If there is a period of history in my country that is the most interesting and talked about, then it is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, during which various schools of thought emerged one after another. Mohist , Legal , Confucian , etc., wrote a brilliant stroke in the troubled times. Therefore, later generations collectively called those brilliant schools "all schools of thought".
is for example Qin famous ministers Zhang Yi . The famous saying is generally "The world is bustling, all for profit; temples and flies are all for fame." They came into the world and influenced the direction of the world's general trend. However, among the hundreds of schools of thought, the most mysterious thing is "Zongheng".
There are even many people who believe that although Zongheng's founder Guiguzi has not been born, it secretly affects the entire Warring States pattern, especially the birth of the four heroes of the disciples. Each time, it directly changed the direction of the Warring States Period. , and the grievances between Sun Bin and Pang Juan have been passed down for thousands of years.
Division came out of the same sect
Sun Bin, as a descendant of Sun Wu , perfectly inherited the military talent of his ancestors, and later learned from the most mysterious school of in the Warring States Period. Therefore, in military affairs, Sun Bin was simply Sun Wu alive, and it can even be said that no one in the Warring States Period was his opponent during the same period.
However, compared with Sun Bin's ancestor Sun Wu, he did not inherit the cunning "military means" in Sun Wu's military strategy. Instead, he was quite kind and easy-going, focused on emotions, and had no guard against the people around him. , and it was this "short" that led to the tragedy that happened later.
During the study in Guigu , Sun Bin met his junior brother Pang Juan. The two had a very good relationship when they were studying, especially Sun Bin almost regarded his junior brother Pang Juan as a relative, but Pang Juan was not like this.
As a person who has always had ambitions for fame and fortune, Pang Juan has been jealous of Sun Bin's talent since the beginning, but he has no choice but to do anything about it. Although Pang Juan is also talented in military talent and a rare genius, Sun Bin has always suppressed Pang Juan in military and military tactics. Over time, Pang Juan becomes more and more jealous of Sun Bin, and even feels "fear".
However, Pang Juan's life was not long for Sun Bin. A few years later, Pang Juan thought that his studies had been successful, so he directly joined the world and went to Wei State .
As a son of Guigu, Pang Juan was in a prosperous state in Wei State and soon became a general, commanding the troops of the whole country. For a time, Wei State was invincible under the leadership of Pang Juan.
Pang Juan designed to harm Sun Bin
, but after Pang Juan succeeded, he had always had a heartache, that is, his senior brother Sun Bin. If Sun Bin came out of the mountain to enter the officialdom at this time, his achievements would be a failure. So Pang Juan had a trick at this time. He first wrote a letter to invite Sun Bin to the State of Wei, and claimed in the letter that after his recommendation, King of Wei already knew Sun Bin's ability and was willing to give high-ranking officials a salary to show his ambitions.
When Sun Bin received a letter from his junior brother Pang Juan, he was extremely happy. Sun Bin did not think too much about whether he could become an official or to perform his revenge. After all, Sun Bin naively believed that his classmate had no reason to harm him, so excitedly left Guigu and went to Wei State, but he didn't know that this trip had fallen into Pang Juan's trick.
After Sun Bin came to Wei State, Pang Juan first pretended to entertain Sun Bin with great affection, and arranged for Sun Bin to stay and rest on the pretext of the exhaustion of boats and trains. Then he took Sun Bin to stroll one after another. Sun Bin also disagreed with this and believed that Pang Juan was reminiscing about the past with him.
Did you ever think that one morning, a team of soldiers from Wei directly came to Sun Bin and pressed him into the cell on the grounds that Tongqi planned to murder the King of Wei. Sun Bin was shocked and then asked to see Pang Juan. didn't know that this was Pang Juan's plan. He implemented the punishment committed by Sun Bin on a false charge, and then took action to eliminate future troubles.
After Sun Bin entered the cell, Pang Juan took the initiative to meet Sun Bin and deliberately comforted Sun Bin and said he would save him, but he privately bribed the prison yamen runners to abuse Sun Bin. Although Sun Bin was tortured at this time, he still firmly believed that his junior brother would save him.
But Sun Bin did not wait for Pang Juan's rescue in prison, but instead waited for bin-punishment and tattoo . First, he cut off kneecap and then tattooed on his face. If the cut off the kneecap is nothing to Sun Bin, , then tattooing is a humiliation that Sun Bin could not bear. The day when was punished for this has become an unforgettable day in his life.
pretended to be crazy and stupid, just for revenge
At this point, Sun Bin began to calmly analyze the causes and consequences of the matter, and finally pointed the finger at his most trusted junior brother Pang Juan.
Because Sun Bin was in prison at this time, he had been tolerant and refused to send it. His purpose was to take revenge in the future. Therefore, in order to survive, Sun Bin began to pretend to be crazy and stupid.
