Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 168
"Huh? What?"

"This, this, let Zhang Yan go without a fight? How is this possible?"

After hearing Liu He's words, all civil and military personnel were shocked, with disbelief on their faces. Even Hao Zhao, Wang Ling and Guo Huai looked at Liu He in disbelief.

They thought that Liu He's promotion of their military ranks was to encourage them to fight for their allegiance. Although they understood this and were ready to sacrifice, they did not expect that the truth was not the case.

"Haha, I have a clever plan in my mind." Liu He smiled mysteriously and told the civil servants at all levels in the tent not to panic and to just go about their business in the governor's house. After those people had resigned and left, Liu He Then he said to Hao Zhao, Wang Ling and Guo Huai: "I will assign 500 people to you next, and you will open the city gate with these 500 people later..."

After giving such an order, Liu He asked the three men to lead 500 people and follow his instructions.

"Can this work?" The three of them looked at each other, puzzled. Although they were famous wise men in history, their attributes have not yet reached their peak, and they are basically late bloomers. Their current intelligence is not high, so it is naturally difficult to understand. Liu He's intention, but this did not prevent them from carrying it out seriously, so they followed Liu He's instructions almost without thinking about it.

"What? Open the city gate and lower the suspension bridge? This, this, what is our lord doing?" After hearing what happened at the city gate, some civil servants in the city all changed their faces. They were shocked and scared. If not Liu He issued a strict order not to allow them to go near the city wall. It is estimated that they would run over to see what happened.

But even so, they all secretly made up their minds that if Zhang Yan really broke the city, they would be wronged and wronged themselves, and surrendered to Zhang Yan.

The three of Hao Zhao were also worried, not because they were worried about their own lives, but because they were worried that the city would be easily breached, and that Jinyang City, which was finally recovered by the government and army, would fall into the hands of thieves again.

"You are all veterans, so you don't need me to tell you about this, right? A scar on your head is no bigger than a mouthful, so it's nothing special. And I'm with you, so don't be afraid. Let's die together." die."

The three people were divided into three groups and said to their subordinates respectively.

"Hey, isn't it just sweeping the city gates? Our brothers have done a lot of this before, but we really haven't swept the city gates in front of tens of thousands of enemy troops. We caught up with such a show of face, how can we Not doing it well?"

"Yes, yes, please rest assured, boss, we will definitely get this done."

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After listening to Hao Zhao's order, the soldiers not only showed no fear, but showed some excitement.

After Hao Zhao and the others had finished deploying under the city step by step, Zhang Yan arrived with an army of [-] under his command.

"Huh? What's the situation?" Zhang Yan was puzzled when he saw some people sweeping quietly at the gate of the city, completely ignoring the tens of thousands of troops on his side, and didn't dare to order an attack without authorization.

At this moment, a melodious sound of a zither was suddenly heard from the top of the city.

Zhang Yan looked up and saw Liu He playing the piano gracefully at the top of the city.

"What's going on here? Liu and this guy opened all the gates of the city this time, but he himself played the piano at the top of the city. What kind of conspiracy are they playing?"

Zhang Yan looked at Liu He who was playing the piano on the top of the city, and then at the calm people below the city. He could tell that those people were all dressed up as soldiers, but it was precisely because of this that he was extremely cautious. , the other party used sergeants to dress up as civilians, acting as if there was no one else present, calm and composed, it was obvious that there was a conspiracy.

"Marshal, since the opponent's city gate is wide open, it will save us a lot of trouble, let's lead the army to attack directly." Zhang Fan, the captain of the guards next to Zhang Yan, said hastily when he saw this.

But Zhang Yan shook her head and said seriously: "Zhang Fan, you are wrong. Hey, can't you see that there is something weird in this? Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that these common people are dressed as sergeants. Because of this, we should be careful, because this is all Liu He's trick. The art of war is to make the imaginary the real and the real imaginary. I think it must be Youzhou's army and horses that have been transferred into the city. This Liu He has laid a heavy ambush in the city, waiting for us to enter. As soon as we enter, the other side will ambush all their troops, and by then, we will have no place to escape even if we escape."

When Zhang Yan said this, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was besieged by Liu He and almost captured alive after leading his army to escape from Shangdang, which strengthened his thinking.

"Hiss... So this Liu He is so dangerous." Zhang Baiqi said with lingering fear, breaking out in a cold sweat when he heard the words.

The white bird also nodded, agreeing with Zhang Baiqi's statement.

"Yeah, Liu and this little thief are not very strong in combat, but the most hateful thing is insidious and cunning. Fortunately, I, Zhang Yan, am not stupid, and I saw through his tricks at a glance. Hmph, you want me to be fooled. Don't be fooled, pass my order, the army retreats temporarily, and wait until we find out what is true in the city." Zhang Yan sighed and gave the order to retreat.

At this time, the sound of the piano on the top of the city suddenly stopped, but Liu He's voice came over: "Zhang Yan, you are a visitor from afar. Now that you have arrived in Taiyuan, why don't you come in and rest your feet? I also want you to appreciate my new score. the song."

"Hmph, you set up an ambush in the city, pretend I didn't know? Today I have something to do, so I can't accompany you. If you really let me enjoy the music, it's fine. When the city is captured that day and you are captured, I will definitely Let you play the piano for me every day."

Zhang Yan snorted, mounted the horse, and then retreated slowly, but did not see the smile on Liu He's lips on the opposite tower.

"This, this, actually left?" Seeing Zhang Yan leading the crowd to retreat, Hao Zhao, Wang Ling, and Guo Huai all expressed admiration, and felt that the scene before them was like a dream. The sergeant in charge of cleaning at the gate of the city was even more stunned. They were even prepared to die, but they didn't expect Zhang Yan's army to retreat in such a strange way.

"I don't know what the lord's trick is?" Chen Dao was also full of admiration, dazzled for a long time, and finally asked.

"Empty city plan." Liu He looked at Zhang Yan's leaving back and said casually.

"Empty City Strategy? It's really a good name." When they heard this name, even Xun You and Guo Jia's eyes lit up. From then on, the "Empty City Strategy" was written into the annals of history: "In the summer and April of the second year of Xingping in the Han Dynasty, Taizu used the empty city strategy to defeat Zhang Yan in Taiyuan. After that, the name of the empty city strategy began to be heard in the world..."

(End of this chapter)