Chapter 47: Retreat from the Enemy
Zhuge Liang's "empty city plan" is not a fiction of the family, the original "Three Kingdoms: Zhuge Liang Biography" in Pei Songzhi's sparse, said that Guo Chong had said five things, one of which is the "empty city plan", in addition to Zhuge Kongming's bridge section of playing Yaoqin on the head of the city, and later written. Of course, this matter is not reliable, Pei Songzhi will refute it next, the reason is very simple - as soon as Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan, he was against Cao Zhen and Zhang He, and there was nothing to do with Sima Yi at all.
The Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, in fact, there really was an "empty city plan", the protagonist was Jiangxia Shou General Wen Ping Wen Zhongye, and the opposite corner was Sun 100,000, the lord of Jiangdong. In addition, there is also an "empty camp plan", the principle is the same, the protagonist is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, and the opposite angle is Cao Cao Cao Mengde - it was after that battle that the idiom of "one body is guts" was handed down.
Whether it is Sima Yi, or Sun Quan and Cao Cao, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are suspicious and deceitful, so they will go to the "empty city" and "empty camp". Therefore, Guo Chong made up the "empty city plan" to praise Zhuge Liang, and set the reverse angle to Sima Yi, but Pei Song saw the flaw at a glance - if it is changed to Cao Zhen or Zhang He, it is estimated that even ordinary listeners will not be able to win the trust.
But this time Pei Gai faced Zhi Qu Liu, who was both reckless and sincere, and he had heard the story of "playing the piano and retreating from the army", so after a little hesitation, he immediately commanded the army to cross the drawbridge and surging towards the city, and also boosted morale and said: "Kill into the city, capture Pei Gai, Zhun Ru and others to slaughter, and don't seal the knife for three days!" ”
At that moment, everyone was enthusiastic, all of them were vying for the first, and the dust and sand were raised, and they went straight to the west gate of Huaiyin. But when the first few rode into the door, there was still a city wall on the opposite side - it turned out that such a small city was actually built an urn city.
The so-called "urn city" is to build a city wall inside and outside the city gate, which is square or semicircular - generally semicircular, and the original city wall and city gate are connected, and it looks like an urn mouth from above, so it is called the urn city. This was a very effective fortification, not only because the attackers had to open two gates, but also in the narrow space between the two gates, which was difficult to accommodate the public, and it was also convenient for the defenders to shoot arrows at the walls to kill them.
However, most urn castles are built on the outside of the city gate, so you can tell from a distance that the location of the city gate is protruding - only a very small number of urn castles are built on the inside of the city gate, and the city gate must be broken to find it. And theoretically speaking, a small city like Huaiyin generally does not build an urn city, because it is too labor-intensive.
However, Zu Ti was very worried about Pei Gai and Bian Yan's military ability, for fear that after he left, once he was caught by the police, Huaiyin would not be able to defend. Huaiyin is lost, but the reclamation land in Handong is the most important source of grain before he has a foothold in Yan and Henan.
In the original history, Zu Shizhi didn't want to leave any rear bases and grain and grass bases in Xuzhou at all, and still ran headlong to the west without flinching; But history has changed, and since the base has been established, no one is willing to give up easily. Therefore, for the city defense of Huaiyin, Zu Ti spent a lot of thought, there were moats and sheep and horse walls outside, and the urn city was specially built inside.
Let's say that Hu Qi rushed into the west gate of Huaiyin and saw the urn city from a distance, and everyone couldn't help but "chuckle" in their hearts. Because the gate of the urn city is closed, if you want to break the door and enter, you must go through a bloody battle, but unlike the outer city gate, in front of the urn city gate, the city wall is in a state of full surroundment, and theoretically the soldiers who defend the city can put arrows down at 360 degrees in all directions, which is really invincible. Do you want to keep rushing in? The chances of dying for the first group to break in are too great.
When the first number of riders hesitated, the speed involuntarily slowed down, and the Hu riders behind collided with each other, and the queue was somewhat chaotic. At this moment, the first few war horses to rush into the urn city suddenly neighed, and then turned sideways, throwing all the horsemen into the dust.
Immediately, there was a shout from the four city walls, and countless flags were erected, and arrows rained down. Several of the Hu pawns who fell to the ground were shot like hedgehogs on the spot......
Fortunately, Zhi Quliu did not rush to the front, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this, he said in his heart: "No wonder Mr. Pei dares to take risks, it turns out that he will plan and plan, and there is an ambush!" Think about it, I have heard the story of Zhuge Liang's 'Empty City Plan', that is what he taught, how could he not remember it? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel creepy, and hurriedly ordered: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”
It was not easy for the cavalry who were rushing forward to stop their mounts in a narrow place and then change direction, but fortunately, they were all experienced and skilled archers, and after a period of confusion, most of them withdrew from the city gate. Zhi Quliu heard a "hoarse" sound in his ears, and it seemed that the winch was turning, trying to pull up the suspension bridge...... He hurriedly spurred his horse onto the suspension bridge, and the sound of horses' hooves finally rushed out of the sky.
