When it comes to the Battle of Maling, the most likely thing that people think of is the fighting method between Sun Bing and Pang Juan, Sun Zhen used a strategy to defeat the Wei army, and Pang Juan knew that he was poor and defeated, and it was difficult to get out, so he drew his sword and killed himself.
Pang Juan is dead, Sun Zhen has a great revenge, it seems that Pang Juan is the biggest loser in the Battle of Maling, in fact, it is not, read this history carefully, you will find that the biggest loser in this war is not Pang Juan, but someone else, this person is Prince Shen.
In the Battle of Maling, the commander of the State of Wei actually had two people, one was Pang Juan, and the other was the honorable Crown Prince Shen. Before the two countries could fight, some people saw that Prince Shen was going to become the biggest loser, and this person was Xu Zi of Waihuang.
The army set out and passed by Waihuang, and Xu Zi of Waihuang begged to see Prince Shen, saying that he had "the art of winning a hundred battles". Prince Shen was very happy to hear this and hurried to ask for advice. In the face of the eager Crown Prince Shen, Xu Zi said, Prince, you personally lead the army to attack Qi, even if you defeat the State of Qi and occupy Judi, you are rich but you have the State of Wei, and your honor is only to be the King of Wei. If you can't defeat the State of Qi, then your descendants will never be able to get the State of Wei again. That's how I win every battle.
This remark seems to be not sticky to the "art of winning a hundred battles", but in fact, it contains a very profound truth. For Prince Shen, he led the army to win the State of Qi, but he still became the Prince of Wei, and finally became the King of Wei, and owned the world of the State of Wei; but if the battle was lost, his position as crown prince could not be saved, let alone let his children and grandchildren inherit as the King of Wei. To win, Prince Shen is to pay more, the risk is large, and the output is zero; if you lose, Prince Shen will have nothing. That is to say, Prince Shen led the army this time, whether he won or lost, he will be a loser, and if he wants to win, he can only put himself out of this war.
Prince Shen was also a very intelligent person, and immediately understood the meaning of Xu Zi's words, so he said to Xu Zi, Well, I know mr. Intention, I will listen to your advice and go back to China.
When Xu Zi heard this, he shook his head with a bitter smile and said to Prince Shen, Although you want to go back, I am afraid that it is already impossible. There are too many people who persuade the prince to fight and want to benefit from it, and I am afraid that you will not be able to go back.
When Prince Shen returned to the army, he had just said that he wanted to fight the road back to the house, and the person who drove him would stop doing it, and he took the radical method and said, Prince, how can you go back? Haven't you heard of it? The general and his men return as soon as they come out, which is the same as losing the battle.
The driving man's radical method was very effective, and Prince Shen changed his mind and continued to lead the army. As a result, in the Battle of Maling, Pang Juan committed suicide, Crown Prince Shen was captured, and the following year the State of Wei replaced the crown prince.
Pang Juan compared to Prince Shen, the Battle of Maling, Pang Juan lost only his life, and Prince Shen lost not only his life, but also the entire Wei State, and he really became the biggest loser in this war - everything was said by Xu Zi.
Prince Shen had lost completely, but he didn't blame Pang Juan for being incompetent enough to make himself end up like this, he could only blame himself for not listening to Xu Zi's words and letting a group of profit-seeking people kidnap his fate.