What is initiative? In fact, this is a very mysterious concept and it is difficult to summarize it in one word.
For example, two people are chasing and escaping. Generally speaking, the escaping person is relatively passive, while the chasing one has the initiative. He can choose to pursue or not to pursue. If he pursues, the escaping person can only continue to escape; if he gives up, the chase will end.
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However, if we analyze the specific situation in detail, it is difficult to say.
If the pursuing party has a reason to pursue, for example, he is a fast-moving agent and it is his duty to catch thieves, then it is not up to him to decide whether to pursue or not. He has to pursue even if he does not want to. On the other hand, the fleeing party has many choices.
, he can choose the direction and path of escape, and if possible, he can even consider setting up an ambush or trap to counterattack.
In this case, the fleeing party has greater initiative.
During this period, Wang Yu was also thinking about whether to fight this battle or not, and if so, how to win and minimize losses. Tian Feng's reminder was just an opportunity.
Judging from the current situation, the enemy is outnumbered and fighting head-on is very dangerous and uneconomical. The best way is of course to induce the enemy to divide their forces and defeat them one by one. But Yuan Shao is not an idiot. He has fallen into so many tricks.
He may not accept the lesson, but as long as he puts away his impetuousness and underestimates the enemy and advances step by step, Wang Yu will not find an opportunity to take advantage of him.
The Battle of Guandu in history was a classic battle in which fewer people defeated more. Cao Cao's comeback did not rely on a decisive battle, but on cutting off people's food routes. But cutting off food routes is not something that just anyone can do.
, you must know that Yuan Shao is currently fighting in the local area, and Xu You has no intention of defecting. How easy is it to find Yuan Shao's place to store grain?
According to the intelligence from the front, the reason why Yan Liang delayed so long in the Ping'en area and sent a large number of rangers to block the intelligence was not only to ambush the Qingzhou Army, but more importantly, he was guarding the food and grass supplies brought from the rear. In fact,
The latter purpose was his main responsibility. The ambush of the Qingzhou Army was just a task to satisfy Yuan Shao's expectations and to go along with the flow.
Want to raid Ping En's granary? That's not easy, and it may not be very effective.
The wealth of Jizhou is not just on paper or in words. The official warehouses of Guantao, Fagan, Yuancheng, and Yangping City all have a large amount of food and grass stored in them. Even if Wang Yu can successfully raid Ping'en, he will not be able to survive.
It cannot hurt Yuan Shao's roots and cannot achieve the effect of the surprise attack on Wuchao in the Battle of Guandu.
When Qinghe was captured, a large amount of food was captured, especially in Qinghe County. The grain in the official warehouse was no less than 500,000 dendrobium. If it were not for the Youzhou soldiers Duomaduo who consumed most of the captured food, Wang
Yu wants to win over people's hearts again, so he won't be short of food now.
Therefore, when Tian Feng proposed peace talks, Wang Yu did not object, because he did not think of any foolproof strategy. He could only determine that fighting head-on was the next best option. Even if a fight was inevitable, he must first use strategies to break up divisions and try to weaken the enemy.
Peace talks are an opportunity.
There were many classic examples of false information being released under the pretext of peace talks during the Three Kingdoms era. The most famous one was the meeting of heroes, where Zhou Yu played with Jiang Qian. Wang Yu did not expect Yuan Shao to have the same lucky star as Jiang Qian, but he created opportunities when there were no opportunities.
His creed.
"The ancients said that the art of war pays attention to the time, place, and people. I think it makes sense. If you can actively choose whether to go to war and when to start a war, you have the right time; if you can actively choose the battlefield, you have the right place; you can guide people's hearts.
If we go against each other, we can make peace. In the current battle, our army took the initiative to go north and occupied the territory of Jizhou. It does seem a bit aggressive. Putting on the posture of peace talks can eliminate some of the influence."
"Yeah, yeah, that makes sense." Taishi Ci nodded repeatedly.
"As for the geographical advantage, unless we retreat to Qingzhou and rely on the Yellow River defense line for defense, there is really no terrain we can use in Qinghe. Besides, Jushu is a very cautious person. It should be difficult to deal with him in the same way as Yan Liang.
No one can predict when the war will begin, but if peace talks begin, this matter will be considered."
Nodding and shaking his head, Taishi Ci suddenly asked: "However, there is still something unclear about the last general. Since the lord intends to abandon Qinghe, why not simply retreat? After retreating into the plain, if Yuan Shao does not pursue him, there is no need to make peace.
