After Zhang Xun conducted a tentative attack all morning, he discovered that although the defenders in Qu'a City were very good, the defensive equipment was somewhat incompetent, and it was difficult for the ants to attack with force to achieve results...
This also puts an end to Zhang Xun's idea of a quick victory. After all, in the ladder battle, considering the time it takes to collect materials and build the ladder, it may be good to defeat Qu'a in a month.
After all, it is impossible to cover all the ladders when retreating. Even with the craftsmanship of soldiers in Zhang Xun's army who have only received "regular siege training", it would be good if the ladders can be pushed to the bottom of the city without breaking.
, most of them are one-off!
Thinking about the problem of military ration consumption, Zhang Xun also had a headache - Yuan Shu was blooming in all directions, which looked beautiful and powerful, but in fact he knew in his heart that the pressure was not small. Before Zhang Xun left, Yuan Shu had secretly discussed it with him
, strive for a quick victory, and once a stalemate is reached, civilians outside the city can be plundered to fill up military supplies if necessary...
Once the army moves, the consumption of military rations will at least double. How can Yuan Shu be under great pressure? He even fell out with Lu Kang of the Lu family just for 30,000 dendrobium rice!
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...
"That's unreasonable! Chen Gong, a lost dog, is simply too much!" After Zhang Xun read the letter sent to him, he slapped it on the table, then let out a cry twice, and said: "Confiscate it, it is not allowed in the army."
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"General... apart from slandering the general, what else was written in the letter?" Li Feng asked bravely.
At this time, there were seven or eight middle-level generals in the tent. 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 should definitely be an invitation to a battle or a battle of generals - a battle of generals is basically impossible. Let Zhang Xun challenge Lu Bu in a one-on-one battle? Zhang Xu would not dare to do so no matter how angry he is!
In the case of a battle formation, it is actually not possible, because generally a battle formation involves the same number of troops engaging in a fight. Now that one's side has such a huge advantage, why should a battle formation be fought? Even a fierce general cannot be fooled...
Looking at Zhang Xun's appearance, the generals thought: Could it be that Chen Gong also accused his father and mother in the letter? That's not true, right? Chen Gong is also a scholar, and it is said that he is quite honest.
"Read it yourself!" Zhang Xun thought for a while and handed the letter over.
After Li Feng read the first few lines, his expression became strange, and he thought to himself: Chen Gong is indeed 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 times to encircle an enemy, five times to attack it, and twice as many to divide it."
Li Feng knew that this was a section of the "Strategic Attack" chapter in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, which means to surround the enemy with ten times the enemy's strength, to attack the enemy head-on with five times the enemy's strength, and to think first when the enemy's strength is only twice that of the enemy.
Methods to divide the enemy's strength.
This seems like a cowardly bunch of words, but there is a context. The core of the entire "Strategic 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 with troops, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the third 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 "human beings", the wars at that time did not concern the common people, but were fought among the aristocratic class, and the emphasis was on righteous warfare. Even if they won, they could not destroy the ancestral temple and the country.
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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 were no longer so many people saying that not only were ordinary people not human, but 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 possible to accept surrender without fighting.
However, after Chen Gong suddenly mentioned such a sentence, he later wrote: Now that I heard about General Huang Huang's power, he came with the power of Mount Tai to crush the eggs, so he still acted cautiously and won over his grandson, so as not to divide the palace. Now I invite you to fight, Gong
I am willing to raise three thousand soldiers and fight against five thousand generals, with all the generals' full military skills...
Li Feng's mouth trembled when he saw it, and he thought to himself: He is indeed a scholar!
The subtext is nothing more than, you see that you have such a huge advantage, but you are still as cowardly as a Sun Tzu. I also know that you are afraid of me, so just follow the "Art of War", I will use three thousand to defeat you with fifteen thousand!
"General, there may be some fraud involved." Li Feng said bravely.
"Nonsense! If there is no deceit, does Chen Gong really dare to face the general's 10,000 troops with 1,000 elite cavalry and 2,000 new soldiers?" Zhang Xun said and glared at him.
"The general has a clear vision." Li Feng boasted.
"But...since we know that he is deceitful, we can't take advantage of it! No matter what he wants to do, our military strength...and the general's ability must have an absolute advantage. It can also be seen during today's attack on the city.
, they just have some weird 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, Zhang Xun might 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 look down on 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 needed 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, the general, 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 acceptance.
When Bai Tu, Chen Gong and others saw Zhang Xun's reply and watched his army begin to retreat as promised, they couldn't help but smile...