Chapter 41 The twenty-seventh trick

It is better to pretend that you don't know what you don't do than to pretend that you don't know what you don't do.Quiet and not revealing the opportunity, Yunlei Tun also. I would rather pretend to be confused than do anything.Don't pretend to be smart and act rashly, but stay calm and hide your secrets, just like thunderclouds gather and disappear in winter. Pretending not to know is very clear; pretending not to do it, but actually not being able to do it, or waiting for the time to do it.During the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi pretended to be old and sick in order to kill Cao Cao; he also endured humiliation and accepted the women's jewelry and clothes sent by Zhuge Liang.And Jiang Wei led his troops to crusade against the Central Plains nine times, knowing that it would be impossible to do so, but acted rashly, what a fool!So of course he was going to fail.Sun Tzu said: "A person who is good at fighting and wins does not show off his ingenuity or strive for fame, nor does he boast of his bravery and success." .Not only will the fighters be exposed, but also random actions will arouse the suspicion of the three armies. Therefore, pretending to be a fool will win, and pretending to be crazy will surely fail.Some people say: "Pretending to be confused can deal with the enemy, and you can command and control your own army." In the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of superstition in ghosts and gods in the southern minority areas. When Di Qing fought against Nong Zhigao, the army reached the south of Guilin. When worshiping God, he said: "I am not sure about this battle yet." He took out a hundred copper coins and made a wish to God: "If you can defeat the enemy, please God let the good side of the coins thrown on the ground face up. The left and right attendants advised Di Qing: "Don't believe in gods and ghosts. If you don't do it well, it may affect morale." Di Qing still didn't listen.Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole army, he threw his hands away.Hundreds of copper coins fell on the ground, all face up!At this time, the whole army raised their hands and cheered, and the sound resounded throughout the mountain village and wilderness. Di Qing was very excited, and ordered his followers to fetch a hundred nails, nail the scattered copper coins with nails, and cover them with green gauze, saying: "When you win, you must come back to reward the gods." Later.After Di Qing pacified Yongzhou, he returned with his army and sent people to take the money back as he said. His subordinates saw that the two sides of the copper coins were the same.

Among the Thirty-Six Strategies, the fake lunatic trick is a political trick commonly used by politicians, in order to pretend to be crazy and act foolishly in an unfavorable situation, so as to avoid the vigilance of the political opponents, so as to wait for the opportunity and strike later . If Ming Chengzu Zhu Di hadn't pretended to be crazy and stupid, he would not only have become emperor, he would have lost his life.Just because he pretended to be a fool, he dispelled Emperor Jianwen's suspicion and let him live.Later, Zhu Di's rebel army, on the side of the Qing emperor, marched straight to Nanjing, captured the imperial city, and forced Emperor Jianwen to shave off his hair and become a monk, pretending to be a public servant to go abroad.King Yan seized the throne and became Ming Chengzu.

False ignorance is used in military struggles, and it is often used as a mature and prudent strategy. If you can, you can show that you can't, and if you know it, you can show that you don't know. During the Second World War, an American journalist ignorantly published the military deployment of the US military before the Battle of Midway as an exclusive news in a Chicago newspaper, but Roosevelt, the President of the United States, turned a deaf ear to it and pretended not to know anything about it. As a result, the matter quickly calmed down, and the Japanese intelligence agencies did not pay attention to it and took corresponding measures.The U.S. Army got a big advantage in the Battle of Midway Island. If Roosevelt was very serious about instructing the investigation and prosecute the crimes, it would definitely attract the attention of the Japanese.

Xie Yuangong Tang Bohu pretended to be an idiot, not only escaped a serious illness, but also saved his own life. At the beginning, Tang Bohu was hired as a guest of honor by Luo Zhiwei, a talented person with special abilities, as a member of the party.Later, it was discovered that King Ning conspired to rebel and seize power. Bohu wanted to go away but couldn't hide, so he played a farce of deceiving and pretending to be a fool, which upset King Ning and drove him out of the house. Later, King Ning rebelled He was defeated and killed, and the famous people who were honored as guests of the good class were all listed as rebels, and no one was spared. Only Tang Bohu was not implicated, and he took his life!

