Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 1557 Wang Jian, "Skillful Hand"

Everyone in the world knows that sooner or later Li Xiang will start his next step.This point, sooner or later, will always come one day.

Therefore, the princes sent countless eyeliners to watch every move of King Jin's palace to see what Li Xiang does every day. Is he intoxicated in the gentle country, or is he sharpening his sword?
Living in peace while the world rests, anger and fear of the princes, Li Xiang's daily situation has almost become the weathervane of war, and one of the principles of war is to surprise and attack unprepared, only a surprise soldier can win a big victory!

Therefore, Li Xiang has been very active recently, frequently showing his face in front of everyone, and saying something brazenly, and invite him to a wedding after a while, so as to convey a message that he will stay in Luoyang City honestly for a while, In this way, the princes will be negligent.

But who would have thought that King Jin, who just held a big banquet to entertain guests, but at this moment, the Jin army is in Nanyang, but it is ready to set off a bloody storm.

Every top commander has his own style of using troops, Bai Qi has one style, and Wang Jian has another style.

Since Wang Jian is in charge of the army, of course he will not follow Bai Qi's marching ideas, he also has his own ideas.

According to Wang Jian's idea, the first battle was to cross Mianshui from the direction of Zhuyang, march westward along the Zhushui at the eastern foot of Taihe Mountain, raid Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng, and open the defense line to the east of Hanzhong. Attract Hanzhong troops.

However, Shangyong, Fangling, and Xicheng are all mountainous areas with overlapping mountains. They are neither rich nor important for military strategists. It is very difficult to attack Bashu or Hanzhong.As long as Hanzhong guards the valley trails along the Shiquan and Yangxian lines, it will be able to block the Jin army to death.

In this way, the significance of the surprise attack in the first battle will be greatly reduced.

The Jin army shot out smoke one by one, just to create such an opportunity for a surprise attack.And there is only one chance for a surprise attack. Next, it should be a bloody battle with real swords and guns.

Therefore, attacking such a few places that were "meaningless" in the battle of defeating Shu did indeed cause an uproar, which made many generals confused.

However, Wang Jian always insisted on his own ideas. Shangyong has its own independent geographical advantages. This alone is enough for Wang Jian to make this decision.

Taking the Three Kingdoms period as an example, the time when Shangyong could play the greatest role was during Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to Xiangfan.At this time, if Liu Feng and Meng Da put aside their personal gains and losses, had a sense of the overall situation, and sent troops to reinforce Guan Yu, history might be changed.

Liu Feng and Meng Da's reinforcements can sail eastward along the Han River by boat, and they can reach the front line of Xiangfan within a few days.With the new force of Liu Feng and Meng Da, it is possible for Guan Yu to expand his achievements.

At least Guan Yu didn't have to mobilize troops from the rear, allowing Gongan and Jiangling to easily fall into Soochow's hands.In this way, Jingzhou will probably not be lost, and Guan Yu will not be defeated.

However, since the loss of Jingzhou, Shangyong has lost its meaning to Shu Han.

Zhuge Liang lured Meng Da back, and before his first Northern Expedition, in order to cooperate with his Northern Expedition, he did not hesitate to use countermeasures.He sent people to Cao Wei to surrender, and deliberately leaked the news of Meng Da's return, causing Meng Da to die unexpectedly.From here, we can see that Zhuge Liang has no interest in belonging to Shangyong, he just uses Mengda to serve his Northern Expedition.

And Shangyong fell into the hands of Cao Wei, and it didn't play any role.It can be said that Shangyong did not pose any threat to Hanzhong at all.Only Sima Yi dispatched once from Shangyong when Cao Zhen attacked Shu on three routes.But that time, because of the weather, it was abandoned halfway.Since then, the two sides have never made any major military moves in the direction of Shangyong.

The geographical feature of Shangyong is that it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the land transportation with the surrounding areas is very difficult.

However, in the territory of Shangyong, there is a Han River running through it, and the water transportation is very convenient.

Going down the Han River is Xiangfan, which can be reached within a few days.By doing this, Wang Jian is seeking progress while maintaining stability, step by step, so that he can truly attack when he advances and defend when he retreats.

Taking down Shangyong will save the retreat for the Jin army after entering Shu, without the risk of being trapped to death.

Moreover, Wang Jian also clearly realized the importance of Yue Fei in Jingzhou in the next battle against Shu.With Shangyong in hand, at that time, if Jingzhou really made a mistake, the army can also send a support army in a short time.

This time, it was a "national war" for the Jin army, and the "national war" was truly unaffordable to lose.Therefore, in the "National War", the most important thing is not to march on dangerous roads for victory, that is the last resort of the weaker side.

In the "national war", the dominant side should uphold the approach of fighting steadily and step by step.

And it just so happens that above this point, this is what Wang Jian is best at.

"A good fighter has no great achievements, and a good doctor has no great reputation." These two sentences mean: "A person who is good at war often has no outstanding achievements, but a good doctor does not have a great reputation."

When playing chess, there is also a term called "there is no skill in the whole game", and the original saying is "the one who is good at chess has no skill in the game"-that is to say, people who are very good at chess, often you can't see the magic in the whole game. A move, or a hand to turn the tide.

Compared with many commanders, Wang Jian is like this. Few of them are as wonderful as other commanders.

However, these are exactly the strategies of masters. Although the so-called "smart players" look cool and win beautifully, there is a problem-while giving the opponent a fatal blow, they often expose their own flaws. "After a great victory, there must be a great defeat; after a great Ming, there must be a great darkness."

Moreover, the "skillful hand" is unstable and unsustainable, and it is impossible to accumulate skills through deliberate practice. Once the "inspiration" is exhausted, it is inevitable to be at a loss.Just like guarding a city, it is not enough to rely on "surprise soldiers", after all, it must be protected by deep ditches and high fortifications.

In contrast, "all hands without skill" seems plain and simple, but the accumulation of victories is based on bits and pieces, the crisis is invisible, and the final victory is sure, which embodies another kind of experience that is different from "good hands". wisdom.

Real masters are not very good at doing these things that seem to be infinitely beautiful, because they know that "all good players have no good hands".Those seemingly beautiful things are actually very risky, with a high rate of mistakes, and the consequences of a single mistake are very serious.

Those methods that seem to have no skill, but in fact, maybe those are the real masters, the masters that make you invulnerable, unable to start, and finally can only be forced to face your own death step by step.

(End of this chapter)