greatest wisdom book

Chapter 93
Take the initiative, seize the opportunity and be invincible
Therefore, its victory is not Intuit.Those who don't know how to deal with it will win, and those who have won and lost will also win.Therefore, those who are good at fighting stand in an invincible position without losing the enemy's defeat.

Victory and success are things that everyone yearns for, but not many people can really enjoy the joy they bring.These few successful people all have one thing in common, that is, they understand that the key to victory lies in seizing favorable opportunities and taking the initiative in matters.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" mentioned that Cao Cao led the army to march south, and Liu Bei was defeated and retreated, unable to fight back, and he was likely to sit and wait for death.Liu Bei's power can never compete with Cao Cao's power. There is only one solution, which is to join forces with Sun Quan in Jiangdong.At this time, Zhuge Liang voluntarily went to Jiangdong to be a lobbyist. He did not humbly beg Sun Quan like ordinary people, but adopted the method of "anti-customer first", showing a tough attitude, which aroused Sun Quan's self-esteem.

At that time, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu relied on Jiangdong and [-] elite soldiers, and had the Yangtze River as a natural barrier.He concluded that Zhuge Liang was here as a lobbyist, and adopted a condescending attitude to wait for Zhuge Liang's entreaties.

Not wanting Zhuge Liang to see Sun Quan, he cut to the chase and said, "Now is the time when the world is in turmoil. General, you raise your troops to Jiangdong, and my lord Liu Bei recruits troops to Hannan, and at the same time competes with Cao Cao for the world. However, Cao Cao has almost completely pacified the world. Marching into Jingzhou, the world is famous, and all heroes from all walks of life have been recruited by him, which has caused my lord Liu Bei to retreat today. General, do you have to weigh your own strength to deal with the current situation? If your country's army is strong enough to compete with Cao Jun If we want to fight against each other, we should break off diplomatic relations with Cao Jun as soon as possible." Zhuge Liang didn't say a word about the request to unite Wu against Cao, he knew that Sun Quan would never surrender easily and be subservient to Cao Cao.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Sun Quan was unhappy, but he kept his countenance and asked, "According to what you said, why didn't Liu Bei surrender to Cao Cao?" Zhuge Liang replied to Sun Quan's question, "You know that Qi Wangtian Heng’s story? His loyalty is commendable. In order not to serve two masters, he refused to be a vassal when Han Gaozu surrendered, so he killed himself. What’s more, my master Liu Huangshu is a dignified Han family. I admired Liu Huangshu’s heroic qualifications and voted for him There are countless outstanding talents under the banner, whether things succeed or fail, it can only be said to be God's will, how can you surrender to Cao thief?"

Although Sun Quan decided to join forces with Liu Bei, facing Cao Cao's 80 army, he still had a lot of doubts in his heart-Zhuge Liang saw this, and further used the method of analyzing facts to convince Sun Quan: "Cao Cao's army is on a long-distance expedition. Bogey. In order to chase our army, the light cavalry rushed for more than [-] miles all night. Cao Cao's threats will never be convincing. Now if the general's elite soldiers can fight side by side with us, we will be able to defeat Cao's army. Cao's army will retreat to the north, which will naturally form a situation of three parts of the world. This is a rare opportunity."

Therefore, Sun Quan agreed to Zhuge Liang's proposal that Sun and Liu join forces to fight against Cao, and this led to the world-famous Battle of Chibi.Zhuge Liang really deserved to be a wise man, he took the initiative of the situation with one move, which increased the possibility of great success in his persuasion task.

The idea of ​​mastering the initiative is mentioned in "Sun Tzu's Art of War".The victor secures his victory by taking the sure-fire measure of defeating an enemy already in a defeated position.Whoever holds the initiative can easily win the war; once he is in a passive position, he is not far from failure.

The initiative is undoubtedly the "touchstone" of victory.Whether it is on the battlefield of gold and iron horses or in the workplace where there is no gunpowder smoke, we must be able to preemptively find opportunities early, so as to take the initiative and firmly hold the initiative in our hands.As the saying goes, "Stay like a virgin, move like a rabbit", grasp the relationship between movement and stillness, look for the opportunity to attack, and act immediately once you find an opportunity.

To live is a struggle.In the long years of life, it is inevitable to encounter betrayal, hostility, slander, traps and other unexpected things.Smart people are good at conquering opponents by means of control, so as to achieve the purpose of control.In the process of getting along with people, you must maintain a very high level of vigilance. When fighting openly and secretly, you must know how to control the initiative and use different routines.If you don't want to be overwhelmed by the opponent, you have to be the first to win and always have the upper hand to win.

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