In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang skillfully used the "empty city plan" to scare off Sima Yi's 100,000 troops with an empty city, which is a household name and a classic.
However, in the later fight with Sima Yi, zhuge Liang, who was a "god", never dared to sing another song "Empty City Plan" in another place.
This is because, no matter how clever the plan, once the "heavenly machine leaks", it will lose its wonder.
However, the tactic of "besieging the city and providing assistance" is very different, and our People's Liberation Army has repeatedly used this tactic and has tried and failed.
Moreover, the People's Liberation Army never seems to worry about the "leakage of the heavenly machine", what is going on?
In fact, the Platon Army did not mechanically copy the ancient tactic of "besieging the city and providing assistance", but expanded and upgraded on the basis of inheritance.
The biggest feature of the "People's Liberation Army version" siege and reinforcement tactics is one word - "change".
Sun Tzu said: "The battle situation is not just strange, the change of strange is positive, and it is invincible and incomparable." Odd and positive are born together, such as the unprovoked cycle, who can be poor. ”
It was precisely because the People's Liberation Army seized on this "strange and positive change" that the ancient method of operation of "encircling points and providing assistance" once again shone brightly, and the "second spring" was rejuvenated during the Liberation War.
It is also because of a "change" word that the People's Liberation Army dares to use this tactic frequently.
What is even more "cattle" is that the People's Liberation Army does not seem to care at all about the problem of "leaking secrets or not leaking secrets", and even "does not cover up and does not hide", "besieging the city to help" again and again, so that the Kuomintang army has repeatedly overturned the ship.
Talking about the PLA's tactic of "besieging the city and fighting for aid," Luo Lirong, former commander of the Third Army of the Nationalist Army, once said: "I really don't know exactly whether the PLA wants to attack the city or fight for reinforcements. ”
He also said: "By the time I figure it out, it's too late..."
Some friends said that why did the People's Liberation Army not let go of its hands and feet and fight the Kuomintang troops "in front of the gong and drum in front of the face," and frequently adopted this "strategic" tactic.
The reason is simple, summed up in one word - "poor".
Friends who have summed up the history of our army's development will surely know that from the beginning of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army, for a long time, our army's weapons and equipment have always been inferior to those of our opponents.
"The sword is inferior to a man, and the sword method must be higher than that of a man.", the inferiority in equipment technology has forced our people's army to use its brains only in combat strategy, so as to make up for the gap in weapons and equipment.
Tactics such as "siege and reinforcement" have been widely used under such circumstances.
Even in the later stages of the Liberation War, our People's Liberation Army still faced the same problem in the "urban offensive battle."
Therefore, whether or not the opponent can be transferred out of the city and then eliminate the effective forces of the Kuomintang army has become the key to determining the outcome of the battle.
The "siege and reinforcement" is an effective tactic for mobilizing the enemy army.
The Battle of Qingfengdian is a classic example of a "siege and reinforcement" battle of the People's Liberation Army.
In October 1947, the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army launched an attack on the area north of Baoding, and Commander Yang Dezhi commanded three columns, plus an artillery brigade, the Independent 7th Brigade of the Jizhong Military Region, to besiege Xushui with one unit, and the other troops were ready to annihilate the enemy who came to help.
The reason why he chose to besiege Xushui was because once Xushui was lost, it would definitely threaten Baoding.
Therefore, as soon as the People's Liberation Army's Northwest Field Army put up a posture to attack Xushui, Sun Lianzhong, director of the Kuomintang's Baoding Sui Bureau, panicked.
He issued several orders in a row, urging the Kuomintang Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang to rush to Xushui's aid.
The Third Army of the Nationalist Army, under the leadership of Luo Lirong, quickly left the fortified Shijiazhuang and rushed north to help.
As soon as the troops reached the Qingfengdian area, they were surrounded by reinforcements from six brigades of the People's Liberation Army, and after a fierce battle, the Third Army was completely destroyed and its commander, Luo Lirong, was captured.
In this battle, the People's Liberation Army annihilated more than 17,000 Kuomintang troops and shot down and injured one Kuomintang aircraft, laying the foundation for the next step of liberating Shijiazhuang.
