In just one month, Azule and Liyuan learned a lot of life-saving and killing techniques on the battlefield from Chen Tianyuan, and successfully passed many assassination and hunting missions, which made Chen Tianyuan quite satisfied with the progress of the two. The next task of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is to follow Chen Tianyuan to further practice the Thirteen Styles of Breaking the Formation, while Azule's task is to continue to learn the art of strategy from the master.

Azule learned the art of power from Master Xiao, although it failed to transform the sword casting workshop, but it did not prevent him from trying to use the power technique to subdue Liang Guang, thinking about it, although he borrowed the power of the Tianji Alliance, he also had a small harvest, and he also had a little experience, the most important thing is to learn to solve the problem with thinking.

Master Xiao summoned Asul and decided to continue teaching him the art of strategy.

In Xiao Shi's view, the so-called art of strategy can be understood separately from the words strategy and strategy. Strategy is planning, planning, planning, and planning, and strategy is strategy, strategy, strategy, and strategy. The scope of strategy is extremely wide, and it can be used in many aspects such as planning and governing the country, the army, the people, finance, diplomatic relations, and people. The art of strategy must have a certain purpose and goal, which is nothing more than seeking fame, profit, and power, which is the so-called seeking profit from the lower position, seeking power from the middle position, and seeking fame from the upper position.

Those who seek profit are easy to dismiss, those who seek power are not easy to get along with, and those who seek fame are often not easy to succeed.

Xiao Shi told him that Azule did not need to deliberately study the art of strategy, and there would be many people who would try to use the art of strategy to take refuge in him in the future, so there was no need to bother to learn it at all. Instead, Azul had to understand the general content of the art of stratagem and learn to make decisions, that is, to learn to be selective about which stratagem to use.

Xiao Shi summarized what he had learned and understood in his life as the "Four Styles of Strategy", and asked Azule to keep in mind that he might not be able to understand it for a while, but he could slowly digest it, and even comprehend it from the process of others.

One is "judging the situation". That is, when the world is judged, the trend of the world is measured. The so-called time of the world is the movement trend of the general trend of the world; The so-called trend of the world is the various forces that promote the general trend of the world. The current situation in the world is confusing, unpredictable, and ever-changing. The sage knows the time and the situation, so he rules the world; The thief rebelled against the times, and thus the times were troubled. For ordinary people, "those who know the times are handsome" because they can grasp the "time" and they can benefit themselves to an invincible position. However, in order to win, we must also take the initiative to judge and take the initiative to attack; just like comparing the world to the sea, the direction of the wind is the time, and the tide that moves because of the wind is the trend, so in order to grasp the "potential", we must learn to make the tide.

The second form is "watching and moving". It is to stand high and look at the world, just like looking at a mountain from afar, not just by eyes, but with intuition and heart. To view the distant mountains, you don't have to go up the distant mountains, you don't have to go down to the deep valleys to see the deep valleys. On the other hand, if you really go up to the distant mountains, you will only not be able to see the distant mountains, and you will not be able to see the deep valleys. It's like going into the forest, but you don't see the trees. If you want to see Lin Mang, you can only stand at the top of here, look down with your eyes, look down with intuition, and then look down with your heart. Mindfulness is to grasp the opportunity, and it is the basis of "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles". And "after moving", that is, planning and then moving. It's like two people playing chess, each mastering a number of chess pieces, and placing them in the box will always be dead chess, only when they are placed in the game, will they be vivid, and they will have you and me. If a son makes a mistake, it will lose the land and lose the troops, and the whole situation will be lost.

The three forms are "speculation". Speculation is to measure the hearts of others, but speculation is not only speculation, but even speculation in the world. If you want to find a person, you must observe their words, their colors, their voices, and their deeds, and then deduce their hearts. If we are looking at the world, we must look at the national conditions, see whether they have goods and wealth, the number of people, the dangers of the terrain, the strength of the military, the wisdom and foolishness of the monarchs and ministers, the blessings and disasters of the time, and the backs of the people's hearts, and then deduce whether its national fortunes are prosperous or declining, whether they are rising or falling. The so-called Moyi is to do what he likes and tempt his mood. For example, if the other party is honest, if he says that he is upright, this person will be happy, happy, and will vent his feelings; The other party is greedy, and if he gives money, he will rejoice, rejoice, and vent his feelings; The other party is lustful, if you tempt to be beautiful, this person will be happy, happy, and will vent his feelings. It is a person who is good at rubbing, such as fishing in the abyss, as long as the bait is used properly, the fish will be hooked.

The fourth form is "breaking barriers and deciding". As the saying goes, "No one is perfect", which means that all people have mental obstacles, either for this or for the other. There is no one in the eyes, boasting about oneself, not seeking to understand much, being ambitious, jealous, and pretending to be clever, all these things, the mental obstacle lies in conceit; Withdrawn behavior, rarely speaking, and rarely getting along with others, this heart barrier lies in a lack of self-confidence. Strategy is like cultivating the way, and the foundation of the path of cultivation lies in removing mental obstacles. Speaking of "decision", everything in the world is due to choice, and it is also by choice. There are only two kinds of decisions involved in everything, one is the easy to decide, and the other is the difficult to decide. The things that are easy to decide are the things that can be decided at the moment, and most of the things in the world belong to this. There are five kinds of things that are easy to decide: one is something worth doing, the second is noble and beautiful things, the third is something that can be achieved without effort, the fourth is something that can be done despite effort, and the fifth is something that is good and avoids evil. For things that are not easy to decide, the lesser of two evils and the heavier of two benefits. This is the essence of life, and the foundation of strategy lies in decision.

Although Azule listened to it in a fog, in addition to rote memorization, he also roughly understood some things, and even thought of his own past experiences, probably not out of the scope of strategy.

Master Xiao asked Azule not to try to use the "Four Techniques of Strategy" he taught, as long as he could grasp it a little, the purpose was very simple, to increase his knowledge, and not to be easily used. But Xiao Shi must firmly remember the four sentences, that is, "cultivate the body and mind, benefit and have no disadvantages, be honest and quiet, obey nature, stay behind others, stay out of things, win or lose, and be able to endure."

Azul understood that the master mainly wanted to warn himself to learn the art of strategy, and most importantly, remember not to care too much about success or failure. Success or failure is too important, strategy is useless, no matter who it is, even a saint can't jump out of the circle.

When Xiao Shi taught Azul, the first half of the conversation was very proud. But when it comes to success or failure, Azule can clearly feel the unevenness of his master's state of mind. Azule understands that this secret connected to his own life must have tormented Master Xiao for a long time, and even more than ten years have passed, and the master still can't jump out of this circle, but it's a pity that he can't ask, of course, even if he asks, the master may not necessarily say.

Xiao Shi had a free talk and explanation with Azule about some of his own perceptions, including the "Four Styles of Strategy", and he asked Azule to discuss any insights or any questions with each other anytime and anywhere.

Azule asked a lot of questions, and of course he also vaguely asked some secrets that he was interested in, but the master went straight to the point, but he refused to reveal half a sentence of secrets.