Chapter 607: Ran Min's Predicament

Ran Min's counterattack was extremely sharp, Murong Ba only had the ability to parry, but he had no power to fight back, if it weren't for his strong martial arts, he would have died on the spot.

Seeing that Murong Ba was able to fight with him for more than ten rounds in a row, Ran Min was also greatly surprised, and increased the intensity of his attack, making one move after another, aiming at Murong Ba's vital point, making Murong Ba tired of coping.

Unlike Ran Min's steady and steady fighting, Murong Ba was already a little out of breath, his arms were also numb in pain, and his marksmanship began to scatter.

At this moment, the elite men and horses under Ran Min also came over, and there was a great tendency to capture Murong Ba.

Seeing this, Murong Ba was shocked, and he couldn't care about the morale of the army, so he hurriedly left Ran Min behind, rode his horse backwards, and tried to save his life.

"Protect the general, kill ......" Seeing that the main general was defeated, Murong Ba's personal soldiers moved forward to kill together to block the path pursued by Ran Min and the beggar army.

Seeing the Yan army guards rushing up, Ran Min sneered at the corner of his mouth, brandished his double-edged spear and opened a killing ring, killing the Yan army cavalry who were blocking the road one after another, and killed Murong Ba.

"General, go quickly, the end will be cut off." The pro-soldier captain asked Murong Ba to leave quickly.

Murong Ba frowned and hesitated slightly, then rode his horse and fled to the rear.

Seeing Murong Ba fleeing, Ran Min rode his horse to Da Xu, cut off Yan Jun Da Xu, and pierced it on the top of his double-edged spear, and waved it back and forth to boost morale.

The soldiers of the Yan army saw that the main general had fled, and Daxu was cut off by Ran Min, and their morale was immediately lost, and in the absence of command, they began to flee in a comprehensive manner.

Beggars soldiers. Seeing that Ran Min cut down the Yan army, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rode their horses to chase and kill the fleeing Yan cavalry, and they chased and killed for more than ten miles before stopping.

Ran Min won a big victory, which was a lesson to the vanguard army of Yan State, and after the battle, he immediately led the army back to the south gate of Xiangguo City, commanded the main force under his command, and attacked the city with all his might.

Murong Ba retreated for more than twenty miles in a row, and saw that Ran Min's beggar army was no longer chasing after him. Only then did he stop. and gathered up the scattered men.

Murong Ba, who had palpitations, looked at the generals and said softly: "I didn't expect Ran Min to be so brave, three thousand men and horses can actually break our army of 30,000." Ben will now be defeated. How to explain it to the second brother? ā€

"General. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, as long as the general does his best. A subordinate general comforted.

"General, Ran Min is so powerful. How can our army support Zhao State, it is better to return to Jicheng and ask the king for guilt! "Another general, Jian YƬ Dao.

Murong Ba hesitated, shook his head and said: "No, our army is defeated and returns, the second brother will definitely be very angry, and he must find a way to defeat Ran Min, otherwise, what kind of face will you let Ben Jiang go back." ā€

"General, it's better to join forces with the army of Zhao State first, and then make a good strategy." A ministry will build a yƬ road.

Murong Ba nodded and said softly, "That's right, it seems that it can only be like this." ā€

"General, just after counting the number of people, our army has more than 3,000 killed and missing, and thousands of wounded, so the losses are heavy!" A subordinate general said with a frown after checking the collected people.

When Murong Ba heard this, he was taken aback again, paused, and said: "I can't imagine that in just one encounter, our army has suffered such a big loss, it seems that this Ran Min is not an easy guy to deal with!" This matter must be reported to the fourth brother. ā€

Subsequently, Murong Ba wrote down all the details of the battle with Ran Min on paper, and asked his henchmen to send the letter to Murong Ke's hands as quickly as possible, so that Murong Ke could master Ran Min's combat power and tactics, so as to find out countermeasures.

After Murong Ba reorganized his troops and horses, Yao Xiang's personal soldiers came to the camp and asked Murong Ba to be responsible for containing the left flank of the beggar army according to the plan of the suspicious soldiers.

Murong Ba took a closer look at Yao Xiang's strategy, and couldn't help but be amazed, he felt that Yao Xiang's strategy was completely feasible, and sighed that Zhao Guo actually had such an excellent general.

Returning to the camp outside the south gate of Xiangguo City, Ran Min and the beggar army under his command were still immersed in the joy of victory, and Yao Xiang had gathered all kinds of men and horses to prepare to launch a full-scale attack on Ran Min.

The assembly of Yao Xiang and other troops, how can they escape the eyes of Ran Min's scouts, but Ran Min has been fighting with the Zhao army for more than a year, and he knows the combat power of the Zhao army very well, he does not put the nearly 100,000 rabble gathered around in his eyes, his goal is only Xiangguo, only Shi Yuan and Shi Kun, as long as Shi Yuan and Shi Kun are killed, the royal family of Zhao State will be wiped out, and Yao Gezhong, Zhang Hedu and others will become a piece of scattered sand.

However, this time, Ran Min naturally thought wrong, Yao Xiang's three poisonous plans were definitely not something he could easily deal with, and in a series of victories, he made the heavy mistake of being proud and underestimating the enemy.

At noon on the second day, Yao Xiang took the lead in leading tens of thousands of troops to attack Ran Min's main army.

