On the day after the two kings of Shentong and Shengyan withdrew their troops from the banks of the Yongxing River, the Xian army did not move until the evening of the next day, when the Xian army suddenly retreated to the east instead of crossing the river to the west, and at the same time the Liang army withdrew to Shanling, and only the Xian army in Yongxing City, Wuping, and Ruitianzhai did not move, which undoubtedly made the Tianwang extremely incomprehensible.

"Miraculous powers, the entire Xian army retreats eastward, will there be any fraud in it?" Sheng Yan asked

"Deception is inevitable, but this deception is incredible, if the Xian army retreats east and north, then the Yongxing River is not useless?"

"Then simply, we will lead the army back to the river immediately and capture Yongxing City."

"No, if the Xian army gallops north to help, it will definitely move secretly with the main force, and it will never retreat on all fronts. If our army rashly crosses the Yongxing River, if it suddenly strikes, will it not drive our army down the river? ”

"How's that? Xijun saw that it fell into the hands of the Xian army, and if Zhao Xun went north in a big way, how could the Thunder army parry. ”

"No, even if Xijun falls into the hands of the Xian army, it is already within the encirclement of our army, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. If the Xian army is allowed to go north, it is a big taboo. The cavalry returned to the west bank, and our main force was stationed here to see what he Zhao Xun planned. ”

"Isn't this a waste of time and a missed fighter?"

"Do you know, or do I know if the Xian army has set up an ambush on the east coast?"

"This ...... Then why don't you divide your troops and go to surround the Xian army in Tiancheng first. ”

"If the Xian army suddenly crosses the river, you and I will divide our troops into two places, how can we defeat the 250,000 horses of the Xian army."

Shentong was worried that the Xian army was likely to have retreated to the cities of Yongxing and Chenling, and transferred the whole line to the north, or it was possible that he was pretending to retreat eastward to lure him back to kill the carbine. If it is the former, it is the right time to kill it at this time, and if it is the latter, it will be self-defeating at this time.

Previously, Shentong expected that the Xian army would go north to aid Beihai County, but it should have been a secret act by transferring some people, but he never thought that the Xian army would give up the Yongxing River defense line with such fanfare.

So Shentong sent Shen Duchi to lead 20,000 miscellaneous horsemen to quickly return to the river, and the army was stationed on the spot to test the movement of the Xian army. Not long after the miscellaneous cavalry appeared on the west bank, about half a day passed, the Xian army retreating eastward suddenly arrived.

"Report, report to the two kings, General Shen Duchi came to report, yesterday morning arrived at the river and found no signs of the Xian army, until the afternoon, the Xian army suddenly appeared, and its momentum was very great."

The coming's mouth said quickly, and Sheng Yan gasped at this time:

"If it's really a trick by the Xian army, or is it like a god, if we return to the shore like this, our army will lose at least three horses."

"It's not just three percent, it's more than lucky. If the Xian army ambushes a group of men and horses south of Ruitian Village and kills from the south to the north, our army will not be defeated. ”

At this time, the supernatural power asked the person again:

"You know how many people there are in the Xian army!"

"According to the detailed report, at least 2560,000 horses!"

"What about Liang Jun, where is Liang Jun?"

"I have returned to the tomb and entered the city."

"Enter the city!"

Shentong was suspicious, and after thinking for a moment, his chest jumped violently:

"Oh no, we've been tricked!"

Sheng Yan hurriedly asked when he heard the news

"What do you say?"

"The soldiers and horses sent by Thunder to pursue Tiancheng have already arrived in Tiancheng at this time."

"So what, wouldn't it be better then?"

"Grain and grass, it's grain and grass!" Shentong was anxious, and then said: "The men and horses sent by Thunder to pursue in the starry night, the grain and grass they bring must be insufficient, if Xijun is occupied, where will their grain and grass come from!" ”

"Now that the rice is ripe, wouldn't it be inconvenient for us to wait for the grain."

"Where is there such a convenient thing, if a cavalry is chased from Guangxin and followed behind, and suddenly killed when the men and horses sent by the thunder cut off the rice, wouldn't it be a big defeat!"

"Even if the thunder can't stop the Guangxin cavalry, how can he not know about it, and follow the reinforcements sent to attack back and forth, why don't the Guangxin cavalry be annihilated."

