"Calculation" is the essence of wisdom and the source of strength. By correctly using the "strategy," we can solve difficult problems and be unstoppable.

As a leader, if you use the "strategy" correctly, you can effectively manage your subordinates and create good results.

□ is not invincible, and good calculations will win

There is a very profound sentence in "The Art of War", that is, "more wins, less wins". It tells us such a truth: before doing anything, we must first calculate clearly in our minds before making a move, and we must not be blindly impulsive, and we will be confused if we don't know the details of our opponents. Moreover, we should also pay attention to the relationship between "over-calculation" and "under-calculation" - the more you think about it and calculate it carefully, the more you can win; Otherwise, it may be greatly discounted, or even lead to a fiasco. Therefore, we must understand the importance of the word "count", that is, it is not invincible, but more than it is victorious.

Let's take a look at how Xue Gong, the doorman next to Liu Bang, became a convincing calculator.

Shortly after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, quelled the rebellion of Peng Yue, the king of Liang, and killed Han Xin, the king of Huainan, who had made a major contribution to the establishment of the Han dynasty, raised an army against the Han. Liu asked the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs about countermeasures, and Marquis Xia Houying of Ruyang recommended his own Xue Gong to Liu Bang.

Han Gaozu asked Xue Gong: "Yingbu was once a general under Xiang Yu, and he can fight habitually, I want to go to the army to quell the rebellion, what do you think will happen if you win or lose?" ”

Xue Gong replied: "Your Majesty will definitely win." ”

Han Gaozu said: "How can you see it? ”

Xue Gongdao: "After the Yingbu Xing army rebelled, it was expected that His Majesty would definitely go to conquer him, and of course he would sit back and wait to be killed, so there are three situations for him to choose." ”

Han Gaozu said: "Sir, please speak." ”

Xue Gongdao: "In the first case, Yingbu takes Wu in the east, Chu in the west, and Qilu in the north, including Yan into his sphere of influence, and then sticks to his fief to wait for Your Majesty." In this way, His Majesty can't help him, this is the best policy. ”

Han Gaozu hurriedly asked, "What will happen in the second case?" ”

"Take Wu in the east, take Chu in the west, seize Han and Wei, keep the grain in Aocang, guard Gao with heavy troops, and cut off the road to the pass. If so, who wins and who loses, only God knows. Xue Kan said, "This is the second situation, and it is the middle policy." ”

Han Gaozu said: "Since Sir thinks that I can win, Yingbu will naturally not use these two strategies, so what should be the next strategy?" ”

Xue Gong said unhurriedly: "Take Wu in the east, take Cai in the west, and place the heavy troops in Huainan."

I expect that Yingbu will use this strategy—Your Majesty will drive straight in, and he will surely win a great victory. ”

Han Gaozu's face was pleasant, and he said, "How does Sir know that Yingbu will use this strategy?" ”

Xue Gongdao: "Yingbu was originally a prisoner in Lishan, although he had the courage to be unstoppable, but he was short-sighted, and he only knew how to plan for the sake of temporary interests, so I expected to make this decision!" ”

Han Gaozu praised again and again: "Good! Good! Yingbu's personality is not unaware, and the first words can be said to be in one sentence! I have named you the Marquis of a Thousand Households! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Gong hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

Han Gaozu named Xue Gong as the Marquis of a Thousand Households, and rewarded Xue Gong with a lot of property, and then personally led an army of 120,000 troops to conquer Yingbu in October of this year (196 BC).

Sure enough, after Yingbu rebelled against the Han Dynasty, he first raised troops to defeat Liu, the king of Jing, who was enshrined in Wu, and then defeated Liu Zheng, the king of Chu, and then deployed the army in the Huainan area.

Han Gaozu Rong Ma has been fighting in the south and the north all his life, and he is also well versed in the way of using soldiers. After the armies of the two sides met in Qixi (in present-day Suxian County, Anhui), Han Gaozu saw that Yingbu's army was very imposing, so he adopted a strategy of holding on without a fight.

After Yingbu fled to Jiangnan, he was killed by the son of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, and Yingbu's rebellion ended in failure.

□ "God operator" has a strange trick, Zhuge Liang cleverly borrowed arrows

The Three Kingdoms are changing. Among them, those who stir up the storm are nothing more than military advisors and strategists. As we all know, Zhuge Liang is a "god operator", he is resourceful and courageous. The well-known "straw boat borrowing arrows" is Zhuge Liang's proud work. It is a clever use of the calculations of the Art of War.