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Fang ascended the throne as Emperor Weiming, and Sima Yi and Cao Shuang were in power at the same time. Sima Yi is the elder of the three dynasties, and he made great contributions to the Cao family. He has wings and wings, and plays an important role in the court. Cao Shuang is a direct descendant of the first emperor, a relative of the emperor, and has been in and out of the court since he was a child. , Deng Yang, Li Sheng, Ding Shi, Bi Gui, Heng Fan and other six people are think tanks, participating in the planning of confidential events. One day, He Yan said to Cao Shuang: "My lord now holds the military and political power, and it is time to display my ambitions. Unfortunately, it is only an extra elbow, and I cannot concentrate on carrying it out. If we do not consolidate our power in time, we may encounter difficulties in the future. I am afraid. It's too late."

After Cao Shuang heard this, he chuckled and said, "I understand what you said, Mr. Sima, but Sima Gong and I were entrusted by the late emperor. You must not make Sima Gong sad." He Yan took a step forward and said, "Don't my lord think about the fact that Ling Xianweng (Cao Zhen) was pissed off by the old man back then?" After Cao Shuang heard this, he suddenly realized, thinking that since Sima Yi can't tolerate Lao Tzu, why would he take me seriously?Then he went to the palace to meet Emperor Wei Ming, first praised Sima Yi, and finally asked Ming Emperor to transfer Sima Yi as Taifu.

At that time, the establishment was carried out, and the Taifu was among the three princes, and he was in charge of civil servants.The Taiwei is in charge of the military power. Cao Shuang's plan is to promote Sima Yi secretly and deprive him of his military power. After Emperor Weiming's quasi-play, the military power belonged to Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang was overjoyed, and immediately changed his generals.Each was in charge of 3,000 Yulin troops, entered and exited the palace at will, and appointed his followers He Yan, Deng Yang, and Ding Shi as Shangshu, Bi Gui as Siliwei, and Li Sheng as Henan Yin.

Seeing this situation, Sima Yi presumed that he was ill, and his two sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, also lived at home. After Cao Shuang took power, he was arrogant and domineering, and his arrogance was so arrogant that he gradually ignored Emperor Ming. In the autumn of that year, Li Sheng was promoted to governor of Qingzhou, and Cao Shuang asked him to go to Sima Yi's place to say goodbye, in fact to inquire about the news. Sima Yi received the notification and knew that it was someone from Cao Shuang who was visiting, so he said to his two sons, "It's because Cao Shuang is worried about me and sent someone to find out about me. You should avoid it."

Then he took off the crown and disheveled his hair, sat on the bed with a quilt, asked the maid to help him, and invited Li Sheng to see him. After Li Sheng came in to pay a visit, he was taken aback and said, "I have never seen the Grand Tutor, but I only know that I have a small illness occasionally. Who would have thought that the illness would be so serious, and now I am transferred to be an official in Qingzhou History, so I came to bid farewell to the Grand Tutor." Sima Yi pretended to answer: "Bingzhou is in the south, quite far away." Li Sheng said, "I'm going to Qingzhou, not Bingzhou!"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Oh, are you from Bingzhou?" Li Sheng said loudly, "It's Qingzhou in Shandong." After hearing this, Sima Yi said, "Are you from Qingzhou?" Li Sheng thought to himself, he was so ill, the maid told him that the Taifu was already deaf due to illness. Li Sheng said: "Bring a pen." Then he wrote it for Sima Yi. Sima Yi carefully looked at the piece of paper Li Sheng handed over, and said with a smile: "Ah, I'm going to Qingzhou. You see, I'm sick and deaf, so I can't hear." Afterwards, he coughed loudly and pointed his finger at his mouth. The maid helped him up and brought him a bowl of soup. Sima Yi trembled and spilled the soup all over the bed. I'm old and sick, I'm afraid I won't live for a few more days. My two sons are useless, so please take care of me. If you see General Cao, I must ask him to take care of my two sons. After that, he fell on the bed again and gasped for breath.

