, so there is no need to change anything too much, at most, it is to make slight adjustments in some places, and then strengthen some gaps and deficiencies.

In this way, Xia Fan didn't dare to say that Tongtian Pass would be impregnable and unbreakable, but as long as he could hold on for a period of time after being attacked, it was enough for him to rush over to rescue in time.

After the negotiation, Xia Hu chatted with Xia Lei and Xia Yu for a while, and finally decided that Xia Lei and Xia Yu would no longer participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Thirteen Princes, but return to Western Xinjiang as soon as possible, adjust the defense of Tongtianguan as soon as possible, and also start to raise grain and grass.

"Why don't I go with them. Xia Xue looked at Xia Fan Dao.

"What are you going to do?" Xia Fan pointed to the sand table and said: "On a terrain like Tongtianling, where there is an occasion for cavalry to play, you wait first, and then there is a battle, I won't forget to bring you." ”

"How do you want to fight?" Xia Hu couldn't help but ask. He was actually very curious about how Xia Fan would fight back if the Great Sun Demon Kingdom really attacked.

"I think it's good to go here and play a dozen. Xia Fan's fingers pointed forward along the Tongtian stem.

When Xia Hu and the other four looked at it, they were stunned at first, and then they all gave Xia Fan a thumbs up.

After Xia Lei and Xia Yu left, Xia Fan asked Xia Hu and Xia Xue a lot of questions about the topography of Tongtianguan and Tongtianling, and then rushed to the palace.

The Thirteen Princes had been staying in the Qiankun Sect before, but now that the day of his accession to the throne was getting closer and closer, of course he couldn't stay in the Qiankun Sect all the time, so he moved back to the palace he had lost for a long time.

Although when Xia Fan and Liu Xingchen fought, the imperial palace was inevitably affected, so some palaces collapsed and were damaged, but after a recent period of restoration, they have basically been restored to their original state.

It's just that in order to cater to the preferences of the thirteen princes, the decorations and even the names in many palaces have changed a lot, gradually eliminating the traces of Liu Xingchen.

Obviously, although the Thirteenth Prince said that he didn't care about Liu Xingchen's actions, he still didn't like him very much in his heart.

In this regard, no one dares to accuse the soon-to-be-enthroned emperor of not. Even similar things were not uncommon among successive emperors.

When Xia Fan found the Thirteen Princes, he was looking through a palace called Tiyuan Palace.

"Senior brother, you can be regarded as here. When the thirteenth prince saw Xia Fan appear, he immediately smiled, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Seeing that he is about to become an emperor, how does it feel? Is it that he is about to become a groom official, both happy and a little apprehensive?" Xia Fan didn't regard the thirteen princes as emperors, but just regarded them as junior disciples, and teased casually.

"I don't know. The Thirteen Princes laughed and said, "I have never been an emperor or a bridegroom before, and I don't know who to ask if you ask me." ”

Speaking of this, the Thirteenth Prince laughed twice more and said, "Ask others, others may not tell me." ”

Xia Fan asked him to say this, and couldn't help but sigh. He understood what the thirteen princes meant, when he was on the dragon chair, he became a loner, and how many people in the world could reveal their hearts in front of him without any worries.

Especially this kind of topic that can only be chatted between friends, not to mention that he is not good at asking as an emperor, because it seems not dignified, even if he asks, who dares to answer.

Even those officials who have served as groom's officials will never dare to answer indiscriminately.

It's all the price to pay for being on high and asking for it. Although the Thirteen Princes have not really won the Imperial Pole, they have already had some experience.

"In the future, I will talk to our brothers and sisters, and no one will treat you as the emperor. Xia Fan said with a smile.

"That's a good feeling. The Thirteenth Prince nodded, took a copy of the table and gave it to Xia Fan and said, "Senior brother, take a look." ”

Xia Fan took it and took a look, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said: "The officials who go to this excerpt are either to meet the wishes of the people, or they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic." ”

It turned out that the content of the excerpt was to ask the emperor to inherit the throne of the king of the town.

If Xia Fan can become the king of the town, then the power will naturally be so great that it is under ten thousand people under one person, but the problem will follow, and the contradiction between him and Xia Hu and others will inevitably intensify.

In addition, the previous king of the town did not end up with any good results, if Xia Fan also sat in this position, did it also omen a bad death in the future?

This excerpt seems to be unremarkable, but it can be said to be a hidden sword, which is very sharp.

"There are really a lot of such folds, and it seems that these officials below are still not cleaned up. A hint of sharpness flashed in the eyes of the Thirteen Princes.

"This is all a trivial matter, wait until you ascend the throne and then deal with it slowly, I came to you today to discuss important matters. Xia Fan immediately told him about the information he had gotten and his own expectations, plus the things he had discussed with Xia Hu and the others.

At the end, Xia Fan said: "This is not a trivial matter, I have to go to the town, I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in your enthronement ceremony." ”

"Senior brother...... The thirteenth prince frowned, and wanted to persuade.

Xia Fan waved his hand and said, "Not only can I not participate, but Lu Chuan also has to lead his troops again." Going to the south and exterminating the Sun family is also to suppress a possible rebellion. ”

"Has the situation really come to such a point?" said the Thirteenth Prince.