After learning about it, Pang Juan couldn't help but feel happy, but in order to consider it carefully, Pang Juan still visited Sun Bin himself. Sun Bin in prison sometimes cried and sometimes laughed foolishly, as if he was crazy, so he let go of his guard. However, as a "genius", Pang Juan was still worried about Sun Bin, so he immediately found someone to throw Sun Bin into the pigpen and then ate pig shit for him.
In the face of Pang Juan's various temptations, Sun Bin endured humiliation as always. When facing the pig shit that Pang Juan fed, Sun Bin still "happily" ate it. However, it was this "crazy" behavior that completely dispelled Pang Juan's concerns.
At this time, Sun Bin, who was living in the pigpen, was full of his mind to survive and seek revenge on Pang Juan. For this reason, Sun Bin pretended to be crazy and stupid in the pigpen every day, and kept pretending to be until the guards complained and began to complain about daily custody.
The impatient guards and Pang Juan's carelessness made Sun Bin extremely happy. After all, the more this is the case, the greater the possibility of Sun Bin escaping.
took the initiative to contact Qi envoys and fled from Wei
When Sun Bin heard from the guards that when the envoys of Qi visited Wei, they seemed to have seen the light of hope. He thought the time was ripe, so he took advantage of the night and quietly climbed out of the pigpen, came to Qi envoys' residence, and took the initiative to tell Qi envoys about his experience.
Qi Envoy was naturally very "disliked" with his old opponent Wei State. In addition, he sympathized with Sun Bin's experience, so the two of them began to conspire to escape from Wei State that night and made an agreement with Sun Bin that on the day they left, they would hide Sun Bin in the convoy accompanying him.
Because Sun Bin has been "pretending to be crazy and stupid", even during the day, the guards around Sun Bin are extremely relaxed, and it can even be said to be useless. After all, no one would think that a person who eats pig shit and a silly smile every day and night will be a normal person.
So Sun Bin's escape plan went very smoothly. When Pang Juan learned about this, he had already regretted it. After a while, Sun Bin, who came to Qi, came to the State of Qi, and talked to him, and became Tian Ji's aide, working specifically for him.
helps race horses and gains fame
After becoming Tian Ji's aide, Tian Ji still distrusts Sun Bin. After all, Tian Ji doesn't understand Sun Bin, and he still doesn't know his true ability. He believes that Sun Bin can only talk big, which is also possible. After all, there are too many such things in troubled times. What's more, Sun Bin is still a disabled person. Sun Bin is also well aware of the key points of this in , so Sun Bin has been waiting for an opportunity to turn things around.
has always had a tradition of horse racing in Qi. On this day, Tian Ji bet on horse racing with the same Qi Weiwang . Since Qi Weiwang was originally the king of Qi, there was a big gap between Tian Ji's horse and King Weiwang's horse. Tian Ji would lose to King Weiwang every time, so Sun Bin took the initiative to offer a plan for Tian Ji.
Use a high-quality horse to match King Wei's medium-quality horse. The medium-quality horse faces the lower-quality horse, and the low-quality horse faces the upper-quality horse. Tian Ji couldn't help but lit up when he heard this, and he had a different view of Sun Bin beside him.
So Tian Ji competed with King Wei of Qi according to Sun Bin's method. I believe everyone knows that Tian Ji defeated King Wei of Qi, and this is also the famous allusion " Tian Ji Horse Racing ".
After helping Tian Ji win the horse racing, Tian Ji also thought that Sun Bin was a talent, so he recommended Sun Bin to King Wei of Qi. At first, when King Wei of Qi saw that Sun Bin was a disabled person, he had tattoos on his face, so he didn't care about Sun Bin and was very perfunctory.
But after talking, after learning that Sun Bin was under Guigu and was Pang Juan's senior brother, he immediately took it seriously and appointed him as a military advisor to facilitate the confrontation between Pang Juan of Wei.
Battle of Guiling , besieging Wei to rescue Zhao
After becoming the military of Qi, Sun Bin has been committed to the military reform of Qi, in order to one day revenge Pang Juan. In 354 BC, Zhao attacked Wei's allies defended the country, and ushered in the crusade of Wei. Pang Juan personally led an army of 80,000 to besiege the capital of Zhao Handan. For a time, Zhao State was in danger, so Zhao State hurriedly sent envoys to ask Qi State for help.
After receiving help from Zhao State, Qi State had a fierce discussion. Some people thought that Wei State was powerful and if they sent troops to rescue it rashly, it would easily cause trouble. Some people thought that Wei State would be empty at this time. We should take advantage of the situation to further weaken the power of Wei State. For a time, there were a lot of discussions in the court, and no one could make up their minds.
