The Nameless of the Common Clans

Below Yanjin City, foul language and insults resounded everywhere.

Three days ago, Cao Hong sent people to the city to insult the enemy, starting from Wuyi's mother and the eighteen generations of female members. These selected people were all ** in the army, and were called scum by Cao Hong, but they were extremely fierce in fighting, and even more tricky in quarreling.

Later, not only Wuyi, but also people with or without a name in the city, as long as they knew the other party's name, they would greet him. Although Wuyi has always been stable and never fights with others easily, such insults are unbearable for anyone.

"General, the soldiers in the army are angry. If we don't fight now, I'm afraid it will be bad for the morale of our army." Cheng Fang came to the government office and bowed to Wuyi.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even an experienced general like Cheng Fang couldn't help it.

"Not going to the battle will only hurt morale, but if we go to the battle, it may not be as simple as just losing morale." Compared with generals like Cheng Fang, Wu Yi is much calmer. Of course, this has nothing to do with Chen Mo's teaching that he must be calm in battle and anger will make people misjudge. Wu Yi is not without temper. When he was young, he dared to draw his sword and chop people anytime and anywhere. How could he not have a temper?

The reason why he is calm is that after the first day, Wu Yi did not go to the top of the city to wait and see. He knew that if he continued like this, he would lose his calm. So he did not go to the top of the city to watch the enemy formation in the past two days. He only handled affairs in the city and continued to refine the deployment of the 50,000 troops.

There is one thing that Cao Cao's advisers said was right. Wu Yi is not a very talented general. Wu Yi cannot fight a war like Chen Mo did, where he defeated 100,000 with 60,000. Not to mention Wu Yi, there are probably not many generals under Cao Cao who have rich combat experience who can achieve such a record.

Wuyi's method of leading troops was Chen Mo's suggestion to him. For every battle, be fully prepared. As for how fully prepared you should be, you need to understand the enemy and control your own troops. Before doing these, try not to have a head-on collision. Knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in every battle. If you can do these two things, you've already won half the battle.

It sounds simple, but sometimes it's not easy to do it, even if you want to consider everything. First of all, you need to understand the enemy. This is broken down into analyzing the past battle records of the enemy's generals, knowing the enemy's general character, the deployment of troops, the quality of the army, whether there are reinforcements, how long it will take for the reinforcements to arrive, the routes for transporting food and grass, etc.

Let alone Wuyi, even if Chen Mo came in person, it would be impossible to understand the enemy so thoroughly. There is no way to completely grasp the enemy's troop deployment alone, and there is also the road for transporting grain and grass. Those who are good at fighting, which one does not protect their logistics tightly? In this war, the most ruthless strategy is to cut off the food supply. This is a truth that everyone knows, so the protection of the grain road has always been the top priority. Chen Mo is like this, and so is Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was also unlucky in the past. He met Ma Chao, and even more unlucky was that he had an alcoholic general, which led to the defeat of Muye. Otherwise, Chen Mo would not be surprised how long the battle dragged on.

Another point is that understanding oneself, that is, knowing oneself, seems easy, but in fact, people often know themselves the least.

In military affairs, it is not enough to have a thorough understanding of one's own grain road and troop deployment. As a commander, you also have to understand your own rear. Not all friends in the same camp are friends. It is easy to dodge an open spear, but difficult to defend against an arrow from the dark. Friends behind you are sometimes more terrible than powerful enemies.

Wu Yi is obviously not the kind of commander who can calculate people's hearts, so he usually refines his deployment before the battle, including the reaction speed of the army in case of accidents, which of his subordinates is suitable for which position, and who should fill in the gap in case of accidents.

Some of them are like talking about war on paper, but Wu Yi has fought in the south and the north for so many years, and gradually figured out a set of war theories that are suitable for him on this basis. If there is no more than 70% chance of winning, he will never send troops, but if the chance of winning is higher than 90%, he will not send troops, which means that the opponent is likely to lure the enemy, unless the opponent is a mob.

But the battlefield changes rapidly, and if Chen Mo knew about the battle with a 70% chance of winning, he would definitely be speechless. He has fought for half his life and has not encountered such a good thing a few times.

This also gives people the illusion that Wu Yi is good at defense but not good at attack. In fact, he is just not prepared.

Just like now, Wu Yi knew that he would definitely be angry, so he did not go to the city wall, but stayed in the government office to do his own military deployment, constantly checking for deficiencies and filling gaps. He knew that morale would be damaged, but he still did not fight because he was not ready.

Cao Hong was almost sick over there, and Wu Yi still did his own things at his own pace. No matter how badly he cursed outside, he didn't care if he didn't hear it.

"General, you are really..." Cheng Fang didn't know how to evaluate Wu Yi, which was a bit too stable.

