Six winning strategies adopted by ancient commanders in war

Six winning strategies adopted by ancient commanders in war

On the battlefield, the two armies fought. As a commander, how to use strategy to change the battlefield situation, make it beneficial to me and unfavorable to the enemy, so as to completely defeat the enemy? What are the tricks?

1. The trick we designed to lure the enemy into the battlefield.

The purpose of luring the enemy is to make the enemy leave the familiar advantageous battlefield and enter the familiar advantageous battlefield, so as to create favorable conditions for defeating the enemy. Lure the enemy, such as fishing. It needs to make the enemy clearly feel that victory is in sight and profitable. The bigger the bait, the more successful the lure.

Zhuge Liang commanded the battle for the first time, first using Zhao Yun as bait, and then using Liu Bei as bait, which made Xia Houdun, commander-in-chief of Cao Jun, eager to win, capture Liu Bei alive, and entered the preset battlefield of Bowangpo by Zhuge Liang at night, attacking Cao Jun with fire, causing heavy casualties.

In ancient wars, there were many ways to lure the enemy. In the battle of Chengpu, Chu Jin, Jin Wengong led the Jin army to "stay out of it", ostensibly to fulfill his promise, but actually to lure the enemy into the preset battlefield of the Jin army, which laid a solid foundation for defeating the Jin army.

So commanders who are good at fighting know how to lure the enemy. The core point of the plan to lure the enemy is weakness, and the purpose of the action is to destroy the enemy on the preset battlefield. By showing weakness, the enemy will give up their vigilance and pursue boldly, thus entering our preset battlefield.

Second, divide the enemy, make the enemy forces unbalanced, and create fighters for our annihilation.

The enemy is dedicated to us, and the enemy is dedicated to us. This is also the way to fight. If the enemy has the strength advantage and gathers in one place, it is difficult to destroy such an enemy. Then, as our commander, the first thing is to separate the enemy and make it easy for them to break through one by one.

How to divide the enemy? Then you need to attack what the enemy will save. Only by attacking what the enemy will keep can the enemy divide his forces. Set an ambush on the road where the enemy will save, and use the advantages of terrain and concentrated forces to destroy the enemy. Sun Bin organized and commanded the Qi army such as the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling, all of which were such tactics.

In the Battle of Guiling, Sun Bin commanded the Qi army to besiege Wei, rescue Zhao, and attack the girders of Wei's capital, forcing Pang Juan to lead Wei Jun to rescue the girders, thus concentrating his forces to defeat Wei Jun in Guiling. In the Battle of Maling, Sun Bin commanded the Qi army to save Korea, lured Pang Juan to pursue by "withdrawing troops and reducing the fire", and set an ambush on the battlefield of Maling Road to destroy Pang Juan and defeat Wei Jun.

Therefore, the purpose of dividing the enemy is to change the balance of forces between the enemy and ourselves during the war, and at the same time make use of the advantages of terrain to lay the foundation for winning the local battlefield. There are three ways to divide the enemy: one is to attack and save the enemy. The second is to go deep behind enemy lines and let the enemy send troops to divide their forces for protection. The third is to show weakness to the enemy and lure him to pursue.

Third, the plan of wasting the enemy makes the enemy exhausted and full of flaws.

Our army has a famous 16-character operational policy: the enemy bothers me, I am tired and I fight. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the goal of the State of Wu was Chu. With the help of Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, He Lv, the king of Wu, also adopted the tactics of fighting the enemy with Chu. He divided the troops into several parts, attacked the border of Chu in turn, and even went deep into the territory, forcing the Chu army to be exhausted.

This tactic has been going on for more than six years. When the Chu army was tired, it concentrated 30,000 troops into the territory of Chu. Finally, it defeated the Chu army in one fell swoop and even occupied the capital of Chu, forcing Chu Jun to flee. The purpose of exhausting the enemy is to find fighters to annihilate the enemy and make the enemy exhausted. Therefore, the consumption of the enemy is carried out on the basis of dividing the troops, otherwise it will be meaningless if the enemy is exhausted and I am exhausted.

