Soldiers, treacherous!

The [trick] in this refers to the ever-changing and unexpected.

Xie An still remembers that there are a lot of annotations in the military book alone, detailing when and what to do, and sprinkled with hundreds, which is mysterious and mysterious, which made Xie An, who was in contact with this kind of military book for the first time at that time, dizzy.

Later, the eldest grandson Xiangyu told Xie An very bluntly that she understood this, deception!

Isn't it?

Isn't the art of war the means of deceiving the enemy to achieve the ultimate victory?

In the view of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the purpose of the art of war is to deceive the opponent, whether it is conspiracy or conspiracy, if there is any difference between this, it is whether this deception method is clever or not.

On the other hand, how to prevent conspiracy and conspiracy against the enemy?

Don't be greedy!

This is the eldest grandson Xiangyu's statement, just three words, but undoubtedly summed up a lot, throughout history, many defeated generals, the reason why they were defeated, how is it not because of greed for small profits?

The small profit here can also be understood as the bait deliberately thrown by the enemy, which is the most common technique in the tactics of luring the enemy, not to mention, that is now trapped in Jiangling [Eight Sages King] Li Xian, he is not because of greed, eager to solve the three kings in the shortest possible time, leading the army to support Xie An, this is the trick of Li Shen, the king of Qin, trapped in Jiangling and unable to move

The eldest grandson Xiangyu told Xie An that comparing the ability of the main generals on both sides on the battlefield depends on who thinks more and has the more clever methods to deceive the other party, and I think more, then I can swallow the bait you deliberately threw without any scruples, and even let you lose your troops and generals, after all, the so-called art of war is to deceive each other.

However, if you can't think ahead. What if you can't guarantee that you'll be able to see the enemy's tricks thoroughly?

It's still the same sentence, don't be greedy!

Take today's Xie An as an example, just let you use all your skills and come up with all kinds of clever tricks to lure the enemy, I just don't fight and don't be fooled, what can you do with me?

Why is there such a saying that the so-called [go up to the army to fight and plot, then attack the enemy, and attack the city below]? The reason is the siege. It also refers to the exchange of troops between the two armies, and the proportion of intrigue and intrigue in this process is too small, in other words, in the chaotic battlefield where the two armies are fighting, the role of the art of war can be reflected is very small. Therefore, any military general or strategist who knows some strategy is more inclined to use stratagem to increase his own chances of victory, rather than rashly engaging in meaningless battles with the enemy army and fighting a war of attrition in vain.

On 23 July, several Dongling Assassins who had left the camp to monitor the movements of the Taiping army received news that the Taiping army seemed intent on moving in the direction of Jiangdong.

When this news reached Xie An's ears. He was a little surprised, because that was what he was most worried about.

"Did the Taiping Army really abandon our army and attack Jiangdong directly?"

Looking at the map of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River on the table in front of him, Xie An couldn't help frowning.

Liang Cheng, the commander of the Liang Army next to him, was anxious. He clenched his fists and said, "My lord, although your tactics are wonderful, if the Taiping army abandons our army, it will not be ignored. Even if our army were crucified here, it would be useless......"

"......" Xie Fang looked at the marching map as if he had turned a deaf ear.

Next. On 24 July, Xie An sent the Dongling Assassins to the Taiping Barracks, which was 30 miles away from the Daliang Barracks at his Hukou, and two hours later, the Dongling Assassins reported that the Taiping Barracks seemed to be really empty, and that the 150,000 Taiping troops did not know where they had gone.

"My lord, I'm afraid the Taiping army is really gone, even if our army doesn't pursue and intercept, we can't continue to stay here and delay the military situation, right? ――Why don't you go to Gangneung to support His Highness Li Xian! "A cadre of Liang Jun led by Liang Cheng Jiangling persuaded painstakingly.

I have to say that Rao is Xie An had already made up his mind before, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little at this time, after all, what he was most afraid of was that the Taiping army would ignore his 80,000 Liang army and go directly to attack Jiangdong.

To be honest, facing the wise man in the sky Ji Liu Qing, whose intelligence was comparable to that of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An was really a little weak-hearted.

"No, the herald ordered the three armies not to move without permission, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law! - Gou Gong, Ding Qiu, you two took the Dongling people and the Jinling brothers to the mansion and burned the Taiping army's camp! ”

"Yes!" Gou Gong and Ding Qiu hugged their fists to receive their lives.

