The snow has stopped, the temperature is starting to rise, and the snow in some areas is up to a foot thick, and it will take some time to completely melt.

There is a stove burning in the prince's mansion, the wood crackles and exudes the fragrance of pine, Xihuan is wearing a fur and baking the fire, and her charming face is warm and lovely, and her heart is more and more hooked.

After drinking a sip of black tea to warm his body, Xihuan said in a fierce tone:

"God is really blind, and he is complicit with the black turban traitors to bring disaster to the world, these people really deserve to be killed."

At this time, Gu Chen said:

"Your Highness, Zhao Xun has warned before, how can King Xian and the others not listen to it, and they almost caused a tragedy. Fortunately, with God's help, this snow did not fall on the banks of the Yongxing River, but if it really fell on the banks of the Yongxing River, there would be more than one or two thousand displaced people who froze to death, but hundreds of thousands of Xianjun soldiers. ”

"In this way, the way of this Black Turban Army is nothing more than that, and the snow is in the wrong place." Xihuan disagreed.

"Having said that, the victory in this battle was not easy. According to reliable information, the 500,000 men and horses of the Black Turban Army are all good at fighting, and their combat power is far above that of the Xian Army.

If Zhao Xun had enough troops back then, and there was no Ding Yang Hou to add to the snake, the battle of Jiangdong might have been even more difficult. ”

"That's true." Xihuan said, picked up the black cat building on the ground and put it into his arms, stroked his jade hand lightly twice, and continued: "Do you say that King Xian will depose Gongsun Yue from the throne?" ”

The subordinates thought that there was no such possibility. Zhao Xun has a close relationship with Guangxin Gong, and if no one is willing to lead the army, it will not be Zhao Xun's turn to take command. His subordinates thought that King Xian would never remove Gongsun Yue from the throne and set up Zhao Xun. ”

"But...... What if King Xian wooed Zhao Xun? ”

"Woo Zhao Xun? His Royal Highness thinks that King Xian no longer trusts Gongsun Yue and others, and has plans to set up another inner dynasty? ”

"It's not impossible. Don't forget, Zhao Xun is in power at this time, and he has won the battle, if King Xian doesn't pull Zhao Xun, will it be possible for Ding Yang Hou and Jiang Yan to replace Zhao Xun in command to fight against the black turban traitors? ”

"But ......" Gu Chen suddenly lowered his voice, looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, and said mysteriously: "The origin of King Xian is unknown, and the Duke of Guangxin should have secretly informed Zhao Xun that it is difficult for Zhao Xun to rebel and not violate the ancestral law." ”

"Humph!" Xihuan snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "Ancestral law, my Jin Kingdom is the ancestral law, can this princess still be fake!" If my father said it was true, it was true, and whoever dared to say a word wanted his head. ”

"Uh...... So what's next for Your Highness? ”

"These black turban soldiers are all killed by heaven, if they really want to lose their tombs, where will the face of the Jin Kingdom go. Zhao Xun is more than loyal and brave, but he has no dissent, as long as he obeys the orders of King Xian, the balance of the black scarf is dragged until the autumn, and the Jin State has grain to give grain.

However, the food cannot be given in vain, after the autumn, the main force of the Northern Army will be withdrawn from Qiguo, and I will ask my father to let the main force of the Zhenbei Army land in Leicheng, and first take root in Xianbei County, so as to take over the two counties of Xianxi and Chunan in the future, and at the same time, I can also insert a knife in the back of the Black Turban Army. ”

Leicheng is a small port city on the Beihai side of Xianxi County, Pucheng of Beihai County to the east, and Changsun Kingdom to the west, occupying Leicheng, the Jin army has a closer outlet and transit station in Beihai, without carrying a large number of supplies from the mainland, and the strategic location on the sea is extremely important.

A few days later, Zhao Xun was summoned to return to the Emperor of Chenling to state that it is believed that Zhao Xun and King Xian talked alone for a whole day in Bailing Garden, the content is unknown, and Zhao Xun returned to the Yongxing River camp to supervise the battle the next day with the edict of commendation approved by King Xian.

