The prince and Xihuan had sex with King Xian has been kept in the dark, until the last time Gongsun Yue made a rebellion, Xihuan leaked his mouth in order to protect himself, and now more than a month has passed, Xihuan's stomach is bulging day by day, and the other women who have been placed in the prince's mansion by King Xian have not even moved at all until now, which can't help but make King Xian worry about the future fate of Xianguo.

The Jin army is so unreliable, where can you expect the wolf of the Jin Kingdom, King Xian gradually germinated a plan to change the prince in his heart at this time, but there must be a decent and reasonable excuse for changing the prince, otherwise what will the King of Jin do when he marries Xihuan to the prince, isn't he just waiting for the new king to ascend the throne in the future.

Xihuan's face turned blue after returning to the prince's mansion, and the Jin envoy Qian Kun had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Xihuan's face like this, he thought that most of them still didn't say anything about King Xian. So he carefully asked:

"Your Highness, what does King Xian mean, or has he not let go?"

"Yongxinghe can't draw a single soldier, and King Xian wants me to borrow troops from Liang State."

"I'm afraid that's not right." Gu Chen said, cautiously and said: "Liang Guo is here to guard the Yongxing River, where can I fight with the rebels in Xianguo for my Jin army, and save my Jin army, this is not a mess." Spread it out, what kind of system it becomes. ”

"Hmph, if you want to blame it, blame Ji Guang and others, the 250,000 army can't even deal with tens of thousands of thieves, so I will lose face in the Jin Kingdom. I still want to try to Guangxin, it's just a fool's dream, my father-in-law will write to his father and resign him from his military position. ”

"Your Highness is angry." Gu Chen persuaded, and continued, "It's too early to talk about victory or defeat at the moment, judging from the letters from General Ji Guang and General Wei Han, the rebel army's combat strength is better than our army's, and the battle is quite powerful, which is the shortcoming of our army, and this defeat is not without reason. The top priority at the moment is how to supply grain and grass to the armies of Ji Guang and Wei Han.

Because the rebels have robbed a large number of our warships, the rebels have organized a naval division to run rampant in the North Sea to intercept and harass our warships and grain ships. ”

Gu Chendao talked about the key points, but Xihuan was not familiar with military affairs, and he was at a loss:

"Then what can you do to transport the grain and grass to Guangxin as soon as possible."

Jin envoy Qian Kun said at this time:

"Your Highness, the minister has a plan to get grain and grass in a short time."

"Oh, tell me what the hell is going on."

"The eldest grandson is adjacent to the Xian country, and the sailor is brave and good at fighting, why don't you borrow hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass from the eldest grandson first."

"Well, that's a good idea. Your Highness, your subordinates thought that money made this plan feasible. ”

Gu Chen agreed, Xihuan had concerns, she said:

"But this matter involves diplomatic relations, and it may not be appropriate for this princess to come forward rashly."

"If it doesn't work, His Royal Highness can use gold and silver, and the minister will immediately discuss with the envoy of the eldest grandson country in Chenling about buying grain, and spend money directly to buy it, without borrowing grain, the king will not only not be held accountable, but will also be happy because the princess is decisive."

"Money makes this statement very much in line with my wishes, there are still more than 10,000 gold and silver in the princess's inner house, tens of thousands of copper coins in Liang State, hundreds of silk silks, and dozens of beautiful jade, and then borrow some from my uncle, as long as the money makes it necessary, it is as good as possible."

"Nachen immediately contacted the envoy of the eldest grandson country and transported the grain and grass to Guangxin as soon as possible."

Changsun Guo and Jin have an alliance, at this time from Changsun Guo to buy grain directly to Guangxin, the road is much shorter than from the Jin State to prepare to start again, the time is much shorter, Sun Guo is not only an ally, but also a teammate of the united front now, if Xian Guo is finished, the rebels can immediately mobilize hundreds of thousands of heavy troops to attack Changsun State, the truth of the cold lips and teeth Changsun Guo obviously knows.