Li Sheng bid farewell and went back, and came to the Cao mansion to report the situation to Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang was very happy and said, "If this person dies, I can rest assured!" From then on, he never took precautions against Sima Yi. After Sima Yi waited for Li Sheng to leave, he jumped off the bed and said to his two sons: "Cao Shuang is no longer wary of me. You should step up your martial arts practice and wait for the opportunity. We will make a comeback." Soon, Emperor Wei Ming went to visit his ancestors outside the city, accompanied by civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty, and Cao Shuang and others also escorted him. After the brigade entered the city, Sima Yi immediately summoned his former subordinates to stage a mutiny. He led his family to take the lead, ordered his second son to occupy the arsenal, threatened the Queen Mother, and ordered to close the gates of the city. After occupying the whole city, he led his troops out of the city to occupy the Cao Shuang's barracks killed Cao Shuang and his henchmen, and regained the military power. During the Warring States Period, Sun Bin and Chong Juan were both disciples of Guiguzi, and they learned the art of war together.Become brothers of the opposite sex.Pang Juan was mean and ungrateful, while Sun Bin was loyal and humble. One year, Pang Juan heard that King Hui of Wei was recruiting talents with generous money and visited the general. He didn't feel moved, so he resigned from his teacher and went down the mountain. If you have the opportunity to enter, you must save my brother and make meritorious deeds together." When Pang Juan arrived in the State of Wei, King Hui of Wei saw that he was a talented man with outstanding strategy, so he worshiped him as a military adviser. . Although Pang Juan is illustrious, there is still one person that he is jealous of, that is his righteous brother Sun Bin. He believes that Sun Bin has the "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu" handed down by his ancestors. Always not recommended. Guiguzi and Mo Zhai (Mozi) had a good relationship, and time passed. Once, Mo Zhai visited Guiguzi, saw Sun Bin, and after talking with him, he sighed that he was a military genius. After Mo Zhai arrived in the state of Wei, he recommended Sun Bin in front of the king of Wei, saying that he had uniquely obtained the secret biography of his ancestor, Sun Wu, and that he had no rival in the world. King Hui was overjoyed, knowing that Sun Bin and Pang Juan were classmates and brothers, he ordered Pang Juan to write a letter and hire him. Pang Juan knew that if Sun Bin came, he would surely lose favor, but he dared not disobey the order of King Wei, so he complied with the order and sent envoys to meet him. Guiguzi is well versed in the art of yin and yang, and knows Sun Bin's future gains and losses, but the secret must not be revealed, so he only changes Sun Bin to Sun Bin, and gives him a kit, and tells him that he can only dismantle it when it is critical. Sun Bin paid his respects to Mr. Wang, went down the mountain with the envoy of the king of Wei, and boarded the chariot. He met the king of Wei and asked about the art of war. A classmate is sworn brother, and the brother of a real minister, how can he be a deputy? It is better to pay homage to the guest, and wait for the merits, the minister should give way, and be willing to be under him." So he worshiped Sun Bin as the guest. Since then, Sun Pang and Sun Pang have been in frequent contact again, but this relationship is not as sincere as before. Because Pang Juan has a ulterior motive and wants to get rid of his righteous brother, he thinks that Sun Bin is familiar with Sun Wu's art of war, and he wants to teach him to repay him before he kills him. After a demonstration, Pang Juan was not as good as Sun Bin, so he couldn't wait, so he began to frame Sun Bin with conspiracy. He said in front of the king of Wei that Sun Bin was in the state of Wei, had the state of Qi in his heart, and had internal and external concerns. Later, he fabricated evidence , earned Sun Bin's handwriting, and tricked Sun Bin to ask for leave to return to Qi to visit the tomb. King Hui was furious when he saw his watch, thinking that Sun Bin had a heart to betray Wei Xiangqi, so he cut his official position and handed it over to Pang Juan for restraint and surveillance. Although there is a crime of adultery with the Qi State, the darkness will not lead to death. How about cutting off his feet, making him a