Sun Ce didn't know if he was carried back by Zhou Yu. The military camp outside Shu City that was close to his face has now been removed.
However, three miles away, I saw only three larger military camps. They were stationed here. They were complete and well-organized. Judging from the situation of the camps, it seemed that Sun Cejun was really prepared to spend the time.
Preparations for the capture of Shucheng in the past few months!
"Zijing, are you sure Zhou Yu will cooperate with us?" Bai Tu asked.
"Gong Jin will understand our intentions, and General Lu's letter has been delivered. Now we only need to give Gong Jin an 'excuse'." Lu Su said.
"Excuse..." Bai Tu also understood what Lu Su meant.
Even if Zhou Yu wants to let go, he can't go too far. Even if he "let Bai Tu go by negligence", at least it must be reasonable!
Moreover, the news that Bai Tu was in Shucheng should gradually spread out at this time, and the time to escape should not be delayed too long, lest Liu Xun from Wancheng also pounce on him.
"Otherwise... how about our 'empty city strategy'?" Bai Tu suggested.
"Empty city plan?" Lu Su was stunned when he heard this.
In the novel, Zhuge Liang staged an empty city plan decades later, and the person he deceived was an old fox like Sima Yi.
Of course, in history, Sima Yi had never been deceived like this.
But the empty city strategy has been around since ancient times. Zheng used it against Chu's attack during the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Guang used it against the Huns during the Western Han Dynasty, and even a few years ago, Sun Jian used it against Dong Zhuo's army!
However, these successful cases are actually fundamentally different from the Zhuge Empty City in the novel - the empty city strategy in reality is not useful for suspicious and wise people, but for those who have no brains or do not have a strong desire to attack.
It is only useful for opponents, and it cannot last long.
The time when the Chu State attacked the Zheng State, it was because the purpose was not very strong. It was just that the coach wanted to show off in front of women. When he saw that the opponent's door was wide open and received news that Qi State had come to help, he withdrew his troops.
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The time when Li Guang deceived the Huns, it was just a small-scale contact battle. The Huns generals felt that there was a Han army behind Li Guang, and they were also bullying the Huns...
What Sun Jian faced that time was only an unknown general under Dong Zhuo, and he only ordered him to withdraw to the city in time. The other party saw that Sun Jian was ready to defend the city, so he withdrew his troops.
In other words, the impression that the empty city strategy is "ineffective for ordinary people and only effective for suspicious and wise people" is actually an overly idealistic misunderstanding.
On the contrary, it is only effective for reckless men who have no clue in their hearts - after all, if you can be a general of an army, no matter how honest you are, you can't "open the door wide" to the enemy without any doubts, even if it is the Huns who don't even have words.
Tiehanhan wouldn't be so reckless.
When facing a true wise man, it doesn't matter whether this psychological tactic will work. No matter how ineffective it is, sending people to explore the reality first is still a basic operation. Directly retreating with troops would be too frightening.
Although Lu Su heard the name "Empty City Strategy" for the first time, he immediately understood the meaning of the word.
It's just that... Lu Su felt a little awkward about using the "empty city strategy" against Zhou Yu!
"It's just an excuse anyway, I don't expect Zhou Yu to be scared into retreating," Bai Tu said.
Lu Su then nodded and said: "Well, it might be better to be simpler, but... how long it can last depends on Gong Jin's acting skills."
That night, Bai Tu took Lu Su, Lu Kang, and the generals and junior officials who were willing to leave with him, a total of more than 100 people, and left Shucheng through the west gate overnight.
Most of the remaining scribes and small schools were prepared to surrender in accordance with Lu Kang's instructions because they were unable to leave their homeland.
To prevent Sun Ce from angering others, Lu Kang specially sealed the treasury and kept the accounts in the official office. As long as Sun Ce entered the city, he would receive a big gift.
However, the internal structure of the "Fairy Gourd" has been destroyed, leaving only a shape hanging on it.
Early the next morning, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu received news that Shu Cheng... something was not right!
When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu came to the city, they saw rows of fake scarecrows on the top of the city.
Even if you use dummies to pretend that there are a lot of troops, they should be a mixture of real and fake, but now in Shu City... they are all scarecrows, and they have all fallen into disgrace!
If you take a closer look, you will find that even the city gate is ajar, with a small crack cracked, and it is obvious that the gate gate inside has not been lowered at all.
"Huh? Could it be that Bai Tu and Mr. Lu Kang have escaped? No, if they escaped, they shouldn't be so fake... Could it be a fraud?" Sun Ce asked in surprise.
But he didn't notice that Zhou Yu beside him was looking at this scene, his eyes were shaking, and he even had to raise his feather fan to block it to avoid any abnormality.
"Gong Jin, you meet me outside the city. I will lead the troops in to explore. If there is an ambush, I will charge at him first!" Sun Ce suggested.
This is the reaction that a "reckless" but "aggressive" general should have.
Sun Ce immediately realized that there was a scam in the city, but he could not give up. He also believed in his own force and Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, so he thought that he would go in and kill Zhou Yu to help him outside, and he would not be afraid even if there was an ambush!
"Wait! Bo Fu... Look at how fake the arrangement is, there must be an ambush..." Zhou Yu had no choice but to stop him.
"Yes, I know!" Sun Ce said matter-of-factly.
"No, you don't know... Well, I mean this ambush must be very terrifying, um... Or maybe we don't need to take the risk at all, right?" Zhou Yu began to organize his words.
That's right, Zhou Yu didn't want to tell Sun Ce directly about the secret operation of communicating money with the enemy, lest he get into trouble later - this kind of adult matter is not suitable for Bo Fu now.
"What do you mean?" Sun Ce felt that Gong Jin was acting strange today.
"As the saying goes, the virtual is the real and the real is the virtual. So... we just need to follow the step by step and use the virtual to counter the virtual! Don't you like to build siege equipment under the city? Well, today, let's go to build a stone's throw away.
Let's see if they can bear it when the ladder rushes into the car." Zhou Yu said firmly.
"Is...is that so?" Sun Ce always felt a little awkward.
"That's right, we can just attack according to the original pace." Zhou Yu said in a coaxing tone like a child.
In the end, Sun Ce decided to trust Gong Jin, although his instinct told him that he should rush in now...
For a whole day, the army remained stationary outside the city, while Sun Ce led thousands of people to build ladders and build rams under the "watchful eyes" of a group of scarecrows!
During this period, Sun Ce felt itchy and wanted to go to the city. He wanted to call Taishi Ci to come out to fight with the generals, but naturally no one responded...