Although He Nuo's army attacked very fiercely, Jinyang City was not so easy to capture after all.

After a period of onslaught, He Nuo understood that the first round of tentative attacks should be over, otherwise, it would be a senseless sacrifice.

Understanding this, He Nuo immediately withdrew his troops, gathered a cadre of generals together, and began to discuss the way to fight the war.

He Nuo knew that "The Seventy-two Techniques of War" covered too wide a wide range of areas and could not be learned in a short time, so he was discussing the more popular and easy-to-understand "Art of War" at the moment.

Ye Weizhen, who was only ranked second to Meng Xiaochen in status, took a step forward and said: "The Art of War discusses a lot of issues about the comprehensive planning of war, which is applicable to both strategy and tactics and tactics, and talks about the general principles of strategy, tactics and tactics. You can learn it. ”

He Nuo nodded: "Ye Shuai has guided us in the right direction, please try to speak." ”

Obviously, he is familiar with all kinds of military arts, Ye Weizhen talked eloquently without thinking: "In "Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Use of Space", it is said: "Therefore, the Ming monarch is a virtuous general, so he wins the man, and the success comes from the many, and the prophet is also." "A prophet is one who knows the situation in advance and foresees the outcome of a war. "Seeking Attack" said: "Knowing each other and knowing oneself, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." "It is emphasized that the situation of both the enemy and our side must be grasped. "The Use of Rooms" made a special discussion on how to know the other, and put forward the strategy of the five rooms; The "Fiction and Reality" discusses the problem of using calculations, provocations, demonstrations, and tentative contests to understand the enemy's situation; The "Marching Chapter" lists more than 30 ways to fight against each other. ”

Chu Xiuneng, a military advisor on the side, had a strong research interest in these tactics, and immediately concluded: "These are all about the problem of "knowing the other". There are also many discussions on "confidants" in the book, such as emphasizing that the monarch should know the generals; The commander can and cannot fight against the soldiers, and it is necessary to know whether they can and cannot fight; It is necessary to know the psychological characteristics of soldiers in different environments. Prophets are the basis for predicting the outcome of wars, the prerequisites for making decisions, and the prerequisites for commanding armies, and therefore they must use all means at their disposal to achieve this end. ”

Hearing this, He Nuo was very interested, looked at Chu Xiuneng, and nodded, meaning to let him have more explanations.

Chu Xiuneng nodded, like a few treasures: "In "The Art of War: The Art of War", it is said: "The winning soldier wins first and then seeks battle." To win first means to defeat the enemy politically, economically, militarily, diplomatically, and strategically. From the perspective of national strategy, it is necessary to make the people obey the will of the ruler of the country through "cultivating the Tao and protecting the law"; It is necessary to attach importance to the accumulation of the country's economic and military strength, and form a trend like water accumulating in a mountain of thousands of miles; Through diplomatic struggles, isolate the enemy, strengthen your own power, etc. To have an advantage in the overall situation, but also to have an advantage in the local area, this must be rationally deployed, prepared, attacked, defended, and attacked, and not prepared for everything; If they are at a disadvantage in the overall situation, they should all the more create their own local superiority by means of dividing the enemy by focusing on themselves and bullying the enemy by showing their appearance, so as to achieve the goal of winning the campaign first in battles and gradually expanding it into victory in the overall situation. He Nuo sighed and said sincerely: "It is true, strength advantage is a prerequisite for victory, but if you relax your vigilance or are not good at planning, even if you are in an advantage in strength, you will also be defeated." Therefore, it emphasizes that while strengthening strength, it is also necessary to defeat the enemy in terms of planning, as the "Calculation Chapter" says: "More is a victory, less is not a victory, and nothing is worth nothing?" "It is not easy for us to attack Jinyang this time, and the most important reason is, of course, that the strength is not strong enough to defeat them. Of course, if there are more victories and fewer everywhere, then the battle will be boring. ”

After a pause, He Nuo suddenly turned to the vanguard general Zhao Junmao: "Junmao, you think so about this battle. ”

Some time ago, after systematically learning the "Seventy-two Techniques of War", Zhao Junmao has made great progress, although he can't talk about the art of war, but he has obviously grown a lot, and he also said it in one sentence: ""Sun Tzu's Art of War: Attacking Chapter" proposed, "A hundred battles are won, and those who are not good are also good; The soldiers who surrender without a fight are also good and good", and then demanded that "the whole world must be fought for, so the soldiers can benefit without a fight". This is known as the "total win" principle. ”

Hearing this, the audience was a little surprised, they all thought at first that Zhao Junmao was a pioneer general, a martial artist, and when he started a battle, it was enough to rely on his enthusiasm.

Only He Nuo and Meng Xiaochen quietly glanced at each other, then looked at each other and smiled, obviously relieved that their efforts some time ago were not in vain.

Chu Xiuneng smiled and said: "General Zhao was very right just now, but there are three points to note, I would like to emphasize here: First, the "whole" here first refers to the victory in the overall situation, and Sun Tzu advocated that the enemy should be bent to the "whole country" and "the whole army" to the greatest extent, which embodies this idea. The second is the "whole" of "must fight for the world with all", which requires comprehensive and thoughtful planning, and should be interpreted as "full strategy", such as knowing both benefits and harms, knowing both advance and retreat, knowing both strange and positive, etc., which is called two-end analysis in philosophy, that is, taking into account all kinds of possibilities. This "completeness" refers to the comprehensiveness of the ideological method and is a kind of perfect "completeness." Third, it is necessary to properly handle the dialectical relationship of "total breaking". In "The Art of War", the "completeness" of "the soldier is not immediately profitable" is about the actual operation and the ending, this "complete" is not necessarily perfect, the "complete" is allowed to have "broken", and the "complete" of "broken" is also a kind of "complete", which is a relative "complete". If the country cannot be "complete", it will retreat to the whole army, and if the army cannot be "complete", it will retreat to the "all" brigade, and if the brigade cannot be "complete", it will retreat to seek "all" soldiers, and if the soldiers cannot be "complete", they will retreat to seek "all" troops. These are in line with the "all-win" principle. ”

Chu Xiu can explain so incisively that anyone has to be convinced, even Zhao Junmao has a careful experience in his heart, and then said sincerely: "The military advisor answers questions and clarifies doubts like this, which has benefited Junmao a lot." ”

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He Nuo clapped his hands and concluded: "It can be seen that the Art of War recognizes the gap between ideals and reality on the issue of total victory, and recognizes the principle that "complete" and "broken" complement each other. The ultimate goal is to bring the enemy to our knees and minimize the losses of both the enemy and us. In short, seeking the overall situation, understanding all the breakthroughs, and planning all the strategies should be the basic content of Sun Tzu's Quansheng thought. Among them, understanding the whole is the theory, the whole strategy is the means, and the overall situation is the goal, and the three are mutually useful, and one is indispensable. The method of implementing this principle is also mentioned in the "Art of War", and it can be summarized as follows: first, to create our absolute superiority in strength, which is the material basis for forcing the enemy to submit; Use deterrence means to intimidate the enemy, win the heart of the enemy, and deter the enemy's morale; The combination of plotting, cutting and fighting and cutting down troops, "breaking" and "all" are used for each other, using "all" strategies to break the enemy's heart, and "breaking" strategies to force the enemy to "complete" submission. ”

After He Nuo finished speaking, for a while, in the hall, there was no sound, all of them pondering He Nuo's words.