Chapter 370: The Art of War (Part II)

Regarding Zhang Shigui's grandson's ability to lead troops, he said that 10,000 grandsons can unify the world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThen I'll ask General Zhang Shigui how to solve a few problems. If Sun Tzu leads 10,000 soldiers, then I will let him be invincible. If the enemy retreats along the way, take the initiative to retreat and give up the land of the city to Sun Tzu to occupy. In order to stabilize the territory, the grandson left fifty soldiers in each county to guard the town, and this is still calculated according to the minimum. There are 50 people in that county, and 10,000 people occupy 200 counties at most. ”

In other words, once the two hundred counties are occupied, there will be no soldiers around the grandson. The one who caught it quickly could kill his grandson. Don't you know how to do such a simple arithmetic calculation? In fact, I'm afraid that fifty people are not enough to maintain a county that has just been conquered! ”

Zhang Shigui's face was as red as a monkey's ass, such a simple math problem could be easily calculated by Shi Bufan Zheng Wenke. touting that 10,000 grandsons can unify the world, this is simply one powder and ten black! I don't even understand military common sense.

"Yes, transfer troops from behind!" Zhang Shigui said reluctantly.

"Oh? Troops were transferred from behind to be responsible for the occupation, so these people are not soldiers? Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.

Zhang Shigui also felt that this reason was too far-fetched, so he had to say: "If those local generals don't retreat and choose to fight Sun Tzu, then they are definitely not Sun Tzu's opponents." “

"Hey, it turns out that what tactics the enemy uses, or is it up to you to decide? Your Majesty, if there is a war in the future, I will ask General Zhang Shigui to fight it well. Because General Zhang Shigui was so powerful, he actually ordered the enemy to attack, he could also order the enemy to retreat, and he could even order the enemy to stay put. Even, even more fantastic, is that the enemy can be ordered to fight only with certain tactics, and not with tactics that he does not understand. Therefore, with General Zhang Shigui in the future, my Datang will definitely be invincible. Shi Bufan said.

"Hahahaha......" This time, even the civil officials laughed out loud, this Zhang Shigui is simply "one powder and ten black".

Fighting with Sun Wu, it actually stipulates that the other party cannot use the tactic of retreating, and stipulates that the other party must fight Sun Tzu head-on, they are stupid! Knowing that Sun Tzu is powerful, can't he use the tactic of temporarily avoiding the edge? Such a metaphor is simply devoid of military common sense.

"Zhang Shigui, what's wrong with you today?" Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, couldn't help but scold, why did Zhang Shigui lose his standard today, this shouldn't be!

"General Li doesn't need to be angry, in fact, General Zhang Shigui is actually opposing for the sake of opposition, and agreeing for the sake of approval. In order to oppose me, he simply did not hesitate to do anything, and even disregarded common sense. In fact, he made the same mistake as his grandson, and he was too idealistic. Shi Bufan said.

"What? Will the grandson be at fault? Zhang Shigui blew up again.

Shi Bufan asked rhetorically: "How is Sun Tzu not wrong?" Of course, it may not be wrong in that era, but it is wrong in this era. ”

"No way, there can be no fault with the grandson." Zhang Shigui still said angrily.

Shi Bufan continued: "Very simply, Sun Tzu's Art of War advocates quick battles. But I'm at war all over the world, and I have to fight for many years. ”

"During the Spring and Autumn period in which Sun Tzu lived, war was often a big battle. In those days, a war was often the end of a battle, and it would not be protracted. The food production of that year was insufficient to feed the consumption of too many troops, so the war had to be resolved quickly. Today, however, the production of food is increasing, and the ability to feed the army is becoming stronger and stronger, which is enough to sustain a protracted war. Doesn't this mean that Sun Tzu's quick fix thinking is no longer so completely reliable? There are many times when not only can you not solve the problem quickly, but you have to delay time, I think everyone should understand this? ”

And Sun Tzu also has another problem, and that is his extreme idealistic thinking. He believed that all wars depended on generals, and completely depended on generals to fight. Rest all hopes of victory or defeat on the generals, and on a single general for the prosperity of the country, rather than on all the soldiers. ”

