Chapter Seventy-Five: The Empty City Deceives
Sun Ce didn't know if he was taken back by Zhou Yu, the military camp outside Shucheng has now been removed.
However, three miles away, I saw three larger military camps, which were stationed here, with complete main and auxiliary and very orderly appearance, just from the situation of this camp, it seemed that Sun Cejun was really ready to spend a few months and capture Shucheng!
"Zijing, are you sure that Zhou Yu will already cooperate with us to play a wave?" Bai Tu asked.
"Gong Jin will understand our intentions, and General Lu's letter has already been delivered, now we just need to give Gong Jin an 'excuse'." Lu Su said.
"Excuses, ......" Bai Tu also understood what Lu Su meant.
Even if Zhou Yu wants to release the water, he can't go too far, even if he "accidentally let go of the white picture", at least he has to be reasonable!
And at this time, the news of Bai Tu's presence in Shucheng should also gradually spread out, and the time to get out should not be delayed for too long, lest Liu Xun from Wancheng also pounce.
"Or else...... How is our 'empty city plan'? Bai Tu suggested.
"Empty city?" Lu Su was stunned when he heard this.
In the romance, Zhuge Liang staged an empty city plan a few decades later, and he deceived an old fox like Sima Yi.
Of course, in history, Sima Yi has never been deceived like this.
But the empty city plan has existed since ancient times, Zheng Guo used it in the Spring and Autumn Period when facing the attack of Chu State, Li Guang used it against the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty, and even a few years ago, Sun Jian also used it against Dong Zhuo's army!
However, these successful cases are actually fundamentally different from Zhuge Kongcheng in Romance - the empty city strategy in reality is not useful for suspicious and intelligent people, but only for opponents who have no brains or a strong desire to attack, and it does not last.
The time when Chu attacked Zheng State, it was because the purpose was not strong, but the boss made a big move in order to pretend to be a "beep" in front of the woman, and when he saw that the other party's door was wide open and he received the news that Qi Guo had come to help, he withdrew his troops.
The time when Li Guang bluffed the Huns, it was only a small-scale contact battle, which made the Xiongnu generals feel that Li Guang had a Han army behind him, and he was also bullying the Huns......
Sun Jian only faced Dong Zhuo's not famous generals that were not well-known that time, and he was only ordered to withdraw to the city in time, and the other party saw that Sun Jian was ready to defend the city, so he retreated.
In other words, the impression that the empty city plan is "not effective for ordinary people, but only for suspicious and wise people" is actually a completely idealistic misunderstanding.
On the contrary, it is only effective for reckless people who have no spectrum in their hearts - after all, they can be the generals of an army, no matter how honest they are, it is impossible to "open the empty door" to the enemy army, and they do not doubt it at all, even the Hun Tiehanhan, who does not even have words, will not be so reckless.
And in the face of the real wise man, it doesn't matter whether this psychological tactic will work or not, no matter how bad it is, it is also a basic operation to send someone to explore the truth first, and it is too frightening to directly lead the troops to retreat.
Although Lu Su was the first time he heard the name "Empty City Strategy", he understood the meaning of this word for the first time.
It's just that...... For Zhou Yu's use of the "Empty City Plan", Lu Su felt a little awkward!
"Anyway, it's just an excuse, and I don't expect Zhou Yu to be scared out of the army." Bai Tu said.
Lu Su nodded and said, "Well, it might be better to be simpler, but it's just ...... How long it can last depends on Gong Jin's acting skills. ”
That night, Bai Tu took Lu Su, Lu Kang, and the generals who were willing to leave with him, a total of more than 100 people, and left Shucheng from the West Gate overnight.
Most of the scribes and colonels who stayed behind were ready to surrender in accordance with Lu Kang's instructions.
And Lu Kang avoided that Sun Ce would not be angry with others, so he specially sealed the treasury and kept the accounts in the official office, as long as Sun Ce entered the city, he could receive a big gift.
However, the internal structure of the "fairy gourd" has been destroyed, and it is only left to hang on it.
Early the next morning, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu received the news that Shu Cheng ...... Not quite right!
When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu came to the city, they saw rows of scarecrows on the city tower, which could not be faked.
Even if you use a dummy to pretend that there are a lot of troops, it should be a mix of real and fake, but now Shu Cheng is ...... It's all scarecrows, and they're all crows!
If you look closely, you will find that even the city gate is hidden, and a small crack has been opened, and it is clear that the gate gate inside has not fallen at all.
"Huh? Could it be that Bai Tu and Lu Kang Lao'er have already fled? No, if you escape, it shouldn't be so fake...... Could it be a fraud? Sun Ce wondered.
He didn't pay attention to it, Zhou Yu beside him looked at this scene at this time, the corners of his eyes were trembling, and he even had to raise a feather fan to block it, so as not to show his abnormality.
"Gong Jin, you pick me up outside the city, I will lead the troops to go in to investigate, if there is an ambush, I will rush him first!" Sun Ce proposed.
This is the reaction of a general who is "reckless" but has a "desire to attack".
Sun Ce immediately realized that there was fraud in the city, but it was impossible to give up, and he also believed in his own force and Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, so he thought that he would go in and kill, and Zhou Yu would respond outside, even if there was an ambush, he was not afraid!
"Wait! Bethfu...... You see that this arrangement is so fake, there must be an ambush ......" Zhou Yu helplessly stopped.
"yes, I know!" Sun Ce said as a matter of course.
"No, you don't know...... Ahem, I mean, this ambush must be terrifying, eh...... Or maybe we don't have to take any risks, right? Zhou Yu began to organize the language.
That's right, Zhou Yu didn't want to tell Sun Ce directly, lest he make trouble after he knew about it-this kind of adult thing is not suitable for Bo Fu now.
"What do you mean?" Sun Ce felt that today's Gongjin was weird.
"As the saying goes, the virtual is the real, and the real is the virtual, so ...... We just need to follow the steps and fight the virtual with the virtual! Don't you like to build siege engines under the city? Well, today with you, just go to a stone's throw away, build a ladder to rush the car, and see if they can bear it. Zhou Yu said firmly.
"Yes...... Is that so? Sun Ce always felt a little awkward.
"That's right, we can attack at the same pace." Zhou Yu coaxed a child-like tone.
In the end, Sun Ce decided to trust Gong Jin, even though his instincts told him that he should rush in now......
For a whole day, the army did not move outside the city, and Sun Ce led thousands of people, under the "gaze" of a group of scarecrows, to build ladders and build rushing cars!
During this period, Sun Ce had nothing to do with itchy hands, and wanted to go to the city, and wanted to call Tai Shici to come out to fight, but naturally no one responded......