… Shi Pangtong nodded and said! "Not bad. Kong Ming is cautious, and he uses the plan to make trouble", if he wins the first plan, the subsequent plans will follow. It seems that after being ambushed, whether it is advancing or retreating, Kong Ming will have an arrangement. Therefore, after Xiaozhi lost the first move, he completely fell into Kong Ming's calculations

After a pause, Pang Tong continued: "There are only two ways to deal with Kong Ming, one is to be surprised, and this surprise does not refer to a strange scheme, but a coincidental killing. If it is a strange scheme, even if it is the original strategy of attacking Jiangyou, if Kong Ming is inevitable, he can see through it. ”

Zhang Xiu and Fa Zheng heard it, and Qi Qi was surprised: "So powerful? In the eyes of the two, Pang Tong's strategy to attack Jiangyou was already unexpected and unlikely to be seen through. But seeing Pang Tongyi's determined expression, the two of them believed it a little.

Fa Zheng asked in a condensed voice: "Shi Yuan, what is the second strategy?" ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "The second is divided into two situations: offense and defense, but the strategy used is the same. When defending, he is stubbornly defending, no matter how he makes a plan, he is not fooled, as long as he does not hit his first strategy, his later arrangement will become useless. If he fights with regular troops when he attacks, no matter how many tricks he has, he will not be able to come out

After speaking, Pang Tong looked at Gan Ning and said with a smile: "General Gan was very good when he defended Jiangzhou, and let Kong Ming provoke him, even if he didn't go out of the city, he would defend the city, and even if Kong Ming had a plan, it would be useless." Gan Ning heard it and looked clear.

At this time, Fa Zheng said: "Actually, there may not be no third way. ”

Pang Tong heard this, looked at Fa Zheng with interest, and only heard Fa Zheng continue: "It's to take the lead with him!" As long as you get the first shot. His subsequent arrangements became useless. ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "Yes, but this method is actually a risk, and after losing, it will fall behind step by step, but it is not as good as the first two strategies After listening to it, he looked at Pang Tong with a smile and said: "Shiyuan is not a person who likes to be safe, and the previous strategy should be for the generals." small

When Pang Tong heard this, he laughed and said: "But he can't hide his filial piety, and then he turned his head and said to Zhang Xiu: "My lord, in the future, if the generals face Kong Ming's army alone, they only need to defend it, and he will have nothing to do."

Zhang Xiu heard it and nodded, at this time Zhang Xiu also remembered the Wei generals who fought against Zhuge Liang in history, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao and others were all defending in the face of Zhuge Liang's army, as long as they defended Zhuge Liang, they were helpless. Even if Sima Yi, Zhang Lin and others can keep undefeated if they are defending, but if they take the risk of chasing or attacking, they generally have no good fruit to eat.

Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a smile: "In this case, the general will hold on for a while to see what he Kong Ming has to do, and then Zhang Xiu said to Gan Ning: "The soldiers are tired after the night of the war, Xingba and arrange some people to guard, and the others go to rest." Then he said to the rest of the people, "Go and rest first."

When everyone heard this, they responded in unison, "No,"

At this time, Liu Bei's camp tent under the city of Jiangzhou.

Zhuge Liang held a goose feather fan in his hand, bowed to Liu Bei and said: "This battle Liang miscalculated, I didn't expect that the enemy army would kill from behind, and I couldn't take Jiangzhou, please punish Zhang Fei and other generals next to him, but they didn't dare to make a sound, just looked at Liu Bei."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "The military advisor's strategy can be described as seamless, and I was amazed before the war, but how could I have expected it" At this point, Liu Bei sighed, and said after a long time: "The so-called plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky." This plan is not a stud for non-military advisors, and military advisors do not have to blame themselves. ”

Zhuge Liang listened, nodded and stood aside, Liu Bei asked again at this time: "Military division, how are the casualties of our army in this battle?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "The lord of the South Road led 60,000 troops into Sichuan, of which 10,000 stayed in Yufu and Linjiang to guard Badong, and here our army has 50,000 people, plus 20,000 Yizhou troops led by the eldest prince and General Yan to help in the battle, the total number is 70,000. In the battle last night, the first army in the east of the city only lost more than 1,000 people because it retreated in time. The other three generals and General Yan suffered more losses due to the final attack by Zhang Xiu and Tai Shici, more than 15,000 people, and the most losses were lost by the Wenchang Division, with nearly 3,000 people.

