He created the illusion of sufficient food
and successfully deceived the enemy (唱籌量沙)
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties
of China, there was a famous general in the Liu Song Kingdom, his name was (Tan
Daoji).
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
In 430 AD, he led the army of the Liu Song
Kingdom to fight against the army of the Northern Wei Kingdom.
The armies of the two kingdoms fought more
than 30 battles in 20 days.
He led the army to most of the victories.
However, due to the lack of logistical
support for the army, the army of the Liu Song Kingdom faced food shortages.
Therefore, he had to order the army to
retreat first.
After the generals of the Northern Wei Kingdom
learned through spies that the Liu Song army was short of food, the generals of
the Northern Wei Kingdom ordered all troops to gather and launch a large-scale
attack on the Liu Song army.
In the camp of the Liu Song Kingdom, news
of the food shortage also spread among the soldiers.
He felt the fear of the soldiers of the Liu
Song Kingdom.
At this critical moment, he came up with a
plan.
That night, he arranged a play.
He ordered the most important cronies in
the army to put sand in sacks of rice overnight, and then ordered a count of
how many sacks of rice were left in the army.
In the dark, his cronies loudly counted the
amount of food in the army in public.
His cronies counted loudly. When the
soldiers of the Liu Song Kingdom heard that the amount of rice was very large,
the mood of all the soldiers changed from fear to relief.
The next morning, the general of the
Northern Wei Kingdom discovered that the soldiers of the Liu Song Kingdom had
changed from fear to confidence after one night. Surprised, he ordered a
temporary halt to the attack.
At noon the next day, the generals of the
Northern Wei Kingdom received the latest intelligence from the spies hiding in
the Liu Song Kingdom.
This latest information indicated that the
Liu Song army still had a lot of food in reserve.
After assessing the situation, the general
of the Northern Wei Kingdom ordered all armies to stop attacking.
Tan Daoji relied on his wit to successfully
resolve the crisis.
This idiom means that he created the
illusion of sufficient food and successfully deceived the enemy.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
creates an illusion and successfully deceives the enemy.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you were him, could you think of a
better way to keep the soldiers of the Liu Song Kingdom from panicking? Have
you ever been deceived by your enemies?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
唱籌量沙(He created the illusion of sufficient
food and successfully deceived the enemy)
中國的南北王朝時代，劉宋王國有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(檀道濟)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
西元430年，他帶領劉宋王國的軍隊與北魏王國的軍隊爭戰。
兩個王國的軍隊在20幾天內打了30多場戰爭。
他帶領著軍隊贏得了多數的勝利。
但是由於軍隊後勤補給來不及，劉宋王國的軍隊面臨到糧食短缺的情況。
因此他只好下令軍隊先撤退。
北魏王國的將軍透過間諜得知劉宋王國的軍隊糧食短缺的消息後，北魏王國的將軍下令集結所有軍隊要對劉宋王國的軍隊要發動大規模的攻擊。
劉宋王國的陣營中，散佈糧食短缺的消息也在士兵間散布開來。
他感覺到劉宋王國的士兵們的恐懼的情緒。
在這個很關鍵的時刻，他想出了一個計策。
當天晚上，他安排了一齣戲。
他命令軍隊中最核心的幾個親信連夜把沙子裝入裝米的袋子內，接著他下令清點軍隊中還有多少袋米。
在黑夜中，他的親信們當眾大聲清點軍隊中的糧食的數量。
他的親信們大聲地清點，劉宋王國的士兵們聽到這些米的數量還非常的多，所有的士兵們的心情都由恐懼變成安心。
隔天早上，北魏王國的將軍發現經過一個晚上，劉宋王國的士兵們從原本的惶恐變成信心滿滿，他覺得很驚訝，所以下令暫時停止攻擊。
隔天中午，北魏王國的將軍收到躲藏在劉宋王國中的間諜傳回來的最新的情報。
這個最新的情報表示劉宋王國的軍隊中還有很多存糧。
北魏王國的將軍經過評估之後，他下令所有的軍隊停止發動攻擊。
檀道濟憑藉著他的機智，順利地化解了這個危機。
這句成語的意思是他製造了糧食充足的假象並且順利的騙過了敵人。
這句成語被用來形容一個人製造了一種假象並且順利的騙過了敵人。
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。
你如果是他，你有更好的方法使劉宋王國的士兵不在驚慌嗎?你是否曾經被你的敵人欺騙過嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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