Xu Fang, who was ambitious and wanted to show his strength in Haowan County and fight to the death with the Jin army, was still unable to resist the pace of the Jin army moving south, and more than 500,000 of the Central Army of the Red Kingdom were wiped out in the first battle of Pufeng, and more importantly, the Red Kingdom also lost Xu Fang and Xiang Hao, two generals of the Wen and the First Army.

It can be said that the battle of Pufeng is the key point that affects the battle of Jin Chi, after this battle, the Red country side has been greatly damaged, and the Jin army is morale doubled, even the new Red Army, which is not good at fighting, also feels that victory is not far away from themselves.

More importantly, this battle made the Yan Kingdom, which originally had a wait-and-see attitude, completely determined to stand on the side of the Jin State, and the chain reaction caused by this was the full-scale invasion of the Yan State army.

The participation of the Yan Kingdom in the war is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the current precarious Red Country. Originally, the Red Army could not stop the Jin Army from moving south, and it could also choose to move the capital south and retreat to the south, but the Yan Army cut off the only retreat of the Red Kingdom, causing the Red Kingdom to become a turtle in the urn, and there were strong enemies in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

The situation of the war is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Red Kingdom, and the room for maneuver in the Red Kingdom is getting smaller and smaller, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army that have captured Haowan County may directly take the Red Capital Jiankang at any time, and the Yan Army that has taken advantage of the situation may also come to the city at any time, and the government and the opposition of the Red Kingdom are already full of rumors, and the panic is spreading rapidly.

Many officials of the Chiguo court have begun to prepare for their retreat, some plan to escape, and some plan to take refuge in the Jin State, especially officials like Taifu Zhang Rong, who have had fornications with the Jin State before, and have more frequent contacts with the Jin Guoxin, and repeatedly expressed in the letter that they are willing to submit to the Jin State, and they are also willing to be the internal response of the Jin State to help the Jin army capture Jiankang.

In the same way, the reports against those officials who fornicated with the Jin Kingdom also spread like snowflakes to the Red King Shi Huai. But most of the whistleblowers have not been seen.

Now Shi Huai has become more and more ignorant of the government and politics, and he is looking for fun in the harem all day long. It's not so much that he is mediocre, but that he is deliberately evading, even if he sits in the court for twelve hours a day now, it will not help the whole battle situation.

When the strength of the enemy and the enemy is almost the same. An excellent monarch can definitely play a vital role, but now the disparity in strength between the two sides has reached an irreparable level, even if the gods come into the world, they can't solve the danger of the red country.

Unable to bear the pressure of the current internal and external troubles, Shi Huai chose to ignore it and indulge in wine all day long. If the monarch is still like this, the ministers below can be imagined, and everyone is calculating the way out in the future.

Now, on the contrary, people like Zuo Prime Minister Zhang Tao and General Yin Liang, who are usually good at flattery, are starting to get anxious. Only when Shi Huai is there, only if the Red Kingdom does not die, can they continue to enjoy their glory and wealth, and once Shi Huai is abolished and the Red Kingdom is destroyed, their good life will come to an end.

For this reason, Zhang Tao and Yin Liang and other ministers went to see Shi Huai more than once and invited him to sit in the court. Deal with the government and save the Red Kingdom from fire and water. But Shi Huai couldn't listen to them at all, and before they could say a word, Shi Huai became impatient and asked the guards below to expel them all.

After the worst, Zhang Tao, Yin Liang and others really had no choice, and they thought of another person, Xuanyuan Fang.

At first, it was because of factional disputes. Zhang Tao, Yin Liang, Zhang Rong and others teamed up to kick Xuanyuan Fang out of the Chiguo Imperial Court, although their ideas did not agree, but Zhang Tao and Yin Liang understood that Xuanyuan Fang was actually very capable, and now government affairs are piling up. The adults ignore the government again, if no one comes out to preside over the overall situation, the Red Kingdom will really be finished.

These traitorous ministers who persecuted Xuanyuan Fang at the beginning are now cheeky enough to ask Xuanyuan Fang to come out of the mountain, ask him to come out to preside over the government, and persuade the adults to cheer up.

Xuanyuan Fang had long been disheartened by Shi Huai, but when the country was at stake, he still put aside his personal grievances, accepted the invitation of Zhang Tao and Yin Liang and other ministers, and immediately went to the palace to meet Shi Huai.

