Three Kingdoms: defect to Liu Bei and backhand intercept Mrs. Hu Mi

Chapter 163 An unprecedented idea of ​​breaking the city?

"Eat it hard?"

"Soft food?"

Yue Fei, Zhao Yun, and Yuwen Chengdu looked at each other and scratched their heads, their faces full of confusion.

Although Guo Jia and Xu Shu were extremely smart people, they still didn't understand the meaning of Lin Fan's words after being silent for a long time.

What exactly does this soft and hard thing mean?

Lin Fan pointed at the towering city wall and said with a smile: "Facing a fortified city, how do you break it?"

After a brief hesitation, Yue Fei took the lead and said: "It is said that one can make great efforts, then fail again, and then three times, he will be exhausted!"

"Our momentum is like a rainbow, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army is high. If we attack directly, we have the greatest chance of breaking the city."

"If there is a stalemate, everything depends on God's will."

The others nodded, obviously agreeing with Yue Fei's answer.

After all, the pressure of siege is originally on the attacking side.

The defenders only need to hold on to the city wall, and if they hold on, they will win.

You can ignore the overall situation because you don’t have the ability to take it into consideration.

But the attacking side needs to consider the overall situation and whether there are reinforcements around.

The longer the time, the harder it is to break the city.

That's why Yue Fei said that it was most likely to break the city in one go.

Lin Fan smiled lightly: "That's absolutely true."

"But soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape."

"It is precisely because he knew that our army's morale was high and the first wave of attacks would be extremely violent that Yuan Shu moved tens of thousands of people to the city wall."

"The attack at this moment plays into Yuan Shu's hands."

"In a head-on attack, if they can reach the city wall, it will boost their morale, but as long as they suffer a slight setback, the defenders' momentum will definitely rise."

"Let me ask you a question, what is the situation in Shouchun City now?"

Guo Jia seemed to understand Lin Fan's reasoning, but he was still confused.

After a brief silence, he subconsciously tried to say: "You are tense and your morale is forcibly improved?"

Lin Fan clapped his hands and praised: "Feng Xiao is right."

"Especially when Xuyi broke through the city an hour before and after, the world was shocked."

"How could Yuan Shu not learn from his experience and look for traitors in Shouchun?"

"It just so happens that we didn't rule out a traitor this time. Those who can't be caught will only make him more afraid."

"Under the trend of fear, there will be unjust people who are innocently arrested."

"In addition, because Xuyi's patrol captain surrendered directly after getting Yuan Zhi's guidance, this must have been a big stimulus to Yuan Shu."

"So soldiers guarding and patrolling the city will also be screened."

"This is to prevent us from breaking into the city, but this kind of changed screening will only make people panic and uneasy."

"If we attack the city directly, the whole city will be forced by our offensive posture, and there will be no time to think about it. We can only pick up weapons and fight."

"This is not good for us."

"But if we avoid its edge and suppress it without attacking, what will be the result?"

"Under tremendous pressure, internal differences will become bigger and bigger. When people are panicking, we will let out the fighting spirit we have accumulated for many days. If the enemy is weak and we are strong, wouldn't it be easier to break the city?"

The brief explanation was instantly understood by those present.

Yue Fei, Zhao Yun, and Yuwen Chengdu clapped their hands and laughed: "Wonderful!"

"Wonderful!!"

"Avoid its sharp edge and choose the moment when the enemy's morale is at its lowest to attack. Apart from the Lord, who can think of this ingenious way to break the city, who else can come up with this psychological game?"

"I am really convinced, my lord." "This is the first time I know that there are so many explanations for siege. It is not simply the number of soldiers or the number of siege equipment, but a multi-faceted confrontation."

"As long as we can find a favorable opportunity, the chance of breaking the city will greatly increase."

"This is the true timing!!"

Guo Jia and Xu Shu looked at each other with solemn expressions of confusion between their eyebrows.

Yuwen Chengdu seemed to notice that the two of them had something to say, and he said carelessly: "Two gentlemen, I see why you are unhappy?"

"Is my lord's words wrong?"

Guo Jia and Xu Shu shook their heads repeatedly.

Xu Shu said: "The general's words clearly see the advantages and disadvantages of psychological games. If you follow this method, you can indeed choose the enemy's weakest moment to attack, and the chance of breaking the city will also be greatly increased."

"There is a problem."

"How to create pressure if we are surrounded but not attacked?"

"How to maintain the strong fighting spirit of our army?"

"With high fighting spirit, as long as there is no attack, one or two days may not affect morale, but as long as the time changes, morale will inevitably be low."

"At that time, the pressure on the enemy will also decrease, and the difficulty of breaking the city will increase."

Yue Fei, Zhao Yun, and Yuwen Chengdu also frowned and looked solemnly.

But when he saw Lin Fan's confident smile, his worry immediately disappeared, and the solemn look in his eyes turned into expectation.

Xu Shu also noticed this, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still had no good solution.

There was a touch of bitterness on his face, and he bowed: "I would like to hear the general's opinion!"

Lin Fan said: "You are trapped in ordinary attack methods and did not understand what I just said."

"Besieging a city is not just about attacking and encircling a city without attacking, it can also include feigning attacks."

"Feint?"

Lin Fan nodded: "It's different from the feint attack you imagined. We need to make the enemy see that this is a feint attack."

"That is to say, when attacking, the whole army has the momentum to attack the city wall."

"It's like showing your sword in a duel."

"But whether or not this sword will penetrate is entirely up to us."

"We can choose to attack the city wall, or we can choose to take back the sword and sheath it again."

Seeing that a few people still didn't understand, Lin Fan continued to explain: "Another way is to train."

"Let soldiers quickly adjust their positions during offense and defense."

"With an order, you can approach the city wall and fight towards the wall. With an order, you can retreat with your shield."

"Let the soldiers' minds be highly concentrated and train this kind of offensive and defensive awareness on the real battlefield."

"As long as we can switch offense and defense perfectly, we can not only ensure that our army's momentum is always at a high level, but also exhaust the enemy."

"They were ready. When thousands of arrows were fired, we chose to feint a shot instead of actually attacking."

"As long as the defenders are relaxed, the first wave of bows and arrows are not fired, and the whole city is relaxed, we will immediately transform the drill into a real killing move and launch an attack."

"With this kind of offensive method, the defenders need to be vigilant all the time and dare not relax in the slightest. But in the long run, even elite troops still cannot maintain this vigilance."

"If the enemy is weak and we are strong, will it be difficult to break the city?"

"No matter how strong Shouchun City is, how many days can it withstand it?"

"what do y'all think?"

After saying this, Yue Fei, Zhao Yun, Yuwen Chengdu, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu all fell into sluggishness.

They seemed to have been opened up to a new world by Lin Fan's words, a new offensive idea that they had never thought of.

The five people's eyes were full of shock. They took a breath for a long time and didn't even know what to say.

(End of this chapter)