Song Yanqing didn't think she wanted to steal military secrets; instead, he kept thinking about her words.
The Tatars repeatedly planned surprise attacks, but never intended to linger in battle.
It was as if it had been planned from the beginning that they would retreat in time once they were about to go into battle.
He said, "If you were the commander-in-chief, why do you think the Tatars would do this?"
His words left Lu Qiqi stunned for a moment. Did his question mean he had placed her in the camp of trust?
The battlefield is different from reminiscing with old friends. On ordinary days, you can take care of each other because you are familiar with each other, but once you are on the battlefield, the lives of the entire army can be taken in an instant. There is no room for carelessness.
Seeing Song Yanqing staring at her intently, she pondered for a moment before saying, "I wonder if you've ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?"
“No.” Song Yanqing uttered two words softly.
Lu Qiqi naturally knew that he couldn't have heard of it, after all, it was a Western fable.
She asked the question to increase credibility.
After briefly telling Song Yanqing the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," I noticed a fleeting frown on his brow.
Lu Qiqi blurted out what was on her mind, "In my opinion, they seem to be doing this to make us lower our guard."
A surprise attack would increase the patrol and control of the city gates and passes, which seems to contradict what the Tatars were doing.
However, if this happened repeatedly, the generals guarding the pass came to regard the Tatars' surprise attacks and hasty retreats as commonplace.
Not only will the patrols become lax, but the soldiers will also keep in mind that as long as they hold out until the Tatars leave, the problem can be easily solved.
Over time, it's inevitable that people will let their guard down.
Destroying an army is not terrible; what is most terrible is indirectly controlling the will of an army to hold firm.
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