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Interpretation: use intelligence and rely on other people's manpower or financial resources to achieve their own goals.

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Seeing that Zhuge Liang was very talented, he was jealous. One day, Zhou Yu consulted Zhuge Liang about military affairs and said, "We are going to fight Cao Jun ... What is the best weapon for water fighting?" Zhuge Liang said, "Bows and arrows are the best." Zhou Yu said, "Yes, sir, I think so, too. At present, the army is short of arrows, and I would like to ask Mr. Wang to be responsible for building 100 thousand. This is official business. I hope Mr. Wang will not transfer it. " Zhuge Liang said, "Of course, if the governor entrusts him, he will do it. I wonder when these 100 thousand arrows will come in handy? " Zhou Yu asked, "Will it be completed in ten days?" Zhuge Liang said: "Since we are going to fight, if we can build it in ten days, we will definitely miss the big event." Zhou Yu asked, "How many days does Mr. Wang expect to be ready?" Zhuge Liang said, "Just three days." Zhou Yu said: "The military situation is urgent and you can't joke." Zhuge Liang said, "How dare you joke with the viceroy? I am willing to make a military order, and I will be punished if I can't do it within three days. " Zhou Yu was so happy that he asked Zhuge Liang to make a written pledge to fulfill a military order himself and hosted a banquet in his honor. Zhuge Liang said, "It's too late today. From tomorrow to the third day, please send 500 soldiers to the river to shoot arrows. " Zhuge Liang had a few drinks and left.

Lu Su said to Zhou Yu, "How can you make 100,000 arrows in three days? Is Zhuge Liang lying? " Zhou Yu said, "He said it himself. I didn't push him. I have to tell the craftsmen to delay deliberately and not to prepare all the materials for making arrows for him. If it can't be built by then, he will have nothing to say if he is convicted. Find out what he wants and report back to me. "

Lu Su met Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang said, "I need your help to make 100 thousand arrows in three days." Lu Su said, "You found it all yourself. Can I help you? " Zhuge Liang said, "You lend me twenty ships, each carrying thirty sergeants. The boat is covered with a green curtain, and more than 1000 straw handles are arranged on both sides of the boat. I have my own clever use. On the third day, I left a hundred thousand arrows. But we can't let the governor know. If he knows, my plan is over. "

Lu Su agreed. He doesn't know the purpose of Zhuge Liang's borrowing the boat. When he came back, he reported to Zhou Yu that he didn't mention borrowing the boat, only that Zhuge Liang didn't need bamboo, feathers and glue paint. Zhou Yu was puzzled and said, "On the third day, let's see what he does!"

Lu Su privately dispatched 20 clippers, each with 30 sergeants. As Zhuge Liang said, he arranged green curtains and grass handles for Zhuge Liang to dispatch. On the first day, Zhuge Liang did not move; The next day, Zhuge Liang still did not move; It was not until four o'clock on the third day that Zhuge Liang secretly invited Lu Su aboard. Lu Su asked him, "What do you want me to do?" Zhuge Liang said, "Please go and bring the arrows with you." Lu Su asked, "Where can I get it?" Zhuge Liang said, "Don't ask, you'll know when you go." Zhuge Liang ordered twenty boats to be tied together and headed for the north shore.

At this time, it was foggy all over the sky, and even the face of the river could not be seen clearly. Before dawn, the ship approached the water village in Cao Jun. Zhuge Liang ordered the stern to face east and spread out the word, calling the sergeant on board to drum and shout. Lu Su said in surprise, "What if Cao Bing comes out?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Cao Cao must not dare to send troops in such a heavy fog." We just drink for fun and go back at dawn. "

Hearing drums and shouts, Cao Cao ordered, "The river was foggy and the enemy suddenly attacked. We can't see the truth clearly, so don't go out easily. Just ask the crossbowman to shoot arrows at them and keep them away. " He sent six thousand crossbowmen to the dry village to support the water army by the river. More than 10,000 crossbowmen shot arrows at the river together, as if it were raining. Zhuge Liang also ordered the boat to be turned over, with the bow facing east and the stern facing west, still beating gongs and drums, shouting and coming to the water village in Cao Jun, ready to take the arrow.

