Guide the situation (pinyin: y ρ n shì li do) is an idiom, which comes from Historical Records and Sun Tzu's Art of War written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. Making the best use of the situation refers to guiding in a favorable direction along the development trend of things. With praise; Generally, it is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial in sentences.

Introduction to idiom stories:

During the Warring States Period, once Wei attacked South Korea, and South Korea asked Qi for help. Qi sent Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the strategist to send troops to save Korea. Soon, the Qi army went straight to Liang Jingdu and Wei. Pang Juan, commander-in-chief of Wei Jun, quickly withdrew his troops from South Korea and rushed back to the girder for clearance. ?

Sun Bin heard that Pang Juan returned to Li to save Wei, and said to Tian Ji, "Wei Jun has always been brave and good at fighting, arrogant and domineering. They have always looked down on our Qi army and thought we were timid. We might as well take advantage of the situation and lure them to the bait. On the first day of entering Wei State and setting up camp, the number of cooking stoves was100,000, which was reduced to 50,000 the next day and 30,000 the third day.

In this way, Wei Jun will be confused and seduced. "Tian Ji felt that Sun Bin's words were very reasonable, so he adopted his suggestion. ?

Pang Juan led a team to trace the Qi army in a hurry, and found that the stoves of the Qi army were decreasing day by day, so he proudly said, "I told you that the soldiers of the Qi army were timid, and I expected it. Only three days after entering the customs, most of the soldiers deserted. "

Pang Juan thought that the strength of the Qi army began to weaken, so he decided to lead only some hussars and chase the Qi army day and night. Sun Bin estimated Pang Juan's itinerary in advance and set an ambush in Maling. ?

The road is narrow, with mountains on both sides, and the terrain is very dangerous, which is a good place for ambush. Sun Bin also specially asked the soldiers to peel off the skin of a big tree, exposing white wood and writing an inscription on it: "Pang Juan died under this tree." He also sent archers of the Qi army to ambush on both sides of the road, and ordered them to shoot arrows as soon as they saw the fire at night. ?

That evening, Pang Juan led the troops to Maling. He vaguely saw words on the tree and asked someone to light a torch to look after them. Pang Juan was taken aback when he saw the words on the tree. Just when Pang Juan was secretly surprised, the Qi army sent an arrow to the fire. Suddenly, Wei Jun was in chaos, causing numerous casualties. Knowing that the defeat was decided, Pang Juan drew his sword and killed himself. ?

Later, the Qi army went after Wei Jun, and Sun Bin became famous all over the world.

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