For example, "The other party likes me", and for example, "I will definitely win this time".
These psychological mechanisms are actually adaptive strategies shaped by natural selection, and their roots lie in the trade-offs between survival and reproduction in ancient environments. After all, in the case of incomplete information, human evolutionary tendencies are to choose less costly mistakes.
Overestimating the other person's interest in one's own may be embarrassing due to misjudgment, but if it is correct, you will get a partner; if it is underestimating the other person's hostility, you may die due to misjudgment. Therefore, humans are more naturally inclined to make the former mistake.
After all, in the ancient environment where resources are scarce, individuals who dare to take risks are more likely to break through the status quo and explore new territories. Even if the probability of success is low, discovering new resources may change the fate of the ethnic group. Hunting large animals is dangerous, but success at one time is enough to support the entire group for several days, or even for a long time without having to go out to take risks again, and overestimate their own attractiveness or ability, which can help take the initiative in courtship or power struggle.
Therefore, the strategic choice of Cao Jun military academy also fully demonstrated this rule.
Is it a dangerous situation to fight face to face with the Cavalry, or is it a dangerous situation to chase these "defeated" Cavalry?
If you want to obtain profits and get these swords, guns and flags as spoils, should you rush up and bend down to pick them up, or do you really kill the Hussars and then get them from the corpse of the Hussars?
The Cao army military academy rushed out, and then more Cao army soldiers rushed out.
Even though I know there is a problem, or, even though I know that "the other party is unlikely to like me" and "buy a lottery is just a waste", why not give it a try? If it succeeds, wouldn't it be a big profit?
Cao Jun Military Academy may be a relatively sober person. After rushing out for a while, he picked up some swords, guns and flags, he slipped to the side...
The other Cao army soldiers who rushed up may not be as clear as him.
When most of the soldiers of the Cao army saw that the people who were leading the way were getting a bargain, they couldn't help but rush up, and the swords, guns, flags and other nearby were all snatched away, so they naturally had to go to a farther place to pick them up.
The Hussars shouted and ran into a charming posture.
The soldiers of Cao's army also shouted loudly. At first, they were a little nervous, but the more they got, they became more and more relaxed. After all, this thing was like that. The first time I bent down and licked the capitalists, I felt it was a shame, but later I felt that 996 was a pie falling from the sky...
The soldiers of Cao's army were also humans and also longed for victory. This desire has existed for too long and has been suppressed too low.
Even the temporary, false sense of happiness and dopamine secreted by the brain are still enough to drive the Cao army soldiers to forget the danger and forget everything!
At the beginning, the Hussar soldiers of Zhang Liao's vanguard were also preparing to use seduction attacks to allow these Cao army soldiers to pursue forward with confidence, such as turning around and shooting randomly in the void in a hundred and eighty degrees, reappearing the scene of Cao army's previous defeat and attack power declined in panic. As a result, it was found that there was no need to do so at all. Cao army could not stop chasing!
Due to distance, the governor Yique could not see the details on the battlefield very directly. He could only see that the Cavalry Army had retreated, while the Cao army ambushed on the mountain picked up swords, guns, armor and flags in the process of chasing, which caused the queue to be messy, and he couldn't help but be very angry. He grabbed the drumstick and hit the drum, "Send the order! Don't stop! Don't pick it up! Disperse these Hussar soldiers! Continue to rush!"
The urging drums rumbled, and who knew that this was encouraging Cao's army or urging them to die?
When the sun began to set, the defeated Hussars retreated to their intended place.
The running cavalry academy stopped and began to command the soldiers to reorganize the originally scattered armor that had been deliberately made, and threw more debris into the loess gullies.
He looked up and saw flags showing off on the soil slopes on both sides, shaking.
Cao's army spread along the ravines like surging insects.
『Push down!』
With a command, the two-wheeler loaded with some ignition items was ignited and was immediately pushed down from the earth slope.
The flames burned in the car.
Thick smoke rises.
