Pang Juan and Sun Bin went out of the same family, they should have been intimate, why did they turn against each other in the end?Who is better than the two of them?
Pang Juan's career path
After Pang Juan finished his studies with his teacher Guiguzi, he went to Wei to look for work. At that time, Wei's comprehensive national strength was still the first, so Wei became Pang Juan's first choice.
Pang Juan was introduced by Wei by virtue of the title of being a student of Guiguzi. With his talent, Pang Juan helped Wei win several wars.
Just when Pang Juan was thriving in the Wei State, he began to be prepared for danger in times of peace. Pang Juan is a very small person, and he is jealous of someone who is more talented than him, and that person is Sun Bin.
Sun Bin's background
When Pang Juan left the Wei State, Sun Bin chose to stay and continue to study from his teacher Guiguzi. Moreover, Sun Bin's ancestor is the famous Sun Wu - Sun Tzu, and "The Art of War" is from Sun Tzu's hand.
Based on these two points, Pang Juan believes that Sun Bin can be sure that he is above him. Pang Juan was afraid that Sun Bin would endanger his status, so Pang Juan was so worried that he didn't want to eat.
Pang Juan's conspiracy
Pang Juan finally thought of a way - to trick Sun Bin into coming to the Wei State, and when he came to his own territory, Sun Bin was like an ant. Just do it, so Pang Juan wrote to Sun Bin, hoping that he could come to Wei, and the two of them would create brilliance together.
Sun Bin went to Wei with hope in this way, but he didn't expect that his body would never return to its former appearance.
After Sun Bin arrived in Wei, Pang Juan served Sun Bin with good food and drink, and promised to introduce him to the King of Wei after a while.
Waiting left and right, but I didn't expect to wait for torture. Suddenly, one day, a group of soldiers broke in, tied Sun Bin and put him in prison, and carried out "torture" on him. The so-called "torture" is to dig out the kneecaps on the legs, making it impossible for people to walk.
Not only that, Sun Bin was tattooed on his face, which is tantamount to letting people know that he was once a prisoner.
With such a physical and psychological double blow, Sun Bin did not fall. What doesn't kill me will always make me stronger.
In this way, Sun Bin lived on the streets and lived a life that was not as good as pigs and dogs.
Sun Bin's turnaround
During his visit to Wei, the ambassador of Qi heard about this incident and looked for Sun Bin everywhere, and then secretly transported Sun Bin back to Qi. At this time, the country of Qi was also in urgent need of talents to make the country rich and strong.
The story of Tian Ji horse racing is widely known, Tian Ji at this time is the general of Qi State, and the king of Qi State is King Qi Wei. In this way, at Sun Bin's suggestion, Tian Ji won the game.
So, Tian Ji took this opportunity to recommend Sun Bin to King Qi Wei. In this way, Sun Bin was worshiped as a military advisor by King Qi Wei.
Sanjin**
In 354 BC, the state of Zhao attacked Wei and made Wei submit to Wei. King Wei Hui knew that if Wei submitted to Zhao, it would be very disadvantageous to him.
So King Wei Hui sent the general Pang Juan to lead 80,000 to attack Zhao. The army led by Pang Juan was invincible and besieged the Zhao capital of Handan in 353 BC.
Zhao sent envoys to various countries for help. King Qi Wei convened a court meeting, and after discussion, unanimously decided to save Zhao. However, Qi did not rescue directly, and waited for Zhao and Wei to be defeated before rescuing.
Battle of Guiling - a defeat for Sun Bin
In 352 BC, Pang Juan finally captured Handan after besieging it for two years.
Sun Bin felt that the time was ripe, so he sent an army to attack Daliang, the capital of Wei. This is also ".Siege Wei to save Zhao"**.
Sun Bin believes that the main forces of Wei are all in Handan, Zhao State. The people in the capital must be old, weak, sick and disabled. So it was decided to attack the girder.
However, the military genius Sun Bin thought that winning the Great Liang did not mean anything to the Qi State. Sun Bin's plan was for a small part of his forces to feint and attack Daliang to attract the Wei army led by Pang Juan. Then the main force of Qi was arranged on the road that Pang Juan had to pass to Daliang, and he was unprepared to attack it by surprise.
Sun Bin deployed his troops in Guiling (northwest of present-day Changyuan, Henan Province), which was on the north bank of the Yellow River, across the river from Daliang and far away from Handan. This could not only consume the physical strength of the Wei army, but also isolate the Wei army on the north bank of the Yellow River, making it impossible for it to get in touch with the Great Liang.
In this way, the main force led by Pang Juan was Wei Wushu, in order to advance as quickly as possible, Wei Wushu threw away the baggage, but the ** equipment could not be lost. Since Wei Wushu was a hoplite and had traveled long distances along the way, the soldiers were already exhausted and out of breath.
In this way, the Wei army ran wildly for three days, and finally saw the Qi army, waiting for a long time on the road from Guiling to the Yellow River crossing.
The exhausted Wei army met the Qi army in full gear, and there was no doubt that the Wei army led by Pang Juan was defeated by Sun Bin.
Pang Juan was also captured by Sun Binsheng.
Pang Juan: "Kill me!."”
Sun Bin: "I won't kill you, I'm not like you, I'm just handbroken and footed!."”
Sun Bin locked up Pang Juan. In the second year after the Battle of Guiling, King Wei Hui took the initiative to make peace with the Qi State. Qi also made a truce with Wei and returned Pang Juan.
Battle of Maling - Second defeat of Sun Bin
In 342 BC, Wei declared war on Korea. Korea knew that its strength was inferior to Wei, so South Korea asked Qi for help.
King Qi Wei convened a court meeting, and under discussion, King Qi Wei once again listened to Sun Bin's plan - the same as the last battle of Guiling, first consume the strength of both sides, and then send troops to besiege Daliang, the capital of Wei. and set up an ambush on the way back with Pang Juan's troops.
In 341 BC, the state of Qi once again went straight to Daliang. Just when Pang Juan rushed back with an army of 100,000 troops, he found that the Qi army had retreated eastward.
Pang Juan believed that as long as the main force of the Qi army was not eliminated, Wei would not be able to wage war with peace of mind. So, Pang Juan decided to pursue the Qi army to the east.
Sun Bin knew that the Wei army was pursuing behind, and in order to confuse the Wei army, the cooking stoves of the Qi army were reduced by several percent every day. In this way, the Wei army will feel that the Qi army is afraid of the Wei army, and then they will flee one after another.
In this way, Pang Juan will definitely take it lightly, and then break away from the large army and lead the elite soldiers to pursue the Qi army. Sure enough, Pang Juan really did this.
Sun Bin carried out an ambush in Maling Mountain, and ambushed a large number of crossbowmen on both sides of the mountain, just waiting for Pang Juan's arrival.
As soon as Pang Juan's army entered Maling Road, it was shot into a sieve by the Qi army, and the army formation was chaotic. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Qi army rushed down to fight with the Wei army.
In this way, the Wei army that went deep into Maling Road was annihilated, and Pang Juan was also killed.
Pang Juan and Sun Bin could have fought side by side together, but Pang Juan's jealousy made him lose his rationality, and it was embarrassing to achieve such an ending.