Even Sun Tzu went to the extreme of proposing that generals should have enough autonomy, which was also a superstitious proposal about the ability of generals. And the generals are outside, and the king's order is not subject to it, which has become a word of shirk for countless generals. ”

However, in the days of Sun Tzu, the means of communication were limited. First of all, with carrier pigeons, the distance that might not be able to be walked in a month in the spring and autumn period may now be able to deliver the news in a few days. Even sooner in the future, perhaps in the future, there will be more advanced methods of transmitting messages, so how can this kind of practice of 'disagreeing with the orders of the king in the future'? ”

"So Sun Tzu has a serious extreme idealistic mindset and completely ignores a lot of things."

Sun Tzu's Art of War is not an absolute good thing, at least not something that should be deified. Nothing should be deified, including the Art of War, including any traditional Chinese culture. Chinese Confucian culture pays attention to moderation, which is not the kind of duplicity that ordinary people imagine, let alone the idea of surrender, but a kind of thinking that does not go to extremes. Some people keep saying that they want to learn traditional culture, but they also forget that there is a middle-of-the-road idea in traditional culture, and nothing is too deified, including traditional Chinese culture itself.

Anyone who criticizes traditional culture is directly labeled as an unpatriotic traitor and foreign slave, this kind of thinking is not only not really promoting traditional culture, it is a powder top ten black!

Sun Tzu is the spokesman of the landlord class and has an extremely idealistic view of history. Sun Tzu believed that all history was created by the elites of emperors and generals, and ordinary people were not qualified to participate in the creation of history. Therefore, Sun Tzu's Art of War advocates a kind of elite thinking, which is that ordinary soldiers are not qualified and incapable of making suggestions and suggestions for the country, and only a small number of elites are qualified.

This is also the extreme idealism advocated in the Art of War, and this thinking has continued in China for many years, and even spread to later generations. Sun Tzu almost completely denied materialism, completely believing that it was the generals who were the only conditions for winning in commanding battles, and everything else was left behind.

However, in fact, the development of history is exactly the opposite of Sun Tzu's speculation, the role of generals is getting lower and lower, and the quality of weapons and equipment and logistics personnel is playing a higher and higher role in war, but the influence of generals has been completely weakened to the lowest point, and war has become a systematic science. This is exactly the opposite of what Sun Tzu advocated, but what Sun Tzu advocated has proven to be out of step with the times.

Sun Tzu's view of history is also inconsistent with the real situation, Sun Tzu's view of history is that the historical process is repeated, but in fact the process of human history is moving forward in a spiral state, which Sun Tzu does not know.

"I'm insulting my grandson, but I'm trying to state a fact. Sun Tzu's things may have been useful back then, but time has passed, and many of the things in Sun Tzu's Art of War no longer meet the needs, but must be phased out. Just as I put forward the strategy of war game deduction, from then on, war decisions are no longer based on the main generals, but on a group of groups, a group of staff officers who know how to deduce and how to formulate battle plans. ”

"The responsibility of the commander-in-chief in the future is no longer to formulate combat plans, but to be responsible for coordination and management, and to choose one of several plans to make decisions in the left and backward, rather than thinking specifically about operations. The person in command has since become a team, not a single person. This is actually the opposite of Sun Tzu's emphasis on the main general. ”

"Sun Tzu is a man, not a god, and he is also behind the times one day. He has been in the past, and he will not predict the passage of time. His Sun Tzu's Art of War is actually just a key to enlightening thinking, and the real thing is to look at one's own background and understanding. I don't have enough background, let alone Sun Tzu's Art of War, any art of war is useless. ”

"You are still in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and you can fully accept your grandson's suggestion?"

Zhang Shigui's face was even darker, they deified their grandson, but now their grandson was criticized by Shi Bufan. Shi Bufan actually didn't specialize in blacking his grandson, but it just showed that some of his grandson's things were out of step with the times. What is not in line with the times will also be eliminated, can Sun Tzu's Art of War be an exception?

