Yan Shun found a map of the march, which was provided by Guo Tianxu. Although this map does not have modern map technology, the identification of all directions is still very clear.

According to the regulations of the state, all officials above the state government must register the population, mountains, rivers, roads, etc. in the area under their jurisdiction every five years to submit them to the household department for sealing.

The map of the state capital is different from the map of the march, and the map of the state capital mainly shows the state of the state capital and the main signs in the jurisdiction. The map takes the state capital as the center, and then shows the nearby mountains and rivers, official road passes, where they are relative to the state capital, and how the size is represented in words and graphics.

The diagram is very vulgar, but fortunately, it is readily available. The terrain conditions before and after the Grandma Ridge are clear at a glance.

Murong Huan glanced at it and was silent. I thought to myself: Why did the troops infiltrated by Tsing Yi Fang and Nansang choose to stay in this place? On the surface, this place is a "dangerous" place for soldiers, but it is also a "death" place for one side. If it were me, I would never choose to ambush here!

The reason is very simple, if the enemy army enters the valley in a bad way, it will definitely lose its troops. But if the enemy army does not enter the valley and guards the road out of the valley, the ambush will have no way to retreat. Unless they venture into the swamp......

It's a pity that where is the territory of poisonous insects, snakes and ants, there is a thick miasma. Once a person enters it and wants to come out alive, I am afraid that it is wishful thinking!

When night falls, the stars shine!

Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not enter the valley, all the people in the Tsing Yi Fang on the Grandma Ridge straightened up and moved gently.

They are in a high place, and as long as their movements are light, the officers and soldiers under the mountain cannot see them, and naturally they will not be able to detect them.

Shen Mu muttered in his heart, this kind of waiting was meaningless, and Yan Shun was indifferent to the two sorties and temptations of Tsing Yi Fang. The officers and soldiers were determined not to enter the valley, but to surround the place strongly, and only need to wait for four or five days, and then the people on the top of the mountain will be cut off from water and food, and they will not attack themselves.

Yin Yue was not worried, and even made people start a fire to make food. Similarly, on the other side of the mountain, a fire began to be lit for cooking. It seems that the officers and soldiers under the mountain are here for sightseeing, not to arrest them.

However, Shen Mu didn't ask why, after all, whether there was a fire or not, the officers and soldiers under the mountain knew that there were ambushes here. It's better to be at ease and tell them that the thieves you want to catch are here, and you have the ability to come in!

Maybe it's the last carnival feast, maybe the old man has other plans.

The matter of lighting a fire on the top of the mountain to cook was quickly reported to Murong Huan's tent. At this time, the commander of the camp was also eating in his tent.

Yan Shun listened and asked, "Lord Wang, how do you fight?"

Murong Huan paced two steps with his hand: "This matter is very strange, I haven't figured out what they want to do, don't act rashly." You've arranged for people to do this and that......"

Yan Shun listened, nodded again and again, and summoned people to come in and prepare to carry out Murong Huan's instructions.

Sun Yike was treated as a recruit and sat at the bottom of the table all the time. Seeing this, he stood up and bowed his hand: "Lord Wang, can you cancel your plan?"

Murong Huan let out an "oh" and asked, "What are my plans?"

Sun Yike said: "When I saw the prince and heard that there was a fire on the mountain to make food, his eyes lit up, and he knew that the prince wanted to use the method of fire attack to force the thieves on the mountain out of the valley, which is the only way to solve the deadlock at present." We have only just seen that there are no catapults in the army, and if you shoot rockets with a crossbow, I am afraid that no one will be able to shoot such a high distance. Therefore, the prince had to ask General Yan to send someone to deploy the locomotive!"

Murong Huan looked at Sun Yike, and said with a smile: "Who are you?

Yan Shun hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi, this person Sun Yike said that he was a friend of that Shen Mu......!

Murong Huan said: "Sun Yike, since you know that fire attack is the only way, why did you let the old man dispel this idea?"

Sun Yike said: "The fire attack will inevitably force the thieves to have nowhere to hide, but the fire is ruthless, and once it burns, it does not distinguish between friend or foe." This group of people is capable of doing things, acting in an orderly manner, obviously there are high-ranking commanders, what we can think of, the enemy must have thought of it, otherwise they would not be so blatant in making fires. So ......"

Murong Huan probed and said, "So what?"

Sun Yike said: "Judging from the current situation, there must be more than two teams on the top of the mountain, the thief and the Nansang army. First of all, the whereabouts of the hundreds of men and horses under the command of General Hu of the Left Patrol Road are not clear at present, and there are only the corpses of the government army and the central army in Changqing Ping. Secondly, Lord Yu of Dingzhou Mansion was able to go to Ninghai to borrow troops, and he was ignorant of the imperial court in advance, and he had no knowledge of the prince, so he guessed that it must have been the thieves who kidnapped Lord Yu's relatives, which made him lose his proportions. Third, the prince came here in person, but there was no trace of the old gentleman, everyone in the Xishan Road knew that the prince and the old gentleman were friends, and he saw that the prince sent troops and was not by his side, which was really contrary to common sense. The old gentleman had been to Dingzhou, and he should have returned at this time, but he was not there, and there was only one answer, that is, he was trapped by thieves...... At last...... Finally, Mr. Shen Mu Shen and the people of the righteous qimen may also be on this mountain...... So many innocent people on the top of the mountain, once the fire broke out. Although it can force out the thieves, it is also ......"

