It's just a day, Xu Fang, who was in a hurry, seemed to be more than ten years old all of a sudden, the old man's face lost its original ruddyness, his eyes also lost their brilliance, a layer of blisters appeared on his lips, and even his hair looked a lot grayer.

What do we rely on to defend the city? First, combat strength, and second, grain; without food, no matter how strong our combat strength is, it will only be a castle in the air, and it will be difficult to sustain it. Xu Fang knows the stakes well, the two granaries were destroyed at the same time, how could he not be in a hurry to catch fire?

For Chen Zhong, who was derelict in his duties, Xu Fang did not even hesitate, and immediately ordered to be beheaded, as for Jiang Song and Ding Youchun, who were also suspected of dereliction of duty, Xu Fang also opened the net, demoted the two of them by three levels, and deposed the titles of the two of them to see the aftermath.

Although the dereliction of duty of the generals was severely punished, it did not help the overall situation, and the situation in Pufeng City took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant, from the original easy defense to the precarious, and the panic began to spread rapidly throughout the army.

The loss of the hoarded grain and grass is equivalent to the loss of the backbone of the soldiers for the soldiers, and the people of the Red Army are panicked, as if a great disaster is coming.

He originally wanted to stick to Pufeng and drag down the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance, but now there is no food reserves, and sticking to Pufeng has become a dead end, and Xu Fang can only be forced to change his tactics from 'active defense' to 'passive breakthrough'.

However, if the Red Army wants to break through now, how easy is it to talk about it?

The fire in Pufeng City gave a clear signal to the Jin army outside the city, the adults lurking in the city have succeeded in the sneak attack, and now Pufeng City has become a Jedi, and the hundreds of thousands of Red Army troops inside will never sit still, and the only way out is to break through outside.

The Jin army and the Xin-Chi coalition army no longer stormed Pufeng, but stuck to the camp and arranged camp defenses. Be prepared to deal with the breakthrough of the Red Army.

Sure enough, two days after the Pufeng granary was burned down, in the middle of the night, Xu Fang's troops divided into two routes, one to the south and one to the north, attacking from both sides. Split heads.

Xu Fang's arrangement was also very clever, the wave that broke through to the south had fewer troops, only about 100,000, and the wave that broke through to the north was the main force, led by him personally.

Judging from the current war situation, the north is the place occupied by the Jin army, and judging by the psychology of the Jin army, it is impossible for the Red Army to break through to the north, and the direction of the most likely breakthrough is east or south.

Xu Fangzheng took advantage of Jin Jun's psychology. 100,000 soldiers were divided to make the illusion of breaking through to the south, attracting the attention of the Jinxin-Chi coalition army to the south, and then he led the main army to break through from the north. Such an arrangement may lead to the annihilation of the 100,000 Red Army, but at least it can ensure the survival of the main army, which is also worth it.

However, Xu Fang will be careful and think backwards. But the generals on the Jin Army's side were not given for nothing, especially Ding Feng, the commander of the First Army. Experienced, cunning and cunning, he is better than a monkey on the battlefield, and when his own side has the initiative, how can he leave a hole for the enemy?

When the main force of the Red Army broke through to the north, it happened to run into the Seventh Army Corps, which was arranged by Ding Feng in the northern camp.

The Seventh Legion had suffered a great loss at the hands of Xu Fang. Countless soldiers were lost, and the deputy marshal Shi Lexuan also died tragically in front of the two armies, Guan He had long hated Xu Fang, and now he finally seized the opportunity to take revenge, how could he let it go?

When the main force of the Red Army began to storm the northern camp of the Jin Army. Guan He directly ordered to open the camp gate, and the entire Seventh Army went out to fight.

The Red Army soldiers were trying to force the Jinying Gate open, but the Jin Army took the initiative to open the Gate, and then the heavy cavalry rushed out of it.

There was no formal exchange between the two sides, but the moment the hoplites rushed out, the Red soldiers outside the camp gate were trampled to death.

Guan He, who took the lead, held the Nine Turns Soul Breaking Knife and took the lead in the Red Army camp, really like a red-eyed killing god, and between walking and passing, he forced a three-meter-wide bloody road.

Guan He was brave and unstoppable, and the officers and men of the Seventh Army behind him also took the lead, rampage in the camp of the Red Army, and killed the soldiers in front of the Red Army to cry and cry for their mothers, and scattered and fled.

