Attack it unprepared, surprise it. The victory of this soldier cannot be passed on first. - "Sun Tzu's Art of War and Counting" Meaning: to attack when the enemy is defenseless, and to act where the enemy does not expect. This is the mystery of military victory and cannot be explained in advance.
Being good at scheming and deceit is a consistent tradition of the Chinese art of war.
Sun Tzu advocated moving quickly during combat, and attacking quickly when he was unexpected or unprepared. In this way, the final victory can be achieved faster and easier.
Where there is an opponent, there will be war, and where there is war, there will be intrigue and trickery. To attack him unexpectedly is to pick the way that the opponent can't think of, the time he can't think of, and the time he can't think of, and he will strike hard when he is not paying attention.
Li Yuxue's night attack on Cai Prefecture and the capture of Wu Yuanji are a typical example. Cai Prefecture was formed during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang, and was later brought to power by Wu Yuanji, endangering the imperial court. The imperial court appointed Li Yu as an envoy to Jiedu and rebelled against Wu Yuanji. Late one night, the wind and snow were blowing. Li Yu decided to sneak into Cai Prefecture. The Tang army forcibly marched more than thirty kilometers and finally arrived in Caizhou. In order not to let the enemy troops notice, Li Yu ordered people to take sticks and go to the goose and duck pond under the city. Only a screeching scream could be heard, covering up the voices of the centaurs. At four o'clock, Li Yu's army reached the city of Caizhou, and the defenders of the city were still unaware. Tang soldiers climbed to the head of the outer city and killed the sleeping gatekeepers, leaving only the night watchmen and asking them to report as usual, so as not to alarm the enemy. Then the gates of the city were opened to welcome the army into the city. At the time of the rooster's chirping, the snow stopped, and Li Yu's troops had already entered Wu Yuanji's outer residence. At this time, someone realized that the situation was not right, so they reported to Wu Yuanji. Wu Yuanji couldn't lie up and said with a smile: "This must be the prisoners making trouble, and we will clean them up after dawn." ” After a while, someone reported: "The city gate has been opened by the officers and soldiers!" Wu Yuanji still said disapprovingly, "Probably the children of the defenders have come to us to ask for cold clothes!" It wasn't until he heard the tang army's order that Wu Yuanji became frightened and took a few of his cronies to Yacheng to resist. The Tang army attacked Yacheng, and at dusk, the city gate was broken, and Wu Yuanji raised a white flag and surrendered. After many plans and careful preparations, Pei Du and Li Yu unexpectedly took advantage of the situation when Wu Yuanji was unguarded, and raided Cai Prefecture by surprise, and finally captured Wu Yuanji and pacified Cai Prefecture.
It can be seen that everything is developing and changing, and only changes with change. The essence of the "tricky way" of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" lies in the use of unexpected methods to carry out sudden strikes when the opponent has not yet taken precautions, so that the opponent can make more wrong judgments in the panic, resulting in successive failures. In this way, our side can win a surprising victory and achieve major victories.
"Surprise, attack" is not only applicable to war, in our ordinary life, if used properly, it can also receive miraculous results. The core of this strategy lies in "odd", to take advantage of the weakness of the opponent's thinking inertia, break the convention, do not follow common sense and common sense, and achieve their own goals.
On one occasion, the court held a hearing on an insurance indemnity case. The plaintiff claimed that his shoulder had been injured by a falling lift shaft, resulting in his right arm still not being lifted, and demanded huge compensation from the insurance company. The insurance company knew he was blackmailing, but the man was tough, rejecting the offer of out-of-court mediation and insisting that he go to court to settle it. The insurance company had to hire a well-known lawyer to defend the company. The lawyer carefully analyzed the facts of the case, observed the plaintiff, and quickly saw the flaws. But instead of pointing directly, he asked the plaintiff: "Can you show us how high your arm can be lifted now?" The plaintiff showed great difficulty, slowly raised his arm to the height of the ear, and said that he could not raise it higher. The lawyer asked, "So how high could you lift before you were injured?" ” As soon as the words stopped, the plaintiff involuntarily raised his arm above his head. At this moment, not only the observers in the courtroom laughed loudly, but even the plaintiff himself blushed for revealing the flaws.
This clever lawyer cleverly took advantage of the plaintiff's negligence, seized the opportunity in the plaintiff's unexpected situation, and was able to expose himself.
When using this trick, remember not to strike the grass and snake before the action, and act rashly. Instead, we must try to create illusions, confuse the other party, and also calm down, wait and see what happens, and shoot when it is time to shoot. Otherwise, if the other party finds some clues, then all your efforts will be abandoned.