Tian Dan recovers the kingdom of Qi(田單復國)
During the Warring States Period in China,
the troops of the Yan Kingdom captured more than 70 cities in the Qi Kingdom.
In the Qi Kingdom, only two cities (Juxian)
and (Jimo) were left that had not been captured by the Yan Kingdom.
At this critical moment, (Tian Dan) took
over as the mayor of (Jimo) City, and he also served as the War Commander of
(Jimo) City.
He uses a lot of special tactics, he uses
psychological warfare and espionage warfare to influence the enemy.
Three years after he took over as mayor, he
thought the time was ripe for a counter-offensive, and there was only one last
thing he had to do, and that was to let the Yan Kingdom's army completely relax
its vigilance.
He sent messengers to negotiate with the
generals of the Yan kingdom.
The messenger brought 1000 pieces of gold.
The messenger said to the general of the Yan Kingdom.
We want to surrender.
The 1,000 pieces of gold were raised by all
the citizens of our city.
We take this gold as a gift, hope you will
treat us well after we surrender so that we can live in peace
The generals of the Yan Kingdom happily
accepted the gold.
That night, many soldiers of the Yan
Kingdom also drank and celebrated. These soldiers have been away from their
hometown for a long time, and they are very happy to hear that the war is
coming to an end.
In the middle of the night that night, the
soldiers of the Kingdom of Yan suddenly heard a loud noise in their sleep. When
the soldiers ran out of the tent, they saw many red monsters rushing towards
them.
The soldiers of the Yan Kingdom did not
know what was going on. They saw their comrades crying and shouting in panic.
They saw many comrades being hit and killed. They didn't even have time to put
on their clothes, so they quickly fled the camp.
Where did these monsters come from?
It turns out that this is a new tactic
created by (Tian Dan).
He requisitioned all the cattle in (Jimo)
city, there were more than 1,000 cattle in total.
He ordered the soldiers to tie sharp knives
to the two horns of each cattle.
He made many red robes with dragon totems
on them, and put these robes on the cattle.
He had dug several secret passages in
advance, and he drove the cattle out of the passages at night.
He tied greased reeds to each cattle's tail
and set them on fire.
The fire on the reeds tied to the tails of
the cattle burned the tails of the cattle, and the cattle rushed furiously and
furiously towards the camp of the army of the Yan kingdom.
Following these cattle were 5,000 strong
soldiers of the Qi Kingdom, and in the city (Jimo) behind the soldiers, all the
citizens beat the bronze utensils in their hands and shouted loudly.
The well-disciplined Yan Kingdom's army
disintegrated, and the generals who led them were killed.
Tian Dan led the 5,000 heroic soldiers of
the Qi Kingdom to annihilate the most powerful main force of the Yan Kingdom.
In the next few weeks, he led these
soldiers to recover many lost territories of the Qi Kingdom one after another,
and the people of the Qi Kingdom in many occupied areas also responded to their
army. The number of people in his army became more and more day by day. On the
contrary, The number of the Yan Kingdom's army is decreasing day by day.
A few months later, he recaptured almost
all of the lost cities, and the Qi Kingdom was spared its demise.
This idiom means that Tian Dan recovers the
kingdom of Qi.
This idiom is used to encourage us not to
give up in desperate situations.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How is your life now? If your current
living situation is not good, have you tried every means to improve your
current situation?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
田單復國(Tian Dan recovers the kingdom of Qi)
中國的戰國時代，燕王國的軍隊攻佔了齊王國的70幾座城市。
齊王國只剩(莒縣)市與(即墨)市這兩座城市尚未被燕王國攻佔。
在這個危急的時刻，(田單)接任(即墨)市的市長，他同時也兼任(即墨)市的戰爭指揮官。
他利用了很多特別的戰術，他利用心理戰與間諜戰去影響敵人。
他接任市長的三年後，他認為反攻的時機已經成熟，他還要做的只有最後一件事，那就是讓燕王國的軍隊完全放鬆警戒。
他派遣使者去與燕王國的將軍談判。
使者帶了1000塊黃金。使者對燕王國的將軍說。
我們想要投降。
這1000塊黃金是我們這座城市中的所有市民共同籌措的。
我們將這些黃金當作禮物，希望你在我們投降之後可以善待我們，讓我們能平安地生活
燕王國的將軍很開心的接受了這些黃金。
當天晚上，許多燕王國的士兵也喝酒慶祝，這些士兵已經離開家鄉非常久的時間了，他們很高興聽到這場戰爭即將結束的消息。
當天晚上的深夜，燕王國的士兵在睡夢中，突然聽見巨大的聲響，當這些士兵跑出帳篷時，他們看見有許多紅色的怪物向他們衝過來。
燕王國的士兵們不知道發生了甚麼事，他們看見自已的同袍驚慌失措的哭泣與喊叫，他們看見許多同袍被撞死，他們連衣服都來不及穿好，他們趕緊逃離營地。
到底這些怪物是從那裡來的呢?
原來這是(田單)所獨創的一個新的戰術。
他徵用了(即墨)市中的所有的牛隻，這些牛隻總共有1000多頭。
每頭牛的兩隻牛角上，他命令士兵綁上銳利的刀子。
他製作了很多紅色的袍子，上面畫了龍的圖騰，把這些袍子套在這些牛的身上。
他預先挖鑿了幾個秘密的通道，他趁夜間把牛從通道中趕出。
他把浸滿油脂的蘆葦綁在每頭牛的尾巴上，並點燃這些蘆葦。
這些牛尾巴上綁著的蘆葦上的火燒到了這些牛的尾巴，這些牛就狂暴且憤怒地衝向燕王國的軍隊的營地。
跟在這些牛之後的是5000個齊王國的精壯的士兵，在士兵後面的(即墨)市中，所有的市民敲打著手中的銅器並且大聲吶喊。
紀律嚴明的燕王國的軍隊潰散，率領他們的將軍也被殺。
田單率領著這5000個英勇的齊王國的士兵，殲滅了燕王國最強大的主力部隊。
接下來幾周，他帶領著這些士兵接連收復了許多齊王國的失土，許多被占領地區的齊王國的人民也響應他們的軍隊，他的軍隊中的人一天比一天更多，相反的，燕王國的軍隊的人數一天比一天更少。
幾個月後，他奪回了幾乎所有丟掉的城市，齊王國免於滅亡。
這句成語的意思是田單收復了齊王國。
這句成語被用來勉勵我們在絕境中仍不要放棄。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你現在的生活過得如何呢?若你現在的生活狀態不好，你是否有想盡各種辦法來改善自己的現狀呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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