Mi Han

Chapter 430

"Xiang Wang's army fell down the wall, and the soldiers were short of food. At night, they heard that the Han army was surrounded by songs. Xiang Wangnai was shocked, and said: "The Han has already conquered Chu? Why are there so many Chu people?""

This sentence is excerpted from "Historical Records", and it is about a strategy Han Xin set up to defeat Xiang Yu.

Later generations summed up the idiom of besieged on all sides based on this strategy.

Although Shi Hui came from a famous family, "Historical Records" was not an officially recognized book during the Han Dynasty. Coupled with the closedness of contemporary knowledge, Shi Hui only had fragments of "Historical Records" in his hands.

Obviously, Shi Hui had never heard of the well-known strategy of being besieged on all sides in later generations.

But after Yu Fan read out the original text about besieged people in "Historical Records", Shi Hui quickly understood what kind of strategy it was.

For all warriors, attacking the heart is the most important thing, this is the truth that almost every leading general understands.

However, it is not so easy to achieve heart attack.

And besieged on all sides is an excellent example of psychological warfare.

After reading part of the original text to Shi Hui, Yu Fan went on to tell Shi Hui his thoughts.

"From the letters obtained by the general, it can be seen that Deng Ai had already heard the news when the general's army approached Yelang.

Judging by common sense, Deng Ai's army is a guest army, and the terrain is unknown. In addition, the number of Han troops is far smaller than ours. Therefore, after learning of the arrival of the general's army, Deng Ai should adopt a strategy of retreating.

But Deng Ai didn't do that, Deng Ai was Mi Yang's favorite general, even though his ability was less than one-tenth of Mi Yang's, there was no reason why he couldn't make such a simple judgment.

Deng Ai is not a faint person, so there must be a deep reason why he did not lead the Han army to retreat in time.

From the information collected by the general before, it can be seen that there is only one possibility for Deng Ai to adopt the strategy of holding on to the camp despite knowing that it is unfavorable.

That is, the Han army who had been infected with the miasma before had not yet recovered, and even more people were infected than before.

This is the only reason why Deng Ai did not dare to retreat rashly. "

Yu Fan's analysis made Shi Hui nod involuntarily.

But what Shi Hui didn't understand was, what does this have to do with the besieged songs introduced by Yu Fan?

Seeing the puzzled expression on Shi Hui's face, Yu Fan showed a confident smile on his face, and then explained to Shi Hui:

"What kind of hero is King Xiang? Even he can't stop the morale of the army under his command from shaking when the soldiers are starving, let alone Deng Ai?"

"Although I don't know how long the Han army's food and grass can last, I know that Deng Ai is worried about the Han army's miasma.

The army has a disease, which sometimes shakes the morale of the army more than the lack of food in the army. "

"So the situation facing the Han army today is similar to that of the Xiang army back then?

Since the morale of the Han army is unstable, our army should make good use of it.

The reason why the Marquis of Huaiyin used Chu songs to further disintegrate Xiang Jun's fighting spirit was that everyone was homesick.

Deng Ai's troops are all elites from Liangzhou, so our army can also imitate the story of the Marquis of Huaiyin back then, and defeat the fighting spirit of the Liang army with people's homesickness. "

When Yu Fan expressed his thoughts layer by layer, Shi Hui's face became flushed.

Impatiently, he continued to ask Yu Fan: "Since Mr. Yu has a good strategy, you can speak quickly."

Yu Fan was eager to despise Shi Hui, but in order to save his life, Yu Fan didn't let Shi Hui wait too long.

"Back then, the Marquis of Huaiyin used Chu people's folk songs to do this, and today our army can do it with a piece of news."

"This news is to spread the news that the Wei army is about to attack Liangzhou in advance."

"Liangzhou is the lifeline of the five thousand Liangzhou army, and if the lifeline is in trouble, how can we prevent the thousands of Liangzhou army from being in a mess?
Deng Ai is not Mi Yang, and his prestige is not enough to dispel the doubts of thousands of Liangzhou troops.

In addition, the morale of the thousands of Liangzhou troops was already unstable. In this way, within half a month, the fighting spirit of the thousands of Liangzhou troops would be wiped out.

And once their fighting spirit is extinguished, even if there are tens of thousands of soldiers, why should our army be afraid of them? "

After Yu Fan finished talking about all the thoughts in his mind, Shi Hui couldn't help clapping his hands and burst out laughing.

He praised Yu Fan again and again: "So the treasure of Marquis Wu's house is well-deserved!"

What Yu Fan presented for the Shi Hui was a strategy of defeating the enemy without fighting. The important thing is that this soldier is the famous Liangzhou Army in the world.

If Yu Fan's strategy can succeed, then Shi Hui will definitely become famous all over the world with this battle.

And this kind of prestige will undoubtedly greatly increase the success rate of Shi Hui's inner ambition.

