Wang Meng led an army of 160,000 to attack Former Yan, and his men suddenly rebelled and besieged Wang Meng. Wang Meng made a small trick and skillfully defused it.
Wang Meng, former Qin Jianjian Cheng Xiang, the first fierce man of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. He led a large army of 160,000 to attack Former Yan, and Murong Jue of Former Yan (a famous former Yan general who led an army to destroy Ran Wei and Ran Min) led an army of 200,000 troops stationed at Luzhou (present-day Changye). The two armies were camped opposite each other and waited in a tight position.
Wang Meng sent his general Xu Cheng to visit the camp and agreed to return at noon, but Xu Cheng did not abide by the agreement and did not lead the soldiers back to the camp until the evening. Violations of military discipline should be punished by beheading, and Wang Meng ordered Xu Cheng to be taken down, prepare for military law, and beheaded to show the public.
The Qiang people Deng Qiang interceded forward, "The Former Yan army is full of people, the decisive battle is just around the corner, the enemy is at present, and I hope that the minister will forgive Xu Cheng and let him atone for his sins." ”
Wang Meng said, "Military law is ruthless, if you don't behead Xu Cheng, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!" ”
Deng Qiang insisted, "Xu Cheng is my subordinate, and I am willing to use my head to guarantee it." The last general and Xu Cheng sent troops into the Great Broken Yan Army to atone for their sins! ”
Wang Meng sternly refused.
Deng Qiang returned to the camp of his army, gathered the Qiang soldiers, and gathered a large army to attack Wang Meng.
The general and the strategist heard that Deng Qiang was leading an army to attack and looked at each other. Wang Meng said calmly, "Deng Qiang is indeed a loyal and righteous person with great vision, and the old man is just testing him." ”
He immediately sent someone to tell Deng Qiang to stop his anger and then pardon Xu Cheng.
Deng Qiang collected the troops as promised, and Xu Cheng was pardoned by Wang Meng. Deng Qiang came to the door to bear the guilt of Jing.
Wang Meng shook Deng Qiang's hand, laughed and said, "I just wanted to try the general, but I didn't expect the general to be loyal and righteous!" General Deng attached so much importance to his subordinates, let alone the state? ”
The next day, Wang Meng led an army to attack Yan in a big way. Deng Qiang and Xu Cheng took the lead and rushed into the Yan army, killing and wounding hundreds if there was no one around. Within a few days, the Yan army was defeated, capturing more than 50,000 people, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, killing and surrendering more than 100,000 people, and Murong Ping led the remnants of the army to flee back to Yecheng.
===================================
Feng Menglong's comments:
Forging forgiveness in violation of military orders is a manifestation of selfishness; beating a drum to attack the main general is an act of rebellion; forgiving others under the coercion of others is absolutely detrimental to one's own majesty.
In this situation, Wang Meng was able to abandon stereotypes and bad habits, rationally use wisdom, and eventually break the Yan army.
Only when the intellect is skillfully used, the effect will be infinitely mysterious!