"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid Tongtian Pass is about to usher in a fierce battle. Xia Fan said.

"What?!" Xia Xue exclaimed, her face changing suddenly.

Not only her, but even Xia Hu, who was called to discuss later, Xia Lei and Xia Yu also changed their faces when they heard Xia Fan's words, and said in a loud voice: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!?"

"Why is it impossible?" Xia Fan had no intention of arguing with him, but asked casually.

"It is not that there has been no war between the Great Sun Demon Kingdom and the Great Han Dynasty, but in the past wars, the Great Sun Demon Kingdom has never tried in vain to open the Tongtian Pass, and then invaded the Great Han Dynasty through the Western Frontier. Xia Yu replied, his tone very resolute.

"It was before, it's now, it's not the same anymore. Xia Fan said lightly.

"What can be different...... Xia Yugang wanted to refute, but suddenly stopped talking, and his originally somewhat angry face became extremely difficult to see.

Because at this time, he realized the meaning of Xia Fan's words, and now it is indeed different from before.

In the past, the Great Sun Demon Kingdom had not attacked Tongtian Pass, not only because the terrain here was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but more importantly, the original Western Frontier was controlled by the town king Xiahou, and if it fought a protracted war with it, it would not be beneficial to the Great Sun Demon Kingdom.

But now the Western Xinjiang is in the hands of Xia Hu, Xia Lei and Xia Yu.

Even if they can be sincerely united and brothers work together, their strength is there, and it is much worse than the town king who once sat in the western frontier and could reach a million soldiers with one person.

"Damn, those demon cubs, are they crazy? They want to attack the Han Dynasty, why do they want to fight us!?" Xia Lei suddenly scolded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Lei realized that what he said was a bit inauthentic, and he couldn't help but smile awkwardly at Xia Fan.

"The reason is very simple, because you are soft persimmons, and the location of this place in Xijiang is too good and too important. Xia Fan was not angry because of Xia Lei's words, and pointed to the sand table and said: "The Western Frontier is located in the Han Dynasty, between the Great Sun Demon Kingdom and the Tianyu Empire, and it is connected to the three but not controlled by the three, and its status can be described as transcendent. ”

"As long as you control here, then it means that no matter which country you want to attack, you will get a fairly convenient pedal, you talk about it, such a good place, why don't you want the Great Sun Demon Kingdom?" Xia Fan said and looked at Xia Hu and the three of them.

"Xia Fan, what do you say we should do?" Xia Hu didn't speak before, he had been staring at the sand table, and at this time he turned his head and said: "The Great Sun Demon Kingdom is definitely not just coming to the Western Frontier this time, what Jian Feng is pointing to must be the Great Han Dynasty, if you don't save yourself when you see death, it will really be cold lips and teeth." ”

"That's right, that's right. Xia Yu nodded and said, "Seeing that the thirteen princes are about to ascend the throne." Now the Great Sun Demon Kingdom is going to invade the Western Frontier, which makes it clear that it will make trouble for the Thirteen Princes. Besides, I don't think the soldiers and horses placed on the border by the Great Sun Demon Kingdom are used to scare people. ”

"Maybe this time the Great Sun Demon Kingdom will come to do both. Xia Hu said: "At that time, not only will there be big trouble in the western frontier, but even the Han Dynasty. ”

"Haha......" Xia Fan couldn't help laughing when he saw the two of them singing and harmonizing, saying that the head was the way, and he was worried about it, but he wanted to pull himself into the water.

He called Xia Hu and the others over, not just to remind them. How could he not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

As the gateway to the west of the Han Dynasty, Western Xinjiang is indeed very important. If it weren't for that, Liu Xingchen would not have hesitated for a long time when he moved the king.

Now that the Thirteen Princes are about to ascend the throne, no matter whether the Great Sun Demon Kingdom directly invades the border or attacks the Western Frontier, the result is the same, it is a naked provocation to the Great Han Dynasty.

If you don't give a resolute counterattack and completely defeat its arrogance, then the Great Sun Demon Kingdom will inevitably see through the weak nature of the current Han Dynasty, and then intensify it.

At that time, what may have been a local war of a tentative nature may soon escalate into a full-scale war.

Such a change is too easy for the Great Sun Demon Kingdom, which has always been eyeing the Great Han Dynasty and has made sufficient preparations for war.

"Of course I'm not going to die without help. Xia Fan laughed a few times before stopping, looked at Xia Hu and said, "But I have conditions, if you can accept it, then everything is easy to say." ”

"What conditions?" Xia Hu asked, his brows furrowed slightly.

"You don't want the entire Western Frontier, do you?" Xia Yu looked at Xia Fan and asked a little tentatively.

"What do you think?" Xia Fan asked without answering.

"I don't think you're going to want it. Xia Hu didn't wait for Xia Yu to answer, so he answered first. He was really afraid that Xia Yu would say something ugly to provoke Xia Fan.

The current situation is different from before, Xia Fan's strength has far surpassed them, making it far impossible for them to be as tough as in the past, and at this time, they are begging Xia Fan, so naturally they can't anger him anymore.