In July 208 AD, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 (in fact, only 200,000) to Liu Bei and marched into Eastern Wu. Sun Quan of Eastern Wu formed an alliance with Liu Bei for his own interests to fight against Cao's army.

At that time, the envoy sent by Liu Bei to Eastern Wu was Zhuge Liang, and the governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu was Yu. Zhou Yu was narrow-minded, and when he saw that Zhuge Liang was superior to him everywhere, he wanted to find an opportunity to kill Zhu Liang.

One day, Zhou Yu thought of a clever plan and asked Zhuge Liang to supervise the creation of 100,000 arrows. Zhuge Liangkou agreed, and made a military order, promising to pay 100,000 arrows within three days, otherwise he would be punished. Zhou Yu was secretly happy, thinking: "This is your own death, no wonder me!" ”

After Zhuge Liang made a military order, he spent two days just drinking and having fun. On the third, Zhuge Liang found his friend Lu Su and asked Lu Su to allocate 20 clippers to each boat, and then invited Lu Su to the boat, and at the fourth watch, ordered the soldiers to row 20 boats to the north shore. At this time, the water surface of the Yangtze River was foggy, and no one could be seen on the opposite side. Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers to line up the bow of the ship from the west to the tail to the east, and ordered the soldiers to beat drums on the boat. Cao Jun heard the earth-shattering drums, thinking that the enemy was coming to sneak attack, and released arrows one after another, and it didn't take long for all the straw men on the ship to be filled with arrows. Zhuge Liang and Lu Su only drank and laughed in the boat. After some time, Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers to line up the bow and tail of the ship, approaching Cao's army to receive arrows.

The fog cleared at sunrise, and Zhuge Liang ordered the fleet to return quickly. By this time, there were already five or six thousand arrows on each boat. Zhuge Liang said to Lu Su: "One hundred thousand arrows are baina as scheduled, it didn't take any effort, the general didn't expect it, right?" ”

Lu Su admired Zhuge Liang so much that he fell to the ground and said, "Sir, what a god, how do you know that there is such a fog today?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "For the sake of the general, you don't know astronomy, you don't know geography, you don't know yin and yang, that's mediocrity." I had calculated three days ago that there would be fog today, so I dared to propose a three-day deadline. Zhou Dudu asked me to make 100,000 arrows, and when the time comes, the craftsman will not be able to handle the materials, isn't that clearly going to kill me! My Zhuge Liang's life is very blessed, and he can't kill me. ”

Lu Su told Zhou Yu about Zhuge Liang's "straw boat borrowing arrows", and Zhou Yu sighed:

"Zhuge Liang is really clever, I'm not as good as him!"

From this point of view, it is very different whether it is counted or not. If you calculate, you can win a wonderful victory, and if you don't count, you will go at will, which cares about the west and the east. It is particularly noteworthy that when fighting the strong with the weak, only careful calculation can beat a clever opponent.

□ is based on the large and the subtotal

There are big and small counts. Those who are good at using calculations always use big calculations to make small calculations, so as to win the game. Let's see:

In the 12th year of the reign of Shu (234 AD), Zhuge Liang led 340,000 troops, marched in 5 routes, and went out of Qishan six times. When Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming heard the news, he ordered Sima Yi to lead 400,000 troops to the shore of Weishui to face the battle. Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are old rivals, and both sides know that the other party is skilled in the art of war, resourceful, and difficult to pay. Therefore, before the war, each side made careful arrangements and was ready for battle. Zhuge Liang Qishan chose favorable terrain, divided into left, right, front, rear, and middle 5 battalions, and slipped the valley to the first line of the sword pavilion to set up 14 battalions one after another, divided into military horses, front and back, in case of accidents. Sima Yi Zetun's army was in the north of Weishui, and at the same time set up nine pontoon bridges on the water, and ordered the vanguard Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Wei to lead 50,000 troops to cross the river to camp on the south bank of Wei, and then build a city and garrison in the east plain behind the camp, advance and attack, retreat, and fight steadily to ensure that the Wei army is invincible. When Sima Yi was ordered to leave the Wei capital, he was edicted by Cao Rui: "When you go to Weibin, you should stick to the wall and don't fight." The Shu soldiers are not willing, they will retreat to lure the enemy, and they should not chase after them. When the other side runs out of food, he will go by himself, and then take advantage of the weakness to attack him, it will not be difficult to win, and he will avoid the fatigue of the army and horses. ”

