Chapter 15 The Danger of Change 2

Wu Qi's study and not returning home is a great evil; Da Yu's water control and not returning home is a great good. In fact, the essential difference between the two is not big. However, if Wu Qi really kills his wife and asks for a general, it is indeed a shame for a gentleman.

No matter how Wu Qi is, he has indeed done extraordinary things in governing the army and the country.

Wu Qi, who left the State of Lu sadly, was reused by Wei Wenhou and stationed in the West River. After repeatedly defeating the State of Wei, the State of Qin dared not step into the West River for more than ten years.

Wu Qi's way of employing people has played a full role in his military career, especially his unique way of motivation. The so-called incentive method mainly comes from three aspects: reward, punishment and emotion. If other military strategists such as Sima Rang Tho, Sun Wu and others rule the army, Wu Qi will govern the army with emotion. The rule of law is passive, while the rule of law is active.

In Juzhang and Xiaoxi, I have always adopted Wu Qi's method of governing the army, supplemented by military law.

Wu Qi's way of employing people is remarkable, and the people who could reuse Wu Qi at that time were also quite courageous.

Because of his character, Wei Wenhou consulted Minister Li Yu before reusing Wu Qi. The politician, who was regarded as a model of political reform by later generations, made a comprehensive evaluation of Wu Qi - his character is "greedy and lustful"; his talent is "unable to use the military. Wei Wenhou and Li Yu's strategy of employing people is Cao Cao's policy and systematic "only act". This policy of employing people is precisely the way that Duke Huan of Qi reuses Ning Qi and Liu Bang, Emperor Gao of Han, reuses Chen Ping.

Wu Qi, who is not virtuous, expressed his understanding of the appointment of talents in a conversation with Wei Hou.

Once Wei Wuhou (son of Wenhou) inspected the West River and saw the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, he couldn't help praising: "The beauty is the strength of the mountains and rivers, this is the treasure of the State of Wei!"

Wu Qi replied, "It's not dangerous in Germany."

In the autumn of the country's critical survival, people are allowed to be talented; while when the country gradually enters the world, it needs to be virtuous. At the same time, Wu Qi's proposition of governing the country is "cultivating morality internally and governing externally." It is not advisable to specialize in morality or martial arts. Germany is the foundation of the country, and if this foundation is touched, it will bring harm to the governance of the country.

These claims mark Wu Qi's evolution from a general to a politician. In the words of the ancients, it is "the wind of a national scholar".

In today's Jin Dynasty, it is difficult to find a simple general. Because those generals who are good at fighting but not good at politics have long been victims in previous court struggles. Since I joined the army, with the rise of the military, more and more things have nothing to do with the military have been involved. Fortunately, I am not the leader of an army. Many things are handled by the master generals, and we as generals and military officials can be safe and worry-free.

And this time I just served as the guard of Xiaoju Zhangcheng, and I was so slandered. From this, I think of my predecessor, the upright owner. It was precisely because of his tactility that the merits of the Battle of Yushui were wiped out, and he was demoted from a captain to a landlord and became a general in this remote sentence city.

Compaion with this owner, I'm just being suspected by people. The suspicion that Wu Qi received in those years made him lose his power in the State of Wei.

Wu Qi, who was hated and excluded, was forced to leave the State of Wei and moved to the State of Chu. Fortunately, Wu Qi was heavily used in the State of Chu and eventually became the Ling Yin (Cang) of the State of Chu.

Of course, Wu Qi's ending is still a tragedy. He was killed by his political enemies because of his determined reform.

These stories of Wu Qi make me think not only of the difficulty of marching and fighting, but also of the difficulty of dealing with people. If you want to do great things, you will inevitably fall into such contradictions. Imagine which person who relies on righteousness and does great things is not in all kinds of whirlpools, and who can really be alone? However, successful people can stick to their goals without minding these grudges along the way.

A few days later, the people's negative feelings about me and the defenders slowly dissipated due to the passage of time and the deepening of understanding, and their uneasiness finally stabilized.

After all, the number of defenders is limited. It is not that we soldiers do not try our best, but that the speed of repair of the city wall is far less than the speed of destruction. Although the people were recruited to build the city together, everyone knew that the wall would not last long.

These days, the people have seen the burglar barracks outside Xiaoxi Village with their own eyes, and it is not difficult to imagine what kind of situation they will face if they are in a sentence. The sentence is not a place of victory. Although the stream is small, the terrain is good and it is not easy to be surrounded. As long as you guard the north wall, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack. Once the sentence is surrounded, it will be attacked by enemies on all sides, and the destruction of the city is only a matter of time.

However, for me, retreating to the stream is not entirely for preservation. The purpose of the expeditive retreat is to seek opportunities to attack.

In addition to patrolling the village, supervising the army and dealing with civil affairs, I just lock myself in my room and look at several maps that I have drawn in a mess every day.

These maps were painted by me after I personally scouted with several soldiers. In addition to the mountains and rivers near the sentence, the map also shows the deployment and dynamics of Sun En's armies in detail. Although I am only a county guard, I am trying to look at the whole war from the perspective of Liu Laozhi.

As Liu Laozhi's Sima and joining the army, this is what I should do; as a soldier who is modeled by ancient famous generals, this is what I must do; as a person who wants to clarify the injustice with victory, this is what I have to do.

From a global perspective, we should not only hold the small stream village and contain more than 10,000 people and tens of thousands of people in the stream, but also give Sun En a hard blow at the right time and destroy his assembly based on the whole stream.

And in the past few days, I also figured out the reason why Sun En destroyed the city.

Sun En destroyed Juzhang City, not because he thought that Juzhang City was not good, but precisely because Juzhang City was so good.

This seems a little strange, but it is reasonable to think about it.

In such a small city, they used more than ten times their troops to attack for months and failed to attack; such a small cottage as Xiaoxi, they used dozens of times their troops to attack for several months without progress. Wu Juncheng, which they defended, was captured by Liulao in only one day; Huiji City was also captured when the siege army was restrained on all sides and the troops were insufficient.

Sun En must think that there are no people in his army who are neither good at defending the city nor those who are good at attacking the city. Instead of sitting and enjoying the city for a few days, it's better to destroy the city. In this way, the city will not be taken by our army one day, and it will take time and effort to conquer it in the future.

In addition, the city is destroyed, and it is possible to engage in a position battle when the two armies meet. Thieves who are at a disadvantage in attacking and defending the city are more looking forward to a position battle. Sun Wuyu, Huan Fujii and other famous generals who were brave and good at fighting in the Beifu army were defeated by the position battle outside Huiji City?

In addition to the above reasons, I can't think of any other reason that can destroy Sun En's city.

If Sun En really destroys Juzhang City and then sets up a large camp in the plain to gather troops, it may create a good opportunity for us to defeat the enemy. It's just that I haven't figured out a clear idea yet.