When Shi Huai, who was still having fun in the harem and getting drunk, saw Xuanyuan Fang, he almost doubted whether he had seen it wrong, he shook his head, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and confirmed that the person standing in front of him was Xuanyuan Fang, who asked indistinctly: "Xuanyuan Fang......? Why are you here? This king didn't summon you to the palace!"

Xuanyuan Fang's official position and title have been swept to the end by Shi Huai, and now he is just an ordinary person, if there are no ministers such as Zhang Tao and Yin Liang to accompany him, he will not be able to enter the palace at all.

Without waiting for Xuanyuan Fang to speak, Zhang and Yin hurriedly walked forward and explained to Shi Huai what was going on.

After the two of them finished speaking, Shi Huai's head shook like a rattle, and he didn't look at Xuanyuan Fang, waved his hand again and again, and said, "Get out, get out, get out! Since this king dismissed his official in the first place, he will never be reactivated." ”

"Does the king want to be the king of the dead country?" Xuanyuan Fang, who had not spoken, was full of gunpowder as soon as he spoke.

Since the outspoken loyal ministers of the court were killed and exiled, Shi Huai had not heard this kind of 'evil words' for a long time, he looked at Xuanyuan Fang blankly, and forgot to be angry for a while.

Xuanyuan Fang didn't care what he thought in his heart, and continued: "The king has to do three things now! First, go to the court immediately, and burn all those reports in front of the civil and military officials, so as to stabilize people's hearts. Second, immediately activate Li Wei, the commander of the Huwei Army, and let General Huwei lead the Huwei Army south to meet the Yan Army. Third, immediately requisitioned Gao Tong, deputy marshal of the East China Sea Army, to return to the capital, and asked him to lead the naval army to defend Jiankang Tianwei and block the Jin Army and the Xinchi Army from crossing the river. ”

Shi Huai was stunned for a while, Fang blinked, sneered, and asked, "Why does this king want to listen to your nonsense?"

Xuanyuan Fang said with a gloomy face: "Listen to my words, the king can still be regarded as a hard-boned faint king, if you don't listen to me, the adult is a completely confused and faint king." ”

"Bold!" Shi Huai was furious when he heard this, pointed at Xuanyuan Fang's nose, and said: "This king didn't kill you at the beginning, it was a great kindness, but you didn't repent, and until now you dare to speak disrespectfully in front of this king......

Before he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Fang had already shook his head again and again, ignoring Shi Huai's anger, he was silent for a moment, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "I will do everything I have to say, and I will learn with my talents." I can only think of so much, as for whether the king listens or not, that is no longer something I can control. At this point, he knelt on the ground, bowed his head forward, and suddenly changed his words: "The criminal is going to say goodbye to your lord today." ”

Don't look at Shi Huai, he doesn't like Xuanyuan Fang. But from the bottom of his heart, he still has a special feeling for Xuanyuan Fang, and because of this, no matter how Xuanyuan Fang provokes him, he never kills Xuanyuan Fang. Now that he suddenly heard that Xuanyuan was saying goodbye to him, Shi Huai's heart was also shocked, and he subconsciously leaned forward, pretending not to care and not caring and asked, "What? Even you are going to run away, and you want to avoid the gold thief and escape from the capital to take refuge?"

Xuanyuan Fang didn't seem to hear his mockery. Zhengse said: "Because the strength is not as good as people, the death of the country is not terrible, and it is not shameful, what is terrible and shameful is that there is no shame in sitting and waiting to die, the king is the king, and I must not let my red people be difficult to raise their heads forever!" As he spoke, the old man suddenly stood up. At the same time, turn around. Yin Liang's side drew his saber out.

His sudden move startled everyone present, and Yin Liang's face turned pale with fright, and he screamed: "Xuanyuan Fang, what are you going to do?" As he spoke, he shouted again: "Protect the king, come and protect the king......"

No need for him to shout. The surrounding palace guards had already protected Shi Huai's left and right for the first time, and a large number of guards surrounded Xuanyuan Fang.

Shi Huai was not afraid, but he frowned, his face showed worry, and he scolded in a low voice: "Xuanyuan Fang." Do you know what you're doing! It's going to be a head-off!"

Xuanyuan Fang Ha Lu Ha smiled, looked at the saber in his hand, without warning, raised the saber, slammed it on his neck, the old man looked around the people, the most reluctant eyes fell on Shi Huai's face, and said with a faint smile: "If you have to use the blood of the loyal minister to awaken the faint king, then, the criminal minister is willing to sacrifice it!" As he spoke, he wiped the sword with all his strength.

"Pounce!"