"What if I want it?" Xia Fan asked again.

"Then why not give it to you. Xia Yu didn't care about the authentic way.

"Well, that's what I mean, too. Xia Hu didn't expect Xia Yu, who had always looked at Xia Fan very unpleasantly, to say such a thing, and nodded in agreement after being stunned.

"Give it to me, and I don't want it. Of course, Xia Fan would not want Xijiang, he shook his head with a smile and said: "I don't even look down on the Han Dynasty, let alone the small Xijiang, in fact, the conditions I want to mention have nothing to do with this, I just don't know if you can accept it." ”

"Please. Xia Hu said solemnly.

"First, I can send troops, but no matter what troops and horses I send, you must not have any objections, let alone any resistance or even hostility. Xia Fan stretched out a finger and said.

"Okay. Xia Hu glanced at Xia Lei and Xia Yu, and saw that they didn't have any opinions, so he nodded and agreed.

They guessed that Xia Fan's purpose in saying this was to remind them in advance and let them restrain their subordinates, otherwise when he sent out the soldiers and horses of the demon clan, the demon clan and the multi-armed clan, they would make a fuss about the soldiers and horses in their hands who had never seen the world. It will not be good to cause any misunderstandings and disputes at that time.

"Second, as long as the war begins, the command will be under my control and the people I appoint, and all the troops in the western frontier, including the three of you, must obey the command and must not disobey orders for any reason, otherwise military law will not be tolerated. When Xia Fan said this, his face was no longer half smiling, and he was full of seriousness.

There is no trivial matter for a soldier, and it is impossible for anyone to giggle in this kind of thing.

Especially now that we are talking about the issue of the command of hundreds of millions of soldiers and horses, it is even more impossible to be casual.

"I'm fine. Xia Yu was the first to say after thinking about it.

"Me too. Xia Lei also nodded.

"We accept this condition. When Xia Hu heard them say this, he naturally would not refuse.

Originally, Western Xinjiang was divided by the Eight Tigers of the Xia Family, just because now Xia Feng, Xia Guang, Xia Lu, Xia Chen and others are dead, and Xia Xue has also said that he no longer wants his own territory, so Xia Hu and the three of them re-divided the territory after returning to Western Xinjiang last time.

Now the territory and soldiers and horses in Western Xinjiang are in the hands of Xia Hu, Xia Lei and Xia Yu, so it is impossible for Xia Hu to decide such a big matter alone.

Regarding Xia Fan's condition, even Xia Yu, who had been very bad with him in the past, did not ask a question similar to what to do if you deliberately commanded our soldiers and horses to send them to death.

Just because they knew in their hearts that with Xia Fan's strength, if they really wanted to deal with them, they wouldn't need to be so troublesome at all, just kill the three of them directly.

Besides, as long as it is a war, casualties will definitely be inevitable. When the time comes, even if you know that many people will die, you still have to give the order, and those who should die have to die even if you don't want to. Military orders are like mountains, but they are not just talking.

"Thirdly, in the war, food, grass and ordnance are a big problem, and it will be very troublesome to transport them from the rear, so you need to bear it for a while in the early stage. Xia Fan said.

"How much grain and grass do you need, and how long do you have to bear it?" Xia Hu neither immediately agreed nor refused, but asked about the specific amount, and he had to consider whether he could afford it.

Because this is not a trivial problem, any war is a monster, not only devouring a large number of lives, but also a huge amount of money and supplies.

Western Xinjiang has been operated by the town king Xiahou for many years, and the background is naturally not bad, which is enough to support a war of no small scale.

However, the Eight Tigers of the Xia family attacked the capital before, but the result was inconclusive, and during this period, a lot of money, food and materials hoarded by Xiahou had been consumed. No matter how thick the rest of the family foundation is, whether it can fight a larger-scale war again, Xia Hu has no bottom in his heart.

Although Xia Hu didn't know how many soldiers and horses Xia Fan would send over after this battle started, as far as Xia Hu knew about the total number of soldiers and horses of the three clans in Xia Fan's hands, if it was in the time of war, the materials consumed every day would definitely make the lord of a small country go crazy.

Therefore, Xia Hu had to be cautious, and he didn't dare not be cautious.

"At present, I am not sure how many soldiers and horses will participate in the war, do you have enough food and grass for a million people to use for a month?" Xia Fan thought for a while and asked.

"If you put it together, it should be no problem. Xia Hu talked to Xia Lei and Xia Yu in a low voice and finally nodded.

"That's enough. Xia Fan nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I won't use yours in vain, it's just a temporary loan in the early stage of the war." When the situation stabilizes later, I will naturally transfer materials from the Han Dynasty and my territory to replenish them. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Fan said solemnly: "If the Great Sun Demon Kingdom really wants to break through the Heavenly Pass, then it is not only your business, the Great Han Dynasty will definitely contribute." ”

"Hmm. Xia Hu nodded.

(End of chapter)