Chapter 7 Chapter Six: False and True

Sun Tzu said: Those who are first in the field of battle and wait for the battle are lost, and those who are in the field of battle later are tired. Therefore, those who are good at war will benefit people and not harm others. Those who can make the enemy come to him will benefit him, and those who can make the enemy not come to him will harm him. Therefore, the enemy will not be able to work, if he is full, he will be hungry, and if he is safe, he will be able to move. Go out of what you don't want, follow what you don't want, and travel thousands of miles without working hard, walking in a land where there is no one.Those who attack and win will attack what they do not defend; those who defend and must be strong will attack what they defend.

Therefore, those who are good at attacking, the enemy does not know what they are defending; those who are good at defending, the enemy does not know what they are attacking. Little, micro, as invisible, divine, divine, as silent, so it can be the command of the enemy. Furthermore, those who cannot be controlled will rush to their emptiness, and those who retreat and cannot be pursued will be too fast to be reached.Therefore, if I want to fight, even though the enemy has high fortifications and deep ditches, I have to fight with my fighters, and I will save them if I attack them; Therefore, if the human being is invisible and I am invisible, I will be dedicated to the enemy. I will be one and the enemy will be divided into ten. If the ten attack one, then we will be many and the enemy will be few. We have made an appointment with the fighters. The place where we fight is unknown. If we don't know, the enemy will have more preparations;

Therefore, if you prepare the front, you will be widowed in the rear, and if you prepare the back, you will be widowed in the front.Those who are widowed are those who prepare others; those who are numerous are those who make others prepare themselves. Therefore, where you know the place and the day of battle, you can fight thousands of miles away. If you don't know the battle, you don't know the day of the battle, then the left cannot save the right, the right cannot save the left, the front cannot save the rear, and the rear cannot save the front. How many miles is the nearest? :

As far as I can tell, although the Yue people have many soldiers, is it also beneficial to victory or defeat? Therefore, it is said: Victory is possible, although there are many enemies, there can be no fighting. Therefore, one can know the plan of gains and losses by making strategies, one can know the principle of movement and stillness by doing it, one can know the place of death and life by one's shape, and one can know the surplus and insufficiency by looking at it. Therefore, the extreme form of soldiers is invisible; if invisible, you can't peek into the depths, and the wise can't plan.

Being wrong because of the shape is better than the crowd, and the crowd can't know it; everyone knows the shape of the reason why I win, but Mo knows the shape of the reason why I win, so the battle will not be repeated, but the shape should be infinite. The image of a soldier is water; the shape of water is to avoid heights and go down, and the shape of soldiers is to avoid reality and attack the void.Water controls the flow because of the ground, and soldiers win because of the enemy. Therefore, soldiers have constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. Those who can win because of the enemy's changes are called gods.

Therefore, the five elements are impermanent, the four seasons have no permanent position, the day has length, and the moon has life and death. Sun Tzu said: Those who first arrive at the battlefield and wait for the enemy will be at ease, and those who arrive at the battlefield and then rush to fight will be tired. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can mobilize the enemy without being mobilized by the enemy. What can make the enemy come by himself is to lure him, and what can make the enemy want to come but not come is to harm him. Therefore, the enemy's comfort should make him tired.Sufficient food must make him hungry, and security must be able to mobilize him to fight.

To attack where the enemy cannot come to help, to attack where the enemy does not expect it, to march thousands of miles and get tired is to march where there is no enemy; to attack and surely win is to attack where the enemy cannot defend; the defense must be firm. , is to defend the place where the enemy cannot attack. Therefore, for those who are good at fighting, the enemy does not know how to attack. Subtle!Subtle!So that you can't see the trace, it's amazing!magic!So that you can't hear the sound, so you can become the master of the enemy's fate. To attack and make the enemy unable to defend is to attack his weak point, and to retreat so that the enemy cannot follow is to move so quickly that he cannot catch up. Therefore, I want to fight. If you don't come out to fight with me, it is the place where you attack the enemy, so you must rescue; I don't want to fight, even if you don't repair the fortifications, the enemy can't come to fight with me, because it is not in the direction of the enemy's attack.