Soon, Guan He, who was killing up, met with Xiang Hao, the fierce general in the Red Army, and in the chaotic battlefield of shouting and killing, there was no superfluous nonsense between the two of them, and they immediately fought in one place.

This is a battle between needles and mai mang, and it is also a duel between top-level underworld warriors.

As soon as the two of them started fighting, they both showed their respective martial arts skills, and for a while, the place where the two of them were flying sand and rocks, the sky was dark, and the ghosts were crying and howling, so it was not terrifying.

With the martial arts of the two of them, it is estimated that it will be difficult to distinguish between them and the inferior for a whole day, but the confrontation between the soldiers below has already divided the advantages and disadvantages.

Don't look at the large number of Red Army troops, but in front of the heavy cavalry, it was like a mustard, and the groups of Red soldiers were pushed to the ground by the heavy cavalry, and then they failed to get up, and were trampled into flesh by the groups of cavalry.

The Seventh Army was outnumbered, but it had an overall advantage on the scene, which greatly boosted the morale of the Jin Army, and immediately after the Seventh Army Corps, the Jin Infantry Legion led by Shangguan Yuanrang also counterattacked the large battalion, and cooperated with the heavy cavalry to jointly launch a counter-charge against the Red Army.

More than 500,000 Red Army, under the counterattack of more than 200,000 Jin Army, not only did not have any advantage at all, but also fell into a comprehensive passivity.

After a fierce fight, the Red Army did not break through the camp of the Jin Army, but was killed by the Jin Army and retreated to Pufeng City. On the other hand, the Red Army, which broke through to the south and attracted the attention of the Jin-Xin-Red Alliance, was even more miserable, leaving 100,000 soldiers and less than 50,000 who fled back, and the rest were either killed outside the Jin camp or captured alive by the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance.

After this battle, Xu Fang basically dispelled the plan to break through, and without breaking the crossbow, he could not restrain the heavy cavalry of the Jin State at all, and in front of the heavy cavalry, the infantry of the Red State was as fragile as straw, and could only be slaughtered by others, without the power to fight back.

Even Xiang Hao, who was so powerful in the Underworld, had no confidence at all at this time, and felt that this battle was really dangerous for his side.

When the Red Army broke through, Lin Haotian, Shao Lin, Shao Lin and others who were lurking in the Red Army had the opportunity to escape back to their own camp, but their identities were not recognized, and Lin Haotian did not choose to flee back, but continued to lurk, looking for an opportunity. Help your own soldiers again.

The Red Army's breakthrough failed, and the atmosphere in Pufeng City became even more depressing, and the Red Army officers and men were lifeless and had no fighting spirit at all, and even people had gradually developed the idea of disarming and surrendering.

Xu Fang, who is so good at strategy, is also a red show at this time. Now he is in a dilemma, if he insists on holding on, hundreds of thousands of soldiers may have to die in Pufeng, if he wants to save the lives of the soldiers, it seems that the only way to surrender is feasible.

For a high-ranking official of Xu Fang's level, it is unacceptable for him to surrender to the enemy, but if he does not surrender, he will face the danger of the whole army being trapped and killed, and now he is in a dilemma. In a dilemma.

For Xu Fang's current situation, Lin Haotian, who is in Pufeng City, can be said to empathize, and when he had a private meeting with Shao Lin, Shao Lin, Zhang Shun and Wu Tao that day, he told everyone about it.

Shao Lin's heart moved, and he said: "If Xu Fang can take the initiative to surrender, it will be too beneficial to our army, and it can also reduce a lot of casualties." My lord, should we take the opportunity to come out and persuade this person to surrender now?"

Lin Haotian thought about it seriously. Slowly shook his head and said, "It's not proper! Xu Fang is the general of the Red Kingdom after all. He is still very loyal to the imperial court and Shao Fang, and he will not surrender so easily, we will rush to see him, and if we don't get it right, we will explain ourselves. ”

Shao Lin nodded, feeling that what the adult said was not unreasonable.

Tong Lei blinked. said: "Then we will not come forward, write an anonymous letter to persuade surrender and put it at the gate of the county capital, and see how he reacts first." ”

Lin Haotian's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Tong Lei's method is good, just do it!"

"Your Excellency. This matter is arranged later!" Shao Lin took the initiative to ask.

Lin Haotian had no opinion, but just reminded: "Be more careful, don't reveal your identity!"