It's getting light, and the fog hasn't dispersed yet. At this time, the grass handles on both sides of the boat were covered with arrows. Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers to shout in unison: "Thank you for the arrow of Prime Minister Cao!" Then call 20 ships back to the south bank. Cao Cao knew that he had been cheated, but the ship here had sailed for more than twenty miles with the wind, and it was too late to catch up.

When twenty ships landed, 500 soldiers sent by Zhou Yu just came to the river to move arrows. Each ship has about five or six thousand arrows, and twenty ships have hundreds of thousands. Lu Su met Zhou Yu and told him how to borrow an arrow. Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Zhuge Liang has a clever plan. I really can't compare with him! " "

A symbol of Jingwei's reclamation/tenacious determination

Metaphor is determined, not afraid of difficulties.

An ambitious person or thing. This is also a metaphor for the futility of what people do.

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Before the Xia dynasty, the country had not yet formed. At that time, the emperor was far less rich and enjoyed many privileges. But a pure public servant, only doing his duty. The children of the emperor have no special titles such as prince and princess, and their status is not noble, just like the children of ordinary people.

Emperor Yan has a daughter named Jing Wei, who is cheerful and lively and likes to fight against injustice. One day, she went out to play with children and saw an older child riding a horse. The children are tired and climb down, but the older children will not give up.

Jingwei walked over and pointed at the head of the older child and said angrily, "You are shameless. What are your skills in bullying children? If you have the strength to fight tigers and bears, people will say you are a hero. "

The boss saw that Jingwei was a little girl, born thin and didn't take her seriously at all. He jumped down from the child's back, walked up to Jingwei and said, "I am the son of the sea dragon king. Who are you? " Don't you dare control me! "

Jingwei said, "What's the big deal about the son of the Dragon King? I am also the daughter of Emperor Yan. Don't run wild on land in the future, or I'll hang you on a tree to dry. " The son of the dragon king said, "I'll let you know my skills first, and then mind your own business." Call if you say so. Jingwei followed his father to hunt in the mountains since he was a child. His hands and feet are flexible and his strength is not small. Seeing each other's rudeness, he did not show weakness. He dodged the opponent's fist, flew up and kicked the dragon king's son. The son of the Dragon King stood up, refused to give up, punched again and again, and was punched in the chest by Jingwei, throwing his head high. Seeing that the son of the Dragon King could not defeat Jingwei, he had to return to the sea in despair. A few days later, Jingwei went swimming in the sea, having a good time, and happened to be discovered by the son of the Dragon King. He swam to Jingwei and said, You got a bargain on land one day. Today, you run to my door and make a mistake quickly, or I will make waves and drown you. "JingWei stubbornly said," I was right. What's the matter? "The son of the dragon king see jingwei stubborn, didn't mean to throw in the towel. He immediately stirred up the sea and set off strong winds and waves. Jingwei had no time to struggle and was drowned. After the death of Jingwei, he became a bird with red claws and a white mouth, determined to fill the sea. She threw stones and branches into the sea with her mouth and shouted "Jingwei, Jingwei", as if to motivate herself. Year after year, she never stopped.

Imitate others and lose your personality.

Metaphor mechanically imitates others, not only failing to learn others' strengths, but also losing their own strengths and skills.

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Legend has it that two thousand years ago, there was a teenager in Shouling, Yan State. If you don't know his last name, just call him Shouling Youth!

This young Shouling is not worried about food and clothing, and he is a medium-sized talent in appearance, but he lacks self-confidence. He often feels that he is nothing like others for no reason-good clothes, delicious food and elegant standing and sitting. He learns what he sees and loses what he learns. Although he has a new look, he still can't do one thing well. He doesn't know what he should look like.

His family advised him to change this problem, which he thought was because his family cared too much. Relatives and neighbors said he was a bear breaking a stick, but he didn't listen at all. Over time, he doubted whether he should walk like this, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly.

