761: IV. Military Formation

Sun Tzu said: Those who are good at fighting in the past are invincible first, and then they can be defeated by the enemy. You can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy. (You can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy.) You should understand this sentence carefully! Therefore he who fights well cannot be invincible, and cannot make the enemy invincible. Therefore, it is said: Victory can know that you can't do anything.

The invincible, keep also; The victor is also attacked. The rules are insufficient, but the offense is more than enough. The good keeper hides under the nine earths; Those who are good at attacking move above the nine heavens. Therefore, it can protect itself and win all.

Seeing is better than what everyone knows, and neither is the good who is not good; Victory and the world is said to be good, and the good is not good. Therefore, there is no much power in the autumn, seeing the sun and the moon is not bright, and hearing thunder is not deaf. The so-called good fighters in ancient times are better than easy to win. Therefore, the victory of the good fighter is also without wisdom and fame, and there is no bravery. Therefore he defeated The. Those who do not hesitate will win what they do, and those who have been defeated. Therefore, those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy. Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory. Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be the government of victory and defeat.

The Art of War: One is the degree, the second is the quantity, the third is the number, the fourth is the weighing, and the fifth is the victory. The degree of birth, the amount of birth, the number of births, the number of births, the number of births, and the victory of births. Therefore, if the victorious soldier is called Eridium, if the defeated soldier is called Eridium in baht. The victor of the battle is also the people, if the water is accumulated in the stream of a thousand people, the shape is also.

Cao Gong said: The shape of the army is also. I respond to each other, and the two enemies also observe each other's feelings.

Cao Gong said: Self-repair to wait for the enemy's slackness. (Manage your army and wait for the enemy to slip through.) ）

Cao Gong said: See the formation also.

(And not allowed.) Cao Gong said: The enemy is prepared.

(The invincible guard also,) Cao Gong said: Hidden in the form. (Cao Cao said: You can't win and defend, and the meaning of guarding is to conceal military information.) ）

(The winner can attack also.) Cao Gong said: The enemy can win when he attacks himself. (When the enemy attacks us and exposes a weak point, we can defeat it.) ）

(The code is insufficient, but the offense is more than enough.) Cao Gong said: I am the one who guards, and the strength is insufficient; Therefore, the attacker has more than enough strength.

Cao Gong said: Because of the solidity of mountains, rivers and hills, they are hidden under the nine lands; Those who are convenient because of the time of day move above the nine heavens.

Cao Gong said: When you see it, it is not cute.

Cao Gong said: Fight to win. Therefore, the prince said: 'Fighting for victory is the □ of the blade, and it is not a good general." ’

Cao Gong said: It's easy to see and hear.

Cao Gong said: The original micro is easy to win, and it can be won if it is attacked, and it is invincible if it is not attacked.

Cao Gong said: The enemy soldiers have not yet formed, and there is no great merit in victory.

Cao Gong said: It is advisable to detect the enemy, and it is not bad. (You can see what the enemy can take advantage of, so there will be no accidents.) ）

Cao Gong said: There is a plan and no worries.

Cao Gong said: Those who make good use of soldiers should first cultivate themselves as an invincible way, and protect the law from the defeat of the enemy.

Cao Gong said: The government of victory and defeat, the method of using soldiers, should be weighed by these five things, and know the enemy's feelings.

Cao Gong said: It depends on the local situation.

Cao Gong said: Know its distance, wide and narrow, and know its number.

Cao Gong said: Weigh the enemy, and heal him.

(Called Shengsheng.) Cao Gong said: Weigh the number and know where the victory or defeat lies.

Cao Gong said: You can't lift weights lightly.

Cao Gong said: Eight feet is said. Thousands of people are broken, and their potential is also sick.

"A typical example of this battle is the Battle of Handan in Qin, Zhao, and Zhao. In 262 BC, Korea was attacked by the Qin state, which captured the regions of Shen (northwest of present-day Jiyuan, Henan), Gaoping (southwest of present-day Jiyuan, Henan), Shaoqu (present-day west of Jiyuan, Henan), and Yewang (present-day Qinyang, Henan). King Han was very frightened, and hurriedly sent envoys into Qin, expressing his willingness to sacrifice Shangdang County to sue for peace. However, Feng Ting, the Taishou of Shangdang, was unwilling to dedicate his land to Qin, so in order to divert the contradictions and reduce the pressure exerted by Qin on Korea, he dedicated Shangdang County to Zhao. The king of Zhao was greedy for land, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Qin state, so he sent troops to attack Zhao, triggering the Battle of Changping. The battle ended with Qin winning and Zhao defeating. The state of Qin withdrew its troops with the state of Zhao ceding six cities to Qin. However, after Qin withdrew his troops, Zhao was unwilling to cede the land as promised, which angered Qin, and Qin sent troops to Handan, triggering the Battle of Handan.

