Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 458

Ma Xiu said calmly: "Everyone, it's okay to let Gongsun Zan into the city. Don't you all want to leave Gongsun Zan in Yinguan City once and for all?"

After hearing this, Ge Wu snorted coldly: "Hmph! That's easy to say! How can we keep Gongsun Zan here?"

Ma Xiu said without changing his face: "I will set up an ambush in the city and make more traps. After Gongsun Zan enters the city, I will immediately close the city gate and encircle it. I guarantee that Gongsun Zan will die here! 'Close the door and beat the dog', what do you think?"

Then Ma Xiu introduced the strategy of "closing the door and beating the dog" in detail, and Ge Wu and Zheng San were dumbfounded.

After hearing this, the two applauded and applauded Ma Xiu's strategy.

Looking at Ge Wu and Zheng San who were arrogant and respectful, Ma Yi curled his lips in disdain.

Next, Ma Xiu began to arrange combat missions:
First of all, Ma Xiu dispatched a group of sharp archers from the three armies to be responsible for sniping Gongsun Zan.

Secondly, Ma Xiu sent people to dig a lot of pits not far from the city gate, and put sharpened logs in them.

In the end, Ma Xiu arranged the three soldiers and horses at suitable locations, ready to shoot and kill Gongsun Zan before attacking.

Ma Xiu's strategy is passable, but there are two fatal injuries.

First, the gates of the Yin Pavilion are wide open, and Gongsun Zan is not a fool, so he just led his troops in?What about singing empty plans here?
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Now that we have talked about the empty city strategy, we have to talk about the love and hatred between Crouching Dragon and Tsukatora.

The outline of the empty city strategy is as follows: Cao Wei sent Sima Yi to attack Shu, but Zhuge Liang sent Ma Di to garrison and failed.

Sima Yi led his troops to take advantage of the victory and went straight to the west city. Zhuge Liang had no soldiers to meet the enemy, but he was calm and calm, opened the city gate wide, and played the piano and sang on the tower.

Sima Yi suspected that there was an ambush, so he dared not enter the city rashly and led his troops back.

When I read Three Kingdoms when I was a child, almost everyone talked about the empty city plan and praised Kong Ming for his intelligence and courage.

There is no harm without comparison. Compared with Kong Ming, Sima Yi directly became Kong Ming's background board.

Sima Yi's timidity and indecision have been laughed at for many years.

But in fact, is it really so?
Before the empty city plan happened, Boss Cao had passed away, and Cao Pi succeeded him.

Boss Cao told Cao Pi before his death that he should not use Sima Yi unless he had to, let alone give him military power. This man was too ambitious and had to be guarded against.

Although Cao Pi and Sima Yi have always been on good terms, Cao Pi had to listen to his father's last words of "use them and prevent them".

Therefore, Sima Yi never had the opportunity to gain military power until Zhuge Liang sent his army to the Northern Expedition, and the generals of Cao Wei were swept away, and no one could compete with him.

In desperation, Cao Pi had no choice but to use Sima Yi, appointed him as a general, and sent troops to fight against Zhuge Liang.

At that time, the grain and grass transportation team of Shu State needed to pass through a place called Jieting.

In addition, Jieting is also an important military town with a very important geographical location.

And the guard who guards the street pavilion is called Ma Di, yes, the one who made Kong Ming cry and be chopped off.

The guard Ma Di only knew the dogma of moving troops to death, violated Zhuge Liang's orders, and disobeyed the correct advice of his subordinate Wang Ping. If the Shu army does not fight, it will be in chaos and lose the street pavilion.

With Sima Yi's methods and abilities, how could he not be aware of the importance of Jieting?
After the Battle of Jieting, Sima Yi deployed a lot of troops on the originally defenseless western front, which made the Shu Han lose the opportunity to surprise Wei.

Zhuge Liang saw that the food and grass were gone, and the street pavilion was also lost. It would be meaningless if the battle was fought or not, so he ordered the whole army to retreat.

The price of retreat is the three cities of Nan'an, Anding, and Tianshui.

Although Ma Di recovered his life, his life was still not saved after he escaped through all kinds of difficulties and dangers.

After the war, in order to affirm the law, Zhuge Liang beheaded Ma Su with tears, demoted himself to three ranks, and acted like a prime minister.

Then Zhuge Liang took the remnants of the defeated generals of the Shu Kingdom and started the escape journey, while Sima Yi took Cao Wei's tiger and wolf division to chase the Shu army and expand the results of the battle.

There are also many troops in the Kingdom of Shu, and it is not easy to withdraw them in a short time.

You can't leave empty-handed, can you?Should all the food, grass, military equipment and supplies be taken away together?
threw?What kind of family? Just throw it away if you say throw it away?Shu is so poor, why are you still throwing things here?
Coincidentally, after such a delay, Zhuge Liang just blocked Sima Yi with an army of 15 in Xicheng.

