765: Eight and Nine Variations

Sun Tzu said: Whoever uses the method of war, will be ordered by the king, gather the army together, have no place to give, the land will be combined, the Jedi will not be left, the land will be encircled, and the land will be killed. Tu has no choice, the army does not attack, the city does not attack, the land does not fight, and the king's order is not affected. Therefore, those who will be able to use the land of the nine changes will know how to use soldiers; Those who will not be able to access the benefits of the nine changes, although they know the terrain, they will not be able to get the benefits of the land. The art of governing the army knows the nine changes, although it knows the five benefits, it cannot be used by people.

It is the concern of the wise, and it will be mixed with the interests. Mixed with profit and credible, mixed with harm and troubles can be solved.

It is the one who submits to the princes to harm, the one who serves the princes to do the karma, and the one who seeks the princes to benefit.

Therefore, the method of using soldiers, there is no fear that it will not come, and I will wait for it; There is no need to attack, and there is nothing to attack.

Therefore, there will be five dangers: you must die, and you can also kill; will be born, but can be captured; Angry, fast, insulting; Incorruptible, humiliating; Love the people, but it's annoying. All these five will be passed, and the disaster of using soldiers will also be used. If the army is overturned and killed, there will be five dangers, and it must not be overlooked.

Cao Gong said: Change it and use it. (Cao Cao said: If you flexibly apply general military rules, you will have many combat methods that can be used.) ）

Cao Gong said: There is nothing to rely on. The water destroys the sun.

Cao Gong said: The princes are also.

Cao Gong said: There is no long.

Cao Gong said: Strange plots.

(Fight to the death.) Cao Gong said: Fight to the death.

Cao Gong said: The difficult place is not to be followed, and it has to be followed, so it is a change.

Cao Gong said: Although the army can be attacked, it is difficult to stay in danger for a long time, and if it is gained, the profit will be thin, and the poor soldiers will fight to the death.

Cao Gong said: The city is small and solid, the grain is abundant, and it cannot be attacked. so go deep into Xuzhou and get fourteen counties.

Cao Gong said: The land of small profits, the party gains and loses, and it is not disputed.

(The king's order is not subject to it.) Cao Gong said: It is convenient to do things, and it is not limited to the king's life. Therefore, it is said: not from the middle of the palace.

Cao Gong said: It is said that there are five things. Nine changes, one cloud and five changes.

(It is the concern of the wise, and it will be mixed with the disadvantages.) Cao Gong said: Thinking about harm in profit, thinking about profit in harm, it is difficult to exercise power.

(Miscellaneous is profitable, but pragmatic is also credible.) Cao Gong said: The enemy cannot rely on the five places to harm us, and what he does is credible.

(Miscellaneous harm, and the problem can be solved.) Cao Gong said: If you participate in the benefits, you will also count the harm, although there are troubles that can be solved.

Cao Gong said: Harm, its evil.

Cao Gong said: Karma, things also, make it tireless, if they enter and I go out, they go out and I go in.

(Seek the princes for profit.) Cao Gong said: Ling Zilaiye.

Cao Gong said: Do not forget the danger, and often have equipment.

(Therefore, there will be five dangers: death, but also killing; Cao Gong said: Be brave and careless, you will want to fight to the death, you can't bend, you can be in the middle of it.

(Surely you will die, but you will be taken captive; Cao Gong said: Seeing that Li is afraid of cowardice, he will not advance.

(Angry, insulting; Cao Gong said: Those who are in a hurry can be angry and insulted.

(Incorruptible, humiliating; Cao Gong said: An honest person can be insulted.

(Love the people, but it's annoying.) Cao Gong said: Those who love the people will do everything to save them, and those who save them will be troublesome.

"The typical example of the Nine Changes Chapter is the rebellion of Zhou Yafuping and the Seven Kingdoms. In 154 BC, during the reign of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, Wu Chu and other seven vassal states joined forces to launch a rebellion. The scale of this rebellion was quite large, and the mastermind and leader who launched this rebellion was Wu Wangbi. He relied on the vast territory of Wu and the wealth of wealth, and planned to seize the throne. After receiving information that Wu Chu and other seven kings had launched a rebellion, Emperor Jing of Han decided to meet the rebels and quell the rebellion. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty appointed Zhou Yafu as a lieutenant and led his army eastward to suppress the rebels. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the strength and characteristics of both the enemy and us, Zhou Yafu, who was ordered to be in danger, put forward a battle plan to exhaust the enemy with Liang, that is, to avoid a premature confrontation with the enemy and temporarily abandon part of the Liang State, so as to consume the enemy's strength; At the same time, it is supplemented by intercepting its grain routes. The implementation of this battle plan exhausted the forces of the Wu and Chu coalitions. At this time, Zhou Yafu led the army to win with one blow, so that the Western Han Dynasty turned danger into danger and turned danger into safety. From this example, we can see that Zhou Yafu not only flexibly applied the operational principles proposed in "Nine Changes", but also innovated and brought into play. Throughout the course of the war, he strived to take the initiative to dominate the enemy, and finally won the greatest victory at a relatively small cost. Zhou Yafu is exactly the kind of outstanding military commander that Sun Tzu said, 'through the nine changes of geographical advantages'. ”