Chapter 307: The Essence of Intelligence Warfare

Xin Bi thought he had a plan, and his jaw was tossed a lot, but they didn't know that in fact, the generals in Qingzhou had always been in the fog, and they didn't know what their lords and military advisors were doing.

Fortunately, compared to the open jaw that can only grope on its own, the Qingzhou people will have the convenience of asking if they don't understand.

At first, Wang Yu and Jia Xu pretended to be mysterious, and in the face of the generals' inquiries, they only said that the time was not right, but today, when the third messenger was captured alive and entered the city, Wang Yu finally relented, and this opening was out of control.

"It's said to be a conspiracy, but in fact, this is also a battle, an intelligence war!"

"It's all about controlling information!"

"Qinghe and the plains are densely populated, and our army is small, so it is difficult to achieve a complete shield, which may be possible in a short time, but it is impossible to maintain it for a long time. If the blockade is imposed, then only efforts can be made to ensure the tightness of the blockade line. ”

"As long as the enemy makes any breakthrough, even if the results are extremely small, with the combined effect of wisdom and patience, it is possible that the enemy will find out the truth of the matter, so Ben will do the opposite, using a large amount of information that is both true and false, to completely confuse the enemy's general's thinking."

"Dispatch a large number of rangers, establish a visible blockade, so that the enemy does not have access to information that our troops do not want them to obtain; Passing on a large amount of false information to the enemy can also establish an invisible blockade line, and the enemy will not be able to obtain reliable information until the law of distinguishing the true from the false is found. ”

In fact, the key to the success of this ploy is to build on the basis that the enemy will be looking for this law as long as he finds it. Then his defeat was doomed. Recently, Mr. Wenhe has planned a series of actions for this purpose. ”

Wang Yu's voice landed, but there was no reaction under the tent, this high-minded remark triggered the thinking of the generals, and even a straightforward person like Tai Shici showed a thoughtful look on his face.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, there have been countless battlefields on the land of the Central Plains, and the tactics and strategies used by the famous generals are like stars in the sky, which is difficult to count. The tactic of disinformation is not new, but it is unheard of to be used like Wang Yu.

Generally speaking, the role of disinformation is to confuse the enemy. Let the enemy do what you want, and be truthful. Wang Yu's action seems to have followed this pattern in the early days.

But now, things have completely changed.

The first person to raise questions today was Qin Feng, the deputy general of the White Horse Yicong. Qin Feng is a relatively pure general, his attitude towards executing orders is very resolute, and he rarely expresses his opinions on strategy, and the reason why he can't help it today is because Wang Yu's order is too strange.

Before sending the messenger, Wang Yu reminded Qin Feng. Beware of ambushes. The latter solemnly agreed, saying that he would complete the mission to the death, shoot the false messenger under the city, and let the false messenger fall into the hands of the defenders. As a result, Wang Yu shook his head. Tell him that the focus is to keep his soldiers safe, and that the messenger or something can go with him.

At that time, Qin Feng was moved. He felt that this kind of sympathetic to the soldier was really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but after he came back, the more he pondered it, the more wrong it became, the lord's sympathy for the soldier was true, but he didn't care whether the messenger was dead or alive.

He is a sincere person, and he can't hide things in his stomach, so he raised this question at the military meeting, which led to Wang Yu's discussion on intelligence warfare.

Don't care about the false information that is discovered, can it have the desired effect? Among the generals, there are quite a few people like Xu Huang who never forget to learn new knowledge and pursue the highest mystery of the art of war. For them, this so-called intelligence warfare is like a spring rain that arrives in time, arousing their vigorous thirst for knowledge.

Tai Shi Ci didn't dare to be careless, and it was hard to say whether he would encounter the same situation as Zhang Jaw in the future. While trapped in the lonely city, he still retains the strength of a battle, in case the enemy besieging the city does the same, and uses similar tricks, he can't recklessly crash into it, there must be a way to break the game.

"In this way, the blockade carried out by our army earlier was also to create a false impression to the enemy general, so that he would think that the purpose of our army was not to let him get information, so he would try to obtain information?"

Being brave does not mean that he is unscrupulous, it is just his personal style, Tai Shici is not a reckless man with courage and no scheming. After thinking about it for a moment, he quickly noticed some details that were very important but no one paid attention to.

"Not bad." Wang Yu nodded approvingly, looked at Jia Xu, and motioned for the latter to continue.

This plan was proposed by him, but the details were handled by Jia Xu. Intelligence warfare is also psychological warfare, this is what Jia Xu is best at, and it is enough for Wang Yu to mention a concept.

In fact, if Wang Yu is really allowed to operate all the steps carefully, eighty percent of them will make mistakes, he is not the kind of person who is particularly good at grasping people's hearts, he is determined to open his jaw, mainly relying on the ability of foresight.