Many of the contents of Sun Tzu's Art of War are no longer in line with the times, especially Sun Tzu's serious view of history that is biased towards extreme idealism and those that are extremely idealistic about war. Because of this extremely idealistic view of war, China often despises other aspects and relies entirely on its generals. As for this kind of thinking, which is completely dependent on the generals, it has become the ideological soil for the existence of warlords.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to rely on the soldiers than on the generals. If the soldiers were stupid, the generals would say a few words casually, and they would all follow and rebel against the court. And one general is able to take away a group of soldiers. But if the soldiers understand the truth, they will really become smarter. Not only can we provide a lot of staff for the general's decision-making, but we can even make the soldiers understand what they are fighting for. Even if the generals wanted to take some people, they couldn't take too many people. Because in the past, all hopes were pinned on the generals, and once the generals betrayed, they were completely finished. But if the soldiers all understand, then even if a soldier betrays, it is a matter of one person, and many other soldiers can slaughter him on the spot. Even the generals can't take the soldiers away, and even when they rebel, they will still take the initiative to kill the rebel generals. ”

But Zhang Shigui still retorted: "What's the difference in this, when Luo Yi rebelled, wasn't he also killed by his subordinates?" ”

Shi Bufan replied: "It's different, Luo Yi's subordinates killed Luo Yi to invite merit, it was because they had land, and the court gave land, if there was no land, they would not hesitate to follow Luo Yi to rebel." ”

"But if the soldiers understand why they are fighting, then even if they don't have land, they will take the initiative to kill the rebels. Therefore, the loyalty of our current soldiers in Datang is based on the land, not on the ideology. Without land, the soldier would have no loyalty. ”

The loyalty of the government soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty was based on the land, and without the land, there would be no loyalty, so it was actually very normal. During the Tang Gaozong period, the land of those government soldiers was annexed, and as a result, the Tang Dynasty was full of deserters during that period, which directly caused the big country to have no soldiers, but relied on Hu soldiers and Hu generals, and awarded the army, an important weapon of the country, to outsiders.

Li Shimin felt even more embarrassed, of course he understood that the loyalty of soldiers is based on the land, and there is no loyalty without the land. However, this feudal emperor has always paid attention to the death of the monarch and the ministers, but now the time is extraordinary and the red fruit is poked out, which directly shows that these soldiers are actually loyal to the land, or they are loyal to themselves, and they actually have no loyalty to the king.

It was an illusion that the soldiers of the government system were loyal to the emperor. It's like consumers feel that private companies have a good attitude towards their services, which is also an illusion. Because those private companies are trying to make money from you, and those salespeople are working hard to get a commission from you, they are essentially serving themselves, serving for money, not serving you. When you run out of money, people will change their faces immediately.

The loyalty of these soldiers is expected to rely on the interests of the red fruit, the right of the land to be exempt from taxes, and not some moral education. Li Shimin was not enough to make these soldiers loyal, but Shi Bufan picked it out, which made Li Shimin feel hot.

"How much does it cost to educate soldiers?" Li Shimin asked.

Fang Xuanling immediately cried poor and said: "Your Majesty, at present, my Datang budget has already been spent, and there is really no money." Your Majesty, my Datang is still not suitable for recruiting soldiers, let alone teaching a large number of soldiers, it costs too much. I really can't come up with the money. ”

Fang Xuanling hurriedly cried poor, but Shi Bufan knew that this Fang Xuanling was not really crying poor, but did not want the soldiers to learn culture. Once this soldier learns culture, it will be the spread of culture again, and their Shandong Shi clan will also have great pressure. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the country, and if hundreds of thousands of soldiers have learned culture, then it is not far from popularizing culture throughout the country.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling's best way is to cry poor quickly, and prevaricate first. Fang Xuanling's thoughts were understood by Shi Bufan, but Shi Bufan also had to admit that Fang Xuanling's excuse was also a very big trouble. At present, although Datang's finances are rising, there are also more places to spend money. Even the budget for the Turks to be left for the end of next year is not much. The state finance is also a big snake, and the more money there is, the more places where it is spent, and the state finance will never be satisfied.

Fang Xuanling cried poor, and Shi Bufan also knew that he might not be able to take out so much money in a short time to expand the culture of the soldiers.

(To be continued.) )