"The purpose of our coming here this time is to defend Henei and not let Cao's army set foot on it. To do this, even if we don't shoot an arrow, it is a great achievement. But if we go out of the city to fight because of a moment of righteousness, if we win, we will only kill some enemies, but if we lose, if Yanjin retreats again, the war will burn to Henei." Wu Yi explained patiently.

"The general is in the office making plans every day, so he naturally doesn't know. But we are on the city wall, and those Cao soldiers are insulting us all day long. We are so angry that we can't vent it. If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be angry to death first!" Cheng Fang was full of resentment.

Originally, you ran to the city to hide after the first day. It's fine to say such things, but we are on the city listening to those dirty words and insults to our ancestors, but we can only be furious and powerless. How can we bear this?

"This is my new deployment. The soldiers changed from three rounds to six rounds, but they have to be replaced in sequence. In this way, the rest time is longer and the anger is dispersed. Take it slowly. Now it should be Cao Hong who is anxious, not our army. When he can't help but attack the city, it will be time for the soldiers to vent their anger." Wu Yi showed his new deployment to Cheng Fang. This rotation is not a regular replacement. He can't let the other side figure out the rules of his rotation and give the other side an opportunity to take advantage. Therefore, Cheng Fang will change the rotation rules every day to make the other side unclear.

Cheng Fang: "..."

"No, General, that's not what I meant. You..." Cheng Fang was speechless and said, "Are you going to let the soldiers take turns to be scolded?"

"I will not go to war before I am fully confident. This will not change. Anyone who goes to war without military orders will not only be severely punished by military law, but also be expelled from the army!" Wu Yi said solemnly.

The crime of expulsion from the army is only for the Guanzhong Army. After all, in the Guanzhong Army, the families of military households can not only enjoy the preferential treatment of tax reduction and exemption, but also their children can go to the academy to learn to read and write. Expulsion from the army means that all these are gone, which is also the biggest constraint on soldiers.

"I will obey your order!" Cheng Fang saw that he could not persuade Wu Yi to send troops, so he could only sigh helplessly, say goodbye and leave, and go to execute Wu Yi's military order to send the soldiers in the city to the city wall to be scolded.

On the other side, in the Cao army camp, Cao Hong had kicked over the table for the nth time. The defenders of Yanjin were scolded, but Cao Hong was angry at the other side's attitude of not leaving the city even if they were beaten to death.

Fifty thousand people were blocked in the city by ten thousand people and dared not go out to fight. Cao Hong had fought for so many years, but this was the first time he encountered such a strange thing. He had a new understanding of Wuyi. Is this a reincarnation of a turtle?

"General, General Xiahou has arrived with his army!" Niu Jin came in and bowed to Cao Hong.

"Please." Cao Hong sat down helplessly. Xiahou Dun had been ambushing nearby for so many days, and the soldiers had been freezing for so many days, but there was no effect at all. When Cao Hong saw Xiahou Dun, he felt his face burning.

In front of Cao Cao, they had promised to crush the spirit of Wuyi. Now the result is that their spirit has been crushed.

"Zi Lian, don't be like this." Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Hong, who looked depressed, and shook his head and sighed, "I've heard about it. Wu Yi has always been cautious in battle. Don't be impatient because of this. Han Qiong was defeated by Wu Yi because of this. This person is not very capable, but he is patient and difficult to deal with."

"How can there be such a person in the world? Chen Mo is known for his ability to judge people, so why did he make him a general?" Cao Hong said angrily.

Xiahou Dun was silent. If he stood in Chen Mo's position, Wu Yi was really right. Cao's army was blocked here. No matter what his means were, the effect was achieved.

"Since this plan failed, I plan to attack Wuchao tomorrow to see if Wu Yi will fall into the trap." Xiahou Dun smiled.

Wuchao is 50 miles south of Yanjin. Although Yanjin is in the middle, it can also threaten Hanoi. It depends on whether Wu Yi will move.

"This is a great plan." Cao Hong nodded upon hearing this. As long as Wu Yi could be led out of the city, it would be fine.

The next day, early in the morning, Cheng Fang rushed into the government office and said to Wu Yi: "General, I just saw a Cao army heading south. They must be heading to Wuchao."

"How many troops are there?" Wu Yi asked.

"According to the scouts, their strength should be between 5,000 and 8,000." Cheng Fang's eyes were filled with excitement.

"It doesn't matter. I have already made arrangements. There are more than 10,000 defenders in Wuchao. It is difficult to attack with such a small number of troops." Wu Yi shook his head and smiled.

"Uh..." Cheng Fang was stunned: "Already made arrangements?"

"Well, half a month ago, I considered that the Cao army could not break through Yanjin and would target Wuchao, so I mobilized 10,000 people to garrison there." Wu Yi nodded. His deployment work was not yet completed, and Wuchao could not be guaranteed to be foolproof. These days, he was thinking about how to ensure that Wuchao would not be lost.

"I'll take my leave!"