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Chapter 142 "Put it to death and live later" is a narrow escape

To learn is how not to enter the dead.After entering the land of death, one cannot pursue life, but one must pursue death, but if one dies enough, one can earn a few more backs, so that one may have the possibility of life. All adventures are not for learning, but after being forced to do so, it depends on whether your life is hard or not. If you fight quickly, you will survive, if you don't fight quickly, you will die, and you will die. (...Fight to the death.) 9. Death The difference between death and encirclement is that you can wait for encirclement, but you can't wait for death.What to do?To die is to fight, and you must fight immediately, because if you fight quickly, you will survive, and if you don't fight quickly, you will perish.

this point is very important!Because in most cases, you can wait.But the generals thought that they couldn't wait, and thought that "if you fight quickly, you will survive, if you don't fight quickly, you will perish", and finally it became the ending of "if you don't die, you won't die". In fact, death is not a quick battle, and you will definitely be able to survive.If you can survive by fighting quickly, then it is not called death, but "happy".To die is to basically die, and the hope of life is gone, so I don't want to live, but I want to die enough, so I can save a few backs and die together!This is a desperado, and the fighting power is terrible.

How do you talk about death? Cao Cao's note: "There are high mountains in front and great water in the back. If you advance, you will be blocked, and if you retreat, you will be hindered." Li Quan's note: "Blocking the mountain, carrying the water, eating up, the speed is not slow." Li Jing said quite comprehensively: "Maybe there are marching divisions, not because of the guide, falling into danger and defeat, and being controlled by the enemy. The left valley and the right mountain are the path where the horses are tied and the carts are hung; If you are not ready, but a strong enemy comes suddenly, you have nothing to rely on to advance, and you have nothing to back up, you can't fight, and you can't defend yourself. If you stay, the sun and the moon will stay, and if you move, you will be attacked from head to tail. Tired, poor in wit and strength. If one person guards the pass, ten thousand men will not go. If there is a vital point, the enemy will occupy it first. Such an advantage, I have lost it. Even if I have a sharp weapon, how can I use it? If this is a dead place, If you fight quickly, you will survive, if you don’t fight quickly, you will perish. You must work together from top to bottom, unite your strength, draw blood from your intestines, and die in front of you, because defeat will turn into success, and disaster will turn into blessing.”

Li Jing talked about the seven situations of death: 1. "Advancing as a division, don't fall into danger and defeat because of the guide, and be ruled by the enemy" Marching into the army, without a guide, advancing blindly, getting lost, falling into a dangerous defeat, and being controlled by the enemy. So when we learn to die, the point is not to learn how to fight when we are dead, but to learn how not to be forced to die and fall into a desperate situation.Li Jing's first rule is that the map must be studied clearly, and the march must have a guide, so as not to fall into a dead end.Famous generals of all dynasties are familiar with the map, and only look at the map when they have nothing to do.Liu Bang entered the customs and broke the Qin Dynasty, and the beauties, gold and silk had nothing to take. Xiao He first went to the National Archives to collect all the maps of the world.Lin Biao and Su Yu did not fight wars. They stared at the map in a daze all day long, with millions of soldiers in their chests practicing back and forth on the map.

2. "Left the valley and the right mountain, the path of beaming horses and hanging carts" There are deep valleys on the left and high mountains on the right. The horses have to be led, and the wheels of the wheels have half-suspended lines.We don't need to fight when the enemy comes, just squeeze us and we will all fall down. 3. "The rocks where the geese flocked to each other" There are no roads in the front and back, and the cliffs can only be passed by geese one by one. 4. "Soldiers are not ready yet, but a powerful enemy suddenly approaches, and there is nothing to rely on to advance, and nothing to secure to retreat"

As soon as they arrived at the battlefield, the soldiers were not in shape, neither fortifications nor formations had time, and the enemy rushed over.At this time, if you want to advance, there is no support, and there will be no impact; if you want to retreat, there is no cover, and once you retreat, it will become a rout. What to do in this situation, the art of war has already been mentioned before, the one who goes to the battlefield first wins, the one who goes to the battlefield later loses, and the one who waits for the unexpected wins.So others were ready, but we arrived in a mess, not organized.So it is basically a defeat. There is no other way but to fight in a scuffle. It depends on your usual training, how the soldiers are fighting, and whether there are heroes who can turn the tide, and kill a glimmer of life.

If you survive, remember next time, you must first go to the battlefield and get ready first.If the enemy has already arrived.Let's not go there, and set up camp every thirty or fifty miles to attract him. He is the one who "the soldiers are not ready yet, but a strong enemy suddenly approaches, and there is nothing to rely on to advance and nothing to retreat."Zhao She defeated the Qin army, went to the camp fifty miles away from the enemy camp, led him here, and left fifty miles for him to go. This is the trick. 5. "If you don't want to fight, you must defend yourself. If you stay there, the sun and the moon will stop you, and if you move, you will be attacked from head to tail."