The fire-burning objects filled in the car jumped and fell in scattered, and the soldiers of the Cao army were cut into several sections while screaming.
It was not until this moment that the real killing move of the Cavalry Army was revealed.
The hussar soldiers who "fled" regained their weapons from their predetermined positions, exposed their fangs and claws, formed a solid array, and pushed back towards the Cao army. On the ground slope, there were archers who were condescending to shoot arrows at the Cao army soldiers.
The defeated troops and other ambushed Hussar soldiers cooperated with each other, like a knife, quickly cutting the troops of Cao's army and crushing them.
『Help!』
"I've been fooled!"
"There are ambushes!"
The Cao army soldiers howled in a mess.
Yes, they should have thought of it long ago, they should have stopped, they should have just taken something like that military academy, don't go so far, don't be so greedy...
But most of the time, I know it but can't do it.
Just like the stock market in later generations, everyone knows that buying at a low price will make money if you sell at a high price. But most of the time, you will buy at the bottom and buy at the bottom halfway up the mountain. When you can't help but cut your losses, you will start to rebound. Looking up, you will swear that you will not chase high prices. After a day, two days and three days, you can't help but rush in and get stuck on the top of the mountain again...
The leeks are coming every year, and they grow every year.
Before rushing out, Cao Jun thought that the opposite side was the leek. When he found out that he was being made of dumplings, he wanted to run away, so where was there any time?
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Zhang Liao stood on the high slope in the distance, watching black smoke rise from the gullies, and screams also came from the wind, and felt a little relieved.
"Have the defenders of Yique Pass come out?"
Zhang Liao asked.
The scout quickly returned, "General! Cao's army at Yique Pass did not move!"
Zhang Liao turned his head and looked towards Luoyang in the northeast, "Is there any movement in Luoyang?"
He set out late today and attacked late, leaving Yique with time and a passage for help from Luoyang City.
The guards sent inquiry signals to the scouts in the distance.
A moment later, the message from the relay of the scouts from a distance also stated that "there is no movement in the direction of Luoyang!"
Zhang Liao frowned.
It is understandable that Yique did not go out to fight, but Luoyang did not come out. Has he seen through Zhang Liao's strategy to lure troops?
If the Cao army defenders in Luoyang City really don’t go to fight, then Zhang Liao will change his original plan and completely take down Yique first!
However, this Yique Yishui is somewhat troublesome, and the key is that dam, if you can't do it well...
Zhang Liao looked up at the sky, and the sky had gradually sunk.
No matter what, today's war has come to an end.
What a pity that neither Yique nor Luoyang could lure Cao's army out.
"The order was sent, and the soldiers and generals took turns to rest." Zhang Liao ordered, "Send additional scouts to disperse lightly and darkly, and strictly prevent Cao's army from attacking at night!"
The guards took the order.
Today's offense was smooth, but it was a success, but if you want to say that it was effective, you didn't get the full results.
This is what the plan on the battlefield is.
It is impossible for all enemy troops to move as imagined.
In the original plan, Zhang Liao set up two or three preparatory plans.
Just talking about the offensive against Yique Pass, if the Cao army does not pursue it, then in turn, it will increase its attack on the Yishui Dam and force the Cao army to attack. If the Cao army moves a lot on the mountain, then Zhang Liao will intercept the Cao army soldiers on the mountain. If the Cao army in Yique Pass can't help but rush out, then Zhang Liao will lead the team to raid Yique Pass!
There are also plans for the direction of Luoyang...
However, the Cao army guards in Luoyang and Yique Pass now did not attack for some reason, so Zhang Liao could only hold his troops and hide them, so he asked someone to continue to investigate the battlefield and wait for subsequent changes.
When the sun set, the Cao army soldiers who were chasing themselves were already lying down.
Although the earth slope is not very high, the loess gullies are not an excellent ambush place. At least it will be much worse than the mountains around Yique Pass. If Cao's army insists on rushing to the earth slope, they can also rush out, but the burning supplies trucks pushed down have become the decisive factor.