Seeing that Yao Xiang led the army to challenge, Ran Min personally led tens of thousands of beggar troops to kill Yao Xiang's army, Yao Xiang was naturally not Ran Min's opponent, and at the beginning of the battle, he rode his horse and fled backwards, and Ran Min naturally led the army to chase after him.

At this moment, Zhang Hedu, Murong Ba, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang and other armies launched fierce attacks on the flanks and rear of Ran Min's beggar army from different directions.

"Your Majesty, there are enemies in the back and on the flanks." The general hurriedly reported the situation to Ran Min.

Seeing that Yao Xiang's army was retreating really quickly, Ran Min had no choice but to retreat his horse and return, led the main force to attack Zhang Hedu in the back, and asked his generals to divide their troops to resist Murong Ba, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang and other troops on the left and right flanks.

Ran Min led the army to kill Zhang Hedu, how could Zhang Hedu resist, and retreated before the battle, and at this time, the Yao Xiang army that had retreated fiercely bit Ran Min's back, and Murong Ba, Zhang Ju, and Wang Lang on the left and right wings, without Ran Min, were not afraid of the beggar army at all, and they were inseparable from the beggar army.

Ran Min couldn't catch up with Zhang Hedu, and there were urgent reports from the back and side, so he had to abandon Zhang Hedu and kill Murong Ba on the left.

Murong Ba saw that Ran Min led the army to kill, and he retreated before the battle, and Ran Min's flank and back direction was fiercely attacked by Yao Xiang, Wang Lang, Zhang Hedu and other troops.

In this way, Ran Min was like a firefighter, leading the most elite men and horses to attack everywhere, but like a fist on cotton, he was always unable to engage the enemy, while his subordinates suffered heavy losses one after another.

Fortunately, the beggar army is all elite, and the strength is not much less than that of the enemy, so the losses are not particularly large, and the enemy's losses are also quite a lot.

But like Ran Min, the situation of being able to win a big victory with one enemy against ten is gone forever.

In the evening, Ran Min gathered his troops and formed a defensive position outside the south gate of Xiangguo City to prevent the enemy from launching a sneak attack.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ran Min, who had been running all day in vain, looked very depressed, and angrily threw his helmet on the case.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Jun has come up with such a treacherous plan, and our army can no longer calmly break the enemy, how can this be good?" Regarding Yao Xiang's ten-sided ambush plan, the generals of the begging army were a little unbearable for a while.

Ran Min sighed secretly, he couldn't think of a restraint strategy for a while, and frowned.

"Your Majesty, this is Han Xin's plan to break Xiang Yu's ambush on all sides, our army is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with, it is better to withdraw to Yecheng first, and then make plans." A subordinate general hugged his fist and built a yƬ road.

Ran Min shook his head, and said: "Just retreat like this, how can I be willing, and besides, Yecheng is short of food and grass, if we can't eliminate Zhao State, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army." ā€

"However, how should our army resist the ambush plan of Zhao State on all sides, Your Majesty, have you thought clearly about the countermeasures." The general asked.

Ran Min was heartbroken, and said loudly: "Back then, the disparity between Xiang Yu and Han Xin's soldiers and horses was too big, so Han Xin's ten-sided ambush plan was able to trap Xiang Yu, and now, our army and the Zhao army are equal in strength, with the bravery of my beggar army, I can completely divide my troops to attack it, and only by dividing my troops to attack it, can I break the Zhao army's ten-sided ambush plan." ā€

"Your Majesty, in this way, the losses of our army will also be very large." The ministry general said worriedly.

Ran Min said helplessly: "I naturally know this, but have you thought about it, once I lead the army back, what will be the result, Zhao Guo's several people will definitely press with all their might, and our army will inevitably collapse." ā€

When the generals heard this, they were silent.

In fact, what made Ran Min and his generals most uneasy was the attitude of Yan State, and now, Yan State actually sent troops to help Zhao State, which made the Great Wei State, which had just been established for more than a year, face great strategic pressure, and confronting Zhao State and Yan State at the same time, for Wei State, the pressure is huge.

Just when Ran Min was discussing with his subordinates how to fight against the Zhao army, Yao Xiang and Zhang Ju began to carry out the second strategy.

"General Zhang, I know that Li Nong and you are friends of life and death, but for the sake of the country, in order to eliminate Ran Min, the general must sacrifice Li Nong, only by using counter-tactics to eliminate Ran Min's left and right hands, our army can achieve a greater advantage, so as to completely defeat Ran Min." Seeing that Zhang Ju was reluctant to start writing, Yao Xiang persuaded in a low voice.

Zhang Ju sighed secretly, hesitated for a moment, raised his pen and wrote, and it didn't take long for a sincere letter to be written.

"General Yao, look at it, it's okay to write like this." Zhang Ju handed the written letter to Yao Xiang and asked softly.

Yao Xiang took the letter, read it carefully, couldn't help nodding again and again, and praised: "General Zhang has worked hard, writing it like this, I guarantee that Ran Min will be suspicious when he sees it." ā€

"Someone, send this letter in the direction of Yecheng immediately, remember, find a way to deliberately let Ran Min's sentry catch it." Yao Xiang ordered.

"Yes, General." The soldiers received the order, hurriedly took the letter, and left in a hurry.

After the soldiers left, Yao Xiang looked at Zhang Ju and said softly: "General Zhang, the letter just now can indeed make Ran Min suspicious of Li Nong, but this is far from enough, and ask the general to write another letter and send it to Yecheng and hand it to Li Nong, the letter said that Ran Min is suspicious of him and is ready to get rid of him and let him be prepared." (To be continued......)