useless person, and never returning to the Qi State for life.According to the king of Wei, Pang Juan cut off Sun Bin's knees that night, and then used acupuncture on his face to form the words "fornication with foreign countries". , carried into the library, good words of comfort. Sun Bin fell into this technique, and although he was crippled, he was very grateful to Pang Juan. Pang Juan focused on thinking about Sun Tzu's Art of War annotated by Guiguzi, and tested Sun Bin. Sun Bin readily agreed to write it out in wooden slips. Cheng'er, a servant who served Sun Bin, felt compassion for Sun Bin when he saw that Sun Bin was innocently victimized. One day, Pang Juan summoned Cheng'er and asked Sun Bin how much he wrote every day?Cheng's son answered that General's biped was inconvenient, that he sat for a short time in his first sleep, and only wrote two or three strategies every day. Pang Juan was furious and said, "It's so slow, when will it be finished? You can hurry up with me!" Cheng'er quit in fear , When I met a close servant, I told him, "The military adviser wants General Sun to order the letter, so why press him so much?" To prolong my life, I just want to get this book of war, and when I finish writing it, I will starve myself of food and drink, you must not let the wind out!" Cheng'er was shocked when he heard the words, and thought that the military commander was such an unrighteous person, so he went back and told Sun Bin what he said, and Sun Bin knew the details. Thinking about this unjust person, how can he teach the art of war?If Ji Nian doesn't write, he will be angry, and my lifeline will be at stake. After thinking about it, he wants to get out, and suddenly remembers the kit and instructions given by his teacher Gui Guzi that day, "You can only read it when it is critical." When the bag was opened, it was a piece of yellow silk with the words "Crazy Man" written on it, "Oh, that's how it is!" Sun Bin sighed, feeling much relieved. In the evening, when the meal was delivered, Sun Bin was holding it, and suddenly fell to the ground, vomited, and then yelled loudly: "Why do you want to poison me?" He muttered cursing, no matter how many times he spoke. Cheng'er didn't know it was a fraud, so he rushed to report to Pang Juan. Pang Juan came to visit the next day and saw Sun Bin's face was full of phlegm.Pang Juan asked: "Why are you laughing and crying, brother?" Sun Bin replied: "I laughed at the king of Wei for wanting to kill me, but I didn't know that I had a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to protect me. What I cried was that there was no one in Wei except my Sun Bin." Be a general." After speaking, he stared at Pang Juan, bowed his head again and again, and shouted: "Mr. Guiguzi, save my life!" Pang Juan said, "I am Pang, don't admit the wrong person." Sun Bin grabbed his robe , refused to let go, and shouted: "Sir, save me!" Pang Juan ordered Sun Bin to be torn off by his left and right, and then went back to the house. When Pang Juan returned home, he was still puzzled, thinking that Sun Bin was cheating and pretending to be stupid, and wanted to test the truth, so he ordered his left and right to drag Sun Bin into the pigsty.The manure in the pigsty was filthy and stinky, Sun Bin's hair was disheveled, and he lay down in the excrement and urine as if nothing had happened. Someone brought him food and drink, saying that he had secretly concealed it from the military commander. This was a trick played by Pang Juan, so he scolded angrily: "Are you poisoning me again?" He dumped the food and wine on the ground, and the messenger picked up pig feces and mud for him, but he grabbed it and ate it. The envoy reported his love to Pang Juan, who said, "He is really crazy, there is nothing to worry about." From then on, he took no precautions against Sun Bin, let him come and go, and only sent people to follow him. The whereabouts of this "crazy man" Sun Bin is uncertain. He leaves early and returns late. He still lives in a pigsty. Fake epilepsy and pretend to be stupid. At this time, Mo Zhai traveled to the state of Qi and lived in the house of the minister Tian Ji. His disciple Qin Hua also came from the state of Wei. Mo Di asked him, "Is Sun Bin happy in the state of Wei?" Mo Di was horrified when he heard about it, and sighed, "I wanted to recommend him in Japan, but now I have made him miserable." So Mo Zhai told Tian Ji about Sun Bin's talent and Pang Juan's jealousy, and Tian Ji told Qi Weiwang about it.The king of Qi thought that his country had