36 Strategies Vernacular Full Translation

Chapter 52

Doubts within doubts about the original scriptures.Compared with self-inner, not self-lost.

The translation arranges our doubts in the enemy's doubts, that is, uses the enemy's spies in our side to deliver false information.In this way, the enemy's spies are not only useless, but also a scourge.This will not lead to our own failure.

To interpret anti-interpretation, "jian" is a spy, that is, a person who spy on intelligence.In layman's terms, "anti-interference" is to cleverly let the enemy's spies be used by me instead.The general idea of ​​the original text is: If you deploy a suspicious formation in a suspicious formation, let the spies from the enemy's interior submit to you, and make the enemy's internal contradictions arise, your side will be foolproof, and you will even be able to increase your combat effectiveness and win.In war, the frequency of using this meter is relatively high.

To understand the role of "counter-interference", we must first understand the importance of "spy".

In war, in order to gain the initiative and gain the upper hand, the opposing sides will try their best to understand and master the enemy's strength, tactics and other aspects.The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, and winning every battle, does have its truth.To know oneself is to know one's own strength and mission; to know one's enemy is to understand the enemy's strength and intentions.It is easy to know one's own situation, but it is very difficult to understand the internal situation of the enemy. Apart from knowing from some peripheral channels, the main method is to obtain it through spies.

In addition, each party only wants to know the situation of the other party, and does not want the other party to know too much about its own psychology. Therefore, anti-espionage activities have arisen.An important part of counterintelligence is counterintelligence activities, or counterintelligence.

The application of countermeasures is divided into two situations: one is to discover the spy sent by the enemy to our side, and not to expose him, but to design a conspiracy to lure him into being fooled, so that the information reported to the enemy is false, and the other party It will act according to our intentions and plans; the other situation is to expose the enemy's spies, but not simply dispose of them, but to persuade and bribe them to continue to provide intelligence to their superiors. Of course, the situation is also fake.

While using this timing, we should pay attention to the following issues.

[-]. In layman's terms, anti-indirect tactics are to use the enemy's own hands to slap him in the face.So, how to cleverly use the enemy's spies?Using the enemy's spies is not an easy task, using them skillfully is the key to solving the problem.Therefore, we need to deeply understand the characteristics of each spy, and give benefits according to his specific preferences, such as money, power, or beauty.As long as it is what he loves, we are all satisfied.In this way, under the temptation of interests, they will forget their original position, and instead stand on the side that is beneficial to us, and be used by me.

[-]. Disperse the enemy and make him weaker.If our army is concentrated in one place, the enemy's forces are scattered in ten places.This is equivalent to attacking the enemy with ten times as many troops as the enemy. In this way, our army will undoubtedly have the advantage, and the enemy will turn into a disadvantage.If we can concentrate superior forces to attack the enemy who is at a scattered disadvantage, there will be much fewer enemies fighting face to face with our army.This is the significance of dispersing the enemy's force.

So, how can we completely disperse the enemy's power?This is also a question we should think about when using this strategy.The effective way to solve this problem is to divide and dissension, that is, psychologically and fundamentally disperse the enemy.At this time, no matter which part of the enemy is in danger, the other parts can only stand by and watch.In this way, the enemy, no matter how powerful, will fail because of its internal disintegration.

And when the enemy uses anti-time timing, we should take the following precautions to deal with it.

[-]. When selecting spies, we must be cautious, review repeatedly, find doubtful points in time, and eliminate those with problems in a timely manner.All the spies we send must not only have the basic ability to be spies, but also have a firm stand.To "be unyielding in power, unyielding in wealth and honor", and be able to withstand various tests.Therefore, in addition to inspecting them when they are dispatched, they must also be inspected repeatedly in future activities, and if any doubts are found, they must be interrogated in time to eliminate them.Only in this way can the tragedy of cannibalism be effectively prevented.

Second, in order to prevent intelligence leaks, spies should be "kept in the dark."When necessary, "the eyes and ears of the foolish men should be used to make them ignorant", so as to take precautions.All important information, especially important information at critical moments, must not be leaked casually.Not only all irrelevant personnel must be strictly blocked, but also the spies who may contact the other party's personnel must be strictly kept secret.

[-]. Multi-party confirmation and multiple investigations to verify the authenticity of the information obtained and prevent spies from being bought and used.We can send several spies in multiple directions, allowing them to obtain intelligence from different sides.In this way, we can not only obtain the information of the main body, but also make the information of all aspects confirm each other.As soon as someone defected, we could find out immediately; if one spy failed, the rest could immediately fill the gap.