About three hours later, the Taiping military camp in the south was on fire, and with the support of the little girl Wang Xin, Xie An stood on the gatehouse in the south of the camp and looked into the distance.

Next to him, Liang Cheng sighed and said, "I'm afraid the Taiping Army is really gone......"

To be honest, Xie An was actually a little hesitant at this moment, if it weren't for the words that the eldest grandson Xiangyu had said over the years, I am afraid that he would probably have ordered the whole army to rush to Jiangling to assist Li Xian.

"The three armies must not move!" Dropping a sentence, Xie An returned to the handsome tent with the support of the little girl Wang Xin, ignoring the anxious mood of Liang Cheng and other generals.

Another day, on July 25, the Taiping army was still nowhere to be found, as if the 150,000-strong army had completely left the Hukou location and set off for Jiangdong.

In this regard, Liang Cheng and other generals in the army privately discussed, after all, three days was enough for the Taiping army to capture a county.

However, what they didn't expect was that in the evening of the same day, the Dongling Assassins, who were following Xie An's orders and were monitoring outside, hurriedly sent news that the Taiping army had returned, and the 150,000 troops still appeared in the location where they had originally set camp.

I have to say that Liang Cheng and other generals were really frightened, and they lowered their heads one by one and didn't dare to squeak when they were discussing the tent, and they were secretly glad that their boss had not listened to their stupid advice, and also, if Xie An really followed their advice, and the three armies went to Jiangling to aid Li Xian, once they were bitten by the 150,000 Taiping army, I am afraid that even the bones would not be left.

"Wait a minute, what is the government talking about?" seemed to be teasing Liang Cheng and other generals, but in fact, Xie An was also in a cold sweat, after all, he didn't expect the Taiping Army to be so patient and spend three days playing this game of hide and seek with him.

Just a little bit, Xie An couldn't help but want to change his strategy and changed his route to support Li Xian.

Sure enough, that day, Ji Liu Qing's personality was somewhat similar to Xiangyu, and it was impossible to tolerate his own force here, and he would definitely try his best to get rid of it. It also reduces the likelihood that something might happen in her overall project.

The kind words appeased Liang Cheng and the others a few words, and Xie An told them to step up the duty situation of the camp, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Taiping army.

At the same time, in the ruins of the Taiping military camp thirty miles away from Xie An's barracks, Ji Liu Qing in the sky was looking at Xie An's camp with a depressed face.

Doesn't come out like this?

As Xie An guessed, the heavenly Ji Liu Qing asked the 150,000 Taiping troops under his command to hide in the nearby mountains and forests for three days, just to lure out Xie An who was hiding in the shell of a turtle.

But the result is good. Xie An only sent about 100 people to burn the camp.

To tell the truth, when Gou Gong, Ding Qiu and others burned the camp, in fact, Ji Liu Qing in the sky was watching from the hill not far away, but she didn't pay attention to it, after all, what she wanted to catch was Xie An, a big fish. It's not just a hundred or so fry.

What made her a little speechless was that after Xie An sent someone to burn her barracks, there was no movement, neither the intention of pulling out the camp to Jiangdong, nor the intention of raising troops to Jiangling to aid Li Xian, and there was really no movement at all.

So there will be such people? Didn't he know that the [Eight Sages King] Li Xian was in a predicament right now?

Could it be that Xie An actually has a grudge against [Eight Sage Kings] Li Xian? So if you don't want to save yourself?

But even if you don't save Li Xian. Anyway, you are also an important minister of the Zhou court, right? Is it really okay to let my Taiping army attack Jiangdong like this?

So Xie An, is he really an important minister of the Zhou court? Is he really a scholar of the Criminal Department?

Heavenly Ji Liu Qing, who was only fifteen years old, sullenly asked his subordinates to re-cut down trees to build camps. She even heard laughter from the direction of Zhou Ying.

After thinking about it, she sent a few people to the direction of Zhou Ying to investigate the truth, but the news that those people came back to report really made her angry.

It's so shameless......

Burning an empty camp of oneself is considered a big victory? And the face to reward the three armies?

Even if Heavenly Ji Liu Qing guessed that it was Xie An's way to boost the morale of his corporaries, not because he burned down an empty camp for her. She was also very angry in her heart.

The next day, most of the men and horses were left to rebuild the camp. Heavenly Ji Liu Qing once again led as many as 60,000 Taiping soldiers to fight outside Xie An's camp.

