At this time.
Xia Tian said in a deep voice: "Activate in place and wait for orders!"
"yes!"
The veterans stood up and looked at Xia Tian with different eyes.
At this time.
Xiaobai jumped out of the carriage and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, the gold, silver and jewelry have been sold."
"40 cartloads of herbs, spirits, grain, cloth, refined salt, butter, pork and other items were purchased."
"Gugu..."
The more the veterans listened, the more they became greedy. Their bellies were as hungry as thunder.
But their figures remained motionless, maintaining their strict military appearance.
Originally, the Ministry of War specially allocated money for the treatment and livelihood of these wounded soldiers with meritorious service.
However, these silver coins were deducted from top to bottom.
When the silver came into their hands, they could only buy pickles.
The word "bird" has long faded out of the wounded soldiers' mouths!
Memories always make veterans want to cry.
but.
The prince sells jewelry in exchange for food. Is it for them to eat?
Yeah?
There is meat!
I want to eat!
Xia Tian smiled gently: "Get up!"
“Well done!”
"Those jewels can buy so many supplies, so they are quite valuable!"
Xiaobai said with some reluctance: "Your Majesty, those are the treasures of the palace..."
Xia Tian waved his hand to stop Xiao Bai from continuing: "Manager Bai, people are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat even one meal, you will be starved!"
"The soldiers in the wounded barracks received extremely poor food and insufficient nutrition, and their recovery from injuries was very slow."
"From now on, every meal must have meat so that the soldiers can replenish their vitality!"
"yes!"
Xiaobai accepted the order: "I will definitely let the soldiers eat well!"
All the veterans’ eyes were red again!
It turns out that the prince sells jewelry so that they can eat meat!
What a relative!
then.
The veterans secretly made many oaths!
The prince wants to live a long life!
The kind who wants to marry a harem of three thousand people!
The kind that brings all the top ten beauties in the world to bed!
At this time.
Xiao Bai walked to Xia Tian lightly and looked at Lu Shu and Gao Fei with questioning eyes.
The meaning is obvious... If there is something important to say, should the two of them avoid it?
Xia Tian shook his head and chuckled as he introduced both parties: "From now on, Lu Shu and Gao Fei are our own people. If you have anything to say, please speak up."
"yes!"
Xiaobai understood: "As expected by His Highness, the Crown Prince ordered the arsenal not to replenish weapons and equipment for the Huangzhou Guards Camp."
"According to His Highness's arrangement, I gave a hundred taels of gold to General Liu in the arsenal, and received a thousand sets of thick cotton military uniforms and five hundred sets of fine iron armor."
"Five hundred top-quality iron knives."
"Five hundred top-quality iron spears."
"A hundred strong five-stone bows and six thousand arrows."
"A hundred shields."
"All the procedures have been completed, which is enough to equip our current manpower."
"There are ten cars in total, all hidden in the supplies."
Lu Shu and Gao Fei are overjoyed!
Now, there is no shortage of medicine, food, military uniforms, and weapons!
Your Majesty, it’s reliable!
Next.
Just follow the prince to fight his way out and gain a chance of survival.
Immediately afterwards.
I saw supplies trucks pouring out of the city gate one after another.
All the veterans smiled happily.
There is food in the army and the soldiers are not panicked.
Xia Tian looked at the sky and saw that it was almost time to set off. He said in a deep voice: "Soldiers!"
"exist!"
There was light in the eyes of all the veterans and their response was loud.
Xia Tian made one last confirmation: "My fiefdom is the Barren State, which is a barren land. Facing the Sirius Empire, if you follow me, the chance of dying in battle is very high."
"Now, I give you one last chance to make a choice."
"Those who follow me, from today on, you are my brothers and sisters!"
"If you have something to eat from me, you won't be hungry!"
"If anyone chooses to stay in the Imperial Capital, I will give you a severance package of ten taels of silver so that you can get some delicious food when you go back and recover from your injuries."
"Do you understand?"
All the veterans shouted in unison: "Understood!"
"good!"
"Those who don't want to go to the barren state will go out!"
No one moves!
All the veterans knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, stop asking!"
"We're coming with you!"
A veteran with high prestige said: "We are all orphans. We have no home in the imperial capital, no relatives, no women or children, and no worries."