Therefore, after two small-scale confrontations, the two sides won and lost each other, Wei went deep and held out. Due to the long distance of the Shu army, the supply of grain and grass is difficult, so it is conducive to a quick battle; And the Wei army waited for work at ease, which was conducive to perseverance. Because Zhuge Liang's main strategic goal is to lure the enemy into battle, divert the tiger from the mountain, and make a quick decision. However, Sima Yi is always scheming, calm, cautious, and steady, and with the edict of Emperor Wei Ming, he does not have to worry about those who are eager to seek merit to attack. In this case, it is not easy to mobilize Sima Yi, the "tiger", to leave the mountain! However, no matter how cunning the fox is, it can't fight a good hunter. Si Yi, a strategic, experienced "Tiger of the Mountains", was finally transferred out by Zhuge and almost lost his life. So, what kind of tricks did Zhuge Liang use to make Sima Yi, an old fox, inevitably fooled?

Zhuge Liang knows that his most fundamental weakness is that he is far away from the rear, and it is difficult to supply grain and grass; At the same time, he also knew that Sima Yi saw this weakness of his own, and used this point to make a fuss, expecting and trying to make the Shu army run out of food, so as to kill the Shu army or force the Shu army to retreat, and then take the opportunity to win. So Zhuge Liang made a plan, and also made an article and set up bait on the issue of grain and grass supply, so as to lure Sima Yi away from the mountain only as a "tiger". One of the measures is to divide the troops into the fields and form a local grain production with the local people to supply the army, thus putting on a posture of fighting a protracted war. This is tantamount to declaring Sima Yi: If you are not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry; If I'm not in a hurry, I'll see if I'm in a hurry. Sure enough, Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi, couldn't hold his breath and said to Sima Yi: "Now that the Shu soldiers plan to fight a protracted war in Tuntian, what is the situation?" Why don't you ask Kong Ming to have a big battle to decide the male and female! Although Sima Yi said on his head, "I stick to the order, and I can't move lightly", he is actually very close to it. Another measure of Zhuge Liang is to self-draw patterns, so that craftsmen make wooden cattle flow, long-distance transportation of grain, it is rumored that this thing is very good, "like a living person, go up the mountain, each do its best", Shuying grain and grass by the wooden ox flow horse from the sword pavilion Qishan Dazhai. Sima Yi was shocked when he heard the report and said: "I insist on those who can't come out, because they can't get grain and grass, and I want to kill themselves." If you use this method today, you will plan for the long term, and you will not think of retreating. What can I do? Zhuge Liang saw that Sima Yi was anxious to spoil the Shu army's plan to settle fields, transport grain, and store grain, so he further used a little to lure him into the bait. The method is: on the one hand, build a wooden fence outside the camp, a deep pit inside the camp, and pile dry firewood, and build a nest and lay grass on the mountains around the camp to create a scattered camp of soldiers, and the people to work together to prepare fields and grain, and the illusion of the empty camp lures the Wei army to come and rob the camp; On the other hand, there are many grain and grass huts on the slopes on both sides of the valley above, and ambushes are set up inside, and at the same time, the sergeants are allowed to drive wooden oxen and horses to transport grain to and from the valley. Zhuge Liang himself left the camp and led an army to camp near the upper valley to lure Sima Yi to personally lead the elite soldiers to burn in the upper valley. And what about Sima Yi? Although he burned grain earnestly, he was extremely cautious and cautious, and fell into Zhuge Liang's trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain. So he also made a sound to attack the east and divert the tiger from the mountain to deal with the battle. He personally led the Wei soldiers to rob the Qishan camp of the Shu soldiers, but contrary to the past practice of letting the main attacking troops go in front of each battle, he let his generals charge ahead and go straight to the Shu camp, and he instead brought reinforcements in the rear to respond. He did the same, one was worried that the Shu camp was prepared, and he was afraid of being ambushed; The second is that he pointed out that the Wei army's robbery of the Shu army camp was originally a feint, with the purpose of mobilizing the main forces of the Shu army's battalions, and even Zhuge Liang himself led the army to come to the rescue, but he led his own energy to attack the top and burn the grain and grass of Shu. However, Sima Yi's plan to turn the tiger away from the mountain can jump the mountain "like the palm of the Buddha". Zhuge Liang had expected Sima Yi's this. Therefore, when the Wei army rushed directly to the Shu army camp, Zhuge Liang only arranged for Shu to run around and shout in advance, bluffing, and pretending that all the soldiers and horses would come to the rescue, but Zhuge Liang took advantage of the opportunity that Sima Yi, the "tiger", had left the mountain, and sent another elite army to seize the Wei camp on the south bank of Weishui, while he was waiting for Ma Yi to "burn grain" in the upper valley in order to "catch turtles in the urn". Sima Yi really hit the plan. He hurried back to the camp to rescue the Shu army everywhere, and took the opportunity to rush to the upper valley with Sima, Sima Zhao and a personal army. Then he was arranged by the Shu general Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang to lure him into the valley by deception and cut off the valley mouth. Rockets fired from both sides of the valley, mines protruded, and all the dry firewood in the grass huts was on fire. Sima's father and son were about to die in the flames. It was only because of a sudden heavy rain that the lives of 3 Sima's fathers and sons and a few personal soldiers were saved. Sima, the "tiger", originally had the idea of holding on to a deep ditch and a high base, sticking to it, and never leaving the mountain, but he was still transferred down the mountain by Zhuge Liang; He originally wanted to burn the grain and grass of the Shu army with the "transfer of the tiger" plan, but he did not expect to fall for Zhuge Liang's "transfer away from the mountain" plan. It is really a plan, there is a sky outside the sky, and the military aircraft is unpredictable.