Xuanyuan Fang has always been known for being ruthless, and he is ruthless enough to himself. With this sword, he almost wiped off half of his neck, and scarlet blood spurted out, splashing far away, and also splashing on Shi Huai's face and body on the other side.

"No......" When Shi Huai saw that Xuanyuan Fang was going to kill himself, it was too late to stop him.

"Dangchang!"

The sword fell to the ground, and Xuanyuan Fang's corpse fell straight down.

For a while, Shi Huai was dumbfounded, the ministers present were dumbfounded, and the surrounding guards and palace maids were also dumbfounded.

I don't know how long it took for Shi Huai to come back from the shock, he looked directly at the corpse that fell to the ground, stood up with a dull expression, and slowly walked around the table, before the person spoke, tears had flowed down like pearls of broken threads.

"King-" Yin Liang stepped forward, and wanted to pull Shi Huai away, the latter shook his arm violently, pushing Yin Liang away, he slowly walked to Xuanyuan Fang, knelt beside the corpse with a plop, and then, unable to control it anymore, lay on the corpse and cried bitterly.

When Xuanyuan Fang was alive, Shi Huai was upset when he saw him, and now that Xuanyuan Fang died in front of him, Shi Huai was sad from his heart, and it was rare to cry out loud in a gaffe, people are so strange.

The three suggestions put forward by Xuanyuan Fang for Shi Huai, the latter did not discard any of them and accepted them all.

First of all, he burned the whistleblowers in order to stabilize people's hearts, so that the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and the central government no longer have any worries and can unite with the outside world. Then, he reactivated Li Wei, reinstated his official position, continued to serve as the commander of the Huwei army, and added the title of marquis, and ordered Li Wei to lead the Huwei army south to meet the Yan army in the south. Next, he urgently recruited Gaotong and named him the marshal of the Jiankang Navy Division to guard Jiankang.

Qualcomm was originally Xu Fang's deputy general, not very old, but quite talented, deeply appreciated and reused by Xu Fang, if it weren't for the East China Sea division needed someone to preside over the overall situation, Xu Fang would definitely take him to Haowan County to resist the Jin army.

Of course, it is also thanks to Xu Fang that he didn't bring Qualcomm, otherwise the latter would have to die in Pufeng City with him.

Jiankang is the northern barrier of the capital of the Red Kingdom, where there are 100,000 naval troops stationed in the Red Kingdom, and when Qualcomm was recalled to the capital, the East China Sea Army was also called back.

The East China Sea Army of the Red Kingdom has as many as 150,000 people, and often participates in water battles, whether it is combat power or actual combat experience, are far superior to the Jiankang Water Army, if the East China Sea Army arrives in Jiankang, it will undoubtedly add an insurmountable barrier to the south of the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance, after all, the Jin State and the New Red Kingdom are not vassal states that are good at water army.

The only thing to be thankful for is that it will take a long time for the East China Sea Army to reach Jiankang. Qualcomm returned to the capital from Donghai County, and only needed to ride a horse or take a carriage by land, but the ships of the navy could not go by land, so it had to start from Donghai County, bypass the coastal area, and enter the Jiankang sea. Then follow Jiankang upstream, cross the two counties, to reach the capital, even at the fastest speed, such a distance, the East China Sea division has to walk for at least two months.

Therefore, for the Chi Country's side, as long as their Jiankang Naval Division can hold out for two months, they can wait for the strong reinforcement of the East China Sea Division, so that they have an absolute advantage in water warfare.

The same. For the Jin army and the Xinchi allied army, they had to strive to defeat the Jiankang naval army within two months, before the East China Sea Division arrived, and transport the main force of the whole army across the river, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the battle to destroy the Chi.

After Qualcomm returned to the capital, he accepted Shi Huai's conferral and took office immediately. Began to deploy defense in the south of the Yangtze River, and trained and dispatched Jiankang water divisions.

Qualcomm is in his thirties. He is handsome, has a baby face, and looks much younger than his actual age. However, his style is not as weak as his appearance, he is vigorous and golden, and his iron fist is hard, and as soon as he took office, he launched a drastic rectification of the Jiankang Water Division. And a series of evaluation systems have been formulated, and those who are capable are promoted and those who are mediocre are down, and those generals who only have money in their eyes, who are corrupt and pervert the law, and who neglect their duties will be severely punished.

Jiankang Shui Shi is a typical young master army in the Red Kingdom. Most of the generals in the army are not very familiar with water warfare, and nine out of ten of them are noble-born gentlemen, and they come to Jiankang to gild the water division to earn some seniority in the army, so that they can be promoted in the future.