Therefore, it is necessary to ascertain the enemy's true and false situation without revealing our army's false and true situation. In this way, our army's strength can be concentrated but not scattered. Our army's strength is concentrated in one place, and the enemy's strength is scattered in ten places. It takes ten times as much. If we attack one place with our troops, we will be outnumbered and outnumbered; if we can outnumber the few, we will have relatively fewer enemies to fight with us. The place we are going to attack the enemy does not know, does not know, and the place where the enemy is on guard There are many places for the enemy to guard against, so the places we want to attack have fewer enemies.

Therefore, to guard the front, the number of troops in the rear will be greater, and to guard the rear, the number of troops in the front will be small. With a small army, you are preparing the enemy everywhere; with a large army, you are making the enemy prepare you everywhere. Therefore, if you know where to fight and when to fight, you can march thousands of miles to fight the enemy. If you don't know where to fight or when to fight, the left cannot rescue the right, the right cannot rescue the left, and the front cannot rescue the rear. , the back cannot save the front, not to mention that the distance is tens of miles away, and the distance is hundreds of miles away?

According to my analysis, although Yue has a large army, what benefit does it have for the victory or defeat of the war? Therefore, victory is achievable, although the enemy's army is numerous, it can prevent him from fighting us. Therefore, through planning, you will know the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy's battle plan; through challenges, you will know the law of the enemy's movement; Therefore, the method of confusing the enemy is so flexible that it is invisible and invisible. In this way, the hidden spies cannot spy on our movements, and the cunning enemy cannot use their schemes. The victory is in front of everyone, no one knows what's going on, everyone knows my tactics to defeat the enemy, but they don't know how to use these tactics flexibly in response to the enemy's changes, so I defeated the enemy like this The method is never to repeat, adapting to various enemy situations to the point of infinity.

The law of combat is like flowing water, the law of water flow is to avoid heights and go down, the law of combat is to avoid reality and go to emptiness, water restricts its flow according to the height of the terrain, and combat is to formulate tactics for victory according to changes in the enemy's situation , Therefore, there is no fixed method of warfare in combat, just like the terrain of water and land has no fixed flow, and those who can win according to the changes in the enemy's situation can be said to use troops like gods. Therefore, the five elements generate and restrain each other, none of which is always victorious, the four seasons alternate with each other, and no season is the same, the sunshine has short and long periods, and the moon has dark and bright. This article mainly discusses "those who are good at fighting, attack people but not others", and are good at confusing, mobilizing, and dispersing the enemy. The combat guiding ideology of "avoiding the real and pursuing the false" and "obtaining victory because of the enemy". The reason why this article is called "the virtual and real article" is to emphasize the role of virtual and real in the war. "The human body is invisible but I am invisible" is the first point of this article. In order to grasp the opportunity in a war and defeat the enemy, one must ascertain the real situation of the enemy, know the enemy's strength, equipment, firepower, and combat effectiveness. In addition, what are the characteristics of the commander of this army and the ability of logistics support? How to wait is the basic situation that we should try our best to grasp before the battle. The more detailed, more and more specific we understand the enemy's situation, the more targeted we will be when we start a battle. At the same time, We must also pay attention to hiding our own reality and let the enemy know nothing about the situation of our army. This will make the enemy blind. The method of warfare is also closely related. When fighting in our liberated areas, because the people are on our side, our actions can be highly concealed and kept secret, and can be hidden from sight. The whereabouts of the invading enemy fall into our observation everywhere. among.Under such circumstances, even if the match has not yet been fought, it can be said that the outcome has been decided. "Avoiding reality and attacking fiction" is the second main point of this article. Knowing the reality of the enemy, one must also have the correct tactics. The tactics of using head-to-head to fight hard, and