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In the 30th year of King Zhao Huiwen's reign, Prime Minister Pingjun Tian Shan asked Zhao She said: "I have not failed to explain the general's art of war. Therefore, if you are not convinced, the general will use the masses alone. If you use the masses, the people will not be able to farm, and the food will not be leased. This way of sitting down and destroying yourself is not done by a single person. Hearing it alone, the emperor's soldiers, The number of people who used it was only thirty thousand, but the whole world was convinced. Now the general must bear one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand troops to use them, but this single person is not satisfied. "
Mafu said: "You are not a mere soldier, you are not as good as a soldier, and you don't know the current situation. Fu Wu Qian 's sword can cut off cattle and horses in the flesh test, and cut off the disk in the gold test. If it is struck on a thin pillar, it will be broken into three; if it is struck on a solid stone, it will be broken into hundreds. Now we have 30,000 people to fight against the powerful soldiers. They are thin pillars, stone-pounding and the like. Also. Moreover, Wu Qian's sword materials are difficult to make without the thickness of the backbone and the sharp edge cannot penetrate, and the thinness of the spleen without the sharpness of the edge. It has both of them. If there is no hook, barbed wire or beard, if you use the blade to stab, your hand will be broken before it penetrates. You don't have a hundred thousand or two hundred thousand people, but you can only go around the world with 30,000 people. How can you do that? Moreover, in ancient times, the four seas were divided into ten thousand kingdoms. Although the city was large, it could not exceed three hundred feet. Although there were many people, there could not be more than three thousand families. How could it be difficult to raise an army of thirty thousand? Those who take the ancient ones as the Ten Thousand Kingdoms today are divided into and the Warring States Period Seventh, if you can have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and it lasts for several years, you will have the king's army. Qi attacked Jing with 200,000 people and stopped in five years. Zhao attacked Zhongshan with 200,000 troops and returned after five years. Today, Qi and South Korea are facing each other, and the two countries are besieging them. How can anyone dare to say that I can save them with thirty thousand men? Nowadays, a city of thousands of feet is facing each other, and the towns of thousands of families face each other. However, if we ask for 30,000 people to surround the city of thousands of feet, not even a corner of the city is left, and it is useless for field battles. What will you do with this? Du Pingjun sighed and said, "Single is not here." "
Translation:
King Zhao Huiwen Thirty years later, Zhao Xiang Anping Jun Tian Dan asked Zhao She: "It's not that I don't like the way the general uses troops, I just don't admire the general's use of too many troops. If there are too many people, the people will not be able to farm, and there will be problems with the food supply. This is a method of waiting for death, and I will not do it. I heard that if the emperor uses no more than 30,000 troops, the world will surrender. Now the general is very It takes 100,000 or 200,000 to march and fight. This is what I don't admire. "
Ma Fujun Zhao She said: "Not only do you not understand the way of using troops, but you also do not understand the general trend of the world. The cadre of Wu Kingdom The sword can be used to cut cattle and horses, and metal plates. If you use it to knock on a pillar, the sword will break into several pieces; if you use it to knock on a stone, the sword will be smashed to pieces. Now go with 30,000 troops Facing the army of a powerful country is like hitting a pillar or stone with a sword. Moreover, it is difficult to find sharp swords produced in the Wu region. If the spine of the sword is not thick, the blade will be easily damaged; if the sword is not thin near the edge, it will not be able to cut things. If the spine of the sword is thick and the area near the edge is thin, but the sword ring, sword rope and sword hilt are not properly equipped, then if you stab with the sword blade, your own hand will be cut off before you can hurt the enemy. You don't have an army of 100,000 or 200,000 to use as a sharp sword. You only have an army of 30,000 to dominate the world. How can you do it? In ancient times, the world was divided into ten thousand kingdoms. The capital is no larger than three hundred feet; its population is no more than three thousand. In this case, what is the difficulty in using 30,000 troops to attack these countries? Now the ancient nations have become Seven Kingdoms , which can gather hundreds of thousands of troops, and the war will last for several years, just like the Qi Kingdom you once served. Qi State sent an army of 200,000 to attack Chu State and was unable to win for five years. Zhao Kingdom raised an army of 200,000 to attack Zhongshan Kingdom, and it took five years to defeat Banshi.Qi and Han are now equally powerful. If the two countries attack each other, who dares to say that I can rescue them with 30,000 troops? Nowadays, cities with thousands of feet and towns with thousands of families are everywhere. If you want to use 30,000 troops to surround a city of thousands of feet, you can only besiege a corner of the city and it is not enough to fight. What do you want to do with this army? Tian Dan sighed and said, "This is because I didn't think carefully!" ”
Comment:
Zhao Xiang Tiandan discussed with General Zhao She about the use of troops, but Tian Dan had doubts about Zhao She’s use of too many troops.
Zhao She used famous swords and generals as a metaphor to vividly describe different strategies to be adopted in different situations, and further elaborated that at that time, countries often had 100,000 or 200,000 troops. Under such a situation, if they used 30,000 troops to fight against the enemy, it would be like a mantis trying to defeat the enemy.