For such a naval army, Qualcomm also has a headache, and he is involved in everything, but fortunately, Shi Huai's support for him is great, and he has to give him full trust, which allows Qualcomm to implement a series of measures.

If you talk about land warfare, then Qualcomm is definitely a layman, but he is an expert in water warfare, pushing four generations above his ancestors, and he has been a naval army general for generations, and Qualcomm can be regarded as a veritable sailor family.

Soon after Qualcomm served as the commander of the Jiankang Naval Division, he had already achieved considerable results, and a large number of capable young nobles were promoted by him to hold important positions in various parts of the army.

However, Qualcomm also has his limitations, no matter how much he values talents, the generals he promotes and reuses are basically all from noble backgrounds, and for those talented but civilian-born soldiers, he is still excluded from the scope of the core of power.

At this point, he is far inferior to Lin Haotian.

As for the situation on the side of the Red Kingdom, the Jin Army and the New Red Alliance Army have also learned clearly through their own exploration.

In this war against the Red Army, the army was dispatched, and now it is going to fight Jiankang, and the navy will finally be used.

In fact, the old Jin State (the Jin State before the annexation of the Mu State) did not have a naval army, until the Jin State annexed the eight counties of Mubei, and the naval army that originally belonged to the Mu Country was taken over, which allowed the Jin State to have a naval army that was not strong but not weak.

The Jin country's navy is in Mudi, and there is no water area leading to Jiankang, and it seems unlikely that the Jin country's navy will appear in Jiankang.

However, this view could not be more wrong.

As early as when the Jin army went south to attack the Red Kingdom, the Mudi naval army began to move eastward and entered the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and then, at the suggestion of the Military Political Hall, the Jin naval army went to Jiankang by land.

The Jin side first made huge wooden planks to fix the ship on it, and then made rollers from logs, and the bottom planks were pushed and pulled by manpower to make the ship move on land. There were 100,000 people in the Jin army, and there were no less than 200 large and small ships, all of which were transported by land, and the enormity of its project can be imagined.

Not counting the 100,000 naval soldiers, more than 200,000 people were levied for labor alone, all the way south from the Jin country, passing through half of the Jin country, passing through the five counties of Chibei, and then traveling half of the red country to reach Jiankang.

When this dryland fleet entered the territory of the Red Army, it was a lot easier, at least there was no longer a need for the labor of the country, and all the labor was replaced by the prisoners of the Red Army, which saved a lot of money for the Jin State, of course, the Jin people treated these Red Army prisoners no different from the slaves, and on the way to transport the fleet, countless Red Army prisoners died of exhaustion along the way.

In any case, not long after the Jin army and the New Red Alliance army were stationed on the north bank of Jiankang, the Jin army's navy was simply transported from the Jin country to Jiankang.

The commander of the Jin State Navy is a Jin man, named He Yi, and the deputy commander is a wooden man, Sun Bing and Xu Yan respectively.

In that era when the army was king, the navy army had not been valued in the Jin country, although there were 100,000 people, although there was a legion establishment, but there was no legion number, and it was not included in the ranks of the central army of the Jin country. Most of the commanders of other legions are generals, and the last is also lieutenant generals, but He Yi's military rank is only one level higher than that of the corps commander, while the military ranks of Sun Bing and Xu Yan, the two deputy marshals, are half a level higher than the corps commander.

After the naval warship arrived in Jiankang, Lin Haotian personally met with He Yi, Sun Bing, and Xu Yan.

He Yi was born in the army corps directly under him and could not fight water wars at all, while Sun Bing and Xu Yan were born as serious generals of the 800 navy army, and their combination is a typical layman leading an insider.

The reason why this is the case is due to Lin Haotian's trust in Jin Ren in the early stage, and the fact that the guarantor occupies a dominant position in the army, and the water army has never been within the scope of Lin Haotian's attention, so it has always been so wrong.

After He Yi, Sun Bing, and Xu Yan saluted Lin Haotian, he asked He Yi if he had any plans to defeat the sailors of the Red Kingdom on the other side.

He Yi used to be the commander of the Fourth Army, and he was a direct subordinate of Lin Haotian, and he had not seen an adult since he became the commander of the navy, and now he was inevitably a little excited.

He didn't even think about it, and replied loudly: "Lord Hui, our army has the determination to die on the battlefield, and also has the confidence to defeat the enemy.......