After arriving at Wanglong City, news came from Xiao Xiao that there was indeed an army of about two thousand that wanted to attack Axe Duan Gorge, but she had led her army to defeat it.
He Ran's heart felt at ease now. When he called Su Ming to drink, he said dissatisfiedly: "You have made me worried for several days. Have you guessed that these things were caused by Shi Jing?"
Su Ming grinned and said, "I am suspicious of him, but please think about it, military advisor, how dare I say such words so easily."
He Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "You are just too cautious. If you had told me earlier, I would have been prepared."
Su Ming also shook his head and said: "Although I am suspicious of him, I feel in my heart that he will not be so confused. This person is really... Well, the military advisor is extremely kind to him."
He Ran took a sip of wine and said: "You only need to know this matter, and don't mention it to anyone again."
"I understand." Su Ming poured wine for the military advisor and said: "The military advisor's intentions were guessed by the military advisor. If this sneak attack on Ax Duan Gorge doesn't work, it's time to retreat. It's better for the military advisor to return to Pingcheng first.
Just leave it to me to take care of it."
He Ran smiled and said: "If you didn't tell me, I would go back. I would be happy to have some free time with you here. Don't pursue the army when it retreats. They fought fiercely with Zhao Guo over there a while ago. We are now
But we need to preserve our strength for Shun Guo, so that the situation becomes more complicated and there is room for maneuver if there are variables. Shun Guo has now lost all land in Henan. When Xiang Guo becomes our vassal, Shun Guo will not be able to do much harm to us.
It’s a big threat, and the natural dangers of the Gunlong River are enough to make the Shun people give up on this side. All they have the ability to do is look for opportunities to invade Zhao’s land.”
Su Ming laughed and said: "The military advisor has made the situation here like this. I can't help but find it funny when I think about it. People say that sages govern a big country like cooking small vegetables, but the military advisor torments the princes like cooking small vegetables."
He Ran also smiled, drank a bottle with him, and said: "There is one thing you want to plan for me. There are many Shi Jingjiu troops in Shuangxia City. You choose some and make a list for me.
These people need to be replaced with other generals, do you understand?"
"Understood, it's best to move most of the military here. The border guards can move around without leaving any trace. Those people are also familiar with me. They guarantee that nothing will happen to them by my side."
He Ran smiled at him and said: "That's what you say, it's like what brothers say."
Su Ming was a little embarrassed and said: "I know that the military advisor will not doubt me, so I will naturally do anything that can relieve the military advisor's worries. As for the suspicion of Shi Jing that I didn't say before..."
He Ran waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't mention it anymore. I won't argue with you about punishing yourself with three bottles."
Su Ming quit now and said anxiously: "You have already punished me three times for this, why do you punish me again?"
"Have you been punished just now? Oh...! Yes, yes, yes, you have been punished, uh..., but don't you think three bottles of punishment is too little?" He Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at him.
Su Ming took a bite of his food angrily and said, "You are just relying on alcohol. I will punish you with three more bottles of wine and you will be the one who falls down first."
He Ran said disdainfully: "Don't be so arrogant with me. Call Jian Niu and let him testify. Let's see who of us falls first today."
Su Ming smiled and said: "Thanks for your words, is it fair to me that the bastard testifies for us? In the end, it would be nice if he didn't hold my nose and drink wine."
He Ran laughed loudly. Once Su Ming let go, he couldn't think of being able to plot against him easily. He rolled his eyes and said with a bad smile: "Call the cow, let's get him drunk. Last time he
The folk song that I sang while I was drunk and I was holding my neck was like a ghost crying and a wolf howling. It was an absolutely miserable sound. Let’s listen to it again.”
Su Ming pointed at him and said, "Who are you? You, he takes you most seriously, and you actually plot against him."
He Ran looked at him with disdain and said: "Stop pretending to me, brothers are just for fun. Last time in the valley you got me drunk. When I danced the sword, you laughed the loudest, even in your hands.
I couldn’t hold my wine bottle and it fell to the ground, don’t think I don’t know!”
Su Ming smiled in surprise, widened his eyes and asked, "Were you drunk at that time? How could you still know this?"
He Ran said proudly: "You know how powerful I am, you can see through my military advisor's unpredictable abilities."
Su Ming looked at him with squinted eyes, nodded and said: "It seems that you have been hiding it. Okay, today I want to see how much alcohol you have. Come on, bring more wine!"
He Ran repeatedly waved his hands and begged for mercy: "No, no, no, don't you want to drink cattle? We'll talk about the amount of alcohol when we get back. We'll talk about it when we get back."
"No! I have to find out how much you drink. I can't let you lie to us all the time. One of us has to be carried out today." Su Ming was more serious, because he felt that they were all being ignored in terms of drinking.
Fooled.
The drinking fight was really fierce. The last person to be carried out was He Ran. He looked unconscious. But when Su Ming returned home and lay on the couch to sleep soundly, He Ran was already dead.
The man summoned the cow and began to teach him, telling him to use his brain more and learn from Su Ming when encountering problems in the future. Although his face was drunk, his speech was not disordered at all. In the end, he did not forget to tell him not to let Su Ming know about this.
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He Ran stayed in Wanglong City for another two days. When he heard that the Shun Army had shown signs of withdrawing, he set out on his return journey with confidence.
He Ran felt relieved, but now it was Shi Lang who was worried.
After receiving the urgent message from Xiao Xiao, his heart was in his throat. When he learned that the Shun army occupied Baihe Bay, he, like He Ran, immediately thought that Zhao and Shun must have reached some kind of agreement privately.
, he fully agreed with He Ran's judgment that the Shun army was likely to attack Ax Duan Gorge by surprise, so he immediately issued a military order to mobilize five thousand men back for defense instead of the three thousand proposed by He Ran.
The changes at Baihe Bay disrupted his previous plan. After he wiped out the Korean public fiefdoms, he originally wanted to gather superior forces to drive the Shun army here across the Gunlong River step by step, and fight without fighting if possible. But
He Ran asked him to quickly reach the Gunlong River and send reinforcements down the river. He had to abandon his previous plan and redeploy. He ordered Mihan to lead 5,000 men directly into the city of Mian by the Gunlong River, while he led his troops to respond later.
, in this way, the remaining Shunguo territory was divided into two parts, and he was in a disadvantageous position where the enemy was attacking from both sides.
Shilang did not order Mihan to arrive at the Gunlong River and lead all his troops down the river. He also felt that the Shun army would not launch a large-scale attack before taking the Ax Duan Gorge, so Mihan could only send a maximum of 2,000 people by boat.
The remaining 3,000 people defended the city.
This arrangement is based on two considerations. First, it is too unsafe to send too many people on a boat without naval escort. It can only be done once by chance. It is impossible for Mihan to find too many boats at once.
So two thousand people is already the limit. Secondly, use the method of occupying the city along the Gunlong River to put pressure on the troops here and force them to run away as soon as possible.
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