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates know what to do!" Shao Lin replied.

On the same day, it is night.

There was silence inside and outside the county capital, and the guards at the gate were standing guard with all their attention, when suddenly there was a sound of breaking wind in the air, and before the people could figure out what was going on, they heard a bang, and a carved arrow was nailed deep into the doorpost.

"There are assassins!" the guards at the gate shouted instinctively, and looked in the direction where the arrows were fired, and now it was dark, and there was no light on the opposite side of the county capital, and it was dark and rumbling, and half of the figures could be seen.

At this time, a large number of guards heard the shouts pouring out from the gate of the county capital, including Lin Haotian, who assumed the alias Ma Wu, and people rushed outside and asked, "Where is the assassin?"

"I didn't see where the assassin was, but someone just fired a cold arrow!" one of the guards guarding the door screamed with trepidation.

"Everyone, go and search!" among the guards, the commander led by the commander shouted to the left and right.

Lin Haotian did not run to the opposite side with the current, but came to the doorpost, pulled out the arrow inserted in the face, saw that the arrow was tied to a letter, and immediately handed it to the commander of the thousand divisions, and said: "Brother Gao, look, this arrow is still tied to a letter!"

The commander of the team leader is Lin Haotian's top boss, Gao Peng. He hurriedly took the arrow handed over by Lin Haotian, untied the letter wrapped around his face, and unfolded it to see that the envelope was written in five big characters: 'General Xu personally opened', but it was not signed.

This is a letter to Xu Shuai! Gao Peng didn't know what happened to Lu Dao, he said to Lin Haotian urgently: "Xiao Wu, you are in charge of this place for the time being, you must not let the assassins into the mansion, I will go to see Xu Shuai first." ”

"Understood, Big Brother Gao, you go!"

Gao Peng hurriedly ran into the county capital with arrows and envelopes to meet Xu Fang's situation.

At this time, Xu Fang was holding a meeting with the generals under his command in the county capital to discuss how to deploy his side next, but they discussed and discussed, and they did not discuss a result, but Gao Peng came with a letter.

Hearing that someone gave him a flying arrow, Xu Fang frowned, stretched out his hand and said, "Show it to me!"

Gao Peng hurriedly stepped forward and carefully handed the arrow and the letter to Xu Fang's hand. The latter first took the arrow, looked at it several times, and then snorted coldly and threw it on the table.

He was very familiar with this arrow, because it was the arrow used by the Red Army, and then, he tore open the envelope again, and was about to take out the letter paper inside, when the escort general on the side hurriedly said: "General, be careful of deception!"

Xu Fang's movements froze, and after thinking for a moment, he still handed the envelope to the guard. Ask them to open it for themselves.

The protector slowly took out the letter paper, slowly unfolded it, and checked back and forth, but found nothing unusual, and then handed it back to Xu Fang.

The latter took it and looked down twice. Then, slapping the letter on the table, his eyes flashed, he looked around at the generals present, and asked, "Guess what, what is the content of this letter?"

The monks of the generals were confused, their faces were confused, and they shook their heads one after another, indicating that they did not know what to do.

Xu Fang said in a condensed voice: "This is a letter of persuasion! But the arrows used to pass on are from our army. What do I mean?!" As he spoke, he threw the arrows and the letter down the table for the generals to see.

Everyone looked at each other and hesitated, but they still gathered around and circulated the letter paper and arrows one by one.

After all the generals looked at it, Xiang Hao clenched his fists and said, "Inside our army." There must be spies, and it may be that gold thieves have mixed in. It may also be the internal response of being rebelled by the gold thief!"

Xu Fang nodded, his sharp gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he sneered and said: "Our two granaries were burned down at the same time, but we have not been able to find out the enemy hiding in the city for a long time, now you should understand what the reason is? Because the enemy is lurking inside our army! Let the enemy catch the enemy, how can you catch it!"

His words made the generals red-faced. People hung their heads and couldn't help but glance left and right, there were spies in their own side, but who were the spies?

Xiang Hao rolled his eyes and said, "General." It is not surprising that the enemy can know the location of the granary of the Dao, but it is strange that the enemy can still accurately know the location of the hidden silo of the Dao, and can blend in and set fire to it, which is too unbelievable, if the general's expectation is good, the enemy must be sneaking into the upper echelons of our army......"

By saying this, he was tantamount to putting everyone present as an object of suspicion.