It should be noted that even if the spy we sent was not bought, the information he obtained may not be very reliable.It is very likely that the enemy has discovered our spies, but pretends not to, and willfully reveal false information to our spies.Therefore, we have to carefully study the information we have obtained and make accurate judgments to prevent being deceived.

Examples of Wisdom
Gao Renhou rebelled against Pingqiong Prefecture
Anti-indirect strategy is a strategy of "treating the person in the same way".When it is found that the enemy has sent a spy to spy on and destroy us, we can use generous treatment to buy him and let him be used by us to achieve a surprisingly winning effect.

In the Tang Dynasty, Qian Neng, the deputy general of Qiongzhou, led his troops to rebel in an attempt to disrupt the Sichuan area.They all recruited Gao Renhou to lead his troops to rehabilitate him.Just the day before departure, a noodle vendor suddenly came to Gao Renhou's camp, sneaking around, looking for news.The patrolling soldiers found him acting suspiciously and arrested him for interrogation.It turned out that this peddler turned out to be a spy sent by Qianneng to find out the truth.So the soldiers escorted him to Gao Renhou's camp.

Gao Renhou immediately ordered someone to untie the peddler, and tried to persuade him with kind words, hoping that he would say what he wanted.Finally, the peddler finally said: "I am a villager. Qian can put my parents and wife in prison. Let me investigate the situation in your army. After I go back, I can release my whole family. My whole family will be executed. I really don't want to do this kind of thing, I beg the general to spare my life." After finishing speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Gao Renhou listened, and said: "If what you said is true, how can I have the heart to kill you? I will let you go back now, and save your parents and wife. However, I saved your family, and you should do it for me." I do something. After you go back, you can say to Qianneng: "Gao Shangshu's army will set out tomorrow, and there are not many troops, only 200 people." Then, you tell the people in the village: "Gao Shangshu is very important. I have pity on you people, saying that you are only threatened by thieves and cannot help yourself. He is ready to forgive your sins and save you. When Gao Shangshu sends his troops, you just need to put down your weapons and surrender, and he will send someone to write on your back I will let you go home and live in peace and contentment. What Gao Shangshu wants to kill is Qian Neng and others, and he will not let the people be implicated.'" The spy nodded repeatedly, saying that he would follow the plan when he returned.

The next day, Gao Renhou led his troops to Shuangliu.After Qianneng learned about it, he immediately sent general Luo Hunqing to guard the Wuzhai to the west of Shuangliu, and ambushed thousands of troops in Yeqiaoqing, preparing to meet the official army.After Gao Renhou detected this situation, he immediately dispatched his spies to change into civilian clothes and sneak into the opponent's camp, inciting the opponent's soldiers with what he had said to the peddler the day before.

After hearing this, these people shouted with joy, and hurriedly took off their military uniforms and came to surrender.While comforting them, Gao Renhou sent someone to write the word "return" on their backs, and asked them to go back and incite those who had not surrendered in the village.Soon, those who did not surrender also rushed to surrender.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Luo Hunqing hurriedly fled across the trench in embarrassment, and was captured alive by his subordinates and dedicated to Gao Renhou.Ren Hou ordered the burning of the five villages and military equipment of the rebels, but kept the rebel flags.

The next day, Gao Renhou summoned his soldiers and said, "I planned to let everyone go home immediately, but the people in the villages in front of me still don't understand my intentions. Now, please go ahead and pass the mountain pass to Xinjin Behind the stronghold, show them the words on your backs and persuade them to come and surrender too. After arriving at Yangong, you can disperse and go home.”

Afterwards, Gao Renhou took out Luo Hunqing's flag, tied it upside down on the flagpole, and let the people wave the flag while walking and shouted: "Luo Hunqing has been captured alive! The officers and soldiers of the brigade will come here soon, you Hurry up and surrender like us!" The soldiers acted according to the plan, and indeed they lured the eleven villages set up by the Qianneng Ministry general Gou Hu.

Later, every time Gao Renhou captured a village, he would use this kind of anti-indirect strategy to lure the rebels in the next village.In the end, only six days after Gao Jun dispatched troops, he successfully quelled the rebellion of Qian Neng and others.

The battle between the railway giants

In business wars, the flexible use of "counter-interference" can not only save the cost of planning, but also can effectively change the behavior of competitors, so as to successfully achieve the purpose of using calculations.

