After a series of outwitting and outwitting battles, just as Yuan Qi expected, Zhuge Liang had obvious and rapid growth. www.biquge.info Visiting the front line in person and contemplating the battle is the best way to accumulate experience and experience, which is far more effective than sitting in a room and reading military books. In just over a month, the changes in Zhuge Liang's body are obvious, in his body, there is less bookish air, but more calm, generosity and calmness.

Hearing Yuan Qi ask, Zhuge Liang said the countermeasures that had already been in his chest: "Lord, Xianbei in the west is still in the midst of civil strife, and it is a God-given opportunity for our army to send troops to conscript. However, due to the limitations of time and the comparison of soldiers, our army should still only outwit and not attack. ”

Zhuge Liang's words first set the tone that this battle must be fought, then analyzed the current predicament of Xianbei in the west, and finally pointed out that the Youhe army did not occupy an obvious advantage, and suggested that Yuan Qi use outwitting to win. This analysis can be said to be reasonable, not only Yuan Qi, but even Cui Shou and Gao Shun, the two chief officials responsible for resisting Xianbei in the central part of the country, nodded more than once.

"Where did the plan come from?" asked Yuan Qi.

Zhuge Liang didn't answer Yuan Qi's words in a hurry, but turned his head to look at Cui Shou and Gao Shun, and Lang Lang asked: "Cui Changshi, General Gao, you have been fighting against Maidang for more than a month, according to your observation, what do you want most now?"

Cui Shou and Gao Shun thought carefully for a moment, and then said in unison: "Stability." Zhuge Liang said: "Yes, it is stability." As the leader of one side, Maidang absolutely did not want to see his subordinates in chaos. The art of war, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, will not be defeated in a hundred battles. What you want to get the most is the best entry point for our army. ”

Gao Shun asked suspiciously: "But the chaos in Xianbei in the west is their own contradiction, how can we intervene?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "How can others be allowed to snore on the side of the so-called couch? With our army's heavy troops stationed here, we must not be able to rectify internal contradictions with peace of mind." Why don't our troops relax on the outside and tighten up on the inside, pretend to withdraw for the time being, and buy a stable environment? When our army retreats, I am afraid that we will have to attack those wavering tribal leaders, and when they turn from secret fighting to open contention among themselves, our army will wave its troops north again and reap the benefits of the fishermen, isn't it beautiful?"

Yuan Qi laughed and said: "Kong Ming is treating Mai as a sandpiper and other leaders as mussels." Sandpiper and clam compete with each other for the fisherman's profit, and we are the fisherman. ”

The next day. The 60,000 enemy troops stationed in Guyang were divided into four teams, each of which was divided into 15,000 men; Yuan Qi led a group of men and horses to embark on the road back to Yanjing; Qi Tian led a team to pretend to return to Taiyuan, the prefecture office; Ma Yue led a team to the east, with great fanfare along the way, as if they wanted to leave the western Xianbei and instead use troops against the central Xianbei, which had collapsed; Gao Shun and Cui Shou led the last group of men and horses to Guyang, which was still stationed.

The movement of enemy troops. It was soon known by the scouts sent by Maidang, and quickly returned to Maidang. Maidang was not as shrewd as Amaiti, and when he heard that the enemy soldiers were divided into four routes, he laughed happily and said, "The enemy army has no food." Forced to retreat, the king's chance has come. ”

I waited patiently for three days, during which a large number of horses were sent every day. When you spy on the enemy's movements, you get the news that the enemy is gone. As a result, the recent period of infighting has been struggling with the purchase. He temporarily lowered his guard and devoted all his energy to rectifying the internal strife.

That night, with the help of two henchmen, Mai Dang drew up a blacklist of the tribal leaders who had been the most violent, and at the same time the most prestigious among the Xianbei in the West. They have a large number of people and troops in their hands, after getting rid of these few people, the largest tribes in the western Xianbei will fall into a leaderless situation in addition to Maidang, when the time comes, Maidang will send troops to forcibly merge these tribes into their own tribes, so that the entire western Xianbei, no one will make a different voice from Maidang.

Next, Maidang reversed the tyrannical image of the past, and apologized to several leaders in a reluctant manner, saying that he humbly accepted the criticism and correction of the big guys, as long as he did not abolish his position as the big leader, everything else was negotiable. Several leaders saw that Mai Dang was soft, and their hearts were proud. In fact, they don't really have to rebel, they just want to get more rights. Now Maidang is soft, and as long as the position of the big chief is not abolished, everything else is negotiable, so that these leaders think that the time has come to make a request to Maidang.

