What was the most important question in ancient warfare? After going through so many martial arts, you will find that attacking the city is a very stupid decision, and it has to be said that the ancients often had the wisdom of genius. The attack on Ping'an County by Commander Li in the bright sword was opposed by so many people, which just proved such a thing. It's not because it's bad to attack the city, it's because it's too hard. At this time, some people will ask the question, since the city is so difficult to attack, why not choose to take a detour?
What is the basis for victory in the war? The first way is to wipe out the enemy completely, but in wars since ancient times, such things are rare, you have 200,000 troops, I have 200,000 troops, I will destroy you all, it is simply an impossible thing. Of course, there is also a way to occupy an important military fortress of the enemy, that is, the city. Compared to the former, this is the simplest and most straightforward method. The reason why the city is a city is because it is an important traffic artery and a very good military fortress, and anyone who can attack the city will become a hegemon, and since ancient times, the competition for the city has been an extremely difficult thing. How many wars have opened around the offensive and defensive battles of the city, and how many people have fallen in front of the city gates. Although there is a lot of historical proof, there are still some stubborn people who want to break a hole in the city gate.
Those brilliant military generals, who have been in the battlefield for a long time, have clever minds and wisdom, and even if they choose to fight with the city gates, they will not choose to bypass the city and occupy other places, not because they can't, because such things are too difficult. If you are a person who is proficient in the construction of cities, you will find such a phenomenon, in ancient times, cities were important transportation routes. In other words, the more convenient the traffic, the more people will gather a lot, and this place will form a city. They were also important military fortresses for these transportation arteries, and occupying a city could stretch hundreds of miles. In addition, in order to prevent the problem of war, the builders of the city will adopt the method of adapting to local conditions, such as the city gate is located at the dangerous point of the mountain pass.
If you plan to bypass the city and attack the next stronghold, you will find your troops like headless flies, and you will repeatedly hit walls. Needles for those mountain passes, need to waste a lot of time, but also need to walk the mountain road. This is too much to consume resources. The enemy is not a fool, from the moment you set off, the enemy will be aware of it and make relevant deployments, there will be an ambush on the way, and sudden natural disasters and man-made disasters in the process of walking are unknown things. In this way, the losses of the army are even greater, and before they have completed their tasks, they have already lost their troops, which is absolutely impossible.
Sometimes I have to admit that the ancients are really full of great wisdom, in fact, as early as thousands of years ago, the completion of Sun Tzu's art of war has been regarded as a collection of works, do not underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, otherwise it will definitely be ridiculed. We should bring this wisdom together and then apply it to our actual lives, so that we can develop better. The matter of war has undergone thousands of years of cultivation, and weapons and equipment in different periods have become more and more advanced, but wisdom is always the core of the essence. The ultimate victory of a war is never based on weapons and equipment, but on the rhythm of the clever generals. It is the embodiment of the flexible application of the art of war. In the wars of thousands of years, there are very few good generals, these people have summed up their experience on the battlefield, and then passed down their treasures, which is really a thing that has to be admired, life is only a few decades, people who understand these great wisdoms must be people with infinite strength, and also bring a period of good stories to future generations.