When Su Yi led the troops to the expedition, there were originally 120,000 troops, but after a series of attritions, there were now only 70,000 troops left, most of which were ordinary soldiers, including more than 3,000 martial artists, more than 200 generals, and more than 40 pedestrians in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are not many defenders in Peicheng, it is estimated that there are only more than 5,000 people, and the high-level strength is even more scarce; Su Yi's strength is more than ten times that of the enemy, and it can be besieged and attacked, but the multinational coalition army also has more than 40,000 troops, stationed outside Peicheng, and the defenders of Peicheng form an angle.

What was even worse was that the reinforcements from the east of Xu Guo not only numbered 50,000, but also had a very large number of elites, not only surpassed Su Yi in the number of martial artists, generals, and pedestrians, but there were even two samurai in his army! Showing an overwhelming advantage over Su Yi's army, they would arrive here at the latest tomorrow morning and launch an attack on Su Yi's army.

"Not to mention the Nie State defenders and the multinational coalition army in front of me, I'm afraid I won't even be able to stop this elite force at that time. Su Yi thought helplessly, "Behind me there is the suspicion of the monarch, the impeachment of political enemies, the division of the enemy country, there is a fortified city in front of me that is difficult to attack, and there are also elite reinforcements from Xu Guo are coming, how to solve this situation? This is neither advancing nor retreating, no wonder it will be said by others to be a mortal situation!"

In the end, Su Yi asked about logistics again, feeling that her heart had been broken into powder.

The state had cut off the supply of grain and grass to Su Yi, and now the surplus food in Su Yi's army could only last for two days, because of the lack of food and the continuous fighting for several months, the soldiers were exhausted and their morale was extremely low.

"It's also a test, why is this test so much more difficult than secretly crossing Chen Cang?" Su Yi wiped a cold sweat.

Then Su Yi looked at the map again, and sure enough, there was a big river in front of the Xu Guo reinforcements in the east; if Su Yi guessed correctly, since this was a test of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, after crossing the river, the Xu Guo reinforcements would inevitably smash the pot for making rice and scuttle the boat to cross the river, so as to show the determination to die if Su Yi was not destroyed.

If he really had to fight head-on with this kind of enemy army whose military strength and morale far surpassed his own, Su Yi would definitely be defeated.

Faced with the encirclement of the front and back, Su Yi fell into an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Su Yi glanced at the restless and panicked generals, lowered his head and pondered hard: Withdrawing from the army will lead to failure in the test, and it is an absolutely impossible choice to make; if you don't retreat, you will not only be labeled as a rebel, but also have to face the enemy's superior forces on three sides, and there is almost no chance of victory.

Su Yi quickly used the knowledge he had learned in his two lives and referred to a large number of battle examples, hoping to find a similar way to solve it.

Suddenly, Su Yi got a hint of inspiration from several battle examples in later generations, and immediately raised his head and asked the army: "Wang Senjun, have you found out the details of those reinforcements, and why did they come to support Nie Guo?"

"Returning to the general, the subordinate also received the report from the spies this morning, and he was about to report it. Wang Senjun nodded and said, "Many small countries in the west have a bitter relationship with the Nie State, if the Nie State is destroyed, then they will also suffer, the Nie State is now facing the danger of annihilation, so they have to send troops to help, and the Nie State may have given many benefits to the monarchs of those small countries." ”

Su Yi nodded, this reason for sending troops is quite normal.

"Then why did the reinforcements from the Xu State in the east support the Nie State?" asked Su Yi again.

"The monarch of Nie promised that as long as Xu Guo sent troops to help, after the victory, he would cede a state of land to Xu Guo, and at the same time would pay tribute every year to thank Xu Guo for saving the country. Wang replied.

"I see, do you know what kind of person the general of Xu Guo's reinforcements is?" asked Su Yi.

"Xia Guan has heard that the general's surname is Chen, he was born in a poor family, and he has made a little merit, so he was appointed by the monarch of Xu Guo as the chief general to support Nie Guo. Wang replied, "This is just that this man has great ambitions, and he is eager to establish greater achievements through this war, so he must fight us to the death." ”

Hearing this, Su Yi lowered her head and pondered: "The alliance army of the small country in the west is dependent on Nie Guo, and it must be fought, but Xu Guo sent troops to help for the sake of interests, as long as I promise greater benefits...... No, I'm just a general, so how can I give Xu Guo any benefits? It's not that simple. ”

The generals were talking, Su Yi pondered for about half an hour, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"I see, I see!" Su Yi said in her heart, "This test of the ruined cauldron is mixed with forces and dangers, and it seems extremely difficult on the surface, but no matter how complicated the battle situation is, I just need to remember: my only task is to crack the test, and to crack the enemy's plan to break the cauldron and shipwreck! Therefore, I have only one enemy, and that is the reinforcements of Xu Guo! If I master this trick, this test of the ruined cauldron will not be more difficult than other tricks." ”

"Mastering intelligence is also a part of the test, if the other gentlemen don't ask the details of the enemy country, they can't think of a solution anyway, if they only think about defeating the enemy army on three sides with the existing forces, regardless of the monarch's suspicion, this test is of course a dead end, but why don't I do the opposite, and make a trick to 'drive the tiger and devour the wolf'?"