The flames and black smoke aggravated the panic of the Cao army soldiers, making these Cao army soldiers not think about rushing up to the low-high slope to fight against the Hussels, but just wanted to escape.
The Cao army soldiers who were originally lying in the mountains in Yique were lured out and killed most of them, and the rest were dispersed. However, the two parts at the Yique Dam and the Cao army camp in Yique Guanzhong were not able to catch up with the advantage, but instead they were saved.
Therefore, Yique's "three arrows" have been broken, and Zhang Liao is also preparing to take it down with as little casualties as possible...
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On the other side, Man Chong in Luoyang City also received news that Zhang Liao entered Yique Pass.
『What to do, what to do?!』
The expressions on the faces of the soldiers and generals of the Cao army in Luoyang City were these three words.
The same is true for Man Chong.
He has indeed done his best.
Victory was once so close to them, but in the battle of Hedong, when the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry appeared, he was defeated again.
After a hard battle, they finally retreated here.
This was once the pride of the Han Dynasty and a symbol of the dynasty, but now in Luoyang City, soldiers have no intention of fighting and officials have no intention of fighting.
The deserters and fleeing officials, even if Man Chong hung his head on the city wall and piled up beside the road, there were still people who would take risks.
It can be said that what Man Chong is facing now is like a desperate situation!
Logically speaking, although Luoyang is not as dangerous as Guanzhong, it also has a barrier around guarding. Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty chose to set his capital here, and he also liked the location here that he could control Guanzhong with the left and Shandong with the right, thus extending the lifespan of the dynasty for nearly two hundred years.
However, like most feudal dynasties, when the entrepreneurial dynasty fell in front of time, the second and third dynasty gradually lost their initial determination and perseverance, and began to get further and further away from the common people. By the end of the feudal dynasty, almost all descendants of the emperor were raised into pigs by the powerful men of the aristocratic families.
This certainly involves the strategies of the aristocratic families, but also the incompetence of these emperor grandsons.
Therefore, at present, if Man Chong wants to defend Luoyang, he not only has to face the vanguard of Zhang Liao's army, but also the knife stabbed by the children of the gentry behind him. For these children of the gentry who had long wanted to escape from Heluo, Luoyang belongs to the Han Dynasty and the emperor's face, not theirs, and has nothing to do with them.
The man is going to be finished!
They would also shout, but if they really wanted them to do something, they would spread their hands, "What does this have to do with me?"
Although Luoyang has not yet returned to its grand occasion, it does not mean that it cannot be defended at all.
After all, after the continuous construction, reinforcement and expansion over the past two hundred years, the entire capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty was larger than that of a horse.
In a short period of time, Man Chong used his best efforts to repair the city defense facing the west and repaired some loopholes on the other three sides. If the Cavalry Army did not come in large-scale troops and did not use firearms on a large scale, they could still defend the city wall for a period of time and wait for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.
But will the Cavalry Army honestly use conventional tactics?
Obviously impossible.
Therefore, Man Chong was forced to make some arrangements in advance, hoping to use these arrangements to delay the time when the Cavalry Army captured Luoyang.
For example, Yique Pass.
The question facing Man Chong is whether Zhang Liao knew the secret of Yique Pass or just happened to run into it?
If it was just a coincidence, then Man Chong would attack now and he might be hit by Zhang Liao's counterattack.
It would be fine if Zhang Liao defeated, but if he led the army but lost, he would not have thought that Luoyang would immediately scatter. The various defense systems and fortifications laid out in the original form have become in vain!
But if you don’t go to the battle and let Zhang Liao take down Yique Pass first, then the arrangements made at Yique Pass before will be completely useless...
A guarding place requires not only a perfect city defense, sufficient guards, sufficient food, but also a source of water that will not be cut off. If there is no way to pick wood, there must be no burning, but also a sufficient and capable defender. Around this defense area, there must be a buffer of support, and reinforcements can also rely on these support areas to assist.
And now, Man Chong’s support is the arrangement of these passes around Luoyang!
