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Wu Qiru suited himself to meet Wei Wenhou with a military machine.

"Wei Wenhou's surname is Ji Mingsi, the founder of the Wei State in the early Warring States period, and the reformer of the emerging feudal class. He reigned in 445~396 BC, a total of 50 years. He appointed Li Kui as the prime minister, Wu Qi and Le Yang as generals, and Ximen Leopard as the commander of Ye (now southwest of Lintong, Henan), and actively rewarded the cultivation and warfare and carried out political reforms. Since then, Wei has become more and more rich and powerful, and has become a prince. It is said that this Ximen leopard is also the eighteenth ancestor of Ximen Ba. ”

Wen Hou said: "Widows are not good for military affairs. ”

Qi said: "The minister saw the hidden, and in the past, what did the lord say against his heart?" At four o'clock, the king cut off the leather, covered it with vermilion lacquer, painted it with danqing, and shimmered with a rhinoceros. Winter clothes are not warm, and summer clothes are not cold. It is a long halberd of two feet and four feet, and a short halberd of one foot and two feet. The leather car is dying, the manwheel cage hub, the view is not beautiful in the eyes, and it is not light to multiply it by the field, and I don't know the lord Jun'an to use this? If you retreat in preparation for the battle, and do not seek those who can use it, such as the fighting raccoon dog of the rooster and the tiger of the milk dog, although you have the fighting spirit, you will die. In the past, the king of the Sang clan cultivated virtue and abolished the military to destroy his country. There is a Hu clan (according to legend, it is a tribe in the Xia Yu period. The king, the courage of the people, in order to mourn his society. The master of the Ming Dynasty must cultivate virtue internally and govern the armed forces externally. Therefore, when the enemy does not advance, there is no righteousness; Zombies mourn it, and they can't be caught. ”

So Wen Hou was from the cloth, his wife held it, Jiao Wu started in the temple, set up as a general, and guarded the West River. Seventy-six battles with the princes, all victories were sixty-four, and the rest was solved. Clearing the soil on all sides, expanding the land for thousands of miles is also a success.

Wu Zi said: "Those who plan the country in the past must first teach the people and be close to the people. There are four kinds of discord: discord with the country, and no army; If you don't get along with the army, you can't go out; If you don't get along with Chen, you can't go to war; If there is no peace, there can be no decisive battle. It is the Lord of the Way, who will use his people to make peace first and create great things. If you don't dare to believe in its private conspiracy, you will sue the ancestral temple, start in the Yuan Turtle, and when you participate in the sky, Ji Nai will be the next move. The people know that the king loves his life and cherishes his death, if this is the case, and he is in trouble, the soldier is proud of his death, and he is humiliated by retiring. ”

Wu Zi said: "The husband is the Taoist, so he starts from the beginning." The righteous do meritorious deeds. conspirators, so disobey and benefit. Important, so keep the business. If it is not in accordance with the way, it is not in accordance with righteousness, and it is in a great place, and the trouble will be reached. It is to use the saint to appease it with the way, reason to righteousness, move it with courtesy, and care for it with benevolence. Those who cultivate these four virtues will prosper if they are cultivated, and decline if they are abolished. Therefore, Chengtang pleases and Xia people are happy, (Chengtang surname, formerly known as Xu, Tianyi, Bu Ci called Da Yi, Gaozu B, also known as Wu Tang, Shang Tang, originally the princes of the Xia Dynasty. He was the founding king of the Shang Dynasty. Ji was the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty. Zhou Wu is not wrong. (Zhou Wu is the king of Zhou Wu, surnamed Ji, named Fa, was originally a prince of the Shang Dynasty, and later overthrew the tyrannical rule of the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty.) The king of Shang, Emperor Xin, the name of the recipient, also known as the king of Yin, was destroyed by King Wu of Zhou. Acting in accordance with the heavens, so it can be carried out. ”

Wu Zi said: "Whoever controls the country and governs the army, he must teach him to be courteous, encourage him to be righteous, and make him shameful." Madame is ashamed, in the big enough to fight, in the small enough to defend. However, it is easy to defeat, but it is difficult to defend. Therefore, it is said that in the world of the Warring States, the five victors are evil, the four winners are disadvantages, the three winners are tyrants, the two winners are kings, and the one victors are emperors. It is rare to win the world by numbers, and many to die. ”