using rigidity to conquer are not clever tactics. Fighting head-on with the enemy may sometimes win the battle, but it will bring great harm to the army. The casualties brought to the country are huge. The clever strategy is to "avoid the reality and attack the virtual", avoid the enemy's superior firepower and superior force, and strike at his weakest point. In this way, we can be sure of absolute victory, and we can use the morale of victory to motivate the troops. The captured trophies are used to comfort the troops, and the victories of our army are used to continuously attack the enemy. This is the real way to defeat the enemy. "So the enemy can work for you if you are full, you can be hungry if you are full, and you can move when you are safe", so that the enemy can "change from reality to emptiness" is the most exciting chapter in this article, and it is also the third point that needs to be discussed. General military strategists will understand the first two points, and they all know how to do it. Only this point is the most difficult. It is indeed not easy to let the enemy obey his command and drag the enemy down. An easy thing, the superb art of conducting, is shown in these places. During the War of Liberation, Peng Dehuai's fierce battle in the northwest battlefield was a masterpiece showing this thought. At the end of 1946, Hu Zongnan, Chiang Kai-shek's favorite general, led an army of 300,000 to Yan'an aggressively, trying to eat up our central base in one fell swoop.Facing the enemy force several times larger than himself, Mr. Peng voluntarily gave up Yan'an and started hide-and-seek with the enemy. When Hu Zongnan repeatedly failed to find the main force of the CCP in decisive battles, he was impatient and impatient. He mistakenly thought that the CCP was cowardly, so he attacked from multiple directions and gradually dispersed his troops. Mr. Peng decided to split them into Panlong, Yangmahe and other areas on time. Three battles and three victories wiped out Hu Zongnan's three main divisions, thus changing the passive situation on the Northwest battlefield.Firmly grasp the dominance in the war. Finally, Sun Tzu also emphasized: "Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent." "He who can win because of the enemy's changes is called a god." This tells us that there is no fixed method of warfare in war, nor is it static Only the commander who correctly determines the combat strategy according to the changes in the enemy's situation and the specific conditions of both the enemy and ourselves in the war can be the "god of war" who is victorious in every battle. At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon, the French commander-in-chief, defeated the anti-French alliance composed of almost all European countries six times, severely damaged the multinational coalition forces whose number was several times that of the French army, and created a dazzling page in military history. The example of less victory and more battles has become a shining example of military science and command art. However, just as he was complacently preparing to attack the last Conservative stronghold in Europe, he suffered a devastating defeat. From then on, he began the transformation "from great to ridiculous", and soon rolled from the throne. Come down and become a prisoner on the island of Elba. This battle that determined the fate of Napoleon was the "Borodino" battle between France and Russia. In 1811, because Russia played the leading role in many anti-French alliances, Napoleon was very resentful of it and decided to launch a military campaign against it. In order to successfully achieve this goal, Napoleon personally studied the geographical conditions of Russia and Lithuania, and conducted detailed research on the mountains, flat land, rivers, bridges, etc. there.In addition, he also carefully read the history of the Swedish King Charles XII's invasion of Russia in 1709, and finally, on the basis of careful consideration, he formulated a complete set of combat plans. In order to successfully complete this expedition, he mobilized 40 infantry divisions, 25 cavalry divisions, a total of 600,000 troops, and raised enough ammunition and food. On June 22, 1812, Napoleon signed the order to march on Russia: "...Go forward! Cross the Neman River and bring the war to Russian territory..." The next day, the French army, with sufficient soldiers and provisions, crossed the Neman River and headed towards the hinterland of Russia irresistibly. The Franco-Russian War officially broke out. Careful readers will immediately think of another war when they see the date of June 22. Yes, on this day after 1929, June 22, 1941, Hitler in Germany launched an attack on the Soviet Union. History sometimes repeats itself surprisingly. Napoleon's battle plan was to find the main force of the opponent, boldly penetrate the two wings, cut off the enemy's