Xia Jiuyuan watched Xia Yan leave, frowning, as if muttering to himself, "Did I do something wrong?"
Gao Weixin bowed to the side and said, "If His Highness really has no discord with His Majesty! Then he should support whatever His Majesty does!"
Xia Jiuyuan was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "The imperial edict has been sent out, and everyone from the Yang family should be here. Nihuang was in a hurry to go back last time. Did something happen to the Yang family?"
Gao Weixin shook his head and said, "Before the eldest princess left, she just mentioned a letter from the Yang family and asked her to go back. She didn't say anything else. If the eldest princess wants your majesty to help, she will definitely speak up!"
Xia Jiuyuan nodded and said, "As long as the reorganization of the army is completed, my heart can be settled! It's a pity for those 100,000 elite soldiers!"
"Your Majesty, if you are reluctant to give up... you can have someone allocate some food and grass. There are thirty-six countries in the Western Region. After fighting each one for less than a year and a half, you will definitely not be able to come back. By then, your Majesty's plan to reorganize the army will have been completed long ago. By then, their 100,000 elite soldiers will no longer be a threat...and they can also make the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions bow to me, Great Xia." Gao Weixin said.
"You are right, but they have already set off. Even if it is too late to restore supplies now. They only have five days of food and grass, and it will take ten days at the earliest before we send the supplies. By then, they will probably die of thirst. I starved to death in that vast desert," Xia Jiuyuan said calmly.
"Your Majesty, what if there is a miracle? That Lu Qian can create miracles several times..." Gao Weixin continued.
Xia Jiuyuan took a deep look at Gao Weixin, with a stern look in his eyes and said, "If he can take those 100,000 elite soldiers alive and wait for my supplies, then I really don't dare to let him This kind of person returns to Kyoto alive."
Gao Weixin stopped talking.
"However, what you said makes sense! Go to Xia Yan to convey my order and restore their supplies!" Xia Jiuyuan said to Gao Weixin.
Gao Weixin bowed and secretly agreed.
...
Xia Yan didn't go far with a gloomy expression.
He saw a young eunuch chasing him and asked him to wait, saying that the emperor had an order.
He thought the emperor had changed his mind.
However, the emperor asked him to resume supplies for the Huo Army in the Western Expedition.
This made him so angry that he went to find Xia Jiuyuan on the spot.
As a result, Xia Jiuyuan didn't go to see him at all and just asked Gao Weixin to tell Xia Yan.
Just follow his orders.
Xia Yan then went to Wan Gan with a dark face to complain.
After Wan Gan heard Xia Yan's words, he smiled lightly and said, "Obviously, your father is suspicious again! He seems to be afraid of you now..."
"Father, why are you afraid of me! Doesn't he know everything I do? Doesn't he trust me the most? Does he want to make me the prince?" Xia Yan said with an ugly expression.
"It's true that your father wants to support you, but since he is now in the prime of life, he will naturally not want to have a powerful prince who can directly challenge him. On the contrary, now that Xia Xingbang is the prince, he feels more at ease." Wan Gan said with a faint smile.
"Then I can only wait... I have been waiting for more than ten years! And according to my father's character, even if I become the prince, he will not trust me." Xia Yan said with a sinister expression.
"It's just imperial power. You either have to be obedient now. Obviously, he is testing you by doing this! You don't have to do anything now. When he waits for a hundred years, the throne will naturally be yours!" Wan Gan said lightly.
"A hundred years later, he will be less than forty years old. If there is no accident, he can still live for twenty or thirty years! Who knows what will happen in these twenty or thirty years! Moreover, he changed his mind again and asked me to resume my thoughts on the Western Expedition. The army's food and grass supplies. If that eunuch Lu Qian successfully wiped out the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, he would have firmly taken the position of Minister of War! Master, please teach me..." Xia Yan's face was filled with resentment. said.
Wan Gan smiled slightly and said, "Didn't I tell you a way?
? Didn't you say before that your father and son have a deep love? "
"What you're talking about is..." Xia Yan was stopped by Wan Gan's eyes as soon as he opened his mouth.
Wan Gan smiled slightly and said, "That's right. If you can't break it, you can't stand it..."
Xia Yan was silent for a moment, and then said to Wan Qian, "Master, since my father doesn't trust me, don't blame me... Master, I agree with your plan!"
Wan Gan smiled lightly and said, "Have you thought about it?"
Xia Yan nodded firmly, "You are right, I can't wait so long..."
...
After one hundred thousand elites marched for a day, there was no reference anywhere.
At a glance, it's all a vast expanse of yellow sand.
Even though they found a few guides in Zhenxi City.
But after walking for two days, in addition to the sky full of yellow sand, there is still a sky full of yellow sand.
The generals gradually began to feel uncertain.
Lu Qian, on the other hand, looked calm and composed, which made all the generals confused.
Because food and grass are decreasing visibly to the naked eye.
The guide said that according to their traveling speed, it would take at least ten days to reach Shanshan Country.
The generals asked Lu Qian, but Lu Qian just said that someone would send food and grass when the time comes.
By the fifth day, food and grass were all gone.
A group of generals arrived at Lu Qian's Chinese army tent, but they did not dare to say anything.
Because once the soldiers know that there is no food and grass, a mutiny will be triggered.
"General Lu? Where are the supplies you mentioned? We could have saved some food and held on for a day or two... You said it, let everyone eat with open stomachs! If there is no food to eat tomorrow morning! There will be a big fuss. !" A general said to Lu Qian with a frown.
"Don't worry. Someone will definitely deliver it tomorrow at the latest!" Lu Qian said without much confidence at this time. Because according to the plan, someone will deliver it in the first two days!
Seeing what Lu Qian said, Huo Gang, who had been silent, jumped out and pointed at Lu Qian and cursed, "Generals, let me tell you this. This eunuch lied to you... He did it on purpose... Let's hurry up now Go back. There is still a chance of survival if you go back, but you will definitely die if you continue on!"
Everyone also began to whisper among themselves.
"Report! There is enemy information! There is enemy information! There are camel caravans and sergeants from the Western Regions ahead! It's so dark that you can't see the end..." At this moment, a scout-looking soldier ran over from outside and said anxiously.
"They came at the right time! Mr. Lu, could it be that this is what you said, bringing us food and grass?" After hearing this, an old general said to Lu Qian with excitement.
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