Chapter 261: Sun Jian's Empty City Plan
Yuan Shu and Sun Jiantun soldiers in Luyang, training troops every day, including other princes, which created a kind of crusade against Dong Zhuo by the Kwantung princes for everyone, not really to fight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In particular, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, one is the leader of the northern coalition army and the other is the main force in the south to fight for Dong, how could they not take care of the Yuan family who is still in Luoyang.
As a result, to everyone's surprise, Yuan Shu was the first to prepare to send troops to attack Luoyang, and the vanguard sent was Sun Jian, who was known as the Jiangdong Tiger.
Dong Zhuo, who got the news, was naturally furious, and according to the established plan, he sent Dongjun Taishou Hu Zhen as the commander, and Lu Bu and Li Su as generals, leading an army of 40,000 to Luyang, preparing to annihilate Sun Jian in Luyang before he raised his army.
The battle of Luyang is also a well-known model of empty city strategy in history, Sun Jian is worthy of being the descendant of Sun Wu, the saint of soldiers, and his strategy is really extraordinary, and he actually uses the psychological tactics of empty city strategy perfectly.
Hu Zhen led tens of thousands of troops, day and night, and came to the outside of Luyang City without knowing it.
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, just when Hu Zhen's army suddenly appeared outside the east gate of Luyang City, Sun Jian and his generals were also outside the east gate to the grain officer, and it was also Yuan Shu's long history of public enmity practice.
At this time, when Hu Zhen got the news, he personally led hundreds of light horsemen, and the army then prepared to capture Sun Jian and others in one fell swoop.
When Sun Jian heard the news, he was secretly taken aback, and then he was even more secretly angry, he didn't expect that Yuan Shu's scouts were all eaten in vain, and he couldn't even find out the movements of Dong Zhuo's army.
Sun Jian's entourage was only a few dozen people, and they were all infantry, not at all the opponents of hundreds of Xiliang iron cavalry, not to mention that there were tens of thousands of troops behind the opponent.
"Don't panic, this is the other party's plan to hide the sky." Sun Jian quickly calmed down and shouted, "Pass on my military order, no one should move rashly, slowly retreat into the city, and then find out the authenticity of the enemy army." ”
Sun Jian was very calm, so that the people around him no longer panicked, and under the protection of Sun Jian's soldiers, he retreated to Luyang City. However, the speed of retreat was not slow, and many people trotted up, no slower than the soldiers.
Cheng Pu whispered to Sun Jian: "Lord, Mo Ruomo will put on the armor of the lord and stay here, and the lord can lead the lord and others to retreat into the city to resist the enemy army." ”
"It doesn't matter." Sun Jian waved his hand aggressively, picked up a bottle of wine in front of him, drank it all, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about morality, Dong Zhuo's army is still far away, and all we have left are cavalry, so why be afraid, and wait." ”
Cheng Pu is definitely the first among the generals under Sun Jian, and it is useless to persuade him, so Huang Gai and the others naturally stopped persuading, and they all calmed down, waiting for all the people behind him to enter Luyang City.
In less than a quarter of an hour, there was dust in the distance, and Cheng Pu couldn't help it and persuaded Sun Jian again.
Sun Jian turned his head to look behind him, and those people were almost at the edge of the city, so he stretched his waist, stood up, and said with a smile: "This is very good, some wine and food, you should treat the enemy army." ”
Then, Sun Jian got on his horse with his generals and personal guards and hurried towards Luyang City.
Hu Zhen led hundreds of elite horsemen to come, but they were a little slower than Sun Jian and the others, and they could only watch from a distance as Sun Jian and the other dozen horsemen galloped to the east gate of Luyang, and they couldn't catch up.
Hu Zhen looked at the table next to him, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Jiangdong Tiger, you are so courageous, what the lord said is very true, it is better to be good." ”
When Lu Bu heard this, he sneered and said, "Jiangdong Tiger? Hmph, from the point of view of Yibu, it is just a cat to flee for his life, why should General Hu grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige. ”
When Hu Zhen heard this, his face changed, but he was not angry, and said lightly: "Feng Xian must not be so light on the enemy, the lord once said that Sun Jian is brave and strategic, and he is actually the first general of the Kwantung princes, so he must be cautious." ”
Lu Bu laughed and said: "A rat who fled in a hurry, how can he be so valued by his father-in-law, General Hu can give Lu Bu 3,000 elite soldiers, and within three days, he will be able to capture Luyang City and behead Sun Jian." ”
Hu Zhen was furious in his heart, and secretly thought, Lu Bu, the lord accepted you as a righteous son, but he just took a fancy to your bravery and wanted to win you over, do you really think that among the generals under the lord, you are the first?
As the commander of the army this time, Hu Zhen had to take care of the discord between the generals, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "Feng Xian, our army wanted to sneak attack, but it couldn't." Fang Cai watched Sun Jian's people enter the city, in an orderly manner, without panic, especially Sun Jian, as the main general, retreated last, which shows that the whereabouts of our army have been leaked, and the other party has been prepared. If you forcibly attack the city, you are afraid that you will suffer heavy casualties, which is really unwise. ”
Lu Bu wanted to say more, but Li Su kept looking at him, so he no longer forcibly asked for the siege, so he had to say hatefully: "Cheap that Sun Jian today, and he will definitely be beheaded in the future." ”
Hu Zhen pretended not to hear, waved his hand and said: "Pass on the commander's order, the army will retreat to camp fifty miles east of Luyang City, rest for the night, and break the enemy tomorrow." ”
It is said that after Sun Jian retreated into Luyang City, he immediately ordered people to hurry up to prepare the city defense equipment, and personally led 5,000 soldiers to defend the east gate in preparation for Dong Zhuo's army to attack the city.
However, after waiting for a long time, not only did he not see Hu Zhen leading the army to attack the city, but he saw Dong Zhuo's army in the distance slowly retreating.
Cheng Pu said with a smile: "Lord, Dong Zhuo's army is no less than 40,000, but he retreats without attacking, which shows that due to the prestige of the lord, Dong Zhuojun does not dare to be an enemy of the lord." ”
Sun Jian laughed when he heard this: "No, it is really Dong Zhuo's army that travels day and night, and does not carry siege equipment." ”
Cheng Pu said with a smile: "The enemy is outnumbered, and after the enemy general knows that I am false and real, he will definitely attack Luyang, and the lord should prepare as soon as possible." ”
Sun Jian nodded and said: "The words of virtue are very good, its army is very huge, at most two or three days, you can build siege equipment, and Luyang is only a small city, when you can't bear the siege of tens of thousands of troops on all sides, you should break it." ”
Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Jing thought that Sun Jian had underestimated the enemy, so he immediately frowned and persuaded: "Brother, having said that, you should first find out who the other party's commander and general are, and then you can make a plan." ”
Sun Jian smiled: "For my brother, I have this intention. ”
At that moment, Sun Jian immediately sent a large number of scouts out of the city and scattered around Hu Zhen's army, preparing to catch one or two scouts from the other party and come back.
In ancient times, it was a very effective means to listen to the other party's intelligence, as long as you can catch more than two scouts on the other side, you can detect these information, but if you only catch one person, it is difficult to say whether the information is true or false. (To be continued.) )