Chapter 522: If you are still afraid, don’t chase after the poor criminals
When Cheng Xi broke out of the valley, the sky had darkened and it was already the end of the You hour. The five-mile-long Shou Valley road was littered with corpses.
The flags, flags, and banners of the Wei army were randomly discarded on the ground. There were also many corpses of Wu army soldiers, and ownerless horses wandered randomly in the valley...
Even the crows came over to join in the fun, landing on the bodies of dead soldiers from time to time and calling out "ya-ya-ya", adding a bit of desolation to the entire valley.
After breaking out of the siege, Cheng Xi looked back at the tragic scenes in the valley. He was still frightened. At the same time, he was somewhat lucky to survive and break out of the siege. But at the same time, he also knew that he wanted to make military exploits and further his dream of being promoted to General Zuo.
With this defeat, they were shattered together,
Cheng Xi felt very bitter in his heart, but he had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill. He continued to wave the whip in his hand, causing the horses under him to speed up and run forward. The mixed team of infantry and cavalry, with only 800 people left, fled at a very fast speed.
Quickly, let the originally dry ground stir up puffs of smoke and dust.
"Drive-drive-drive!"......
Cheng Xi was still very worried that Wu Jun would catch up and kill him and the remaining 800 soldiers under his command. After all, the rule of not pursuing the enemy when the enemy was poor did not apply now. The only other rule that applied now was to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.
Therefore, Cheng Xi escaped faster without the Wu army blocking him. If it were him, he would definitely choose to pursue the victory. This is the choice of most generals.
"Don't chase the enemy when you are in trouble" and "take advantage of the victory to pursue" are two strategic principles, which are applicable to different situations.
"Don't pursue the enemy when you're in trouble" means don't blindly pursue the enemy when he's in trouble or on the run.
The idea behind this principle is that when an enemy is at the end of their rope, they can become very dangerous and unpredictable.
Pursuing may cause your own strength to be dispersed, giving the enemy a chance to escape, or even being counterattacked by the enemy.
Therefore, in this situation, stay vigilant, adopt a sound strategy, and avoid taking risks.
"Pursuit after victory" refers to quickly pursuing the enemy after winning, consolidating the victory, and minimizing the enemy's ability to resist.
This principle applies to when the enemy is in a weakened state. Pursuing can further defeat the enemy and prevent the enemy from regaining strength. It can also increase one's own morale and strategic advantage.
In general, avoid pursuing the enemy when you are in trouble and pursue when you are victorious are two corresponding strategies that determine whether to pursue the enemy based on the enemy's status and the situation of the battle.
In practical applications, the master will need to weigh the pros and cons according to the specific situation and make wise decisions.
"Sun Tzu: Military Struggle" said: "Don't force the enemy when you are poor. This is the way to use troops."
It means not to pursue an enemy who has nowhere to escape, lest the enemy counterattack in a hurry and cause your own losses. It also means not to push someone too hard.
The so-called soldiers are those who put themselves to death and live later.
If you force the enemy into a desperate situation, they will fight with their last resort, and their morale will definitely be high. At this time, the enemies are as brave as tigers, and they will try their best to fight you to the death, and you will definitely pay a heavy price.
If you let the enemy escape, they will scramble for their lives, and there will be no morale at all. At this time, if you take advantage of the victory and pursue it, you will win a complete victory.
At the beginning, King Yan, Le Yi, and Qi Jie did not know the principle of chasing a poor enemy, and that was why they lost everything at the last moment of victory.
If the Yan State had not wanted to completely capture the Qi State as soon as possible, it would not have forced the soldiers and civilians of Jimo to resist desperately. Wouldn't it be better to boil the frog in warm water at this time?
Of the cities in Qi, only two cities, Ju and Jimo, were not captured. The Yan army first attacked Ju City where King Min of Qi was.
