A moment later, Lü Qian and Gao Chang led an army of 40,000 to a mile in front of the gate tower of Taishan County, while the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were arranged by Lü Qian to stay in the rear camp.Although this time it was a siege and plundering battle, Lu Qian couldn't help but worry that the enemy army would take the opportunity to harass the military camp, so he left 10,000 people to guard it, so he was relieved to bring troops and horses over, but he didn't want to see the downstairs of the city gate of Taishan County, but he was stunned by the scene in front of him."
Lord Duwei, look, the city gate of Taishan County is open, and there is no flag on the city gate, and the entire city is empty."
The army has been stationed here for a long time, seeing that Taishan County in front of him is like an empty city, Gao Chang couldn't help muttering: "This enemy general actually put up an empty city, isn't it afraid that my army will escape overnight" Looking at this scene in front of him, Lu Qian had already frowned and concentrated on a cup of tea in his heart, but he didn't have a clue so far, and couldn't help but sigh lamentingly: "Just 10,000 horses dare to come to my city, this time we captured 10,000 soldiers, mixed 20,000 soldiers and horses, this enemy general will definitely not be afraid of our 50,000 troops."
It's just that the formation in front of him is very weird, and Lu Qian has never seen it. ”Gao Chang said again: "Could it be that this enemy army has put up an empty city waiting for us like this" "An empty city is waiting for us" Hearing Gao Chang's words, Lu Qian couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed and said: "A good empty city, a good one is waiting for us, seeing that the enemy army has put such an empty city sign to lure our army into the city."
Lu believed that the city was already full of enemy ambushes, and as soon as our army entered, we would definitely be attacked by many enemy soldiers and horses.It seems that this enemy general has also taken great pains for us this time, this is an admirable opponent, and we must not take it lightly. ”Gao Chang on the side looked at Lu Qian so interested, and couldn't help asking: "Then what does Captain Lu mean is whether we will attack the city this time?"
"Of course we don't attack the city, although I have a lot of troops and horses, but Lu Qian dares to conclude that this city has already been full of enemy ambushes.If we attack rashly, I am afraid that we will encounter a fierce counterattack from the enemy, which will be extremely unfavorable to our army.This time, we should have come to observe the movements of the enemy army and let the enemy's ambush plan fail. ”Lu Qian said that he was afraid that there would be other changes, so he hurriedly said: "The whole army listens to my order and withdraws." ”With Lu Qian's shout, the army of 40,000 soldiers and horses quickly turned around and returned to the place where the military camp was stationed.It wasn't until the soldiers and horses of the Cao army completely left that Yan Liang leaned out and ordered everyone to give up their vigilance, and at the same time, it was Lu Xun who also came with men and horses.Seeing Lu Xun coming, Yan Liang hurriedly stepped forward in front of many soldiers and laughed loudly at Lu Xun: "Military advisor, this trick of yours is really powerful, we just hid it, and opened the city gate wide to scare those Cao troops who did not dare to attack. ”Although this move did not mean much, Yan Liang's casual move made all the soldiers present regain their strong fighting spirit and confidence.The empty city strategy is a passive behavior of passive warfare, when those who are empty in strength and forced to be cornered due to unexpected pressure, the move is adopted.The aim is to try to get away with it or avoid suffering greater losses.Because this strategy has great uncertainty and risk, and there are many initiatives and opportunities still in the hands of the other party, therefore, in the case of no choice, it is not appropriate to use the empty city strategy, and at the same time, this strategy should not be repeated and used many times.The empty city strategy adopted by Lu Xun this time was not because the troops were in danger, but a delaying tactic used to delay time and avoid losses, or a psychological tactic to grasp the enemy's mind.Deliberately exposing the emptiness in the city of Party B to the enemy is the so-called "the real is real, and the virtual is virtual." ”When the enemy is suspicious, he will hesitate, which is the so-called suspicion within suspicion.The enemy is afraid that there will be an ambush in the city, and he is afraid of falling into the ambush circle, but this is a hanging and hanging danger."
