He Ran and his 10,000 Yi soldiers were the first to protect the retreating banner of Dacha. King Fan insisted on this, and He Ran did not refuse. It was an ordinary rule to treat the visiting soldiers courteously.
At dawn, after retreating nearly a hundred miles, the Yi army chose a favorable terrain to set up defenses and an ambush. When the Chinese army arrived to take over the defense, the Yi army moved forward again and stationed behind Fishing Bend. News came from King Fan that two robbers had captured the camp.
The men and horses returned, but they failed to trigger a melee with Xin Yan, and neither side was fooled. Subie Taiguabai lay dormant all night. This was what He Ran expected. He was just trying to catch a rabbit in the grass, but he couldn't catch it.
Rabbits are also reasonable.
One day later, King Fan caught up and said that Yedu's troops had not moved, while Xin Yan's army slowly pressed forward.
He Ran was very satisfied with being able to withdraw safely. After the two discussed, they sent Dongfang Ao to lead 10,000 Yi troops to defend the previous valley entrance, while the rest of the army stayed at Fishing Bend to fight against Xin Yan's army.
Then Yedu's army began to retreat, and Xin Yan took advantage of the space left by him to advance little by little and set up camp a hundred miles away from the fishing bend. What He Ran was most worried about was Yedu's side, which sent intensive scouts and horses to monitor its movements.
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King Fan had gotten rid of his anger and heard the news that the army was retreating to the base. He had a smile on his face. He only faced Xin Yantuliang who had just suffered a setback. He had at least a 60% chance of winning.
He had nothing to do that day, so he took He Ran to a high hill, sat down on the ground, took out the wine bag, took a sip and handed it to He Ran, saying: "You shouldn't be suspicious of Yi'an Zong, because you didn't let him lead the troops to pursue Xin Yan.
I was very embarrassed and painstakingly thought of an excuse for a long time."
He Ran took the wine bag and said, "I don't dare to be careless. Adal failed to set up an ambush and was ambushed by others. This is really strange. Only the four of us know about the ambush. The specific matters were discussed between the two of them. How can I not do it?"
I'm getting suspicious."
"No matter how suspicious you are, you shouldn't be suspicious of him. If he knows that I didn't let him lead the pursuit because of your suspicion, he will have to fight with you desperately. As an elder brother, I will have no shame to face him."
He Ran brought the wine bag to his mouth, stopped and said: "Until his innocence is proven, I still insist not to give him a heavy responsibility."
"You are too suspicious. You don't even believe what I say?"
He Ran took a sip of wine and said: "Then tell me, why was Adal's ambush discovered? No matter how smart White Lotus is, she wouldn't be so smart, right? Under the circumstances, I guess she would probably think that we didn't expect her.
Will troops be sent here, let alone split up for an ambush? Think about it, if I hadn't insisted, would you have believed that troops would be sent from the eastbound march? You reluctantly agreed to split up the troops, and Bai Lianhua must have thought that she was a surprise soldier, so how could she be so cautious during the march?
She's going to rush over as scheduled and catch us off guard. When we reach the ambush site of Adal, it's time to speed up the march, there's no need to hide."
King Fan frowned and said: "I have thought about what you said, but I still don't believe that the third brother will betray me. It is not impossible that Adal is hiding secretly and being discovered by the enemy outpost. After all, he is leading a group of soldiers.
Thousands of people.”
He Ran took another sip of wine, handed the wine bag to him, and said: "If you can convince yourself, then I have nothing to say. If you believe in your brother, I can understand your feelings. If you doubt Yun Ye, I will not do the same."
I'm glad, my brother knows it himself, but having said that, if I leave Yun Ye idle because of your suspicion, Yun Ye will never say anything about it."
"Yi'an Zong won't say anything. I just think..., forget it, I won't mention it in advance. Since you are worried, I will keep him by my side and not let him lead the troops alone."
He Ran looked into the distance and softly said "hmm".
Seeing his expression, King Fan thought that what he just said was too serious. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, it's really thanks to you this time. Not only did I prevent the sneak attack from the eastbound
, and also allowed us to gain a small victory in the battle against Xin Yan. If you hadn't planned it, I would have been doomed to be completely defeated this time. If we hadn't also made trouble, your clever plan was enough to defeat Xin Yan Tuliang."
