Chapter 14 "Zhou Yi", the essence of the art of war

The weather is at the beginning of the day, the sun is at the beginning of the day, the clear sky is like an inkstone soaked in water, and a few wisps of flowing clouds slowly overflow, which is the faint ink stain that swims out of the inkstone.

Lu Bu read the book and saw it boringly, so he simply directly lifted the heavenly painting halberd, and was about to go to the camp to train the troops, but just walked to the second gate, but heard a disturbing noise coming from the main gate.

"Why is it so noisy?" Lu Bu stepped out of the mansion, his face was slightly displeased.

Seeing this, a servant hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "General Qiyu, a beggar is crouching in front of the door, and he can't get rid of it."

Lu Bu looked towards the door, there was indeed a beggar curled up lazily in the corner, he seemed to be over half a hundred years old, his gray hair didn't know how to take care of it, his whole face was blocked in a mess, his clothes and pants were also tattered, and he vaguely smelled a little wine.

Seeing Lu Bu's displeasure, the servant said fiercely: "Don't leave yet, and don't see what kind of place this is, this is my general's mansion." ”

The beggar shifted his body, changed to a more comfortable position, and then said nonchalantly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, what is yours and mine?" It's all the Son of Heaven, if you don't want to see it, just go. ”

"Don't defile here, get out of here!"

Who knew that the beggar glanced at the servant and sneered: "Your general didn't speak, what are you anxious about?" A janitor dog is fiercer than its owner, holding a bone and thinking it is a carnivore. ”

Lu Bu pondered for a long time, took out a string of five baht coins from his waist, and walked straight to the beggar: "This is for you, although the cold winter has passed, but it is still warm and cold, go buy a warm clothes!" ”

Lu Bu could guess from his words that this old beggar was not very human, and ordinary beggars would have already gone in disgrace, where would there be leisure and elegance to quarrel here.

The beggar glanced at Lu Bu, and then pulled his head into his shoulder socket: "I don't accept the gift of no cause. ”

Lu Bu threw the five-baht coin into his broken crockpot and said loudly: "The north gate is helping the people, if you are hungry, hurry up!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, but the old beggar said calmly: "I never eat the food that comes from me." ”

Lu Bu frowned and asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

"Only when you give something can you say and receive, the so-called courtesy is still exchanged."

Lu Bu looked down at him, only to see that he had nothing but a broken clay pot, and he could beg him to take out something valuable, so he couldn't help but smile at the moment: "Then what do you have for me?" ”

The beggar thought for a moment, slowly turned his body, lazily pulled out a burlap bag from his back, and then took out a book from the bag and handed it to Lu Bu: "Nuo, give you this." ”

"Zhou Yi?" Lu Bu looked at the beggar suspiciously: "As a general, what is the use of this book?" ”

The old beggar sneered: "Zhou Yizhi is deduced from the mutual change of yin and yang, since the development of everything is the mutual conversion of yin and yang, then the situation between the two sides of the battle will inevitably change in victory and defeat, do you say it is useful?" ”

These words made Lu Bu stunned, he stared at the old beggar closely, and suddenly found that the face that was stacked with dirt revealed a pair of clear and transparent eyes, like the twinkling stars on a summer night.

The old beggar was very satisfied with Lu Bu's reaction, and then said word by word: "For example, encircling Wei to save Zhao, on the surface, it is to seek the near and far, but in fact, it is one step closer to victory, Zhou Yi Youyun 'It is better to attack the enemy than to divide the enemy, and the enemy yang is not as good as the enemy', but the strategy itself has no distinction between high and low, and the key to victory or defeat is still the person who uses the strategy." ”

Lu Bu put down the halberd, sat facing the beggar, and asked: "As Mr. said earlier, the situation between the two sides of the war will continue to change between victory and defeat. ”

The old beggar did not answer, but took out a scale chessboard from behind him, and then took out two white seeds and a black one, and placed them in three different positions, Lu Bu saw at a glance that the black zi represented the Wei State, and the white son represented Qi and Zhao.

The old beggar said: "Back then, the siege of Wei and the rescue of Zhao by the State of Qi were only used to deter, defeat and not annex, which is more in line with the interests of the State of Qi, because the defeat of Wei and Zhao, the State of Qi can not only win the reputation of helping the weak, but also keep the State of Wei to resist the strong Qin in the west, if the State of Qi really wants to annex the State of Wei, it is completely possible to send an ambush soldier to ambush halfway and kill the State of Wei without leaving a piece of armor." ”

The beggar paused slightly, and then said: "The capital of Wei has been repaired several times, even if Qi really attacks, I am afraid it will not be an overnight thing, if Wei intensifies its attack on Zhao and takes Handan in one fell swoop, Qi will naturally retreat, otherwise the Wei army will outflank and cut off Qi's retreat, then ......"

The beggar pulls out two sunspots, removes the white ones at the same time, and then places the black ones in the place of the two white seeds.

"The Wei State withdrew its troops halfway and asked for it, it was a temporary response, regardless of the overall situation, if it was replaced by a smart person, I am afraid that the history of the Warring States would be rewritten."

Lu Bu pondered for a while, felt that the beggar was reasonable, and thought about it now: "In this way, if Wei State is a little flexible and reverses its thinking, it may become the overlord. ”

The beggar shrugged his shoulders and pinched a white child: "Since ancient times, the game is impermanent, if the general is stuck in the normal, how can he win?" ”

Lu Bu hurriedly asked him for advice: "Why is this so? ”

The beggar shook his head and smiled: "The world is content with the status quo, the eyes are happy with the countryside, the ears are happy with the silk and bamboo, do not want to forge ahead, do not seek change, learn from the profits, rejoice in the glory, go with the flow, follow the ups and downs of the world, want to change, how easy?" ”

Lu Bu glanced at the beggar deeply, took "Zhou Yi" in his hand, and said happily: "Thank you Mr. for the book, but this book is obscure, can I ask Mr. at that time?" ”

The beggar stretched: "Naturally." ”

Lu Bu still wanted to ask for advice, but the beggar had already closed his eyes and made a posture of ignoring him, so Lu Bu had no choice but to clasp his fists at him and salute, and turned back to instruct the servant: "Go and get a few clothes and bedding." ”

The servant dared to speak, and hurriedly ran back to the palace, and after a while, he came out with a pile of warm clothes, and placed them in front of the old beggar in a regular manner, without breathing.

At this time, the guards had already brought the war horse, and after Lu Bu turned over on the horse, he glanced at the sleepy beggar, and instructed: "Sir, if you need it, you will definitely do it." ”

As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, the beggar spared his messy hair, smashed it and said: "After talking for a long time, my mouth is thirsty, if there is a pot of warm wine......"

The servant was quite clever, and after smelling the beggar's demand, he ran in the direction of the market without waiting for Lu Bu's instructions.

Lu Bu saluted the beggar again on his horse, and then rode his horse and whipped towards the north gate, and the beggar looked at Lu Bu's back as he walked away, revealing a hint of a smile.