The battle is over, and if he pursues him, his supply line will be stretched, and won’t he have a fighting chance?”
In his opinion, peace talks are somewhat unnecessary. In matters like war, you still have to use your fists to speak. Speaking of eloquence is the icing on the cake at most.
"How can it be that simple?" Wang Yu smiled meaningfully, "In short, you don't need to think too much about this matter. Just train the troops with peace of mind and wait for orders. I have other things... By the way, speaking of it, this is still mysterious.
Here are the tips that Mr. De gave me."
"He?" Taishi Ci was puzzled. He didn't know why. What good tips could Liu Bei give?
"Think slowly, don't rush." Wang Yu refused to say any more. At this point, he already had a vague plan. He patted Tai Shici on the shoulder, smiled mysteriously, and left the tent.
Before deciding on a strategy, the first person Wang Yu wanted to meet was Zhang Fei.
Since Liu Bei is not dead, the plan to recruit Zhang Fei is of course aborted, but this does not mean that the matter ends here. When he was in Luoyang, he had used the power of Guan and Zhang, but now Liu Bei is missing, so he can't borrow Zhang Fei's combat power.
, what a waste.
Of course, the method still needs to be a little particular.
Far away from Zhang Fei's tent, you can smell the strong smell of wine. Although the two soldiers outside the tent didn't drink, they still had a drunken look on their faces. It can be seen from this that in the past few days,
How much fun did Mr. Zhang drink?
"How is General Zhang doing now?"
The guarding soldier smiled and replied: "I fell asleep at noon and just woke up. My lord, you came just in time. General Zhang just shouted to see you."
"Yes." Wang Yu pointed to the tent and ordered, "Just go and tell the news."
"...Here." The gatekeeper hesitated a little, feeling that the lord didn't need to be so solemn when walking in his own military camp. Isn't he just a drunkard? Just having good martial arts, what's the use? Does the lord deserve to be treated like this? However,
After all, the lord's order could not be violated. After being slightly startled, he still obeyed the order and went to report.
With Wang Yu's sharp eyesight, he caught the look and behavior of the two soldiers, and he was very satisfied with this.
His ideal army should be closer to a modern or modern army. The characteristics are not reflected in the weapons and equipment, but in each soldier.
In China's thousands of years of history, generally speaking, the requirements for soldiers are as long as they dare to fight hard, and there is no need to have thoughts or judgment.
From a certain perspective, this is correct. The army does not need to have its own ideas. It only needs to blindly follow the general's command and strictly abide by the orders. However, such an army has its limits. A truly strong army should
Is an independent thinker.
Just like the taxis in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yulin Army in the Han Dynasty, and the imperial soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, they are not the helpless choices of the bottom of society, but the active choices of knowledgeable people. Such an army has the strongest combat effectiveness.
The most durable.
Independent thinking is the first step in this change.
"My dear brother, I'm not talking about you, but you are so polite, it really makes me feel uncomfortable." Zhang Fei shouted slightly dissatisfied, interrupting Wang Yu's thinking. He looked up and saw Zhang Fei.
When he came out of the tent, he had two big dark circles on his face, his beard and hair were messy, his clothes were disheveled, and he looked like a drunkard.
"You said you call me third brother, so why do you always treat me as an outsider? Actually, if you weren't at your age, it would be good for us to become sworn brothers again. If brothers work together, there will be more benefits than gold..."
"That's what the third brother said." Wang Yu didn't answer the question. In this era, the emphasis is on the order of elders and younger ones. It's good to win over Guan and Zhang, but it's pointless to win over yourself as the fourth brother. He smiled and asked calmly.
: "Third brother, I heard that you have something to do with me?"
"Ah, look at my memory, I almost forgot."
Zhang Fei slapped his forehead and said with some embarrassment: "I just want to ask, how is Qingyuan over there? Are my two brothers supposed to be fine? Pengju, don't blame me for being verbose.
I drank half of the wine today. I don’t know why, but I’m so quick-witted.
I kept jumping and always felt that something was wrong. You don’t know, our brothers have been together for the past few years and have never been separated. We haven’t seen each other for the past few days. I always feel weird. I don’t know if I want to
If it’s too much, just...hey, don’t laugh at me.”
Wang Yu secretly sighed in his heart, having been together day and night for more than ten years, even if he didn't have the feeling of sworn brothers, it would be great. With the oath of living and dying together, they are closer than real brothers. No, they have telepathy.
