In Su Wen's understanding, it is similar to the soldiers who surrender without a fight, especially the latter, which can be said to be an important principle repeatedly emphasized in the Art of War.

War is destined to have sacrifices and bloodshed, but if you can minimize your own battle losses while achieving victory, you are a true master soldier.

Of course, in general, such a strategy only works in two cases.

First, if the enemy's strength is significantly weaker than ours, then we automatically have the initiative, and if we are in the initiative at all times, we can use guò tactics to force the opponent to submit.

Second, the strength of the enemy army is not weak, not our side can fight hard, if the two sides fight, only both sides will lose, then at this time you can also use a certain strategy to make the other side retreat, so that our side can win.

Judging from the current situation, the demon people have a blood feud with the demon and human races, if the strength of the two sides is equal, I am afraid that a big war is inevitable, but if it is the first situation, then Su Wen still has a chance to win a bloodless victory.

At this point, it is up to the manager to judge himself.

According to Su Wen's thoughts, the invasion of the demon clan this time is about a quick battle, they do not have many troops, and their supplies are limited, so if they want to win this battle, they need to capture the demon clan royal city in the shortest possible time, so the world can be determined!

This also means that even if the demon army conquers more cities, it is unlikely that it will spend too much manpower to defend the city, but it is more likely to loot all the materials that can be looted and slaughter all the prisoners of war like locusts crossing the border. In this way, it can meet their goals.

For example, the encounter of the brave army led by Emperor Canglan in Tushi City verified Su Wen's view.

So he was sure. Either the Yecheng in front of him has become a dead city now, or the number of demons left behind will not exceed a thousand!

Such a judgment was recognized by Huang Longshi and Xun Chen. So taking advantage of the night, the 1,000 light cavalry led by Tang Ji had already set off, not seeking to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, but more importantly, to explore the enemy's reality.

If Su Wen's judgment is correct, then he may be able to persuade the enemy to surrender voluntarily, even if this is not feasible, then finally besiege the city with a large army, with a full 500,000 troops. Yecheng is also at your fingertips.

This is the first battle of Su Wen's Tiance Army, not only to win, but also to fight beautifully!

Unexpectedly, an accident still happened.

By daybreak, Don Ji had returned to the camp, and of the 1,000 light cavalry he led, there were less than 500 men left!

"What's the matter!" Su Wen was shocked, but found that Tang Ji's body was intact, and even the five hundred horsemen who came back did not look like they had participated in the battle.

on this. Tang Ji's face still flashed with a look of surprise, and he stumbled a little and said, "In Yecheng, there are people!"

Someone?

Su Wen frowned. said: "Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly, and tell me what happened carefully." What the hell is going on?"

Tang Ji poured a mouthful of cold water into his mouth fiercely, and finally gasped for air. Only then did he speak: "Here's the thing, when we arrived at the gate of Yecheng City. It was very dark, and there were no lights in the city, so it was not clear whether there were any demons inside, but the strange thing was that the city gate was wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding the door, so one of my detachment leaders said to take people in to have a look. ”

Hearing this, Su Wen couldn't help but wonder: "You said the city gate is open?"

Tang Ji nodded: "Yes, it is precisely because of this, so I thought, it is very likely that the demons inside have already withdrawn, and what is left for us may be a dead city like Earth and Stone City, so I did not object, so I allocated half of the men and horses to follow Yang Ying into the city, and I led the remaining five hundred horsemen to patrol outside the city." ”

Su Wen nodded, if it was in that case, there would be no problem with Tang Ji's handling, judging from the current situation, the five hundred people who went in never came out?

In this regard, Tang Ji's eyes still flashed with suspicion, and said: "But the strange thing is that we waited outside the city for more than half an hour, and we didn't see Yang Ying and them come back, neither saw the signal they sent out, nor did we hear the sound of fighting inside, the city was so quiet that it was terrifying, like ......"

"It's like they've disappeared into thin air!"

Su Wen's brows furrowed even tighter, if Yiqiē was really as Tang Ji said, things were indeed a little weird, he couldn't figure it out, even if there were really demon people guarding the city, it would be impossible to eat five hundred people so silently.

And don't forget, that's still five hundred hussars!

No matter how strong the enemy is, with the mobility of the cavalry, at least there will be survivors who can escape!

And it was at this time that Tang Ji's voice sounded again.

"Later, I felt that things had changed, and I was worried that letting the remaining 500 people continue to enter the city would lead to more casualties, so I entered Yecheng alone......

"Of course, I didn't go too far, I just looked inside the city gate, and finally before I left, I saw a man!"

Su Wen asked reflexively, "Who?"

At this time, Tang Ji was a little vague: "I, I can't say it well, it's not Yang Ying anyway, the light was too dim at that time, I could only see a general outline, but I don't know why, the moment I saw him, the first reaction in my heart was to run!"

So I took the rest of the people and came back. Speaking of this, Don Ji lowered his head in some shame, as if full of chagrin.

On the contrary, Su Wen couldn't help but gasp, because the more Tang Ji said, the more mysterious it became!

With Tang Ji's current strength, even an ordinary half-saint can't help it, if you add the power of devouring, I'm afraid it can be on par with a demon general, and there is even a person who scares him away just by his silhouette?

Who is this man, and how powerful is it?

If this was really the case, the other party would be able to eat five hundred light cavalry quietly, but Su Wen felt less shocked.

After a long time, Su Wen gently patted Tang Ji on the back and comforted: "You are doing the right thing, if the enemy is too strong, then you will save the lives of five hundred people today and go to the battlefield, each of us is not afraid of sacrifice, but we must not sacrifice in vain!"

Tang Ji raised his head and hesitated, "Then, what should I do next?"

Su Wen turned around and said to Huang Longshi on the side: "Gather all the saints, after dawn, let's go to meet that mysterious person together, I want to see who the other party is!" (To be continued......)