Chu general Nao Chi killed King Qi Min in the city, but he led the army and people to defend the city. The Yan army could not attack for a long time, so he turned to attack Jimo. The Jimo guard general went out of the city to fight with the Yan army, and was defeated and killed. The Jimo army and people thought that Tian Dan was in Anping
Wrapping the axle with iron sheets showed the art of war, so he appointed Tian Dan as the general of Jimo to fight against the Yan army.
The Yan army was unable to capture Jimo for a long time. At this time, King Yan Zhao died and King Yan Hui came to the throne. There was a rift between King Yan Hui and Le Yi.
Tian Dan sent spies to the State of Yan to circulate rumors that King Qi Min had been killed and that only two cities in the State of Qi had not been captured. Le Yi was afraid of being killed and did not dare to return to the State of Yan. He wanted to attack Qi State as a pretext.
In fact, he wanted to unite with Qi Bing to become the king of Qi State, but now that the time was not available, he delayed the attack on Jimo and waited until the time was right to claim the kingship.
Qi State is now most afraid that Yan State will send other generals to replace Le Yi, so that Jimo will be captured. King Yan Hui heard the rumors and sent a general to replace Le Yi.
After Le Yi was replaced, he ran to Zhao State, and the Yan army soldiers were very unhappy about this.
In order to deceive the Yan army and motivate the Qi army, Tian Dan asked the soldiers and civilians in Jimo City to worship their ancestors in the courtyard before eating. The food for sacrifice attracted birds to circle over the city.
Tian Dan took this opportunity to threaten that gods would come down from the sky to guide us in fighting, and asked the people in the city to say that gods would come to serve as our military advisor. A soldier volunteered to be our military advisor, but ran away after saying that. Tian Dan quickly pulled him back and asked him to go east.
sit down and treat him like a teacher,
But the soldier told Tian Dan that he had no skills and that he had lied to him. Tian Dan told him not to say anything, and then he appointed the soldier as his divine master. Every order he gave thereafter was said to be the divine master's idea;
After Tian Dan spread the news, he was most afraid that the Yan army would cut off the noses of the Qi soldiers and destroy the ancestral graves outside Jimo City. The Yan army fell into the trap and cut off the noses of the Qi soldiers and destroyed the ancestral graves of the Qi soldiers outside Jimo City
When the soldiers and civilians of Jimo saw this, they were all very angry and requested to go to war.
Tian Dan knew that now was the best time, so he took a shovel and built fortifications with the soldiers, organized his concubines into the team, distributed food to the soldiers, let the elite troops hide, and sent the old, weak and women
Guard the city at the head of the city, create an illusion, and send envoys to the Yan army to ask for surrender.
They also collected a lot of money and asked the wealthy people of Jimo to give it to the generals of Yan, asking them not to rob their families when the city was broken. The generals of Yan happily agreed to them, and the Yan army became more relaxed.
Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cows from the city, put red coats on the cows, painted them with colorful dragon patterns, tied sharp knives to the horns, tied reeds filled with grease to the cows' tails, and chiseled holes in the city wall.
many caves,
At night, they lit the reeds on the ox's tail, drove the ox out of the cave, and sent 5,000 elite men to follow behind the fire ox formation. The ox suffered from pain and rushed toward the Yan army crazily.
Because it happened so suddenly at night, the Yan army was immediately panicked. Wherever the bull formation went, the Yan army suffered heavy casualties. Five thousand elites held coins in their mouths and attacked silently. The people in the city took the opportunity to beat drums and shout, and the people in the city took the opportunity to beat drums and shout.
Following closely behind, even the old, weak, women and children held bronze utensils to show their prestige.
The Yan army was frightened and fled in all directions. The general of the Yan army was robbed and killed. In the process of chasing the Yan army, the Qi cities occupied by the Yan state also surrendered to Tian Dan.
Tian Dan's military strength also grew day by day, and he recovered more than 70 cities in total and successfully restored the Qi Dynasty. All the previous efforts of the Yan army were in vain.
After returning to Qi, he went to Jucheng to welcome King Xiang of Qi back to Linzi. Tian Dan was named Lord Anping and worshiped as prime minister because of his meritorious service...