One day, he met several people talking and laughing on the road, only to hear someone say that the walking posture of Handan people is beautiful. As soon as he heard this, he had a heart attack and hurried forward to find out. Unexpectedly, the men saw him and walked away with a smile.

How beautiful is the walking posture of Handan people? He can't imagine. This has become his heart disease. Finally, one day, he went to Handan, a distant place, to learn to walk without telling his family.

When I arrived in Handan, I felt fresh and dazzling everywhere. Seeing children walking, he feels lively, beautiful and academic; Seeing the old man walking, he felt steady and learned; Watch women walk, sway and learn. In this way, after only half a month, he couldn't even walk, and his travel expenses were spent, so he had to climb back.

The story comes from Zhuangzi Autumn Water. The idiom "Handan toddler" means to imitate others mechanically. Instead of learning from others' strengths, you will lose your own strengths and skills.

Split a wicker a hundred paces away.

Source "Warring States Policy Western Zhou Policy"

Chu has a young man who is good at shooting, and he who goes to the willow leaves shoots it with a hundred paces, and hits it with a hundred shots.

The explanation of it is similar to the idiom "A hundred shots hit the target". Archery has a superb metaphor and is extended to a very high skill.

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The famous soldier of Qin led his army to attack Wei in vain. After learning about this, a counselor named Su Li went to see the Emperor of Zhou and reminded him: "If Wei is occupied by Qin Jun, your situation will be very dangerous." It turned out that the monarch of the Zhou Dynasty at this time was nominally the son of heaven, but actually had no jurisdiction over the vassal States. If it is destroyed by Qin, the power of Qin will be stronger and the threat to Zhou will be greater. Zhou asked what to do. It is suggested that Zhou send someone to persuade Bai Qi to stop attacking and tell him a story. This paper introduces a story that should be told to Bai Qi: There was a famous archer named Yang in Chu State. This man was brave when he was young, and he also learned a good archery. At that time, there was a warrior named Tiger Pan, who was also good at archery. One day, two people were playing archery on the field, and many people gathered around to watch. The target is set fifty paces away, where there is a board with red hearts. Pan Hu pulled a strong bow, and three arrows hit the hearts in succession, winning the cheers of the onlookers. He proudly handed the arch to Yang and asked him for advice. Yang looked around and said, "Shoot the red heart fifty paces away. The target is too close and too big. Let's shoot the willow leaves outside 100 step! " After that, he pointed to a willow tree a hundred paces away and asked people to choose a leaf on the tree and paint it red as a target. Then he drew his bow and shot it with a bang. As a result, the arrow chain just passed through the center of this willow leaf. Everyone present was stunned. Knowing that he was not so clever, he didn't believe that Yang's arrow could penetrate the willow leaves, so he went under the willow tree. Choose three willow leaves and number them in color. Please ask Yang to shoot them again in the numbered order. Yang walked a few steps ago, saw the number clearly, then retreated a hundred paces away, drew his bow, and shot three numbered willow leaves with three arrows, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Gal, cheers, Tiger Pan also take orally. Amid cheers, a man next to Yang said coldly, "Hey, you have to be able to pierce Yang with a hundred paces before you can teach him to shoot arrows!" " Hearing this man's tone, Yang turned angrily and asked, "How are you going to teach me archery?" The man said quietly, "I'm not here to teach you how to bow and shoot arrows, but to remind you how to keep the reputation of archers." Have you ever thought that once your physical strength is exhausted, as long as one arrow misses, your reputation will be affected. A person who is really good at archery should pay attention to maintaining his reputation! "Yang listened to, feel very reasonable, thank you. According to Su Li's introduction, the people sent by the Zhou Emperor told the story to Tian Lei. After listening to this, he thought that he had to maintain his reputation of winning every battle and could not go to war easily, so he stopped attacking Wei on the pretext of illness. This story also leads to another idiom, "A hundred shots hit the target".

Calling a deer a horse-deliberate misinterpretation

Metaphor deliberately reverses right and wrong and confuses black and white.

