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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

When Hannibal walked out of the tent, he reluctantly found that there were not one or two soldiers who were making a loud noise, but many, many soldiers; In the cavalry camp near Hannibal's tent, groups of soldiers were arguing wildly and without scruples.

Such a scene made Hannibal angry but also a little interested; Why didn't the infantry train well in their own camp and run to the cavalrymen's camp to quarrel?

Hannibal did not disturb the quarrel of the soldiers, but went straight to the cavalry camp and listened quietly to their quarrel in a corner beside him; From the content of their quarrel, Hannibal understood what the reason for their quarrel was.

It turned out that during today's training, the Long Shield Cavalry soldiers felt that the simple training was too boring; So, they began to play horse racing in teams of hundreds, which also attracted the infantry soldiers trained nearby.

Everyone is a soldier in the barracks, and they are also the robed brothers who will live and die together on the battlefield next, and the shield cavalry will naturally not refuse the onlookers of the infantry soldiers; And just like that, a lively game of horse racing began.

Originally, the game went smoothly and briskly; Each cavalry hundred-man team can choose three of the best horses from their own hundred-man team and compete against the three horses of another hundred-man team.

In the case that the strength of each 100-person team is about the same, the result of the game is also full of unpredictable possibilities; In order to play fairer, every competition between two teams of 100 is decided by drawing, and it is all up to luck to choose the opponent.

Unfortunately, the weakest of the Hundred Men of the Long Shield Cavalry was actually drawn by the strongest Hundred as an opponent; The result of such a draw made everyone smile helplessly, is there any suspense in the match between these two centenarians?

This is just like the Olympic Games in later generations, in any event, there will be a few stronger teams, and there will be a few weaker teams; Once a weak team meets a strong team, the result will generally not change, after all, strength still needs to be accumulated over many years, and it cannot be formed overnight.

However, it was such a suspenseless game, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations; The weakest 100 team easily defeated the strongest 100 team in the horse racing competition and won the final victory!

Such a result was unexpected by everyone, but it sparked a fierce debate among all the soldiers present; And the point of contention is naturally the way the weakest 100-man team wins.

In the previous game, each 100-person team was conformist and divided the three horses of its 100-person team into three grades: upper, middle and lower, and the order of appearance was also tacitly first, then middle, and then up; In other words, everyone uses the inferior war horses of their own 100-man team against the inferior war horses of the other party, and the game is as fair as possible.

When it came time for the strongest 100 team to compete with the weakest 100 team, the strongest 100 team still divided their 100 team's war horses into three grades, and then first sent their own inferior war horses, followed by medium war horses, and finally superior war horses.

However, the weakest hundred-man team is unconventional, although they also divided the war horses into three grades, they did not send the war horses in the default order at all, but adopted a new order of appearance!

After the start of the game, the weakest 100 team will play first is the medium horse of their 100 team; There is a big gap in strength between the strongest 100 team and the weakest 100 team, but the gap between the war horses is not as big as imagined, just a slight gap.

Therefore, the middle war horse of the weakest hundred-man team naturally won the victory as a matter of course when it was against the inferior war horse of the strongest hundred-man team; Later, in the second competition, the weakest 100 team used the best horse against the medium horse of the strongest 100 team, and won the game again!

Every game between two teams of 100 is a best-of-three system; The weakest 100 team had no need to continue the game after winning two wins, but the strongest 100 team that was unwilling to lose persisted in the third game.

In this last game, the superior war horse of the strongest hundred-man team easily left the inferior war horse of the weakest hundred-man team far behind; After the end of this game with a huge disparity in strength, the originally lively competition field fell into silence.

At the beginning, everyone didn't understand what the weakest centurion team relied on to win the first two games; But as the final game progressed, everyone understood the strategy of the weakest hundred, who did not play according to the established rules at all, but won by playing tricks.