Zhang Jaw is not an ordinary person, he is a famous general in the Three Kingdoms era, and Wang Yu knows very well about him. This Hebei celebrity is not well-known in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms, which is related to his experience.

Yuan Shao is a loser, so when he served under Yuan Shao's account, the historian will definitely not waste pen and ink to hype it up. In the battle of Guandu, Zhang Jaw surrendered Cao Cao, although Wei Wu was only strategic, but he was also very cautious about the use of generals, although Zhang Jaw followed him to the south and the north to fight, but never had the opportunity to lead an army alone.

Zhang Jaw really became active in the middle and late Three Kingdoms period, starting with the battle for Hanzhong in Wei Shu. At that time, Hebei was completely pacified, and the Shishu had forgotten the scenery of the Yuan family, and there was no potential risk in using the general, so he had the opportunity to be independent.

In the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei took advantage of the geographical advantage and the staffing at his peak to gain the upper hand. At the beginning of the war, Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan, and Zhang Fei defeated Zhang Jaw in the Brazilian defensive battle, but after Liu Bei heard the news, he was not very happy, he muttered: "If you want to kill, kill Zhang Jaw, what's the use of killing Xiahou Yuan?" ”

Xiahou Yuan is the commander of the Hanzhong side of the Wei State, Zhang Jaw is only a vanguard general, and he was newly defeated by Zhang Fei, and the importance of the two cannot be compared at all. Why did Liu Bei say this?

Wang Yu guessed that when Liu Bei followed Gongsun Zhan, he suffered a loss on the battlefield in Hebei.

But in the war in Hanzhong, Liu Bei's words were fully verified. Zhang Jaw led the division and blocked the main force led by Liu Bei himself; Xiahou Yuan was killed by Huang Zhong's partial division. After Xiahou Yuan's death, Zhang Jaw took his place, calmly commanded the defeated troops, withstood Liu Bei's large-scale attack, and maintained the battle line on the front line of Hanshui.

However, the most famous battle of the open jaw. It should be his street pavilion that defeated Ma Jian and repelled Zhuge Liang's first battle in Qishan.

In the novel, it is written that the battle was commanded by Sima Yi, but in fact, Sima Yi was still building ships in Jingzhou at that time. Prepare to cut down Wu. It was really his turn to fight against Zhuge Liang when Kong Ming went out of Qishan to attack the pass, and it was from that time that the Shu army went from working without success to winning every battle, so that the Wei army could only retreat and hold on, waiting for the enemy's food to retreat.

The person who fought against Zhuge Liang in the early stage, so that the other party couldn't bargain, was actually Zhang Jaw.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Jaw was subjected to the division

Ma Yi's taboo. Fearing that this loyal and brave general ruined his plan for usurpation. In the battle of Zhuge Liang's four out of Qishan, Sima Yi forcibly ordered Zhang Jaw to pursue, but Zhuge Liang set up an ambush in Mumen Valley and shot him to death.

Such a famous general, Wang Yu did not dare to despise him. Naturally, he wanted to send the most weighty people to deal with him, and Jia Xu was the one to do.

Jia Xu laughed and said: "Zhang Jaw is a good general, even if the lord doesn't remind him, sooner or later he will realize the importance of this lone army in his hands." So. Even if the news of Yecheng was conveyed to him before our army moved, he would think twice. ”

The reason why Zhang Jaw fell into such a predicament today is because he made his own opinion, did not follow Yuan Shao's instructions, stayed in Qinghe and bluffed, but took the initiative to march into the army in order to respond to the main battlefield.

This person does not blindly obey orders.

"It is very dangerous for him to get sufficient information and time to think, because even if our army gets Yuan Shao's exact plan, no one can guarantee when, where, and what kind of actions he will take, an unpredictable enemy, is quite terrifying."

"However, we can use the flow of information to guide his thinking, and since it is difficult for him to act according to the expectations of our army and step into the trap, then let him fall into complete chaos."

"Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles is the criterion handed down by the saint of soldiers, and those who use soldiers all regard it as a golden rule. Therefore, Jia followed the will of the lord, guided the situation and guided the way of thinking, let him work hard to obtain information and contact the rear, and step into the trap of the lord step by step. ”

Jia Xu knew very well that his lord wanted to take the opportunity of explanation to teach the Qingzhou generals a lesson and enhance their thinking ability, so that they could be independent in the future, so he explained it in great detail.

"I see." Xu Huang nodded and agreed: "Zhang Jaw uses the usual mode of thinking, thinking that the master's plot is to guide him in a certain direction, so he will try his best to identify the truth and falsehood in the information and try to find the law." Unexpectedly, the original intention of the lord's design was to let him do this! ”

"Exactly." Jia Xu smiled approvingly: "He thought of the main guild's scheme, and he has been on guard against it, but as a result, his vigilance has been exploited by the lord. By now, he should have been completely confused. ”

There is no pattern to the disinformation, and each one is contradictory, such as the letter that was discovered, which contained a coveted order for Zhang Jaw to judge the situation and decide what to do.

