Jingjiang Haikou is densely packed with warships.

The naval battle was in full swing, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.

Zhennanhou's Southern Xinjiang Navy was fighting against Yan Zhen's Jinghai Army and Li Jiajun's army in the north and southeast of Jingjiang Mountain.

Zhennan Hou Wendao is in his early forties, medium build, thin body, dark complexion, narrow face, sword eyebrows, straight nose and small mouth, short beard on lips and chin, and his body and facial features are very delicate, but shrewd and elite.

Zhennan Hou is very good at military governance, unlike the fierce factional disputes within the Jinghai Army, the Southern Xinjiang Navy can be called a monolith, and the prestige of Zhennan Hou in the Southern Xinjiang Navy is no less than the prestige of the Vermilion Bird King in the Southern Xinjiang.

The Vermilion Bird King once admired Zhennanhou.

Gradually, this appreciation turned to wariness.

In the process of handling military affairs, the Vermilion Bird King was keenly aware of the ambition of the Zhennan Marquis, and seemed to be respectful to him, but tried his best to prevent him from meddling in the military affairs of the Southern Xinjiang Navy and the southeast coastal defense. This made the Suzaku King very displeased: the entire southern Xinjiang army was under his control, why did the Marquis of Zhennan guard against him? He was not an autocratic commander and did not suppress the Marquis of Zhennan.

Although he was aware of this, the Vermilion Bird King did not show it, and only became vigilant against Zhennan Hou. The Four Spirits of Dajing, in addition to the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuanwu are all top existences in the army, but they are not irreplaceable - the several changes of the White Tiger King are proof that those who have the ability do not want to replace the three spirits. Who knows if Zhennanhou wants to go further and replace him as the Vermilion Bird King? Of course he had to be vigilant.

This is one of the reasons.

There is another reason: since the new emperor (Jiaxing Emperor) ascended the throne, he deliberately divided the military power of the three spirits, and promoted many newcomers in the army.

For example, Tang Ji, the general of the Dragon Praetorian Guard.

Another example, Jia Yuan, the general of the Tiger Praetorian Guard.

Also, Zhenyuan General Jade Qilin Huo Fei.

This town Nanhou Wendao was also valued by the new emperor.

Later, Pan Zihao, the younger brother of Pan Concubine, was promoted, wanting to replace the loyal and righteous Gong Fang Pan to guard the Xuanwu Pass in the northwest, but who knew that it would cause the disaster of losing the country.

If the Vermilion Bird King openly suppressed the Marquis of Zhennan, I am afraid that it will arouse the emperor's suspicion, thinking that he has a self-respecting army, so he can only remain quiet.

Because of the indulgence of the Vermilion Bird King, the Marquis of Zhennan was emboldened, and in order to accumulate strength, he did not hesitate to eat empty salaries to cultivate power. All this fell into the eyes of his subordinate general Pang Zheng, who was the pawn arranged by Wang Yan in southern Xinjiang six years ago.

At the end of last year, the Vermilion Bird King was summoned to Beijing, and southern Xinjiang became the world of Zhennanhou, and now he is the son of Pan Concubine as the new lord to restore Dajing. If it succeeds, even if he only destroys Li Hanyao and occupies half of the southern country, he can rely on this to become the king from the dragon's merits. At that time, the title of Sanling will be left to him to choose.

He couldn't imagine that there was a fire in his rear - Pang Zhengce rebelled against dozens of generals in southern Xinjiang and helped the Vermilion Bird King recover his military power, and he had no way back.

Let's talk about the big war in front of us.

Zhennan Hou, like Pan Concubine, did not take Li Hanyao in his eyes, and the new court led by Wang Yan was his opponent, but the lion fought the rabbit and still had to do his best, and he would not despise Li Hanyao. Pan Concubine used He Xu's fame through Mei Zihan to incite literati to deal with Li Hanyao, and divided the forces of Li Hanyao and Wang Yan, which was a literary fight; The Marquis of Zhennan led the army to attack the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, which was a martial fight, and he wanted to completely exterminate Li Hanyao!

Zhennan Hou sent a total of 50,000 troops.

He thinks he's taken it seriously enough.

However, he had just gotten the news:

The battlefield of Huizhou was defeated!

General Xu was also defeated!

Pan Concubine's whereabouts are unknown!

The Marquis of Zhennan was furious and vowed to bury Li Hanyao in this estuary, and never had a chance to fly for nine days. He poured out his anger with artillery fire, and the battle ended in a draw. Li Hanyao was not satisfied with this result, and he was even more dissatisfied.

He believes that if he leads the king to come, he should be invincible, and the Li thief should flee and be vulnerable.

He said in a cold voice: "Let the merchant ship come forward!" ”

The subordinate said loudly: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Immediately give the order and wave the flag.

