中華國粹 國學經典 三十六計（六）聲東擊西

In a war, if both sides used the same strategy, what would the result be? The term Sheng Dong Ji Xi comes from the word Tong Dian, which means to attack the east, but to attack the west. In the 17th episode of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao led troops to attack Zhang Xiu in Nanyang. It took Cao Cao a long time to defeat Zhang Xiu. In order to find a way to defeat Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao rode a horse around Nanyang for three days. Suddenly, he found that the soil on the southeast corner of Nanyang was not in the same color as before, and the defense facilities were not perfect. At the same time, Cao Cao secretly ordered his elite troops to attack from the southeast. Cao Cao used the term Sheng Dong Ji Xi, but he didn't expect that he would lose the war in Nanyang. When Cao Cao was proud of his strategy, Zhang Xiu's strategist, Jia Xu, had already found out about the Sheng Dong Ji Xi. So, he wanted to use the Sheng Dong Ji Xi to fight against Cao Cao. He ordered his soldiers to hide in the southeast, and waited for Cao Cao to attack. In order to confuse Cao Cao, he ordered his people to pretend to be soldiers. Cao Cao saw this and was very happy. At night, Cao Cao secretly led his elite troops to climb into the city from the southeast and tried to kill Zhang Xiu. But what was waiting for him in the city was a trap set by Jia Xu. Why did Cao Cao get different results from the same strategy? Cao Cao spread his troops on both sides. On one side, he pretended to make trouble, and on the other side, he secretly attacked. But Jia Xu used all his troops to ambush Cao Cao, and let his people pretend to be soldiers to attract Cao Cao. Jia Xu understood that the Sheng Dong Ji Xi was just making trouble. As long as the trouble was enough, the actual situation was not important. However, Ji Xu wanted to use real weapons. If he couldn't kill Cao Cao at once, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Sheng Dong Ji Xi strategy was actually a risky strategy. The battlefield was changing all the time. If he couldn't understand the changes in tactics and tactics, he would not only fail, but also lose.