Fortunately, the king of Qi was also a wise monarch at this time. He thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he took the initiative to come to Sun Bin for discussion. In the end, the two agreed, that was to send troops to attack Wei and save Zhao.
So the general Tian Ji and military advisor Sun Bin stationed 80,000 troops in Qi, Wei's border, intends to have a head-on bloody battle with Wei. After learning about this, Pang Juan was extremely nervous. After all, Qi was led by his senior brother Sun Bin.
According to Tian Ji's intention, Tian Ji was preparing to compete with the main force of Wei, but Sun Bin did not think so. The reason was very simple, that is, the army of Qi was not the opponent of Wei Wuzhu of Wei at all, so it could not be fought against it. At least not at present, therefore needs to be taken away by wisdom.
It believes that Wei and Zhao and Wei have been fighting for a long time, and the main force of the domestic forces have long been on the front line, and the domestic defense must be empty, so we should take the initiative to attack Pingling of Wei. should fight and retreat, giving the enemy the illusion of losing, tempting the defending general to take the initiative, thus setting up an ambush and defeating the main force of the Wei defense.
After defeating the main defensive force of Wei, he would send lightning chariots to siege the capital of Wei with lightning speed, forcing Pang Juan's army to return to Wei, and then wait for Pang Juan's tired army to ambush Pang Juan's tired army, so he would easily defeat Wei.
After hearing Sun Bin's suggestion, Tian Ji completely believed in Sun Bin's talent, so he adopted Sun Bin's suggestion. The development of the matter was just like Sun Bin's idea. The guard of Pingling took the initiative to attack and was defeated like a mountain. When Pang Juan learned of this news, even though he knew that this was Sun Bin's plan, facing the capital being surrounded and the King of Wei's request for help, Pang Juan had to suspend the attack and give up his baggage and rush back to rescue.
The result can also be imagined. The Qi army, who had been waiting for the arrival of the Wei army, defeated the exhausted army of the Wei army, which was rushing to a long distance without any effort.
Maling Battle , the great revenge will eventually be avenged
If the battle of Guiling made Sun Bin famous, then the real revenge will be the later battle of Maling. This battle not only greatly damaged the overlord Wei State's national strength and its status plummeted, but even Pang Juan was penetrated by thousands of arrows and fell into Maling , and Qi State became the overlord at that time.
In 342 BC, Wei general Rang Ni defeated South Korea Kong Ye, and South Korea took the initiative to send envoys to seek help from Qi. Sun Bin saw the scene like the Battle of Guiling that year, and once again chose the old plan to "surround Wei and save Zhao" and attacked the capital of Wei . After receiving the news, Pang Juan was still crying and understood the situation.
So, Pang Juan learned from the lessons of the last battle of Guiling. Although the army returned to the capital, the troops gradually advanced without giving Sun Bin a chance. Sun Bin had already expected this situation. so he took the initiative to adopt the policy of showing weakness to lure the enemy into the deep. Sun Bin first took the initiative to retreat, and then deliberately gradually reduced the cooking stove. gave Pang Juan the illusion that the number of troops decreased and the number of deserters increased.
In addition, due to the frequent war between the two countries, Wei and Qi have been fighting for many years, and Wei defeated the Qi army many times, so many generals naturally despise the Qi army. Therefore, many people under Pang Juan volunteered to avenge Guiling . Pang Juan was also quite confident about the Wei army this time, because the hundreds of thousands of people led by this expedition were all the main elites of Wei, which was very different from the battle of Guiling, so he followed the opinions of his subordinates and took the initiative to lead the elite cavalry to pursue.
Little did not know that Pang Juan's active attack was just about to fall into Sun Bin's mind. He predicted that at Pang Juan's marching speed, he believed that he would arrive at Maling when it was dark. so he set up an ambush on the winding and rugged Maling Road early, waiting for Pang Juan's arrival, and ordered people to cut down trees and peel off the bark. wrote "Pang Juan died under this tree."
When Pang Juan was dark, he really came to Maling and saw the big tree peeled off the bark by Sun Bin. When he was about to take the torch to watch carefully, Qi army fired thousands of arrows at once. For a moment, the Wei army could not use it on the winding and rugged Maling Road , and became a "fish" that could be slaughtered.
Conclusion
After this battle, Pang Juan died in a ravine. The Wei army, who lost its commander, was beaten by the Qi army, and even Prince Shen, who set out with him, was arrested.
The end of Wei State was even more miserable, exhausting the elite heavy infantry " Wei Wuzun " created by the famous general of the Warring States Period. Wei State was greatly injured, and from then on, it lost its status as the overlord and no longer had the ability to dominate.
As for Sun Bin, he finally got his wish and destroyed Pang Juan, who had once wanted to kill him. In this way, the story of Sun Bin sharpening a sword for ten years has been widely circulated and has been today.
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