retreat, and then fight a decisive battle with the enemy. After the main force of the Russian army was eliminated, he forced Tsar Alexander I to surrender. The supreme commander of Russia is Field Marshal Barclay. In the previous two battles of Austerlitz and Friedland, the Marshal had fully experienced Napoleon's military command ability and the strong combat effectiveness of the French army.Therefore, he decided to adopt a procrastination strategy of luring the enemy deep, avoiding its edge, promoting its exhaustion, and exchanging a large space for time, and using this to make up for the lack of Russian military strength. According to Napoleon's predetermined plan, after the French army crossed the Niemen River, they pointed directly at Vilna, where the Tsar's army was assembled, in order to confront the main force of the Russian army in an open area nearby, "repeating an Austerlitz battle." drama" in order to bring the old Tsar to his knees and bring this war to a swift end. But never expected that when the French army arrived in Vienna, they only found some abandoned cooking stoves and camps, and there was no trace of the Russian army. The French army continued to march north without stopping, from Vilna to Vitebsk, and then to Smolensk. Unexpectedly, the expected decisive battle failed again and again. Although the French army was chasing after it, the Russian army ran faster. There is always such a distance between the two armies.so that they can never fight. At this time, Napoleon was eager to fight. Regardless of the guarantee of the long communication line, the difficulty of logistical supply and the exhaustion of the army, he continued to march into the hinterland of Russia. Originally, Barclay's strategy of the Russian army was right. If the typical demonstration of this situation lasts for a period of time, the conditions for the Russian army's counterattack will be ripe. However, the repeated retreat of the Russian army angered the Russians, and the domestic public opinion was in an uproar, accusing Marshal Barclay of his retreat strategy. Therefore, the tsar had to re-appoint the retired veteran Kutuzov to clean up the mess.Stop the rapid advance of the French army. After Kutuzov took over Barclay's position, he took a comprehensive look at the situation on the entire battlefield. It should be admitted that Barclay's strategy has begun to work. The main force of the Russian army has not been damaged until now, while the French army has been long The transportation line and the long-distance march have been greatly weakened. If the Russian army can retreat a few steps before a decisive battle, the situation of the Russian army will be better. But now the people have become angry, and a decisive battle must be fought immediately. After Kutuzov surveyed the surrounding terrain in detail, he decided to build a position in the vast area between Smolensk and Moscow. On September 4, Kutuzov wrote a document to Tsar Alexander I to prepare for the same law. The report on the decisive battle of the army said: "... our position, the village of Borodino, which we chose, is the best position we can only find in a flat plain." The front of the position built by the Russian army is 8 kilometers wide, and the right side is close to the Kolocha River, a tributary of the Moskva River. There is a small forest behind it, which can hide the movement of troops. To facilitate artillery shooting, on the exposed hillside of the Russian army's position, the Russian army built a lot of earthen fortifications, which were called "bastion" bunkers at the time. Kutuzov has an army of 120,000 and 640 cannons. He organizes the troops into 4 groups, the right-wing group, the central group, the left-wing group and the reserve. According to his vision, the disposition of troops and the distribution of fortifications should cut off all roads to Moscow as effectively as possible.Therefore, he concentrated 4 infantry corps, 3 cavalry corps, and Cossack cavalry battalions on the right and center.In this way, the formation of the Russian army stretched to the north very long, about three to four kilometers. Since long-distance operations must protect the flanks and rear transportation lines, when Napoleon's army came to the Russian army's position, the French army that could actually be used for combat was only 135,000 people and 587 cannons. France's advantages in numbers and firepower were greatly weakened by the long-distance march. As for the exhaustion of the army, the Russian army was waiting for work, and the French army was even more incomparable. But after all, the French army is a brave and well-trained army. Under Napoleon's wise and outstanding command, it has won countless battle victories, so its morale is very high. On September 5, Napoleon ordered the capture of the Shevakin Promised Fortress at the front of the Borodino position. Warlord Murat led his