"Brother, thank you." He Ran smiled at him and looked into the distance.
"You... are you talking too much about brother Wei? You and Yi'an Zong are both my brothers. I will never believe that he doesn't believe you." King Fan felt a little embarrassed and couldn't deal with it before he found out the truth.
Yi'an Zong.
He Ran came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Where are you thinking? Haha, I was thinking about King Feng. You can just take care of the affairs of Yi'an Sect. I don't think he must have betrayed.
I just feel that he is still suspicious and should not be reused."
Fan Wang felt relieved after hearing what he said and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Feng Wang is the number one heroine today. How can Bai Lianhua be her opponent? I am really anxious to see her beauty.
"
He Ran said with concern: "This white lotus is not easy to mess with. Wang Jia and I didn't take advantage of her by joining forces. Now Wang Jia has fewer available soldiers."
"Didn't you ask her to chase her for only five days? I think everything will be fine. When Bai Lianhua heard that Xin Yan was defeated, she only focused on escaping. How could she have other thoughts? I think you are worried a bit. It is rumored that you and
She...hehe, is it true?" An ambiguous smile appeared on King Fan's face.
He Ran smiled and changed the subject: "It's almost time for Xin Yan to learn about the situation at White Lotus. Now that the surprise troops have been exposed, he doesn't have to rush to attack. In a few days, he should know about White Lotus's withdrawal.
Now that the news has arrived, do you think Xin Yan will withdraw his troops accordingly?"
"He has to evacuate if he doesn't want to. It won't be long before snow falls on the grasslands. It's time to reserve winter fodder for livestock. If there is a heavy snow, he won't be able to leave even if he wants to. All the strong people are here, and the tribe
The old and weak women and children here cannot take care of so many livestock, and most of them will die of cold and starvation, so no one will be willing to follow Xin Yan."
"Oh, that's right, how much snow is here?"
King Fan pointed to his knees, "A heavy snowfall here can reach me here. In order to rebel, Xin Yan moved his tribe to the north. It's almost a thousand miles away. The snow there is even heavier. There were times when it didn't even reach my thighs.
If he didn't feel that he had a good chance of winning, he shouldn't have started the war at this time."
"How long do you think he can stay here?"
King Fan said with certainty: "At most half a month."
He Ran counted with his fingers and said: "It's been eight days. If Wang Jia stops the pursuit as promised, he will be on his way back. I have to go and take care of him. I don't think Xin Yan will wait until the end to withdraw his troops. Since it's only half a month."
He will definitely not attack again, so I will leave this to my brother."
"Where are you going to meet us in this vast grassland?"
"I will go to Geqiong City first. She will have almost arrived by then. If she does not arrive, I will go east to meet her. You give me two thousand troops."
King Fan looked at him and smiled, and said: "I have to send King Feng back to Yi State no matter what before the next war. Otherwise, most of your heart is with her. How can you help me plan."
He Ran also smiled, stood up and said: "I'm leaving now, you can help me choose my troops."
King Fan looked up at the sky and said, "It's about time. Let's leave early tomorrow morning."
He Ran pulled him up and said, "Now, hurry up."
King Fan laughed and said, "I'll give you five thousand people."
"No, Bai Lianhua won't dare to chase us here even if I beat him to death. I want two thousand people mainly to spread out to find out the news. If you still don't see us back after you return to the division, then you have to trouble your brother to send an army to the east."
Let’s go for a walk.”
"I will personally lead the army to find you!" King Fan got on his horse, looked at his horse and said, "Did you give 'Wind Walker' to King Feng?"
"Hey, I don't mean any disrespect to my brother. I'm just lending her a ride. If it doesn't follow the rules, I'll go back to her and ask her to get it back."
"You and I, brothers, don't have so many rules to talk about. Besides, it's not someone else you're giving as a gift to." King Fan winked at him condescendingly.
"Okay, okay, you don't have to wink at me, she is my estranged wife, but don't tease her about this after we meet, she is thin-skinned, we have an agreement first, if you want to piss her off, I can help her
I won’t help you.” Then he rode his horse down the hill.
King Fan laughed loudly and shouted after him: "I value sex over friends, the rumors are true!"
ps: Jinly’s reminder is recorded here. I will add a chapter tonight to make up for Xiao Ben’s previous reminder.
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