"How can it be so easy, the Thunder Army is subject to the Xian Army and the Jin Army, and it definitely doesn't dare to divide the troops too much to chase, so it will definitely not divide the troops again after discovering the Guangxin Cavalry, so it won't be taken advantage of by the Jin Army.

He wrote to you before to inform you that our Xian army sent troops to add to the city, that is, he knew that we would retreat from the Yongxing River. From the Yongxing River to Tim City, the rapid march is only seven or eight days' foot, if you and I withdraw our troops in time, we should be able to rush to Tim Cheng before the men and horses sent by him run out of food.

And now it has been delayed for three days, and the men and horses sent by Thunder are afraid that they will run out of food in two days, and you and I are still five days away from Tiancheng, where can we have time. ”

"Even so, Thunder categorically can't send more than 100,000 people to pursue thousands of Xian troops, even if it is defeated, it will be 20,000 or 30,000 at most, how can it affect the overall situation."

"This is the Xianjun's plan to take and return. Why did the 100,000 Liang army retreat into the tomb, it is not a blind way, I dare to predict that the 250,000 Xian troops by the Yongxing River that Shen Duchi saw, among them, there must be 100,000 Liang troops who changed their clothes and disguises. The rest of the 100,000 Xian troops must have changed into the armor of the Liang army at this time, and rode north to aid Hecheng, at this time, I am afraid that Zhaocheng has already passed! ”

"Hiss......" Sheng Yan heard the news and his spine was cold: "Our army has killed the Yongxing River at this time, how can the Liang army fight to the death for the Xian army!" ”

"The Liang army will not fight to the death for the Xian army, but Antai Hou Jitong is a villain of interests, and before March, he gave the Xian king a profit to drive 100,000 Liang troops to open up the wasteland and cultivate, and the Liang army is easy to obey at this time, how can it be a business without capital!"

"Hey! I said earlier that this is a waste of time, and you have to test the depth of the Xian army, but now you are passive. ”

"It's too late to regret it, you and I quickly divide our troops at this time, you lead the main force to be stationed here, if the Xian army crosses the river, it must pass through here, don't think about passing through. I quickly led 50,000 horses north to Xijun, extinguished the Xian army, and collected the remnants to stabilize the overall situation. ”

The so-called "want to take and return" is a relatively unique military thinking nowadays, which is similar to Sun Tzu's Art of War's "near and far, far and near, can but show what can't, and can't show what can't." "It's quite similar.

In a word, disguise the information that all the enemy already knows and has as another kind of vague information that everyone does not know.

The content of the truth is far simpler than the complex appearance that you see, it is the result of what you know, I know, and everyone knows, but it must be disguised as new information that you cannot see clearly, and if you want to know the content of this new information, you must invest resources such as time and manpower to unravel the truth.

The discovery of the truth is only the result of what has been known, and this process is similar to telling the other party the information that the other party has obtained again and unmistakably, so it is called "wanting to take and return".

However, in reality, the adversary has not benefited from the existing information, nor has he benefited from the process of unraveling the information, but has lost valuable military resources, such as time, physical strength for manpower mobilization, military materials consumed, and so on, thus gaining the strategic initiative for others.

Therefore, the ultimate meaning of "wanting to take and returning" is what the opponent wants, and in the end he gets it, but loses more.

The rebel generals Huang Pu and Guan Du led the army to besiege Tiancheng, and if the Shentong withdrew his troops non-stop to rescue, the two of them would probably be able to hold on until the Shentong arrived from the Yongxing River, but now they wasted three days, which means that Huang Pu and Guan Du will not be able to support until the Shentong arrives.

So on the fourth day after Tiancheng was besieged, three days before Shentong arrived in Tiancheng, there was only one day of grain and grass left in the camp of the two generals, so he ordered each battalion to send soldiers to cut rice, and then Song Ping led 6,000 cavalry to kill people on their backs.

At the same time, Zhao Xun sent the governors He Meng, Guan Pu, Xiao Chen, and Sikong Nan to lead an army of 100,000, with 100,000 horses and donkeys, to forcibly transport 100,000 infantry troops to Hecheng.

The news reached the thunder camp outside Dingyang City that night, and the thunder was shocked when he heard the news:

"Say it again!"