cavalry and easily completed this task. Next, we will attack Borodino's main position. In the evening, wearing a black cloak, Napoleon climbed to a high slope in the forward position and conducted a careful survey of the main position of the Russian army. He immediately discovered the weakness of the Russian army's fortification which was stretched too far to the north, and stood still. Feint to attack the north, contain the Russian army, and attack the left flank of the Russian army with the main force. In the early morning of September 7, the sun burst out from the east, and the morning glow was gorgeous and brilliant. Napoleon faced the rising sun and waved his sharp sword , shouted excitedly: "Warriors, fight bravely! Here is the sun of Austerlitz." He thought that the scene of the victory over the Russian-Austrian coalition forces in Austerlitz seven years ago would be repeated. . In an instant, the crowd roared, and the French army rushed towards the Russian army's position in a dense formation. The artillery of the Russian army began to counterattack. Since the Russian army was fighting on its own preset position, the shooting distance of the artillery and the elements were carefully calculated, so the accuracy of the shooting was very high, and every shell was almost accurate. hit the target. The battle kicked off with the roar of the cannon, and the infantry's shock combat was the most tragic. The infantry's phalanx undulated at the front of the position like waves, and the small bastion changed hands several times. The two fierce generals under Napoleon's command, Ney and Murat mobilized all the troops they could mobilize. The officers and soldiers of the two armies were often mixed together bloody and bloody, and the shells that flew from time to time exploded among them. Soldiers of the Russian army. Fighting until 6 p.m., the French army finally captured the fortresses built by the Russian army, and the Russian army was forced to withdraw to the back of the line of defense. Commanding the battle, the officers and soldiers of the Russian army saw the shadow of their commander in the distance, so they were still fighting unremittingly. Faced with this situation, Ney and Murat suggested that Napoleon call up the Guards Reserve Regiment, which served as the reserve force, to make the final assault on the already shaken defense line of the Russian army, so as to win the battle as soon as possible. Napoleon rejected this suggestion. The unexpectedly stubborn resistance of the Russian army shook his self-confidence. He even thought that such a decisive battle might be fought before entering Moscow. That night, Kutuzov inspected the entire army. When he learned that more than half of the Russian army had lost more than half, in order to preserve its strength, there would still be a whole regular army available for future counterattacks, so he decisively ordered to abandon Moscow and attack Mosha. Skye retreated. Before retreating, because the Russian army had enough time, they destroyed all the luggage and food and grass, and destroyed the water source in the city. Napoleon nominally seized Moscow, but only he himself knew the bitter consequences. In the Battle of Borosino, the French army suffered heavy losses. The dragoons and guards were almost exhausted. 47 generals were killed or seriously injured, but what he got was an empty city.In his later memories, Napoleon said with lingering fear: "In the battles of my life, the most frightening thing is the battle under the city of Moscow." The terrible winter is coming. With the arrival of the severe cold, the French army, short of clothes and food, had to retreat from Moscow. On the windy and snowy journey of nearly a thousand miles, the Russian army carried out raids and harassments along the way. The original heroic and invincible French army, At this moment, they have become a group of weak lambs who can be bullied and slaughtered. They abandoned their weapons and wrapped themselves in thin blankets, hoping to return to the Hanna River as soon as possible. Finally, the retreat turned into a rout, and the army was defeated. Once the army lost its order and organization, it would become a group of bandits and soldiers. Without organized resistance and self-defense, the fate of the French army would be even more tragic. Unarmed peasants in some villages even dared to challenge the dragoons of the French army by brandishing wooden shovels and pickaxes. If it is said that on the battlefield, the decisive force of the French army only lost one-third, then the flying snow on the way to retreat buried all of this army. Napoleon hurried back to Paris. When he finally counted the army, he found that there were only 68 soldiers who followed him back to the capital. After more than a year, only more than 20,000 remnants of frozen and hungry disabled soldiers who had thrown away their guns and armor were