such a talented general. Seeing that he was humiliated by other countries would not only lose face but also cause loss, he said: "My widow immediately send troops to welcome Sun Bin to join the country!" How can we allow him to return to Qi when he is tolerated in Wei? This matter can only be taken out of his wits, not head-to-head. King Wei used his plan to order the guest Qing Chunyu Kun to act as an envoy, and Qin Hua to pretend to be an attendant, and under the pretense of drinking tea, went to the state of Wei to act in camera. Chunyu Kun went to Wei State to meet King Hui, and ordered Qi Hou to order him. King Hui was overjoyed and settled Chunyu Kun in the guest house. He followed Qin Hua and went to find Sun Bin in private. One night, he found him. Sun Bin was sitting by the side of the well. , stared at Qin Hua and said nothing, Qin Hua approached, and said softly with tears: "I am Mozi's student Qin Hua, the teacher has told the king of Qi about your grievances, and the king of Qi ordered me to drink tea with Chunyu Kun on vacation. As a word, I really want to secretly take you back to the state of Qi to avenge you, and you don't feel suspicious." After a while, Sun Bin nodded and said with tears, "Oh, I thought there would never be such a thing in this world. It's time. Today I have an opportunity, so I dare not tell you, but Pang Juan is too suspicious, and I'm afraid it's inconvenient to tie the belt!" Qin Hua immediately replied, "You can rest assured on this level, I have already planned it, and I will personally meet you when the departure time begins. Greet you." At the same time, they agreed on the meeting place and time for the next day before leaving. The next day, Chunyu Kun and his entourage were about to return to the country. The King of Wei treated each other with wine, and Pang Juan also had a farewell party with wine at the Changting Pavilion. Painted his face with mud, pretended to be Sun Bin, and went crazy on the street, hiding from the stalking and Pang Juan. Qin Hua drove quickly, Chun Dikun detained him, and soon carried Sun Bin back to Qi.A few days later, the fake Sun Bin also escaped and came back.The followers saw Sun Bin's dirty clothes scattered by the river and reported to Pang Juan that they believed that Sun Bin had drowned and died, and had no doubt that he would sneak back to Qi. After Sun Bin returned to China, he still kept it a secret. He was not famous and did not show up. Later, when Zhao and Wei fought, Sun Bin defeated Pang Juan with the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao". Shot dead in Maling Road. In 1805, Napoleon fought against the third anti-French alliance, and the Austrian-Russian coalition forces were defeated. Napoleon took advantage of the victory to pursue the Austrian-Russian troops to Austerlitz.The young Tsar Alexander called in the elite guards and other reinforcements, thinking that his strength surpassed Napoleon's and it was a good chance to win. At that time, within the coalition forces, there were two completely different opinions on the next step of combat operations. Kutuzov, a 60-year-old famous Russian general and commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, advocated avoiding the enemy temporarily. If the French army came to attack, they should continue to retreat to get rid of the danger of being wiped out.The young and energetic Chief of Staff Willot believed that Napoleon was used to making claims and bluffing, but in fact the French army was already exhausted.The combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened, and the number of coalition forces has far exceeded that of the French army, so it is advocated to immediately switch to the attack on the French army. At this time, Napoleon was closely watching Alexander's movements, and decided to use false appearances to confuse the enemy, look for opportunities, and destroy the powerful enemy. On November 3, Napoleon wrote a letter to Foreign Minister Talleyrand, acknowledging that the French army was in a very difficult situation. The frontal enemy had an absolute advantage in strength, the enemies on both wings were aggressive, and the two Prussian armies were also eager to try. At the same time, Napoleon ordered the French troops to retreat from certain forward positions, as if forced to retreat, and deliberately spread rumors that the French army was short of troops and needed to shrink the front. On November 25, Napoleon sent his bodyguard, General Savary, to the headquarters of the Allied Forces with a flag of