At that time, half of the 5000 soldiers led by Zhuge Liang went out of the city, leaving only about 2500 people around. The situation is very critical for Zhuge Liang. When the scouts reported 6.5438+0.5 million troops, everyone was afraid, but Zhuge Liang was not worried.
Everyone began to pack their bags and tried to persuade Zhuge Liang to leave, but Zhuge Liang walked up to the tower without changing his face, opened the gate wide and played the piano and sang on the tower himself. Sima Yi suspected an ambush and led the troops to retreat.
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The strategy of the empty city plan:
When those who have empty strength and are forced to go nowhere because of unexpected pressure, the purpose of taking this measure is to find ways to muddle through or avoid suffering greater losses.
Because this plan has great uncertainty and risk, and many initiatives and opportunities are still in the hands of the other party, it is not appropriate to use the empty city plan when absolutely necessary. At the same time, this scheme should not be used repeatedly.
In actual strategy, risks often coexist with opportunities, interests and success. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". The ingenuity of the empty city plan lies in: being good at grasping each other's strategic background, psychological state and personality characteristics. Correct and timely, because of the place, because of the strange strategy to alleviate their own crisis.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang was able to boldly retreat from the enemy with an "empty city plan" because he could accurately feel Sima Yi's cautious, suspicious and guilty psychological state, and Zhuge Liang's unique and peculiar way of thinking successfully resolved the temporary crisis.