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Qin Ershi's prime minister, Zhao Gao, is ambitious, planning to usurp the throne all day long. However, he doesn't know how many people can be at his mercy and how many people are against him. So he thought of a way to test his prestige and find out who dared to oppose him.

One day, Zhao Gao brought a deer into the palace and said to Qin Ershi with a big smile, "Your Majesty, I will give you a good horse." Qin Ershi looked at it and thought: This is not a horse, this is obviously a deer! He smiled and said to Zhao Gao, "The Prime Minister has made a mistake. There is a deer here. How can you say it's a horse? " Zhao Gao said with a straight face: "Please see clearly, this is indeed a swift horse." Qin Ershi looked at the deer again and said incredulously, "Why does a horse have horns on its head?" Zhao Gao turned around, pointed to the ministers and said loudly, "Your Majesty can ask the ministers if you don't believe me."

Ministers were all at a loss by Zhao Gao's nonsense, and whispered privately: What is this Zhao Gao doing? It's obviously a deer or a horse! Ministers see Zhao Gao sinister smile on his face, eyes staring at Zhao Gao in turn, eyes staring at everyone in turn, suddenly understand Zhao Gao's intention.

Some timid people with a sense of justice bow their heads and dare not speak, because telling lies is sorry for their conscience, and telling the truth is afraid of being hurt by Zhao Gao in the future. Some honest people insist that it is manual rather than horse. There are also some adulterers who usually follow Zhao Gao closely and immediately support Zhao Gao's statement and say to the emperor, "This is indeed a swift horse!"

Afterwards, Zhao Gao punished those honest ministers who did not obey him by various means, and even copied them.

The story comes from Historical Records of Qin Shihuang. The idiom "referring to a deer as a horse" is a metaphor for deliberately reversing right and wrong and confusing black and white.

Just like chopping bamboo.

Describe the victory of the battle without stopping.

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At the end of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, destroyed Shu, seized the state power of Wei, prepared to send troops to attack Wu Dong, and realized the wish of reunifying China. He called the minister of civil and military affairs to discuss the destruction plan. Most people think that Wu still has some strength, and it may not be easy to destroy it at one fell swoop. You'd better be well prepared.

General Du Yu disagreed with most people's views and wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. Du Yu believes that Guo Hao must be destroyed when it is weak, otherwise it will be difficult to defeat it when it has strength. Sima Yan read Du Yu's letter and asked Zhang Hua, his most trusted minister, for advice. Zhang Hua agreed with Du Yu's analysis and suggested attacking Wu quickly to avoid future troubles. So Sima Yan made up his mind to appoint Du Yu as the general of conquering the south. In 279 AD, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, mobilized more than 200,000 military forces and divided them into six groups to attack the State of Wu. All the way, gongs and drums were loud, flags were flying, and the soldiers were mighty and magnificent. In the second year, he captured Jiangling, beheaded one of the generals of Wu, and led the army to pursue them. Wu Jun, south of Yuanjiang River and Xiangjiang River, was frightened and surrendered by opening the gate. Sima Yan ordered Du Yu to March from the path to Jianye, which is the capital of Wu. At this time, some people are worried that the Yangtze River is surging, so it is better to wait until winter before attacking. Du Yu is firmly opposed to withdrawing troops. He said: "Now when morale is high and fighting spirit is strong, we have won one victory after another, just like a broken bamboo (like chopping bamboo with a sharp knife, it will break in a few weeks). It doesn't take much effort to capture Wu in one fell swoop! " Rulers of the army, under the guidance of Du Yu, robbed the builders in Wudu, and soon captured Jianye and destroyed the State of Wu. Emperor Wu of Jin unified the whole country.

The story comes from the biography of Du Yu in the Book of Jin. The idiom "like a broken bamboo" describes the ceaseless victory in the battle.

Dismantle the bridge immediately after crossing the river

Metaphor is to kick someone who has helped you away after achieving a certain goal.