If he had received this order before the Battle of Longminao, he would have been very grateful, but not now, because he knew it was a false order. So, as soon as he read the letter, his thoughts only became more confused.

Jia Xu continued: "Perhaps, he will find someone to consult and try to brainstorm ideas......

"No, no!" Xu Huang shook his head: "The more people, the more opinions, the information in the false intelligence is already very chaotic, under the brainstorming, only more chaotic, more people will think they are smart, think they have seen something, and insist on their own opinions." When the time comes, it will become that everything is possible, and in the end nothing can be done. ”

A sincere person like Qin Feng has already been dumbfounded, what do the eyes of the lord and the military advisor look like? It's such a little trick, how can you play a famous player like Zhang Jaw?

Tai Shici also smacked his tongue, thought about it, and then he interjected and asked, "So, next, fake information will continue to be sent in?" ”

"Of course, anyway, there are a lot of prisoners, and their temperaments are different, it is impossible for everyone to be a soft egg, and it is impossible for everyone to care about the future of their families and grit their teeth, maybe, some people will think that the situation of our army is very good, and they are ready to cooperate fully."

Jia Xu squinted his eyes and said with a wicked smile: "In the end, the open jaw will not be able to tell which one is the real messenger and which one is the fake. ”

Xu Huang and the others imagined that scene, and suddenly felt some sympathy for the enemy general, the new tactics of the lord, coupled with the bad idea of the military advisor, the situation of the other party was not ordinary and pitiful.

What if you are restless by false information, and the messengers who come in are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so you don't have to torture to extract confessions?

However, Zhang Jaw is not wronged, in order to deal with him, the lord specially summoned Cai Zhonglang and Tian Junshi from Linzi, and asked Cai Zhonglang, a calligraphy master, to forge handwriting, and Tian Junshi, who is familiar with Jizhou characters, imitated Yuan Shao's tone to forge orders.

With such a big battle, what can you do if you don't recognize it?

Tai Shi Ci was nervous, and he didn't have the heart to understand Zhang Jaw, he only cared about the evolution of the battle situation: "But, military advisor, do you know how Zhang Jaw will choose in the end?" The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, let alone a person like Zhang Jaw? ”

"What is this......" Jia Xu groaned slightly, the purpose of this intelligence war is to disrupt Zhang Jaw's thinking and make the other party lose the ability to judge calmly. After success, Zhang Jaw will lose his normal mind and make decisions that he can't even think of, but what that decision is, he can't control.

No matter how good he is at reading people's hearts, Jia Xu can't judge how a mentally abnormal madman will think about problems, and what he is doing now is to drive Zhang Jaw crazy.

Wang Yu waved his hand and stopped the topic of intelligence warfare: "It doesn't matter, he can do whatever he wants, as long as he can't make a timely judgment, that's enough." Speaking of which, the big war is imminent, and this unnecessary battle can be avoided, and our army has also avoided unnecessary casualties, so why not? ”

All the generals had a relaxed smile on their faces.

Although it was an emergency rush, it was indeed surprising that the main forces of the Qing and You families joined forces to strike a blow, but they failed to completely defeat Zhang Jaw. It is not strong to fight a good battle, and only by winning in adversity can you see the true ability, and the ability to use soldiers with open jaws was fully revealed in that battle.

If Zhang Jaw goes out of the city for a decisive battle, the Qingzhou Army should be able to win, but the casualties will definitely not be less, and it will definitely be unfavorable to the imminent Central Plains War.

At this moment, there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves outside the tent of the Chinese army, and when I heard the sound, the riders actually rushed straight to the vicinity ......of the Chinese army before dismounting. Wang Yu is usually casual, but he governs the army strictly, and there is only one possibility for this situation, that is, the situation is urgent!

Soon, the voice of the guards sounded outside the tent door: "Lord Qi, General Gongsun sent an envoy to report, the situation is extremely urgent, so ......"

"Biography!" Wang Yu stopped drinking.

"Whoa."

The messenger was immediately brought up, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and when he saw Wang Yu, he immediately presented it with both hands: "Youzhou urgent report, what my lord means...... The prince will know when he sees the letter. ”

"Hmm." Wang Yu nodded, took the bamboo slips, he is now somewhat accustomed to reading the traditional Chinese characters in the vertical row, even if there is no punctuation, the general meaning can still be understood.

At first glance, his face immediately sank.

"My lord?" Jia Xu and other staff members and generals were all shocked in their hearts, this letter came in such a hurry, eighty percent was not a good sign.

"Let's take a look." Wang Yu handed over the bamboo slip casually, and a sharp smile appeared on his face: "Yuan Shao, this thief, is really in a hurry, it's okay, since you want to come, then there is nothing polite to be polite, just let a certain meeting be a hero in the world!" ”