After Emperor Xia left, the ministers also had a lot of discussions.

"Why is this assessment like this? Isn't this embarrassing for a few princes?"

"Alas, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, this assessment is impossible to complete!"

"I can only look at a few princes, I hope they can successfully destroy the Wuji Demon Palace. ”

Xia Ren and the four of them ignored the discussion of the ministers, and left the Imperial Palace directly, they wanted to go back to gather everyone to discuss how to deal with this assessment.

At this time, in the depths of the palace, the palace of the Xia Emperor retreated.

Emperor Xia was standing in front of a huge map at the moment, staring at the Great Xia Dynasty and the surrounding countries on it in a daze.

Xia Fei stood behind Emperor Xia and didn't speak, just looked at Emperor Xia quietly.

After a while, Emperor Xia turned around and smiled at Xia Fei, "What's the matter? Uncle Huang is also a little puzzled by the assessment I set up this time?"

Xia Fei's expression did not fluctuate, but he said calmly: "This kind of assessment does not match their strength. ”

Emperor Xia didn't answer him directly, but asked again, "Do you know who I like the most about the four of them?"

"Nioh?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you know that Nioh has a good relationship with several southern legions, so you put forward the condition that you can borrow troops from the legions, which is to provide convenience for Nioh. ”

After hearing this, Emperor Xia shook his head and said, "What you said is not entirely right. ”

Xia Fei looked at him suspiciously.

Emperor Xia smiled: "You said that I am optimistic about Xiao Qi, this is true, but my condition is not for Xiao Qi's convenience, but for the sake of the boss and the three of them." ”

After speaking, he ignored the doubts in Xia Fei's eyes, and continued: "Do you know why I asked them to exterminate the Infinite Demon Palace?"

"Revenge?"

"I'm not the stingy kind of person. ”

"I don't know. ”

Emperor Xia turned around and glanced at the map behind him again, and sighed: "My goal in this life is to completely eliminate the Great Xia Dynasty, and then expand the territory, but unfortunately I fell halfway through, and I didn't even complete the first step. ”

"Just some time ago, I learned that Xiao Qi was actually able to kill the barbarian army that was defeated and retreated, and a hope was ignited in my heart, what I couldn't do, I hoped that my son could do it, so I sent someone to investigate everything about Xiao Qi in Donghai Prefecture. ”

After speaking, he suddenly shook his head with a smile and said: "As a result, I found out, how to say, Xiao Qi seems to be a little too steady, and he will be sneaky in everything, of course, this is a good thing when he is the prince, but I am afraid that after he ascends the throne in the future, he will also be so stable." ”

"My Great Xia Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles, while the ancestor is still there, I must clear the entire Great Xia with the power of thunder, and then I can have the strength to deal with external enemies, but with Xiao Qi's character, I am afraid that after he takes the throne, if he is still so stable, then I am afraid that internal and external troubles will soon break out together. ”

"So I want to pass this assessment, so that his personality can change, blindly cowardly... Cough... Steadiness is useless, you have to learn to hit the enemy, you have to show your muscles when you should show your muscles, why does Da Chu dare to hit my Great Xia, and we Daxia don't dare? This time, I want him to know that my Great Xia is also bloody. ”

After hearing this, Xia Fei frowned slightly, and said, "But aren't you afraid that King Nioh will fall short?" Moreover, the territory of Dachu is extremely dangerous, although Dachu can't spare much energy to deal with us now, but the danger is not low. ”

Emperor Xia smiled: "I believe that I am not wrong, as for the safety issue, this is okay, I have already asked the ancestor to protect him secretly, if I meet an invincible person, then I will bring him back." ”

"What about the rest of the princes, what about the hundreds of thousands of troops?"

When Emperor Xia heard this, he said indifferently: "I think it is worth exchanging hundreds of thousands of troops for a qualified Emperor Xia, even if there are hundreds of thousands more, I am willing to exchange them." ”

"As for the boss, they all have the royal family to protect them, if they really can't escape, it's also their bad fate, I am not a qualified father, but for the sake of Great Xia, I have to do this. ”

Xia Fei was silent, and after a while, he spoke: "This is unfair to King Wen. ”

"Fairness? There is no fairness in this world. ”

After speaking, Emperor Xia said lightly: "Besides, didn't I allow them to recruit people in the army? Do you think this is the back door that I opened for Xiao Qi? I actually opened the back door for the boss, do you think that with the elite soldier in Xiao Qi's hand, you need to recruit those legion soldiers again?"

Xia Fei lowered his head and was silent, and after a while, he slowly raised his head and said: "I hope you are not mistaken, there are not many ancestors who have longevity, we are in urgent need of a Ming Jun in Great Xia now, you are the most suitable, but it's a pity." ”

After saying that, there was some regret and some sadness.

Emperor Xia didn't have any other emotions, just smiled and said: "I can't be wrong, I have lived up to the expectations of the royal family and the ancestors, but I will not joke with my Great Xia." ”

"Hopefully. ”

Xia Fei muttered in a low voice.

......

At this time, in the Renwang Mansion, Xia Ren also sat with Li Yuande and others to discuss matters, and Sun Meng also rushed over from Nanban Prefecture.

Several people had been sitting for a while now, but they were all silent, and no one spoke.

After a while, Qian Miao couldn't help it, and took the lead in speaking: "What does Your Majesty think this time? This is clearly a difficult person, who can pass such a difficult assessment? Is it up to the forces of the DPRK and China to decide the ownership of the throne in the end? So what fairness is this to His Royal Highness King Ren?"

