The sky is like a dome, and the moon and stars are scarce.

Ran Min was discussing with the generals when a messenger from the Gupta dynasty came and said that he wanted to present him with a handwritten letter from Shamadhara Gupta. Ran Min didn't know the words of the poisonous person, but the secretary Lang Sima Xu knew it, so he interpreted it.

"Oh? Shamadharagpta wants to fight to the death with our army? Or three days later? Ran Min sneered and said, "Does he think I'm stupid enough to be this point?" The Gupta Dynasty's army is constantly rushing to Hua's City, and in three days, the Gupta Dynasty's army from far away in the Nibharata Kingdom can also rush over to reinforce, and when we want to destroy the Gupta Dynasty, we will also pay a very heavy price. ”

"What is Your Majesty going to do?"

"Let's go for help. First besieged the city of Fahrenheit, besieged but not attacked, and then united with the servant army of Nibora to annihilate the main army of the Gupta dynasty in one step, and then captured the city of Huashi in one fell swoop. So the big picture is decided. ”

As Ran Min guessed, the purpose of Shamodhara Gupta was to delay time and let the Qin Wang's troops from all over the country come over as soon as possible, but Ran Min didn't let him succeed.

The next day, the Wei army completely surrounded the city of Hua, and then divided 30,000 iron cavalry to ambush the Gupta army that rushed over to reinforce the Ganges River, beheading 60,000 without leaving a single prisoner. At this time, the servant army had already destroyed the Nibora country, and then drove straight in, attacking the city all the way, and soon allied with the Wei army!

Seeing that things were not going well, Shamadharagupta hurriedly led his army out of the siege and fled to Vaishali.

However, Ran Min did not intend to let him go, so after occupying the city of Fahrenheit and resting for two days, he quickly swept through the rest of the Gupta Dynasty. These Gupta Dynasty city lords were very undisciplined, and they were all invincible, and as soon as the Wei army arrived, they directly opened the city and surrendered.

The Wei army successively conquered the cities of Madara, Ayuta, and Vaishali, and Shamadharagupta fled alone to the southern kingdom of Dakshina.

Ran Min then listened to the advice of Qin Mu, Xun Ji and others, and supported a nobleman who was originally very famous in the Gupta Dynasty to start a new dynasty and become a vassal state of the Great Wei Empire.

Soon, the Wei army basically pacified the territory of the original Gupta dynasty.

Ran Min then led his army south, successively defeated the three kingdoms of Dakshina, Nara, and Kalinga, and executed Shamadhara Gupta!

In May of the twenty-fourth year of the emperor's reign, in addition to the Gupta dynasty, the two most powerful states in the entire South Asian subcontinent, Vakya Toga and Western Satrap, united and called on Yaodila, Kuntana, Pallava and other states to fight against the armies of the menacing Wei Empire.

In order to avoid the situation of "group fighting", Ran Min made a decisive decision and led the army to attack the country of Vajia Tuojia, but met with stubborn resistance, and was unable to break its capital for a while, and destroyed its country.

So the 150,000 Wei troops (including the servant army) confronted the more than 500,000 poisonous coalition troops on the banks of the Andergan River.

The weather was very hot, the soldiers were a little uncomfortable, many people were sick, Ran Min had no choice but to suspend the battle, switch from offense to defense, and build a camp on the spot to defend against the attack of the poisonous people.

Ran Min went to inspect the wounded barracks again, and couldn't help but shake his head, on an expedition, the most terrible opponent is not the enemy, but the climate. The soldiers could not adapt to such a climate, and the battle would be very difficult.

Returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, Ran Min summoned the generals to discuss the military aircraft with Qin Mu, Xun Ji, Sima Xu and others. But Qin Mu didn't come over because he was sick.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation is quite unfavorable for our Wei army. There were hundreds of thousands of enemy troops lying out there, but in my eyes, there was no need to worry about these armies, which were not even a pair of soldiers in armor, or the kind of coalition army. But now our real enemy is not the coalition of poisonous people, but this scorching heat! ”

Ran Min couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Many soldiers of my Wei army can't adapt to this climate and environment, and they have fallen ill. I had to switch from offense to defense, to defend and wait for the attack. But if it continues like this, the situation will be very unfavorable for our Wei army. There is no surplus food in our army, and if we want to win, we must fight quickly. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I asked you to come here to ask you to discuss how to defeat these hundreds of thousands of poisonous troops?"

Xun Ji thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, although the coalition army with poisonous people is outnumbered and several times larger than me, but the coalition army is a coalition army after all, and it is difficult to twist it into a rope to unite with the outside world." The minister heard that the various states that are poisoned are also like the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in ancient China, and there are constant battles, and there must be a lot of filth among them. Your Majesty may wish to adopt the method of winning over a group and cracking down on a group of people to induce people to fight among themselves, and even kill each other. No matter how bad it is, it can promise heavy profits and force it to watch from the wall! ”

Hearing this, Ran Min shook his head lightly and said, "This plan is very good, but it is not suitable for the current situation. We are already running out of food, how can we wait for the poisoned people to fight themselves? What's more, why should we win over poisonous people? What tangible benefits can we give them? It's all a problem. ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but the minister has not considered it."

"It's okay, everyone can talk freely."

Just when everyone was in deep thought, Ran Min glanced again, and saw Sima Xu not far away with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking, and seemed to be a little absent-minded.

Ran Min squinted his eyes and asked, "Sima Xu, do you have a clever plan?" ”

Sima Xu was shocked when he heard Ran Min calling him, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister believes that if you want to fight quickly and quickly defeat the coalition army of the poisonous people, you also need to use the factors of weather and terrain to win by surprise!"

"What's a surprise way to win?" Ran Min came to curiosity.

"On the left side of the Andergan River, there is a dense primeval forest, and to the west of the forest is a small city of Harald, surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on the other. Our army can retreat to Harald and leave that primeval forest to the poisoners. Although the poisoners were locals, they were also afraid of the heat and wanted to be comfortable, so the minister concluded that they would definitely choose to settle down in that unknown primeval forest. At that time, Your Majesty only needs tens of thousands of elite soldiers to set fire to the forest, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and in an instant, they will be wiped out! ”

Hearing this, Ran Min gasped, but he had to admit that Sima Xu's strategy was definitely feasible.

These barbarians will only fight head-on, it's not that they don't have a strategy or something, it's not that they won't be used, but generally speaking, fire attack, water attack or something, is the most used in the war of the Chinese people, and in the war of the poisonous people, there is almost nothing!

After deciding on this strategy, Ran Min then began to dispatch troops, arranging some soldiers and horses to be in charge of the palace, arranging some soldiers and horses to protect the sick and wounded to rush out, arranging some soldiers and horses to charge into battle, and so on.

After doing these things, Ran Min went to visit the sick Qin Mu.

When Ran Min asked Qin Mu about the enemy's strategy, the latter's answer was exactly the same as Sima Xu's, it was all a fire attack strategy.

Hearing that Sima Xu's strategy was the same as his own, Qin Mu couldn't help frowning, and then he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, Sima Xu is really talented!" Its all-round talents in humanities and martial arts, can govern the country and the country, can strategize, and if it can also lead the army to fight, it will be really terrible! Please Your Majesty must be on strict guard against Sima Xu, and when necessary, get rid of him as soon as possible. ”

"I see." In Ran Min's heart, there was also this kind of worry.

A person can be smart, he can be wise and foolish, and he can be like Han Xin, who has millions of teachers, and he will win the battle and win the attack; can also strategize like Zhang Zifang and win thousands of miles away; can also be like Xiao He to control the country, care for the people, and ensure the continuous supply of logistics.

But if these three things can be achieved, who else in the world can compete with them?

Who can subdue him?