In a sense, the so-called risk of death and survival is essentially the best choice in a desperate situation!
Just like the empty city strategy in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After all, if Zhuge Kongming really had enough troops, he would definitely not choose to use the empty city strategy. As long as enough soldiers are ambushed in the city, the empty city strategy will become a kind of strategy. A truly perfect strategy
It is certainly a good thing if the enemy is scared away, but even if the enemy enters the city, they can still ambush the enemy. This is the theoretically optimal state of the empty city strategy. In fact, this is also a theoretically speaking, The safest strategy
No matter what method the enemy chooses to attack, it is always in his own calculations!
¡°In the final analysis, strategy in the true sense should be like this
A good strategy should be a conspiracy in itself, that is to say, no matter what kind of response the other party makes, it will be a beneficial result for you
The Empty City Strategy is different. Strictly speaking, the Empty City Strategy is a conspiracy!
The biggest difference between conspiracy and conspiracy is that conspiracy can be discovered, but even if it is discovered, it is often meaningless and cannot be solved
Conspiracy is different. Once the conspiracy is successful, it will often produce huge benefits, but the conspiracy can be seen through. Once the conspiracy is seen through, the conspiracy will not only fail to work, but will often backfire on the owner!
For a counselor, using conspiracy is undoubtedly a better choice than using conspiracy, because almost every change in conspiracy itself is beneficial to oneself. Even if the other party realizes it, it will be difficult to Change that!
It¡¯s like a divorce plan
Once this tactic is used, even if the other party realizes that it is a kind of alienation, it will actually have the same alienating effect!
This is an out-and-out conspiracy!
Just like the so-called meritorious service, for emperors, it is of course a good thing to have sufficiently capable ministers. If the ministers are too capable and have too much power, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the emperor. In this case, Under such circumstances, if provoked by others, the emperor is likely to attack the minister. For an emperor, even if the minister is completely loyal to him, the emperor himself is worthy of suspicion because of his high achievements. of!
When there is doubt, even if the emperor knows that this is a ploy by some people, he will be happy to accept it and will try to eliminate this potential risk!
Many times, people always think that the emperors are fatuous and incompetent so they listen to slander. But in fact, many times, those so-called treacherous ministers are nothing more than scapegoats one by one. The thinking patterns of emperors are different from ordinary people themselves. , for them, consolidating their power is a matter of course. As long as someone has too much power, they will naturally become the enemy of the emperor. No matter how loyal the person is, it will not change the result. !
Many times, the relationship between the emperor and his powerful ministers is like this
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In this situation where the emperor is suspicious of you, if you foolishly maintain your loyalty, you will end up dead!
It can be said that this is the most typical manifestation of conspiracy in the court!
There is no need for a reason or evidence, it is completely conducive to the conspiracy of the Invincible Ground!
On the contrary, in the court, officials who use various conspiracies will probably not be able to get far. The conspiracies will generally be shattered, and they will most likely end up with death and annihilation. Generally speaking, true masters of officialdom disdain to use conspiracies
In the same way, for Zhuge Liang, if he loses the street pavilion, if he has enough troops, he will not be willing to make an empty city strategy. His character tends to be cautious, and the choice of strategies is usually one after another. People who are plotting rarely choose to take risks
In fact, this is also the reason why Sima Yi finally chose to retreat!
Because he thinks Zhuge Liang is also a conspiracy this time!
He doesn¡¯t doubt that his choice to retreat was within Zhuge Liang¡¯s calculations, but he also doubts that if he advances, it will still be within Zhuge Liang¡¯s calculations!
So he came to the conclusion that retreat was at least a safe choice, but advancing might be a trap
As for Zhuge Liang¡¯s conspiracy and leaving such a huge flaw, he never thought about it, because in his knowledge, Zhuge Liang would not put himself in such danger!
And this is exactlyThis is where Zhuge Liang¡¯s brilliance lies!
For Zhuge Liang, the empty city is the only option. Although this option itself has certain risks, if you don't use this strategy, it is actually no different from waiting to die
In the final analysis, the existence of the empty city strategy is actually the only option for survival after putting oneself to death!
Zhuge Liang seized such an opportunity and achieved the fame of the Empty City Strategy
This is a coincidence, but also a necessity
"Accidental means that the opponent was deceived by the strategy and chose to retreat, while necessity refers to the inevitability of the strategy. In such a desperate situation, an empty city is the only option available!
Although this choice is essentially a gamble on life, in fact, under the circumstances, there was no better choice!
And just because Sima Yi didn¡¯t believe that Zhuge Liang dared to gamble his life, all this kind of gambling became a strategy of safety and self-preservation!
Just like in a casino, there are always some gamblers who play cards and belong to a genre called tight hands. Such gamblers have a very distinctive feature, that is, when the cards in their hands When it is not good enough, they will never choose to bet, but will simply fold. Only when they get a good enough hand will they enter the pot!
And such gamblers, once they choose to take action, it is easy for others to choose to fold because they are afraid of their strong hands, and because of this, when they rarely change their strategies occasionally, they often also When they are most threatening!
By the same token, Sima Yi, who was extremely suspicious, would never have imagined that Zhuge Liang, who had always been steady and cautious, would use such a risky strategy
In this world, no matter who you are
In fact, everyone is unwilling to take risks, especially when it comes to the choice between life and death
When facing death, everyone will become cautious in their choices!
