[Cao Cao said: If you want to attack the enemy, you must first plan. 〕
Grandson said:
All methods of military use: the country is the first, and the country is broken.
〔Cao Cao said: Xingshi goes deep into the long drive, rejects its capital, and rejects its internal and external forces. The enemy's entire country will serve as the first; the second is to defeat it with soldiers. 〕The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second.
[Cao Cao said: "The Law of Sima" said: "Twenty-two thousand and five hundred people are the army."] The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second.
〔Cao Cao said: Five hundred people are a brigade. 〕
All pawns are the top priority, breaking pawns second.
[Cao Cao said: From school to over a hundred people. 〕
The whole team is the top, and the broken team is the second.
[Cao Cao said: Less than a hundred people to five people. 〕
Therefore, all battles are victorious, and even those who are not good are good;
To win without fighting, the good is also the good.
[Cao Cao said: The enemy surrendered without fighting. 〕
Therefore, he went to war,
[Cao Cao said: The enemy has a plan, but it is easy to cut. 〕
Secondly,
〔Cao Cao said: Crossing, closing together. 〕
Secondly,
[Cao Cao said: Soldiers are formed. 〕
The next siege.
[Cao Cao said: The enemy country has received its foreign food and the city is defending, and it is the next thing to attack. 〕The method of siege: Xiu Lu, Lei, its equipment, only three months; distance, 闉, three months and then.
〔Cao Cao said: Xiu, Zhi Ye. 橹，大楯 also. For those who are guilty, the bed is also; the next four rounds of the bed are, from which it is pushed to the city. Tools, equipment. Equipment, the general name of the offensive and defensive agency, belongs to the flying building ladder. Those who are far away, pile up the soil high and move forward, in order to attach to the city. ] The ant will be attached to the anger of the overwhelming heart; one-third of the killers, but the city is not uprooted, this attack is also a disaster.
〔Cao Cao said: Do not wait for the attacker to complete, and make the soldiers go up to the city, like a wall of ants, will kill the wounded and soldiers. ] Therefore, those who make good use of the soldiers will be the ones who use the soldiers instead of the wars, and the cities of the people are not attacked.
The country of broken people is not a long time,
[Cao Cao said: Destroy the country, and soon the teacher will be revealed. 〕
We must fight for the whole world. Therefore, the soldiers are not blunt but profitable, and this method of attack is also.
[Cao Cao said: If you don't fight the enemy, you will win it completely, and you won't be defeated if you stand on top of the world. ] The method of using soldiers: ten encircle it, [Cao Cao said: With ten enemies and one, encircle it, it means that you will be wise and brave while the soldiers are both sharp and blunt. If the host is weak and the guest is strong, the enemy will be surrounded by Pi, and Lu Buye will be captured alive. 〕Five is to attack it, [Cao Cao said: With five enemies and one, three skills are positive, and two skills are strange. 〕Double is divided, [Cao Cao said: If two enemies are one, then one technique is positive and the other is odd. ] The enemy can fight it. [Cao Cao said: The good one should set the odds to defeat the enemy. ] Less than you can defend it, [Cao Cao said: High walls and strong bases, don’t fight. 〕
If not, you can avoid it.
〔Cao Cao said: Lead troops to avoid them. 〕
Therefore, the strength of the small enemy is also the capture of the big enemy.
〔Cao Cao said: Small cannot be big. 〕
The husband is also the assistant of the country. Auxiliary Zhou Ze Guoqiang,
〔Cao Cao said: Be careful and never let go. 〕
Auxiliary gaps are weak for the country.
[Cao Cao said: The appearance is also seen outside. 〕
Therefore, the reason why you are suffering from the army is three: I do not know that the army cannot enter, but it is called advance; I do not know that the army cannot retreat, but it is called retreat, which is called the army.
〔Cao Cao said: 縻, Yu Ye. 〕
I don't know what happened in the army, and the politics in the same army is confusing for the sergeant.
〔Cao Cao said: The army can't enter the country, the country can't enter the army, and courtesy can't rule the army. ] I don’t know the role of the three armies, and the power of the same three armies is doubtful for the sergeant.