Such a result is unacceptable to the vast majority of people present, and it is also unacceptable to the strongest 100 team itself; However, in the face of everyone's doubts, the centurion of the weakest centurion has only one explanation, that is: at the beginning of the game, no one has ever made rules; The so-called peer-to-peer competition is just a matter of conformism, not really established rules!

His explanation, although unconvincing to everyone, is irrefutable; It is true that at the beginning of the game, no one made the reciprocal game a rule, and everyone just didn't change the whole order, but this does not mean that this order must be followed by everyone!

What's more, with the strength of the weakest hundred-man team against the strongest hundred-man team, how can it be possible to win without taking some extraordinary measures? From a no-brainer win to an easy win in a reversal of the situation, doesn't this just prove the correctness of the strategy of the weakest centurion?

After thinking about this, a considerable number of people on the scene began to change their original attitudes and support the strategy of the weakest hundred; However, more people still insist that the game should be a decent game, and not be opportunistic like this. The difference in thinking between the two sides soon led to a war of words between you and me; This alarmed Hannibal.

When Hannibal understood the cause and effect of this incident, there was a flash of inspiration in his mind; At this time, Hannibal suddenly thought of a good way to deal with the army of the House of Augustus in Rome! Since your own army is inferior to the enemy's combat effectiveness, why not follow the strategy of the weakest hundred-man team and attack the enemy's shortcomings with your own strengths?!

Thinking of this, Hannibal's heart was also suddenly opened; Looking at the soldiers who were still arguing, Hannibal walked to the center of the playing field and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

The soldiers, who were still arguing, stopped arguing and focused on Hannibal after discovering that Hannibal appeared in the center of the field; After everyone had quieted down, Hannibal first asked the centurion of the strongest centurion:

"Your hundred-man team is the strongest hundred-man of the four thousand shield cavalry, but you have lost to the weakest hundred-man team; It's not a shameful thing to do. Victory or defeat has always been a common thing in soldiers, and it is not a big deal; But why should you refuse to admit the end result? Don't your so-called strongest 100 team even have the courage to admit defeat? ”

Hannibal's words were no longer an inquiry, but a naked reproach; However, the centurion of the strongest centurion still stubbornly retorted:

"General, it's not that I don't have the courage to admit defeat, nor am I afraid of a small defeat; However, they used the means of the inferior to achieve victory, not to defeat us in a dignified manner. If they can compete with us once and we lose, then we can be willing to gamble and lose! ”

Hearing the centurion's still unwilling rebuttal, Hannibal did not continue to say anything to the stubborn centurion, but turned his gaze to the other soldiers; After discovering that most of the soldiers had a look of approval on their faces, Hannibal sighed helplessly and said slowly:

"I don't think he's the only one who thinks this way, and most of you think like that. Okay, you've always wanted to play with dignity; Then I'm going to ask you a question, is the competition between the strongest 100 team and the weakest 100 team a dignified competition?

Don't answer me with any draw, because the game itself is an unfair game; In fact, what is truly fair in this world? Will our enemies fight a fair fight with us on the battlefield?

You are all veterans who have followed me in the war in the north and south, have you seen me really fight a fair battle with the enemy? The game is like a battlefield, there is never real fairness, and there are no rules to speak of; How to achieve victory is what we should think about.

Many times, it doesn't matter what kind of means we use, what matters is what the final result is; That's what matters. I hope that all of you here can go back and think carefully about today's events; Whether it's important to follow rigid rules or win in the end, I won't say much about the rest, so let's disperse. ”

After Hannibal had finished this tirade, he took the lead in returning to his military tent on his own; The soldiers present also slowly dispersed. In addition to the two centurions who were the parties involved, there were also a considerable number of centurions and ordinary soldiers, who also showed expressions of understanding after Hannibal's remarks.

When he returned to the tent, Hannibal opened the map again, and quickly laid out the tactics that had just come to mind using wargames; The results of the deduction in the future are the best results that Hannibal has always wanted! (To be continued.) )