Chapter 137: The Empty City (I)

On this day, Wei Xiao patrolled the city, and saw that the soldiers in the city ate dry bean cakes, corn porridge, etc., so he went to the army to cook, and the chief chef said that the pigs and sheep in the city had been slaughtered, and only some cured meat was left, which was also limited, and 80,000 horses were stationed in the city, and the daily consumption was huge, and each soldier was supplied strictly according to the limit every day.

Wei Xiao saw that he still had a supply of vegetables, fruits, and pulp on the table every day, so he ordered the general and the soldiers to drink and eat together, and treat them equally. As the supreme commander of the Phantom Spirit Country, he was still so, and the other generals were reduced from food, so they had nothing to say, and all the generals and soldiers worked together to defend the city to the death.

Wei Xiao returned to the city and immediately summoned the deputy general and ordered him to urge Tiying to come close to the city to transport military rations. The adjutant general's return to the road was already on the way to deliver the military rations, but the weather was cold and slippery, nearly a day or two later than expected.

Then I received the news again, this time it turned out to be sent by Murong Chui, it turned out that when he retreated, he intercepted a pigeon in the Phantom Army that transmitted the news, so he wrote a letter, saying that Chongyue had been waiting for his reinforcements for a long time, so he sent a secret letter to the commander Yechen overnight saying that he suspected that Murong Chui had different intentions, and Murong Chui also repaired a letter to Yechen, saying that Zitong Pass was a great victory, and it would be broken soon, Yechen knew that Chongyue was narrow-minded and calculating, so he didn't put his words in his heart.

So Murong was able to take this opportunity to continue to retreat north, Chongyue saw that the existing forces were no longer able to conquer Yongliang, so he simply led the remnants of the army on the south bank of the Chilian River to block Murong Chui from returning north, but was defeated by Murong Chui's army, almost the entire army was wiped out, Chongyue almost died in the war, but was desperately rescued by a one-armed man. Therefore, Murong Chuibu continued to cross the Chilian River to the north, and will pass through the entire territory of the Zhenglan Empire, recruiting the remnants of the Moon Clan along the way, all the way north, back to the old land of the Great Moon Liang Kingdom.

"One-armed ......?" Wei Xiao thought for a moment: "Could it be A-Yuan?"

Bai Qianyu put down the scroll in his hand, and turned back when he heard the words: "If Chongyue knew that A-Yuan's one-handed combo technique was taught to him by you, and thus saved his life, I don't know how he would feel?"

"Chongyue is gone now, don't worry," Wei Xiao showed a wry smile on his face: "I want to know more, if Murong Chui knows everything about his mother one day, I lied to him, will he want to kill me?"

Bai Qianyu got up from under the window, walked in front of him, and said with a slight smile: "I think that Murong Chui may not have discovered the flaws, but he would rather believe that everything you lied to him is true." ”

"That's right. Wei Xiao nodded, feeling slightly relieved.

Bai Qianyu saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, knowing that he was worried about the coming demon army, so he said: "There are some interesting war stories in our world, let me tell you one, okay?"

Wei Xiao nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Bai Qianyu said: "Our world, formerly called 'Huaxia', has a history of 5,000 years, during which in the Three Kingdoms period, that is, between 220 and 280 AD, this period, divided into Cao Wei, Shu Han, Eastern Wu three regimes, the Three Kingdoms, just like the current star on the continent, wars, beacons, but also heroes, wonderful. ”

"I want to tell this story, that is, when the Three Kingdoms, Shu and Wei fought against the army, due to the misuse of Shu Xiang Zhuge Liang, the wrong use of Ma Tan to guard the street pavilion, resulting in the loss of the street pavilion, so the Shu army can not continue to march, Wei commander Sima Yi after seizing the street pavilion, led the army of 150,000, and took the Wei army's grain and grass to the west city, the Shu army generals were all dispatched outside, the west city was empty, in a hurry, Zhuge Liang only had 2,500 people, it was difficult to resist, so he used the empty city strategy, the city gate was wide open, sat firmly in the city tower, stroked the qin and drank, calm and calm. Sima Yi suspected that there was an ambush, so he did not dare to enter the city and led the army away. Ma Tan delayed the military plane, Zhuge Liang was strict in military discipline, although he regretted Ma Tan's talent, and finally cut it with tears. ”