As soon as his words fell, a red general immediately stood up to express his dissatisfaction and said: "What the general said is wrong, although we know the location of the hidden warehouse of the Dao, but it is not easy to get in, how can we go inside and set fire?"

"That's right! Except for the guards in the county capital, I'm afraid no one will be able to enter the secret warehouse!"

Seeing that everyone was gradually pointing their spearheads at their side, a guard immediately said angrily: "The guards at the gate of the dark warehouse have all testified, before the fire, no one came out of the dark warehouse, could it be that the person who set the fire burned him to death?"

The generals are gossiping, you say a word to me, and the argument can't come to a conclusion after the argument is the most severe.

The more Xu Fang listened, the more upset he became, slapped the table and shouted: "Don't make any noise! After you go back, you will all go to check on your respective subordinates for me, if you let Ben Shuai find out whose subordinates have problems, Ben Shuai will be severely punished!"

The generals all stopped arguing in unison, shrunk their necks in fright, and replied in unison: "Yes! General!"

Through this flying arrow pass, Xu Fang can be sure that there is a detailed work of the Jin army within his side, but he can't be sure who it is, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of Red Army in the city, and anyone has the possibility of being bought by the Jin State, even including the closest henchmen around him.

Shao Lin's persuasion to Xu Fang did not have any effect, and the Red Army still stubbornly held on to Pufeng, but the whole army had been reduced from three meals a day to one and a half meals a day, half a meal in the morning, one meal in the evening, and no meal at noon.

Judging from the current situation, Xu Fang seems to have made up his mind, that is, to defend Pufeng City and fight to the end with the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army.

Lin Haotian is a guard in the county capital, and he has a good relationship with the commander of the face, so he is also relatively well-informed, and after discovering Xu Fang's intentions, he has already had killing intent in his heart.

Xu Fang is the backbone of the Red Army, as long as he is there, these hundreds of thousands of Red Army troops may fight to the death with their own soldiers at any time, but if this person dies, it will be another matter, and the last line of defense in the heart of the Red Army will also collapse, which is very beneficial to their own side.

It's just that there are too many guards and guards around Xu Fang, many of them are outstanding underworld warriors, Lin Haotian wants to do it alone, and there is basically no possibility of success, for this matter, he specially went to Shao Lin and Shao Lin and others to discuss.

Since Xu Fang insisted on refusing to surrender, assassinating this person was the most beneficial choice for his side.

Shao Lin asked Lin Haotian, "My lord, can I sneak into the county capital?"

Lin Haotian shook his head and said: "Now the county capital is heavily guarded, there are double posts inside and outside, and there are underworld warriors who continue to release insights, not to mention people, even a mouse can't get into." ”

After listening to his words, Shao Lin fell silent, he couldn't get in, relying only on the adults alone, how could he stab Xu Fang! Shao Lin rubbed his chin and muttered: "If we can lure him out of the county capital, then our chances of assassination will be greatly increased." ”

Lin Haotian said with a wry smile: "The reason why I agreed to send Xu Fang to surrender is that I want to test whether he has the intention of surrendering, and secondly, I also want to stimulate their internal contradictions and make their own people suspicious of their own people, although these two points have achieved their goals, but they also make Xu Fang become vigilant, like a frightened bird, now shrinking in the county capital, basically no longer going out, if you want to lead him out of the county capital, it is not easy!"

Shao Lin's eyes rolled, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said: "My lord, if there is a riot within the Red Army, or even a fight, I'm afraid, Xu Fang will have to come forward to solve it." ”

Lin Haotian pondered for a moment, nodded his head, and asked curiously, "Shao Lin, what good idea have you come up with?"

Shao Lin smiled and said, "Provoke the Central Army of the Red Kingdom and rob Baishuixuan." ”

"Oh?" Lin Haotian didn't understand why Shao Lin said this, he became interested, looked at Shao Lin intently, and waited for him to continue. Shao Lin continued: "As far as his subordinates know, Bai Shuixuan's shopkeeper is a distant relative of the county head Ma Qian, but in fact, this is just a disguise, and the real behind-the-scenes boss of Bai Shuixuan is Ma Qian himself. ”

Lin Haotian nodded while listening, he was now working as a guard in the county capital, and he had more or less heard about Bai Shuixuan's relationship with the county head Ma Qian.

However, what does this have to do with the release of Xu Xu? (To be continued......