In the actual strategy, risks often coexist with opportunities, interests and success, "do not enter the tiger's den, but get the tiger's boy", the ingenuity of the empty city plan lies in the correct and timely grasp of the opponent's strategic background, psychological state, personality characteristics, etc., because of the time, place, and people to solve their own crisis.Therefore, the key to using this strategy is to clearly understand and grasp the psychological condition and personality traits of the enemy general.The earliest empty city plan should have come from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the one who used the empty city plan in modern times was Sun Jian, the Jiangdong Tiger.During the battle of Dong Zhuo's alliance, Yuan Shu cousin Sun Jian was the general of Polu, and ordered Yuzhou to assassinate history.Then he sent troops to fight in Luyang City, and the so-called three armies did not move grain and grass first.Sun Jian waited left and right but couldn't wait for Yuan Shu's grain and grass, and held a grand farewell ceremony on the occasion of Yuan Shu's order to send off Yuan Shu's Changshi Gong Feud, this person has a small official position, but he is responsible for dispatching military rations.Sun Jian took advantage of this trip to please the public enemy, and by the way, he also pleased Yuan Shu, hoping to get the military rations as soon as possible.The banquet was set up outside the city gate, and a tent was specially set up, which looked very magnificent.But at the beginning of the feast, a group of men and horses, few in number, but dozens of horsemen.These people are none other than the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command, seeing that the Iron Cavalry is approaching, many civil and military officials in the banquet were extremely shocked, and almost wanted to flee in a hurry and hide in the city, but Sun Jian immediately shouted: "The banquet continues, if there is any disturbance, there will be no forgiveness immediately." ”When Dong Zhuo's dozens of iron horsemen saw Sun Jian and others of the Kwantung Alliance Army in front of him, if there was no one around, they drank and had fun in public, and they had no clue for a while, waiting for the rear army to come.Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers and horses are mostly mobile troops, and they are known as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Three Armies, in addition to their strong combat effectiveness, and the speed of marching is fast, it is only a moment of effort, and more than 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry are gathered under the city gate.More than 10,000 Xiliang Iron Riders stood on the side of Sun Jian and the others and watched the movements of this group of people, you must know that Xiliang Iron Riders have always been murderous and unblinking, and now more than 10,000 wealth wolves are guarding his side, but Sun Jian is calm and calm, not looking at these people at all, laughing loudly and drinking happily.The more they looked at it, the more they felt that something was wrong, and when they thought of Sun Jian's prestige on weekdays, they immediately changed the rear team to the front team, and slowly retreated, and the entire army of 10,000 people was not panicked and orderly.After the 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry were withdrawn, Sun Jian appeased everyone to pack up and return to the city.To say that Sun Jian's city gate was wide open at that time, and there were not many generals around him, it can be said that he scared back 10,000 elite Xiliang iron cavalry without using a single soldier, which was an empty city strategy.In this way, the prestige of the Jiangdong Tiger has spread throughout Jiangdong, Lu Xun has heard about it since he was a child, and he also admires Sun Jian's courage, and feels ridiculous about the stupidity of Xiliang Iron Cavalry.And Sun Jian's empty city plan was also put into practice by Lu Xun, and even made a better defensive strategy to respond to all changes."
Military Division, Cao Jun retreated this time, what should we do next" Seeing the strong fighting spirit of the soldiers, Yan Liang couldn't help but take the opportunity to say.How could Lu Xun not understand the meaning of Yan Liang's public question, looking at the expectant eyes of the many sergeants around him, he couldn't help but say aloud: "Although the enemy army has 50,000 troops now, and our army only has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, it is actually our army that has the upper hand.When the enemy comes to attack the city, it must be more than twice the strength of the army to conquer it, and now we delay the enemy not to be invincible, but to drain the morale and fighting spirit of the enemy.Once it drags on for a long time, the enemy will not be able to attack for a long time, and the army will certainly be dissatisfied, and the rear will be slow to subsidize, and this is a good time for our army to counterattack.The most important thing at the moment is that we must defend the city and not demoralize the enemy before it is defeated, otherwise everything will be lost. ”Yan Liang said again: "Then tomorrow the army of Cao thieves will come, should we use this empty city plan to scare and scare them again, and continue to delay time." ”Lu Xun couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, this group of Cao soldiers who came this time is different from the Cao soldiers who were defeated by us last time."
This time, the general of the Cao army seems to have some brains.The same method must not be able to be used against them twice, and if they attack tomorrow, they will definitely have a solution to our empty city plan.So tomorrow there is only one tactic, desperate to defend the city gates. ”Yan Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "Tomorrow, I will order the sergeants to carry stones and wood to block the gate, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave for the time being, even if those Cao soldiers want to break through, it will be even more difficult." ”"It's really good to block the stone gate with stones and wood, it completely reduces the pressure on the soldiers to resist the city gate, and you can free up most of your troops to fight back against the enemy soldiers on the city gate, but you still have to be careful of the enemy's siege vehicles."
Regarding Yan Liang's suggestion, Lu Xun still felt that it was usable, after all, when the army came, he did not plan to go out of the city to fight back.After all, there are several points, the first point is that the enemy army has already been defeated before, losing more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and losing a city, and this time the enemy will become cautious, so it is more difficult to deal with; The second point is that the enemy's troops and horses are twice as strong as their own; The third point is that his army is still in the new city occupied by the enemy, and although the people in the city and the captured sergeants have changed, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other objections in their hearts.Therefore, when this unstable factor has not been completely eliminated, Lu Xun did not dare to take this risk, and it was difficult to ensure that when the army went out of the city to pursue the enemy army, the surrendered troops and people in the city would not take advantage of the situation to rebel.Now all I have to do is to do my best to protect the city gate when the army arrives, and minimize the casualties of the battle.Let's say that after the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Qingzhou converged with the Chen Palace of Jizhou under the guidance of Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, Lei Bo, and Zhang Xun, they marched straight to the boundary of Yanzhou
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