"In this, a total of three stories are told, Ma Tan lost the street pavilion, the empty city plan, and Zhuge Liang slashed Ma Tan with tears - later generations called 'lost, empty, and beheaded'. ”

Wei Xiao listened to it and said: "The most interesting thing in this is the story of this empty city plan, Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang empty city plan to retreat Sima Yi, but I think that since Sima Yi is the commander of the Wei army, he must also be wise, he does not dare to attack, it is nothing more than afraid that there will be an ambush in the city, then, he can first send a team of scouts to inspect it, and then, since Zhuge Liang is sitting on the city tower playing the piano, why don't he let people shoot him down with an arrow?" Or, since Sima Yi has 150,000 people and Zhuge Liang only has 2,500 people, he still surrounds the city according to the art of war, and he only needs to surround the city, and if he does not fight, the city will definitely panic - why turn around and leave?"

Bai Qianyu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "What you said is also right, this scholar of later generations also has a debate on this. ”

Wei Xiao said: "If Sima Yi really listened to the qin and retreated, there is only one explanation: he deliberately let Zhuge Liang go, and Zhuge Liang's life is beneficial to him." ”

Bai Qianyu thought for a while, nodded and said: "At that time, Sima Yi's situation in the Wei State was indeed not very good, and the Wei lord Cao Cao thought that he looked at the wolf Gu and said that he had dreamed that the three horses were in the same groove, and let his son Cao Pi always be wary of the three fathers and sons of the Sima family. Later, Sima Yi was really squeezed out by the Cao family and was depressed. But when the Wei army was defeated and retreated to the hands of Shu Xiang Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, as a general, was ordered to be in danger, and after he became the governor of Pingxi, he captured the Wei general Meng Da, defeated Ma Tan, seized the street pavilion, and took Xicheng directly, and wanted to capture Zhuge Liang. ”

But just when Sima Yi was about to achieve this immortal feat, he heard Zhuge Liang's piano sound under the Xicheng Tower, and it was not until Zhuge Liang's strings were broken that he woke up like a dream and retreated in panic. Bai Qianyu's eyes showed a thoughtful look: "Perhaps, Sima Yi was in Zhuge Liang's piano sound, heard the birds, the good bow hidden, the cunning rabbit died, and the lackeys cooked, perhaps, he thought that if his army rushed into Xicheng, Zhuge Liang would have no way to live, the Shu Han pillar stone would collapse, the Ding lost one foot, and the world would be overturned......"

"And he, Sima Yi, in the Cao Wei regime, will become an unusable outcast and will be abandoned by them, so Sima Yi chose to let Zhuge Liang go and retreat......"

"So," Wei Xiao nodded, "Maybe the empty city plan is not the most important thing, the plan in the plan is the more important thing in that era when the regime change is extremely fast and the generals and commanders are all strategic......

He thought for a while: "If Sima Yi really has such a city government and is good at scheming, then the descendants of the Cao family may not be his opponents?"

"Yes," Bai Qianyu said: "Later, Sima Yi twice led the army to successfully resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and expedition to pacify Liaodong, and gradually controlled the Wei dynasty, after his death, his son Sima Zhao was established as the king of Jin, and he was posthumously named King Xuan, and later Sima Zhao's son was called the emperor, and Sima Yi was posthumously honored as Emperor Xuan, and the temple name was Gaozu. ”

As he was talking, he saw Clover leaning out of the sewing basket on the table and yawning: "I just fell asleep, what are you talking about here about empty city plans, and you woke me up-" Climbed out and sat on the edge of the table, a long stem hung outside, swinging around: "I said, the story you tell is so serious, it's like telling an ancient story, can you tell a joke like Ji Wushuang's empty city plan, let's all be happy?"

