Yang Wanhu led 450 people and marched to the city of Jinxiang.

Although there was no main force of the Yuan army in the city, it was not without garrisons, and there were more than 100 local "green troops" guarding it.

However, this "green army" is, after all, a "green army", which has not received any formal military training, and its number is also small, and it is basically a rabble. It didn't take much effort, Yang Wanhu didn't even attack, but just sent people to shout a few times, and the city heard the wind and surrendered, and easily entered the city.

Tanmalai reported: "The advance of the cavalry of the Tartars is less than twenty miles away from our department. ”

"General, how should we arm?"

"At most, half an hour will be the main force by the river. It is imperative that we do not let the Tartars find that there are only more than 400 people in the city. Otherwise, he would definitely divide his troops to besiege the city, and at the same time send another elite to attack Pushui and attack our army while it was halfway through. If so, our army will be defeated. Therefore, the strategy of arming to meet the enemy is very simple, 'bluffing' and 'therefore setting up suspicious formations'. ”

Yang Wanhu had already calculated clearly, and set a defensive strategy in a few words.

Immediately, the number of officers and colonels was divided into 100 people, either to guard the prisoners or to suppress the people, and to be responsible for the security of the city. Then, he ordered two hundred households, with their own troops, to climb the north, south, and east sides, and lay an ambush on the top of the city. Finally, he ordered one hundred and fifty men to lie in ambush inside the west gate.

Someone couldn't understand his arrangement and asked, "What is the general's intention to arrange like this?" ”

"The Tartars swaggered to the Golden Town, indicating that they must not have known that I had entered the city. If you don't know, you are defenseless. In the current situation, it is best to use the 'empty city strategy'. ”

"'Empty City Plan'?"

The generals looked at each other.

Among the soldiers of the past dynasties, the most famous one for using the "empty city strategy" is Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". One person scared away Sima Yi's million-strong master. But in fact, this story is fictional, and it is Cao Cao who has really used the "empty city plan". There is also Zhao Yun, who also used a "empty camp plan" similar to the empty city plan, and defeated Cao Cao on the edge of the Han River. In addition, there are many generals who have used the "empty city strategy" since ancient times and have achieved success. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Guo's Shangqing Shu Zhan also used the "empty city strategy" to retreat the 600 military vehicles of the Chu army. - This is the earliest use of the "empty city meter" in history.

So, when is the "empty city plan" best used for?

It is most suitable for the first arrival of the enemy and the information is unknown; At the same time, it is also a time when the side is caught off guard and not prepared for adequate defense. In other words, the situation that Yang Wanhu is facing is indeed more suitable to use the "empty city plan".

——The Yuan army hurriedly came out of Shanzhou, marched dozens of miles with his head stuffy, and finally arrived at Jinxiang City, and when he looked up, he saw Yang Wanhu sitting at the head of the city, and the city gates were wide open on all sides. What will be the reaction? Ironclad and suspicious. Yang Wanhu didn't need them to be suspicious for too long, as long as half an hour was enough.

But it is light, and it is not possible for a brave and knowledgeable person to do it.

If you want to say that Yang Wanhu, bravery and courage are not to say, but when did he have such wisdom? No wonder the generals looked at each other. One is to look at each other, Yang Wanhu will come up with this plan; The other is that it is too dangerous to look at each other,—— you must know that not everyone can have the courage of Yang Wanhu.

Without waiting for the Yuan army to be surprised, the generals were shocked first.

"What's so strange about you? Earlier, I listened to Lao Luo talk about the war examples of the previous dynasty, and I don't know how many times I have heard of this 'empty city plan'. I've wanted to try it out for myself. Tonight is a rare opportunity, how can you easily let it go! ”

But it turned out to be a strategy learned from Luo Guoqi's officer training corps.

