Chapter 159: Adding to the Stove and Retreating from the Enemy
As the saying goes: 'Take advantage of your illness, you will die', after learning that the Yellow Turban Army was infighting and the two parts of the way, Yuan Jun was ecstatic, thinking that this was the best time to destroy the enemy, and the general - Yuan Shao personally commanded 200,000 horses, with the momentum of a goshawk to capture a rabbit, and swooped towards the target!
On the twentieth day of the first month: the army set out from Yecheng, in order to boost morale, Yuan Shao opened his inner treasury and rewarded the whole army with private money.
On the 27th day of the first month: the vanguard of the Yuan army arrived at Julu City and recovered this important town, and the general Yuan Shao ordered to collect the bones of the dead soldiers in battle, let them be buried in the ground, and go to the sacrifice to cry and worship.
The second day of the second month of February: Yuan Jun stationed in Leping City, and recovered an important town, in order to boost morale, Yuan Shao rewarded his subordinates again, and it rained a 'money rain' fiercely, and in the name of the general, he laid a 'thief and the people', listed the ten major crimes of the Yellow Turban Army, and scolded Xiao Yi, saying that he was 'a sinner for the ages! ’
The sixth day of the second month: Yuan's army marched westward and invaded the territory of Xihe County, the vanguard officer-senior cadre led 30,000 iron cavalry, day and night, and finally showed the traces of the Yellow Turban Army, and immediately followed closely, at the same time, the general Zhang Jaw and Jiang Qi led 50,000 horses, quickly outflanked the left and right wings, forming a situation of encirclement!
On the ninth day of the first month of February, the Yuan army successfully surrounded it on three sides and seized the strategic advantage, as for the Yellow Turban Army, it was carrying a large number of people, carrying too many materials, and the progress of the line was slow, and the daily advance was only more than ten miles, all of which were exposed on the plain -- there was no danger to defend, and the situation was extremely dangerous!
The enemy caught up, and the encirclement on three sides was also successful, and the morale of the Yuan army was high, and it was about to raise the sword and gun to fight to the death with the enemy, and the general Yuan Shao suddenly issued a military order - "All units do not move, dare to have a light enemy attacker - behead!" ”
"Wow! …… Is the general crazy, the enemy army is right in front of him, why not attack? ”
"Hey! …… Nine times out of ten, the old problem has been made, and the famous scheming is unbreakable! ”
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The soldiers of the Yuan army were preparing for a big battle, and at this time they received the order to stop, as if they suddenly flashed their waists, not to mention the uncomfortable energy, the originally high morale immediately declined by three points, and the voices of grief arose, and the army stopped in battle, why is this?
The world commented on Yuan Shao, saying that he was 'sheep-like tiger skin, scheming and indecisive', once he encountered a major event, he was always hesitant, so that he missed the opportunity, for this reason, he was pit countless times by his old opponent Cao Cao, and he still did not repent, which is really difficult to change!
However, this time Yuan Shao was wronged, and the order to stop the march was the result of collective deliberation of the civil and military forces in Hebei, and the reason was very simple - they were scared in their hearts!
If there was another opponent, they would have beaten the war drums a long time ago and rushed up to fight bravely, the problem is, this time the opponent is 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', a guy who is as brave as a tiger and cunning as a wolf, so he has to think twice!
Countless examples of battles in the past tell everyone that Xiao Yi likes to play conspiracy, surprise soldiers, and spit bad water, and always when the opponent thinks that the victory is in his hands, he suddenly reverses the situation, and Yuan Jun has learned a profound lesson in this regard!
In the battle of Qingzhou, the eldest prince Yuan Tan was full of confidence, thinking that he had grasped Xiao Yi's weakness, but as a result, he fell into the trap of others, and all 60,000 horses were wiped out, and he was also taken prisoner once!
In the battle of Xiliang, the third prince Yuan Shang led an elite army of 150,000 against tens of thousands of tired divisions, thinking that he would win, but in the end he fell into Xiao Yi's trick and ended up defeated, and also folded Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two generals!
In the battle of the giant deer, the Yuan army was surrounded by three roads, and the second son, Yuan Xi, cleverly planned to 'catch the cicada with the praying mantis, and the yellow finch was behind', as a result, Xiao Yi planned to do it, and each broke it, and turned defeat into victory in one fell swoop!
In the process of the three major wars, the smoother the Yuan army was in the early stage, the more tragic the defeat in the back, this has become a law, how can everyone not be careful?
It is said that since the expedition, the Yuan army has recovered Julu City and Leping City, and there are traces of the enemy, and then the formation of a siege situation, the war has progressed too smoothly, and the smooth is terrifying, after repeated discussions, a conclusion was made - "Xiao Lang is treacherous, there must be tricks!" ”
Now that the trap has appeared, we have to come up with a way to crack it, Yuan Shao sent a large number of rangers to continue to investigate the situation, within a radius of two hundred miles, all the ravines and ravines, where the soldiers and horses can be ambushed, can not be left behind!
On the other hand, the military generals of Hebei Wenchen gathered together to brainstorm and analyze the enemy's situation, and in order to collect intelligence, they also checked the camp left by the Yellow Turban Army, and the result really showed something!
