Where are the flaws in the Empty City, and what is the Empty City?

Zhuge Liang staged an empty city plan, which has been recited by people for hundreds of years, and almost all women and children in China know it. The "empty city plan" has also become a famous example of Zhuge Liang's wisdom and wisdom. In fact, with a little thought, it is not difficult to see that there are obvious holes and flaws in this description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Zhuge Liang is a famous military strategist, attacking the city and plundering the land is by no means child's play, how dare he open the city gate, sit alone at the head of the city, and wait for the piano, really think that Sima Yi does not dare to kill the general? The entire strategic plan is based on the judgment that "this person is cautious in my life and will not take risks," and on the basis of this judgment, he has formulated the psychological tactics of "empty city plan" that is false and real. For Zhuge Liang, this may be explained as a last resort when he is desperate, and he is desperate and forgivable; So for Sima Yi, who can also be called a military strategist, it is somewhat unreasonable to easily fall for Zhuge Liang.

In the face of the empty city, he can be hesitant and worried, but he should not withdraw his troops rashly, not to mention that there are 150,000 elite soldiers as the backing, even if the young pioneers do military games, they will not be so hasty. Wouldn't they send a small detachment into the city to test it? If there is an ambush, at most a few spies will be lost; If the other party is bluffing, can't it be exposed right now?

Sima Yi expects me to be cautious in my life and will not take risks.

War is not only a test of the wisdom of the general; As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain, although Zhongda can send a small number of troops to test it, but he lost morale, because he has no confidence to see through Kong Ming's plan, although he is not harmed, but if I am Kong Ming, even if I fail at that time, and then use rumors to spread among the Wei soldiers that he Sima Zhongda is not as good as me Kong Ming, and I didn't really see my plan, this time it was just a fluke, then the Wei soldiers will have a crisis of distrust in Sima, morale will also be low, and the future victory or defeat will be unpredictable.

The only flaw I think is that after the fact, Zhang Bao led the troops to come, Zhong Da instead fell into the wilderness and left, which is not in line with the reason, Zhong Da is at least scheming, although he is defeated, he still has a certain military spirit, although it can be said that he is afraid, but he will not be scared away by unknown people.

If the opponent was an ordinary person, Sima Yi would have done so.

However, Zhuge Liang has become synonymous with "magic calculation" in that era, and subconsciously Sima Yi already thinks that Zhuge Liang cannot do something that he is not sure of. Moreover, it was almost impossible for the military advisor to risk his life at that time, and for various reasons, Sima Yi did not even have the idea of temptation.

Those were two masters, and I guess I had to ask those two people for the reason. But when people think about problems, they are always confused by the authorities.

The most famous folk story of the empty city plan is taken from ** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a story adapted by the author based on the note of Pei Songzhi of the Three Kingdoms "Guo Chong's Three Things". Later, it was used in the Thirty-six Strategies, which means that the virtual and the real are real, and the army is impermanent. The tactic of showing hypocrisy is a kind of psychological warfare in which suspicion arises from suspicion, and is mostly used in situations where the enemy is weak and the enemy is strong.

There are indeed some successful examples of using this strategy in history, such as Zhang Shougui Shouguazhou and so on. However, this meter has been used many times.

Basic Information. Name: Empty City Meter.

Pinyin: 空城计 kōng chéng jì

Usage: Praise, predicate.

Structure: Joint.

Example sentence: Shu general Ma Tan lost the street pavilion, Wei general Sima Yi led his troops to Xicheng, Zhuge Liang had no soldiers to meet the enemy, but he was calm and calm, opened the city gate, and played the piano on the city tower arrogantly. Sima Yi suspected an ambush and led his troops to retreat.

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Analysis: The original text of the ancient soldiers' trouble

The void is empty, the doubt is doubtful, and when it is rigid and soft, it is strange and strange.

When the army is empty, the willingness to show the appearance of guarding against the void will make people suspicious and suspicious. To use this weak method against a strong enemy is a strange method within a strange method.

Source translation] The etymology is not verifiable. In history, there are many people who retreated with the "empty city plan", and the earliest is the historical record of Zheng Guo's "empty city plan" during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but its influence is far less than Kong Ming's empty city plan.

In the ninety-fifth episode of Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Ma Tan Refuses to Tell the Lost Street Pavilion Wuhou Playing the Qin and Retiring Zhongda", the story of Zhuge Liang setting up an empty city plan to scare off Sima Yi's army is the most typical. Zhuge Liang sent troops to Yangping and sent all his troops to attack the Wei army, leaving only a few old and weak soldiers in the city. Suddenly, I heard that Sima Yi, the governor of the Wei army, led an army of 150,000 to attack the city.

Zhuge was not afraid of danger, ordered the city gate to be opened, and sent people to the city gate to sprinkle and sweep. Zhuge Liang himself climbed the city tower, sat upright and played the piano, with a calm attitude and no chaos. When Sima Yi came to the front of the city, he was suspicious and afraid that there would be ambushes in the city, so he did not dare to trade in, so he ordered the troops to retreat.

This story is popular among the people, and folk artists often use the name of "empty city plan" to interpret this story.