, such a good Mr. Zhang has almost turned into Mrs. Xianglin. This abnormality due to brotherly love may be the main reason why Zhang Fei was assassinated in history.
Wang Yu put on a solemn expression and said in a low tone: "Third brother, please calm down and listen to me..."
"... Pengju, familiarity comes with it, but you can't joke about this kind of thing or scare me." Zhang Fei didn't know what it was like to deliver obituaries in later generations, but he keenly heard the meaning contained in Wang Yu's words.
He stared with an ominous look and spoke threateningly.
"I'm not being alarmist, it's really an accident." Wang Yu continued to pretend to be serious, but refused to get to the point.
"Accident? How could there be an accident? Isn't it just a breakout? The second brother is here, as well as the soldiers trained by the eldest brother, and Ziyi's martial arts is also very good, how could something happen?" The preparation before conveying the bad news is often
It was even more panic-inducing than the moment he told the truth. Zhang Fei was so anxious that he was spinning around and his heart was on fire.
"Actually..." Seeing that the heat was almost over, Wang Yu began to tell the story of the breakout battle from the beginning.
When it comes to Taishi Ci breaking into the city and fighting at the city, Liu Bei refused to leave the city. He was so angry that Zhang Fei yelled and complained that he was not there, which made his eldest brother unable to act decisively. When he heard that Taishi Ci would fight again the next day, he
I was moved again; what followed was the subsequent battle. Cao Ren managed it well and delayed Liu Bei's offensive. Yan Liang arrived at the moment when the breakout was successful, making the breakout almost a failure...
Zhang Fei sometimes beat his chest and beat his feet. Although he did not directly blame Liu Bei, his elder brother, he complained a lot about Guan Yu and Jian Yong, complaining that these two people failed to provide correct advice to his eldest brother, making things worse; sometimes he gnashed his teeth and resented,
I wish I could just pick up my spear and mount my horse to fight Yan Liang and Cao Ren to the death to avenge my brother.
When he heard that Wang Yu had set up an ambush in Luoyan Valley and that Huang Zhong was beheading Yan Liang, he took a long breath and said sadly: "Now that Yan Liang is dead, half of the revenge of the two brothers has been avenged. How dare you bother my brother Xian to send someone to lead the way?
I went to the valley to pay homage to my two brothers, and then I came back to settle accounts with the old thief Yuan Shao!"
"Sacrifice?" Wang Yu exclaimed, pretending to be surprised: "Third brother, who told you that Duke Xuande and Brother Yun Chang have gone to immortality?"
"Ah?" Zhang Fei was sad and almost burst into tears. Leng Ding was dumbfounded when he heard Wang Yu ask such a question: "You, aren't you... eh, no, you didn't seem to say...
...But..." He was stunned.
"Oh, third brother, you misunderstood!" Wang Yu patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and said as if he suddenly realized: "Xuande Gongji is a good person, and Brother Yun is invincible. How can he die at the hands of a mere Yan Liang? They all
You are still alive, why are you so sad?"
"The two brothers are really fine?" Zhang Fei couldn't believe it for a moment. It wasn't that he had a poor psychological quality, but that Wang Yu's misleading was too real.
Wang Yu nodded firmly: "That's natural."
"Then you just..." Zhang Fei realized something was wrong.
"I didn't know what was going on. I didn't expect that Yan Liang would suddenly attack. I didn't expect that Xuande Guild would break into my place and ambush the troops, preparing to raid Ping'en's valley." Wang Yu said with an apologetic look: "Xuande Guild's.
The troops and horses are the result of many years of hard work, but because of my lack of strength, they were destroyed in one fell swoop. I am really ashamed of Duke Xuande."
"Hey, I've been working on it for a long time, and this is what you're talking about!"
Zhang Fei looked relieved, waved his hands nonchalantly, and said: "It's okay, isn't it just a matter of recruiting troops? Isn't that what we brothers were like when we first became sworn brothers? As long as people are fine, what's the difficulty in recruiting troops? It doesn't matter.
, It doesn’t matter, you are the governor of a state and a famous general in the dynasty, how can you still be upset about such a trivial matter? It scared me so much, it was a false alarm, a false alarm!"
He was panting when he said he was fat. Wang Yu secretly smiled in his heart, but his face was full of despair: "Third brother, you don't care, but Mr. Xuande may not. After all, this is his hard work."