The idea was settled, Su Yi immediately revised the book, chose a deputy general who seemed to be brave and resourceful, and had good eloquence, and asked him to send the letter to Xu Guo's reinforcements, and the deputy general was ordered to set off.

Su Yi wrote a second letter, which was full of patriotic feelings, and expressed in a mournful tone the melancholy of being framed by a traitor, expressing her loyalty to the monarch and her firm heart of never rebelling, and finally promised to return to the court immediately to make the monarch feel at ease.

Su Yi handed the letter to the prison guards in the camp and said: "This general is loyal to the imperial court, how can he not accept the order of the monarch? It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and many utensils need to be cleaned up. ”

The prison army nodded and was about to leave, at this time, Su Yi grabbed the prison army's arm again, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said: "I also hope that the prison army will say a few kind words for me in front of the monarch, if it is done, I will thank you again afterwards!"

Su Yi deliberately bit the "heavy thanks" very hard, and the prison army immediately understood, and joy welled up between his eyebrows, and he promised again and again that he would do it.

After that, from morning to evening, Su Yi trained the soldiers as usual, without the slightest vision, and the defenders of Peicheng and the multinational coalition army did not act rashly, and the whole day was very peaceful today.

In the evening, the deputy general who delivered the letter came back and said that Xu Guo had promised what Su Yi mentioned in the letter.

Su Yi raised a smile on the corner of her mouth, and whispered to herself: "Great things can be done!"

That night, Su Yi immediately ordered the logistics staff to pack up the grain and grass equipment, and retreated first while the night was dark.

In the early morning, Su Yi raised the whole army to attack the city, and the defenders of Peicheng immediately responded to the battle; when the two sides attacked and defended each other, and the fierce battle was in full swing, the multinational coalition army stationed in the west of Peicheng suddenly attacked the flank of Su Yi's army!

Su Yi hurriedly divided his troops to engage in the battle, but because the soldiers were tired and demoralized, Su Yi's army was faintly defeated; the two sides fought fiercely until three poles above sun, at this time, only the war drums were heard, and the reinforcements of Xu Guo from the east rushed to the battlefield!

Seeing the reinforcements coming, the defenders of Peicheng and the multinational coalition army were immediately excited, and they all fought hard to kill the enemy, Su Yi did not delay any longer, immediately Mingjin withdrew the troops, and ordered the soldiers to deliberately drop their banners and retreat quickly.

Seeing this, the generals defending the city of Peicheng laughed at Su Yi's cowardice and did not dare to fight to the death, so they decided to come out of the nest and join forces with the multinational coalition army, vowing to wipe out Su Yi's army.

Su Yi calmly commanded the army to retreat, the defenders of Peicheng and the multinational coalition army chased and killed Su Yi Wuli, and almost caught up with Su Yi's army, but when they heard a cannon sound in the rear, everyone turned around, and was immediately shocked: the head of Peicheng was actually planted with the banner of Xu Guo!

Originally, it was a reinforcement that came to rescue Nie State, but now they took advantage of the emptiness in the city to occupy Peicheng, the capital of Nie State!

The capital fell, the coalition army was in great confusion for a while, the soldiers were terrified and ran to tell each other, the whole army lost its fighting spirit and fled in all directions, and the defenders of Peicheng tried their best to stop it, but they could not save the decline at all.

Su Yi's army left safely, and at noon, Su Yi joined the logistics team that had advanced last night, and the army re-camped and rested and cooked.

Su Yi sat in the tent, only then relieved, the corners of his mouth provoked a faint smile, as if it was a summary of this simulated war, Su Yi's eyes kept flashing a picture, all about the actions of the Xu national reinforcements on this day: after receiving Su Yi's handwritten letter, General Chen was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his troops to cross the river, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and agreed with the soldiers to have breakfast in Peicheng, and arrived around Peicheng in the early morning of this morning, and saw that Su Yi's army was defeated and retreated, but instead of chasing and killing Su Yi, he turned against each other and directly attacked and occupied Peicheng！

"Because Nie promised to cede the land to pay tribute, Xu Guo would send troops to help for the sake of interests, and General Chen, who led Xu Guo's reinforcements, was a person who was eager to make contributions. Su Yi concluded, "If Nie gives Xu Guo a state of land, then I will give Xu Guo all the four states and fifty cities in the entire territory of Nie State!

"In my letter, I promised Xu Guo and General Chen the benefits of giving up all the occupied land of Nie, and luring the defenders of Peicheng and the allied army out of the city; As for the grievances between Xu Guo and Nie Guo, let them settle it themselves. ”

"Although the results of this simulated war were not perfect, we were able to crack the enemy's plan to break the cauldron and sink the ship, and to avoid the total annihilation of our army; I directed the problem of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat to another enemy, which is precisely the so-called plan of 'driving the tiger and devouring the wolf'! There are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests! As long as there are enough interests, the enemy can become a friend, and the friend will turn against you!"

"If it weren't for the large number of war examples after the Sui and Tang dynasties as a reference, it would have been impossible for me to pass this test so easily just by virtue of my talent and vision as a martial artist; maybe after my vision is higher and I have more experience, I can come up with a more perfect countermeasure to crack the enemy's plan to break the boat, and it will be enough to achieve this result now; finally, after my squad returns to the court, I should immediately hand over the military power to dispel the suspicion of the monarch!"

The idea fell, and this space shook suddenly!

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(PS: There will be two shifts today.) ）