Pei Cai looked at the city and couldn't help laughing, and raised the bamboo cane in his hand: "What is the urgency of General Zhi?" ”
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So did Pei Gai really set up an ambush in the city in advance? How can it be......
On the other hand, there were only less than 500 people left in Lu Yan's "Pengshan Battalion", and the soldiers of the second battalion of "Lifeng" and "Robbery Fire" who had just fled into the city were all sore and weak, plus the organization was scattered, which was simply useless; Second, Pei should have gone on this expedition, and he never thought that he would lose so badly, so he didn't deliberately leave any backhand.
Fortunately, Bian Yan still has a certain amount of experience in defending the city - he has been the minister of a country and has also guarded Guangling City, although he has never encountered a big enemy, after all, he has accumulated some theoretical knowledge - he has long recruited Ding Zhuang to help guard in the city, sent people to patrol the streets to prevent traitors from taking advantage of the chaos, and posted notices to calm the people's hearts, in short, he has done a lot of work in just half a day. In addition, Pei Gai killed horses and cut his hair in front of the city gate, and then stood proudly and did not retreat, after all, to a certain extent, stabilized the heart of the defeated soldiers, so that although the defeated soldiers were no longer able to fight, they did not cause much damage to the people's hearts, morale, and order in the city - naturally, there were also many of them Zhen Sui's strength, so that Pei Gai found that this general was also good, and sure enough, his family was a rebel from the Xiaoju side, not an ordinary bandit who blocked the road and robbed......
Affected by the above two factors, in fact, as long as the city gate is closed and the defense is tight, it is estimated that the Hu army is only 2,000 people, and it may not be able to capture the county in a short time. However, Pei should consider that Hu Qi will inevitably lack food when he comes from afar, if they ravage the county, loot everywhere, and even completely destroy the reclamation land in Handong, his own hard work will come to naught, even if he holds the county seat, what is the use?
And the lonely city is difficult to defend, if it is really burned and looted everywhere by Hu Qi, how long can the hearts of the people in the city be stable?
Therefore, he simply took the risk, ordered the city gate not to be closed, and carried all the bows and arrows to the urn city, and the soldiers died down and lay still. Beforehand, he made a few small openings at the bottom of the city wall of the urn city, which were originally used to drain the water, and temporarily found a few long ropes to be coherent, and as soon as Hu rode in, he immediately pulled up the long ropes and tripped over a few horses. Taking this as a signal, Lu Yan raised the flag on the city, and immediately fired arrows......
But even if there is an urn city, the role that can be played by arranging this strategy is quite limited. Knight Hu was in full spirit, and he didn't care about this little casualty at all, if he desperately attacked the urn gate regardless of the casualties, or raised his bow to shoot at the city, it is estimated that the city soldiers would not be able to support it for long - after all, he had just lost his division, and the morale in the city was low, and it was difficult to fight to the death. Pei should be gambling that Zhiqu Liuhui will personally lead the soldiers and horses to rush in, and will also withdraw from the city by himself.
If Zhi Quliu himself stopped outside the city and allowed the forward to enter the city, whether it was possible and necessary for the so-called "bystanders to clear" whether it was possible and necessary to continue the attack and whether to allow a retreat would have been made a more prudent and wise decision. Although we can get first-hand information on the front line, we will inevitably lack control of the overall situation and be more susceptible to temporary setbacks. So Pei should not be afraid of Xiaozhi entering the city, but afraid that he will not enter the city - of course, you yourself will not enter the city, and you will not send a striker to try to enter the city, that is the best.
As for retreating again, it is true that Zhi Quliu is a reckless person, but he has been a general for many years, and it is impossible to have no brains at all, and he only knows how to rush forward desperately. Although he is not suspicious, but Pei Gai's previous story of "empty city plan" has actually planted the seeds of doubt in his heart, plus Zhi Quliu has always been superstitious about Pei Gai's military ability, once he encounters a slight setback, he will inevitably make a few more detours in his heart and think about things in reverse-
Mr. Pei is a person who knows the soldiers, and he has told me the story of the "empty city plan", and he also knows that I am not a suspicious person like Sima Yi, why would he make such a decision? No, he clearly planned a plan and set up an ambush in advance to lead me into the city!
Mr. Pei told me that the so-called famous generals, in order to make the enemy unpredictable of their intentions, they must be brave and show cowardice, and strong and weak. Zhuge Liang was cautious in his life and refused to take risks, so he used a risk to deceive Sima Yi; Mr. Pei has always been bold, so the plan he set up must be the opposite of Zhuge Liang - Zhuge Xicheng did not have an ambush, but Mr. Pei's Huaiyin had an ambush!
