Wu Jun's attack was so vigorous that Guan Xing misunderstood that it was because his achievements in recent years were not as dazzling as those of Zheng Pu, Jiang Wei and others, so he was underestimated by Jiangdong.
This inference is somewhat arbitrary, but it is understandable if you think about it.
Guan Xing, whose father and brother were both killed at the hands of Jiangdong, had always hated Jiangdong and always harbored thoughts of revenge.
However, he did not violate the taboo of "a general should not be angry and fight", so he left the camp to fight to the death with the Wu army.
Instead, other generals such as Zhou Tai, Gou Fu, Liu Yin and Fu Qian were invited to discuss how to make Jiangdong's "Guo Lie" who continued to die one after another last longer.
Yes, he admired Jiangdong's approach of forcibly attacking the fortress at the expense of the lives of his soldiers and looked forward to it.
After all, killing as many of Wu's soldiers as possible would make everyone happy, no matter from the perspective of national hatred or family hatred.
However, his expectation is somewhat difficult to realize.
It is common sense for military strategists to make great efforts, then weaken again, and then be exhausted three times.
How could Wu Jun, who rarely had the courage to fight to the death, maintain his unyielding bloody courage?
Jufu's proposal was to appropriately abandon the Luzhai on the outskirts of the camp, so that the Wu army could think that their attack was going smoothly, and therefore their morale could continue to be high.
This suggestion is not accepted by everyone.
Without him, giving up some Luzhai is just a temporary expediency.
The Han army would eventually try their best to hold on to the camp without losing it, which would also demoralize the Wu army and lead them to stop.
Fu Qian's proposal was much bolder.
He directly asked Guan Xing for orders, claiming that he would be rewarded heavily by the army and recruit more than a thousand dead soldiers. He secretly left the camp at night and hid in the middle of the mountain. When the Wu army stopped and returned after attacking without success the next day, Guan Xing supervised the Han people in the camp. The army came out to pursue, but he took the opportunity to suddenly rush out from the side and defeated the Wu army in one fell swoop.
If everything goes well, their troops can pursue them directly to Xiangyang!
However, Fu Qian's policy had not yet been expressed by Guan Xing, so Zhou Tai spoke out against it.
He had previously worked in Jingzhou of Wei State, and he also knew a little about Lu Xun, who had been stationed in Wuchang.
He is known for his prudent military style.
Although he didn't make much achievements in siege of cities and territories, his defense during garrison or march was impeccable. It was almost impossible to find his loopholes and attack him by surprise.
Guzhoutai felt that if he followed Fu Qian's suggestion and went out to camp to take risks, he would be bolder.
He was asked to lead more than a thousand dead soldiers who were familiar with the geography of Jingbei mountains and rivers, and march around the edge of the Wudang Mountains, directly to attack Zhu Ran's tribe who attacked Zheng Pu's tribe from the south of Qinling Mountains.
Wu Jun over there is the most defenseless!
In addition, Zhu Ran's tribe has more than 20,000 people, and has a military advantage against Zheng Pu's tribe. Jiangdong is most likely to break through the deployment that blocks the rescue of Shangyong City!
They will certainly spare no effort when attacking and will not be prepared for danger from the rear.
It also greatly increases the chance of the Han army killing generals and seizing the flag!
Of course, risks and benefits are often directly proportional.
If he acted according to his suggestions, there was a high chance that he and more than a thousand dead soldiers would be discovered by the Wu army and the whole army would be destroyed.
Therefore, after Guan Xing heard this, he also politely rejected the proposal.
Because all the troops in Zhechong were captured by the Wei army, their families are all in the Wei state!
The South Road of the Qinling Mountains was within the territory of the Wei army, so naturally there was no way to prevent some soldiers from missing their families and sneaking back to Wei during the march, causing the matter to leak out.
Liu Yin, who made the last remonstrance, wanted to divide the troops.
He felt that when the strength of both sides was equal, Wu Jun could only fight to the death if he could see hope.
For example, the Han army could allocate half of its troops to the flanking camp to give the Wu army an opportunity to divide and attack. They could only leave one of their troops on guard and concentrate their forces to attack one of the Han army's camps.
This was a disguised form of promotion of the Wu army's protracted attack.
But his suggestions are also difficult to implement.
Setting up a new camp takes time.
Now that the Wu army has reached the front of the camp, will the Han army be allowed to set up camp calmly?
Perhaps, acting on this suggestion would cause the Han army to give up their geographical advantages and end up fighting fiercely in the wild.
But his suggestion made Guan Xing think of another possibility.
Hidden soldiers.
Very simple trick: confuse the audience.
At first, they kept everything unchanged and continued to guard the camp. After four or five days, they asked Ju Fu and Liu Yin to lead the soldiers from their own troops and no longer fight, hiding in the military camp. Only Zhou Tai and Fu Qian were left to fight off the enemy. However,
The flags of the two generals of Ju and Liu were still left on the camp, and the number of people in the camp who were burning stoves and cooking fires every morning and evening also maintained the same number of 30,000 people.
As long as it lasts for ten and a half months, Wu Jun, who is observing the war, will surely find out the clues.
For example, why were the soldiers under the command of Generals Gouliu and Fu Qian and Zhou Tai commanded in battle?
Also, why did the Han army clearly have sufficient strength when facing the battle, but the time interval between the rotation of soldiers in each department became longer?
There are many people in the military who have excellent eyesight.
In doubt, the Wu army would definitely ask people with excellent eyesight to observe from the side, and use the rotation time of each Han army's dubo or Sima to supervise the battle, and calculate how many troops there were in the Han army's camp.
In other words, Wu Jun will soon discover the fact that Jufu and Liuyin have not fought on the low wall for a long time, so they can also infer that Jufu and Liuyin have quietly moved to block the water valley at night
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Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the strength of the Han army dropped sharply.
As for the general's flag being still there, the smoke from cooking and cooking will not decrease.
It was just that the Han army was trying to cover up the fact that their troops had been divided, so they were trying to make things up.
This kind of trivial trick commonly used in the military will be familiar to any general with a little military career.
Not surprising.
In this way, as long as Wu Jun believed in his own reasoning and thought that he had the advantage in strength and could break the camp, it would be natural for him to boost his morale and continue to attack with all his strength. Under their all-out attack, the Han army could be in a "precarious" situation and continue to
to give them hope.
A hope that dawn is ahead and victory is imminent.
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As time goes by, this kind of hope that can be seen but cannot be grasped will make all the soldiers of Wu feel despair.
It will also cause them to lose their energy and fall into the depression of tired veterans.
At that time, the Han army can let Jufu and Liu Yinbu, who have been recharging their strength, go out to fight back!
If things go well, and you wait for work, and do calculations mentally but not intentionally, it will not be difficult to severely damage the Wu army!
Naturally, Lu Xun was not a fool.
As the Han army continued to lure the enemy, he might not be able to see through this strategy of taking advantage of people's rebellious psychology and "doing the opposite".
However, even if Lu Xun sees through it, so what?
There is no loss for Guan Xing and others whose duty is to guard Bashan North Road!
It has no impact on the overall strategy of the Han army!
Anyway, the Prime Minister's advice was to let Guan Xing and others decide on their own, so let's give it a try.
If it works out, be happy; if it doesn't work out, don't worry about it.
Therefore, after everyone made a collective decision, they all agreed with Guan Xing's words and acted accordingly.