When He Ran also thought that the first phase of the war could be easily ended and began to consider whether he could find an opportunity to annihilate tens of thousands of Zhao troops to completely stabilize the situation here, something happened ahead.

On this day, He Ran was discussing the military situation with a few staff, and walked in quickly through the bucket, looking a little anxious and said: "I just got the report, a town southwest of the palace city was baptized in blood, and the people were killed and injured countless times, and those who escaped claimed that Yi Jun did it. ”

He Ran's heart sank, and then he slowly shook his head, although Xu Tong's men and horses who attacked in that direction, he still didn't believe that these people would do such a thing, treating the local people well was what he had ordered three times before sending the troops, and he filtered through the generals who led the troops over there in his mind, and he felt that no one had the courage to dare to disobey the military order,

"Who sent the messenger?"

Piercing the bucket understood what he meant, and reported: "It's General Jiongmo, this incident happened as soon as he took the palace with his men and horses, and he said that it was definitely not his subordinates who dared to guarantee with Xiang Shang's head." ”

He Ran glanced at the geographical map and said calmly: "There are no of our soldiers and horses nearby, it is not his people, so there is something strange in it." ”

Piercing the bucket and said in a low voice: "General Jiong sent people to inquire in many ways, and they all said that the perpetrator was indeed dressed as a Yi army, burning, killing, raping and plundering, and was extremely cruel, and some of them were dressed as soldiers. ”

Although He Ran had already guessed a few points in his heart, for the sake of prudence, he still summoned the palm seal of the military law department and ordered: "You immediately go to the palace city and investigate the cruelty of the people in detail." After listening to the barrel explanation, the Judge Advocate General's Seal took the order and left,

He Ran instructed one of the staff members in charge of the transfer: "You go to Jiaoshui Mountain, and let Dagan carefully check the people under his tent to see if anyone has left the camp without permission." ”

Dagan kept his promise since the death of his mother, and followed He Ran, and when he left the grassland, he brought hundreds of old troops, and hundreds of soldiers who went out with the Yi army to the grassland because they liked the life in the Central Plains, and voluntarily followed, He Ran assigned these people to Dagan's command, and organized a barracks, a total of 1,100 people, at this time as a contingency division stationed on the side of Hangshui Mountain,

A staff member who had followed He Ran for many years spoke: "Judging from the subordinates' understanding of General Jiong Mo and his subordinates, this matter cannot be done by them, the general is very strict in governing the army, if there are one or two or even three or five bold soldiers who may be unavoidable, but it is absolutely impossible to slaughter at least a hundred people in the entire town." ”

Another elder frowned and said, "You mean that Zhao Jun is pretending to be us." ”

Piercing the bucket interjected: "I think so too, what does Mr. Xiao think." ”

The old man, who was called Mr. Xiao, muttered: "The old man had a relationship with Zhao Min in his early years in Dingyang, although he was still young at that time, his benevolence and righteousness had already been demonstrated, and he sent soldiers to kill his own people...... The old man didn't think he would do it. As he spoke, he looked at the military advisor,

He Ran said calmly: "The most difficult thing to guess in the world is the human heart, and the most fickle thing is also the human heart. Knowing the face and not knowing the heart', I don't want to be a villain's heart of a gentleman, but compared to Zhao Min, I believe in my own soldiers, we don't have to rush to conclusions about Zhao Min, I don't believe that he will do such a despicable thing, maybe it is the courtiers who are good at advocating, and no matter who gave the order, this hand is indeed vicious enough, we rely on the people's hearts all the way, this matter will soon spread, and it will be very unfavorable to us, don't get entangled in the details at this time, and come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible. ”

Several staff members nodded their heads and pondered,

After a while, everyone began to talk about it, and the general meaning was almost the same, find out the truth as soon as possible, and tell the people,

After sending everyone down, he said in a low voice: "At this time, there is no room for so much effort, good things do not go out and evil things go thousands of miles, this kind of thing spreads faster than the wind, the more we delay, the more unfavorable it will be for us, maybe we will be driven back to the border in the end." ”

He Ran sighed irritably, feeling a burst of disgust in his heart, Zhao Guo's despicable means made him extremely despicable, he always called himself a villain, but he didn't want to face despicable people, although the war should be done to the extreme, but there should always be a bottom line, the White House Bo did not use conspiracy and trickery, but compared to this, it can be regarded as dignified, so He Ran respects him, if this matter is really Zhao Min's idea, it will be too disappointing,

Seeing his disgust, he thought for a moment and said, "I'll go and leave Miyagi to deal with it." ”

He Ran looked at him and said, "Think about what to do." ”

Piercing the bucket thought about it again, and said: "At present, the importance of stabilizing the hearts of the people is important, my lord sees if we can simply bear this charge, since they pretend to be us to do evil things, we can also find some Zhao army prisoners to wear our military uniforms and pretend to be evildoers, and kill the righteous law with great fanfare, this kind of clean and neat approach may have a sensational effect, although we have suffered losses, as long as we can stabilize the people's hearts and tolerate a little effort, we can stand on our heels and then calmly defend and clear the charge." ”

He Ran was silent after hearing this, pacing back and forth in the tent,

Piercing the bucket reminded: "No matter what strategy you take, adults must make up their minds as soon as possible, and they must not delay." ”

He Ran stood up and sighed, and said: "In this case, I really can't argue, I can't think of any good countermeasures, what you said is an expedient measure, just do it, you go to the palace city with a hard trip, but the impact of this matter is difficult to calm down immediately, it is best to withdraw the army immediately after killing the scapegoat, as for where to withdraw When you consider it according to the situation along the way, I will order all the armies to retreat, and it is very dangerous to lose the support of the people." ”

Wearing the barrel and leading the order hurried out of the tent,

He Ran was in a very dull mood, the taste of being framed would not be good for anyone, in this era of extremely underdeveloped information transmission, it is not easy to clarify the truth, and since Zhao Jun did it on purpose, there must be careful planning, those murderous soldiers may have been wiped out, even if there is evidence, it is difficult to convince the people of Zhao State to be completely convinced, not to mention that there is no evidence,

This will most likely become a headless public case, and it will be difficult to clean it up if you take it down, but what if you don't do this, the strategy of wearing a bucket can be said to be the best way to deal with it at the moment.

In the face of such an opponent, He Ran felt very disgusted and felt tired and tired, the reason why he longed for the ancient life, one of the most important points is to the simple and kind folk customs, every time he sees an ugly thing, it is like seeing a piece of his beloved jade with a little flaw, the more he cherishes the beautiful jade, the more he can't tolerate the appearance of flaws, so when he formulates political laws, he is extremely ruthless to those who are not right-minded.

There is also this reason for the bitter hatred of Ji Gong, if Ji Gong's plan is aimed at him, then even if he is stabbed to death, he has nothing to say, but Ji Gong is aimed at the weak Su Xiyao, which led to the death of Xiao He, this kind of despicable person makes him kill him quickly, Ji Gong has not solved the matter of slaughtering the people again, because he can't immediately correct these scum on the spot, he is very panicked, and even feels helpless and powerless, and the resulting fatigue makes his fighting spirit gradually fade, I really want to go back to Zangxian Valley to avoid these scum,