To be honest, she really didn't dare to expect that Xie An would fight, but even so, she had a little expectation in her heart, for example, that Xie An suddenly had a stroke, maybe the fever burned out her brain, and she took the soldiers and horses out of the camp to fight her in a decisive battle.

But unfortunately, the heavens didn't seem to pay attention to her prayers, Xie An showed no signs of fever and brain burning, and similarly, he never led the army out of the camp to fight her in a decisive battle.

After thinking about it, Liu Qing decided to throw a powerful bait......

On July 27, as summer turns to autumn, the breeze blowing on people's faces is slightly cool, and the summer heat of the previous days is gone.

On this day, Xie An took Gou Gong, Mirage Qin Ke'er, the little girl Wang Xin and the scholar Mo Yan, and brought more than a dozen Jinling assassins as escorts to fish in the river near Beiyingkou.

First, the military life is boring, and secondly, Xie An, who had a lot of fish and meat in his house earlier, was really a little unaccustomed to eating the rations in the army, and planned to catch a few fish for a tooth sacrifice, anyway, he had made up his mind that he would not leave the camp half a step if he died, and the Taiping army would obviously not risk huge casualties to send troops to attack his fortress.

And Xie An's calm and calm behavior is like having to say that sometimes the words and deeds of the commander of the first army will seriously affect the morale of the whole army, and now Xie An has no heart and no lungs...... No, it is a calm and calm move, which undoubtedly makes the nearly 80,000 soldiers of the Great Liang Army in the whole army seem to have taken a reassuring pill, how can there be any fear and panic against the 150,000 army?

Their own commander Lord Xie said that they don't need to go out of the camp to fight with the Taiping thief army, as long as they hold this camp, nail them to death on this land, and tie the 150,000 Taiping thief army to death here, that is their victory, in this case, who will go out of the camp stupidly to fight with the Taiping thief army?

It is undeniable that Xie An's mobilization work in front of the station was good, and he clearly told the officers and men of the whole army what he wanted to express, telling the officers and men of the whole army to understand [avoiding the battle and not coming out] as a tactical need, and even distorted the fact that it was their Great Liang Army [did not dare to fight], and changed it to the Taiping Thief Army [did not dare to attack the camp], although it was just a different statement, but it gave people a completely different feeling.

And just when Xie An was fishing. Suddenly, I heard that Liang Cheng had sent someone to invite him.

"My lord, ten miles southwest of my military camp, it seems that there are soldiers and horses in my Great Zhou region fighting with the Taiping thief army!"

"What?" Xie An was taken aback, he couldn't even care about fishing, and asked the dozen or so Dongling assassins to escort the little girl Wang Xin and Mirage Qin Ke'er back to the tent, while he himself took Gou Gong and others to the sentry tower in the southwest corner of the camp.

Sure enough, just as the soldier's report was, I saw that about ten miles outside the camp, two groups of soldiers and horses could be vaguely seen fighting each other. The shouting of killing shook the sky, and even clearly reached Xie An's side.

"Could it be the officers and soldiers of Pengze County?" Liang Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said with great joy, "Yes, yes." My lord, the Taiping thief army has been in a stalemate with our army here for more than ten days, how can Pengze County not know? Presumably, the prefect of Pengze County saw that the Lord was fighting with the thief army here, so he sent troops to help...... My lord, the last general is willing to raise 5,000 soldiers and horses to come out of the camp to rescue! ”

"Liang Cheng, how do you know that it is the officers and soldiers of Pengze County?" Xie An calmly watched the battle between the two armies in the distance. Some regretted that they left Beijing in a hurry and did not ask the eldest grandson Xiangyu for a monocular.

Liang Cheng was stunned and said, "This is around here." There are only more than 10,000 city guards in Pengze County......" Speaking of this, his words came to an abrupt end, after all, he was not a stupid person, and said in surprise after being reminded by Xie An's words. "Your Excellency, this is also a trick of the Taiping Thief Army?"

"Hmph......" Xie An snorted softly. seemed to be in response to Liang Cheng, but in fact, he didn't dare to determine what the situation was.

There shouldn't be any stupid people, right? Knowing that there were 150,000 Taiping thieves nearby, he dared to bring 10,000 people over to help......

Hmm, it must be the trick of that little girl in the sky Ji Liu Qing!

Thinking of this, Xie An was not in a hurry, just stood on the sentry tower and watched.

Gradually, the shouts of killing got closer and closer, and it seemed that one of them couldn't bear it anymore and fled in the direction of Xie An's barracks.