Facing Shi Hui's praise, Yu Fan's self-confidence became stronger.

Because he was very satisfied with Yu Fan's strategy, after Shi Hui praised Yu Fan, his attitude towards him became much better.

As long as Yu Fan is valuable, Shi Hui, who wants to be emperor, doesn't mind showing his amiable, respectful and virtuous corporal side.

Shi Hui first asked Yu Fan to be brought down to entertain him, and then he hurriedly summoned a group of generals to discuss how to turn Yu Fan's strategy into practical actions as soon as possible.

It's not too early to become famous.

Not long after Shi Hui led the army to arrive outside Yelang County, at the request of the Yelang county magistrate, he led the army into Yelang city.

Deng Aihui was apprehensive about Yelang County Magistrate's invitation, but Shi Hui, who had Zhu Bao's support, did not.

The news that Shi Hui led the army to settle in Yelang County was quickly detected by Deng Ai's scouts and reported to him.

After learning about this, Deng Ai couldn't help frowning a little more.

If Shi Hui led the army to station outside the city, no matter how well his camp was built, it would not be as strong as the city wall.

But now that Shi Hui led the army into Yelang City, it means that he has naturally obtained a strong camp, which makes the next step of the Han army even more difficult.

The number of people is smaller than that of the enemy, and it is not easy to fight in the field, let alone attack the city?

But worry is nothing but worry, now is not the time to worry too much about this, Deng Ai quickly picked up his mood and continued his inspection of the camp.

As the first group of generals who followed Mi Yang, except Deng Aiwei who participated in the battle of public security, he followed Mi Yang in other battles.

And Deng Ai regards Mi Yang as his idol, so it is inevitable that he will always imitate some of Mi Yang's behaviors in the process of leading troops.

For example, when the morale of one's own army is unstable, Deng Ai will personally inspect the camps like Mi Yang, in an attempt to use his prestige to stabilize the morale of the army as soon as possible.

It's just obvious that Deng Ai didn't have the deep-rooted prestige in the Liangzhou Army like Mi Yang did, so after some inspections, the wavering situation in the camp didn't improve much.

After Deng Ai returned to the camp after his patrol, he wanted to take a short rest, but soon an urgent shout from outside the tent made him stand up suddenly from his seat.

Deng Ai recognized that the call came from his good friend Shi Bao.

And based on Deng Ai's understanding of Shi Bao, he knew that if there was no urgent matter, Shi Bao would not be so eager.

After realizing this, Deng Ai immediately summoned Shi Bao into the tent.

The moment Shi Bao saw Deng Ai when he entered the tent, he immediately reported a news that shocked him.

"The enemy army is distributed around our camp, shouting the news that "Wei army is attacking Liangzhou on a large scale". Now this matter has been heard by many people in the camp."

After Shi Bao reported to Deng Ai what Shi Hui Dajun was doing, Deng Ai immediately understood the reason why Shi Hui Dajun was doing this.
"The thief is playing a trick of besieged from all sides!"

Deng Ai was born in poverty, and he had never read "Historical Records" before, but after joining Mi Yang's command, the studious Deng Ai often asked Mi Yang to borrow books to read.

Xiang Yu can be said to be one of the most brilliant famous generals hundreds of years ago. Deng Ai has carefully studied his deeds, so Deng Ai knows the strategy of being surrounded by enemies.

He also knew the ingenuity of this strategy.

Besieged on all sides is not to induce the enemy's morale to shake, it is to further expand this mentality infinitely on the basis of the enemy's already shaken morale.

Just like what the army of Shihui has done today.

If the Han army had not been infected with the miasma and the morale of the army was turbulent, then the news spread by the Shihui army would not have troubled Deng Ai at all.

He didn't even bother to answer.

But when the Han army's morale has been shaken, the lethality of this news after it spread is very great.

Being in a foreign country and contracting a serious disease, people's homesickness is the strongest at this time, and returning to the roots of fallen leaves is the appeal of everyone in the world.

In this case, even if the news cannot be confirmed, it will inevitably arouse suspicion in the hearts of the Han army.

The human heart is complex and changeable. Sometimes the human heart does not need accurate information to cause doubts. It only needs to be guided at the right time.

Otherwise, would Xiang Yu be really stupid enough to conclude that Chu has been taken by Liu Bang just based on a few songs?
Perhaps Xiang Yu and Deng Ai thought of the same place back then, so he made that conclusion pessimistically.

Shi Bao had never heard of the strategy of being besieged on all sides, but he could intuitively feel the viciousness of this strategy.

When the news gradually spread in the Han army camp, many soldiers couldn't help asking their superiors whether the news said by the enemy outside was true.

Although the generals and schools at all levels are denying it, the current situation is enough to prove that this news has further shaken the morale of the army.

