3. Show your skills on the racecourse
Finally, one day, Sun Bin saw an opportunity to escape. He quietly visited the emissaries of the State of Qi who had come to the State of Wei, and after some lobbying, the emissaries felt that Sun Zhi was very talented, so they secretly took him to the State of Qi and recommended him to the general of the State of Qi, Tian Ji, after contacting Sun Zhi, found that Sun Zhi did have a strategy, and he was very important to him.
Tian Ji
Tian Ji liked horse racing, and had many horse races with the kings and princes of Qiwei, and also made bets, but he often ended up in failure. After Sun Bing came, Tian Ji asked him for advice. Sun Bing watched the horse racing situation, and he found that Tian Ji and the qi king's horses were on a par with each other. So he divided the horses into upper, middle, and lower grades, and said to Tian Ji, "General, race boldly!" You just make a big bet, and I promise you'll win. Tian Ji believed in Sun Zhen very much, so he and the King of Qi and the princes used thousands of gold as a bet.
As the race was about to begin, Sun Bin gave Tian Ji an idea: "Use your inferior horses against their superior horses, use your superior horses to deal with their middle horses, and finally use your middle horses against their inferior horses." ”
The game began, only the crisp sound of the gong was heard, and the horses on both sides rushed out like arrows off the string. King Qi's horse had been rushing ahead, and it was far ahead. King Qi Wei, who was sitting in the stands, was really full of spring breeze and very proud. Some officials in the stands also felt that Tian Ji's horse was too bad to be compared to King Wei's. Tian Ji was not discouraged, because according to Sun Zhen's instructions, he used his inferior horse to compete with the superior horse of King Qi, and the disparity in strength was too great, and it was inevitable that he would fall behind. At this time, the end of the gong sounded, and in the first game, King Qi Wei won.
The second game began, with Tian Ji using his superior horse against King Wei's medium horse. In this game, Tian Ji's horse rushed in front, And King Qi Wei's horse could not catch up, and Tian Ji won the second game.
In the third set, Tian Ji used his medium horse to compete against king Qi Wei's inferior horse, and the result was also won.
The whole game went through three sets, and the result was: Wei Wang won one win and two losses, Tian Ji won two wins and one defeat, combined, Tian Ji won the victory, and finally won the Thousand Gold Bet of Qi Wang.