Chapter 776: Audience with King Yu

No matter what Xuanyuan Yao thinks, or how much pressure he feels, he still has to do what he should do.

Chu Hongyi went to the Dongdu military camp with him to hand over the military power of the Golden Armor Army. In front of all the generals and soldiers in the army, the silver-white token was officially handed over to Xuanyuan Yao.

Although the Golden Armor Army soldiers were not very familiar with Xuanyuan Yao, they were not unfamiliar with him. They knew that he was the son of the King of Huainan - the prince who grew up in the military camp since childhood, and he would definitely be more favored by the soldiers than the pampered prince.

In addition, Xuanyuan Yao was also the commander-in-chief of the Black Obsidian Army, a general entrusted with an important task by the Regent.

In fact, the Golden Armor Army had admired the Black Obsidian Army for a long time, and they might still have some competitive spirit in their hearts - after all, they had only heard about the strength of the Black Obsidian Army, and had not really seen it, so it was normal for them to be dissatisfied.

So even if the Golden Armor Army did not reject the decision to change the commander, if they wanted them to truly respect him, they had to see Xuanyuan Yao's real ability.

On March 16, Xuanyuan Yao went to the palace to ask for permission to hold a contest between the Obsidian Army and the Golden Armor Army in the Xidu military camp, and asked the regent to come to the camp to take charge, in order to make the Golden Armor Army soldiers convinced of the new commander, so that they can follow the arrangements without distraction when they go to the battlefield in the future, and not miss the opportunity to fight.

The regent agreed.

So before dawn on March 18, Xuanyuan Yao transferred 5,000 Obsidian Army soldiers to the Xidu military camp, and announced in public that every tactic needed in the military camp could be challenged by the Golden Armor Army, the challenge method would be determined by the Golden Armor Army, and the challenge result would be determined by the regent.

In fact, the result of winning or losing does not need to be determined by anyone. The soldiers in the army believe in true ability. As long as they are open-minded soldiers, they will naturally judge the level of ability, and it is not something that can be denied by their own stubbornness.

The regent personally taking charge is a deterrent to all the soldiers.

It is said that the competition on that day was very intense and particularly shocking. The elite cavalry, archery is a must-practice item. Xuanyuan Yao's Obsidian Army crushed all the Golden Armor Army in archery, and beat them without any resistance.

The Obsidian Army also has an absolute advantage in the physical strength and endurance of the army. At least it can prove that the training in the past two years is not a joke. It is a harsh tempering in the wind and rain, which has tempered the former elite into an indestructible iron man bit by bit.

In the end, Xuanyuan Yao won the respect of the Golden Armor Army with his strong strength.

In addition to the replacement of the military power of the Golden Armor Army, the spring examination in March also officially began.

This is destined to be a busy season.

Xuanyuan Yao and Xie Jin officially devoted themselves to busy work. One was responsible for the military preparations and food in the autumn in the court, and had to divide time and energy to try the cases of the Ministry of Justice. The other was immersed in the Golden Armor Army and did the final training before the troops.

After the half-month holiday, the two of them rarely met again for the whole summer. Even if they met occasionally, they had to separate in a hurry. The combat effectiveness of the Jinjia Army was not weak, but the adaptation period after the change of commander was necessary, and the strategic style of the new commander had to be familiar and accustomed to by the soldiers as soon as possible.

Feelings were feelings, and business was business. The love between men and women seemed insignificant in the face of national affairs. Both of them were rational people who took the overall situation into consideration and knew the cruelty of war better than anyone else.

One more sweat in the barracks today, and one more chance of survival on the battlefield tomorrow.

Time passed quickly.

In mid-May, the King of Yu was invited to Dongling, and the Regent issued an order to receive him. As expected, Zhan Ruo also followed.

The King of Yu was over fifty years old and had three princes. Zhan Ruo was the oldest, but he was not interested in the throne, so the other two princes competed for the throne. However, Zhan Ruo was too outstanding - no matter how childish he acted in front of Rong Yu and Nan Xi, he could not deny the fact that he was an outstanding prince in Yu.

So the other two princes were not without their guard against him, and they had secretly wanted to suppress him. Zhan Ruo had a bad temper to begin with, and how could he endure it after being provoked three times?

So before coming to Dongling this time, he secretly arranged for someone to spread the news that whoever could get the favor of Her Majesty the Queen of Dongling would be the next King of Yu. The rumors among various countries that "whoever gets the Queen of Dongling gets the world" were already fierce. Once such rumors were spread, how could the two princes sit still?

Of course, the princes of the small Yu Kingdom did not dare to have too much ambition and did not dare to covet Her Majesty the Queen of Yu Kingdom, but this did not mean that they did not want to be the king of Yu Kingdom. Therefore, after the two princes of Yu Kingdom learned that their father was invited to Dongling, they almost rushed to make several light and flowing robes at the fastest speed, and spent a lot of money to customize jade pendant headdresses - throwing away the ornaments of prince specifications, all the clothes and dresses were as good as they could be, just like they were going to participate in the palace selection.

Zhan Ruo just sneered at this, thinking that you can only talk about inheriting the throne after you can survive Rong Yu's annoying guy.

Two idiots.

So when King Yu came all the way to Dongling, Rong Yu ordered people to set up a banquet, and King Yu brought his three sons to the audience, the Dongling ministers looked at the princes of Yu, one more outstanding than the other, and their expressions were simply wonderful.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen of Dongling, and to the Regent." King Yu took the lead in saluting.

The three princes behind him also followed suit. Zhan Ruo's movements were more casual, and there was a sense of perfunctory, while the second and third princes were respectful and calm, wearing elegant robes that made their figures look like flowing clouds and water. In addition, the appearance of the royal family of Yu was good, and the princes were young, so this scene could not help but make people think more.

Fortunately, the ministers of Dongling all knew that it was the Queen and the Regent who took the initiative to invite King Yu to be a guest, otherwise they would have thought that King Yu was also following suit and wanted to present a beautiful boy to the Queen.

However, when a prince meets the emperor, he should be calm and steady. Don't you think it's inappropriate to dress like this?

Rong Yu raised his eyes and saw Zhan Ruo's eyes full of provocation and watching the show. He suppressed his displeasure without making a sound and said indifferently: "King Yu, please sit down."

"Thank you, Queen, thank you, Regent."

King Yu turned around and walked to the guest seat and sat down. His three sons sat down one by one next to him. When the second and third princes sat down, their movements were extremely elegant and calm, and they had a sense of elegance.

Zhan Ruo cast a meaningful look at Nan Xi. Nan Xi glanced at him and turned a blind eye to the peacock-like behavior of the other two princes.

"You all have come from afar, thank you for your hard work." Nan Xi smiled faintly, "I and the Regent invited King Yu to come to Dongling to discuss something."