The Battle of Long Spoon is a typical case of defeating the strong with the weak, and the reason why the Lu State, as a weak country, was able to defeat the powerful Qi State, and Cao Di's resourcefulness played a great role.
Qi attacked Lu State, Lu State was defeated, Lu Zhuang Gong was determined to use the whole country to resist the country, Lu State had a person named Cao Di, took the initiative to see Lu Yinggong, and asked to go to war with Lu Zhuang Gong.
At that time, the Qi army was strong, attacked continuously, and went deep into the Lu country, and the Lu army was weak and weak, avoiding the edge of the Qi army, and retreating to the long spoon that was conducive to the first (now northeast of Laiwu, Shandong).
The Qi army attacked the long spoon and launched a fierce attack on the Lu army, for a time the war drums shook the earth, Zhuang Gong immediately ordered the drumming to meet the enemy, Cao Di hurriedly stopped and said: "Don't beat the drum to fight back, now the morale of the Qi army is booming, we must hold our position, avoid confrontation with them, and wear down their spirit." Lu Zhuanggong felt that it made sense and ordered the troops to stay put.
At this time, the side army rushed over with the sound of drums, and was about to attack the Lu army Chendi, the Lu army fired thousands of arrows, the Qi army was forced to retreat, the Qi army was eager to win, beat the war drum three times in a row, launched three charges, but never broke through the Lu army Chendi, the Qi army was discouraged, and they were tired.
Cao Di saw the opportunity and said to Lu Zhuanggong: "Now is the time to defeat the Qi army, please order the drum to send troops immediately." As soon as the war drums of the Lu army sounded, the soldiers were in high spirits, rushing to the enemy and crushing the Qi army's position with lightning speed.
Lu Zhuang Gong saw that the Qi army was defeated, and the next meeting will be pursued, Cao Di said: "Don't chase first, wait for me to see if the enemy is really defeated or fake." He jumped out of the chariot, inspected the Qi army's formations and ruts, then stepped on the chariot, carefully observed the Qi army's banner, and then said to Lu Zhuanggong: "You can order the pursuit." The Lu army's heart was greatly shaken, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and soon caught up with the Qi army, and after some fighting, the Qi army was finally driven out of the country.
After the war, Lu Yinggong asked Cao Di: "Why did you launch a counterattack after the Qi army beat the drum three times?"Why didn't the Qi army immediately pursue when it retreated"?Cao Di said: "The war is fought with a sharp spirit, and the first time the drum charged, the rustic spirit was vigorous;If the first charge is not successful, and the drum charge is repeated, the morale has declined: by the time of the third drum charge, the morale has been exhausted, at this time our army beat the war drums, stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and they have exhausted themselves, so they can defeat the enemy in one go, and the Qi country begins to retreat, I am afraid that they will be defeated, so I advise you not to pursue immediately, and later I observed that the Qi army was chaotic and the banner was crooked, so I judged that the Qi army was really defeated, so I asked you to pursue it." Lu Zhuanggong listened to it and admired it very much.
This story inspired us to succeed in doing things, not to be impatient, not to do blindly, otherwise we will encounter a lot of problems, and the progress is not smooth, often in the end will be done badly, after being frustrated many times, it often affects our mood, depressed, frustrated confidence, when the opportunity comes, it is difficult to have the motivation and courage to start again, and eventually often give up, so we must be patient to observe, do not act rashly, patiently wait for the right entry period, the time has not come, we are ready to go, quiet as ** When the time comes, we will quickly grasp it, the good defenders will hide under the nine earths, and the good attackers will move above the nine heavens, and it is very likely that this will succeed.