[Xu Shibo's art of war began with the Tao Te Ching; The story of the contemporary soldier saint Wang Yue. 】

Xu Shibo nodded: "Of course, the way is like chess, it depends on who can see far, so Sun Wuzi said, "The husband is the winner without a fight, and the temple is counted as a lot; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts! I look at it this way, and I can see the victory or defeat! ”

I asked Xu Zhang which sentence from "The Art of War" he liked the most, and he said: "The husband wins the army first and then seeks battle, and the husband defeats the soldier first and then seeks victory." ”

I was impressed.

In his subsequent study, Xu Shibo started from the Tao Te Ching, and I wondered, isn't the Tao Te Ching a Taoist book? But the subsequent study gave me a new understanding of the Tao Te Ching. Xu Shibo began to analyze several points in the Tao Te Ching.

First of all, he said: "The husband is the only one who does not fight, so the world cannot fight with him", and asked me what I mean?

I said: "No, you don't want to fight with others, and others can't do anything, just like the last sentence of "Thirty-six Strategies", taking is the best policy." ”

Xu Shibo shook his head, "Wrong, the husband is not fighting, it means that my strategic level is higher, and I will not compete with you for that small profit." ”

I said, "I see, just as a saint will move, there will be foolishness, and it is a foolish enemy's strategy." ”

Xu Shibo said: "No, you remember these words: 'Only do the first, not the best; Sacrifice yourself from others and take advantage of the situation'. ”

I immediately understood, and said: "Just like the Mongolian cavalry, they rampant through Europe and Asia with fast horses and arrows, and do not compete with you for the advantage of the sword, but break through from a higher strategic and tactical perspective. ”

Xu Shibo nodded and said: "Govern the country with righteousness, use troops with oddity, and take the world with nothing."

"To govern the army in the right way, and to use troops to win with strange soldiers, but to be a general, you must be humble and calm, and the victory or defeat is not in your heart."

I sighed, "Okay, I must take the world with nothing." ”

Xu Shibo smiled and said that the way to be a general lies in "I have three treasures, one is compassion, the second is thrifty, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world."

"When we treat soldiers, we should treat them with a loving father's heart, and we should be frugal in the use of soldiers and materials, and the way to use soldiers lies in striking at the rear."

I couldn't help but exclaim, "Didn't you say that you want to strike first?" ”

Xu Shibo said: "The first opportunity may not be the first to strike, and those who really understand the use of soldiers will definitely expose the opponent's reality and reality, and then seal their throats with a sword."

I immediately understood, and used the allusion of "Cao Di's polemic" in "Zuo Chuan" to confirm that "one drum is vigorous, then it declines, and three times it is exhausted", which was recognized by Xu Shibo.

Then, Xu Shibo analyzed the current situation, and he said that a general must be aware of current affairs.

At that time, the main border trouble of the Ming Dynasty came from Mongolia in the north. More than 30 years ago, the Mongol Warat Department invaded, and the orthodox emperor, the father of the current Chenghua Emperor, led the main force of the Ming army of 550,000 people to fight, but because the orthodox emperor appointed the eunuch Wang Zhen and defeated the Tumu Fort, the emperor became a prisoner of the Mongols, which is still a national shame.

Secondly, under the command of Yu Qian, the "Battle of Beijing" was launched to repel Warat. Later, although the Varat declined, the Tatars rose again.

At the beginning of today's Chenghua, several Tatar tribes went south and penetrated deep into the Hetao area south of the Yellow River, which was called "trapping" by the Ming Dynasty.

The scope of activity of this "trap" stretched from Gansu and Ningxia in the west to Shanxi and Hebei in the east, causing great harm to the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

That's not all, the external worries are blazing, and the internal troubles are also flourishing! In the first year of Chenghua, Guangxi had a major Tengxia Yao people's uprising, attacking the city, killing officials and robbing the warehouse, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Huguang four provinces were affected, Ming mobilized more than 100,000 people in the capital and the locality, and spent a huge amount of money to suppress the Yao people.

It was also in that year that a huge Jingxiang homeless riot broke out in the border areas of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi, with hundreds of thousands of participants, and it lasted intermittently for 20 years.

I sighed: "It's a pity that there are no famous players today!" ”

Xu Shibo said: "You are really wrong, there is a famous general today, his name is Wang Yue. ”

I also seemed to have heard of this person, so I asked my uncle to talk about this Wang Yue.

Xu Shibo said that there were only two Wenchen who had been awarded the earl for military merits in the Ming Dynasty, and the interesting thing is that they were all surnamed Wang, one was Wang Ji at the time of orthodoxy, and he was named Jingyuan Uncle for his merits in Pinglu River; The other is Wang Yue, who is the current Wang Yue in Chenghua, who was named Wei Ningbo for his exploits in attacking Wei Ning Haizi.

Speaking of this, Xu Shibo said, I hope I can become the third surname of the Ming Dynasty and the earl with military merits, when I heard this, it was not a joke, but remembered the words of Chen Sheng in the "Historical Records" "The prince will be a kind of Xiangning?" His heart suddenly became arrogant.

Let's say that this Wang Yue is really a legend. His mythology can be said to be better than mine, he is a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai.

According to legend, on the day of his palace examination, a whirlwind suddenly blew on the ground, and Wang Yue's test paper was rolled up in the clouds, Wang Yue watched the test paper disappear in the sky, and the invigilator had to resend the test paper to him when he saw this, and this Wang Yue did have real talent and learning, and he worked hard to write the book at the moment, and actually wrote two countermeasures before closing the paper, you may want to say, what is the big deal, nothing magical!

Listen to the rest of the story! In the autumn of that year, Korean envoys came to pay tribute, and guess what they brought? It turned out to be Wang Yue's test paper.

What's going on? According to the envoy, on that day, the king of Joseon was looking at the court, and an object fell from the sky, and when he looked at it, it was a scroll.

The waiter picked up the scroll and presented it to the king, who looked at it and realized that it was the test paper of the Jinshi of the Celestial Empire. So, let the waiter take it back to Beijing by the way when he paid tribute.

Myth, myth, it is incredible that a test paper should be swept across the ocean and swept by the wind from Beijing to the palace of the Joseon Dynasty.

In his later years, he was appointed as the chief of the trilateral (Datong, Yansui, and Ganning), and made outstanding contributions to prevent Tatar invasions, and was later named Wei Ningbo by the imperial court. He sent troops to fight against the Tatars three times and recovered the Hetao region.

Listening to Xu Shibo, Wang Yue is a great strategist, with more than ten years of combat experience, and the art of war is surprisingly successful.

Then Xu Shibo told two stories of Wang Yue to show that he has a bold personality, knows how to make good use of people, and is willing to promote talents, so his subordinates are willing to go to the soup for him.

The first story is about: In the cold winter, it snowed heavily, Wang Yue sat by the stove drinking to keep warm, and there were four beautiful women around him playing music and pouring wine, so it was not chic.

At this time, a soldier returned from reconnaissance of the enemy situation from the front line. Wang Yue immediately summoned him into the account and listened to him report the enemy's situation. The soldier's report was very detailed, and Wang Yue was very satisfied with it, so he handed him the golden cup in his hand and invited him to drink.

After that, Wang Yue asked a few more questions, and the soldier answered very exquisitely, this time, Wang Yue was even happier, so he asked Mei Ji to play koji and pour wine for the soldiers, which was a bit messy.