Story: Cherie Tiemu, the minister of the Yuan Dynasty, was shrewd and decisive in handling official business. One year, he worked in Zhejiang, just as the imperial examination was held in the provincial capital. He witnessed the exam, and spent a lot of money from the government to the candidates, which inevitably led to graft. He secretly made up his mind that when he came to power, he must urge the court to abolish this system. Later, he was promoted to Vice Premier Zhongshu Pingzhang and told Yuan Shundi to abolish the imperial examination system. The imperial examination system in China has been implemented for more than 700 years since Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is a very important thing to abolish it, which has aroused great repercussions in North Korea. Bo Yan, a master, expressed his support, but he opposed a lot. An censor resolutely opposed the abolition of the imperial examination system. He asked Shun Di to cure Cherie's fungus. Unexpectedly, although Shundi was very fatuous, he was in favor of abolishing the imperial examination system. So he didn't support the proposal, but was demoted to be an official in other places. Soon, he ordered people to draft a letter to abolish the imperial examination system, ready to be promulgated. Before the book was published, Xu, a politician with a slightly lower status than Pingzhang, stood up against the abolition of the imperial examination system. He said to Bo Yan: "If the imperial examination system is abolished, talented people all over the world will resent it." Bo Yan said tit for tat: "If we continue to implement the imperial examination system, more people in the world will take bribes and abuse the law." Xu retorted: "When the imperial examination system was not implemented, weren't there many people who took bribes and perverted the law?" Bo Yan sarcastically said, "I think there are too few useful materials among those who win the election. Only you can be appointed as a politician! " Not convinced, Xu cited senior officials elected in many years to refute Bo Bo. Bo Yan certainly won't change his point of view, so the two men argued fiercely. The next day, Manchu civil servants were summoned to Chongtianmen to listen to the imperial examination system, and Xu was specially called to be a monitor. It seems that the emperor deliberately wanted this opponent to understand the imperial edict. Xu was reluctant, but he was afraid of offending the emperor and getting hurt, so he had to kneel in front of the officials and listen to the imperial edict. After hearing and reading the imperial edict, hundreds of officials returned to the government, bowed their heads and left unhappily. An imperial adviser named Pu Hua went up to him and put his ear to his ear, sarcastically saying, "If you participate in politics, you will become a person who burns down the bridge. This means that your participation in politics depends on the imperial examination. Now read out the imperial edict to abolish the imperial examination system. You kneel in front, as if you were the leader of abolishing the imperial examination system, just like pulling down the bridge after crossing it. Xu was ashamed and hated, so he stepped up and left. After that, he made an excuse to say that he was ill and never went to court again.

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2011-2-2815: 24 enthusiastic users

This idiom comes from Three Kingdoms, Biography of Shu Wei and Biography of Xun Yu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Cao Cao suppressed the occupation of Yanzhou (Y m 4 n) by the Yellow Scarf Army, he was ambitiously preparing to seize Xuzhou.

At that time, there was a gifted scholar named Xun Xuan in Yingchuan, Angelababy (now Xuchang, Henan), who moved to Jizhou to escape Dong Zhuo's rebellion and was regarded as a distinguished guest by Yuan Shao. Seeing that Yuan Shao could not achieve great things, he went to Cao Cao's door. Cao Cao was overjoyed and named him Sima. From then on, he followed Cao Cao to the north and made suggestions, which won Cao Cao's trust.

In A.D. 194, Tao Qian, a shepherd in Xuzhou, died of illness and gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he died. When the news came, Cao Cao couldn't hold back the heart of Xuzhou any longer and was busy sending troops to Xuzhou. Knowing Cao Cao's thoughts, Xun Yu said, "When Emperor Gaozu was in Guanzhong, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu owned Hanoi. They all have a solid foundation. They advanced enough to defeat the enemy and retreated enough to hold on, so they became a great cause. Now the general is attacking Xuzhou regardless of Yanzhou, and it is not enough for our army to stay in Yanzhou to obtain Xuzhou; Stay less, if Lyu3 bu4 moves at this time, it will not be enough to hold Yanzhou. In the end, Yanzhou must have lost it, and Xuzhou didn't take it. " He also pointed out, "Now is the wheat harvest season. I heard that Xuzhou has organized manpower to grab wheat outside the city and transport it to the city. This shows that they are ready. Once the news comes out, they will definitely strengthen their fortifications, transfer all materials, and make all preparations to meet us (the original text is:' Today's wheat harvest in the East, it will be difficult for the generals to clear the field'). In this way, your military forces are really gone, the city can't be captured, and nothing can be obtained. Within ten days, your army will be defeated without fighting. "

Cao Cao listened to Xun Xuan and admired him very much. From then on, he concentrated his forces and quickly defeated Lu Bu. Later, he defeated Liu Bei and occupied Xuzhou.