truce, and submitted a letter of credence to the young Tsar Alexander, suggesting a truce and asking for peace with the Russian army.Ask Alexander to send a plenipotentiary to negotiate. Seeing Napoleon's request for peace, Alexander thought that Napoleon was already afraid, and now is the best time to annihilate Napoleon. Although Kutuzuo tried his best to oppose it, Alexander ignored him. Alexander sent his own guard, Duke Dogokov, to pay a return visit and conduct symbolic negotiations. At the same time, he also asked his confidant to pay attention to Napoleon's movements. Napoleon first showed himself very tired and exhausted. At the same time, he deliberately put on the appearance of the emperor of a big country to show that he could not lose his dignity. He cleverly rejected the request of the tsarist envoy and insisted that Italy and other occupations should not be abandoned. On some side issues, they showed certain concessions and compromises. After the meeting, the tsar’s envoy believed that Napoleon was strong but capable. Although he pretended to be majestic on the outside, he had actually learned something wrong. Prince Dogokov excitedly reported to Alexander his impression of Napoleon’s lack of confidence and timidity.The young tsar happily paced up and down and toasted the captain of the guard. A few days later, the Russian and Austrian emperors had a meeting and decided to immediately attack the "retreating and weakened Napoleon's army", thus falling into Napoleon's trick. On December 2, the battle took place around the Pratzen Heights, west of the village of Austerlitz and 120 kilometers north of Vienna.This is the most famous battle in the history of the Napoleonic Wars. Before dawn, the Russian-Austrian coalition forces began to attack, which was very powerful. The confident Napoleon watched the enemy's movements closely through the binoculars.At about 7:30 in the morning, when he found that the Russian defenses on the Pratzen Heights were very weak, he immediately ordered two reinforced divisions to occupy the heights, thus cutting the enemy in two.The Russian army was attacked from the side, and the order was chaotic, and they fled to the west.At that time, the Russian Tsar and Commander-in-Chief Kutuzov and his headquarters all followed this column, so they lost control of the coalition forces and could not look at each other from head to tail. After Napoleon completely controlled the Pratzen Heights, he immediately ordered the Guards, Cavalry Division and two Infantry Divisions to launch a full-scale violent attack on the enemy.Surrounded and compressed more than 40,000 enemy regiments in the northern section to the semi-frozen lake of Dilniby.The ice on the lake was shattered by French artillery, causing whole masses of the enemy to drown.Killed and captured alive. The Russian-Austrian coalition forces were wiped out within a few hours. The two emperors, Alexander of Russia and Francis of Austria, fled in embarrassment. Commander-in-Chief Kutuzov was injured and was almost captured.In the Battle of Austerlitz, there were 82,000 Chinese, Russian and Austrian allied forces, and 15,000 died.20,000 people were captured, 133 cannons were lost, and the rest fled for their lives. As night fell, everything was over. Accompanied by a group of marshals and generals of the Guards, Napoleon inspected the battlefield on the dead bodies of people and horses amid the cheers of soldiers running from all directions. The day after the Battle of Austerlitz, the Emperor of Austria asked for a truce, to which Napoleon immediately agreed, on condition that all Russian troops withdraw from Austria and return to Poland. On December 26, Fao signed a peace treaty in Pressburg, Austria ceded Venice to France, and Napoleon incorporated it into the Kingdom of Italy. The Peace of Pressburg at Fao ended the Third Coalition against France and brought about the end of the German Holy Roman Empire. The Battle of Austerlitz earned Napoleon the honor of being the number one general in Europe.In this battle, Napoleon prominently demonstrated his extraordinary talent in directing wars and commanding operations.As a politician, he successfully used the method of "pretend to do nothing but will do something" to deceive the enemy, influence the development of the situation, and create conditions for his own victory. As a military commander, he skillfully used combat command Art, strategically win more with less, and tactically use more to strike less, lays the foundation for the complete defeat of the enemy.