Wu Zi said: "There are five people who raise soldiers: one is to fight for fame, the second is to fight for profit, the third is to accumulate evil, the fourth is to fight for civil strife, and the fifth is to fight for hunger. There are five names: one is called a righteous soldier, the second is a strong soldier, the third is a strong soldier, the fourth is a violent soldier, and the fifth is a rebel soldier. The prohibition of violence and the rescue of chaos are said to be righteous, and the people are forced to fight and be strong, because of the anger of the teacher, the abandonment of etiquette and greed for profit and violence, the national chaos and people are tired, and the people are moved to rebel. The clothes of the five have their own way, righteousness must be in courtesy, strength must be in humility, rigidity must be obeyed by resignation, violence must be obeyed by deceit, and rebellion must be obeyed by power. ”

Wuhou asked: "I heard the way to govern the soldiers, feed the people, and consolidate the country." ”

"Marquis Wu is Marquis of Wei, the son of Marquis Wen of Wei, a famous hit, reigned in 395~370 BC, a total of twenty-five years, only half of his father's reign."

He said: "The ancient king of Ming must be careful about the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, decorate the etiquette of the upper and lower levels, gather the people, teach according to the customs, and simply recruit good materials to be prepared." In the past, Qi Huan recruited 50,000 soldiers, (Qi Huan is the Duke of Qi Huan, 716 ~ 643 BC lived in the world, the monarch of Qi State, surnamed Ji, named Xiaobai, one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period. Please remember this historical figure clearly, he and the other four monarchs are known as the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, and we will often mention them in the future. To dominate the princes. Jin Wenzhao is 40,000 to get his will. (Jin Wen is Jin Wen Gong Chong'er, born in an unknown year, died in 628 BC, the monarch of the Jin State, also surnamed Ji, one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period.) Qin Miao framed Chen Sanwan in order to subdue his neighbors. (Qin Miao, that is, Qin Mugong, was born in an unknown year, died in 621 BC, surnamed Ying, named Ren Hao, the monarch of Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period.) Reigned 660~621 BC. One of the Spring and Autumn Five. Therefore, the king of a strong country must anticipate its people. Those who have the courage and courage of the people gather as one. Those who are willing to fight and show their loyalty and courage gather as a pawn. Those who can go beyond the height and distance, light feet and good walkers, gather as a pawn. The king's ministers lost their positions and wanted to see the credit of the above, and gathered as one pawn. Those who forsake the city to defend it, and want to get rid of its ugliness, gather them together. These five are also sharpened by the military. With these 3,000 people, you can break the siege from the inside, and you can slaughter the city with the outside. ”

Wu Hou asked: "I wish to hear that Chen must be sure, defend must be solid, and win the battle." ”

He said: "I can see it immediately, but I can't hear it!" If you can make the sage on top, and the unscrupulous on the bottom, Chen has already decided. The people are safe and their homes, and they have a company, so they have been solidified. If the people are my lord and not our neighbors, the war will be won. ”

Wuhou tried to do things, and the ministers couldn't reach it, and there was joy when he stopped the dynasty. Qi Jin said: "The king of Chuzhuang in the past tried to make a plan, (King Chuzhuang, also known as King Zang of Chu, King Jingzhuang, year of birth unknown, died in 591 BC, surname 芈 (mǐ, Wubi gjgh), Xiong, famous brigade or couple, Lu, the monarch of Chu, one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period. The ministers can't reach it, and there is a gloom when they retreat from the court. Shen Gong asked: 'You have a melancholy, why not?' He said: "The few people have heard of it, the world is endlessly sacred, and there is no shortage of virtuous people in the country, and those who can get their teachers are kings, and those who can get their friends are tyrants." Today, the few people are not talented, and those who are beyond the reach of the ministers will be ruined in the Chu State. (Shen Gong is a doctor of Shen Yi of Chu State, named Wuchen.) King Chu Zhuang killed Xia Zhengshu of Chen and took Xia Ji to Chu State. Xia Ji, who was born in Zheng Guo, made Zheng Guo's son impatient, and marrying Chen Guo made Chen Guo's man restless, and now he moved to Chu State, making Chu men shoot enthusiastic eyes for the third time. King Chuzhuang, who was greedy for Xia Ji's beauty, tried his best to include Xia Ji in the harem, but was stopped by Wu Chen. In the end, Xia Ji, the promiscuous woman, accepted Wu Chen's marriage proposal. This is what the king of Chuzhuang is worried about, and the king said that the ministers are afraid. So Wuhou was ashamed.