"The Han Dynasty has long been suffering from internal and external troubles, coupled with several previous wars, it is even more difficult internally and externally, and it is already like a papier-mâché giant, which seems to be mighty, but it is already unbearable. Xia Fan said: "After you ascend the throne, don't slack off, rectify the rule of officials as soon as possible, and then stabilize the situation in the country." ”

Xia Fan took a deep breath and said, "It is said that there will be great governance after the chaos, but at the moment, it seems that the Great Sun Demon Kingdom may not give us this opportunity." ”

"How to solve the domestic situation, I don't want to interfere too much, at most I will leave Bu Fenghou to you, with the soldiers and horses in his hands, I should be able to give you some confidence to clear the chaos. Xia Fan patted the Thirteen Princes on the shoulder and said, "Before you solve the troubles in the country, I will keep all enemies out." ”

"Thank you, brother. The Thirteen Princes said gratefully.

"What's polite, as long as you don't complain about Senior Brother in the future, I'll push you to the dragon chair that doesn't lean on all sides. Xia Fan said.

Although he wanted to leave, Xia Fan couldn't just leave.

Because there are still many things that need to be properly arranged, such as how to transport materials such as grain, grass, ordnance, and how to coordinate soldiers and horses from all walks of life, etc., all of which need to be asked by Xia Fan one by one.

In the past, on his own territory, Xia Fan could naturally hand over these trivial matters to Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yu Linglong.

But not now. After all, the Han Dynasty is not the emperor after all, even if he takes the holy decree of the thirteen princes, he still has to consult with the various yamen of the Han Dynasty, especially the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households.

It is not easy to settle many trivial matters in just three or five days, but fortunately, Xia Fan killed the former emperor's Yu Wei is still there, and no one dares to disobey him, otherwise the various yamen will pass the buck back and forth, and the delay will be more.

Xia Fan couldn't leave immediately, and another reason was that there were no strong enough people in the capital now, which made him a little worried about waiting until the day when the Thirteen Princes ascended the throne to make any trouble.

Fortunately, a few days later, Bang Ye, Jade Rat and Huang Lao arrived together, and the strength of the three of them all made a big breakthrough.

Bang Ye and Jade Rat have reached the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm, and Huang Lao is already at the peak of the middle stage of the Grandmaster Realm. With the three of them in the capital as the Seagod Needle, Xia Fan was a lot more relieved.

After meeting with the three of them and chatting about some things, Xia Fan went straight to the western frontier.

In the past few days, Feng Ming has continued to receive information, and the number of soldiers and horses sent by the Great Sun Demon Kingdom to Tongtian Pass has exceeded 500,000. Although he tried his best to cover it up, his intention to provoke a war was already clear.

With Xia Fan's speed, it actually didn't take a few hours to get from the capital to Tongtianguan. And he also went to the border between the Great Sun Demon Kingdom and the Great Han Dynasty on the way, and found that although the situation was also not optimistic, at least it had not reached the point of tension.

However, Xia Fan still went over in person and read out the will of the Thirteen Princes to the generals guarding the border, reminding them to be vigilant, and at the same time giving them some jade talismans that they could contact him.

Let them contact him as soon as possible when they are attacked, lest there really be a fight and not even a single reinforcement.

This is also the worst thing in the Han Dynasty now, Liu Xingchen first sent troops to attack Yunhuan Lake, and then fought with the eagle to break the sky, and then had to deal with the Eight Tigers of the Xia family, during which the soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties, so that now there are no elite soldiers and horses available in the Han Dynasty.

Although Lu Chuan had been ordered to lead his troops to the expedition, he did not go directly to the border, but went south to deal with the Sun family, and he could not reach the border in the short term.

In this way, if there is a war on the border, there will really be no reinforcements available.

However, this is also difficult for Xia Fan, if the situation is urgent, he can lead the soldiers and horses of the three clans to rush over to support in person.

When Xia Fan came to Tongtian Pass, he found that the pass was already full of soldiers and horses, and the fighting spirit was surging, and it could be seen that Xia Lei and Xia Yu were indeed fully prepared after they came back, and they only waited for the Great Sun Demon Kingdom on the opposite side to provoke a war and then brazenly counterattacked.

"I'll close it with me. Xia Fan said with a smile after letting go of Xia Xue, who he had put into his Sky Swallowing Pocket.

Although Xia Xue's strength was not weak, his speed when flying was much slower than Xia Fan's, and in order not to delay time, he put it in his Sky Swallowing Pocket.

Xia Fan didn't have any complaints about this, seeing the familiar outline of Tongtian Pass in the distance, Xia Xue couldn't help but say: "I really didn't expect that I would be able to come back." ”

"Could it be that when you left the Western Frontier, you didn't plan to come back?" Xia Fan asked with a smile.

"That's right. Xia Xue nodded and said: "At that time, although the eldest brother was full of confidence and thought that they would definitely be able to conquer the capital, but I thought it was unlikely, I just wanted to accompany them to live and die together." ”

"Boom......" Xia Fan wanted to speak, but before he could speak, there was an earth-shattering thunder in the cold air, and then he saw countless thunderbolts flashing in the air, and many of them crashed down, followed by a dull loud noise, and even the ground seemed to tremble.

Seeing this scene, Xia Fanfang knew that Xia Xue was not lying when he said that there were thunderstorms falling here all the time.

(End of chapter)