As it spoke, it didn't prevent the white rabbit from lying on its stomach under the table, Bai Qianyu made a small nest in the corner of the wall, spread some hay, and filled it with half a bowl of water with a sand bowl and put some dried alfalfa.

The white rabbit slipped under the table and sniffed at the stems of the clover hanging from the table, as if he thought it was fresher and more delicious than dried alfalfa.

Clover was startled, and hurriedly rolled the long stem, put it back on the table, and said with a bitter face at Bai Qianyu: "Little white girl, how much do you like to keep pets, in case I accidentally get eaten by it one day, you will never see me again......"

"Got it, I'll be careful!" Bai Qianyu bent down with a smile and knocked on the rabbit ear: "Xiaoxiaobai, do you hear that? Don't bully Clover!"

The white rabbit crawled around at the foot of the table by himself, and he didn't know if he had listened.

"Little white ......?" Clover pointed at the white rabbit with a sour expression, "That's the name you gave it?"

"Yes," Bai Qianyu said as a matter of course: "I am a little white girl, it is my pet, naturally it is a little white!"

"That'...... What about me?" Clover suddenly had a feeling of falling out of favor: "I feel that my young heart has been deeply hurt, you pay me!" it pursed its mouth and made a look of wanting to cry without tears.

"How to compensate?" Bai Qianyu tried his best to comfort it.

"Tell me a joke, joke!" Clover immediately perked up: "A good joke can make me happy for at least three days!"

"I'm not Ji Wushuang, where did I get so many jokes?" Bai Qianyu was embarrassed and subconsciously rubbed his hands.

At this moment, the Nine Rings on the fingers of her right hand suddenly emitted a white light, and the white light shot straight forward, like a searchlight, projecting a flat phantom in front of them.

In the apparition is a small puppet stage, the curtain opens, and the lobby of a house is painted in the background.

In the tent sat a small doll in the shape of a feather fan and a prime minister, and a small doll dressed as a general.

Then a gong sounded, and a puppet in the shape of a small soldier with the word "Tan" written on the center of his clothes rushed up: "Report - the Lord of Wei sent Sima Yi as the governor of Pingxi, and led 200,000 troops to kill Qishan!"

The puppet who looked like a prime minister shook his fan and said, "Received!" Sima Yi led the troops, he must seize the street pavilion and cut off my grain channel, how is it good?"

The general-looking puppet said: "What is the prime minister afraid of? With my horse here, besides, attacking the street pavilion is just an idea, if he really captures the street pavilion, it will not be too late for us to start being afraidβ€”β€”"

Seeing this, Clover couldn't help but pat his chest and laugh: "Attacking the street pavilion is just an idea, hahaha, hahaha!"

I saw Zhuge Liang's puppet and said: "Although the street pavilion is small, it is a choke point, and if it is lost, it will be a big deal." Which general would dare to guard it?"

Ma Tan's puppet said: "Obviously, there are only you and me in the hall, if you want to send me, just say,β€”β€” Ma Tan is willing to serve the prime minister!"

Zhuge Liang's puppet said: "Oh! Although you have been familiar with "Breaking the Sky", "Douluo Dahai", "Peerless Song Gate", "I Want to Open the Sky", "One Thought is Short", "Spit Out the Starry Sky", "Snake Coil", "God Rebellion", "Zhu Shen" and so on, but you have never been out of the house, and you have no actual combat experience!"

Ma Tan's puppet said: "The prime minister doesn't have to worry too much, if there is a mistake, he is willing to be punished by military law!"

So Ma Tan's puppet took out a pen and paper, signed the military order, and set off with his adjutant general Wang Ping.

The prime minister looked at it: "Military order: If I can't come back alive, I am willing to be punished by military law." Signature: Circle. Note: Since the person concerned cannot write, the circle is valid. ”

Then the curtain closes.