□ use a chain to defeat the enemy

The best strategy is to form a chain of actions from one plan to another, so as to produce a "package" effect.

In 484 B.C., Chen Heng, the right minister of Qi, tried to manipulate the state affairs, but he was afraid that the ministers of the central government and Gao Wuping would make an obstacle, so he suggested to Qi Jiangong that he sent Shu and other ministers to lead troops to attack Lu, saying that Lu had attacked Qi together with Wu, and should take revenge. Qi Jiangong took Chen Heng's suggestion, sent a book as a general, and took Minister Gao Wuping to lead a thousand troop chariots to Wenshui to camp.

When Confucius heard the news, he was taken aback and discussed with several of his students: "The state of Lu is the state of our parents, and now that we are in trouble, we can't sit idly by and not save it, who can stop the Qi army from attacking the state of Lu?" After listening to Confucius's words, Zigong volunteered that he had a way to relieve the state of Lu from the danger.

Zigong first went to Qi to see Chen Heng, the right minister, and he said to Chen Heng: The walls of Lu are low and thin, the moat is narrow and shallow, the monarch is cowardly, the ministers are incompetent, the army is good at fighting, and it is a country that is difficult to conquer, while the city wall of Wu is high and thick, the river moat is wide and deep, and there are many generals, so it is a relatively easy country to conquer! When Chen heard this, he was very angry and thought that Zigong was teasing him. Zigong asked Chen Heng to retreat left and right, and quietly said to Chen Heng: "According to my observation, Xiangguo has some discord with Minister Guoshu and Gao Wuping. Guoshu and Gao Wuping led the army into the weakened state of Lu, and they were able to win. The credit for winning naturally belongs to Guoshu and Gao Wuping, and the momentum of these people will continue to increase, and Xiangguo will face a dilemma because of this. Therefore, if you can manage to make Guoshu and Gao Wuping lead troops to attack Wu, you will inevitably fail, and Guoshu and Gao Wuping will face difficulties, which is very beneficial to Xiangguo and you to take power! ”

Chen Heng was very happy when he heard Zigong's words, but considering that the Qi army had already opened to the water, and suddenly asked him to fight Wu State, others would doubt his motives, so he hesitated.

Zigong learned about Chen Heng's ideological concerns, so he said to Chen Heng again: "As long as you tell them to stay still, I will immediately go to Wu to persuade King Wu to come to Lu Hua, so that Qi will have a reason to attack Wu." Chen Heng agreed with the lord of Zigong, and on the grounds that he heard that Wu would send troops to attack Qi, he asked Guoshu not to attack Lu for the time being.