This war can be said to be a continuation of the Battle of Changping. During this period, Zhao learned the tragic lesson of the defeat in the Battle of Changping, changed its military strategy, and in the face of a strong enemy, he strived to be 'invincible first'. They orchestrated a series of domestic and foreign strategies. Internally, Zhao Guojun and his ministers worked hard to alleviate internal contradictions and work together to govern the country. At the same time, they also used the people's resentment against the Qin army's atrocities in killing Zhao soldiers in Changping Pit to inspire the whole country to hate the enemy, thus creating a favorable situation in which the whole country rose up to resist Qin. Externally, Zhao Guo actively carried out joint activities. The king of Zhao sent Yu Qing to meet the king of Qi in the east to discuss the plan to join forces to resist Qin; Taking advantage of the opportunity of the envoy of Wei to Zhao to discuss the alliance, he signed an alliance with Wei; At the same time, Lingqiu (now Lingqiu, Shanxi) was used as the fief of Chu Xiangchun Shenjun to form a good Chu state; In addition, it also tried its best to win over South Korea and Yan. All these activities contributed to the formation of the anti-Qin united forces and enabled the smooth establishment of the anti-Qin united front. At the beginning of the war, Zhao formulated the operational policy of holding on to Handan, defending for a long time, and avoiding the enemy and exhausting the enemy, so that the Qin army was in a difficult situation of attacking from afar, exhausting from afar, and attacking the fortified positions. In the end, Zhao Pingyuanjun Zhao Sheng's brother-in-law Wei Gongzi Xinling Jun Wei Wuji stole talismans, killed Jin Contempt, led the army to rescue Zhao, Chu Xiangchun Shenjun also killed, the Qin army was defeated in Handan under the situation of internal and external attack, Qin led Wang Ling to flee back to Fencheng, the other part was surrounded by the coalition army, and finally surrendered to Zhao. The allied forces of Wei, Chu and Zhao advanced to Hedong (now southwest of Shanxi), and the Qin army retreated to Hexi (west of the southern section of the Yellow River between Shanxi and Shaanxi), abandoning the previously occupied Wei Di Hedong, Zhao Di Taiyuan and Han Di Dang, and the Battle of Handan ended with the defeat of Zhao and Qin. This time, Qin Guo is really "stealing chickens and losing rice", Lao Zhao is untrustworthy, I will beat you, I want to go back to the six cities you promised, and if you don't give it to me, you will beat your Handan City. As a result, he gambled, and the six cities were not returned, and several cities were lost. Lao Qin is so angry, when will he be able to export his evil anger? Let's ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see! Let's see, let's see, what can you do with my Lao Zhao?

Throughout the battle of Handan, Zhao Neng defeated the strong with the weak. The key is that he has a strategy that will make him invincible. For example, to alleviate domestic contradictions and win the support of the people, that is, what Sun Tzu called 'cultivating the Tao and protecting the law'; at the same time, a strategy of focusing on defense and waiting for foreign aid was formulated, and a strategy of combining offense and defense was formulated. In the case of the enemy's fatigue and frustration, Zhao was able to seize this favorable opportunity in time and cooperate with the attack of reinforcements to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop and win the victory. The defeat of the Qin army was the result of King Qin Zhao's ignorance of the principles of the art of war, and when the objective conditions were not met, he launched a war rashly. Sun Tzu said: 'Victory can be known but not done.' The victory and defeat of the Battle of Handan are enough to inspire the military strategists of the next hundred years. Is there any reason why a lone army goes deep into an enemy country and makes all nations enemies? ”

"Is it reasonable to be invincible if a lone army goes deep into an enemy country and regards all nations as enemies?" Indeed, in the war of Japanese aggression against China during World War II, the German army invaded the countries in a "blitzkrieg", how could it be undefeated? What's more, they are unjust wars for the purpose of plundering?