I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 73 Strategic deception against Wei?

Li Heng said: "I think that from now on, we will expose the news that our army is increasing its troops."

As soon as Li Heng said these words, everyone looked at each other.

Our army is increasing its troops?

When will our army increase its troops?
Yang Yi looked confused, Li Jian, are you out of your mind?

Ma Dai, who was an honest man, asked with doubts on his face: "Li Canjun, do we want to increase our army?"

"Our army has increased its troops." Li Heng said, "All the people who defected here last year can be used by our army."

"Then what did you mean just now?" Yang Yi said coldly, "What do you mean by exposing the news that our army has increased its troops?"

"Last year, our army won many times and took the initiative in the situation, so that Lord Wei had to personally conquer. However, even though Lord Wei personally conquered, it failed to shake our army and put the Wei army into a defensive state. We can take advantage of this right now. The defensive mentality of the Wei Lord created suspicion."

Wei Yan seemed to realize what Li Heng wanted to do. His eyes lit up and he said, "False reporting of military strength?"

"It's not just a false report of troop strength," Li Heng said, "but also a real increase in troops."

True and false, false and true.

It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and difficult to distinguish between false and true.

"Sima Yi is so cunning, how can he be deceived by this little trick?" Yang Yi immediately denied.

False reporting of military strength was common in ancient times.

"If in April and May last year, we claimed to have increased our troops, Sima Yi would definitely not believe it." Jiang Wei said, "But that is not necessarily the case now. The current situation is favorable to our army. As Cai Jian said just now, Lord Wei and Sima Yi are in a The defensive mentality, the defensive mentality is the most suspicious time. If we make a big splash, even if Sima Yi knows that we are making false reports, he will never dare to sit idly by and ignore it."

"What is the purpose of doing this?" Yang Yi asked, "Is it just to intimidate the Wei army?"

Li Heng replied: "It is to allow Lord Wei to invest more people, food and money in Chang'an."

"Now our army and the Wei army are facing each other in Chang'an, but you want the Lord of Wei to send more troops to Chang'an. What do you want?"

Li Heng repeated: "I have told you to let Lord Wei invest more people, food and money in Chang'an."

"Aren't you setting yourself up for a dilemma!" Yang Yi said angrily, "I have never heard of such a stupid strategy!"

"Yang Changshi, you forgot again." Li Heng shook his head and smiled, "Our goal is not Chang'an. No matter how much troops Wei Lord invests in Chang'an, it will not have much impact on us."

"The main force of our army is in Xieshui. How could it have no impact if Lord Wei sends more troops to Chang'an?"

"As long as our army completes the task of building the walled city in Chencang, the communication between the Wei army and Longyou will be cut off. No matter how many more troops the Lord Wei adds, it will not have any impact." Li Heng said, "We just want the Lord Wei to increase the number of troops. This will consume Wei’s internal strength.”

Yang Yi did not expect that Li Heng's strategy would extend from the frontline confrontation to the rear.

But he still said: "Wei owns the land of Jiuzhou. Lord Wei can mobilize more people, food and money. This strategy will not affect Wei."

"What if Lord Wei is allowed to add another 20 troops to Guanzhong?"

"It is impossible for Lord Wei to add another 20 troops to Guanzhong!" Yang Yi said with certainty.

Li Heng said: "In the first stage, we announced that our military strength had increased to 20. What would Sima Yi think?"

"Sima Yi will doubt the authenticity." Yang Yi said.

"He will send people to investigate, and if our army recruits another 1 people from Hanzhong, we only need 1 people, divided into several batches, and we can confuse Sima Yi. In addition, our army recruited tens of thousands of people in Guanzhong last year. "

Yang Yi said disdainfully: "Does Sima Yi believe it is true?"

"Sima Yi would think, what if it is true?"

There is another sentence that Li Heng did not say. Sima Yi is a broker, and his opponent has increased investment in resources. Will the broker really worry about the life and death of the company?
A broker often only cares about the win or loss in front of him, because the company is not his, but the win or loss in front of him determines his status.

Yang Yi asked again: "Does Sima Yi think that if it is true, the Lord of Wei will give you more troops?"

"No, it won't be so soon. Luoyang will be divided into two groups and there will be disputes. One group thinks we should increase troops, and the other group thinks we are bluffing. And after we capture Longyou, the group that agrees with increasing troops will raise their heads and think we are bluffing. That faction will decline."

Yang Yi was a little confused now, and for a while she couldn't find any logical loophole in Li Heng's words.

Jiang Wei said: "So just now the Prime Minister mentioned building a city near Chencang, but you mentioned announcing additional troops, because the two are related?"

"Yes, the two cannot be separated."

"Our first step now is to build momentum. When the city building is completed, Wei may have soldiers all over the country." "Every tree and grass are soldiers?" Zhuge Liang was startled when he heard this, and then laughed, "This word is used well."

"Prime Minister, if we add another [-] troops, we may not have enough food." Yang Yi insisted.

"There is enough food." Zhuge Liang said, "I think the plan for Ji'an is very clever and majestic, and I will ask you to transfer 1 people from Hanzhong."

Yang Yi sighed and said, "There are no more spare soldiers in Hanzhong."

"Can't you allocate even ten thousand?"

"It can only be drawn from some civilians." Yang Yi responded, "Let me go and find a way."

Zhuge Liang said: "Okay, then it's hard work Wei Gong."

Li Heng on the side was thinking, no wonder Zhuge Liang is still willing to use Yang Yi.

Yang Yi really doesn't know how to behave and can't handle relationships well with anyone.

But Yang Yi can indeed do things and is responsible for her work.

When people are arranged to do something like this, they start looking for reasons.

In fact, the same is true for Wei Yan. Wei Yan's biggest problem is arrogance, but Wei Yan is very conscientious in fighting.

"Wen Wei."

"The subordinate is here."

"I leave it to you to announce the increase of troops to the outside world. There is no need to be secretive. It must be loud and powerful."

"Here."

"Prime Minister!" Wei Yan stood up, "Let the general lead the troops to cross the Wei River north. If Guo Huai comes, the general will capture him alive!"

"The Eastern Front needs Wen Chang more." Zhuge Liang said, "You temporarily withdraw the Eastern Front. Sima Yi is nominally defending, but he will not give up his plan to attack."

Before Wei Yan could speak, Zhuge Liang looked at Meng Yan and said, "Xiu Ming."

Meng Yan said: "The general is here!"

"You continue to defend the northern front!"

"Here!"

"Boyo!"

Jiang Wei stepped out: "The general is here!"

"You lead an army of [-] people. First cross the Wei River and set up camp. If the Wei army attacks, you can attack them head-on!"

"The last general takes orders!"

"Jian."

"The subordinate is here!"

"Building a city ten miles west of Chencang is of great concern to the overall situation. I'll leave it to you to build the city!"

"Prime Minister..." Yang Yi wanted to say something, but Zhuge Liang stopped him.

Yang Yi wanted to remind Zhuge Liang about the street pavilion.

Ma Su had no actual combat experience and kept giving orders, which led to the overall collapse.

Now that such an important matter has been given to Li Heng, who is younger than Ma Su, not only Yang Yi is worried, but others are also worried.

"I will definitely honor the Prime Minister's orders when I am lowered!"

"Build a bridge first. The water in the Wei River is not strong now. Build the bridge as soon as possible. After crossing, we must first set up a stronghold to ensure that we are not attacked by the Wei army. Although there is a promise, the Wei army has a large number of cavalry. Remember!"

"Here! I will surround and dig several layers first!"

(End of this chapter)