Last night, our army lost more than 20,000 people

When Liu Bei heard this, he was secretly surprised that the army in World War I had lost nearly one-third of it last night, but it was reasonable to think about it. In fact, if Zhuge Liang's plan succeeds, the loss of the army will definitely not exceed 10,000, and the bad thing is that Pang Tong's army will turn the whole situation around. At that time, Liu Bei had not yet captured the east gate of Jiangzhou. Pang Tong's army suddenly came out, and Liu Bei was caught off guard, and Wang Shuang and Guan Hai were extremely brave, and Liu Bei's subordinates were unstoppable, if Zhuge Liang hadn't taken the opportunity to persuade Liu Bei to withdraw his troops, I am afraid that the loss would have been greater. Since then, it has caused Zhang Fei and Yan Yan in the west of the city to suffer from the enemy, and most of the lost troops were killed and wounded at the end, and as for Wei Yan's army, the losses were so heavy that it had long been within the calculations of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and there was nothing surprising.

While they were discussing, they heard a guard outside come in and report: "My lord, General Chen and General Wen are asking to see you outside."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was surprised: "Uncle Zhi? Then he nodded and said, "Spread quickly!" Liu Bei didn't notice that Zhuge Liang heard it over there, and sighed slightly.

Not long after, Chen Zhi and Wen Ping walked into the tent, and Li Bei saw that the two of them were in the dust, and there were many places on their clothes and armor that were opened by Ge Xiao, and they were surprised: "Uncle Zhi, Zhongye, why are you here?" ”

Chen Zhi hurriedly told the process of attacking Brazil and defeating the army, Zhuge Liang listened to it and sighed: "Shiyuan, it turned out to be you!" ”

Liu Bei heard it, but asked, "Military advisor, what's wrong?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Liang already knows that it was a pedestrian who led the army last night? ”

Liu Bei heard this and asked anxiously, "Who is it?" Liu Bei already hated the person who did his good deeds last night, and originally thought that Wang Shuang had another general, but Zhuge Liang saw that Wang Shuang's defeated soldiers could not have so many, so he concluded that it was someone else, and now he heard that Zhuge Liang knew that the person who did his good deeds was of course anxious.

I only heard Zhuge Liang pause word by word: "Feng Xiao Pang Tong!" Pang Shiyuan! ”

Liu Bei heard it and lost his voice: "Feng Xiao? Then he muttered: "It turned out to be him, I didn't expect him to have voted for Zhang Xiu and sighed deeply after speaking."

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan in his hand, and then said: "If Liang is not bad, Zhang Xiu can capture Chengdu so quickly, I am afraid it is also Pang Shiyuan's plan, but this time he has met an opponent." ”

Liu Bei heard this and asked anxiously: "Strategist, what should I do now?" ”

Zhuge Liang did not answer immediately, but asked Chen Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, you."

Chen Zhi heard it and replied: "I led 20,000 people to cross Daba Mountain, and now there are less than 10,000 people left after the war."

After Liu Bei heard this, he silently calculated in his heart, now there are 60,000 troops here, and the defenders in the city are about the same number, and the strength of the two sides is equal. But Zhang Xiu defended the city, and Liu Bei was obviously at a disadvantage. Zhuge Liang, who Liu Bei knew, naturally also knew, and after thinking about it, he said: "Last night's battle, our army was tired, and the lord let the army rest for a day and fight again tomorrow." ”

Liu Bei listened, nodded, and said, "What the military advisor said is reasonable. ”

For a whole day, the two armies tacitly agreed not to fight.

In the evening, in the Taishou Mansion of Jiangzhou, Zhang Xiu and the generals were all in the hall, and the military generals had Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Wang Shuang, and Guan Hai on the side, and the ministers had Pang Tong and Fa Zheng.

I only heard Pang Tongxian say: "Lord, the main force of our army came from Chang'an, and it was very tired, but fortunately, the attack on Yizhou was smooth and the momentum was like a bamboo, so that although the army was tired, the morale was like a rainbow."

After the first battle last night, our army was ambushed and its morale was sluggish, and if we did not manage to raise our morale, we were afraid that we would be taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded, morale is very important. The morale of a large army is high, that is the combat power is doubled, if the morale is low, the ten percent combat power may not be able to swing one percent. And Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang under him, if he takes advantage of this flaw, it will be dangerous, so he asked: "What can Shi Yuan do to improve the morale of our army?" small

Pang Tong said: "Morale is relatively speaking, and the best way to improve morale is naturally to win the battle, but now the enemy's morale is stronger than our army, and it is not appropriate to attack rashly, so I think that we can first use the strategy of exhausting troops to suppress the enemy's morale, and then find fighters."