Xia Ren coughed and asked, "Everyone, is this assessment difficult?"

Yuan Dongqing sighed and explained: "This is more difficult than before, in the past, it was just a battle on the border, and there were more enemies than who killed, but this time it was deep into the Chu State, and it was necessary to exterminate the Wuji Demon Palace, so the difficulty was increased too much." ”

Xia Ren nodded, indeed, the Chu State was originally a little stronger than Great Xia, and now it is going deep into Great Chu, which is a bit inconsistent with his steady character, and although the Wuji Demon Hall was disabled back then, the remaining strength should not be underestimated, who knows what they have developed over the years?

At this time, Li Yuande spoke: "Since Your Majesty has set such an assessment, and the royal family has no objection, then there must be a reason for him, and Your Majesty must have a deep meaning in it that we don't know." ”

After speaking, he said to Xia Ren: "No matter what, this assessment has been determined, and His Highness needs to start preparing now." ”

"And His Majesty asks for no more than 100,000 troops, you can go to the army to apply, then Your Highness has a better relationship with a few generals in the south, but you can borrow some people, presumably they will not refuse. ”

"At that time, a few of our families are gathering some elites for His Highness, and we can also gather 100,000 people. ”

When the rest of them heard this, they also nodded, now that the assessment has been decided, it is useless to complain, so they can only find ways to face it.

Seeing that several marquis were ready to gather some elites for him, Xia Ren shook his head with a smile and said: "This king thanks you for your help, but in the matter of 100,000 troops, I don't need to bother you to help, and I don't need to borrow from other legions, this little bit of strength can still be taken by this king." ”

Several people were stunned when they heard this, and then Qian Miao spoke: "Didn't Your Highness say that you only have a little bit of troops over there?"

Xia Ren said with a smile: "Yes! It is indeed a little, only 250,000, less than 300,000!"

“...”

I'm tired, a few Hou Ye don't want to speak, do you call the 250,000 army a little bit?

Then Li Yuande said solemnly: "Your Highness, this 100,000 army must be carefully selected, you can't use those recruits, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is not weak, if you use 100,000 recruits, then it is not as good as 50,000 veterans." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, let's be cautious. ”

"There are quite a few elites in the southern legions, and Your Highness can borrow some. ”

Qian Miaocai and Yuan Dongqing also echoed one after another, and when they heard Li Yuande's words, they also thought that Xia Ren's 250,000 troops were all recruits.

After the few marquis masters finished speaking, Xia Ren was a little puzzled and said, "Is the Chu army very strong in combat, how is it better than the barbarian army?"

At this time, Sun Meng, who was sitting next to him and kept silent, said in a deep voice: "The Chu army is very strong, but at most it is about the same as the barbarian army, or even inferior, but it is a fact that it is stronger than the Great Xia army. ”

"Then it's okay, it's not stronger than the barbarian army, so what are you afraid of, listen to what you say, this king still thinks how powerful the Chu army is. ”

After listening to Sun Yong's explanation, Xia Ren breathed a long sigh of relief.

I have been looking at these Hou Ye's frowns, the Chu army on the left is strong, and the Chu army on the right is powerful, Xia Ren was a little panicked, and he thought how powerful the Chu army was, it turned out to be at most the level of a barbarian!

Seeing Xia Ren's somewhat relaxed appearance, Li Yuande said solemnly: "Your Highness should not be taken lightly, what Sun Manzi said is only frontal combat effectiveness, but the Chu army will not be as brainless as the barbarian army, and they are also good at using stratagems, so on the whole, the Chu army may be more difficult to deal with than the barbarian army." ”

Xia Ren was stunned for a moment, yes, Chu Jun is not a barbarian, they are the same race as Great Xia, and they can also use stratagems.

Thinking of this, Xia Ren suddenly said: "Thank you Lord Hou for reminding me, but this king is a little negligent, but in fact, you don't have to worry, the 100,000 troops selected by this king have all experienced the barbarian war, so you don't need to doubt your combat effectiveness." ”

Before they could figure it out, Sun Yong hurriedly spoke: "Is it the mysterious army that Your Highness is talking about that stirring up bloody storms among the barbarians?"

Xia Ren nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "Yes, that army was only 50,000 at that time, and later fought more and more within the barbarians, and finally reached 300,000, and these 200,000 were all evacuated alive from the barbarians after many bloody battles." ”

Sun Yong suddenly gasped, terrifying! This army is now about to become a barbarian nightmare, and Sun Yong only knew about this because he had cooperated with Xia Ren, otherwise only a few generals would know about this army, and the barbarians would not have told such ugly things.

Several Hou Ye next to him were a little puzzled, only Li Yuande had guessed before, but now he was not too surprised.

Sun Yong glanced at Xia Ren and explained: "During the Great War in the South, there was a mysterious army that went deep into the barbarians, slaughtered nearly a million barbarians, cut off the logistics of the barbarians on the front line, and helped the south to relieve the siege, and this army is His Royal Highness Nioh's people."

After a while, everyone came to their senses, looked at Xia Ren with complicated eyes, and sighed: "Your Highness has this army, then this assessment will be completed with great certainty, and a few of us can do logistics for Your Highness with peace of mind." ”

Xia Ren said with a smile: "You have won the award, and this king's assessment is also inseparable from you, and I will ask you to make more moves at that time." ”