Chapter 1040 Empty City Strategy

"When the Holy Dynasty declined, many ethnic groups established their own countries and attacked each other.

After the death of his brother King Wen of Chu, Prince Yuan, the prince of Chu State, wanted very much to possess his beautiful sister-in-law, Mrs. Wen.

He tried every means to please, but Mrs. Wen remained indifferent.

So he wanted to establish his career and show off his abilities, so as to please Mrs. Wen.

In a certain year of the Holy Dynasty, Prince Yuanqin led 600 military chariots to attack the state of Zheng.

The Chu army marched down several cities and approached the capital of Zheng.

Zheng's national power was weak, and its capital was empty of troops, unable to resist the Chu army's invasion.

The state of Zheng was in danger, and the ministers were in a panic. Some advocated paying for peace, some advocated fighting to the death, and some advocated holding on and waiting for help.

None of these ideas can resolve the country's crisis.

Uncle Zhan, the Shangqing State, said: "Neither asking for peace nor a decisive battle is the best policy. Standing firm and waiting for help is the best option. Zheng Guo and Qi Guo have made an alliance. Now that there is trouble, the Qi State will send troops to help. Just talk about it and stick to it. I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on. Young Master

When he attacked Zheng in the Yuan Dynasty, he actually wanted to take credit and fame to please Mrs. Wen. He must be eager for success and particularly afraid of failure. I have a plan to retreat the Chu army.'

According to Uncle Zhan's plan, Zheng Guo made arrangements in the city.

Order all the soldiers to lie in ambush and prevent the enemy from seeing a single soldier.

Let the shops open as usual and people come and go as usual without showing any sign of panic.

Open the city gate wide, lower the drawbridge, and appear completely undefended.

The vanguard of the Chu army arrived at the gate of the capital city of Zheng State. Seeing this scene, I became suspicious. Could there be an ambush in the city to lure me into a trap? I didn't dare to act rashly and waited for Prince Yuan.

When Gongzi Yuan rushed to the city, he also felt very strange.

He led his generals to the high ground outside the city to have a look, and saw that the city was indeed empty, but he could vaguely see Zheng's flag-twirling soldiers.

Prince Yuan believed that there was a deceit involved and should not attack rashly. He went into the city first to find out what was true and what was true, so he held his troops back.

At this time, Qi State received a letter from Zheng State asking for help and had united with Lu and Song to send troops to rescue Zheng.

When Prince Yuan heard the news, he knew that the troops of the Three Kingdoms had arrived and the Chu army would definitely not be able to win.

Fortunately, we have won several battles, but it would be better to retreat as soon as possible.

He was afraid that Zheng's army would leave the city to pursue him when he retreated, so he ordered the entire army to withdraw overnight, with their men wearing titles and their horses bound in hooves without making any sound.

None of the camps will be demolished, and the clan flag will still fly.

Early the next morning, Uncle Zhan climbed up to the city to take a look and said: 'The Chu army has withdrawn.'

When everyone saw the enemy camp's clan flags fluttering, they didn't believe that they had already withdrawn.

Uncle Zhan said: 'If there were people in the camp, how could there be so many birds circling up and down? He also deceived me with the empty city strategy and hurriedly withdrew his troops.'"

Ji Ning had never heard of Chu or Zheng, but there was indeed a period of great chaos in the history of the Holy Dynasty.

At that time, countless small countries were born and they were constantly attacking each other.

Of course, he didn't care about these. What he felt was most subtle was the strategy used in this story.

Although bold, in actual strategy, risks often coexist with opportunities, interests and success. "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger cubs." The ingenuity of this strategy is that you must be good at grasping the opponent's strategic background correctly and in a timely manner.

, psychological state, personality traits, etc., and use strange strategies to resolve their own crises according to time, place, and people.

And now the opportunity is very suitable.

Beimo City is empty and indeed at a disadvantage.

But Sikong Zun was suspicious and had no absolute control over the army. Under such circumstances, he definitely did not dare to act rashly.

In this case, the probability of success of this plan is very high.

The initial contempt for Ling Xiao turned into admiration in an instant.

Ji Ning stood up from her seat, then knelt down on one knee and said, "Just now, I was laughing at the young master for being so self-righteous, but after listening to the young master's words, I admired him so much. I wonder what the name of this strategy is?"

"Empty City Strategy!"

Ling Xiao smiled and said: "Sikong Zun is not only suspicious, but they are also out of men and horses at this time. As long as the general's arrangement is reasonable and we are unable to defend the city, we deliberately expose the emptiness in our city to the enemy. This is the so-called 'real thing is real, and imaginary thing is empty'"

Void'.

When the enemy has doubts, he will hesitate even more. This is the so-called "suspiciousness arouses suspicion".

You can let Sikong Zun and the others lead their troops through Beimo City and then station themselves in the military camp outside. In this way, even if Sikong Zun is aware of the fact of the empty city plan afterwards, there will be nothing he can do.

Of course, this plan is not 100% successful. Once it fails, I am afraid that I will have to fight the opponent in a bloody battle in the city, so the combat equipment that should be arranged still needs to be arranged."

"This is natural."

Ji Ning nodded.

After everything was arranged, Ling Xiao went out of the city and informed Sikong Zun, asking him to lead troops into the city.

Even Ji Ning came out to greet him.

Sikong Zun was confused.

Why did Ling Xiao's attitude change so drastically within less than half an hour after Ling Xiao entered?

Is there a scam in the city?

He has a suspicious character, so when he entered the city, he observed carefully.

I found that everything in the city was in order, and the people were doing whatever they were supposed to do, but most of the soldiers were missing.

Faintly, the sound of weapons could be heard. Judging from the sound, the number of people was probably between forty and fifty thousand at least.

Once there is a conflict, they are the turtles in the urn.

He originally wanted to make trouble, but now he doesn't dare to do anything random at all.

"Is the intelligence wrong? Didn't it say that the entire camp in Beimo City has already been filled with wounded soldiers?"

Although he had this idea, Sikong Zun did not dare to act rashly because he did not dare to confirm it.

When he came to his senses, he discovered that the army had already left the north gate and arrived at the pass one mile away from Beimo City.

At this time, it was already too late to figure out the situation in the city.

"I'm so nervous."

Ling Xiao's forehead was already covered with cold sweat. To be honest, he was just talking on paper. I really don't know if Sikong Zun would be fooled.

In fact, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers and generals available in the city. If we really fight, we will definitely suffer losses.

Fortunately, everything went very smoothly.

Of course, this is also related to Ji Ning's proper arrangement, which perfectly convinced Sikong Zun that there were a large number of soldiers ambushing the city.

"Hahaha, I really admire the master's clever plan."

Seeing Sikong Zun enter the pass, Ji Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that the most difficult problem has been solved, what other difficulties remain that cannot be solved?

"General, please stop praising me. I was really nervous just now."

Ling Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead.

After all, once this strategy fails, it will really be doomed.

"As long as you succeed, it's like this on the battlefield. You can't have a 100% success rate. As long as you have a 30% chance, you have to do it. Otherwise, you will regret it if you miss the opportunity."

In Ji Ning's opinion, Ling Xiao's move was extremely beautiful, and he was truly a master of both civil and military skills.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a daughter. If he wanted to have a daughter, he would marry Ling Xiao no matter what.
Chapter completed!