Zigong rushed to Wu day and night, and said to Wu Wangfucha: "Last time, Wu and Guo jointly attacked Qi, and now in order to take revenge, the people of Qi have stationed troops on Wenshui, and they will attack Lu first, and then attack Wu. Why don't you strike preemptively and raise troops to save Lu? With the strength of the Wu State, the Qi State will definitely be defeated, which will also make Lu obey the orders of the Wu State. Fucha said: "After defeating the Qi army last time, the State of Qi said that the State of Wu has not come to pay tribute, and I am about to ask him for the guilt?" It's just that I heard that the country has the ambition to invade the state of Wu, and I am ready to fight the country of Yue first, and then enter the country of Qi. ”

After listening to Fucha's words, Zigong expressed his willingness to persuade the king of Yue and let Yue personally lead the army to follow Fucha to attack Qi. The husband happily agreed.

Zigong came to Yue and told Gou Jian: Fu Cha suspects that Yue will attack Wu, and Wu will raise troops to attack Yue. Gou Jian was very anxious when he heard this. Zigong taught a method: personally lead an army and follow the king of Wu to attack the state of Qi, which can eliminate the suspicion of the state of Wu on the state of Yue, if the state of Wu is defeated in the future, the strength will be weakened, and the victory of the Wu army will definitely compete with the powerful state of Jin for hegemony, so that the future will inevitably be empty, and the state of Yue can take advantage of the void. Gou Jian very much agrees with Zigong's intentions. A few days later, the king of Yue sent Wen to offer swords and fine armor to the king of Wu, and said that the king of Yue would personally lead 3,000 soldiers to follow Wu Vaqi. King Wu was very happy.

Zigong persuaded King Wu that as long as the Yue army was allowed to participate in the war, Goujian, the king of Yue, would not go out in person.

Then, Zigong said goodbye to the king of Wu, and rushed to the Jin kingdom, saying to the king of Jin: People are far away, and there must be near-term worries. The Wu army is about to attack the Qi state, if the Wu army wins, Wu will definitely compete with the Jin state for hegemony, and the Jin state should be prepared......

By the time Zigong returned to Lu, the Wu army had defeated Qi. Soon, King Wu led his army north to attack Jin. At this time, Goujian, the king of Yue, took the opportunity to capture the capital of Wu.

Zigong lobbied and arranged a series of tricks to make Qi, Wu, Yue, Jin and others contain each other, so that the Lu State was saved from the attack of the Qi army and the country, thus saving the Lu State.

Everything is interconnected, and as long as you grasp the vital point, it will cause a lock reaction. Serial tactics are a kind of power trick, mainly to let the enemy drag each other down, contain each other, or through clever methods to make the enemy defeat without a fight, weaken the enemy's strength, or take the opportunity to attack, or take the opportunity to retreat. The key to this plan is to make the enemy "tired of himself" and make him unable to move freely. In this way, good conditions were created for the encirclement of the enemy.

□ Napoleon's cunning victory

The power of strategy is limitless, and it can get the hard things done. This is reflected in Napoleon:

In May 1798, Napoleon set out for Egypt in an attempt to further conquer India and seize the jewel in the British crown. Before he sent his troops, he was worried that he would be intercepted by the British fleet in the Mediterranean, so he used all kinds of means to spread false information that the Mediterranean fleet would enter the Atlantic and land in Ireland. Two years earlier, a French fleet had indeed attempted to sail to Ireland, much to the surprise of the British. This time, Nelson, the commander of the British fleet, fearing that Napoleon would really sneak behind them, hurriedly mobilized the fleet to Gibraltar to intercept the French fleet passing through the channel. At this time, Napoleon took the plane to set off from the military port of Toulon and set sail for Egypt. When Nathan found out about the plan, he immediately set sail to catch up, but unfortunately he was in a hurry and ran ahead of the French fleet. When he arrived in Alexandria, there was no shadow of a French ship. Nelson estimated that Napoleon might have to go to Constantinople first, so he pounced there again, but unexpectedly, he walked on his front foot, and the French fleet rushed to Alexandria, and landed smoothly and occupied Egypt. Napoleon attacked the west, taking advantage of the enemy's delusions, and succeeded in conquering Egypt.

The purpose of the attack is to divert the enemy's attention and make him neglect his defense, and then take advantage of his surprise and attack him unprepared. In order to eliminate the current artificial resistance and reduce one's own losses, we must try to disperse the strength of the other side or relax its will, so that we can take advantage of the void and achieve our goals. There are many ways to use this strategy, but there is a very important premise, that is, one's own attempts and actions must be absolutely secret, so that they can always strive to move, otherwise they will be passive everywhere and restrained everywhere.