Baili Yan (Wei Xian) was the first to break through Ruitian Village, and gave thousands of copper coins, 50 stones of polished rice, and a number of cloth silk horses. Jiang Qian conferred the title of doctor, gave him the post of political envoy, and allowed him to leave without mentioning it. Hu Mo got a hundred copper coins, a number of cloth silk Luo, and the rest of the meritorious generals had rewards and promotions according to the number of military achievements.

Of course, this kind of spot reward is really shabby, but with the current national strength of Xianguo, it is quite good to be able to take out these, which is better than nothing.

The disposal of prisoners of war was ultimately cheaper for Xihuan, and Xihuan proposed to the king of Jin through the Jin envoy Qian Kun that prisoners of war outside the Xianguo Kingdom be exchanged for 500,000 stone grain and grass. King Xian gladly accepted and handed over all the prisoners of war to the Jin State for disposal.

In this matter, the Jin State is not a loss, the Xian army is currently short of manpower, there is no time to take care of the prisoners of war, the prisoners of war who have been brainwashed by the Black Turban Army are difficult to tame in a short time, and the slightest carelessness may lead to self-immolation. The prisoners of war were dragged to the Jin state, which was far away from the Xian state, and the Jin army was responsible for the custody and reclamation of the prisoners of war. 500,000 stone grain and grass, only one season, can be earned back from the field.

Soon after the capture of Ruitian, taking advantage of the respite of the Black Turban Army, the Xian army comprehensively strengthened the Ruitian fortifications, and built eight to ten earthen forts within a radius of ten miles from Ruitian to Wuping to defend the Wuping Ferry.

The Black Turban Army resumed its offensive on July 15 and launched a fierce attack on Ruitian, destroying the earthen forts being built outside Ruitian Fortress, which was repulsed by the Xian army, and launched an attack on the next day, and forced crossings at many passes on the Yongxing River, trying to break through the Yongxing River defense line head-on. The battle lasted until July 28, and both sides won and lost, but neither side took advantage.

In late July, more than 20,000 people of the Xianjun Naval Division rushed from the Wangqin River to the Yongxing River, and due to the restrictions of the river and the bed crossbows and trebuchets on the west bank, it was difficult for large warships to deploy.

In August, due to the snowfall and low temperature weather in July, the locusts in the capital county were completely wiped out, and the locusts in the border areas of the three counties of Qiunan, Xianxi and Beihai were suppressed.

The Black Turban Army was able to change its strategic intentions due to a blessing in disguise, and successively captured Weijin, Xiaqu, and Tiancheng, and all the cities west of the Yongxing River in Dujun fell into the hands of the Black Turban Army, completely cutting off the road from Dujun to Xianxi County, and was ready to move north to attack Beihai County.

In early August, the Malay newspaper reported that the Black Turban Army resumed farming in Chunan County, the south of Xianxi County changed banners, and the north of the county was deterred by the Beihai County soldiers, and did not fall into the hands of the Black Turban Army for the time being, but the situation took a turn for the worse, and the northern county of Changsun Guosang fell, completely exposing the western border of Xianxi County to the Black Turban Army.

On August 19, the Xianxi County Governor's Office Mogao was lost, so far most of the cities in Xianxi County have been included in the sphere of influence of the Black Turban Army, and its momentum has been achieved, and the Black Turban Army, the most fertile plain in the Central Plains, accounts for as much as 30% of it, with a population of more than 12 million, and now it is only one feudal country name.

In September, the Black Turban Army set off a frenzy after a month of silence on the banks of the Yongxing River, attacking for seven days and seven nights day and night, both sides suffered heavy casualties, the Black Turban Army once broke through the north section of the Yongxing River Zhuankou, and the guest army of Suidang County stationed in Zhuankou suffered more than half of the casualties, Yao Sheng led the army to arrive in time in the middle of the night, and drove the Black Turban Army out of Zhuankou and drove back to the west bank.