In just a moment, four or five merchant ships moved forward, some to the forefront, some to the front, some side by side with the naval warships, mixed together.

Zhennanhou looked at the large and small sea ships crowded in a dense place, and sneered: "Benhou wants to see how they are going to bomb!" ”

"Amitabha!"

The sound of chanting Buddha came from behind him.

The Marquis of Zhennan turned his face, only to see a white-bearded old monk walking over, and hurriedly greeted: "The abbot came out just in time, let's see if the Empress of the Mandate of Heaven you criticized will attack the innocent people." His tone was relaxed, as if inviting the other person to enjoy the sea view.

The old monk recited "Amitabha." ”

He is the abbot of Zhitong of Cuiwei Temple in Huangshan, and because he gave Li Hanyao an order, saying that Li Hanyao was the empress of the Mandate of Heaven, he was quietly arrested by the Marquis of Zhennan. When I saw Zhennanhou, I still didn't change my words. The Marquis of Zhennan detained him in the army, saying that he would let him see the fall of Li Hanyao with his own eyes and break his absurd prophecy.

The abbot of Zhitong sighed: "Why is the Hou Ye bothering the innocent! ”

Zhennan Hou said coldly: "Ben Hou didn't hurt them, if they died in the artillery fire, it would also be Li Hanyao's sin." If she really cares about the people, she will not open fire; If you go any further, don't rebel! Not only rebelled, but also wanted to occupy the hearts of the righteous people, isn't this 'when you are a watch, you have to erect a memorial arch'! ”

All the generals felt that Hou Ye's metaphor was exquisite, and they were all full of sarcasm.

The abbot lowered his eyes and sighed deeply.

Zhennan Hou ordered again: "Order the gunners of all ships to attack with all their might, and the merchant ships to cover!" ”

The subordinate said proudly: "Yes." ”

Urgency makes people play the flag again.

As a result, under the cover of merchant ships, the naval forces of southern Xinjiang fiercely bombarded the Jinghai Army and the Li Jiajun, and one shell after another flew into the sky.

On the northern sea, Yan Zhen looked at the merchant ships in the camera and hesitated: The Jinghai Army has always defended the East China Sea, and the most dealings are these merchant ships entering and leaving the sea port, how could he not recognize those merchant ships.

What now?

Firing a cannon on the sea surface depends not only on the experience and ability of the gunner, but also on the speed of the ship, the direction of the wind at sea and other factors, whether or not it can hit the target depends on luck.

Yan Zhen felt that it was very tricky.

At the top of the southeast mountain, a general of Li Jiajun hurriedly rushed to the girl in red and reported urgently: "Girl, the enemy army is mixed with merchant ships, and if you don't stop it, you will enter Jingjiang; If you open fire, I am afraid that innocent people will be injured. Please show the girl! ”

The girl in red was watching chess, and when she heard this, she hurriedly picked up her binoculars to observe the sea.

She followed Li Hanyao to run a business and saw a lot, so she naturally recognized these merchant ships: one belonged to the Yan family, two belonged to the Liu family, and there were ships of maritime merchants such as the Sun family, all of which went to sea last year and were held hostage by the Marquis of Zhennan.

Watching the chess suddenly became nervous.

"Wait."

Before the words fell, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two green smoke flying through the sky, followed by an earth-shattering explosion in the front position.

The enemy launched a fierce attack.

The generals were so frightened that their faces were pale.

"Girl, please order!"

Watching chess, a heart mentions the throat and eyes——

How is it ordered?

Indiscriminate bombing certainly won't work.

If you don't fight back, you can't fight back.

Guanqi's brain couldn't move, and he felt that he couldn't play the "Moon Emperor" anymore, and at such a moment, Li Hanyao had to come by himself to make a decision.

Another person came to report: "Two small boats have been found on the river, and they are hurrying to the sea." Please show the girl, do you want to intercept and ask? ”

As soon as the chess viewing telescope turned, I saw the boat on the river moving fast, waving the Moon Emperor flag, the word "Li" dancing on it, the pen was so familiar, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted urgently: "Release!" No one on both sides of the river can stop you! Then pass on the girl's order: make the striker temporarily hidden, and the gunner stop firing. ”

The subordinates were amazed when they heard this.

Guan Qi said sharply: "Don't go yet!" ”

Everyone hurriedly said, "Yes! ”

Immediately rushed to give the order.

Li Jiajun shrank and didn't fight back.

The morale of the naval forces in southern Xinjiang was greatly boosted, and they opened artillery bombardment on both sides of the Jingjiang River one after another.

Li Jiajun was so pressed that he couldn't raise his head.

Li Hanyao's motorized boat was speeding on the Jingjiang River, and the artillery whistled over their heads, thunder and lightning, but in a few moments, they arrived at the place where the Pujiang River and the Jingjiang River converged, and caught up with Hu Qiya.