Even if it is a very simple decision in normal times, when faced with life and death, it will become as heavy as Mount Tai!
Give a simple example!
In modern society, medical accidents are actually a very common situation. Because of this, more and more doctors are independent in the process of treating diseases and saving lives, and they often pay more attention to the importance of procedures. In many cases, Even the procedure itself is more important than treating patients and saving people, which is understandable
For example, there was news that a pregnant woman in the obstetrics and gynecology department of a hospital committed suicide by jumping off a building because of the unbearable pain. The family members of the hospital were unwilling to allow the pregnant woman to have a caesarean section, and the family members accused the hospital of not being willing to do so despite her consent. Performing surgery will lead to tragedy
In fact, the fundamental reason why such things happen is ultimately a matter of responsibility. No one, whether it¡¯s family members or the hospital, is willing to take on too much responsibility. Family members are unwilling to have a caesarean section, and they hope that pregnant women will give birth naturally. , this is a very normal mentality, and for the hospital, if the family members do not agree, the doctor naturally cannot make the decision without authorization
In this aspect, doctors ultimately only have the right to make suggestions and not to make decisions. From the perspective of family members, they actually only put forward an expectation and a tendency, but the main judgment is based on their cognition. Among them, it is actually left to the doctor to judge. If the doctor firmly says that a caesarean section is necessary, otherwise it may be life-threatening, then I am afraid that no family member will choose to oppose the doctor's suggestion
It¡¯s just that both doctors and patients actually have certain responsibilities in this matter
From this we can also see the great horror between life and death
Whether family members or doctors, when faced with life choices, it is usually difficult to make decisions
Of course, beyond the question of choice, the hospital must bear the main responsibility for this matter. After all, as a mother who is about to give birth, she can jump off the building on her own in the hospital. This in itself means that The hospital has an unshirkable responsibility for care. The reason why the pregnant woman jumped off the building is certainly partly related to the final determination of responsibility, but from the objective behavior of jumping off the building, the hospital must bear a lot of responsibility. responsible!
For things that happen in the hospital, the hospital must bear corresponding responsibilities. This does not mean that it has no responsibility if it believes that it has no responsibility
Just like in some Internet cafes or bathrooms, the bosses will always post so-called police notices inside, hoping that customers will take care of themselves.If your belongings are lost or stolen, we are not responsible for the disclaimer
But in fact, this so-called exemption clause is illegal in itself!
Whether in the bathroom or in an Internet cafe, the boss will bear greater or smaller responsibilities for things lost and property losses suffered in such occasions. This kind of responsibility will not be due to the so-called disclaimer clause posted by the boss. , you can be exempted from responsibility. In the final analysis, this approach is nothing more than self-deception
Take things in the hospital as an example. No matter how bad the mother's mood is, how much psychological pressure she has, or how cold and callous her family is, objectively speaking, the hospital can allow the mother to have a baby with a nearly fully dilated cervix. , being in a completely unattended state, being able to walk to the backup operating room next door and jump off the building on his own, this in itself is a very serious dereliction of duty, and this is the fundamental source of this tragedy!
No matter how much evidence the hospital provides to prove why pregnant women jump from buildings, there is still no way to explain why pregnant women jump from buildings. The former is a psychological factor, while the latter is an objective factor. Even if the pregnant woman herself jumped because her family was unwilling to have a caesarean section, plus The physical pain and inner despair eventually gave rise to the idea of ????suicide, which is entirely the responsibility of the family. However, there is no doubt that the pregnant woman jumped off the building at a time when she was in great need of care and without any nursing staff around her. It's the hospital's problem
Back to the topic
There is great terror between life and death. When facing life and death, everyone will always be very, very, very, very careful!
Especially when it is a matter of life and death, almost no one is willing to take risks!
And because of this, when it is a matter of life and death, many times even if it is the right decision, as long as there is a little risk, you will think twice, and you may even choose to give up in the end!
And only a truly wise man can still make the most correct choice when faced with a life or death decision!
The choice of the empty city strategy fully illustrates this point!
For Zhuge Liang, this kind of adventure itself is actually very inconsistent with his own character, but he knows very well that he must do this. Only in this way can he gain a chance of survival!
And the same is true for You Yue at this moment!
Unlike the empty city plan, Zhuge Liang's choice is actually to risk his life and survive!
And You Yue¡¯s choice is even more decisive!
He died after putting himself to death!
He knows one thing very well. If he fights in the correct way, there will be no way for him to survive!
Even if he can evade the enemy's attack, death will inevitably happen sooner or later. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, and fighting a hundred battles is invincible. He is very clear about the gap between himself and the opponent. Even in such an environment that seems like a dream but not a dream, he You can also clearly judge that the opponent is strong enough to crush you
In other words, for him, death in this environment is inevitable!
Yes, death is inevitable!
If you are an ordinary person, when you realize that death is inevitable, you may feel despair in your heart and become decadent
Just like many terminally ill patients, when they hear that they have a terminal illness, their hearts will completely collapse, they will be completely desperate, and they will no longer have any hopes and illusions about life
But Youyue is different!
First of all, he judged that he would not really die. Death in this dream would not affect himself in reality!
Secondly, You Yue knows very well that if death is an inevitable result, then what she has to do is not to try to avoid this death, but to choose to make the most of this death!