In early September, the Black Turban Army attacked Ruitian again, and this time the Black Turban Army built several heavy counterweight lever trebuchets, with a range of more than 500 steps, and the Guangxin Army's hem trebuchet did not fall down, this battle because the direction of the hem trebuchet was fixed, unable to rotate and move, highlighting the limitations of the hem trebuchet.

In the following days, the Black Turban Army built more giant trebuchets with a range of 500 steps to attack the city, and combined with the use of oil and calcium carbide, launched an attack on Ruitian, which was once attacked by the Black Turban Army to the north of the city, and then driven down the city by the Xian army.

The two sides fought for more than half a month, Ruitian Station was almost covered with corpses, Ruitian Guangxin Army was reduced to 6,000 people, September 19, Bailiyan was wounded, and a shot was pierced one centimeter outside the artery in his left leg, and he almost died.

In late September, the Black Turban Army continued to attack and besiege the city, causing a sharp increase in casualties among the Xian army, with its strength plummeting to 300,000, with more than 110,000 casualties and more than 40,000 casualties.

While confronting the Xian army at the Yongxing River, the Black Turban Army marched eastward from the Changsun country, attacking the two cities of Beigubai and Leicheng in Xianxi County, and sent 50,000 troops in the middle of the road, trying to break Pucheng first and cut off the land passage from Beihai County to Leicheng, but was blocked by the Beihai County soldiers and failed to succeed.

On the twenty-sixth day of September, Gu Bai was lost, and the Black Turban Army went north to attack Leicheng again, at this time, the Jin army stationed in Guangxin 10,000 sailors stationed in Leicheng in advance, and held on until September 28, and the main vanguard of the Jin Army Zhenbei Army 30,000 people took the lead in landing in the northwest of Leicheng, and forced the 70,000 Black Turban Army on the periphery of Leicheng.

After a night of fighting, the Black Turban Army failed to defeat the vanguard of the Jin army, and the next day the main force of the Jin Army's Zhenbei Army arrived by sea, and the Black Turban Army was forced to withdraw to Gubai City.

At the same time, the Black Turban Army made smooth progress on other fronts, the northern counties of Xu State successfully changed banners, and the army of the Gongliang clan of Zhiguo continued to wander in the territory of Zhiguo due to the relocation of the population of the north and the lack of logistics and people, and failed to effectively enter the Sun State to fight.

At this point, the territory of the Black Turban Army has expanded again, except for the Yongxing River front to continue to confront Zhao Xun, the other fronts of the Black Turban Army have been victorious and the progress has been relatively smooth, and the undefeated apotheosis of the Black Turban Army has once again terrified all countries.

In October, the plague of locusts, which had been raging for two years, showed signs of subsidence, and countries were able to breathe, along with the Black Turban Army.

In a short period of half a year's frenzied expansion, the administration, communications, and logistics of the behemoth of the Black Turban Army stretched for 3,500 miles, and the build-up of troops, logistical supplies, and personnel delivery encountered unprecedented obstacles.

Like all nascent empires, the Black Turban Army was plagued by the current communication technology, and gradually felt unable to control the land, and the long post road could not guarantee the delivery of news on time and on time in a short time, and the expansion of the Black Turban Army in various places gradually weakened, and the eastern front was bounded by the Yongxing River, and the Xian Army entered a stalemate stage.

In mid-October, the Yongxing River took a turn for the better, the defensive line was reinforced by 100,000 new soldiers from the Jin Army's Zhenbei Army, and the total strength of the two armies was restored to 400,000.

However, the 100,000 new army of the Jin army formed a formation of its own, guarding five miles east of the main force of the Xian army, and the main general was Wei Han.

After the Battle of Jiangdong, Wei Han continued to serve as the governor of the capital, and in September this year, he was promoted to the general of Zhenbei, and led the army of 100,000 to enter the Xianguo to help in the war.

Bai Liyan had never met Wei Han back then, and she wasn't worried that Wei Han would find out his identity, but it was difficult to say the generals around Wei Han.

In the past five or six years, Bailiyan has changed a lot, and now she is a dignified and bushy beard, which is earth-shaking compared to the fifteen-year-old boy of the year.