Seeing that Zhi Quliu took the lead in rushing outside the city, Pei Gai also ordered the soldiers to pretend to turn the winch, as if they wanted to pull the drawbridge. In fact, there are hundreds of Hu cavalry who have crossed the suspension bridge, and if they are forced to have no way back, and the trapped beasts are still fighting, maybe the urn city will be in danger......
At that moment, Pei should point at Zhi Quliu with a bamboo cane, laugh "haha", and asked "General Zhi is in a hurry", in fact, his back was full of cold sweat, and he even called it "luck" in his heart. Immediately, he turned his head and said to Zhen Sui beside him in a low voice: "I can retreat thousands of Hu troops with an empty city, why don't you praise them?" Zhen Sui raised his eyes to look at Pei Gai's expression, but he didn't see a look of pride, but his eyes were full of anxiety, and he immediately understood: "I will pass on the words of the governor to all teams." ”
I believe that as soon as this sentence spreads, the hearts of the soldiers will basically stabilize - you see how smart and powerful our main general is, an empty city can scare the Hu army away, so what else do we have to fear? What, you said that Fang just lost the battle in Jiang Jigang? The governor made it very clear that it was because his horse was not good, so he was frightened and retreated, and it was purely a fortuitous incident - it was normal to have a little setbacks once in a while.
As long as the morale is stabilized, then there is no fear that the Hu army will attack the city again. And no matter whether the six subordinates will figure out this "empty city plan" afterwards, the morale of the Hu army will be relatively low - I don't understand, I rely on the ambush in the city, and the enemy army is still strong, so it is not suitable to attack; I figured it out, my general would be in this kind of situation, it seems that the future of war is not very good......
One rise and one fall, you can gradually draw the strength of the two sides closer, I here to collect the defeated troops, plus the temporary people as an army, how can I get more than a thousand people together. Do you dare to leave these thousand people behind you and go around and plunder the townships unscrupulously?
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Don't say it, Zhiqu Liu is really not stupid, he led the army out of the city, retreated three miles in a row, set up camp, had enough time to ponder, and finally saw through Pei Gai's plan. At the moment, he didn't get angry but laughed: "Mr. Pei is really talented!" "That's right, this is the Mr. Pei I know, you see how bold he is, how deep his plan is, he still deceived me after all.
But I really don't dare to publicize it everywhere, saying that I have fallen into Pei Gai's "empty city plan", because this will damage my prestige, if the prestige of the generals falls, how can I control the soldiers, who will obey you? Therefore, there were rumors in the Hu army that night, saying that we were deceived by that Chen Jian, and it was absolutely impossible for Huaiyin County to have more than 1,000 soldiers, but at least more than 5,000, and the combat effectiveness was not weak, and the enemy general was extremely cunning.
There were even several Hu generals who rushed to the camp of Zhiqu Liu, demanding that the spy Chen Jian be killed on the spot. Zhi Quliu defended Chen Jian instead, saying: "You should know Mr. Pei, in the past, even the lord and the right marquis (since Zhang Bin became the right long history, including Shi Le, the army called him the right marquis but not the name) admired his talent, with him guarding Huaiyin, how could a small dock fort master be able to probe the truth in the army?" He must be innocent, but he just fell into Mr. Pei's trap. I was able to defeat Mr. Pei in Jiangjigang, and I can show off when I go back, thanks to Chen Jian's guidance. If Jian Chen is a spy, he only needs to lead our army to a fork in the road, I'm afraid that I will be wiped out long ago! ”
When a few Hu generals heard this, what they said was indeed reasonable, so they stopped entangled and bowed back. Immediately, Zhiqu Liu sent people to summon Chen Jian to him and said to him: "Rujiawu Fort has been burned down, and I can't conquer Huaiyin for the time being and avenge you." If you are willing, will you be willing to make a trilogy for me and go north with you? ”
Chen Jian originally had the intention of going north to join Hu, and when he heard this, he hurriedly bowed and agreed, but said that he still had several companions, as well as a pregnant wife, and hoped to be able to follow him. Zhi Quliu agreed.
Hu Jun left the camp the next morning - Zhi Quliu was originally quite jealous of Pei Gai, and rushed over hard, but now he has won a battle in Jiang Jigang, and he feels that he can explain to Zhang Bin when he goes back, so if he doesn't leave at this time, when will he stay? After all, he did not receive the official general order from Shile or Xuan'an, even if he conquered Huaiyin City, it was impossible to stay in Huainan for a long time, so it was better to go back early and participate in Shile's Hebei strategy.
The Hu army passed through Jiang Jigang again, then crossed the Huaishui, and with Chen Jian as the guide, they plundered in Huaisi Township, capturing nearly 1,000 people and thousands of grains and grass, and then returned north along the west bank of Surabaya.
When he left his hometown, Chen Jian burst into tears and swore to the sky: "One day, I will come back!" Zu Ti and Bian Yan, I will cut you with a thousand knives to sacrifice the spirit of my brother in the sky! ”
(End of Volume 2 "Making a Rivalry")
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