Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

"boom!"

The table in front of Xia Tianxiong was kicked to pieces.

The civil officials, military officers, maids and eunuchs in the palace were all shocked by this scene. They all knelt on the ground, not daring to even breathe.

"Trash, a bunch of useless trash."

"Guo Zhen and Ma Guangyuan, are they both good-for-nothings? Feng'er is still young, yet they dare let him take charge."

"I was blind at the time, how could I have promoted these useless people!"

Minister of War Cao Yuan raised his head weakly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of the commander-in-chief."

"Ma Guangyuan has died in battle, and Guo Zhen is still besieging Hanyang City. Changing generals mid-battle is a major military taboo and will have a serious impact on morale."

"I hope Your Majesty will reconsider and punish Guo Zhen after the rebellion is quelled."

Xia Tianxiong sat on the dragon throne with an expressionless face, his eyes flashing with a gleam that made it impossible to tell whether he was happy or worried.

After a while, he asked coldly, "Feng'er has been captured, and Guo Zhen has an army of over 10,000 men. Why doesn't he take Hanyang in one fell swoop and rescue my Feng'er?"

After these words were spoken, everyone looked hesitant.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and no one dared to speak up.

"I'm asking you questions!"

"Are you all deaf?"

Xia Tianxiong's voice suddenly rose a few degrees. Cao Yuan swallowed his saliva and gritted his teeth, saying, "Your Majesty, that Xia Mingyuan has captured Your Highness and hung him on the city wall."

"Moreover, he has already announced that if anyone who attacks the city and injures him, he will cut off a piece of your Highness' flesh."

"Such a threat made General Guo Zhen hesitate to act rashly for a while, so he submitted a memorial to the court to inquire about His Majesty's opinion."

When these words were spoken, the ministers looked at each other in confusion and whispered to each other.

Xia Tianxiong's face was gloomy and uncertain. He sat on the throne and did not speak for a long time.

Finally, the civil and military officials in the hall could no longer hold back. Minister of War Cao Yuan stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the army is on the march, and the daily expenditure is enormous."

"If this continues, the soldiers of Huaiqing Prefecture will be worn down at the gates of Hanyang City. By then, Xia Mingyuan will be at ease and we will be devoured by him."

"Minister Cao is absolutely right. Although Xia Mingyuan is unlikely to achieve great things now, a few months ago, he was just a poor boy with nothing."

"Now he possesses an army of over ten thousand, which is enough to show how quickly he has developed. Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."

"If it's delayed too long, it will be detrimental to the country and the nation!"

"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the civil and military officials came forward and began to admonish him again.

Seeing this scene, Xia Tianxiong's face became even gloomier. At this moment, a trace of regret arose in his heart.

What the civil and military officials said was right. Xia Mingyuan's ability was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Although he came from a humble background, he had an army of tens of thousands in just one month.

Such people are rare talents no matter where they are.

But now, because he disliked him for a moment, he expelled him from the palace and left him to fend for himself, causing the father and son to become enemies.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly.

"It is indeed difficult for my Feng'er to achieve great things. Now that he has fallen into Xia Mingyuan's hands, I am afraid that he is in great danger."

"Never mind, I'll write a letter home and let Mingyuan handle it himself."

There was a cold glint in Xia Tianxiong's eyes. In a flash, he was certain that both of them were sons.

Since Xia Lingfeng is of little use, he might as well just give up.

Moreover, throwing this difficult problem to Xia Mingyuan was, on the one hand, to show goodwill, and on the other hand, to quell the rebellion without bloodshed.

Thinking of this, Xia Tianxiong waved his hand and asked everyone to leave.

He came to the desk, waved his hand, wrote a letter, and asked someone to send it to Xia Mingyuan by an express horse eight hundred miles away.

……

After a few days of rest, Xia Mingyuan has successfully taken over Huaiqing Prefecture.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out and making Xia Tianxiong desperate, he specifically ordered the news to be blocked.

Nowadays, in addition to the troops previously stationed in the entire Hanyang city, 5,000 soldiers have also been stationed in Huaiqing Prefecture.

He took advantage of the lack of military strength and completely razed the entire area around Hanyang like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Now, there was no movement in the court, and Xia Mingyuan was happy to be free. Apart from training soldiers every day, he would lock himself in the yard to practice martial arts.

The system was like an alarm clock that never stopped, accumulating batches of soldiers for him.

To date, he has already secured quotas for 7,000 system soldiers in the system alone.

In this regard, Xia Mingyuan was not in a hurry to summon all these soldiers.

He planned to keep these troops for other important uses.

Thinking of this, Xia Mingyuan's mouth curled up slightly and he looked at Xia Lingfeng who was still hanging on the city wall.

After a few days of wind and sun, Xia Lingfeng had become completely obedient. He was like a dead dog, with his head lowered, not daring to make any sound.

Next to him, his mother Su Zhiwei was also thrown onto the city wall. After cursing for several days, Xia Mingyuan could no longer tolerate her noise and asked Wang Gang to cut off her tongue. At this moment, she was dying.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind me.

Xia Mingyuan turned around and saw Li Chun running towards him in a hurry, looking anxious.

"General, send a fast horse eight hundred miles away."

"It is said that it was sent from the palace. It is a letter from the old emperor to you."

Hearing this, Xia Mingyuan frowned and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Xia Tianxiong, that bastard, dares to write me a letter with such a licking face."

After saying that, he took the letter handed to him by Li Chun without any hesitation, glanced through it roughly, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a sinister smile.

"Xia Tianxiong, ah Xia Tianxiong, you are just as I expected."

"Your so-called most beloved son is nothing more than a pawn you use."

"It's a pity that I don't like your tricks."

After Xia Mingyuan finished speaking, he looked at Xia Lingfeng and said, "Push the problem to me and put an end to it?"

“I never considered it a problem.”

After saying that, Xia Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "Pull Xia Lingfeng up to me."

At the command, Xia Lingfeng was quickly pulled up and escorted to Xia Mingyuan.

"Take a look. Your father sent it."

Xia Mingyuan looked at the downtrodden Xia Lingfeng, and condescendingly threw the letter in his hand to the ground.

"It's Father!"

Xia Lingfeng swallowed his saliva, and a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.

Without time to think, he rushed forward and took the letter from the ground.

However, the next moment, the smile on Xia Lingfeng's face slowly froze, and he stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning.

"No, that's impossible!"

"Xia Mingyuan, don't lie to me. I am the emperor's most beloved son. He will never give up on me!"