The story of empty city stratagem

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, lost his strategic location-Jieting because of the misuse of Ma Su. Wei took advantage of the situation and led Sima Yi's army 15000.

Zhuge Liang's western market swarmed. At that time, there were no generals around Zhuge Liang, only a group of civil servants and military commanders. Half of the 5,000 troops led by Zhuge Liang went to transport food and grass, leaving only 2,500 soldiers in the city. Everyone was shocked to hear that Sima Yi was coming with troops. After Zhuge Liang boarded the tower to watch, he said to the people, "Don't panic. I can teach Sima Yi to retreat a little. "

Zhuge Liang skillfully used the empty city plan

So Zhuge Liang ordered all the flags to be hidden, and the soldiers stayed where they were. If anyone goes out without permission or makes noise, they will be beheaded immediately. He also asked the soldiers to open four gates, and sent 20 soldiers above each gate to dress up as ordinary people and sprinkle water to sweep the street. Zhuge Liang put on a crane himself, put on a tall black silk scarf, led two extremely young children, took a piano, sat down on the railing in front of the watchtower in the city, lit incense, and then slowly played the piano.

Sima Yi's vanguard troops arrived at the gate. Seeing this momentum, they dared not enter the city easily and hurried back to report to Sima Yi. Upon hearing this, Sima Yi smiled and said, "How is this possible?" So he stopped the three armies and flew to watch. Not far from the city, he really saw Zhuge Liang sitting on the rostrum, smiling, burning incense and playing the piano. On the left is an extremely bookish man with a sword in his hand; There is also an extremely young man on the right, with a dusting in his hand. Inside and outside the city gate, more than 20 ordinary people are sweeping their heads, and no one is watching. After seeing it, Sima Yi was puzzled and went to Zhong Jun. In the future, the army will be retired from the current army. Si Mazhao, the second son, said, "Zhuge Liang's family has no soldiers, so he did this on purpose? Father, why do you want to retire? " Sima Yi said: "Zhuge Liang was cautious all his life and never took risks. Now that the gate is wide open, there will be an ambush inside. If our army goes in, it will just fall into their trap. Or hurry back! " So all the soldiers and horses retreated. Zhuge Liang's soldiers asked, "Sima Yi is a famous soldier of Wei. Today,150,000 elite soldiers came here. When they met the Prime Minister, they quickly retreated. Why? " He said, "as the art of war says, know yourself and know yourself, and you will win every battle." You can fight a hundred battles. If it were Si Mazhao and Cao Cao, I would never dare to implement this plan. "