If Yique fights without help, will the people from Taigu and Zhuyuan Pass still have strong beliefs?
If all these passes around Luoyang are lost, how long can one Luoyang be left?
Once the rear path is cut off, the supply will be cut off.
And the key is to have people’s hearts and morale!
The reinforcements were still unknown. Even though they were as firm as a favorite, they dared not say that he could guard the lonely city of Luoyang for a few days!
Above the city wall, the Cao army's flag was rushing in the wind, and the soldiers around were watching Man Chong.
Man Chong pressed his hands on the battlements of the city wall, and the dark purple lines on the cracked blue bricks seemed to be the blood that had penetrated into it before. Man Chong's face and body were no longer as elegant and romantic as he had in Yingchuan before, dusty, and his hair was also uneasy and restlessly crawled out of his crown. Anyone could see that Man Chong was now very tired, but Man Chong's waist was still straight and did not collapse.
This is one of the reasons why Man Chong is still willing to follow Man Chong...
Man Chong scanned Luoyang City over and over again, scanned his soldiers, scanned the fortifications outside Luoyang City, as well as Beimang Mountain in the distance, and Yique Pass to the south.
From the perspective of the battlefield, it is unreasonable for Zhang Liao to march Yique Pass. After all, if you come out of Hangu Pass, you can go directly to Luoyang along the Gushui, and then camp at the location where Luoshui and Gushui gather. You can march into Luoyang near you. Normally, Yique Pass is hidden behind Luoyang. After all, there is a little distance between you and Yishui.
But the problem is that Zhang Liao has now passed the Gushui and Luoshui, and went directly to Yique Pass!
So what should I do?
On the surface, Zhang Liao's vanguard was a distance from the central army of the cavalry. Now that Zhang Liao is attacking Yique Pass, it is equivalent to exposing the back of Man Chong in Luoyang!
If Man Chong's profession is an assassin, he would have been unable to help but launch a backstab now!
What a good position this is!
but……
Will Zhang Liao's cavalry suddenly attack once he led his troops to attack? This is actually a flaw that Zhang Liao deliberately revealed?
Or stay here, try to block the passage of the Cavalry to the east as much as possible, and separate Zhang Liao and the Cavalry from both sides, waiting for Shandong to come or may be reinforcements that will never come?
Of course, if you continue here, Man Chong can imagine that it is more likely to be a two-sided attack!
If Mengjin in the north also falls, it will be three sides!
Double or even triple the "surprise"!
At that time, even if Man Chong wants to defend it, he will definitely not be able to defend it! It is impossible for the children of the gentry in the city who had long been dissatisfied with Man Chong to secretly prostrate the city gate!
The guard beside Man Chong whispered: "Langjun, what should we do now? If Yique cannot defend, the Cavalry Army can attack from the West Gate and the South Gate! Our Ximen City is OK, but here on the South Gate Luoshui... If the Cavalry Army really comes from the south, then the ship we stayed in Luoshui...why should we move the ship first?"
Man Chong gritted his teeth and said, "How to move? Now all the people are staring at me. As soon as we move, Luoyang City will immediately change its flag and become a cavalry army! If the ship we left in Luoshui is discovered by the people in the city, do you believe it or not and flee that day?! The congestion of Luoshui will not flow! By then, the situation in Luoyang will be really robbed! All the efforts and preparations we made before will be in vain!"
The guard had no choice but to respond, and after a while, he said, "But, Mr. Lang, do we still have reinforcements?"
Man Chong snorted and whispered: "It will come... The sky is about to fall. Although we dare not say that we can turn the sky alone, we can hold on for a while, even for a while!"
The guard looked up at the sky, "Mr., what if...if you can't hold on to this sky?"
Man Chong smiled, "If you can't hold on, then you will naturally die... People will always die, just die sooner or later! Sent the order!"
Man Chong's voice became firm, "Let the troops from Taigu Pass immediately come out to attack the flanks of the Cavalry vanguard and rescue Yique!"