〔Cao Cao said: No one is allowed. 〕
The sergeant is both confused and suspicious, and the difficulties for the princes are extremely difficult! It is said that the chaos is victorious.
〔Cao Cao said: Lead, seize. 〕
Therefore, there are five knowing wins:
Know that you can fight and cannot fight, and win.
The use of knowing the few, wins.
With the same desire up and down, win.
〔Cao Cao said: Monarchs and ministers share the same desire. 〕
Don't be afraid, win.
You will be able but the king will not be arrogant, win.
[Cao Cao said: "The Law of Sima" said: "When advancing and retreating, there is no such thing as a widow." 〕These five are the way to victory.
[Cao Cao said: Here are five things]
Therefore, the soldier knows the enemy and confidant, and a hundred battles never end;
Knowing the enemy but confidant, one win and one loss;
If you don't know who you are, you will die in every battle.
[Translation]
Sun Tzu said: It is the general way to fight with soldiers without killing or killing fewer talents. It is the best policy to surrender the enemy country without fighting. It is not as good as the former to kill the enemy or even destroy a country after fighting. If you do not kill, you can make the enemy surrender. The best strategy is that defeating the enemy by force is not as good as the former; therefore, even if the enemy is victorious in all battles, it will cause a large number of casualties. It is by no means a celebrity general. The enemy surrenders without fighting. Therefore, destroying the enemy's strategy is the best strategy of using troops. The second is to disintegrate the enemy's alliance. The third is to attack the enemy by force. The last resort is to attack the enemy's city. Siege is a last resort.
It took three months to complete the work of building military shields and preparing equipment such as four-wheeled vehicles; and it took another three months to complete the fortifications for the siege. If the general cannot take down the city for a long time, he will become irritable. He will treat the soldiers like ants and order them to climb the ladder to attack the city. The disaster of the siege was that one-third of the soldiers were wounded and killed, and the city had not been captured yet. Therefore, the rule of attack is that those who know how to command war can bring the enemy to their knees without engaging in battle, can seize the enemy’s city without forcefully attacking it, and can destroy the enemy’s country without a long war. Strive to win the world with a strategy of victory. In this way, the army will not be overly exhausted and will achieve a complete victory.
Therefore, if the strength of the enemy is ten times that of the enemy, there is an absolute advantage, and the tactic of encircling on all sides can force the enemy to surrender; if the strength of the enemy is five times that of the enemy, it must attack the enemy; if the strength of the enemy is twice that of the enemy, it must be Adopt a strategy of dispersing the enemy; if the strength of the troops is equal, find a way to defeat the enemy; if the strength is less than the enemy, it is best to get rid of the enemy; if the conditions are not as good as the enemy, try to avoid fighting with the enemy. A weak army has nowhere to hide, and if it confronts the enemy head-on, it is easy to be captured by the enemy. The general holds the country’s safety and security, and is the right-hand man of the country. If the general considers well, the country will become strong, and if it is not considered, the country will weaken. The monarch’s bad intervention in the army has three situations: restraining the army, the monarch does not understand that the army cannot advance and forces the army forward, does not understand that the army cannot retreat and forces the army to retreat; does not know the actual situation within the army, rather than interfere Internal affairs, this will confuse the army; if you don’t understand how to use soldiers, you will be confused if you command operations indiscriminately. If the army is confused and confused, it will face disasters. When a catastrophe is imminent, disrupting one's own army means helping the enemy win victory.
Therefore, if you want to win, you must follow these five aspects: recognize the situations in which you can engage with the enemy and the situations in which you cannot engage with the enemy; know how to adopt tactics that adapt to the strength of the troops; work together from the top and bottom; and treat with good pre-war preparations. Unprepared; the monarch fully trusts the command of the general without interfering. Therefore, only by understanding the internal situation of the enemy, as well as your own strengths and weaknesses, can you be invincible; if you only understand yourself, you have half the possibility of winning; if you don’t understand both sides, you will definitely lose. .