So, several chiefs joined forces and jointly sent envoys to Maidang's camp to demand that Maidang reduce the amount of supplies they surrendered each year, and offered to allow them to annex the various small tribes in the vicinity. In northern Xinjiang, the more people and troops you have, the more power you have to speak. They are taking the opportunity to blackmail and buy money, and they want to expand their strength on a large scale.

Maidang met with the messenger, and after listening to the messenger's relay, his heart was furious. Maidang is not brain-dead, he understands the idea of these leaders grabbing power, and when they grow up enough to compete with Maidang, they will definitely stand up and kill themselves without hesitation. Through this condition, Maidang clearly saw the ambitions of several leaders, and also strengthened his determination to eradicate these leaders.

Mai Dang suppressed the anger in his heart, and pretended to be helpless and said to the envoy: "The new governor of the enemy's army, Yuan Qi, is both wise and brave, and the same clan in the central and western regions is about to perish, and our clan may be destroyed by Yuan Qi at any time, at this time, what is there to fight for, you go back and tell several leaders that their conditions, this king has agreed, and allowed each of them to plunder three tribes at will." ”

Under the policy of buying and pretending to be gentle, several leaders were satisfied. According to the custom of the Xianbei people, when the great chief has issued the grace, the favored tribal leader will come to the place where the great chief is and give thanks to the great chief. These tribal leaders did not want to openly violate the practice of Xianbei, and they relied on the soldiers and horses in their hands, thinking that since Maidang had been softened, they would not dare to do anything to themselves and others, so a few days later, these leaders came to the camp of Maidang together and thanked Maidang in person.

Mai Dang put on a harmonious smile and invited several leaders into the big tent to drink. During the banquet, Maidang did not say a word about the unhappiness between each other in the past, but asked these leaders with great interest which small tribes they were going to annex. Several of the leaders were defenseless, and unscrupulously and loudly stated their goals, and the more they talked, the more proud they became, and they were eager to send troops immediately.

Listening to the ambitions of several leaders, Maidang couldn't bear it any longer, so he immediately threw away the wine glass, and a hundred sergeants who had been ambushed outside the tent poured into the big tent and hacked several tribal leaders to death. After killing these leaders, Maidang still did not understand his hatred, and immediately reorganized his army and horses, preparing to take down the tribe of these people in one fell swoop.

After sending three people to attack the three most powerful tribes, Maidang regained his good mood and sat down with a wine glass, fantasizing about how he would enjoy this unique honor after unifying the entire western Xianbei.

However, the good dream did not last long. When he was still immersed in the beautiful ambition of unifying Xianbei, the news of the defeat of the sergeants from all walks of life came one after another, which dealt a heavy blow to his beautiful fantasy.

It turned out that Yuan Qi and the others had not retreated at all, but after walking in the direction of retreat for a few days, they avoided the eyes and ears of Maidang Tanma, and then rushed to the territory of Xianbei in the west day and night. After that, the contradiction between Maidang and several big tribal leaders was the same as Zhuge Liang guessed, and it broke out ferociously, causing Maidang to design a random knife to hack several tribal leaders to death. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yuan Qi, Qi Tian, and Ma Yue each led fifteen thousand men to attack the three largest tribes and occupy their tribes.

After taking down the three tribes, the three of Yuan Qi died down and quietly waited for the Ministry of Buying to be obtained. Didn't let them wait long, Maidang really sent troops to crusade, Yuan Qi three people opened their pockets, let Maidang's subordinates enter the encirclement, came to close the door and beat the dogs, and the three-way army of Maidang was defeated, and only a few remnants of the defeated soldiers fled back, and reported the ambush defeat to Maidang.

It wasn't until this moment that Maidang realized that he had fallen into the Han people's divisive scheme, and he lost the individual. After this incident, the three Xianbei tribes, which were originally the most powerful, were attacked by the enemy troops under the Yuan Qi Division, disarmed, and captured a large number of young people. Without the help of these three big tribes, the western Xianbei is equivalent to losing one-third of its combat power and population.

That's not all, the three-way army sent out by Maidang was also perfectly ambushed by Yuan Qi, and the first battle caused the main force of Maidang's subordinates to lose most of it, so that Maidang no longer had the capital for a decisive battle.

In a trance, Maidang remembered a famous saying of the Han people, the sandpiper and the clam compete for the profit of the fisherman, but the fisherman who laughed to the end was Yuan Qi. And he himself is just the pathetic one of the sandpipes, and the boundless bitterness is overflowing with the heart of the buyer, making him lose all his thoughts.