In the following days, several large-scale water battles took place in the waters of the North Sea, and the Jin army's naval division was repeatedly defeated, and more than 20 large ships were plundered by the rebels, resulting in the bankruptcy of Wei Han's plan to transport grain by sea.

At the same time, the thunder further tightened the encirclement of Dingyang, and the siege equipment that was forcibly dragged from Guangxin to Dingyang was in place one after another.

Ye Xin was not as lucky as Bailiyan this time, and he did not learn the experience of field fortifications such as Turtle Fort in advance, resulting in heavy casualties. However, Yongxing City's new style of defending the city Ye Xin personally visited and studied, after more than a month of preparation, Ding Yang has been proficient, and Baili Yan before the division of troops, and learned the city gate suspension bridge covering method, Ding Yang four doors after a month of transformation, different from the wooden platform of Guangxin.

Ding Yang indented the city gate into the door hole by one foot, opened a gap stone trough with the same width as the city gate above the city gate, above the gap is a copper dump bucket, the dump bucket is loaded with sand, used to cover the calcium carbide soil, far more solid and convenient than the wooden horizontal platform dump car at the head of Guangxin City, this method quickly spread throughout the Central Plains in the future.

In the later stage, after Bailiyan exploration and experiment, the quick-drying triple soil covering method characterized by quicklime heating with water, sea sand filling the gaps, and clay hardening when exposed to heat was developed, which can effectively extinguish calcium carbide fires and prevent them from being picked up, and quickly spread to the Central Plains in the future, and the threat of calcium carbide is basically eliminated.

In late August, the two armies continued to hold each other between Dingyang and Guangxin, and new variables appeared in the situation in the Beihai Sea.

First of all, the Jin army's sailors went into the sea like mud cattle and never returned, and how many warships were sent were driven away by the rebels, and the more they went, the more they lost.

As a result, the rebel naval division rapidly grew to more than 200 large warships and more than 80 small and medium-sized warships, enabling the rebels to complete the task that could not be completed in three years in a short time.

This reminded Bai Liyan of the pit dug by Wu Suan, the master of the Ligong faction, Wu Suan expected that no one in the Jin army would be able to dominate the navy, so he used the financial resources of the Jin State as a guinea pig to accumulate experience for Wu Suan's new big ship.

Even if the Jin Army's naval division is defeated, it doesn't mean that it is a technical problem with Wu Suan, because no matter how good the equipment is, it must be operated by the right person in order to become a qualified weapon.

As a result, the Jin army did not have outstanding naval generals, and the naval army was not very good, and as a result, the Xianjun naval division defeated Yu Wangqinjiang with less victories, and the Jin king was angry that Wu was unfavorable for shipbuilding and refused to fulfill the remaining agreement.

But now, the Black Turban Navy killed the Jin Army's sailors with the same big ships, and it has become a pest in the North Sea, cutting off the sea trade routes from the North Sea, the East China Sea, and the West Sea, and indiscriminately plundering coastal ports and merchant ships, which has become a shortcut for the rebels to get rich.

So at the end of August and the beginning of September, the second incident happened immediately afterwards, the Black Turban Sailor took the large warship built by Wu Suan as the forerunner, and after learning the news that Changsun Guo sent grain to Guangxin, he ambushed more than 10,000 Changsun Sailors halfway, and the 10,000 Sailors of Changsun Country were almost wiped out by the Black Turban Sailors.

All the grain and grass on the ship were obtained by the Black Turban Army, and more than 100 large and small warships of the Changsun Kingdom were captured.

The news of the defeat of the Changsun State Naval Division quickly spread to the Liang State, and the Liang State was preparing to send the grain and grass to the Xian State and the hundreds of inches of silver traded by the Xian King were forced to suspend the delivery, and instead went south to the Sun State and the Xu State, entered the Zhi State and then went north to the Xian State on land and water.

In early September, the first batch of grain, grass, leather, ploughing cattle, plough tools and other materials sent by Zhiguo entered Suidang County through Wangqinjiang, and arrived in Dujun from Suidang County, and the food shortage crisis in Xianguo was alleviated, but Beihai County was still short of grain.

