He Ran stopped, and when the two men came to him, he recognized at a glance that one of them was Dagan, the general who had returned home early!
The person who reported the news dismounted and saluted: "Commander, this General Dagan found the military camp yesterday. Master Dongfang ordered me to bring him to see the military counselor."
He Ran sent him down to have a rest, stepped forward and patted Dagan on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you are indeed a trustworthy person. How can Ling Ci be safe?"
Dagan saw the excitement on the military advisor's face and listened to the military advisor's inquiry. He looked gloomy and said, "My mother was so worried about me that she finally breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that I would come home. She passed away before she could finish a word."
He Ran sighed and said, "I wish I had known earlier and asked you to come back earlier."
Dagan said with gratitude: "I am already very grateful for the great kindness of the military commander. My mother died with a smile on her face. I buried her with my own hands and I showed my last filial piety. After taking care of the funeral, I came here."
He Ran nodded happily and said, "Let's go and have a rest first. Looking at your dirty face, why are you in such a hurry?"
Dagan lowered his voice and said: "The villain is in a hurry for another reason. I found the Zhao army and horses on the road. They seem to be heading towards Geqiong City."
"Oh?" He Ran frowned and said, "Where is your home?" He pulled him and quickly approached the big tent.
Xiao Xiao saw him beckoning to her and hurriedly followed him.
He Ran unfolded the geographical map, Dagan looked at it for a while, pointed to a place and said: "Here, I came in this direction, um... The Zhao army found here roughly, they were moving very fast, there were probably two
There are tens of thousands of people. What I saw should be the Chinese army, and I don’t know how many people there are in the vanguard camp. I have told Mr. Dongfang all this."
Xiao Xiao saw that his home was close to Zhao State and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zhao State has sent more troops from home again!"
He Ran narrowed his eyes, patted Dagan and said, "Good brother! Go down and rest."
After Dagan left, Xiao Xiao said solemnly: "More than 20,000 people are coming for us."
He Ran stared at the geographical map and said: "The Zhao people expected that our troops would be responsible for defending the city. They were afraid that Xin Yan and the others were not good at attacking the city, so they came to do it themselves. They were sure that King Fan would be ambushed."
Xiao Xiao said: "If Mingqin Chaduo hadn't been saved by accident, it's hard to say whether we would have fallen into the trap, or at least the arrangements wouldn't have been so thorough."
He Ran traced the map with his finger, "I guess Zhao Jun is marching along this route. They will stop here and wait for news from Xin Yan. If they win a big victory here, they will go straight to Gqiong City. If this
They failed to achieve a complete victory, so they laid an ambush on the spot to attack King Fan's defeated troops."
Xiao Xiao agreed: "Yes, it is precisely because the Zhao people expected that King Dingfan would not escape this disaster, so they can break up with us and control the overall situation of the grassland. They have nothing to fear."
He Ranxiao asked: "Do you think Zhao Min will specifically ask the generals to spare our lives when they attack Geqiong City?"
Xiao Xiao said displeased: "How long has it been and you still have the heart to joke?"
He Ran put away his smile, swayed slightly and said: "He is unkind and I am unjust. As long as the fire in Xi'a can be burned, I will let this Zhao army never come back. On this prairie, King Fan
It is as easy for these more than 10,000 elites to slaughter these Zhao troops as it is to kill chickens and sheep!"
Xiao Xiao bit her cherry lip and said, "But if we can't start the fire, we will be attacked from both sides, and our retreat will be cut off. How can we fight this battle?"
He Ran wanted to laugh, but couldn't, "It all depends on God's will. I think King Fan thinks the same way. It's too late to withdraw the troops in a hurry. A victory is a great victory, but a defeat will not be a complete defeat."
Lose, we still have an advantage in Xi'a's military strength, but we are afraid that we may not be able to dispatch properly when the fire cannot be set off."
Xiao Xiao complained: "You are not causing trouble, it would be much better if I followed you."
"If you want me to go, you won't have any immediate worries. It's useless to talk about it. Let's discuss what to do if the war ahead goes unfavorably."
Xiao Xiao said: "In these nearly a thousand miles, only this place where we are stationed can be considered dangerous. I think we can only strengthen the camp and wait for news. I will send someone to inform Wang Jin first to relieve the cold. Let Hongkong survive no matter how difficult it is."
We need to forcefully recruit as many troops as we can, and when the Zhao army comes to attack us, let them launch a surprise attack from behind."
"Okay!" He Ran summoned a soldier in charge of messaging and pointed at the geographical map to tell them in detail where to avoid. Xiao Xiao went to the account of those who were responsible for messengers in flying pigeons and ordered them to write military orders in code and seal them.
After he was done, he handed it over to the messenger and told him that the letter could only be given to Wang Jin.
After sending the messenger, the two couldn't sit still in the tent. They walked outside together and looked up at the sky. The wind started blowing again. The southern sky just showed a few bright colors, but soon it was covered by dark clouds again.
He Ran shook his head, suddenly remembered something, summoned a general responsible for liaison, and whispered: "Go to the king immediately and tell me that no matter what the war situation is, we must send a force of about a thousand people to lurk in Zhao Jingtong.
On the road to Gqiong City, once you see a grain transport team, you will immediately intercept and kill them, burn all the grain and grass, and then continue to lurk."
Xiao Xiao said with praise: "You thought this move very carefully."
In the past, He Ran would have felt proud, but now he was no longer in such a mood and said: "I hope this trick is not used. If the stalemate really reaches that point, we will lose this battle."
After lunch, the wind stopped, and catkin-like snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Although the snow was not heavy, each snowflake was like a boulder weighing more than a thousand kilograms, pressing on the hearts of He Ran and Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao was in the tent.
He prayed secretly inside, while He Ran paced back and forth outside the tent, completely ignoring the snowflakes hitting his face and falling into his neck.
When a layer of white snow fell on He Ran's hat, the wind picked up again, and the falling snowflakes turned into ice slag again.
When Xiao Xiao walked out of the tent, He Ran stopped pacing, but stared blankly at the grass in front of him.
"Come in and warm yourself up." Xiao Xiao said distressedly.
He Ran pointed to the grass and said: "It will take another two hours, as long as there is no heavy snowfall during these two hours."
It seemed that God was deliberately against him. Before he could say these words, a big snowflake stuck to his face, as if he couldn't bear the coldness. He couldn't help but shuddered and looked up.
Countless snowflakes as big as copper coins began to fly in the cold wind. He slowly closed his eyes and shook his head sadly.
Xiao Xiao's heart also turned cold. He pulled his sleeves and walked towards the tent without saying a word. It seems that God is destined not to help them this time. With such heavy snow, it only needs to fall.
Don't even think about setting fires for half an hour. With such gloomy weather, once the snow starts falling, it's probably not going to stop tonight.
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