Closer, closer......

Gradually, I was able to see clearly the banner of the soldiers and horses, the countless troops holding the banner of the word [Zhou], and during the period, I could even vaguely see a few flags printed with [Pengze Prefect]......

I saw that after that battle, there were only a few thousand officers and soldiers left in Pengze Mansion, and behind this army, it was a Taiping army with the banner of [Tianquan Divine General] hanging high, in other words, it was the soldiers and horses of [Tianquan Divine General] Wei Hu, the number was about 8,000 people.

Seeing this, Liang Cheng's face changed, and he exclaimed, "My lord, it's really the officers and soldiers of Pengze Mansion!" ”

"Hmm......"

"My lord, you can't help it! ――If our army does not save each other, the soldiers and horses under the command of the prefect of Pengze Mansion may all be killed here! Liang Cheng said eagerly.

Xie An couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this, not that he was timid and afraid, just facing Wei Hu's eight thousand Taiping troops did not dare to go out of the camp to rescue the Pengze County City Guards, he just doubted the authenticity of this Pengze County City Guards.

Don't look at this army is holding the banner of the Great Zhou army, but in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the border area between Jingzhou and Jingyang, the banner of the Great Zhou army is not necessarily the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou court, after all, this is the territory of the Taiping Army, it is very likely that even the unknown prefect of Pengze Mansion is a member of the Taiping Army.

Liang Cheng is the chief general of the Great Liang Army, Xie An naturally cannot not save him, in other words, he naturally cannot close the camp gate and block Liang Cheng from the camp. In this way, if the Wei Tiger bites close, the camp gate is very likely to be broken through by him, and once the camp gate cannot be closed smoothly, the 150,000 Taiping army will rush to the momentum, and the camp is very likely to change hands in just half a day.

To be honest, Xie An didn't dare to gamble, he couldn't risk the lives of the 80,000 soldiers of the Liang Army in the whole battalion because of the officers and soldiers of Peng Zefu in front of him.

Thinking of this, Xie An turned his head to Liang Cheng and said, "Tell the soldiers to shout loudly, tell the prefect of Pengze Mansion to withdraw to the wall of our military camp, and in addition, transfer another 5,000 archers over, if that Wei Hu dares to pursue rashly, the arrows will greet you!" ”

Adults are too careful, right?

muttering in his heart, Liang Cheng hugged his fists and took his life, but his own boss also made a move to rescue his allies, so he didn't say much.

Liang Cheng didn't know that there was actually another person who said this, not in his camp, but on the hill ten miles away from the Liang military camp at Hukou, from the mouth of Tianshang Ji Liu Qing, the supreme leader of the Taiping Army, who was looking at this matter from afar.

"Obviously seeing the friendly army in crisis, that shameless guy didn't even come out of the camp to save him...... Is that guy really an important minister of the Zhou court? ”

As he was speaking, a trace of surprise flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, as if he had noticed the abnormal movement on Zhou Ying's side, and muttered, "I see, it's not that I won't save it, but I think that Wei Hu is very likely to take this opportunity to forcibly take one of his camp gates?" - Hmph, you're really careful......"

When a Taiping Army general beside him heard this, he echoed and said, "Princess, according to the last general, then Xie An is just a gutless bandit!" ”

"That's what I said, but if that guy keeps avoiding the battle like this, our army really can't do anything about him......"

"That's not likely, the last general thinks that Xie An's wife will not be able to escape the princess's calculations this time! - The princess has no last resort, how could the other man guess? Most likely, he just thought that the princess planned to take this opportunity for General Wei Hu to take the gate of his army......"

"Okay, there is no need to say these useless words, send someone to Mingjin and tell General Wei Hu to withdraw his troops!"

“…… Be! The general of the Taiping Army glanced at Liu Qing, who was a little displeased, suspiciously, and couldn't figure out what had offended the person in front of him.

How did he know that Liu Qing actually wanted Wei Hu to take the opportunity to take a camp gate in Xie An's camp, but Xie An was too cautious and cautious, so she didn't have the slightest chance.

After all, resourceful characters like Liu Qing and eldest grandson Xiangyu are generally prepared with one strategy, and it depends on how the other party responds.

If you don't believe it, you won't come out!

As if thinking of something, Liu Qing smiled slightly, looking indifferently in the direction of Zhou Ying.

As long as the bait is big enough, she doesn't have to worry about the fish not taking the bait, she always thinks so.