He fights the enemy with his back to the
river(背水一戰)
The name of the founding king of the Han
Dynasty in Chinese history was (Liu Bang). And the name of the most important
general who assisted him in founding the Han Dynasty was (Han Xin).
The story of (Han Xin)'s life is very
wonderful, and one of his stories is recorded in history.
He was the commander-in-chief of the Han
Kingdom's army.
In 205 BC, he led the army of the Han
Kingdom to defeat the Kingdoms of Wei and Dai.
After the end of these two battles, he did
not rest, and he immediately led the army to attack the Kingdom of Zhao.
To attack the Kingdom of Zhao, one must go
through a narrow valley tens of kilometers long.
This is a natural fortress, and 200,000
soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom are stationed here to prepare for the battle.
(Han Xin) The spies lurking in the Kingdom
of Zhao reported to him.
The generals of the Kingdom of Zhao decided
to adopt a head-on confrontation.
Han Xin drew up a strategy based on this
information.
He told an officer he trusted.
You lead 2,000 cavalry to sneak around the
mountain to the rear of the camp where 200,000 Zhao Kingdom troops are
stationed this evening, and then you have to wait quietly.
I will lead the Han Kingdom's army into
this valley by myself tomorrow morning, and then I will provoke the Zhao
Kingdom's army.
Since the terrain in the valley is narrow
and long, it is not conducive to our attack, but this terrain has in turn
become our advantage, because their 200,000 soldiers can only be pulled into a
long and narrow team. Their soldiers have no way to surround and attack us.
Around noon, I will pretend to be defeated,
and I will lead our soldiers out of the valley.
Outside this valley is a river, and there
is a plain beside the river. I have arranged for the rest of the soldiers to
form a line of defense along this river.
I will fall back to this line of defense by
the river.
After the general of the Zhao Kingdom sees us
retreating from the valley, he will definitely order all the soldiers of the
Zhao Kingdom to move forward.
Because as long as they reach the plain by
the river, Zhao Kingdom's army can give full play to the advantage of having
more numbers than us.
That time is the most important critical
moment in determining victory or defeat.
When you see the soldiers of the Kingdom of
Zhao leaving their camp, you have to take these 2000 cavalry and quickly
capture the camp of the Kingdom of Zhao.
After you capture the camp, you must
immediately take down all the military flags of the Kingdom of Zhao in the camp
of the Kingdom of Zhao and erect ours.
When you have completed this task, you must
lead these 2000 cavalry to shout at the same time.
The support army of the Kingdom of Han has
joined the war, and the army of the Kingdom of Han has captured the camp of the
Kingdom of Zhao. We're about to be killed, let's run away.
Although Zhao Kingdom's army has 200,000
soldiers, the number of soldiers who will confront us by the river will only be
about 100,000.
The remaining 100,000 soldiers have not yet
walked out of this narrow valley.
About 100,000 Zhao Kingdom soldiers who have
not yet walked out of the valley will panic when they hear your shouts.
When the soldiers of the Kingdom of Zhao
saw the military flags of the Kingdom of Han hanging on the camp in the rear,
they would believe what you said.
The soldiers of Kingdom Zhao at the end of
the valley will start to panic and want to escape from the valley. This panic
will soon affect other soldiers in the middle of the army.
After the soldiers in the middle of the
army see the soldiers in the rear of the army start to flee the battlefield,
the soldiers in the middle of the army will also start to flee.
In a few tens of minutes, the general of
the Kingdom of Zhao who led the army of the Kingdom of Zhao to confront us
head-on by the river will see that most of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Zhao
have lost their will to fight and fled the battlefield.
We can easily win this victory by
exploiting their fear.
This idiom means that he fights the enemy
with his back to the river.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
will die if he loses the battle, so the person fights with all his strength.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after hearing this story?