returned. A few days ago, the 600,000 troops he led when he set off proudly and arrogantly, all died in the snowy and misty foreign land. The myth of Napoleon's invincibility has been shattered. His failure was completely defeated by himself. The previous tactics of attacking the weak with the real, outwitting the few, mobilizing the enemy, and unexpected tactics all disappeared in this march. After a series of military achievements, he mistakenly believed that the goddess of victory was sitting in his chariot. He was wrong, and this mistake ruined all the vitality of France and the French Republic. Under strong pressure from European countries, Napoleon had to resign soon, and was imprisoned on Elba Island. In 1775, the United States had not yet gained independence. It was a British colony in North America. The local people were unwilling to live in slavery and oppression. Under the leadership of George Washington, they fired the first shot of the North American War of Independence. .The vast number of slaves actively responded to Washington's call, took up guns one after another, and joined the ranks of the rebel army. In the early days of the war, due to Washington's wise command.Also due to the chaos and corruption of the British army, the rebel army won successive victories and captured Boston. But since then, the British army has transferred a large number of well-trained regular troops. Not only are they outnumbered, but they also have advanced weapons, strict organization, and strong combat effectiveness. The Americans began to taste the bitterness of failure. At the end of the year, in order to avoid the siege and pursuit of the British army, Washington led the army to move to New Jersey, and the British army pursued it closely, trying to take the opportunity to wipe out all the rebels. There is a river called the Delaware River on the southwestern border of New Jersey. Washington's troops took the first step across the river to camp on the south bank. Facing each other across the river, they prepared to collect ferries before continuing to pursue them. At this time, Washington was in a very difficult situation. The combatants he led were no more than 3,000, and most of them were farmers. After a series of brutal battles, they I miss the farmland and my family, and I don't want to endure this kind of life of hunger, cold, and fear. Therefore, people desert every day, and the mood of the troops is very low. The British army on the other side has at least 30,000 to 50,000 people. They are well-equipped and well-trained. Although they cannot recruit enough ships for the time being and cannot cross the river temporarily, the severe winter will come soon. It only takes a cold current to freeze the river. By forming a thick layer of ice, the British army can calmly cross the river to wipe out the Americans. Washington understands very well that it cannot sit still and must act without losing the opportunity. But the enemy is so powerful and your own strength is so weak, how can you defeat the enemy? On December 22, two soldiers from Washington took a prisoner to the headquarters, saying that they were caught by the river and might be an enemy spy.Washington was very serious about letting the prisoner stay and talk to him, and told the soldiers to wait outside the door and shoot the prisoner if he tried to escape. As soon as his soldiers went out, Washington smiled and immediately untied the prisoners. Yuanye, the captive standing in front of him was named John Hanomen. Washington ordered him to dress up as a porter and go out with the British army until he obtained important information and found out the real situation of the enemy. Hanoman was very shrewd. He memorized all the information he heard about the British army's personnel, establishment, combat plan, and officer names. He gave Washington a detailed introduction to the location and strength of the British army stationed in Trenton. arrangement. It is known from Hanomen's intelligence that the guard at Trenton is in charge of several Hessian regiments, Germans hired by the British to fight the war, hated by the Americans, and abandoned by the British soldiers, therefore, These Germans didn't care about fighting at all. When they arrived in Trenton, they didn't build any fortifications. Their commander, Colonel Roll, looked down on the American army, thinking that they were just a group of farmers and couldn't fight at all. Now that the Hessians were busy celebrating Christmas, the defenses were even more lax. After Washington learned of the enemy's intelligence, he immediately made a bold decision to attack Trenton on Christmas Day, using the paralyzed mentality of the Hessians to rush into the city and destroy the British in the city. On Christmas Eve, the U.S. military had prepared its troops and prepared for battle. Before departure, Washington asked Paine to carry out political