When Song Kejin said this, he took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and continued: "Next, I will explain this 'Tuqiang No. 1' in a complete and popular way, and you all have to listen clearly." ”

Wu Qi wore the clothes of a Confucian scholar and entered Wei Wenhou with the strategy of using soldiers.

Wenhou said: "I don't like the matter of managing soldiers and fighting. ”

Wu Qi said: "I speculate your inner thoughts from the surface and observe the future from the past, why does what the monarch says is inconsistent with what you think?" Now the monarch sends people to slaughter animals throughout the year, skin them and make them, paint them in red lacquer, paint them in various colors, and brand them with rhinoceros and elephant patterns. It is not warm to wear it in winter, and it is not cool to wear it in summer. The long halberd made is two feet four feet, and the short halberd is one foot and two feet. Covering the doors of the chariot with leather, and wrapping the wheels and hubs with leather, it did not look aesthetically pleasing, and it was not light to ride on hunting. I wonder what the monarch will do? If it is used to prepare for attack or defense, but does not seek out someone who is good at using it, it is like a hen in her nest fighting a wild cat, and a nuisgiving offending a tiger, although she has the determination to fight, but will soon die. In the past, the monarch of the Chengsang tribe only talked about virtue and abolished the armament, and the country perished. The monarch of the Hu tribe relied on the army to be warlike, and the country was lost. When a wise monarch sees this, he must repair his virtues internally and intensify his war readiness externally. Therefore, it is not righteous to say that it should not be fought when it is invaded by the enemy; It is not benevolent to see the corpses of the enemy killed and to feel sorry. ”

Therefore, Wei Wenhou personally set up a banquet, and his wife held a banquet, feasted Wu Qi in the ancestral temple, and appointed him as a general to preside over the war preparation and defense of Xihe. After that, Wu Qi led his army to fight 76 times with the vassal states. Sixty-four of them were won all, and the remaining 12 were unequal. Opening up the territory to the four sides of the Wei State and expanding the land for thousands of miles are all the merits of Wu Qi.

Wu Qi said: "In the past, the monarch who ruled the country must first teach the people and get close to the people. There are four situations of disharmony: the will of the country is not unified, and troops cannot be sent; There is no unity within the army and it cannot go into battle; The immediate action is inconsistent, and the battle cannot be fought; The combat movements are uncoordinated and cannot be won. Therefore, a wise monarch, in order to use his people, must first unite and then wage war. He did not dare to believe in the correctness of his plan, so he would definitely make sacrifices to the ancestral temple, use tortoise shells for divination, observe the time of the day, and act if it is auspicious. The people knew that the monarch loved their lives and pitied their deaths to the utmost degree, and then sent them to battle, and he would be honored to march forward and desperate, and shameful to retreat and survive. ”

Wu Qi said: "The so-called 'Tao' is used to explore the origin of things. The so-called 'righteousness' is used to start a business and make meritorious contributions. The so-called 'conspiracy' is used to avoid disasters and gain benefits. The so-called 'want' is used to preserve the country's foundation. If the deeds are not in accordance with the Tao and the righteousness, and if you hold great power and are in a position of dignitude, disaster will surely come. Therefore, the sage uses the Tao to stabilize the world, governs the country with righteousness, mobilizes the people with courtesy, and comforts the people with benevolence. If these four virtues are repaired, the country will be revitalized, and if they are abolished, the country will decline. Therefore, the people of the Xia Dynasty were happy when Chengtang crusaded against Xia Wei, and the people of the Shang Dynasty did not object to King Wu of Zhou's crusade against Yin Xu. It is because their actions are in accordance with the principles of heaven and the hearts of the people that they can do so. ”