"Fixing the wall to clear the field": Fixing the wall is to strengthen the city wall and fortress; Clearing the field is to collect food and property in the wild. It is untenable to reinforce fortifications and transfer all residents and materials in the four fields so that the enemy can neither break into houses nor take anything. This is a way to confront the superior enemy.

This idiom comes from Jia Yi's On Qin in the Western Han Dynasty, which is about the peasant uprising led by Chen Sheng and Guangwu at the end of Qin Dynasty.

In July 209 BC, Yangcheng (now southeast of Dengfeng, Henan) local officials sent two officers and 900 poor people to guard the border in Yuyang (now Miyun County, Beijing). The two officers also chose two able-bodied men from among the able-bodied men to be the captains of chariots, and put them in charge of the rest of the able-bodied men. One of the two captains is Chen Sheng, a farm worker. The other is the poor peasants' guangwu. They didn't know each other before, but now they meet and share the same fate, which soon made them good friends.

Chen Sheng, Guangwu and his party were desperate to get to the north, and did not dare to delay. Because according to the decree of the Qin dynasty, if you miss the date, you will be beheaded. However, they had just walked for a few days when they arrived in osawa Township (now southwest of Su County, Anhui Province). It rained heavily, so they had to put up their tents until it cleared up. It just keeps raining, and the date is delayed. Chen Sheng discussed with Guangwu: "Even if you leave, you will die if you miss the date." Running away and being caught by the government is also death. It's a death anyway. Let's rebel together, overthrow Qin Ershi and kill the people. "

Guangwu is also a man of insight. He agreed with Chen Sheng and called on the whole world to attack Qin Ershi through the titles of Fu Su, the prince killed by Qin Ershi, and Xiang Yan, the former general of Chu who won the support of the masses.

So Chen Sheng and Guangwu took several confidants, hacked two policemen to death first, and then held their heads up to explain to everyone that if they rebelled, they would die in vain. These hundreds of people suddenly expressed their willingness to give their lives to work with Bobby Chen and Guangwu. Everyone took chopping down trees as a weapon, held high bamboo poles as a banner, and swore to heaven that Qi Xin would work together to overthrow Qin Ershi and avenge Xiang Yan, the general of Chu. Everyone also elected Chen Sheng and Guangwu as leaders and occupied osawa Township in one fell swoop. As soon as the farmers in osawa heard that Bobby Chen and Guangwu had rebelled against the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, the young children came to the camp to join the army with hoes, harrows, poles and sticks.

People simplify the phrase "cutting firewood for soldiers and raising the banner" to the idiom "raising the banner", which means holding high the banner of righteousness and rising up against it. More generally refers to the people's uprising.

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2011-2-2817: 32 Empty mineral water bottle | Grade II

The old horse knows the way. Although the Central Plains countries gradually recognized the status of Qi as the leader, some ethnic tribes living in remote areas turned a blind eye to this set. One day, Qi Huangong was discussing with Guan Zhong when someone came to report that róng, a northern minority, had invaded Yan State again and robbed food, livestock and property. Yan sent for help. Qi Huangong asked Guan Zhong for advice. Guan Zhong said, "Rongshan always disturbs the Central Plains, which is a worry for the stability of the Central Plains and must be conquered." Qi Huangong listened to Guan Zhong and led an army to save Yan.

