Many allusions in ancient China are actually to highlight a truth in order to achieve the effect of educating the people, but this often leads to a result, that is, the logic does not make sense.
The story of Tian Ji's horse racing is well known, with the help of Sun Bin, Tian Ji won the race, this story reflects Sun Bin's wisdom, but it is indeed inappropriate to think about it carefully.
The follow-up of Tian Ji horse racing, why not talk about it in the textbook?
Just because the real truth is hidden in the aftermath, because winning a horse race is essentially a stupid victory.
1. Clever horse racing
Sun Bin, who was chased and killed by Pang Juan, finally picked up a life with the help of Qi State.
When he came to the Qi country, he became the disciple of the general Tian Ji, Tian Ji was brave and good at fighting, but he lacked strategy and was not enough to guard against people, so Sun Bin's arrival was a very good supplement for him.
Soon after arriving at Tian Ji's door, Sun Bin impressed Tian Ji because of one thing, yes, horse racing.
During the Warring States Period, the princes and nobles had no hobbies on weekdays, and they liked to race horses in the palace the most, and King Qi Wei was a fanatic of horse racing.
Horse racing in ancient times was much like today's motorsports, and the most important thing was not the rider, but the quality of the horse.
As the king, King Qi Wei naturally has the ability to collect the best horses in the world, and also has the strength to let these precious horses get the best feeding and training.
Although Tian Ji is a general, but the comprehensive strength and the king must not be compared, so his horses are worse than King Qi Wei, in the horse race, Tian Ji has been losing, never won at all, he is very distressed about this.
After Sun Bin learned about this, he went to ask Tian Ji if he wanted to win once?
Tian Ji slapped the table and shouted loudly that of course he wanted to win, he had already lost a lot of money, no matter how fun a game was, it would not be fun to lose all the time.
Sun Bin smiled slightly when he heard this, and told Tian Ji that according to his observations, the horses of the three ranks under Tian Ji's command were not as good as King Qi Wei, so it was natural to lose. But it's not that there is no way to win, wait until the next horse race, you just listen to me, Tian Ji agreed with doubts.
Tian Ji was skeptical, and soon it was the day of the next horse race.
King Qi Wei directly took out his superior horse, and just when Tian Ji beckoned his subordinates to also take out his own superior horse, Sun Bin stopped him: "General, use your inferior horse to fight." ”
Although Tian Ji was a little puzzled, he still chose to believe it, but the final result of the game was quite tragic, and King Qi Wei's superior horse galloped, throwing Tian Ji's inferior horse far away, causing everyone to laugh, and bluntly said that Tian Ji's horse did not eat enough forage.
In the second game, King Qi Wei sent a second-class horse, Sun Bin asked Tian Ji to take out a first-class horse, and the first-class horse was against a second-class horse, although Tian Ji's horse was not as good as King Qi Wei, but after all, it was a level higher, and in the end Tian Ji's horse won by a slight advantage.
In the last game, Tian Ji's second-class horse won, he jumped up excitedly, and Sun Bin showed an intriguing look on the side.
It was precisely because of this incident that Tian Ji began to throw himself into Sun Bin.
Second, Wei Wei rescued Zhao
This is generally the case in the textbooks, so one has to ask, what about the story after the horse race?
In fact, Sun Bin's name has long been prestigious, and after coming to the Qi State, he was soon entrusted with important tasks.
At that time, Wei invaded Zhao, and the army had already arrived at the city of Handan, and the king of Zhao sent a request for help from the state of Qi, and the king of Qi Wei held a high-level meeting and finally decided to send troops to rescue Zhao.
Considering that Pang Juan was the general of Wei, and Sun Bin had a blood feud with him, King Qi Wei asked Tian Ji and Sun Bin to complete this mission.
When the Qi army set off, Sun Bin received the news that Handan City was broken, and he immediately changed his combat strategy.
If you go to Handan at this time, how long will Qi's 80,000 troops have to go? By the time Zhao has reached Zhao, the daylilies have been cold, and now if you want to save Zhao, you must force Wei to take the initiative to withdraw its troops.
Tian Ji was puzzled and took the initiative to withdraw his troops? The Wei army was about to capture the capital of Zhao State, so how could it be possible to take the initiative to withdraw its troops?
Sun Bin replied, the entire army of Wei is in the territory of Zhao State, and Daliang, the capital of Wei, must be empty, why don't we attack Daliang directly, and Pang Juan will definitely rush back when the time comes.
In this way, Sun Bin sent a force to attack Daliang, and left many small troops along the way, giving Pang Juan the feeling that the Qi army was on the road, but ambushed the real main force on the way back of the Wei army.
Pang Juan was fighting hotly here, but suddenly received a request for help from the King of Wei, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and was harassed by the Qi army on the way.
But Pang Juan commanded the troops to rush to Daliang desperately, and in order to speed up, he also gave up the baggage of the troops.
But all this was an illusion created by Sun Bin for him, when the Wei army was exhausted, the Qi army that had been ambushed for a long time rushed out, killed the Wei army, abandoned the armor, and fled.
Tian Ji and Sun Bin won a battle, and the siege of Wei to save Zhao has become a good story for the ages.
A few years later, Wei invaded Korea again, Tian Ji and Sun Bin, the old partner, went out of the mountain again, and repeated the "encirclement of Wei to save Zhao", Pang Juan was defeated again and killed himself.
These two battles did bring Tian Ji's prestige in the Qi Kingdom to the peak, but because he was too popular, it also aroused the suspicion of others.
In the end, he was framed by someone and fled to the state of Chu, while Sun Bin quietly lived in seclusion and never asked about the world.
3. Human feelings are sophisticated
How was Tian Ji framed?
The reason is that Zou Ji, as the prime minister, was originally only lower than the king, but Tian Ji's military exploits were so great that he couldn't hold it back.
Zou Ji was afraid that Tian Ji would replace him in the future, so he ordered someone to take the gold to someone on the street to tell his fortune, and then caught this person and asked him what he was?
He replied that General Tian Ji was going to plot a great cause, and let him calculate the good and the bad.
Zou Ji brought this person to the King of Qi, and the King of Qi was furious, and Tian Ji learned the news in advance and fled in a hurry.
To tell the truth, this framing scheme is too childish, no matter how mediocre King Qi is, he can detect that it is fake, but why did King Qi believe it?
The reason is that he is also unhappy with Tian Ji.
In the case of horse racing, it is really unpleasant to lose all the time. But you keep losing to the king, shouldn't you?
Just like in the modern workplace, do you dare to win leadership?
Of course not, if Tian Ji keeps losing to King Qi, he will be King Qi's henchman, but once he wins, he will stand on the opposite side of King Qi.
Sun Bin thought that his idea had helped Tian Ji, but he didn't know that in officialdom, the most important thing is not winning or losing, but being sophisticated.
What's the use of climbing high? Saving your life is the truth.
The two major wars later made Tian Ji's prestige high, and he should have understood the truth of the merit and the lord at the first time, instead of swaggering back, which could only make the king feel offended.
Fortunately, Tian Ji was finally invited back by King Qi Xuan, and it can be regarded as a thrilling and dangerous death.
As for why don't the textbooks talk about these follow-ups?
It's also very simple, the textbook is for children to learn.
First, children are young and may not be able to understand too esoteric content for a while;
Second, the purpose of learning this article is to let children learn to "look at the problem from a different angle, don't be brainless", if the people in it are too clear, it is not conducive to the healthy development of children's mental health.
Children, it's better to keep your innocence and kindness.