agitation. Paine said passionately: "The battle is about to begin, and the time to test people's souls has come. Those who run away are, at best, soldiers who can only live in good times and people with lofty ideals in a smooth environment, while the people only love and appreciate those who persist in fighting despite difficulties..." Then, amidst the roar of excitement, Washington set off with a large army, and they gathered all the small boats they could find.A group of people in each boat paddled quietly along the river in the dark. At this time, the north wind was howling on the river, and the weather was extremely cold. The soldiers had thin clothes, and many of them had no shoes, but they knew that they were fighting for freedom, so the soldiers wrapped their feet with rags and old clothes , rushed to the opposite bank without fear. After midnight, the bumpy boat approached the north shore. After disembarking, they drove another 9 miles in the dark, and arrived at the city of Trenton at about 3 o'clock in the morning. At this time, there was not even a sentry on the city gate, most of the rooms were dark, bright lights came out from the venue of the Christmas party, the Hessians were still reveling all night, Colonel Rolle was in a single room The soldiers played cards with the officers, and the soldiers gathered in groups, dancing and singing, eating and drinking, everyone drank a lot, and everyone walked staggeringly. At this time, a messenger walked into the venue and handed a note to Colonel Rolle. The note was written in English. Rolle put the note into his pocket without looking at it in a daze. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Rolle was awakened by the sound of bursting guns. It took him a long time to figure out that the Americans had rushed into the city. The gunshots continued, and my own officers and soldiers fled in all directions under the sudden blow, hopping about like fleas on the fallen snow in despair. Rolle knew the situation was over, he snatched a horse and was trying to find a place to hide when a bullet hit him in the chest, then a second, and a third bullet hit him one after another. He fell from his horse and was carried by several GIs to a nearby church hospital. He bled so much that he died soon, and before he closed his eyes, he saw the note that he had stuffed into his pocket earlier, which read clearly: "Washington and his army have crossed the river to Trenton advances, pay attention to strengthen the defense." At 10 o'clock in the morning, many officers and soldiers of the Hessians were killed, and more than 900 officers and soldiers surrendered alone. Washington won a big victory, but he only lost a few soldiers. The victory at Christmas in 1776 not only improved the equipment of the American army, inspired the morale of the officers and soldiers, but also inspired the resistance spirit of the North American colonies and strengthened the revolutionaries' confidence in fighting for independence. It burned more vigorously, until finally the United States achieved complete freedom and independence. If you leave the military and war and turn your attention to our real life, you will find that many guiding principles in Sun Tzu's Art of War have influenced us, or are extremely closely related, but we don't know too much about the allusions of the Art of War. Rarely, or in other words, it is rarely related to the art of war in life. Let me tell you two short stories to illustrate that in daily life, we need to use our brains and know some knowledge of the art of war. It can enlighten our thinking, improve our understanding, and make us develop more brains and love them good habit. A long time ago, Fernando, a poor salesman, arrived in a small town on Friday evening. He was hungry, but he had no money to buy food, let alone a hotel. A family that provides Sabbath board and lodging. According to the rules of Judaism, as long as you are a believer of this religion, no matter where you go, you should love the basic care and hospitality in life. The deacon opened his notebook, looked it up, and said to him apologetically, "This Friday, there are a lot of people passing by this town to rest here. Almost every family has arranged guests. Now only Simmel's family who runs a gold and silver jewelry store Except, it's just that he has always refused to take in guests, and God has nothing to do with him." "He will accept me." Fernan said confidently. Half an hour later, Fernando came to the door of Simmel's gold, silver and jewelry store. He walked into the hall, pulled the owner Simmel aside mysteriously, and took out a small, heavy cloth bag the size of a brick from his coat pocket. , asked in a low voice: "Boss, how much can you sell this brick-sized piece of gold?" Simmel's eyes lit up. He never imagined that this ragged young man in front of him actually had such a large piece of gold, and he seemed