"Then you are looking down on my elder brother!" Zhang Fei said proudly: "My elder brother is a well-known hero and very open-minded. How can he care about such a trivial matter? Besides, I can't blame you for this matter. Who knew there were so many
What about the coincidence? Speaking of which, I still feel sorry for you. If he hadn't passed by Luoyan Valley, this rare soldier might have been of great use."
It was the other way around, and it was Zhang Fei who comforted Wang Yu.
Indeed, if one did not know the undercurrent beneath the peaceful surface, this battle would seem to be composed of many strange coincidences. It was Liu Bei who failed to leave the city in time, and it was Liu Bei who suggested dividing the troops. It was Liu Bei who took the initiative to escape to Luoyan Valley.
Who can blame this?
Anyway, Zhang Fei felt that no one else was to blame for what happened, and if he was to blame, he could only blame his own bad luck.
Of course, he is from Youzhou, has a rough temper, and does not know much about the geography of Qingyuan. Of course, he does not know that the terrain within a hundred miles north of Qingyuan, that is, Luoyan Valley, is relatively complicated.
Most of the places are flat.
As long as you can predict Yan Liang's appearance and choose Liu Bei as the target, and Liu Bei flees north, you can accurately ambush him in Luoyan Valley.
It is easy to judge Yan Liang's appearance. Before the intelligence was intercepted, Yan Liang had already arrived at Ping'en. With such a close distance, there was nothing he could do against the Qingzhou Jingqi. Of course, Cao Ren would ask Yan Liang for help.
Taishi Ci threw away the paper armor, seemingly just to reduce weight and get rid of his pursuers. But for Yan Liang, the strategic value of the Qingzhou Cavalry dropped too much after throwing away the paper armor. Liu Bei was easily eliminated and captured again
With so many paper armors and such achievements, it is much easier than fighting to the death with the Qingzhou Jingqi.
Zhang Fei couldn't have imagined these calculations, not because he was stupid, but because he didn't know the cause and effect. If he wanted to blame him, he could only blame Liu Bei for being so hypocritical that even his sworn brother was kept in the dark.
Of course, there is nothing to blame. Wang Yu used a similar method to Huang Zhong. White lies are often easier to accept than the truth. Few people who compete for the world are moral models. If they do, they only know how to do it.
Become the laughing stock of the ages like Song Xianggong.
Liu Bei had no one around him. The two sworn brothers he relied on the most were both upright. Jian Yong, a young boy, could talk about anything, but he had no ability. He could only make his own plans for those plans in secret.
People think that this is his fatal injury.
Because of this, in his previous life, he did not really become prosperous until he recruited many talents in Jingzhou. Now, just dealing with his own people is enough for him.
Zhang Fei is not stupid, but he doesn't know much about the ways of strategizing. He was misled by Wang Yu first, and then explained it. He explained this matter that was difficult to explain satisfactorily without leaving any trace.
The purpose of misleading is to divert attention. If Liu Bei's entire army was destroyed at the outset, Zhang Fei would inevitably ask for the root cause and become suspicious. As a result, Wang Yu misled him, and his attention was focused on his sworn brothers.
It was a matter of life and death. I heard that Liu Bei was fine. I was just glad. I didn't doubt Wang Yu or feel sorry for the troops.
Even if he returns to Liu Bei in the future, it will be difficult to shake this view. After all, he is convinced that his sworn brother is an open-minded and kind-hearted gentleman. If Liu Bei uses conspiracy theories to interpret the truth, he might actually create a conflict between the brothers.
A rift arose.
This is the trap left by Wang Yu, a counter-intuitive plan.
Of course, this is something to talk about later, and it won't work for a while. Wang Yu spent so much time and energy not just for this kind of thing. After all, his use of Zhang Fei was aimed at the Hebei war.
"Xuan Degong is missing now, and he is riding away again. The sky is huge, the earth is huge, and the sea of people is huge. It will be difficult for you to find Third Brother." Wang Yu began to enter the topic.
Zhang Fei echoed with sadness in his heart: "Isn't that right? Brother left in a hurry. The one who fell into Luoyan Valley is obviously one of our own, and he didn't tell me to give me any news."
"Since it's difficult for you to find Mr. Xuande, why not let Mr. Xuande come to you." Wang Yu threw out the bait.
"How do you say this?" Zhang Fei blinked.
"Get famous. As long as you get famous, Duke Xuande will be able to confirm your whereabouts." Wang Yuchun said seductively: "The best way to get famous is to fight, and fight a big war! Third brother, come and see,
I have a plan here, and my third brother must take action."
"Oh? It has to be me? Then please tell me." Zhang Fei took the bait. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)