"General, there are two thousand Tartars, and we only have four hundred and fifty. Jinxiang is new again, and the people in the city are not supportive. The 'empty city plan' is certainly a good plan, but if you do it rashly, you must be careful that you will lose all the games! ”

"It is precisely because of the new Jinxiang that the people do not support the bottom. That's why we can't fight hard. Who is my old Yang? Who among the Tartars doesn't know how reckless and good at war? The reckless and warlike people have given them an empty plan, hehe, everyone, what do you think it will be? ”

After hearing Yang Wanhu's words, when everyone looked at him again, their expressions were different.

is famous for his fierce flying, but he actually has such a heart? Several people thought in unison: "The general has learned to be cunning." Yang Wanhu smiled and said in his heart: "After many years of fighting, I dare not say that I have experienced a hundred battles, and there are dozens of big and small battles!" No matter how stupid a person is, he should have learned to use tricks a long time ago. ”

He said: "In my early years, I heard my lord say: 'Soldiers use ingenuity, not many wins'. The current situation is a conspiracy! Ladies and gentlemen, my military order has been issued, so go and get ready! Watching the people salute and leave, he ordered his soldiers to find a chair from the people's house, and put it in the west tower, with only two attendants, and sat on it with a golden sword. He also ordered the big flag to be planted behind him, and the torches were held in his hands, and the light was bright.

According to Zhuge Liang's division, it will be divided into nine types, "benevolence", "righteousness", "etiquette", "wisdom", "faith", "step", "riding", "fierce" and "big".

The so-called benevolent general, "the way is virtue, Qi is courteous; know hunger and cold, check the hardship"; The so-called righteous generals, "nothing is exempt, not for profit; There is the glory of death, but there is no disgrace of life"; The so-called courtesy general, "expensive but not arrogant, victorious but not disobedient; virtuous and able, rigid and able to endure"; The so-called wise general, "unpredictable, actionable; Turn misfortune into blessing and win in times of crisis"; The so-called faith general, "There is a generous reward for entering, and severe punishment for retreating; The reward is not overdue, and the punishment is not expensive"; The so-called foot general, "foot light horse, gas cover a thousand people; Good at solidifying the field, long in the sword halberd"; The so-called horseman, "climb high and climb dangerously, gallop like flying; If you enter, you will go first, and if you retreat, you will go to the apse"; The so-called fierce generals, "the three armies are strong, and the ambition is light and strong; timid in small wars, brave in big wars"; The so-called general, "If you see the virtuous, follow the advice like going with the flow; Broad and strong, brave and calculating".

Some of the Haidong generals are brave, some are fierce, some are sharp, some are decisive, some can ride, some are good at shooting, some are modest, and some are resourceful. Based on these nine divisions, if nothing else, let's just talk about the three people who are now on the front line, one Fu Youde, one Yang Wanhu, and one Monk Li.

As far as the current performance goes, all three will seem to be in the category of "footman" or "rider".

However, people are different from each other, and they are also different under the subdivision.

For example, he said that if he was replaced by Monk Li this time, he would definitely not be like Yang Wanhu, who was brave and outstanding. This is not to say that Monk Li is not as brave as Yang Wanhu, nor is it that Monk Li is stupider than Yang Wanhu. It's just because of "character".

As early as when Yongping raised the army, Deng She knew Monk Li's temperament very well, this person was not timid on the battlefield, and could be called brave, but it was a pity that his courage and not cowardice were not a intestine to the end. What do you mean? A little cautious. In other words, his mind is not as sincere as Yang Wanhu. Seeing that the Yuan army went out of Shanzhou and came to Jinxiang with great momentum, in this case, it would definitely not be like Yang Wanhu, who only took more than 400 people to take risks. Moreover, even if he took the risk lightly, nine times out of ten, he would not be able to think of the trick of "empty city plan". It's not that he can't be resourceful, but he can't have the pattern, and he doesn't have the courage to "take it all". Most likely, he will ambush outside the city and fight and defend.