"We are willing to follow the prince to Dahuang State."
"Where Your Highness is, is our home!"
All the veterans were excited and shouted in unison: "Where Your Highness is, this is our home!"
"good!"
Summer's heart warms.
He traveled to this world alone, so he was not an orphan: "Xiaobai, Lu Shu, Gao Fei, you lead the convoy and veterans and set off, waiting for me in Taohuawu 20 miles ahead!"
"yes!"
"After arriving at Taohuawu, the veterans will be put into warm thick cotton clothes, issued with new armor and weapons, and armed to the teeth. There will be many tough battles to be fought along the way."
"yes!"
Xiaobai, Lu Shu, and Gao Fei took the order and left.
at this time.
Some servants of Sima Mansion poured out in front of the city gate.
Under Sima Ge's arrangement, they boarded each carriage, took the veterans, and drove away.
At this time.
Sima Lan walked up to Xia Tian and stood side by side: "Your Highness, now, I think you have a glimmer of hope to reach the Great Wilderness State alive!"
Xia Tian looked at the prince's personal troops pouring out of the city gate and smiled lightly: "I will try my best to survive."
"I won't make you a widow."
A blush appeared on Sima Lanyu's face. She pinched the hem of her skirt with her small hands that had nowhere to go. She changed the subject and said, "You let the convoy go first and stayed alone without even a guard... You are showing weakness to the prince." ?"
The corner of Xia Tian's mouth evoked a hint of meaning: "Miss Sima is really a wise woman, she can guess right."
but.
She still guessed wrong!
At this time.
A luxurious carriage stopped at the city gate.
A eunuch shouted in a long voice: "His Royal Highness, come to see Prince Huang off to the throne!"
Then, the prince in gorgeous clothes stepped out of the carriage and waved away the people on his left and right triumphantly.
Sima Lan, who was beside Xia Tian, automatically stayed away.
Because the killing intent in the eyes of the Crown Prince and Prince Huang was shocking!
A fight could start at any time.
Stay away and don’t listen to what you shouldn’t hear.
The prince looked at Sima Lan's back with greedy eyes, and said grimly: "Ninth brother, I wish you a safe journey, and your life will be at risk."
The prince's words were full of viciousness.
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian was unmoved at all: "This is not what a dignified prince should say when bidding farewell to a prince."
"If word gets out...those censors may impeach His Highness the Crown Prince for his misconduct!"
"I would like to advise His Royal Highness to be more cautious."
"snort......"
The prince looked unconcerned and said arrogantly: "These are all my confidants, who can say anything?"
"me!"
Xia Tian pointed at himself: "If you always want to kill me, I will have to find hundreds of storytellers to spread the glorious image of His Highness the Crown Prince peeing in the snow to the world!"
"you......"
This is exposing shortcomings and punishing one's heart.
The prince narrowed his viper eyes and counter-irritated Xia Tian: "Ninth brother, are you satisfied with the thousand heroes I allocated to you?"
"Hehehe..."
"You are so polite. I allocated a thousand wounded soldiers to you, but you only wanted a hundred...how polite you are!"
The prince was waiting for Xia Tian to lose his temper in anger, and then took the opportunity to humiliate him.
But, no.
Xia Tian was truly grateful to the prince for this matter.
Anger does not exist.
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian smiled faintly: "My ninth brother, I will definitely keep your kindness in mind and never forget it!"
The prince felt sullen and couldn't get out of his heart: "Ninth brother, it seems that I underestimate you!"
Xia Tian raised his eyelids: "Then just open your eyes and look at me!"
"Oh, His Highness the Crown Prince has small eyes and can't open them wide!"
The prince has a pair of sinister-looking triangular eyes, and he is born with a sinister aura.
In the court, many officials were also talking privately... saying that he did not have the appearance of a man and a king.
But unfortunately, he is the emperor's eldest son.
He was born a prince.
As the saying goes: Don't slap someone in the face when you hit someone, don't expose someone's shortcomings when you scold someone.
The most painful scar of the prince was opened by Xia Tian.
He wants to draw his sword and kill!
My heart is roaring: "I want to kill him!"
"Kill him!"
However, he did not draw the sword in the end.
The prince suppressed his anger and asked grimly: "Ninth brother, do you know who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
