Is there really an empty city plan in history? Is there really an empty city plan in history?

No. This plot originally came from the "Three Things of Guo Chong" quoted by Pei Songzhi in the biography of Zhuge Liang in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", but Pei Songzhi immediately argued it after the quotation, believing that this was a fictitious thing. Because when Zhuge Liang "came out of Qishan", Sima Yishang was the governor of Jingzhou and stationed in Wancheng.

When Ma Tan was defeated in Jieting, the commander-in-chief of the Wei side was Cao Zhen, not Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang's First Northern Expedition was victorious from the beginning to the later defeat and retreat, and Sima Yi did not participate in the whole process of the battle. So how could he lead an army of 150,000 to Xicheng to "sing" and "empty city plan" with Zhuge Liang?

Moreover, judging from the plot described by **, it can't stand careful scrutiny: Xicheng is just a small place, even if there is an ambush, how many people and horses can be ambushed, can it exceed Sima Yi's 150,000 army? If Sima Yi first sent an echelon, such as 10,000 people, to enter the city first, followed by a second echelon, with the base camp as backup, then what would Zhuge Liang do?

Even if Sima Yi is not sure to break into the city for the time being, he will surround 150,000 horses outside the city to wait and see, so what will Zhuge Liang do? ......Whether it is the details of "Guo Chong's three things" or **, there are many unreasonable points in terms of the comparison of military strength and the combat site they provide. Zhuge Liang's "empty city plan" may be fictional, but the plot of the empty city plan "sung" by the Three Kingdoms Chinese Employment Institute is more credible.

Wen Ping was originally a general of Liu Biao, but he did not make the best use of his talents, and was reused after returning to Cao Cao, and he was appointed as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" said that he "has been in Jiangxia for decades, has a prestige, a famous enemy country, and thieves dare not invade." According to the "Wei Luo", Sun Quan personally led tens of thousands of people to suddenly attack Shiyang in Jiangxia, because of the heavy rain for several days, the city walls and fortifications were drenched, and Ding Zhuang scattered in the fields before they could be repaired.

When Wen Ping heard that the enemy was coming, he gathered his troops and it was too late to renovate the city fence, so he hurriedly performed the "empty city plan". Sun Quan saw that he felt that Wen Ping was a famous general of the enemy, "I will not move now, there is no secret plot, there must be external rescue", but did not dare to attack, but withdrew his troops.

No, it's just a fiction of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

There are in history, but it is not Zhuge Liang: In the spring of the second year of Xingping (195), Cao Cao, who had recovered his breath, once again personally led his army to attack Lü Bu, forcing Lü Bu to retreat.

In the summer, Lü Bu counterattacked, encountered Cao Cao's ambush on the way, and fled in defeat.

Cao Cao scored a major victory over Lü Bu for the first time.

Lü Bu, who was in defeat and retreated, joined up with Chen Gongbu, gathered more than 10,000 troops, and turned around to fight Cao Cao again.

Cao Cao boldly adopted the "empty city plan" bluff, and Lu Bu did not dare to attack rashly.

Cao Cao transferred back a large number of troops overnight.

And Lu Bu knew that Cao Cao's actions yesterday were just a bluff, so he took the initiative to attack early the next morning.

As a result, Cao's army ambushed and defeated Lu Bu.

Lü Bu fled overnight, abandoned Yanzhou, and defected to Liu Bei.

In this war, Cao Cao's performance was very good, he was not discouraged in successive defeats, he was defeated again and again, and inspired the fighting spirit of the whole army with crazy enthusiasm like the fire of the prairie fire, although he was in adversity, he completely overwhelmed Lü Bu in momentum, and finally won the victory.