The power of momentum

Sun Tzu said:

Managing a large army is like managing a few people, relying on the organizational division of labor;

Fighting a large enemy force is like fighting a few enemies, relying on the command of the combat form;

The reason why all units of the whole army will not be defeated when they encounter the enemy's attack is because of the correct deployment of the main forces and the supporting forces;

Attacking the enemy is as easy as hitting an egg with a stone, the key is to attack weakness with strength.

In normal battles, the main forces are used to balance the enemy, and the extra supporting forces are used to defeat the enemy.

One who is good at using the power of supporting forces, one's tactical changes are as endless as the movement of climate and terrain, and as inexhaustible as rivers and seas.

Like the sun and the moon, the cycle repeats;

Like the changing of the seasons, it goes and comes.

Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu are only five musical scales, but the combination of the five musical scales is endless;

Blue, red, yellow, white, and black are only five colors, but the beauty of the picture drawn by the harmony of the five colors is inexhaustible;

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty are only the five flavors, but the combination of the five flavors is inexhaustible.

The potential energy in the battle is only two kinds of main force and supporting force, but the combination of main force and supporting force is endless.

The transformation of the main force and the supporting force into each other is like a circle, with no beginning and no end, no one can exhaust it.

The reason why the swift water can move the boulder is because the potential energy of water is strong;

Birds of prey, such as peregrine falcons, can kill their opponents in one fell swoop because of their fast pace.

Therefore, the general who is good at war, the potential energy he creates is dangerous, and the rhythm of an attack he launches is short and powerful.

The potential energy is like a full crossbow ready to fire, and the rhythm is like crossbow triggered instantaneously.

In a large-scale battle, different flags are chaotic, and the men and horses are messy, so if one confuse the enemy, one will not be confused;

When the enemy's strength is unknowable, one must maintain a flexible offensive and defensive formation, so that one will not be defeated.

Disturb enemy when the enemy is in order,

make the enemy afraid when the enemy is brave,

find the enemy's weaknesses where the enemy is strong.

The orderly or chaotic governance of the army is determined by the organization and establishment;

The courage or timidity of a soldier is determined by the situation and potential energy of the troops;

the strong or weak of the army is determined by the form and deployment of the army.

Those generals who are good at mobilizing the enemy,

deliberately showing the enemy a true or false offensive and defensive form of deployment, the enemy will inevitably make corresponding wrong moves accordingly;

If the enemy is given a little actual benefit as bait, the enemy will inevitably come and listen to one‘s mobilization.

Mobilize the enemy in a lure way, wait for the enemy with elite troops, and annihilate them.

Therefore, a person who is good at using his troops always pursues a sharp and neat potential energy, and does not require his soldiers to win in hard battles, so he can choose the right people to create and control the potential energy.

The one who control the potential energy manages the soldiers in battle is like turning wood and stone.

The temperament of wood and stone, is to remain static when placed in a stable and flat place, and easy to move when placed in a high and steep place;

is easy to stop when turned to the square side, and easy to move forward when turned to the round side.

Therefore, the potential energy one who is good at war creates, is like rolling a cobblestone down a very high and steep mountain. This is called "potential energy".