If you seek war, you will not be able to defeat the enemy; if you defend yourself, there is no danger to defend.Stationing is protracted and there is no chance of turning around; action is surrounded by enemies, unable to move. 6. "There is no water and grass in the wild, the army lacks supplies and food, the horses are exhausted and the people are exhausted, and the mind is exhausted" For example, in the Gobi Desert, people have no water, horses have no grass, soldiers have no food, horses are exhausted, and people are tired. 7. "One person guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot go there. If there is a vital point, the enemy will occupy it first. Such an advantage, I have already lost, even if I have a sharp weapon, how can I use it?"

The vital place where one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it was occupied by the enemy first, and it stuck our necks. When encountering these seven kinds of dead places, if you fight quickly, you will survive; if you don't fight quickly, you will perish.You must be concentric from top to bottom, unite your strength, and splatter blood from the intestines. Once you die in front of you, you will turn disaster into blessing because of failure. The King of Wu asked his grandson: "My teacher went out to the enemy's land. The enemy is huge, and they surround me heavily. If they want to get out, they will be blocked. If you want to motivate the soldiers and mobilize them, how can you do it? ?”

Our army is surrounded to death, how to motivate soldiers to break through? Sun Tzu replied: "Deep ditches and high fortifications are shown as defenses. Be quiet and don't move, so as to hide my ability. Tell the three armies, as a last resort. Kill cattle and burn (fan) carts to feed our soldiers. Burn all food and fill the wells and stoves , Cut hair and donate the crown, and never worry about it. There will be no plans, and the soldier has the will to die. So, sharpen the armor and sharpen the knife, and use all strength, or attack the sides, shake the drums and beat the noise, the enemy is also afraid, and they don't know what to do. The sharp soldiers branch out and attack the rear quickly. This is to seek survival by losing the way. Therefore, it is said, 'Those who are trapped but do not plan will be poor, and those who are poor but do not fight will perish.'”

Deep ditches and high forts show the enemy that we must stick to it, be quiet and not move, the enemy does not know what we are doing.Then a mobilization meeting was held to inform the soldiers of the critical situation. The cattle were killed and the carts were burned. Everyone had a big meal and prepared to be a full ghost.The food was burned, the well was filled, the stove was leveled, and the next meal was not prepared.Everyone shaves their heads, throws away their hats, and even their heads are gone. What's the use of keeping hats? In this way, through various ruthless rituals, everyone is motivated to rush out with the determination to die. "Put it to death and live later" is a narrow escape, and the survival rate is too low to learn.To learn is how not to enter the dead.After entering the land of death, one cannot pursue life, but one must pursue death, but if one dies enough, one can earn a few more backs, so that one may have the possibility of life. All adventures are not for learning, but after being forced to do so, it depends on whether your life is hard or not.Don't learn from Han Xin, put the army on the edge of the water, and fight with your back.Han Xin's last stand is only part of the story, and he still has 2,000 people behind him.His plan of putting himself to death and rebirth is simply false.If he didn't have any other soldiers, all those 10,000 people died by the water, and he survived, that would be called putting them to death and then reborn. People like to exaggerate, and they all like to add oil and vinegar. Only exaggeration can be dramatic, and everyone prefers drama. People who write official history also prefer drama, and there are a lot of seasonings in official history.But the facts are cold.So when we read history, don't fall into the trap of dramatic preference, thinking that you can re-act that drama, and when you act it, you will find that the actual script is not like that at all. The realistic script is: those who enter the dead zone are dead, so it is called the dead zone. The King of Wu asked: "If I were to surround the enemy, what should I do?" What if we surround the enemy to death? Sun Tzu replied: "Mountains and valleys are steep and dangerous, difficult to overcome. They are called poor bandits. The method of attacking is to lay down the soldiers and hide in a hut, open the way for them to go, and show them how to walk. If you want to survive, you must have no fighting spirit. Therefore, if you attack them, even if there are many It must be broken." The Art of War says: "If the enemy is on the ground, the soldiers are courageous, and they want to attack the law. If they follow it, don't resist it. If they guard their advantage, they must open the way. Use fine cavalry to fortify the main road, light soldiers and then lure them, and don't fight when they are old. , the way to defeat the scheme.” Then don't be surrounded to death, and you must give him a way out and let him run.Once people have a way out, they don't want to die, their will to fight becomes weak, and they just want to escape and survive.At this time, ambushing Jingqi on the way he was escaping, running for a while and eating a section, and running for another section and eating another section, chasing and killing him all the way, not only can ensure a complete victory, but also ensure that our army will not suffer losses. For example, if you surround 1,000 people, if the siege is tight and you want to wipe it all out, you may have to pay the price of 800 people, because that is 1,000 desperadoes.If we let them run along a road, and then eat them piece by piece along the way, twenty of them might escape, but the casualties of our army can be less than ten.
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