[Cao Cao said: There are nine places to fight. 〕
Grandson said:
Terrain, soldiers help. Therefore, the use of soldiers: there are scattered land, some light land, there is contention, there is land, there is land, there is heavy land, there is cover land, there is surrounding land, and there is dead land.
[Cao Cao said: The names of these nine places are also. 〕
The princes who fight their land are scattered.
[Cao Cao said: Soldiers love the land, and the road is close and easy to loose. 〕
It is light to enter people's land but not deep.
〔Cao Cao said: All soldiers and soldiers returned lightly. 〕
I benefit from it, but Peter also benefits from it.
[Cao Cao said: You can defeat the crowd with less, and attack the weaker. 〕
I can go, who can come, for friendship.
[Cao Cao said: Taoism is intertwined. 〕
Three genera of the land of the princes,
[Cao Cao said: I am equal to the enemy, and there are other countries beside me. 〕
The one who comes first and wins the world is Qu.
[Cao Cao said: First, get the help of the state. 〕
It is important to enter the depths of people, and those who have many cities and towns behind.
〔Cao Cao said: A place hard to return. 〕
Hiking in the mountains, forests, dangers, and depressions, all those who are difficult to follow will be overwhelmed.
〔Cao Cao said: Shaogu also. 〕
The one who enters is narrow, and the one who goes back is round, and the widow can attack us all and surround them.
If you are sick, you will survive. If you don't get sick, you will die.
[Cao Cao said: There are high mountains in the front, and big waters in the back; 〕
For this reason, there is no war if you are scattered, there is no end to a light land, and there is no offense if you fight for a land.
[Cao Cao said: If you don't want to attack, you should be the first to benefit. 〕
There is no end to the land,
[Cao Cao said: Relevance and belonging. 〕
Qudi is conjoined,
[Cao Cao said: It is also a knot of princes. 〕
The heavy land is swept away,
[Cao Cao said: Accumulate food. 〕
Cover the ground,
[Cao Cao said: There is no reason to stay. 〕
Encircle the land and plan,
[Cao Cao said: It is also a strange idea. 〕
Fight to the death.
〔Cao Cao said: Desperate battle. 〕
The so-called ancient warriors can make the enemy out of touch, the widows and the widows do not treat each other, the noble and the low are not rescued, and the upper and lower sides do not meet;
Use for profit, but stop for disagreement.
[Cao Cao said: Violence causes separation, chaos causes unevenness, and mobilizes troops to fight. 〕Dare to ask: How will the enemy be rectified in the future
[Cao Cao said: Some people ask it. 〕
Said: First take what you love, then listen.
〔Cao Cao said: Taking advantage of what he relied on. If you take advantage of the land first, then I will get what I want. 〕The love of a soldier is fast, and if you don’t give it, you can attack what you don’t.
[Cao Cao said: Grandson should not be able to overturn Chen Bingqing. 〕
The way to be a guest: go deep and specialize, and the master will not be able to do so;
Predatory in the wild, the three armies have enough food. It is unpredictable to be careful to support but not to work, and to work hard, and to transport troops.
[Cao Cao said: Maintaining the rustic and combining forces is an unfathomable measure. 〕
Nowhere to go, to die and not to be north, not to die,
〔Cao Cao said: The soldiers can't live in peace. 〕
The scholar did his best.
[Cao Cao said: In a difficult place, the heart is not. 〕
Soldiers are not afraid if they are stuck, they will be solid if they don't go; if they are deep, they will be restrained.
[Cao Cao said: Detention, specialization. 〕
Fight wherever you go.
[Cao Cao said: Poor people fight to the death. 〕
For this reason, the soldiers do not practice and give up, get married without asking, and believe without order; [Cao Cao said: Do not ask for the meaning, but be content. 〕Forbid Xiang to dispel doubts, and have nothing to do to death.
〔Cao Cao said: Forbidden demon-xiang's words, and try to get rid of doubts. A book is written to death without any disaster. 〕We have no surplus money, nor bad goods; no more death, no bad life.
〔Cao Cao said: Everyone burns property, not a lot of bad goods; it is a last resort for abandoning money to cause death. 〕On the day of the order, those who are sitting will tear and touch their breasts, and those who lie will eat.
[Cao Cao said: Everyone has a plan of death. 〕
Those who cast nowhere are the courage of all and 刿刿.
Therefore, those who make good use of the military, such as Wei Ran. Wei Ran, the snake of Hengshan. Hit the head to reach the end, hit the tail to reach the end, and hit the middle to reach the end. Dare to ask: Can a thief make Ruowei look good? Said: Yes. Husbands and Wus are at odds with each other, and when they are in the same boat, they will help each other. That's why, covering the horse and burying the wheel is not enough; [Cao Cao said: Fang Ma, tie the horse. Buried in the wheel, still can't move. This statement is not as difficult as Quan Qiao. Therefore, it is said: Although the square horse is buried in the wheel, it is not enough. 〕If Qi Yong is one, there is also the way of integrity; strength and softness are both available, and the law of the earth is also.
[Cao Cao said: The strong and the weak are also the same. 〕
Therefore, those who make good use of soldiers must join hands to make one person a last resort.
〔Cao Cao said: Qi Yi looks too. 〕
Regarding generals, be quiet and righteous.
