Seeing Li Jing and the others 'reactions, Li You was completely stunned.
" You... as the Great General," Li You asked incredulously," You don't even know the Thirty-Six Stratagems?”
"Thirty-six stratagems? What thirty-six stratagems?"
Li Jing, Chai Shao, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yaojin were all at a loss. Li You thought about it and then understood a little.
Although these 36 Stratagems were most famous for being used by Zhuge Liang in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms was actually just a novel from later generations. The real 36 Stratagems was written during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
However, it was the Tang Dynasty now. If Li Jing and the others had heard of it, then it would be strange.
"Your Highness, what exactly is the Thirty-Six Stratagems?”Chai Shao asked.
"Um…"
Li You was at a loss for words for a moment before he casually made up an excuse."This is the art of war that I came up with after reading and compiling the history books. Because most of it comes from history, I thought that all of you have heard of it.”
This could be considered to have indirectly filled in the hole of his previous reaction, but Li Jing and the others did not know that this was Li You's nonsense. They really thought that the reason was true.
"Haha, Your Highness is already able to write the art of war.”
Qin Qiong laughed. Although his tone was full of praise, it was obvious that he didn't take it seriously.
"Your Highness has really grown up…"
"It's good that you can start thinking about the army!”
"Should I find some time to summarize the art of war?”
The rest of the people also laughed, not taking Li You's words seriously.
After all, although Li You had invented the brick bed and the horseshoe, these were completely different from marching and fighting.
How could a 14-year-old youth, who had never fought in the army, write down the art of war just by reading books?
"It must be that His Highness is interested in writing some superficial knowledge and then calling it the art of war…He is indeed thoughtful, but he is underestimating the art of war too much.”
Li Jing shook his head as he thought about it and continued his question.
"Then Your Highness, can you tell me what exactly is the meaning of waiting for fatigue?”
Li You flipped through his memories of reading books and said,"The so-called waiting for fatigue with ease is the method to attract the enemy. Those who wait for the enemy on the battlefield in advance are at ease, and those who wait for the enemy on the battlefield in advance are tired. Therefore, a man who is good at fighting can attract people but not people.”
" Its purpose is not to choose a place to wait for the enemy, but to use simplicity to control complexity, to adapt to changes without change, to respond to big changes with small changes, to respond to big movements with small movements, to respond to big movements with small movements, and to respond to the ring with the pivot..."
Cheng Yaojin was dumbfounded as he watched Li You speak with confidence.
"Stop…stop! Stop!"
Cheng Yaojin had no choice but to interrupt Li You. Li You asked unhappily,"General Cheng, what do you want to teach me?"
Cheng Yaojin's mouth twitched." Is there anything that can be said in a more superficial way so that I, a boorish old man, can understand?"”
" Alright," Li You thought for a moment and said," In fact, to put it simply, waiting for fatigue means not to attack first in battle, but to conserve energy to deal with tired enemies from afar. After using horseshoes, our Great Tang army is naturally in a peak condition compared to the enemy's exhausted horses that have been worn out on the road!”
"This…sounds reasonable?”
Li Jing, Qin Qiong, and Chai Shao looked at each other when they heard that.
They could see the shock in each other's eyes!
"Your Highness, this art of war doesn't seem to be purely based on theory.”
Li Jing subconsciously gulped and asked,""What about attacking Wei to save Zhao? What about Your Highness?"
" About besieging Wei to save Zhao..." Li You explained," I wonder if you have heard of the war between Zhao and Wei in the past? In order to save Zhao, the Qi Kingdom directly attacked the capital of the Wei Kingdom, Daliang, forcing the Wei Kingdom to retreat and save Zhao.”
" The principle derived from this is that when the enemy is strong, we should avoid a direct battle with the strong enemy. We should adopt a roundabout tactic to force the enemy to disperse their forces, then seize the enemy's weak points to launch an attack and kill the enemy. The so-called fighting against the enemy was like controlling the water: If the enemy's momentum was strong, they would have to dodge the impact, like using a diversion method to divert the flow!”
The more Li Jing and the others heard, the more shocked they became. Li You directly used history as an example. Could it be that he really comprehended this from the history books?
If that was really the case, then Li You was too monstrous!
"What about a diversion?"
Qin Qiong could not help but ask. Chai Shao also added,"What do you mean by playing hard to get?”
Li You felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw the Great Generals, who had fought for the Great Tang, so shocked by his words.
After all, these were not ordinary people. They were the famous generals and gods who stood at the peak of this era's war!
"The first is to create a diversion. It means that on the surface, they say they want to attack the east, but in fact, they are attacking the west. It was a tactic used in the military to mislead the enemy! This plan was to use the hexagram theory of "the lower part of the earth versus the upper part" to describe the chaotic situation of the enemy!”
Li You was full of nonsense and even brought up the divination. It made Cheng Yaojin and the others feel that he was all high and mighty.
" To create a diversion, you must seize the enemy's uncontrollable chaos and flexibly use tactics such as sometimes east and sometimes west, appearing to attack and sometimes leaving, not attacking but showing that it is attacking, wanting to attack but showing that it is not attacking, and further creating the enemy's misconception and seizing victory in one fell swoop!”
Li You paused for a moment before continuing." The last part is playing hard to get. It means that you have to deliberately let go of whoever you want to catch first. This is to further control, so you deliberately let go first.”
"The so-called indulgence is not letting go. As the old saying goes, do not pursue a desperate enemy, which is exactly what it means. It is not that you do not follow him, but that you do not pursue him!”
By the time Li You finished speaking, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Chai Shao, and Cheng Yaojin were already so shocked that they were speechless!
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