Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 47
After tentatively attacking for a whole morning, Zhang Xun found that although the defenders in Qu'a City were excellent, the defensive equipment was somewhat sophisticated, and it was difficult to obtain results in an ant-attached attack...

In this way, Zhang Xun's desire to win quickly was eliminated. After all, for the ladder battle, considering the time required to build the ladder, it would be considered good if he could defeat Qu'e in a month.

After all, every time you retreat, it is impossible to cover all the ladders and leave together. Even in Zhang Xun's army, this kind of soldiers who have only received "conventional siege training" can push the ladders down the city without breaking. , most of them are one-time!

Thinking of the consumption of military rations, Zhang Xun also had some headaches—Yuan Shu was blooming in all directions, looking very beautiful and powerful, but in fact he knew in his heart that the pressure was not small. Before Zhang Xun left, Yuan Shu had a secret discussion with him , strive for quick victory, and once a stalemate occurs, if necessary, civilians outside the city can be plundered to fill up military supplies...

Once the army moves, the consumption of the rations will at least double. Can Yuan Shu not be under too much pressure?He even turned against Lu Kang of the Lu family for [-] dendrobium!

But at this moment, an unexpected "letter" came to Qu'a City - it was actually a letter of challenge.

It was seven or eight cavalry who passed the outpost and shot at the gate of the military camp. Each of them shot four or five arrows, and thirty or forty identical letters were shot in...

"It's unreasonable! Chen Gong, a bereaved dog, is simply deceiving people too much!" After Zhang Xun read the delivered letter, he slapped it on the table fiercely, then gasped twice, and said: "Confiscated, it is not allowed in the army." Circulate!”

"General... apart from slandering the general, what else was written in the letter?" Li Feng asked bravely.

There were seven or eight middle-level generals in the tent at this time. They also needed to know the conditions of the war letter before they could make a judgment. However... Zhang Xun looked very angry, which made them afraid to ask.

Since it is a letter of challenge, it must be an invitation to a battle or a battle of generals - a battle of generals is basically impossible, so let Zhang Xun challenge Lu Bu in a one-on-one battle?No matter how angry Zhang Xu is, he won’t dare!

In the case of a battle formation, it is actually unlikely, because generally the same number of troops are engaged in a battle formation. Now that one side has such a big advantage, why do you want to fight a formation?Even a fierce general cannot be fooled...

Seeing Zhang Xun's appearance, the generals thought: Could it be that Chen Gong also accused his father and cursed his mother in the letter?Isn't it?Chen Gong is also a scholar and is said to be quite honest.

"Read it yourself!" Zhang Xun thought for a while and handed the letter over.

Li Feng read the previous few lines, his expression became weird, and he thought to himself: Chen Gong is worthy of being a scholar!
I saw at the beginning that he praised Zhang Xun, who was also familiar with the art of war, as if he wanted to brag about military affairs...

However, the conversation then changed, and he suddenly mentioned that "Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Ten is to encircle an enemy, five is to attack it, and if doubled is to divide it."

Li Feng knows that this is a passage in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which means to encircle the enemy when it is ten times stronger than the enemy, attack the enemy frontally when it is five times stronger than the enemy, and think first when the enemy's strength is only twice that of the enemy. Methods to divide the enemy's strength.

This seemingly cowardly statement has its own context. The core of the entire "Attack Chapter" is the concept of "conquering the enemy without fighting", not the art of war.

There is another sentence in it that is even more famous-the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the handover, the second is to attack the soldiers, and the next is to attack the city.

In short, it is to warn people not to fight wars with too many casualties. This is also determined by the background of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Although the aristocrats at that time did not treat the common people as equal "people", but at that time, the wars were not the common people's business, but were carried out in the aristocratic class, and they paid attention to righteous warfare. .

In this world, it is said that Cheng Ji in the Western Zhou Dynasty could not be trained for "military service", so nobles and their servants went into battle on their own.

But as we all know, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, there was no longer so much talk. Not only were ordinary people not human, they were also cannon fodder...

What Sun Tzu advocated at that time was that if there is a real fight, winning is not a matter of skill. The best thing is to be able to capture all the other party's soldiers. If you kill other people's soldiers and cripple their troops, it shows that you are not good at it!
The premise of the phrase "encircle ten times" is exactly the same - encircle ten times, attack five times... According to the war concept at that time, it was usually acceptable to surrender without fighting.

However, after Chen Gong suddenly mentioned this sentence, he later wrote: Now that I heard about the power of General Huang Huang, who came with the power of Mount Tai to crush the eggs, I still acted cautiously and surpassed my grandson to avoid the palace being divided.This time I invite you to fight, the palace is willing to raise three thousand soldiers, five thousand generals, and use the full military skills of the generals...

The corners of Li Feng's mouth trembled, and he thought to himself: You are indeed a scholar!

The subtext is nothing more than, you see that you have such a great advantage, you are still cowardly like a grandson, and I know you are afraid of me, so follow the "Sun Tzu's Art of War", I will use [-], against you [-]!

"General, there may be fraud involved." Li Feng said bravely.

"Nonsense! If there is no deceit, does Chen Gong really dare to face the general's [-] troops with [-] elite cavalry and [-] new soldiers?" Zhang Xun said and glared at him.

"The general has a clear vision." Li Feng praised.

"However... since we know that he is deceitful, it is not impossible to use it! No matter what he wants to do, but our military strength... and the general's ability must have an absolute advantage. We can also see it when we siege the city today. , they are nothing more than some strange and obscene skills.

In other words, no matter what conspiracy he has, as long as he pulls the army out of the city, it will be beneficial to us, as long as we be careful! "Zhang Xun said.

"General... wise." Li Feng thought for a while, and it seemed that this was the case.

If today's siege had not failed, perhaps Zhang Xun would have been more cautious, but now that he had seen the "Wolf Fang" and found that he could only slowly improve his morale, Zhang Xun was a little anxious. At the same time, the siege in the morning was also It gave Zhang Xuncheng a more favorable impression in the foreign war.

"And we can't let Chen Gong underestimate him! I will give him a reply right now. I don't need two thousand. No matter how many people he comes... I will command ten thousand!" Zhang Xun said fiercely.

Li Feng:......

After talking for a long time, they still had to rely on at least twice the number of soldiers and horses in Quacheng. They could also estimate that even if all Danyang's manpower was recruited for military service, there would only be four thousand recruits.

"He also chose a place and asked me to set a time? Then tomorrow, don't give him any more time to delay!" Zhang Xun said and began to write a letter of application.

And when Bai Tu, Chen Gong and others saw Zhang Xun's reply and saw his army start to retreat as promised, they couldn't help but smile...

(End of this chapter)