At that time, there were no generals around Zhuge Liang, and there were only five thousand soldiers, and more than half of them were soldiers transporting food and grass, as well as the old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no combat effectiveness at all.

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then resorted to an empty city plan, opened all the gates of the west city, and ordered the veterans to pretend to be ordinary people and sweep the streets with brooms.

Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, showed the demeanor of King Beta, wearing a turban and a crane cloak, took two boys up the tower, and began to drink and play the piano.

Not long after, Sima Yi led an army of 15 to arrive, but saw Zhuge Liang drinking and playing the piano happily on the tower.

Seeing that the gates of the west city were wide open and the Shu army was unprepared, Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Zhuge Liang never does anything he is not sure of. If the army does not enter, it will be fine, if it enters, there will be heavy casualties."

So Sima Yi led Wei's 15 army back for more than forty miles, and Zhuge Liang successfully escaped.

But if you think about it carefully, there are actually many doubts about the empty city plan.

The background at that time was that after Ma Su lost the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang's hard-working Northern Expedition line of defense completely disintegrated, and the entire army was even in danger of being wiped out.

Zhuge Liang, who had nowhere to go, had already reached the point of fighting to the death. If the Shu Han army could not retreat safely, the future Shu Han regime would be regarded as abolished.

In this case, Zhuge Liang could only choose to risk himself to buy enough time for the large troops to retreat.

In such a precarious situation, Zhuge Liang dared to use the empty city strategy because he was sure that Sima Yi would be fooled?That may not be the case.

Zhuge Liang knew that Sima Yi's intelligence was not inferior to his own, and they both knew each other's strength.

At that time, if Sima Yi chose to attack the city, the result would naturally be that Wei would win a big victory, and Zhuge Liang, his lifelong enemy, would also be captured alive by Sima Yi.

Most people thought that Sima Yi was too cautious and chose to leave, missing a golden opportunity in vain.

But this statement is not convincing at all. The reason is very simple. How big is Xicheng?

Even if there is an ambush, how many soldiers and horses can be ambushed?

You must know that Sima Yi brought a full 15 troops here!Under such a disparity in strength, even if Zhuge Liang lays an ambush, there is no way to change the outcome.

Before Sima Yi arrived in Xicheng, Zhuge Liang got the news in advance.

Thinking in another way, with Cao Wei's intelligence system, how could Sima Yi not know the details of Xicheng?
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Sima Yi would naturally have a rough estimate of the strength of Xicheng.

Taking a step back, Sima Yi could have sent a small group of troops into the West City to investigate. Even if Sima Yi was more cautious, it wouldn't be too much to send some scouts in, right?
But Sima Yi directly chose to retreat, without any intention of inquiring about the truth.

The reason is very simple, Zhuge Liang is betting, risking his life to bet against Sima Yi.

For the future of the Shu Han, Zhuge Liang had to do everything he could to bet against Sima Yi, even at the cost of his life.

Zhuge Liang bet with his life that Sima Yi would not dare to capture him alive, which can be described as a gamble.

They have been rivals for so long, and they are well aware of each other's situation.

Once Sima Yi captured Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi's ending would not be much better.

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden.The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks.If Sima Yi captured Zhuge Liang alive, let alone being promoted to a noble, even living well would become a luxury.

So Sima Yi turned around and left calmly, not because he couldn't see Zhuge Liang's strategy, but because he was too smart.

Sima Yi knew that although he and Zhuge Liang were enemies, their relationship was delicate.

The two can be said to complement each other, they can not only restrain each other, but also rely on each other.

If Zhuge Liang, the lifelong enemy, is gone, Sima Yi will not be far from death.

If it weren't for the generals Cao Wei and Zhuge Liang not being able to deal with Zhuge Liang, I'm afraid Sima Yi would never have survived the day.

Sima Yi doesn't care about the small profits in front of him at all when he does things. He has always pursued the policy of "catching big fish with a long line".

Therefore, Sima Yi let Zhuge Liang go quietly, and at the same time saved his life.

Sima Yi also understands that if this matter spreads in the future, he will definitely become a topic of conversation after dinner, but does Sima Yi care about this?
If Sima Yi cared about fame and these illusory things, then there would be no ending of "three families returning to Jin".

There is a saying that goes well: Whether you are stupid or not depends on whether you can pretend to be stupid.

Sima Yi's act of pretending to be stupid is the best among the Three Kingdoms.

In front of the gate of the west city, Sima Yi pretended to be stupid and let Zhuge Liang go, while protecting himself. This is the real great wisdom!

The real empty city strategy, the real master's tricks, have you got it?
【Personal opinion, for reference only, please point out if there are any mistakes! (Partially taken from the Internet)]

　One more!After the second change code is finished, it will be sent.If you want to talk about the word count of Lao Cangshui, please read the previous chapter.What I want to say after reading it, the old man has nothing to explain, as long as you are happy.

　　
　
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