Have you ever considered that your
strengths could become your weaknesses? If you were to die today, would you give
your all to meet the challenges of life?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
背水一戰(He fights the enemy with his back to
the river)
中國歷史上的漢王朝開國國王的名字叫做(劉邦)。而協助他創建漢王朝的最重要的將軍的名字是(韓信)。
(韓信)一生的故事非常的精采，歷史上記載了一個他的故事。
他是漢王國的軍隊的總指揮官。
西元前205年，他率領漢王國的軍隊打敗了魏王國與代王國。
結束這兩場戰役後，他沒有休息，他又立刻帶領著軍隊前往攻打趙王國。
攻打趙王國必須經過一條長幾十公里，而且很狹窄的一個山谷。
這是一個天然的堡壘，趙王國20萬名士兵駐守在這裡準備迎戰。
(韓信)潛藏在趙王國的間諜向他回報說。
趙王國的將軍決定要採取正面對決的方式。
韓信就根據這個情報擬定了一個戰略。
他對一個他所信任的軍官說。
你率領2000個騎兵今天晚上偷偷從山上繞道到趙王國這20萬名軍隊駐紮的營地的後方，然後你們要靜靜地等待。
我明天上午會自己帶領漢王國的軍隊進入這個山谷，然後我會挑釁趙王國的軍隊。
由於山谷中的地形是狹長的，對我們進攻不利，但是這個地形反過來這也成為我們的優勢，因為他們的20萬名士兵也只能被拉成一隻狹長的隊伍。他們的士兵沒有辦法對我們進行包圍與攻擊。
大約中午左右，我會假裝退敗，我會帶著我們的士兵們退出山谷。
這個山谷的外面是一條河，河邊有一塊平原。我已經安排其餘的士兵們在這條河邊，建構了一條防線。
我會退回到河邊的這一道防線內。
趙王國的將軍看到我們從山谷中撤退之後，他一定會命令趙王國的所有士兵向前推進。
因為只要到了河邊這塊平原上，趙王國的軍隊就能夠充分發揮人數比我們多的優勢。
那個時候就是決定勝敗的最重要的關鍵時刻。
當你看到趙王國的士兵們離開他們的營地後，你就要帶著這2000個騎兵，迅速的攻佔趙王國的營地。
你攻佔營地之後，你必須立刻將趙王國的營地內的所有趙王國的軍旗撤下並立起我們的軍旗。
當你完成這項任務之後，你必須率領這2000個騎兵同時大喊。
漢王國的支援軍隊已經加入這場戰爭，漢王國的軍隊已經佔領了趙王國的營地。我們即將被殺，我們快點逃跑。
趙王國的軍隊雖然有20萬人，但與我們在河邊對決的士兵數量大約只會有十萬了。
其餘的10萬的士兵還尚未走出在這條狹窄的山谷。
這尚未走出山谷10萬左右的趙王國的士兵聽到你們的喊叫聲後他們就會產生恐慌。
這些趙王國的士兵們看見後方的營地上掛滿了漢王國的軍旗時他們就，會相信你們所說的話。
在山谷中的最後方的趙王國的士兵們就會開始慌張並且想要逃離這個山谷，這種恐慌的心理將會很快地影響到其他在軍隊隊伍中段的士兵們。
在軍隊隊伍中段的士兵們看見軍隊隊伍後方的士兵們開始逃離戰場後，這些在軍隊隊伍中段的士兵們也會開始跟著逃跑。
幾十分鐘後，這個領導著趙王國的軍隊與我們在河邊正面對決的趙王國的將軍將會看見，大部分的趙王國的士兵們已經喪失戰鬥意志並且逃離戰場。
我們利用他們的恐懼的心理，就可輕鬆地贏得這場勝利。
這一句成語的意思是他背對著河流與敵人戰鬥。
這句成語被用來形容一個人如果戰鬥失敗他就會死，所以這個人使出全力去戰鬥。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有想過你的優勢可能會變成你的劣勢嗎?你如果今天就會死，你會全力去迎接生命中的挑戰嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-淮陰侯列傳