Wu Qi said: "Whoever manages the country and the army must educate the people with 'etiquette' and inspire the people with 'righteousness' so that the people will know how to be ashamed. When people have a sense of shame, they can fight if they are strong, and they can defend if they are weak. However, it is easy to defeat the enemy, and it is difficult to maintain the results of victory. Therefore, countries that are at war with each other in the world will incur disasters if they win five wars, those who win four wars will be exhausted, those who have won three wars will be hegemonic, those who have won two wars can be kings, and those who have won one war can achieve imperial success. Therefore, after many wars, there are few victories in the world, and many countries are lost. ”

Wu Qi said: "There are five reasons for the war: first, there is a struggle for fame, second, a struggle for interests, third, long-term grievances, fourth, civil strife, and fifth, famine. There are five kinds of names for war: one is a volunteer soldier, the second is a strong soldier, the third is a rigid soldier, the fourth is a violent soldier, and the fifth is a rebel soldier. Those who prohibit tyranny and save the perilous are called volunteers, those who rely on many soldiers to invade other countries are called strong soldiers, those who raise troops because of resentment are called gang soldiers, those who turn their backs on etiquette and righteousness and covet personal gain are called rioters, and those who are tired of the country and the people are called rebels. There are different ways to deal with these five types of warfare. The righteous must subdue it with courtesy, the strong must subdue it with humility, the rigid soldier must persuade it with words, the violent soldier must subdue it with deceit, and the rebel must subdue it with power. ”

Wei Wuhou asked: "I would like to listen to the principles of governing the army, estimating the people's strength, and consolidating the country." ”

Wu Qi replied: "In ancient times, a wise monarch must observe the etiquette between the monarch and the courtier, pay attention to the etiquette between the upper and lower levels, appease and unite the officials and the people, educate them according to customs, and select and recruit talented people to prevent sudden incidents. In the past, Duke Huan of Qi recruited 50,000 warriors, thus dominating the princes; Jin Wengong recruited 40,000 men as the vanguard troops, realizing his ambition; Qin Mugong built a charge of 30,000 men, thus subduing the neighboring countries. Therefore, in order to make the country strong, the monarch must measure the power of the people. Organize those who have courage and courage among the people into a team; Assemble into a team those who are willing to show their loyalty and courage in a decisive battle; Organize people who can climb higher and farther, have agile legs and feet, and can run as a team; Organize the officials who have lost their positions due to mistakes and want to make meritorious service into a team; Organize the people who have lost the city and the land and want to wash away the shame into a team. These five teams can all become the elite of the army. Of these 3,000 men, attacking from the inside can break through the enemy's encirclement, and attacking from the outside can conquer the enemy's city. ”

Wu Hou asked: "I am willing to listen to the truth that the formation is bound to be stable, the garrison must be strong, and the battle must be victorious." ”

Wu Qi replied: "You can see it immediately, where can you just listen to it!" If the monarch can put virtuous people in important positions and mediocre people in low positions, then the position will be stable. If the people live in peace and contentment, and draw near to the officials who love them, the garrison will be strong. If the people support their ruler against their neighbors, then the war will be won. ”

Marquis Wu once discussed state affairs with his ministers, and the ministers' opinions were not as good as his, and after he retired from the dynasty, he was happy. Wu Qijin said: "In the past, the king of Chuzhuang once discussed state affairs with his ministers, but the ministers were not as good as him, but after he retired from the dynasty, his face was gloomy. Shen Gong asked, 'Why is the king worried?' The king of Chu Zhuang said, "I have heard that there will be no saints today, and there is no shortage of virtuous people in the country, and those who can get them as teachers can be kings, and those who can get them as friends can be kings." Now I have no talent, but the ministers are not as good as me, and the state of Chu is really dangerous. This is what King Chu Zhuang is worried about, but you are happy, and I am secretly worried and afraid of you! When Wuhou heard this, he looked ashamed.