In China s historical wars, angels are not as good as geography, and geography is not as good as peo

Mencius said: "The time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people." The city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, the ring and attack it without victory.

If the husband attacks it, there will be those who have the right time; However, the one who does not win is not as good as the time and the place. The city is not high, the pool is not deep, the military revolution is not strong, and the rice millet is not much; Entrusted to go, the geographical advantage is not as good as the people. Therefore, it is said:

The people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not take the risk of mountains and streams, and the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution. Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help. The widow is helpless, and the relatives are beside them; If you help more, the world will follow it.

With the world's obedience, attack the relatives of the side; Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will win the war. ”

---Mencius said, "Favorable timing and climate are not as good as favorable terrain, and favorable terrain is not as good as the concerted efforts of men." A small city with a wall within three miles and a city wall seven miles away cannot be breached by a siege on all sides.

Since the siege is on all sides, there are always times when there is a good time or good weather, but it is still impossible to break through, which shows that the favorable timing and climate are not as good as the favorable terrain. On the other hand, the city walls were not high, the moat was not deep, the weapons and armor were not extremely sharp and strong, and the grain and grass were not sufficient, but they still abandoned the city and fled, which shows that the favorable terrain is not as good as the concerted efforts of the people. So to speak:

The common people cannot be restrained by blocking the border line, the country cannot be protected by relying on mountains and rivers, and the prestige of the world cannot be achieved by relying on sharp weapons. Those who possess morality receive more help, and those who lose morality receive less help. When the number of people who help is extremely small, even relatives will defect; When there are many people who help to the extreme, all the people under the whole person will obey.

To attack a person who will defect even to his relatives with the force that everyone in the world is obedient to must be invincible without a fight. ”

In "Mencius: Gongsun Chouxia", there is a passage that says "there is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust", which is still popular and familiar. Mencius said: "The time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people."

There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. The widow is helpless, and the relatives are beside them; If you help more, the world will be smooth, and you will be able to attack your relatives with what you are doing with the world; Therefore, if a gentleman does not fight, he will win the war. Mencius meant that the time is not as important as the location, and the location is not as important as the people.

The reason why "people" is the most important is because "there is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust." When a man supports him to the extreme, that is to say, his allies have defected from him; When a person supports him to the extreme, that is to say, the vast majority of people will support him. This creates a situation in which the overwhelming majority of the forces that support him are used to fight against those who have defected even their allies; Those who are morally supported by the overwhelming majority of the people do not necessarily use force to solve the problem, but if they use force, they will be invincible.

The main reason is that the time is not as good as the location can be used, the location is not as good as the people and can be controlled, and for the commander, there is no one who knows how to see the time of the day, and there is no one who can gather people, after all, there is only one Zhuge Liang Shenma.

Time: The general environment, such as the cause and effect of the events at that time.

Location: Whether the location is favorable to us.

Harmony: the hearts of the people.

It's all the old yellow calendar, and the experience can only be used for reference, not copied.

The war theory of "the time is not as good as the place, and the location is not as good as the people" This classic wisdom of war theory has been repeatedly proved by reality in the modern wars of the 20 th century! For example, the Second World War, the most striking Great Patriotic War of the former Soviet Union against fascist Germany! The German army attempted to continue to dominate the vast territory of Soviet Russia through blitzkrieg.

Hitler wanted to destroy the will and resistance of the Soviet Union with a lightning attack. In the middle of the war, the German army found it difficult to move forward, and the Soviet people stubbornly and unyieldingly resisted the advance of the German army, especially when the Soviet Union's harsh cold and freezing winter came.

Mencius visited Qi when he was about the king of Qiwei, and it seems that he also visited Wei at the same time, and met the king of Wei Hui and the king of Wei Xiang successively. When the king of Qi Xuan arrived, he came to Qi again. He also went to Teng, Xue, Song, Zou, Liang and other countries.

The Historical Records said that during the time of Mencius, the Qin and Qi kingdoms used Shang Ying, Tian Ji and others to enrich the country and strengthen the army and attack the country, and Mencius described it as "the virtue of the three generations of Tang and Yu", and the monarchs of various countries could not use it because of their "far-reaching and broader than things", so Mencius and his disciple Wan Zhang and others wrote books and said. However, according to Mencius, Mencius went to Wei, was courteous to the king of Wei, and asked Mencius for advice on how to govern the country. Mencius was in Qi, and King Xuan appointed him as the secretary, "dozens of cars and hundreds of servants, in order to pass on food to the princes".

Then Qi will be able to adopt some of his doctrines and propositions, so he will be able to be prominent for a while.

Is the battle of Guandu not as good as the location Cao Cao has many princes peeping at him in addition to Yuan Shao, but Cao is garrison occupies the geographical advantage, even if you occupy the geographical advantage, your soldiers and horses are not as big as Yuan Shao, but Xu You defected to Cao Cao, the grain and grass were burned, and there was no grain and grass. . . In short, Yuan Shao was destroyed... Looking at Sun Tzu's Art of War, didn't mention people?

There are five articles: Tao, Heaven, Earth, General, Legal System, and Five Articles.

Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, occupying the time of the day, successfully used the flood to flood the ban. But Cao Ren took advantage of the location, so Guan Yu still couldn't attack it.

In the end, because Guan Yu lost the hearts of the people, the Jingzhou defenders surrendered to Lü Meng, and Guan Yu was finally defeated and died.

The Battle of the Hundred Regiments is the most typical example.

Battle of Guandu: Cao Cao occupied the time of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and attacked Yuan Shao in the name of the righteous army, Yuan Shao's subordinates rebelled and took refuge in Cao Shuncao, and Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, who was stronger than himself. Battle of Red Cliffs:

With the help of the Yangtze River moats and geographical conditions such as the northern soldiers not being accustomed to water warfare, the Sun-Wu coalition army burned Cao Cao's 830,000 troops with one fire. Seven captures of Meng Huo: Shu Han founded the country, all the ethnic groups in the southwest were submitted, but Meng won refused to submit, the people's hearts were lost, Zhuge Liang waved his army to the south, seven captures and seven verticals, and finally Meng was returned to Shu Han and never rebelled.

The enemy is outnumbered, and the city has just been destroyed, and it is not right to retreat the enemy with stones and bows and arrows, but should use stratagem. He asked his soldiers to sit with him in the city, drinking and playing as if nothing had happened. The enemy suspected that the city was prepared, and had to retreat.

Qi Zuling also used a similar method to withdraw his troops, and his method was one more trick than Zhang Shougui's: When the thieves thought that the city was empty and there was no guard, he suddenly ordered the soldiers to shout loudly, which made the thieves even more foolish, so they had to retreat.