In the fierce scramble for American railway hegemony, railroad magnate Gould cleverly used "anti-indirect tactics" to defeat his old rival Vanderbilt, writing a brilliant page for "anti-indirect tactics".

The Saskatchewan Railway is a golden channel for coal, steel, and oil. Therefore, Gould, a rising star on Wall Street, and Vanderbilt, a hot-tempered corporate figure, are all eyeing it, trying to take this railway for themselves.

In order to increase his competitiveness, Vanderbilt specially brought Gould's arch-enemy Dill over and formed an alliance to deal with Gould together.Gould's prospects are not good, and he is obviously at a disadvantage.

In fact, Dill and Gould had a deep relationship.During the takeover battle for the Erie Railroad, Dill tricks Gould into getting it.Unexpectedly, Gould was ungrateful afterwards, and when he was done, he kicked Dill away.Therefore, Dill hated Gould to the bone, and vowed to avenge the past this time.

Faced with an unfavorable situation, Gould decided to use "countermeasures" to turn defeat into victory.He knew Dill very well, and he knew that this person was mercenary, and he would betray his parents for money.Therefore, he decided to use a lot of money to instigate Dier and let Dier use it for himself.

As expected by Gould, a large wad of colorful banknotes immediately made Dill's eyes shine, and he forgot all the old hatred between the two parties. He immediately agreed to cooperate with Gould and acted as a spy.

Therefore, Dill deliberately offered advice to Vanderbilt to buy Gould's Erie Railway stock, which would make Gould look at one thing and lose another, causing chaos.Believing it was true, Vanderbilt spent huge sums of money to buy the stock in large quantities.For this purpose, Gould also set up a small printing factory to print a large number of such fake stocks.Soon, he defrauded Vanderbilt of $700 million with a pile of waste paper.

When Vanderbilt realized that something was wrong, Gould and his gang had already exchanged the huge sum of money for gold nuggets and smuggled across the border overnight.Vanderbilt was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

In the final analysis, business competition is a contest of wisdom. Whoever has the best skills will be able to overcome the crowd and dominate the market.It is difficult to succeed without extraordinary vision, insight to distinguish authenticity from falsehood, and superb skills to navigate complex situations.

Yue Fei counterattacks and eliminates the enemy
Using "anti-indirect tactics" requires superb wisdom and extraordinary courage.Those with low intelligence cannot see through the intruders, so they cannot use and buy the spies sent by the enemy, and it is even more difficult to make them work for me; and those with low intelligence cannot boldly plan, carefully implement, and decisively implement counter-intelligence. count.

Yue Fei
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin Wushu and Liu Yu surrounded Luzhou together.Liu Yu was originally a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, but later surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.Yue Fei, an anti-gold general in the Southern Song Dynasty, learned that Jin Wushu was very jealous of Liu Yu, so he decided to use countermeasures to get rid of Liu Yu.

Coincidentally, at this time, the army captured a secret agent of Jin Wushu, and Yue Fei decided to use this spy to carry out his countermeasures.So, he ordered someone to take the spy to the hall, and without any punishment, he pretended to recognize the wrong person, and blamed the spy, saying: "Aren't you Wang Bin who was sent by our army to Liu Yu? I made an agreement with Liu Yu to lure Jin Wushu, why did I not see you back? Later, I sent someone to Liu Yu to inquire about the situation, and I learned that Liu Yu had agreed to use Jin Wushu to attack the Yangtze River together as a bait , Captured him alive in Qinghe. There was no news of you once you went there, and you were arrested until now, what is your intention? Why don’t you come and recruit it!"

Hearing Yue Fei's words, the secret agent felt as if he had fallen into the mist, and lost his mind.But in order to survive, he hastily pretended that he was Wang Bin, and expressed that he would take the crime and make meritorious service, and hoped that the general would forgive him.

Yue Fei then wrote a letter, mentioning that he conspired with Liu Yu to capture Jin Wushu alive, sealed the envelope with wax, and finally handed it to the spy.During the period, he was also told to be careful on the road, and to go back quickly without delay.

After the spy went back, he immediately handed the letter to Jin Wushu. After reading it, Jin Wushu couldn't help being surprised, and quickly reported to the gold master, and Liu Yu was abolished.

In this way, Yue Fei easily got rid of Liu Yu, the right-hand man of Jin Wushu, with a small trick of "counter-interference", which was really clever.This not only avoided fighting and saved a lot of costs, but also cleared the way for defeating Jin Wushu in the future.

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