Regarding the difference between the personalities of Yang and Li, not only Deng She knows, but Zhao Guo is also very clear. This is also why Yang Wanhu was chosen to take Jinxiang instead of sending Monk Li to come. It is true that Yang Wanhu's station is relatively high, and it is more convenient to come to Jinxiang, but the more important reason is the above.

In a short time, the battalions came to report that they were ready.

Yang Wanhu sat high at the head of the city, looked back at the city, and saw that the black lights in the city were blind, there was no light at all, and the dark silence was like no one, and there was a faint murderous aura rushing into the sky. The only light of fire was in front of him and behind him. It is like a lighthouse in the night like the sea, echoing with the bright moon and starlight in the night sky.

He turned his head and looked into the distance.

The light of the torch pierced the night, and from far and near, leaped into view; Like a fiery snake, it is getting brighter and brighter. The vanguard of the Yuan army is about to come.

The air is depressed, and the head of the city is stagnant; Yang Wanhu touched the spear reclining on the side of the chair, but felt that the wind was as cold as water, he looked at the moonlight from afar, and thought leisurely: "Outside Chengwu City, Fu Youde doesn't know if he has broken into the camp?" ”

He is so brave to move forward, he is so outstanding and strange, he is so stable in the city tower, so he dares to be fierce against the 2,000 Yuan army, in order to compete with the "Thunderbolt General" Fu Youde.

"Hmph. Rather meet ten thousand tigers, don't meet the old man'? ”

……

Four watches and two moments, outside Chengwu City, the Yuan army camp.

Fu Youde jumped on his horse and raised his gun and rushed out of the gate. Leaving behind the big camp behind him, it was a mess. People shouted and neighed, and in the chaos, fire broke out everywhere in the camp.

One hundred and ten cavalry Yan soldiers followed closely behind, and they also roared out.

The armor of the group was stained with blood, and the weapons in their hands were either short or long, and some were long and broken in two; and those who made sabers, the edges of the swords were blunted; Looking at the mounts again, some of them are no longer riding the original war horses, but horses that have been snatched from the enemy. Rushing out, murderous.

There were more than 100 people, and the momentum exuded was overwhelming the Yuan army camp that stretched for several miles!

In this surprise attack, Fu Youde won a complete victory.

The stars shifted, time retreated, and when Yang Wanhu led the team to Jinxiang, it was on the way. Fu Youde has been rushing into the enemy camp for a long time.

After he took seven or eight people to dress up, as Tong Shengkai expected, he approached the gate of the Yuan army camp without any danger. From a long distance, the soldiers in the gate asked for the password as usual.

Fu Youde had already asked this password from the mouth of Gao Yanshi's fellow countryman, and the answer was like a stream. Because he shouted in a thick voice, the soldier didn't hear the wrong sound, and he didn't suspect it at all, so he easily let Fu Youde and everyone enter the camp.

It wasn't until a few steps outside the camp that the soldiers took advantage of the moonlight to see the people who were coming and were shocked that something was wrong. However, alas, it was too late. Fu Youde drove the horse with a horizontal gun, and instantly rushed to the front, but it only took two or three strokes to put down all the soldiers guarding the door and crash open the gate.

As soon as the gate opened, the camp was unprepared.

Fu Youde and others are like swimming in the sea, and it is like a tiger returning to the mountains and forests. Although there were only seven or eight horsemen, they were unyielding, and in an instant, they disrupted the Yuan camp.

There was chaos here, and Tong Shengyang and the others, who were lying in ambush outside the small hills, shouted and ran out.

In the past, the most important thing in robbing camps at night is not the large number of people, but the pawns. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the battle of Shunchang, Liu Qi took advantage of the thunder and lightning, twice the night to cut the Jin army camp, only used hundreds of warriors, the first five hundred, the second hundred people, infiltrated the enemy camp, "the electric candle is fighting, the electricity stop is hidden", even to the "enemy chaos", caused an excellent effect, the Jin soldiers and soldiers therefore "fight all night, accumulate corpses in the wilderness", and retreat dozens of miles one after another. With a few hundred people, tens of thousands of people were forced back, and he was bold and strategic, and he could be called a "wise general".

