Don't miss this opportunity.(時不可失)
The Tang dynasty in China had a famous
general named Li Jing who was highly skilled in warfare. He won many victories
through his wisdom, and his story is recorded in history books.
After unifying China, the Tang Dynasty grew
stronger day by day. A peace treaty was signed with the Turkic Kingdom to the
north, ending their long-standing hostility.
However, since Jieli ascended to the throne
of the Turkic Kingdom in 620 AD, he had repeatedly sent troops to attack the
Tang Dynasty. Initially, the Tang Dynasty's military was insufficient to defeat
Jieli's army, and it was forced to pay reparations and accept a humiliating
peace treaty.
However, a few years later, the Tang
Dynasty had grown increasingly powerful politically, economically and
militarily, and Jieli continued to send troops to harass them.
Following his military successes, Jieli
treated the Tang Dynasty king with arrogance and conceit. However, when he was
defeated several times, he adopted a humble and subservient attitude in
negotiations.
Under Jieli's leadership, the Turkic
Kingdom caused immense trouble and harm to the Tang Dynasty.
In 630 AD, Li Jing launched a surprise
attack on the Turkic Kingdom with 3,000 soldiers. Li Jing's victory was
decisive: the Turkic Kingdom's main military force was annihilated and its
king, Jieli, fled the capital.
Following this defeat, Jieli adopted a
humble and subservient posture once again, requesting peace talks with the Tang
Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty sent an ambassador named Tang Jian to meet Jieli and
discuss the details of the peace negotiations.
However, based on his experience, Li Jing
believed that Jieli did not genuinely want peace; he merely wanted to buy time
to regroup his army and invade the Tang Dynasty again.
Li Jing did not believe that peace talks
were advisable. He argued that Jieli's forces were at their weakest and that he
could not afford to miss this opportunity to eliminate Jieli's power
completely.
He secretly led an army of 10,000 men to
the Turkic Kingdom. Taking advantage of Jieli's negotiations with Zhang Jian,
as well as his low vigilance, Li Jing launched a surprise attack on the
kingdom. The operation was highly successful: Jieli was captured alive, over
10,000 Turkic soldiers were killed and more than 100,000 Turkic people
surrendered.
The idiom literally translates as
"Don't miss this opportunity".
Dear friend, what insights or thoughts did
you gain from this story?
If someone had deceived you many times, would you still trust them? How would you treat a treacherous person whose stance is inconsistent and deceitful?
I hope this story gives you some new insights.
時不可失(Don't miss this opportunity)
中國的唐王朝有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做李靖，他非常的擅長打仗，他用他的智慧贏得了許多勝利，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
唐王朝統一整個中國之後，國力一天比一天更強大，在唐王朝北方的突厥王國跟唐王朝之間簽訂了和平協議，這兩個王國之間終止了長期來的敵對狀態。
(頡利)自從西元620繼任成為突厥王國的國王之後，他曾經多次派遣軍隊攻打唐王朝，唐王朝建國之初由於兵力不夠強，所以無法戰勝頡利所領導的軍隊，唐王朝被迫賠款並且接受簽訂非常屈辱的和平條約。
唐王朝建國幾年後，王朝內的政治與經濟還有軍事開始變得愈來愈強大，頡利仍舊多次的發兵侵擾唐王朝。
當頡利在戰爭中取得勝利後，他就用驕傲與自大的態度對待唐王朝的國王，當有幾次頡利在戰爭被打敗，他就會採曲卑微與謙卑的態度與唐王朝的國王交涉。
頡利領導下的突厥王國造成了唐王朝極大的困擾與傷害。
西元630年，李靖帶著3000個士兵發動對突厥王國的奇襲。李靖這次的勝利非常的巨大，突厥王國的主要軍力都被消滅，突厥王國名字叫做(頡利)的國王逃離首都。
頡利在這次的失敗之後，他又跟之前一樣擺出謙虛與卑微的姿態要求跟唐王朝和談，唐王朝派出一個名叫(唐儉)的大使與頡利見面討論和談的細節。
李靖根據他的經驗，他認為頡利並非真心想要和談，頡利只是想要拖延時間，然後找機會重新集結軍隊並且發動對唐王朝的侵擾。
李靖認為不應該和談，他認為現在是頡利的兵力最弱的時候，他認為他不可以錯失這個時機，他應該把握這個機會完全地鏟除掉頡利的勢力。
他偷偷帶領著一隻一萬個人的軍隊前往突厥王國，他利用頡利與張儉進行和談，頡利的警戒心最低的時候，再次發動對頡利所領導的突厥王國的奇襲，這次的行動非常的成功，頡利被活捉，突厥軍隊中戰死了1萬多的士兵，另外有超過十萬的突厥人民投降成為俘虜。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是不可以錯失這個時機。
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。
你如果被同一個人欺騙很多次，你還相信這個人嗎?當你遇到前後立場反覆的奸詐的人時，你會怎樣對待這個人呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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