Chapter 300 The Boy Who Refuses to Give Up

"Xi'er is smart." Rong Yu raised a smile at the corner of his lips, "You are worthy of being the Queen. This sharp insight is beyond the reach of me."

"Don't talk nonsense." Nan Xi said coquettishly, "You were clearly a cold and majestic look on the training ground just now. Why don't you pretend now?"

Rong Yu smiled and kissed her face: "There are so many soldiers on the training ground. Even if I don't care about my face, I have to take care of the dignity of Princess Feng, right?"

Nan Xi was silent for a moment. What he said made sense.

"How did the Prince of Huainan know you?"

"He used to train under me."

Ah?

Nan Xi was surprised: "He trained under you?"

Rong Yu nodded: "You were still young at that time..."

Young?

Nan Xi was strangely quiet for a moment, and nodded thoughtfully: "So, your power and the many loyal ministers and generals under your command, most of them began to accumulate after you went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen?"

The year he first went to the battlefield, Nan Xi seemed to be just about ten years old, and she didn't even meet Gu Qingshu... But later, how could he allow her to like Gu Qingshu?

Rong Yu nodded, not noticing the doubts that emerged in Nan Xi's mind at this time, and said lightly: "My acquaintance with Xuanyuan Yao was an accident."

Accident?

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

The carriage slowly drove towards the city, and even the sound of the wheels made people feel soothing and reassuring.

"The war that defeated the Northern Frontier had a great impact. The courts of various countries were secretly paying attention. The Northern Frontier was defeated, and my name soon spread in various countries. There was no lack of exaggeration, but it was a fact that one battle made the world famous, and after a victory, the eyes of the world gathered around me."

Nan Xi hummed, and understood.

The nine countries in the world are independent. The strong countries pay attention to the strong countries, and the weak countries also pay attention to the strong countries. Some are for their own destiny and survival, while others are for realizing their own ambitions.

If the king of a country is incompetent and the national strength is weak, it may become the object of covetous eyes of other countries. The strong countries keep a low profile and strengthen their troops in order to expand their territory and dominate the world one day.

So the Great Zhou had a young warrior who killed the so-called barbaric and fierce Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry in just half a year. Even the first general of the Northern Frontier was beheaded. This incident shocked the world and shocked all countries, especially the kings and dignitaries of various countries.

"Xuanyuan Yao, the legitimate son of the King of Huainan, also paid attention to you at that time?"

Rong Yu nodded: "After defeating the Northern Frontier, the victory report was sent back to the imperial capital, but the Xuanjia Army did not return to the capital immediately, but stayed at the border to rest for a while... When the general is away, he is not subject to the orders of the emperor. Besides, there are some things that cannot be done freely in the imperial capital, so we can only stay away from their sight."

So under the pretext of resting the troops and adjusting the border defense, the troops and forces were left at the border, which would be much more convenient to do things.

"In the winter of the following year after the war with the Northern Frontier ended, Xuanyuan Yao came to me with 18 followers." Rong Yu said calmly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "As soon as we met, the boy who was only fourteen years old at the time said he wanted to challenge me without knowing his own limitations."

Nan Xi frowned, calculating the ages of Rong Yu and Xuanyuan Yao in his heart.

Rong Yu went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen. It was the winter of the following year after the war with Northern Xinjiang ended. He was only about sixteen years old...

"Xuanyuan Yao is two years younger than you?"

Rong Yu was silent for a moment, and nodded uncertainly: "Maybe. There may be some errors in age. I don't remember these things clearly."

Nan Xi hummed, and no longer entangled these insignificant details.

"Anyway, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old when he came to me. He had a spirit of not admitting defeat and insisted on competing with me." Rong Yu thought of the past, and his expression did not seem to change. "I can see that he grew up in the military camp. His style of doing things is very military, and of course he has the heart of a young man."

At that time, Rong Yu's temper was more arrogant and unkind than now, and his methods were also cruel. If it weren't for his cruel and ruthless methods, he probably wouldn't have been able to make those soldiers listen to him at the age of fourteen, and then successfully take control of the military power and defeat Northern Xinjiang.

Although he was appointed as a general by imperial decree, he actually relied on his strong martial arts and archery to defeat the generals in the army, and then he successfully took charge of the military power. With his treacherous and changeable military strategies, he won the first victory of the war. The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were proud and naturally more convinced of him.

Later, Rong Yu was strict in managing the army and never knew what softness was. The Xuanjia Army he personally formed suffered a lot under his hands. They really respected and feared this young general. In Qi Lin's words, he was full of evil spirits.

Xuanyuan Yao found him at this time, naturally, nothing good would come of it.

The young man who grew up in the military camp since childhood was extraordinary, proud and conceited, with a domineering arrogance, came alone with the 18 guards, just to see the world-famous young general.

Rong Yu was busy with the training of the Xuanjia Army all day long, and had other things to do secretly. Of course, he had no time to pay attention to him, but the young man kept pestering him all day long, and he would break into the military camp whenever he had some free time, and he was determined not to give up until he achieved his goal.

It's not that Rong Yu couldn't kill him, but the eighteen guards around Xuanyuan Yao were all top masters. If they really had to fight, there would inevitably be innocent casualties.

In order to solve this inexplicable trouble, he agreed to Xuanyuan Yao's challenge, but at the same time set a condition that if the other party lost, he must accept the punishment set by Rong Yu.

Xuanyuan Yao could also refuse, and then Rong Yu would not accept his challenge.

The young man traveled day and night from the Huainan border, 8,000 miles away, to the border between Da Zhou and Beijiang, just to compete with this famous general. How could he be willing to lose this opportunity?

So the punishment is punishment, no big deal.

The first competition was in the military camp, many soldiers watched, and the eighteen masters around Xuanyuan Yao also protected him closely. The only people competing were Rong Yu and Xuanyuan Yao.

The result was naturally Rong Yu won.

At that time, he did not really mean to punish Xuanyuan Yao. He was even too lazy to pay attention to this person, so the punishment he gave was to let him go, the farther the better.

But Xuanyuan Yao was not convinced and insisted that this was not a punishment.

With Rong Yu's temper at that time, how could he tolerate him again and again? He directly asked someone to bring a whip over, and in front of so many soldiers and the eighteen guards, he set a punishment of fifty whips.

Although the whip hurts, it does not hurt the bones.

At that time, Rong Yu subconsciously did not intend to really hurt anyone.

The eighteen people were eager to protect their master and strongly opposed it.

But Xuanyuan Yao agreed, "I took these fifty lashes, which means I will stay and continue to challenge you in the future."