Although such victories are rare, it can also be seen that night attacks on enemy camps, if used properly, can often achieve great results at a very small cost. Although it is said that Fu Youde's night attack was not in the cloudy thunder and lightning weather, it was better than "its speed like the wind and its invasion like fire", and it really beat the Yuan army unsuspectingly, and Yang Wanhu set up an "empty city plan" in Jinxiang City. Since the opportunity is already in his hands, it is natural that he will succeed in entering the camp.

More than 100 people shouted and slashed and slashed, running through the company camp. Everywhere he went, rivers of blood flowed. Most of the Yuan army is asleep, where will there be a reaction? Even if you rush to meet the battle, you can't resist it.

It is also a loss to the chief general of the Yuan army who is not a person who has just gone to the battlefield, quite experienced, and knows that at this time there must be no chaos, "Jingzhen" is the first priority, and the military orders have been passed down again and again, ordering all battalions not to move recklessly, and those who dare to go out of chaos will be beheaded; At the same time, the Chinese army was mobilized and marched in order; He also personally sat under the banner of the general, and pressed the sword not out to show his calmness. With multiple means, he finally stabilized his position after more than an hour.

If you compare the first time you entered the camp of the Yuan army to a broken bamboo, then slowly, like dragging mud and water, the resistance gradually increases. Fu Youde knew that it must be the enemy's commander who made the countermeasures.

Originally, his night attack was not focused on killing, but on demoralizing the enemy. Anyway, the goal has been achieved, and there is no need to fight to the death. Make a quick decision, whistle, and lead the team to transfer out. As the name suggests, the Chinese army camp is in the middle of the camp; Therefore, the men and horses sent out to meet the main general of the Yuan army came out from the middle, and the battalions on all sides were not allowed to move recklessly because of the military order, and they were easily killed by Fu Youde effortlessly. One in and one out, only more than an hour; But it's like cold water falling into oil, and the resulting movement is really not small. He threw many torches and lit a fire full of eyes.

There are special firefighters in the battalion, carrying water hoses, fighting everywhere.

For a while, the cries shook the ground, the fire was blazing, and black smoke was billowing out.

Fu Youde left the Yuan camp, didn't just leave, circled around for half a circle, killed the enemy who chased out, and returned to the front of the gate again, lifted the reins, so that the horse he rode jumped up on his front legs, raised his gun with one hand, showed off his might, faced the fire, laughed, and shouted: "Night camper, Dangshan Fu Youde is also!" ”

The entourage watched, only to see that under the firelight, the enemy army was rushing around in the camp, and Fu Youde rode alone, laughing and shouting, as if a sword alone was a million divisions, like a god.

After hearing the chaos, the two auxiliary battalions did not immediately send reinforcements because they were not sure about the situation. Only then did hundreds of horsemen be sent to gallop in. Fu Si and Lie Lao Jiu, who were ambushed outside the forest earlier, intercepted them separately. Fu Youde didn't love to fight, swept back, became one with them, rushed and killed for a while, repelled them, turned the horse and went back to Juye.

"Swift as a cone, war as thunder and lightning, and solution as wind and rain." Throughout Fu Youde's battle, it is very in line with these twelve words, and it is the essence of the words "fast" and "fast".

Soon after his successful retreat, two fast horses galloped from Chengwu and Jinxiang to Shanzhou. Two military newspapers were sent to Wang Baobao's desk.

"The red thief cut the camp at night, and the thief will Fu Youde, and go to my camp in chaos."

"The red thief entered Jinxiang first, and the thief Yang Wanhu made the 'empty city plan' set up a suspicious formation, and used the main force to attack our army outside, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and our army was defeated and retreated."