In this campaign, the People's Liberation Army besieged xushui is false, and it is true to destroy Luo Lirong's Third Army.
If you use the "strange and correct technique" to explain: the siege of the city is positive, the reinforcement is strange, this battle perfectly realizes the magic of "just right, strange victory".
The same is this ancient routine, and General Peng Da, who "crossed the knife and immediately", also has a classic example of fighting this tactic with a "dramatic effect".
In 1948, Peng Dehuai, commander of the Northwest Field Army, proposed the goal of the battle: to fight wolf cubs and catch old wolves.
The "wolf cub" refers to Hu Zongnan's general Zhang Hanchu, who is currently guarding Yichuan City.
The "old wolf" is Liu Kan, who graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, has an old qualification, and has a very high "generation score" in the Nationalist army, and was posthumously awarded the rank of general by Chiang Kai-shek.
Commander Peng Dehuai's goal is to beat the "wolf cub" and lure the "old wolf" to help.
At this time, Hu Zongnan's men only had two main forces left, and Liu Kan's Twenty-ninth Army was one of them.
Destroying Liu Kan's Twenty-ninth Army was undoubtedly cutting off one of Hu Zongnan's arms.
Commander Peng Dehuai attacked Yichuan with two columns, and set up an ambush near Wazi Street with the main force of five columns, preparing to meet the rescue troops of liu kan, the "old wolf".
Commander Peng Dehuai's combat style has always been strong, and as soon as the battle began outside Yichuan, our Northwest Field Army fought in an earth-shattering and mighty battle.
The "wolf cub" Zhang Han initially saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Hu Zongnan asking for help.
After Receiving the telegram, Hu Zongnan immediately ordered the nearby Liu Kan to lead the Twenty-ninth Army to Yichuan to help.
Hu Zongnan has been entangled with our army for many years, and he can be said to be very familiar with our army's tactics of "besieging the city and providing assistance."
However, Hu Zongnan lost one after another on the northwest battlefield, and this time, he could no longer afford to lose, so even if he took a big risk, he decided to "gamble" on luck.
"Old Wolf" Liu Kan is no stranger to the PLA's "siege and reinforcement" tactics, and he knows that the risks of this trip are extremely high.
However, because he had fought several defeats in succession and was "pigtailed" by Hu Zongnan, Liu Kan, although he was resistant in his heart, had to carry out Hu Zongnan's orders.
However, the "old wolf" Liu Kan still left a hand, he found some excuses, deliberately delaying time, the People's Liberation Army to watch whether Yichuan will be a decoy, he wants to "see and say." ”
As the commander-in-chief of this battle, or the general director of this great drama, in order to "help" Hu Zongnan and Liu Kan make up their minds, Peng Dehuai issued a strange order to the siege troops:
"The siege troops must fight fiercely, the louder the better, but to master the fire, we must be able to 'attack without conquering.'"
That being said, this "drama" is really not easy to perform, and this fire is really difficult to grasp.
The siege troops of the People's Liberation Army attacked and killed according to the orders of Commander Peng Dehuai, and for a while they did not control the troops, and one battalion of troops attacked the city without noticing.
In order to realize The overall campaign intention of General Peng, the command quickly sent people to chase after the battalion, let them pretend to be defeated, and return to the city.
Under the "director" of Commander Peng Dehuai, the People's Liberation Army performed a play to such a realistic point, which can be described as well-intentioned.
On February 25, the "old wolf" Liu Kan finally completely dispelled his worries and led an army of 30,000 to aid Yichuan.
On February 28, Wang Zhen led reinforcements from the Northwest Field Army to surround the 29th Army, and on March 1 launched a siege.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Jie quickly led his troops to break through.
Where would General Wang Zhen give him this opportunity, several hangings, the Twenty-ninth Army was annihilated, and Liu Kan pulled a grenade in despair...
On March 2, Commander Peng Dehuai issued an order to the troops attacking Yichuan: "The task of "fighting for help" has been completed, and your troops immediately began to attack the city and take Yichuan.
In this way, the Northwest Field Army did not delay a single "siege of the city" and "attacking for reinforcements," and taught Hu Zongnan a harsh lesson, and Hu Zongnan never recovered, and the situation deteriorated.