Border Cook

Chapter 619: Inspiring Generals

I’m afraid none of them can be Xia Yunji’s opponent.

Li Juncheng couldn't help but sigh, "If Commander Xia is compared with the warriors of our Jinwei country, I'm afraid he will be much more powerful."

"Your Highness."

Tao Ankang, who was riding a horse and traveling side by side with Li Juncheng's carriage, frowned and looked unhappy. "Forgive me for saying this, but the Second Prince is a little too eager to encourage others and undermine his own prestige."

"This Xia guy has some skills, but he is still far inferior to the warriors of our Jinwei country. Your Highness, you are praising him too much."

"General Tao is right." Li Juncheng smiled. "It will take several days to get to the capital. Why don't you find an opportunity for General Tao to have a discussion with Commander Xia, so that I can broaden my horizons and improve the prestige of our Jinwei Kingdom?"

Tao Ankang is a general in the army. This time he was ordered to go to the capital with Li Juncheng for peace talks and serve as Li Juncheng's bodyguard.

But Li Juncheng knew that Tao Ankang was just like Li Junhao, extremely warlike. He did not agree with the peace talks and even scoffed at Li Juncheng's idea of ​​​​appeasement.

Tao Ankang's attitude at this time was within Li Juncheng's expectations.

But as a subject, Tao Ankang could not tolerate such an attitude towards him, a prince.

Provoke him. If he really competes with Xia Yunji and wins, then as he said, the prestige of Jin Weiguo will increase. If he returns in defeat, it will be able to dampen the prestige of Tao Ankang.

Why not?
When Tao Ankang heard Li Juncheng say this, his face became even uglier, "Second Prince, are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"What do you mean?" Li Juncheng smiled. "Just now General Tao said that we should not let others show off their power and destroy the power of our Jinwei Kingdom. I have now given General Tao a chance to show off our power, but General Tao said that I was deliberately making things difficult for him..."

"I don't quite understand this. Does General Tao feel that what he said is self-contradictory? Or is General Tao afraid and feels that he has no chance of winning against Commander Xia?"

"If it's the latter, General Tao doesn't have to feel ashamed. After all, our Jinwei Kingdom went to the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom for peace talks. If we lower our posture, we won't be laughed at..."

The method of provoking a general has always been effective, especially for military generals.

Tao Ankang gritted his teeth and said, "Since the Second Prince looks down on me, I really have to prove myself to him."

"That's great." Li Juncheng nodded, "Then I'll talk to Commander Lu about it. I think Commander Lu won't refuse this kind of mutual learning."

"That's exactly what I wanted!" Tao Ankang snorted coldly.

Let’s have a fight, who’s afraid of who?

Although he had never fought with Xia Yunji directly, he saw that Xia Yunji seemed to have some skills and was famous, but he was thin and had only a few pounds of flesh on his body. No matter how agile he was, it would be useless in the face of Xia Yunji's absolute strength.

By then, we will just defeat Xia Yunjue solidly, and let those in the Great Zhou Kingdom, who only know how to fight with various tactics, sneak attacks and other insidious tricks, see how their Jinwei Kingdom relies on to win!

The most important thing is to let Li Juncheng, who is as timid as a mouse and only knows how to curry favor with the powerful, know something about how powerful he is.

Peace talks?

Humph, this is something that shouldn’t be done!

Tao Ankang was very angry, but Li Juncheng just smiled faintly.

Some people always fail to see the situation clearly, and this is the most terrifying thing.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Kingdom did not care about the internal strife in the Jinwei Kingdom. They were very happy at the moment because Xia Yunji had hunted many rabbits.

There are two reasons to be happy.

First, with rabbits, they could have a treat, some stewed rabbit meat for lunch, a change from their usual taste. Second, Commander Xia hunted rabbits so neatly, which was a small display of his skills, and let Jin Weiguo see the capabilities of the Western Frontier Army of the Great Zhou.

Xia Yunji was also very happy at this time. He handed all the hunted rabbits to the cook and asked Xia Mingyue for credit. "Did you see it just now, sister?"

"I saw it. He is very skilled and powerful." Xia Mingyue gave Xia Yunji a thumbs up, and at the same time, she did not forget to praise Wu Jin, "Wu Jin is also very powerful."

Of course, it is a very powerful dog.

Wu Jin barked twice excitedly and continued to sit in the front of the carriage.

Lu Qiyan also rode over and smiled at Xia Yunji, "Well done."

Unintentional display of strength is part of the negotiation game.

Xia Yunji looked like he was just eager to play, but actually he did it just right and was truly worthy of praise.

After receiving Lu Qiyan's praise, Xia Yunji chuckled and said, "Since you have done such a good job, do you have any reward for me, brother-in-law?"

award?

Lu Qiyan laughed, "I recently read a new storybook, why don't I tell it to you as a reward?"

Xia Yunji, "..."

Are you sure this is a reward and not a punishment?
Thanks for the invitation. It’s better for him to show his affection with his sister. It’s quite interesting now. He also wants to save some space for the rabbit meat.

Xia Yunji squeezed the horse's belly and said, "I suddenly remembered that I should go to the front to inspect. My sister and brother-in-law can talk slowly..."

Having said that, he hurriedly urged the horse forward.

That look was a bit flustered, as if he was fleeing in panic.

Lu Qiyan, "..."

Is this really not a reward?
You know, his storytelling ability was truly recognized by his wife, who said that he was much more interesting than the storytellers outside.

He wouldn’t tell most people about it, but now that he’s telling them, don’t you cherish it?
Really...

Nothing to say!

Xia Mingyue couldn't help laughing when watching this scene, but she didn't say anything. She just smiled with her eyebrows curved, and even a bit of cunning.

Lu Qiyan reached out and touched his nose, "Then I'll take a look around too."

"Okay." Xia Mingyue responded with a smile. After Lu Qiyan walked away, she lowered the curtain and talked to Zhuang Cui and Yin Qiao.

When she got tired of talking, Yin Qiao took out a rope and played cat's tangle with Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui.

The sun soon reached its zenith, but at this time, Ping'an Station, our destination for today, was still a long way away.

Everyone did not stop for too long. They just took a short rest, ate some dry food and meals, and then continued on their journey.

The road was flat in the afternoon and we traveled faster than in the morning. We arrived at Ping'an Posthouse in the evening.

Like the previous day, the post station provided meals, but because of the extra harvest today, Lu Qiyan led the cooks among the soldiers to prepare a dish of braised rabbit meat.