naruto-story Chapter 159: Ingenious plots, fake people and arrows, defeating the enemy with all odds ⑤
Chapter 159: Ingenious plots, fake people and arrows, defeating the enemy with all odds ⑤
The night is like ink, with few stars falling, and the tranquility of Taiping City under the moonlight hides murderous intent.
"Your Highness, Military Advisor, the Nalan Army has seen through our plan. The straw man should be of no use, right?"
The Helian Army who was guarding beside him held a rope in his hand, which bound the straw man. The other end of the rope hung down outside the city. Seeing that Nalan Army was unmoved, he asked.
"Not necessarily!" Gu Wangshu and He Lianhuan had a tacit understanding and answered in unison.
The questioning soldier looked puzzled, and even Gu Jingli and Gu Jingyi had expressions of confusion.
"What's the use?" Gu Jingyi looked at Gu Wangshu.
Gu Jingli nodded: "Yes, what else is it for?"
"If you want to implement a plan out of nothing, you must develop inertia so that you can act when the opportunity arises." Gu Wangshu explained briefly and looked at He Lianhuan.
He Lianhuan smiled and said nothing. He and Gu Wangshu wanted to be together again.
They used the straw man's trick of borrowing arrows to defraud the Nalan army of arrows, and it was definitely not because Fu Shoucheng was stupid.
Instead, soldiers with rich combat experience have in their minds the awareness that the enemy will make a surprise attack at night.
When they saw someone hanging down from the city tower, the first thought in their mind was that the enemy was going to launch a night attack. How could they have imagined that what they saw was not a real person but a dummy made of grass.
It is precisely by taking advantage of this psychological characteristic of the opponent that their plan to seize the arrow can succeed.
Now that the arrow grabbing is over, it’s time to move on to the next step.
The next step is still to paralyze the Nalan Army so that they are not aware that they are going to conduct a real night attack, thereby relaxing their vigilance against the enemy.
Only in this way can they catch them by surprise and severely damage the Nalan Army.
Taiping City is in a high position, and any movement will be easily noticed by the Nalan Army.
If Helianjun wanted to leave the city without anyone noticing, he would have to let Nalanjun see it and not take it seriously.
How do we do this?
This requires the "cultivating inertia" that Gu Wangshu just mentioned.
He Lianhuan ordered the soldiers to pull the straw man up to the tower.
When the Nalan army in the distance saw this, they all watched indifferently, not daring to relax their vigilance at all.
About an hour passed.
Once again, there was a man in black hanging down from the Taiping Tower and hanging on the city wall.
Nalan Jun was very angry when he saw this.
He thought to himself: Helianjun really treated us as fools.
However, as soon as such an idea appeared, they discovered a difference.
In the previous six times, the Helian army had hung straw men on the city wall in order to defraud them of their arrows.
However, this time, the men in black did not continue to stay on the city wall, but slowly fell down.
Could it be that this time he is not a straw man, but the real Helian Army?
The other party wants to take advantage of their habitual thinking that the men in black are fools, and launch an attack on them who are undefended when they relax their vigilance and ignore them.
Thinking of this possibility, a soldier rushed into the Chinese army's tent in Fu Shoucheng in panic and reported everything he saw.
When the two armies were fighting, Fu Shoucheng didn't dare to take any chances, so he immediately led his men to prepare for the enemy.
But after waiting and waiting, Helian Army did not wait for a surprise attack.
Fu Shoucheng frowned: "Didn't I say that the Helian Army was going to attack at night? Where are the people?"
The soldier who just reported the battle situation hesitated: "My subordinates saw the Helian army descending from the tower with their own eyes. Could it be...were we deceived?"
Fu Shoucheng looked gloomy and ordered the scouts to go and investigate the enemy's situation.
When the scout came back, his expression was very ugly.
"Reporting to the general, those who came down from Taiping City are straw men."
Fu Shoucheng was filled with hatred. He Lianjun was definitely teasing them on purpose.
That night, the Nalan Army was in a state of combat readiness and did not get a good rest. On the second day, everyone was yawning so much that even Fu Shoucheng's eyes turned gray.
During the day, everything is normal.
They had very few arrows left, but the Helian Army had obtained more than 20 arrows in vain. Once they launched a fierce attack on Taiping City, the Helian Army in the city would fire thousands of arrows, and the Nalan Army would inevitably suffer heavy losses.
After careful consideration, Fu Shoucheng still adopted siege tactics.
Gu Wangshu and others in the city had eaten well and slept well. They had regained their energy during the day. At night, they were full of energy and commanded the Helian soldiers just like last night. They hung the straw man outside the city and then swung the rope vigorously. , throwing the straw man over the moat.
The "bang bang bang" sound of heavy objects falling to the ground woke up Nalan Jun who was sleeping.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"It must be Helian Jun's fault again, don't pay attention to it."
"No, what if they really attack at night tonight?"
In desperation, Nalan Jun could only spend last night, nervously preparing for battle again.
They waited and waited, for as long as a stick of incense, but there was no movement from Helianjun, and everything was calm.
When the scout came back, his nose was almost crooked with anger.
"Helianjun threw the straw man down from the tower again."
Fu Shoucheng gritted his teeth after hearing this. He clearly realized that Helianjun was playing tricks on them.
But knowing this, he did not dare to take it lightly. Once the Helian Army took advantage of the loophole, it would be a disaster for the Nalan Army.
No matter how sleepy or tired he is, he must always be on guard against the Helian Army in Taiping City.
Standing on the city tower, watching the fire surging in the camp and the urgent gathering of the Nalan Army, Gu Jingli smiled from ear to ear.
"Fu Shoucheng thought that since Taiping City was surrounded, we were in a passive state and helpless, but he didn't expect that the Nalan Army would be mobilized by us. He would always be on guard against us making sneak attacks. Are you and the others tired?"
The answer to this question is too obvious. Nalan Jun's spirit has been in a state of tension. He can't even relax and rest. He is on tenterhooks. The mental and psychological effects are far more serious than the physical fatigue.
Now the party that holds the initiative is the Helian Army. As long as there is enough food and grass in the city, there is no need to worry about being besieged. On the contrary, they can try their best to anger the Nalan Army and make them unable to do anything.
This happened every night for seven nights.
During these seven days, the Nalan Army was overwhelmed by the Helian Army.
Emergency gatherings again and again ended in disappointment, and psychological collapse again and again.
In just a few days, Nalan Jun was so depressed and exhausted that he almost fell asleep while standing, and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
On the contrary, Helianjun was fully cultivated and his energy and spirit were very high.
It was the night of the eighth day.
They repeated their old trick again and lowered the straw man to the tower.
Nalan Jun who was guarding the camp was so sleepy that he kept yawning and burst into tears.
It took a long time before he hesitated to notice the scene on the city wall.
With the experience of being teased seven times before, they have developed a habit and can no longer be nervous.
He glanced indifferently and shouted feebly:
"The Helian Army has started again."
Someone impatiently said: "Damn Helian Army, they are treating us like monkeys, ignore them, even if they really attack at night, we have 15 troops, should we still be afraid of thousands of them?"
With this in mind, there was no movement from the Nalan Army that night.
Little did they know that when they relaxed their vigilance, elite Helian soldiers dressed in black were mixed in among the straw men on the city wall.