This cute little Chinese uncle has a famous book called The Art of War. If I'm not mistaken, it is also on the reading list of some countries' war academies...
Well, do you know what war is according to Uncle Sun? The art of deception.
I took a lot of quotes from the book but stuck on one sentence. I wouldn't be if I didn't write about it.
Conquering an already defeated enemy.
He argues that this was a just and moral victory. Oh, by the way, the reason why this enemy has already been defeated; It is due to the fact that the enemy took the army or the commander in front of him by various tricks, making them unable to fight.
It is obvious that this is a victory, but is it really an honorable victory? Wouldn't the war of the strong be more honorable, won by the right of the wrist? I mean, of course, I think about everything during the period of Uncle Sun. After all, there were no satellites, missiles, tactical submarines and a world of biological and chemical weapons in those days.
But here, the scum started from that time, friend.
He also had another advice... It's like, you have to run away from the war if you're going to lose.
Well, did those commanders who went into battles with the strength of their wrists and the faith in their hearts that we wrote about, didn't really live? So, I'm asking this question on behalf of historical novel writers. Okay, there is a certain level of romance in all of us, but have we exaggerated the old times?
'Is that your whole problem?' your arguing is echoing in my ears right now... Well, let that be our problem. There used to be huge countries and armies that followed this teaching, they still exist and they will be in the future...
What a nation's army is taught is that the war will be won with the mind - which is fine - but increasing the mind's deception abilities...
At this point, Atatürk's crescent tactic in the Turkish War of Independence is complete. This is tactic and it's deceitful. But is Uncle Sun talking about this, or is it that the waters of the enemy army are poisoned, their commanders are killed and the army is locked up, that the captured soldiers are brutally killed and fear strikes into the hearts of the enemy army?
We know from Asian wars that can be traced to the present day that Asian armies are unique in their brutality. Moreover, contrary to the teachings of Uncle Sun, despite the fact that he said in his book not to torture the enemy people, when the enemy lands were invaded, they gave psychopathic performances.
So, back to our question again...
Are we historical fiction writers too romantic about ex-commanders, or is that why the "best sellers" are always from European history, even though there are TV shows all over the place thanks to the Koreans?
Worse, if Uncle Sun is right...
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