Xia Yan glanced at Lu Qian, sneered, and then said to Xia Jiuyuan, "Father, being a general is nothing more than seeing the truth under your hands!" Father, you will send me the same soldiers and horses as Lu Qian! At the beginning, Da Zhou obviously lost our sixteen cities, and now it is only eight. Let's see who can take down those eight cities!"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible... We have a pretty good relationship with Da Zhou. If it is for the sake of a gambling contract now, it is obviously inappropriate to go to war like the Great Zhou! After all, the countries of the Western Regions dare to provoke our Great Xia with such arrogance, if we don't give them a little color, then no one will dare to come to our Great Xia to assassinate us in the future!" Guo Sixin walked out and said.

Speaking of this, he looked at Xia Jiuyuan, and seeing that he didn't interrupt him, he continued, "So, for now, we should start a war with the countries of the Western Regions. And maintain a good relationship with Da Zhou and Bei Liang! The old minister thought that if His Royal Highness really wanted to gamble, he could give the same soldiers and horses, and the two sides would set off at the same time, and whoever would capture the most countries in the Western Regions. Whoever wins!"

"Guo Shangshu is right!" Seeing this, Xia Xingbang hurriedly seconded the proposal.

Xia Yan hurriedly said, "This can't be done! The road to the Western Regions is far away, and it will take a long time on the road... If you want to compete, you can't solve it in a year and a half. It's been too long."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Guo Sixin with a resentful face.

In the Western Regions, he wanted to leave Huo Jiajun as a burial place.

His idea was that after he mastered the military department, he would let the Huo family attack the Western Regions, and then after they went to the Western Regions, they would cut off their food and grass supplies, and they would have to die if they didn't die.

Xia Jiuyuan also said, "Xia Yan is right, the Western Regions are far away, even if they wait until they decide the winner, it will be a year and a half later. The secretary of the military department is an important position, and it cannot be vacant for too long."

Xia Jiuyuan's words came out.

Just then, a voice came from outside.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is late! Please forgive your sins!" I saw another old man at the door.

The old man is Cheng De, Cheng Guogong.

Seeing Chengde, Xia Jiuyuan was really a little surprised.

After all, Chengde has not been to court for more than ten years.

"Cheng Guogong, why is your old man here too? No problem, no problem... Hurry up, please!" Xia Jiuyuan said very politely on the surface.

Cheng De's face was resolute, he walked up to the main hall, and said with his hand, "Your Majesty, the old minister heard that the country is in trouble. Although the old minister is dying, the old minister still wants to contribute to the country! Just now, the old minister was outside the hall, and he also heard the argument in the hall, and the old minister had a certain way, and he could see the relationship between the second highness and this Lu Gonggong. Who's more capable!"

Xia Jiuyuan said to Chengde, "Chengguo Gong, please speak!"

Cheng De smiled faintly, and then said, "A good handsome talent is nothing more than having three points! It only takes three matches to know. We can be the first to compete in force, and an excellent commander must be brave and good at fighting. Whether it is the deceased General Huo or the general of the Yang family, all of them are brave and good at fighting and excelling in martial arts. So in the first game, we can compete!"

Lu Qian's original smile instantly stiffened when he heard Chengde's words.

Is Chengde helping himself to win the position of the secretary of the military department, isn't this digging a hole for himself?

Go and compete with Xia Yan by yourself?

Isn't it looking for abuse?

"Good! I think so! Cheng Guogong is right!" Seeing this, Xia Yan hurriedly spoke.

Cheng De smiled faintly, and then said, "In the second game, they can test their eyesight! Your Majesty can choose a hundred soldiers, and a certain number of generals can be mixed in with them, and let the two of them choose ten each, and whoever chooses the most right people will be the one who chooses the most!"

"Good! Cheng Guogong's method is good!" Xia Yan saw that he asked his father to pick someone, isn't this obviously an open-book exam?

Lu Qian suspected that this Chengde had been bought by Xia Yan.

Cheng De continued, "The third scene is very simple, Lao Chen has a method of simulating the battlefield... It's called chess! In chess, the two can be incarnated into the red and black armies, representing the confrontation between the two armies, and all kinds of soldiers and horses are arranged to advance and retreat! It's like a real battlefield! I'll tell you how to do it, yes

Let the two of them show their ability to coordinate the battlefield on the chessboard!"

Lu Qian smiled in his heart now, and finally helped himself.

Chess is still before, Lu Qian gave him a gift in order to relieve Chengde's boredom.

During this period, Chengde also approached Lu Qian several times.

However, Chengde is a stinky chess basket, which is completely a vegetable and fun-loving...

And Lu Qian is not very strong, when he was studying, he liked to watch chess games.

I know some of the many routines, which are all wisdom summarized over thousands of years.

"Cheng Guogong, the chess you are talking about... I'm unheard of? Can this represent a person's ability to coordinate the battlefield?" Xia Jiuyuan asked with some curiosity.

Chengde said, "Everyone, if you're not in a hurry, why don't you listen to me... Let's see if everyone thinks it's possible!"

Everyone nodded their heads.

So, Chengde brought up a large version of the chess he had prepared.

With the help of the eunuch, it was opened directly, and then the explanation began.

Lu Qian was not interested, and the people on the side, including Xia Yan, were extremely serious.

After an hour, everyone finally understood.

Xia Jiuyuan also seemed to be interested, and happily asked Chengde to have a game with him.

Chengde, the old fox, is still very smart and deliberately keeps his hands.

and Xia Jiuyuan played for more than an hour, and finally played a draw!

"Good... Cheng Guogong, you were able to invent such a mysterious thing... Although it is just a small chessboard, there are thousands of battles, wonderful! Wonderful! I've decided, the third game will be better than this!" Xia Jiuyuan couldn't help but admire.

The people on the side also praised one after another.

Seeing this, Guo Sixin said to Chengde.

"It's really open and close, and it's endless... Cheng Guogong, I don't know if it's okay, after the Xia Dynasty, I will also come to your house and play a game with you?"

Chengde naturally agreed heartily.

"Then, the competition will be seven days later, and seven days later, the Empress Dowager Dou and all the courtiers who died in this tribulation will be buried. After the competition, I just set up the military department Shangshu, and the new Shangshu took office! The first thing we want to do is to crusade against the Western Regions! For the Empress Dowager Dou, for General Huo, and for the dead ministers of my Great Xia!" Xia Jiuyuan said impassionedly.

A group of ministers knelt down one after another, and the mountain shouted Long live Your Majesty!

Especially the group of the Huo family, when they heard that they could take revenge, their eyes were almost bursting with fire.

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