It is because of this situation that Shi Bao anxiously came to look for Deng Ai.

Deng Ai learned about the current situation of the Han army camp from Shi Bao's mouth. After learning this, Deng Ai kept thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

And Shi Bao in the tent was also walking back and forth anxiously.

Obviously Shi Bao is also thinking about countermeasures.

After walking for a while, Shi Bao suggested to Deng Ai to retreat.

During the previous discussions, none of the generals had the intention of withdrawing troops. That was when they felt that the current situation facing the Han army was not a last resort.

It's just that today, after the enemy army resorted to the tactics of being besieged on all sides, Shi Bao feels that this situation has arrived.

But Deng Ai subconsciously vetoed Shi Bao's suggestion to retreat: "I can't retreat, our army must not leave the camp at this time."

Seeing that Deng Ai categorically rejected his suggestion, Shi Bao was very anxious. He wanted to persuade him again, but Deng Ai took the lead in explaining to him:

"Our army's morale is in turmoil, and the miasma-infected soldiers have not yet recovered. If our army rashly leaves the camp at this time, under the protection of no camp, if the enemy takes the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, our army will be in danger!"

After explaining this to Shi Bao, Deng Ai said to Shi Bao again:

"Although the enemy's strategy is quite vicious, this strategy is not a one-time strategy.

Everyone in our army is familiar with the order of seven beheadings. The order of seven beheadings is the majesty of the monarch. With the deterrence of the order of seven beheadings, the morale of our army will not collapse immediately.

It is precisely because of the critical situation that our generals cannot be chaotic. According to my expectation, there may be a large number of enemy troops ambushing our army at this time, thinking of ambushing our army.

Our army must be at every step, otherwise you and I will die and live up to the expectations of the lord, then what face will we have to face the lord in the future? "

Deng Ai mentioned Mi Yang in his words, which made the flustered Shi Bao calm down instantly as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head.

Death is not terrible, but if he let Mi Yang fail to show his kindness to him, it would make him feel more uncomfortable than killing him.

After calming down, Shi Bao also began to seriously analyze the sinister situation facing the Han army today.

Soon Shi Bao expressed his thoughts to Deng Ai.

"No matter how turbulent our army's morale is, if the enemy wants to defeat our army, it needs to fight head-on."

The embattled strategy can only greatly increase the enemy's winning rate in the battle, but it will not let them win directly.

"Since this is the case, our army will continue to stick to the camp and let the enemy have no chance."

"And the key to calming our army's morale is whether those soldiers infected with miasma can recover during the period of our army's steadfast defense."

Shi Bao's analysis gave Deng Ai's brain a clear context.

"What Zhong Rong said is very true. The plan of being besieged on all sides is only adding fuel to the fire. As long as we can draw from the bottom of the pot, the enemy's plan of being besieged on all sides will be self-defeating."

After Deng Ai finished speaking, Shi Bao immediately went on to say: "I will work with Meng Huo to supervise the treatment progress of the doctors in the camp.

During this period of time, Shizai should keep his face and continue to patrol the camps as usual to stop him calmly. "

At this moment, Shi Bao didn't regard Deng Ai as his superior. He was just like discussing the art of war with Deng Ai when he was young, and told his friend one by one his opinions to this friend in front of him.

When Deng Ai saw Shi Bao say what he wanted to say, a smile appeared on his face.

Perhaps the current situation is very unfavorable to the Han army, but fortunately, he is not alone in this dangerous situation.

Deng Aiyun agreed to Shi Bao's suggestion.

After Deng Ai's approval, Shi Bao will leave to perform his duties.

But before Shi Bao left, Deng Ai asked Shi Bao: "Is Zhong Rong confident?"

Facing Deng Ai's question, Shi Bao fell into silence.

Although his analysis with Deng Ai just now is sound, but the dangerous situation facing the Han army has not changed at all. Under this situation, anything can happen.

But after being silent for a while, Shi Bao murmured: "The difference between survival and death is up to you and me, so why not say yes or no?"

After saying this, Shi Bao bowed to Deng Ai and left the big tent.

After Shi Bao left, Deng Ai thought carefully about what Shi Bao said just now, and he couldn't help laughing.

Only at this moment did he really understand why Mi Yang sent him south that day.

What Mi Yang needs is a general who can stand alone, and being alone does not mean fighting with the wind.

And when the Han army outside Yelang County was in trouble, a messenger covered in blood was rushing towards Yizhou County.

Neither Deng Ai nor Shi Hui knew about this matter.

What made them even more unaware was that in February of the third year of Zhangwu in the Han Dynasty, Wei Jun was really going to attack Liangzhou.

In a time of strife and chaos, the great river is going east and west, and there is inexhaustible blood of heroes.

The general trend of the world is changing.

It is foreseeable that the next Liangzhou will be soaked in the blood of countless heroes.

(End of this chapter)