For example, according to the changes in the camp, you can know the deployment of the enemy's troops, according to the number of stoves, you can calculate the number of enemy troops, and according to the excrement of the opponent, you can know whether the military food is sufficient......
In order to find out the situation, Yuan Shao took a group of civil and military officers to repeatedly check for a long time in the camp left by the Yellow Turban Army, carefully counted the number of stoves, and let people dig up the floating soil and take a look at the 'yellow and white things' with their own eyes! ’
I don't know if I don't know, I was startled when I saw it, and after careful counting, Yuan Shao was surprised to see that after the infighting among the Yellow Turban soldiers, the stove in the camp did not decrease, but increased a lot, according to the calculation of twenty people and a stove, the total strength exceeded 500,000 people, and there was enough food and grass, and there were meat and bones to gnaw!
"Xiao Lang is really treacherous, he abandoned the city on the one hand, made the illusion that the whole army was retreating, and on the other hand, he laid a net of heaven and earth, waiting for our army to crash into it, what a sinister method!"
After inspecting the camp, Yuan Shao was scared into a cold sweat, fortunately he was cautious in his use of troops and stopped in time, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable, the question came again, what trick did Xiao Yi use?
In the camp of the Yuan army-the tent of the Chinese army, the generals of Wenchen gathered together and began to meditate:
"The parting of the ways is Xiao Yi's trick, he must have ambushed a heavy army, and wants to surround him on all sides, and want to repeat the Battle of Changping that year, and starve our 200,000 horses to death!"
"This is a plan to attack the west, Xiao Yi deliberately attracted the attention of Yuan Jun, and at the same time, Cao Thief led his troops to cross the Yellow River and wiped out our old nest - Yecheng in one fell swoop!"
"In my opinion, Xiao Yi will use fire to attack our army camp at night, let's attract a few rivers and get ready......"
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In a word, there must be a conspiracy, prevention is a must, it is impossible to send it to death, and it is impossible to move forward without figuring out the enemy's situation, for the sake of safety, it is better for the army to retreat thirty miles!
After some discussion, the other party's trick was not cracked, but scared Yuan Shao half to death, and hurriedly transferred some people and horses, and returned to Yecheng in the starry night, for fear that the old nest would be copied away, and it would be a catastrophe!
"Ghost-faced Xiao Lang, what kind of conspiracy are you playing, it's really hard to guess?"
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Five days later, the exhausted rangers came back one after another, they did not find any ambush, because of fatigue, cold, hunger, but lost hundreds of men, the captain who led the team knelt in the big tent, with the life of the whole family, within a radius of two hundred miles, there was not a single enemy soldier, let alone any ambush!
There are no millions of ambush soldiers, no conspiracy, no traps and no ......, the result is out, Yuan Jun is also dumbfounded, what is the situation?
"I've waited for the plan, Xiao Yi is just bluffing, secretly adding a stove to confuse our army's sight, so that there is a good opportunity to take measures...... Hateful! ”
After some consideration, Tian Feng finally revealed the mystery, Sun Bin used the strategy of reducing the stove to lure the enemy deep and defeated the Wei general Pang Juan, Xiao Yi was even more cunning, he did the opposite......
There was no ambush, no trickery, Xiao Yi just used the psychology of 'darkness under the lamp' to let everyone speculate wildly, and won enough time, and he led the team of people and swaggered out of the dangerous place, what a bold and powerful means!
It's a pity that it was too late to know, just a few days after Yuan's army stopped, the Yellow Turban Army successfully entered the White Tiger Stream, and built three barriers, dug five more trenches, and set up a camp of dozens of miles, completely gaining a firm foothold!
"I see, a good move to 'add stoves to retreat from the enemy', just dig a few more stoves, and scare 200,000 horses to stop, the old man has a lot of martial arts, and no one can compare to Xiao Lang!"
After thinking about it, Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and sighed, that is, he sighed at the cunning of the enemy, sighed at the incompetence of his subordinates, and sighed deeply regret, why was such a peerless general not under his command?
"The general doesn't need to be worried, the Yellow Turban Army fled into the White Tiger Stream, which is equivalent to entering the place of death, our army firmly holds the mountain pass, and it doesn't take a month to trap dozens of their men and horses, and when the time comes, Xiao Lang will be captured alive, and thousands of knives will be cut and displayed to the public!"
Tian Feng stood up, he couldn't see through the other party's strategy, he was also annoyed, but after all, Yuan Jun had the advantage, as long as he used his troops carefully, there was still a ninety percent chance of winning, and the remaining one point depended on the will of God!
"What Mr. Yuan Hao said is extremely true, the other party has entered the place of death, as long as it is strictly guarded, our army is still in control, but before the war, the old man wants to meet Xiao Lang for a while to see who he is?"
After all, it is the overlord of one side, after sighing for a while, Yuan Shao immediately cheered up, personally wrote a letter, sent a messenger to the Yellow Turban Army camp, and sincerely invited Xiao Yi to ...... "In front of the two armies, ask questions and answers, point out the country, and talk about the world!" ”
(End of chapter)
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