Chapter 30 Ambush Strategy
What is even more amazing is that the Yangzhou army actually emptied all the grain and grass in Qu'a City in advance, and resorted to a plan to catch turtles in an urn, and besieged Sun Ce's men and horses in Qu'a City, wanting to wait for his ammunition to run out of food, and the army itself was in chaos. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
With no food and rice, no food and no cooking, Sun Jiajun entered the empty shell of Qu'a City, as if entering a hell of despair, and fell into the abyss of no return.
The two armies led by Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu heard that the lord was ambushed, and hurriedly sent troops to the rescue. Unexpectedly, the march was halfway, but it was attacked by the ambush led by Tai Shici, and the whole army was killed. Cheng Pu, Sun Quan and other generals fled in the wilderness, only to get away with their lives, Han Dang and Chen Wu were beheaded by Tai Shici, and Sun Yi, the third prince, was captured by the enemy.
Sun Jiajun committed the taboo of underestimating the enemy, and the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and this time it is really a complete defeat.
What a Tai Shi Ci! He unexpectedly resorted to a number of insidious schemes in one battle. first caught a turtle in the urn and trapped Sun Ce, and then surrounded the point to send reinforcements, attacking Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu. In this way, he is indeed an extremely difficult opponent to deal with.
Thinking of this, Sun Lang frowned, and became deeply worried.
Thirty miles outside the city of Qu'a, a secluded forest path winds and turns, and the branches and leaves are densely intertwined in the dome, blocking the sunlight and making people dull and breathless.
In front is Qu'a City, at this time there are 10,000 troops of the Yangzhou Army stationed outside, the small city is besieged by water, even the birds can not escape.
Sun Lang stood still, looking at the deep forest not far ahead, thoughtful, and silent. The three generals behind him, Sun Shangxiang, Yan Baihu, and Dong Xi, also reined in their horses' heads and waited for him to give orders.
More than 4,000 sergeants saw that the commander was hesitant, and they all stopped marching.
"Why did the fifth brother hesitate?" Sun Shangxiang asked.
Sun Lang muttered: "Sister doesn't know, this forest path is so deep and narrow, if there is an enemy army secretly ambushing, how can it be good?" ”
Sun Shangxiang couldn't wait to go to fight to the death with Tai Shici immediately, and said anxiously: "Fifth brother, my brother is besieged by Tuan Tuan at this time, and he is worried about his life at any time, if we continue to grind like this, we will definitely delay the opportunity, and we will regret it in the future!" ”
"It's not that I don't want to send troops as soon as possible, it's just that Tai Shi Ci is good at encircling the point to send reinforcements, if our army rushes forward, it will inevitably fall into his ambush......"
"What do you mean by 'encirclement and reinforcement'?" Sun Shang's watery eyes were full of doubts.
Sun Lang smiled dumbly, indeed, the term "encirclement and reinforcement" is actually a tactic commonly used by the People's Liberation Army during the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the 20th century. Busy explained: "The so-called 'encirclement and reinforcement' is a tactic of encircling an enemy town, forcing the enemy to send troops to help, and then secretly ambushing the enemy's reinforcements in the middle of the road. The two armies led by Uncle Cheng and Zhou Gongjin must have fallen into Tai Shici's tactics of 'encircling and sending reinforcements', so they were defeated so embarrassed. ”
Sun Shangxiang is also quite proficient in the art of war, and nodded and groaned when he heard this.
Indeed, Sun Ce was besieged by Tai Shi Ci's group, and the army led by Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu and others could only rush to the rescue. This is precisely the essence of the tactic of encircling the point and sending reinforcements, attacking the enemy must be saved, and then secretly ambushing the reinforcements.
She also felt that Sun Lang's analysis was reasonable, and asked anxiously: "Hmm...... So what do you say, but what is good? Could it be that we are just hesitating here, watching Sun Jiajun being trapped alive in Qu'a City? ”
"Click, click, click......" The rapid sound of iron hooves made another sound, and another horse came to report.
The spy turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground panting, and said, "General Qiyu, the villain has figured out the path ahead. Beyond the end of the woods, and more than ten miles ahead, there was a rugged path, surrounded on both sides by high mountains, forming an empty valley. It is the only way to get to Qu'a from this place! ”
Sun Lang nodded, waved his hand lightly to signal the spy to retreat, stared sideways at Sun Shangxiang, and asked, "Sister is familiar with the art of war, if you are that Tai Shi Ci, what should you do if you know that the enemy's reinforcements are hurrying along this road?" ”
Sun Shangxiang frowned lightly, and replied half-thoughtfully: "The mountains and jungles are dense, and it is easiest to hide your body. If I were that Tai Shi Ci, I would have planted an ambush in this valley, and when the enemy army passed through the valley, halfway through, the flag was unfurled, and the whole army was covered and killed, the enemy would definitely be besieged, like a caged bird, and it would be self-defeating! ”
Sun Lang looked at the end of the forest from afar, and said worriedly: "Not bad! If our army passes through the valley with such a swagger now, it will definitely fall into Tai Shici's ambush plan! ”
Dong Xi spread his hands and shouted, "Oops! So, what should we do? This valley is the only way to Qua, and we can't take a detour! ”
Sun Lang was silent, trying his best to think of a way to deal with it.
Since it was expected that Tai Shici would have ambushes in the valley, why not plan and make a counter-ambush?
Thinking of this, he whispered, "I have a plan, I don't know if it's feasible......"
Sun Shangxiang, Yan Baihu, and Dong Xi hugged their fists together and said: "I wish to hear the master's clever plan!" ”
Sun Lang said: "Tai Shi Ci must have secretly put in a lot of effort to know the movements and details of our army so well, however, he didn't know that there were thousands of new Shanyue soldiers in our army, and he just thought that we only had the five hundred old and weak soldiers of the original class......
"Since we suspect that he will have an ambush in the valley, why don't we just plan and send 500 soldiers through the valley first, lure the enemy to ambush and kill, and then take advantage of their carelessness and defenselessness to launch a charge from thousands of Shanyue soldiers to catch the enemy by surprise?"
The first time Sun Lang led his troops to fight, he was able to get along with such a clever ambush plan, and he felt that he was quite talented in military affairs, and he couldn't help but show a smug look on his face.
"Great idea! It's called 'Praying Mantis catches cicadas, yellow finches follow!'" Tai Shi Ci thought that our army only had 500 old and weak soldiers, how could he guess that our elite troops were actually thousands of our Shanyue soldiers? Yan Baihu clapped his hands and laughed, and was also impressed by the ingenuity of his brother-in-law.
Dong Xi patted his head, stretched out his thumb and praised: "The fifth prince is really smart and extraordinary, Dumb, this elm head can't come up with such a clever plan!" ”
Although Sun Lang knew that they were sycophants, he also felt very comfortable and pleasant when he heard it, and his heart was warm and leisurely for a while.
Sun Shangxiang had always thought that Sun Lang was a weak and incompetent little brother, and he had always been pity and favor for him, but he didn't expect that the first time he commanded the army to fight, he was thoughtful and far-sighted, and he couldn't help but respect him and look at him even more differently.