Weakening the enemy is definitely to make the enemy move, destroy the enemy in the movement, or destroy the enemy in the preset battlefield, so it is a kind of mobile warfare. Since it is a mobile war, we should pay attention to the advantages and disadvantages of mobile tools and the convenience of transportation. Weakening the enemy is very similar to that in the thirty-six plans. Fight if you win, run if you don't win, find a fighter in the process of running, and turn defeat into victory.

Fourthly, to weaken the enemy's plan is to attack his shortcomings and weaken his fighting capacity.

The way to weaken the enemy is to regard the enemy as a whole, find its overall strategic weakness, concentrate on or attack this weakness by surprise, and thus win the overall victory. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at loggerheads, and Cao Cao ran out of food and grass. Just as he was in a dilemma of failure, Xu You, who took refuge in Yuan Shao's camp, offered a plan, pointing out that Wu Chao was a place where Yuan Shao's army hoarded food and grass, and it would be chaotic to burn Yuan Jun.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and sent 3,000 soldiers to attack Wu Chao in disguise of Yuan Jun, winning the battle of Guandu. In the Gulf War, the U.S. military also attacked with stealth aircraft first, destroying the command post, radar station and communication facilities of the Iraqi army, which made the Iraqi army lose its organized resistance ability and laid the foundation one after another.

The combat effectiveness of the modern army is more integrated. Just like a person, it has many important parts. Once the important parts are hit hard, the overall combat effectiveness will double. Such as command system, such as communication system, such as reconnaissance and monitoring system, such as ammunition depot, oil depot and so on. Therefore, whether in ancient or modern wars, attacking the enemy's fatal shortcomings and weaknesses is a good way to get twice the result with half the effort.

5. The plan to confuse the enemy is to defeat the enemy without fighting.

I am already in a decisive battle with the enemy. If one side is in chaos, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, creating a good opportunity for our decisive battle. The way to confuse the enemy lies in beheading. In other words, confusing the enemy is to give the enemy commander or battlefield commander the wrong information and let him make the wrong decision, thus benefiting me.

For example, the battle of Changping and Lian Po's battle plan to clear the field and avoid the war left Qin Jun helpless. When the two sides were deadlocked on the battlefield, the king of Qin took advantage of Fan Ju's deviance, spent a lot of money to buy off the powerful people around the prince of Zhao, and spread rumors that Zhao Kuo's army could defeat Qin Jun, which made the prince of Zhao determined to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, and made Qin Jun win a decisive victory in the battle of Changping.

Wang Jian later attacked Zhao twice, but did not destroy Zhao, because Zhao had Li Mu as the general, which made Wang Jian fail twice. Qin Shihuang used deviant means to make the prince of Zhao change generals, but Li Mu refused to accept it and was arrested and killed by the prince of Zhao. Li Mu is more determined and wise than Lian Po. He knows the situation on the battlefield. If he is replaced, Zhao will die.

But the helpless prince of Zhao was fatuous, and Li Mu was helpless and had to die, which was a historical tragedy. General Li Mu is really "patriotic and loyal to death, unwilling to break the country and become a slave minister", which is admirable, deplorable and full of tears.

6. The trick to confuse the enemy is to paralyze the enemy and make fighter planes so that we can win with one blow.

The best way to confuse the enemy is to use Gou Jian, the king of Yue. The State of Yue was defeated by the State of Wu and was in danger of national extinction. The King of Yue adopted Fan Li's strategy. On the one hand, he looked for powerful officials to be lobbyists in Wu. On the one hand, it is the determination to fight a decisive battle. On the one hand, make peace with Wu. Finally, peace was achieved. After the success of peace, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was extremely loyal to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and confused him.

On the one hand, he dedicated beauty and treasure to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and puzzled Fu Cha, the king of Wu. On the one hand, he was a slave, serving Fu Cha, the king of Wu, to show his loyalty. On the one hand, accumulate strength at home, recruit talents and wait for an opportunity to win. Finally, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, led the main force to join the Jin League, and Wu was empty at home, so he won it in one fell swoop.

The trick to confuse the enemy is to turn to the enemy and be hostile, paralyze the enemy and be caught off guard, so as to win with one blow. This is similar to the paradox mentioned in Sun Tzu's Art of War. The more opponents there are, the more you have to hide your intentions, so that the enemy can't guard against it and find a chance to win.