A few days later, Mrs. Nuan Yu helped He Ran approve official business in the inner hall.

Xi Qun sent in a secret letter, and He Ran looked out the window for a long time without speaking.

"What's wrong? Something happened again? Mrs. Nuan Yu asked uneasily.

He Ran came back to his senses and said with a smile: "No, it's good news, Shi Lang broke the army of Ningjiang Hou and Fu Yanbo, and the forces of Han Gong have almost been cleared, and he began to fight towards the Rolling Dragon River." ”

Mrs. Nuan Yu looked at him with concern and said, "Since it's good news, why do you look like this?" Since yesterday, you look a little like before the war, are you worried about something? ”

He Ran nodded and said: "There is something that makes me feel uneasy, Dongfang Ao should have sent back the news the day before yesterday, but there has been no letter delivered to me today, I immediately sent the news to him after learning that the Axe Broken Gorge was taken, and it is said that he should have withdrawn his troops and returned to defend it a long time ago." ”

"Did he forget to send you a letter? You can just fly the pigeon and pass the book and ask if you can't. ”

He Ran smiled and said, "He can't forget this kind of thing, the generals will report back in time before and after important actions, otherwise how can I dispatch on demand?" I sent a letter yesterday to ask, I'm really worried, even if Zhao Guo hasn't gotten the news from the Axe Broken Gorge, it's almost time to slow down the offensive, what I'm most worried about is ......"

As soon as He Ran said this, Xi Qun reported at the door again: "Military advisor, there is an urgent report." ”

"Send it in!" He Ran's face calmed down.

Xi Qun walked in, put the secret report on the case, and withdrew.

He Ran opened it and immediately widened his eyes, Mrs. Nuan Yu saw that his face was full of horror, he rarely saw He Ran show such a look, he couldn't help but lean up to look at the note, and exclaimed at a glance: "Baihewan is lost?!" Did the Shun army really fight?! ”

He Ran's chest rose and fell violently, and he slowly closed his eyes.

It was Su Ming who reported that Baihe Bay was one of his upper reaches. The river bank here is gentle, the water flow is not urgent, it is a few natural ferries of the Rolling Dragon River, this kind of place can only be guarded by increasing the soldiers, there are heavy troops here before, and the troops here are drawn a lot for the army axe to break the gorge, if the Shun army comes to attack with all its strength, it will definitely not be able to hold.

In normal times, although Baihe Bay is an important place, it is not a big deal to lose it, because the terrain there is not suitable for defense, but the surrounding passes are suitable for defense and not attack, and the Shun army does not dare to drive troops directly from here if it does not take the nearby city, so it is easy for the Yi army to recapture Baihe Bay and cut off the way back, but at this time, the Shun army forcibly seized Baihe Bay but made He Ran shudder.

Under the joint attack of Zhao and Yi, even if Shunguo saw that the defense of the Yi army was empty, there was no reason to fight Baihewan. If you fight Baihe Bay, then the next means must be to seize the surrounding dangers, and then you can send troops to attack the hinterland of Yiguo, but in this case, the defense of Shunguo is still insufficient, how can you think of it and how can you counterattack Yiguo?

I think there is only one answer, that is, Shun Guo learned that the Axe Broken Gorge was lost, and quickly informed Zhao Guo of the news, which is a clever strategy, Zhao Guo can naturally roughly guess Yi Guo's combat intentions after learning the news, Zhao Min never wants to see Yi Guo get another chance to grow so soon, so he will definitely secretly cooperate with Shun Guo, promise not to attack again, and even use the withdrawal of troops to win the trust of Shun Guo, so that Shun Guo will go all out to deal with Yi Guo.

He Ran repeatedly instructed Dongfang Ao to return to defend in time to prevent the Zhao Congress from slowing down the attack on Shunguo, but now it seems that he still miscalculated, and he didn't expect the Shun Kingdom to come to this hand.

Although Baihe Bay was lost, He Ran didn't believe that Shunguo dared to immediately fight back against Yi Guo with all his might, not to mention the rest of the ministers, Bai Gongbo alone would not do such a stupid thing, Yi Guo is no longer a small country, once the Shun army drives in, it will definitely be an endless war, and Zhao Guo will be happy at that time.

Since this road does not work, there must be another conspiracy for Shunguo to forcibly seize Baihe Bay, and it is not difficult to see the mystery in He Ran's position, that is, to attack the dangerous passes around Baihe Bay as smoke, secretly out of a strange army to hide and go straight to the Axe Broken Gorge, and launch a surprise attack from behind, as long as a pass through the Axe Broken Gorge is captured, then according to the natural danger, it can be defended for a period of time, and then immediately send reinforcements to reinforce this strange army, and guard the Axe Broken Gorge, and cut off most of the people and horses of the Yi Country led by Shi Lang outside, and then it will be easy to destroy the Yi State.

These sets of tactics were guessed by He Ran the moment he saw the secret report, not that he was smart, but because no one knew Yi Guo's current situation better than him, and no one knew Yi Guo's fatality at this time better than him. Go pays attention to the enemy's point is my point, and it is even more so to fight with soldiers, and the axe is now the most critical place in the whole world, if this eye is broken, then the big dragon of Yi Guo will be slaughtered.

He Ran closed his eyes and thought for only a moment, then stood up violently, and shouted outside: "Quickly call Donghua, Qi Zhen to see" This Donghua is in charge of the flying pigeon station here, and he is usually waiting in this mansion, and Qi Zhen is a military commander.

Xi Qun shouted a promise outside. After a while, Dong Wei and Qi ran in, and when they saw the military advisor's face as if they were facing a great enemy, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He Ran instructed Dong Wei: "Immediately pass the letter to Muhu City, tell the king to drive Baihe Bay to lose, and let King Feng mobilize the surrounding people and horses to strictly guard the axe and break the gorge, and say that I have broken a Shun army that has sneaked over there, and at the same time ask King Feng to send someone to inform Shi Junshi, so that he can first transfer back 3,000 men and horses to defend Muhu City, and then wave the army to the Rolling Dragon River as fast as possible, collect boats and send a group of men and horses down the river......"

He Ran glanced at the geographical map when he said this, and then said: "Landing on the shore in the dry city to strengthen the defense of this line, this letter is extremely urgent, and the three pigeons are released together. As he spoke, he turned to Ji Jaw, who was taking notes at the desk, "You also send a fast horse to report the news, and you must make sure to pass this information to Wang Jia." ”

It is a rare thing for three pigeons to be released together, and at the same time send a fast horse to send a message, the importance of this information is self-evident.

Qi Ji was more careful and reminded: "The military division only said that the military division should send a group of men and horses down the river, do you want to clarify the number of people?" ”

He Ran waved his hand and said, "No need, Shi Junshi will deal with it at his discretion." ”

The two of them said no more, turned around and walked briskly outside.

He Ran summoned Dongyu, frowned and hesitated, gritted his teeth and said: "You send another letter to Zangxian Valley, transfer a thousand men and horses to Mingzhong City, and at the same time send the king, let Wangcheng strengthen its vigilance against the attack of the Zhao army, and send the general to Pingcheng to sit in the town, and I will go to Wanglong City to supervise the battle." ”

Dong Wei didn't dare to delay and hurriedly walked out, as soon as he arrived at the flying pigeon station to send the news, Xi Qun rushed over with the military advisor's seal and sent the news, and ordered: "The military advisor ordered Su Ming to send a message, so that he could release the news to the Shun army on the other side of Baihe Bay early the next morning, saying that the strange soldiers who attacked the Axe Gorge have been wiped out by us." ”