In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiugang ascended the throne, and the whole country was not completely unified. Several local forces have been competing with the Eastern Han Dynasty court, the biggest being the northwest. Xiao Wei in Longyou and Gongsun Shu in Southwest Bashu.
When Liu Xiu tried to surrender to Xiao Wei, he sent troops to attack Longyou, but he was defeated. After a period of rest, Liu Xiu sent general Feng Yi to conquer Xiao Wei. Xiao Wei immediately sent a patrol, led a great army to occupy the only road in Feng Yi, and planned to resist Feng Yi's attack here. Feng Yi also hurried to speed up the March, trying to preempt the occupation of Gou Yi. At this time, Feng Yi's generals said, "Xiao Wei's army has just won the battle and its morale is booming. It is best not to compete with them now. "
Feng Yi said, "Today, Xiao Wei wants to seize Gou Yi to shake the morale of the army. We are not strong enough to confront him head-on, but defense is enough. Therefore, we must seize the city as soon as possible, so as to win.
So Feng Yi led the troops to occupy Gouyi in March, then blocked the news and rested the army. When the patrol arrived in Gouyi, Feng Yicai suddenly sent troops out of the city to fight. The patrol did not know that there was someone in the city, so they were caught off guard and fled in a hurry. Feng Yi led the army to attack the patrol in one fell swoop.
Idiom implication
In the war, the forces of the enemy and ourselves are relative and mutually transformed. This is like the phenomenon of "rigidity and softness" in Zhouyi. Under certain conditions, "rigidity" and "softness" may be transformed into each other. The strategy of waiting for works is to use "rigidity" as a metaphor for the enemy and "softness" as a metaphor for yourself. When the enemy is in full swing or has occupied very favorable terrain, we can't get the enemy into trouble by direct attack.
In this case, in order to avoid the enemy's sharp edge, enhance our own strength, and find a suitable fighter according to the situation, we can take the initiative to take the defensive, actively defend, conserve our physical strength, control the enemy according to the situation, and mobilize the enemy to run around in the preset battlefield. When the enemy is exhausted, the momentum is reduced and the enemy's situation changes, we can take the initiative to attack and destroy the enemy's effective strength in one fell swoop. This is the truth learned from the sentence "Sometimes it hurts rigidity, sometimes it benefits softness" in the Book of Changes.
Therefore, waiting for work is actually a struggle for the initiative in the war, and the word "waiting" cannot be understood as passive waiting. When using this tactic, you must be familiar with the environment, intention and strength of yourself and your opponent. When the time is not ripe, we should be good at waiting for the opportunity, and we can take some measures to deal with the enemy skillfully, such as retreating to the room, pretending, frying fish slowly and deliberately delaying. Once the time is ripe, we will turn from defense to attack and make great efforts to destroy the enemy.
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