"100,000 Xian troops wearing Liang military armor, the day before yesterday suddenly killed the camp, regardless of casualties, stormed for two days, broke our camp, Qin, Yu and other generals suffered heavy losses, and were followed by the Xian army on the way to retreat, almost annihilated. At this time, he was on the way to Dingyang, and he hoped that the king of heaven would respond quickly. ”

Thunder was almost blackened in front of him, and he stumbled and almost fell down in a hurry, but he was simply held by Qin Han with one hand:

"Heavenly King, the Xian army suddenly went north, it must be a great change in the situation of the Yongxing River, think of a quick strategy to retreat!"

"Retire! Seeing that Beihai County is about to run out of food, retreating at this time, will the work of months be in vain. Rejecting Qin Han's proposal to withdraw from the army, Lei Ting pushed him aside and ordered: "Come here, send an order to Guo Shiteng, and quickly order 20,000 horses to go to meet Qin and Yu generals." ”

"No!"

Qin Han only felt that Thunder had lost his mind, and said boldly:

"Heavenly King, the situation has changed dramatically, our army has no advantage in the North Sea, if we don't retreat at this time, we will fall into the belly and suffer the enemy."

"Qin Caidong knows that his belly and back are subject to enemies, how can this Heavenly King not know." The thunder roared.

"The King of Heaven Means ......"

"The Xian army is going north, how can the defenders of Dingyang City know."

"Shhh...... The Heavenly King is trying to ......"

"Yes, as soon as it gets dark, hide from the Dingyang defenders, and go on the road immediately."

"In case the Guangxin Army sends troops from behind and raids our army's camp, won't our army be in a desperate situation."

"Who said that this Heavenly King is going to raid the Xian army. The Xian army attacked and killed our army camp in Hecheng for two days, and they were exhausted. Our army went to attack him at this time, but not only did the Xian army retreat south on horseback, dragging our army into exhaustion, and Guangxin would attack our camp outside Dingyang City from behind.

This heavenly king did the opposite, taking advantage of the exhaustion of the Xian army in the attack on the Hecheng camp, pretending to go to attack and kill, but in fact, he lured out the Guangxin defenders, went to rob and kill the Guangxin soldiers and horses who came to rob the camp, swept away the worries, and then competed with the Xian army. ”

"This, Luo Songting is not an idle person, if he expected what the king of heaven thought, he must have secretly communicated with the Xian army rushing to help, and then he will do the opposite, the Xian army will take the camp outside my Dingyang city regardless of casualties, and the Xian army in the city will be killed again, this is a big defeat."

"Hahaha......"

Thunder laughed wildly, which really surprised Qin Han:

"Why is the King laughing!"

"This Heavenly King laughs at you Qin Caidong stupid!"

Qin Han's face turned dark and it was difficult to see the bottom, and he pouted and didn't say anything. At this time, Thunder said:

"Hecheng to Dingyang infantry army to walk for three days, riding a horse to take two days, Dingyang to Guangxin walking only two days, the Xian army has just captured the north of Hecheng, if you ignore the tired division, attack my camp, must be on horseback, why can't the king of heaven set up an ambush on the road he must pass halfway to stumble his war horse, layer by layer of blockade delay for two days.

If the Xian army joins forces with Guangxin, the Guangxin army must be on the road at this moment, and the king of heaven will lead the army away at this time, and he will be able to encounter it tomorrow, and return here again after annihilating it, what can he do with the Xian army. ”

"This ......" Qin Han had nothing to say, because it would work in theory.

With twice as many troops as 100,000, the Xian army attacked the 50,000 Black Turban military camp north of Hecheng at any cost, and suffered equally heavy casualties, and the number of troops that could be put into battle in a short period of time would not exceed 60,000 or 70,000. As long as the Black Turban Army outside Dingyang City has two more days than the Xian Army, theoretically it has finished cleaning up the Guangxin Army that came to sneak attack, and then returns to the camp outside Dingyang City, regardless of the horses of the Jin Army and the Xian Army, the Black Turban Army and the Xian Army are still evenly matched in Beihai County.

On the contrary, after the crisis in Xijun subsided, Shentong and Shengyan led the army back to Yongxing River again, but it was the Xian army that was passive.