Zhang Xiu was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, he has been famous for a long time for this tired soldier's plan, although the means of the tired soldier are a little not bright, but the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, and this plan has low investment and high efficiency. Generally, when two armies face each other, they will not use this tactic under normal circumstances, after all, the confrontation between the two armies is usually a dignified battle. But when there is no breakthrough point in the war, for example, when an army is unable to hold on or the war is deadlocked, and the weaker army meets the stronger army, more rogue tactics such as the strategy of exhausting troops will be used.

Now that the war is stalemate, there is no breakthrough point on both sides, and it is a good plan to test it with tired troops.

Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a smile: "In this way, Shiyuan will arrange it."

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Wang Shuang and Guan Hai, order you to lead three hundred soldiers each. Bring the gongs and drums, go out of the city at night, and harass before the enemy camp. If you see a movement of troops and horses in the enemy's camp, retreat immediately, and wait only for a few hours before harassing again

Wang Shuang and Guan Hai heard it and responded loudly: "No."

Pang Tong also instructed: "Tai Shi Ci and Gan Ning, order you and you to lead 4,000 soldiers to ambush under the city, if the enemy army uses his own way to govern his people, and comes to the city to exhaust the army, you and the others can immediately kill Tai Shi Ci and Gan Ning can hear it, and also promise loudly."

After seeing the four of them leave, Pang Tong whispered to himself: "Kong Ming, look at how you break the unification plan, but Zhang Xiu next to him smiled knowingly.

At this moment, Liu Bei's camp outside Jiangzhou City, due to Zhuge Liang's orders, Liu Bei personally issued an order, except for the necessary people to patrol the camp, the rest of the soldiers are resting in the marching tent.

In the middle of the night, everyone went to bed early, and it was the turn of Wen Ping, who was the vigil, to inspect the camp and feel that there was nothing to do inside and outside, so he sat down casually by a campfire. At this time, it is the turn of summer and autumn, and the weather is a little cool at night.

There was a sudden movement in his heart, Wen Cheng looked back, saw Chen Zhi coming from a distance, and after sitting down, Wen Ping asked in a low voice: "Uncle Zhi, the lord and the military advisor are asleep?" ”

Chen Zhi added some firewood to the bonfire in front of him, nodded and said, "Sleep on the net." The statistics of last night's battle and the rest of the camp were handled by the military advisor, and the lord saw that the military advisor was tired and was accompanied by him, and they did not go to rest until they were done. ”

Wen Ping heard it and sighed: "The military division is close to everything, and it's okay to be young now, but if you get by."

Chen Zhi heard this, sighed, and said: "Who knows what will happen decades later, now it is the enemy military division Pang Tong who is worried, and his powerful Zhongye has also seen it." I heard that the military advisor is studying the same art as him, so why is there no defense tonight,"

Wen Ping said: "I don't know about this appointment, but with us tonight, if Zhang Xiu dares to come, he will definitely give him a good look." Chen Zhi heard and nodded in agreement.

"Knock knock,"

"Qiang Qiang"

While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of agitated war drums and gongs beating outside the camp. At the same time, the entire battalion was also boiling, and Liu Beijun's soldiers immediately rushed out of the marching tent when they heard the sound of war drums and gongs.

When Chen Zhi and Wen Ping hurried to the camp gate, they looked outside the camp, but they didn't see a single soldier of the enemy.

Just when Chen Zhi and Wen Ping didn't know what to do, a loud voice scolded from behind: "But Zhang Xiu'er is here!" Let me go out and poke him dozens of Gollums."

Chen Zhi and Wen Ping saw each other, smiled bitterly, and the two greeted each other at the same time, only to hear Chen Zhi say: "Three generals, there is no enemy outside the camp." ”

Zhang Fei heard this, raised his eyebrows, and said, "No enemy? What's the matter with that voice?

Wen Ping smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid this is the enemy's tired strategy. ”

Zhang Fei heard this, his brows tightened, and he muttered, "Tired soldiers? ”

Wen Ping said: "Three generals, do you want to invite military divisions, if the enemy uses the strategy of exhausting soldiers, I am afraid that our army will not be able to rest tonight After Wen Ping finished speaking, he looked at the soldiers who returned to the marching tent under the command of the generals and scolded.

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "I have asked, the eldest brother and the military advisor have all fallen asleep in the net, and don't wake them up, I will guard this place, if the enemy dares to come again, I will go out and split them."

Wen Zhi heard this, and looked at Chen Zhi very worriedly, Chen Zhi knew what Wen Ping wanted to say, and was afraid that Zhang Fei would rush out recklessly to ambush the enemy, so he quietly nodded to him and said: "Zhongye, you go and settle down the soldiers, here is the third general is watching." ”

Wen Ping listened, nodded and left.