Murong Huan bowed his head, and couldn't help but look at the unkempt man in front of him a few more times, this person can think of so many things with a slight state of affairs, and his mind is so delicate, he is really a talent. Thinking of this, Murong Huan couldn't help but feel a hint of jealousy, what kind of person is this Shen Mu, who can find such a smart and righteous person as a companion!

Murong Huan twisted his beard and smiled: "Sun Yike, what you said is reasonable. But if this king doesn't do anything, how can he force out the thieves, and what are your clever plans? Tell me......"

Sun Yike said: "In my late opinion, there is only one way at present, wait for the situation to change, wait for them to mess up, and at the same time wait for a bigger chess game to appear!"

Murong Huan said: "What do you mean by this? ”

Sun Yike said: "If Wansheng guessed correctly, there should be more than these three hundred people in the Nansang Kingdom, there should be a bigger move, and now there are probably tens of thousands of Nansang troops waiting for the opportunity to move on the Yunzhao border!"

When Murong Huan heard this, he was even more stunned. If it weren't for the report from Tanmalay, he wouldn't have known that Nansan's 30,000 soldiers and horses had been transferred to the border. Why can this sloppy scholar be firm that Nansang will definitely take action by guessing? This junior should not lose to the old man in terms of intelligence!

Murong Huan said: "Nansang has indeed dropped 30,000 elites to disturb my border. ”

"This is strange, Nansang has a million troops, if you want to attack my Xishan Dao, it is impossible for only such a few people. With 30,000 elites, it is simply whimsical to break through Dingnan Pass. When I reported the news before, I went to the Dingnan Pass camp guarded by General Murong Hui, where the terrain was dangerous, condescending, and the depth behind the pass was perfect. This is not the first time that Nansang Kingdom has fought against our Yunzhao Kingdom, so how could they only dispatch 30,000 soldiers and horses? They have been planning for so long and plotting against infiltration in order to win a battle against us! It is impossible for only 30,000 people to be right, unless they ...... it."

Murong Huan suddenly said, "Do you want to say that the 30,000 military horses invaded Dingnan Pass just under a pretense?"

Sun Yike held his chin in his hand and muttered for a moment: "I don't dare to guarantee it later, but there is this possibility, it's just ...... I'm just thinking about what they're doing these things for, what is their real purpose, what's more important than taking Dingnan Pass?"

Yan Shun was horrified: "Not good! their purpose may be you, Lord Wang?"

When Murong Huan heard this, although he knew that Yan Shun's worries were not unreasonable, he still laughed and said, "The old man's body and bones have been cut into the ground, what else is there to target!"

Sun Yike originally wanted to directly say that Nansang's purpose might be the King of Zhennan himself, but he was a person who had no official name, and if he said it this time, he would definitely not convince Murong Huan and others, so he deliberately led Yan Shun to find out about it.

Sun Yike said: "Old prince, there is a sentence in my late life that I don't know whether to say it or not!"

Murong Huan said: "It's okay for you to say it. ”

Sun Yike said: "Everyone in the world knows that the old prince Murong should be strong and strong, and he will not lose his demeanor back then. But as things stand, this is the most likely place to be. If Nansang wants to attack my Yunzhao, there are three points to choose, one of which is to break through Dingnanguan and use Dingnanguan as a breakthrough, there will inevitably be great damage, and if you don't do it, you will be in trouble. Second, climb over the vast mountains of hundreds of miles in the southern section of Ninghai Mansion. The mountain road is dangerous, and once our army cuts off the grain route by our army, it will be tantamount to giving our army a great gift! Third, we should make a detour to this place, march from the swamp, go out of the Grandma Ridge, and go straight into the hinterland of Ninghai!

When Murong Huan heard this, his face changed greatly, and he walked to the map and glanced at it, thoughtfully.

Sun Yike is right, if he wants to invade Yunzhao, Nansang only has these three paths to take. However, for more than 100 years, the two countries have occasionally fought each other, but they all occurred in Dingnan Pass.

Neither the vast mountains nor the swamps here are conducive to marching and fighting. He often ignored these two places in the arrangement of his troops, and only made some necessary beacons in the southern mountains as a warning. And this grandma ridge has been ignored by himself.

In such a dangerous place, it is long overdue to set up a pass. Mu Huan blamed himself a little, and secretly scolded himself, "Confused!"

I only heard Sun Yike say again: "These three roads, now it seems that they are most likely to choose to attack from this road." They first tried to cause chaos in the Xishan Road, so that the state capitals had no time to take care of themselves, and then made a false shot, leading the prince to suppress most of the troops in the state of stability maintenance of Dingnan Pass and the state capitals. And this is naturally the weakest link in the entire line of defense. They also let the thieves take the initiative to show up and lure the prince to come here to suppress the bandits, as the so-called "outside must first settle inside". They expected that the prince would come, because the prince had always done things vigorously and resolutely, cutting through the chaos quickly, and guessed that the prince would definitely choose to solve the matter here, and then he would deploy the matter of Dingnanguan with peace of mind. So, they boldly cast the bait...... Drop the prince's ...... cough cough ......" Sun Yike said here, knowing that he was speechless, he hurriedly coughed dryly to avoid embarrassment!