〔Cao Cao said: It is said that it is pure, quiet, deep and righteous. 〕
The eyes and ears of fools make ignorance;
〔Cao Cao said: Stupid, wrong too. People can succeed with success, not with consideration. 〕Change their things, change their plans, and make the people ignorant; change their residences and detours, so that the people will not worry.
Shuai climbed high and went to its ladder; Shuai went deep into the land of the princes and found opportunities. If you drive a flock of sheep, drive away, drive here, you don’t know what to do.
〔Cao Cao said: He has his heart. 〕
Gathering the three armies and throwing them into danger is a matter of generals.
〔Cao Cao said: Dangerous, difficult. 〕
The changes in the nine places, the benefits of flexion and extension, and the rationale of human feelings must be observed.
[Cao Cao said: People will advance when they see benefits, but they will retreat when they suffer. 〕
Anyone who serves as a guest: deep is specialized, shallow is scattered. Those who go to the country and cross the border and teach, also Jedi. Four thorough ones are also Qudi. Those who enter the deep, the earth is also heavy; those who enter the shallow, the earth is light. Those who hold back the former will encircle the land; those who hold back the former enemy will die. Those who go nowhere are poor. Therefore, scattered, I will have one ambition.
Lightly, I will make it.
[Cao Cao said: Make the intersect belong. 〕
Fight for land, I will not stay.
〔Cao Cao said: Geographical advantage is the first, so it is time to move forward quickly. 〕
Hand over the ground, I will consolidate it. Qudi, I will take it seriously. Heavy, I will follow behind.
〔Cao Cao said: looting him. 〕
Covering the ground, I will make my way.
[Cao Cao said: I'm sick too. 〕
Surrounding the land, I will stop it.
〔Cao Cao said: With one heart. 〕
Deadly, I will show it is not alive.
[Cao Cao said: Encouraging people. 〕
Therefore, the affection of the princes is imperial.
〔Cao Cao said: The relatives hold the imperial life. 〕
Fight as a last resort,
[Cao Cao said: There is no alternative. 〕
If you pass, follow.
[Cao Cao said: If you fall too much, then you should follow the plan. 〕
Therefore, those who do not know the plans of the princes cannot pre-pay; those who do not know the mountains, forests, obstacles, and the shape of depression cannot march; those who do not use the village guide cannot benefit from the land.
[Cao Cao said: These three things have already been reported in the past, and those who revert to the cloud cannot use soldiers if they are strong, so the repetition is also possible. 〕Four or five, one doesn’t know, it’s not a kingly soldier.
[Cao Cao said: Four or five are the pros and cons of the nine places. Or say: the last four or five things are also. 〕The enemy of the king and hegemony: if you defeat a big country, the crowds will not gather; if you overwhelm the enemy, they will not be able to accompany them.
For this reason, we don’t care for the world’s friends, and don’t care about the world’s power; to extend our own selfishness and prejudice to the enemy:
[Cao Cao said: Those who make friends, do not form the power of the world's princes, but never make friends in the world, and seize the power of the world, so the majesty is selfish. 〕The old country can be pulled out, and the city can be good.
〔Cao Cao said: Do not hesitate to make a statement about the military decrees and do not hesitate to apply it. The Law of Sima says: “Oaths on the enemy, rewards with merit.”
No reward, no order. If one person commits the three armed forces:
〔Cao Cao said: commit a crime, use it. It is clear that rewards and punishments are used, even if they are used by one person. 〕
If you commit something, don't tell it by words; [Cao Cao said: The soldier is still deceitful. 〕
Do not sue Eli if you commit harm.
〔Cao Cao said: Don’t let you know harm. 〕
Throw the land of death and then survive, sink the land of death and then rebirth.
[Cao Cao said: There must be a desperate battle, or in the place of death, there will be losers. Sun Bin said: "The soldiers are afraid to die if they don't vote."] The husbands are trapped, and then they can win for defeat. Therefore, it is a matter of soldiers, in the meaning of surviving the enemy, [Cao Cao said: feigning, foolishness. Or: if he wants to enter, set ambush and retreat; if he wants to go, open and strike. 〕Combining force has always been to kill generals thousands of miles, [Cao Cao said: First show the weaknesses of leisure and emptiness, and the enemy will benefit from each other, although the generals can be captured for thousands of miles. ] [One said: Combine your soldiers against the enemy, although you can capture their generals for thousands of miles. 〕This is a coincidence.
[Cao Cao said: It's a coincidence. One work is a clever attack. ] For this reason, on the day of political exercise, there is no way to pass the messenger; [Cao Cao said: If you make a decision, you must close the beam, never use the letter, and do not use the messenger. 〕Encourage on the gallery, to punish others.
〔Cao Cao said: Zhuo, Zhiye. 〕
If the enemy opens a gate, he must enter it urgently.
〔Cao Cao said: There is a gap between the enemy, so we should rush in. 〕
First what he loves,
[Cao Cao said: According to convenience. 〕
Slightly with the expectation,
〔Cao Cao said: The posterity will be issued, and the first will arrive. 〕
Practice ink and follow the enemy to make a decisive battle.
[Cao Cao said: To practice rules, impermanence. 〕
Therefore, at first it is like a virgin, the enemy opens an account; afterwards, like a rabbit, the enemy is too late to refuse.
〔Cao Cao said: The virgin shows weakness, and she sheds rabbits to get sick. 〕