The rebels cut off the Beihai route and cut off the land route of Hecheng, resulting in the grain and grass being transported to Guangxin by land through Maoqiu and Lincheng, and detouring hundreds of miles of mountainous areas, the transportation of grain and grass was extremely difficult and dangerous, and there was no one to levy, and it was impossible to transport grain to Beihai County, and the first king was at a loss for this.

At the same time, after the loss of Leicheng, a series of military consequences gradually highlighted, the Jin army stormed Leicheng in July, and the rebels suffered heavy losses, after two months of nearly two months of repair, successively gathered more than 40,000 people from the three counties of Qiunan, Sangbei and Sangnan for training.

By mid-September, the Black Turban Army had gathered 70,000 men, including more than 30,000 sailors, and marched eastward to reoccupy Pucheng, bringing the rebels' strength in Beihai County to 250,000

Guangxin's situation became more and more difficult, and King Xian repeatedly sent people to send letters to inform Baili Yan that the grain and grass were available, but they could not be transported, and the Hecheng channel must be reopened in order to transport the grain and grass to Guangxin. Or wait until after autumn, and all the healthy women and laborers in the farmland will be transferred to Shanling to transport grain, which can solve the urgent need.

Bailiyan also wanted to open up the Hecheng grain road as soon as possible, but the Jin army was eyeing Guangxin, and the Beihai Sea Road had been cut off by the Black Turban Water Army, and the contradiction between grain and grass became more and more acute.

The Guangxin army went south to attack Hecheng, and the Jin army was bound to take the opportunity to occupy Guangxin, and the Jin army obviously would not shed blood for the Xian country to provoke the rebels and solve the predicament, so don't look at Guangxin was not surrounded, in fact, the rebels successfully used the Jin army to see the Xian army, and the Xian army did not dare to act rashly, so that the Jin army itself slowly died of death.

Bai Liyan stood on the wall of the south gate and looked at the yellowing weeds in the distance, frowning, and had no skills in his heart. Sikong Nan on the side saw that he had been standing for half an hour, and couldn't help but step forward and ask carefully:

"General, you've been watching for an hour, so let's go back to the house and rest."

"Sikong Nan, you said that it is feasible to let the Jin army divert to Lincheng and Maoqiu south to transport grain?"

"This can't be, Maoqiu is the throat of Beihai County, when the city is built, the rebels will pass through the city, in case the Jin army occupies Maoqiu, it can not only threaten Beihai County in the future, but also deter the capital, isn't this attracting wolves into the house."

"Yes, but at the moment, Chenling can't spare the manpower to send food to Beihai County, and even if it is delivered, most of them will have to eat a lot on the way. There is no way to wait for all the grain and grass to be transported into Beihai County, and there will be a food shortage.

Now the Jin army of more than 200,000 has become a huge burden to the Xian country, if the Jin army cannot do something, the Xian country will die in the hands of the Jin army. ”

"Then why don't you send men and women from Guangxin City to transport grain to Chenling."

"It's difficult, not to mention whether 200,000 unarmed people will be robbed by the rebels when they are sent to the capital, and he will not be able to trust the public. If the king knew that Guangxin could still send 200,000 people south to transport grain, he would not immediately detain these 200,000 people. ”

"Then you can't wait here to die."

"Let's wait a minute, Dongyuan County and Suidang County have been busy farming for several months since the beginning of spring, and after autumn, they may be able to allocate manpower to transport grain, and they can start transporting grain as soon as a month, and grain and grass can be transported before the deep winter."

"But Guangxin grain and grass may not be able to support the deep winter."

"Yes, I thought that the Jin army would be able to transport grain and grass from northern Jin within two months, but I didn't expect the Black Turban Navy to grow so quickly and cut off the channel, and it was indeed difficult to hold out until December."

While the two were talking, Su Hong came in a hurry from Ma Dao:

"Report to the general, the scouts from the western county of the capital have returned."

"Oh, bring it to me."

"No!"