yòng用bīng兵rú如shén神
To command troops with extraordinary skill; to be a brilliant military strategist.
Era:
Ancient
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Story:
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei dispatched Zhuge Liang to guard Jingzhou while he himself led an expedition to attack Yizhou. Zhuge Liang was keenly aware that Zhang Ren, the general defending Yizhou, possessed exceptional courage and should not be taken lightly.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang personally led a detachment to lure Zhang Ren.
Zhang Ren, observing Zhuge Liang's seemingly disheveled troops, mistakenly believed that Zhuge Liang's reputation for 'deploying troops like a god' was nothing more than an exaggeration. He consequently fell into Zhuge Liang's trap, becoming an easy captive, like a turtle caught in a jar.