When Qi Huangong's troops arrived at Yanyuan, they realized that Shan Rong had fled with the robbed population and property. Guan Zhong said, "Although Dan Rong has escaped, he will come to harass again. We might as well chase them to the end and completely defeat them in order to achieve long-term stability in the north. " Qi Huangong listened to Guan Zhong's advice and pursued Shanrong to the north. Yan Zhuanggong, the monarch of the State of Yan, said to Qi Huangong, "There is an endless country nearby (now yutian county, Hezhou) that has always been in contact with us. They also had a grudge against Shan Rong. Can you ask them to lead us to attack Shan Rong? " Qi Huangong immediately sent someone with a gift to a country without a dock for help. Endless countries also sent troops to participate in the war.

The leader of Shanrong is called Milu. He heard that Qi, Yan and Wu Dong were fighting together, but he knew that he could not defeat them, so he fled to the north with some cronies and treasures. The soldiers and civilians who had no time to escape surrendered. In order to convince Shan Rong, Qi Huangong ordered not to hurt Shan Rong's soldiers and people. Dan Rong was treated leniently and thanked Qi Huangong. Qi Huangong asked them, "Where did your leader go?" They said, "I must have gone to the lonely bamboo country to borrow soldiers." Qi Huangong decided to attack the Milu deer, conquer the solitary bamboo country, and completely eliminate the hidden trouble of northern unrest.

Besides, Milu fled to a remote bamboo country and asked the monarch for help. In reply, he sent General Huang Hua to lead his troops and the Milu to face the Qi army. Unexpectedly, Huang Hua was defeated by the Qi army as soon as he came out. Huang Hua fled back and said to Li He, "Qi Huangong led an army to attack the milu deer, which has nothing to do with our country. I think it's better to kill the milu deer and make peace with Qi Hou, so as to save ourselves. " Another minister made a suggestion: "There is a place in the north called' Dry Sea' and' Lost Valley', where the desert is vast and the roads are difficult to distinguish. If the Qi army can be introduced into the' lost valley', it will be possible to annihilate the entire army of Qi Hou without hurting a single soldier. "

Huang Hua listened to the idea. So he went to kill the milu deer, cut off his head, and presented the milu deer's head to the army of Qi Hou, saying that Arija led the army to escape, and he was willing to yield to Qi Hou, lead the way for the Qi army and pursue Arija. When Qi Huangong saw that Huang Hua offered the head of the milu deer, he believed it and led a large group of people to chase after Huang Hua northward. Huang Hua led the way, and Qi Hou's troops followed. After entering the desert, I just turned a few corners and couldn't find my way. The vast yellow sand (yín) is like a quiet sea, which can't tell the east, west, north and south, nor can it tell the front, back and left. Qi Huangong wants to ask Huang Hua what is going on, but where is his shadow? Only then did I know that I had been cheated by Huang Hua. At this time, the sun has set and the night has covered the earth. It was dark all around, and the northwest wind kept blowing, making the soldiers tremble with cold. Very not easy to wait until dawn, only to find that people have dispersed. Qi Huangong ordered to find a way out quickly, but a large group of people were wandering around, and they couldn't get out of this mysterious valley. At this moment, Guan Zhong suddenly remembered that most old horses knew the way home, so he said to Qi Huangong, "Old horses know the way. Many horses without a final country belong to Shan Rong. It is better to choose a few old horses without a final country and let them go ahead. Maybe you can find a way out. " Although Qi Huangong was skeptical, there was no other way. He agreed to give it a try. So Guan Zhong picked a few old horses and let them walk in front, followed by a large group of people. Several old horses walked unhurriedly, and sure enough, they walked out of the valley and returned the same way. Everyone had a narrow escape and admired Guan Zhong's resourcefulness. Since then, "the old horse knows the way" has also become a widely circulated idiom, marching in the mountains without water. Peng Ji said: "Ants live in the south of the mountain in winter and in the north of the mountain in summer. There is water one inch deep in the soil of ants." So I dug the nest and found the water.

With the wisdom of Guan Zhong and Peng Ji, it is not too much for people to admit their ignorance and learn from saints when they encounter things they don't understand, and it is not a shame to ask for advice from old horses and ants.