to be an outsider who didn't know the local gold price. Business will definitely hit him a lot. However, according to Jewish rules, sunset falls on the fifth day of the week and sunset on the sixth day. This 24-hour period is the Sabbath. During this period, you are not allowed to engage in any earning activities, let alone talk about business, and you cannot touch money. If you violate the rules, you will definitely be punished. Lucky. What to do? Simmel couldn't bear to let this big business go for nothing, and after thinking about it, he decided to stay with him and discuss the business after the Sabbath was over. "Well, my dear boy, if you don't mind, please stay overnight in my shop! I don't think you have had your supper yet, I have meat pies, pilaf, and delicious wine... ..." Needless to say, Fernan lived happily. Throughout the Sabbath, Fernando was treated so warmly by Simmel's boss that he himself felt a little embarrassed. On Saturday night, when the Sabbath was over and life activities could be carried out, Simmeldo said to Fernando with a smile, "Okay, young man, now you can take out the goods for me to see." Fernando unhurriedly took out the cloth bag from his underwear, and opened it layer by layer, and found a square stone inside, Simmel immediately widened his eyes in surprise, "Hey, what trick are you playing? Don't you hide gold in your cloth bag?" Fernando pretended to be puzzled and said: "Boss, you must have made a mistake. When did I say I have gold! I entered your store and was curious, so I just wanted to know how much this brick-sized piece of gold is worth." , this stone is just a sample of the goods I sell..." Simmel knew that he was being fooled by young people, but he was dumb and ate coptis.I can't tell the pain. Such cases are very common in our daily life. This is what Sun Tzu pointed out in the chapter on virtual reality: "Those who can make the enemy attack themselves will benefit; those who can prevent the enemy from attacking will also harm them." The boss was greedy for profit, so he fell into the trap of Fernando's seduction, and the result was of course his own humiliation. Now let's look at another story. If a person offends you and you want to punish him, what should you do? Remember that famous comedy? In this play, Shakespeare, the master dramatist, created Shylock, a Jewish businessman who is greedy for profit. Since then, Shylock has become the representative of all Jewish businessmen.As long as Shylock is mentioned, people will automatically think of the whole Jewish merchant. In fact, the author believes that there are Shylock-style Jewish businessmen, but he definitely cannot represent the thinking mode of Jewish businessmen. On the contrary, it is a kind of uglification of Jewish businessmen. The plot of this drama is that Shylock makes a contract with his friend Antonio when he is in urgent need of money, saying that he will not pay back when the time comes, and that Shylock will repay the borrowed 3,000 yuan with a pound of meat from Antonio's heart. As a result, the voyage was delayed due to stormy waves on Antonio's cargo ship. As a result, Sherlock's loan failed to be repaid when it was due. In the court, no matter how others persuade and mediate, Shylock insists that he only wants a pound of Antonio's heart, not even a large amount of compensation. The court was unable to make a decision and fell into a stalemate. Finally, the wife of a friend of Antonio came up with a brilliant idea. She wisely asked Shylock to take only one pound of flesh, but not a drop of Antonio's blood, nor take more or less. He was sentenced to death.Because in the contract they negotiated at the beginning, it only mentioned compensation for meat, but not blood. According to common sense, we all know that in order to take meat, blood must be shed. This wonderful idea immediately overwhelmed Sherlock, and made him prefer to admit the loss rather than do it again. 戏的最后，莎士比亚认为对夏洛克的惩罚还不够，于是让法官以违约罪对他进行了处罚，违约的内容即说好了割肉，因为害怕流血却不割了，同时认定条约的原意是“意图谋害他人”等罪名，对夏洛克进行了加重处罚，不仅罚了他一半的家产，还迫使他放弃了犹太教而改信基督教。 很明显，莎士比亚对犹太商的人这一看法，与其说是源于对自己身边的犹太商人的感性认识，不如说来源于中世纪基督教会对犹太人的忌恨和偏见，作为一代文豪的莎士比亚，自觉不自觉的从艺术的创作中反映出当时的主流文化对犹太人的歧视、忌恨而又无奈的心态，于是夏洛克便作为一个贪婪的犹太商人的典型树立在文学的长廊之中。 其实，这是对犹太商人最大的无知，极大的误解甚至诽谤。 以犹太人的精明，即使想报复的话，也不会愚蠢到别人心口上的一磅肉来陷自己于法网之中，当然，也不会用3000块甚至9000块钱的罚款来换取一磅毫无价值的人肉。 犹太人不是神，他们当然也有报复的心理，但他们行事，往往采取即省钱又省力的办法。 瞧，下面就是一个很好的例子。 这是一家犹太人开的服装店，伙计洛德向老板告密，说另一个伙计舒茨偷了保险柜里的钱。 老板查明事情属实后，将舒茨叫到面前，“喂，伙计，你现在周薪多少啊！” 舒茨有些心虚地回答：“20元。” “这点钱怎么够用呢？这么样，我给你调整一下吧，从今天起，你每周的工薪长到60元。” 舒茨以为自己听错了，连连摆手。 “就这样定了，好好干吧！”老板说。 洛德知道了这个事，再也忍耐不住了，他找到老板气哼哼地说：“老板你这是在奖励小偷！10年来，我的周薪一直是20元，为什么不给我长工资呢！” “不为什么，只是我还想长期雇佣你。”老板神秘兮兮地说。 到了周末发工资的时候，老板把舒茨叫到面前，把他骂了个狗血淋头，然后将他炒了鱿鱼。 乖舒茨苦丧着脑袋一出门，老板才转身对洛德说：“知道我为什么给他加薪了吗？那个流氓，失掉了60元周薪的工作，他会哭得死去活来，而如果还是20元的话，他会满不在乎的。” 这种巧妙的报复高妙之处，在于他看着摧毁人的自信，自慰。本来，舒茨是一般工人，因偷了钱被发现而炒鱿鱼，他并不会多么沮丧，他可以另找工作，还有偷钱成功的补偿，但是经老板这一番折腾，他就会懊丧多了，原来的那点自信自慰，都飞到九霄云外去了，如果从兵法的角度看问题，这恐怕也自是心理上的“迫实而变虚”的过程吧。