The beauty trick comes from the "Six Taoists: Wen Fa": "Raise the rebellious ministers to confuse them, and introduce the lewd voices of beautiful women to confuse them." This means that for enemies that are difficult to conquer with military operations, we must Use "sugar-coated cannonballs" to first defeat the enemy's generals mentally and willfully, causing them to lose their internal combat effectiveness, and then attack them. As mentioned in the text of this plan, for a powerful enemy, you must subdue his general; for a resourceful general, you must try to corrupt him. If the general's fighting spirit declines, the troops will definitely be demoralized and lose their combat capability. By using a variety of means to attack its weaknesses, your side can take advantage of the situation to preserve its strength and transform from weak to strong.
In the battle between Wu and Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian was defeated by Fu Cha first. King Wu Fu Chai punished Gou Jian and his wife to do hard labor in the King Wu's palace to humiliate him. King Gou Jian of Yue groveled in front of King Wu Fu Chai, flattered him in every possible way, deceived Fu Chai's trust, and finally let him return to Yue. Later, the State of Yue took advantage of the situation and robbed the State of Wu, finally annihilating the State of Wu, forcing Fu Chai to draw his sword and commit suicide.
Gou Jian used a honey trap. After Gou Jian was released and returned to the country of Yue, he endured hardships without forgetting to avenge his shame. The state of Wu was strong, but the state of Yue could not win with force. The great master Wen Zhong offered him a plan: "The high-flying bird dies of delicious food, and the fish in the deep spring dies of fragrant bait. If you want to restore the country and avenge its shame, you should do what it likes and weaken its fighting spirit. In this way, you can put it aside." Fu Chai is about to die." So Gou Jian selected two beauties, Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, to give to Fu Chai, and presented rare jewels to the King of Wu every year.
Fu Chai believed that Gou Jian had surrendered to him, so he had no doubts at all. Fu Chai drank and had fun with beauties all day long, and even refused to listen to the advice of minister Wu Zixu. Later, when Wu attacked Qi, Gou Jian also sent troops to help King Wu attack Qi to show his loyalty and paralyze Fu Chai. After Wu's victory, Gou Jian went to Wu in person to congratulate him.
Fu Chai's lust for women became more and more intense day by day, and he didn't want to get involved in political affairs at all. Wu Zixu's remonstrances were ineffective and he was forced to commit suicide. Gou Jian saw it and was happy in his heart. In 482 BC, there was a severe drought in the State of Wu. When Gou Jian took advantage of Fu Chai to go north to join the alliance, he launched a surprise attack on Wu. The State of Wu was finally destroyed by Yue, and Fu Chai had no choice but to die.
The core of the honey trap is to "kill the wise and their emotions". As the saying goes, it is difficult for a hero to find a beauty trap. This is for those leaders who are weak-willed and greedy for beauty. In the history of Chinese and foreign wars, there are many examples of one side using "honey traps" to cause the other side to die. "Wherever there is strange adultery, there will be strange disasters." A king or a king often sacrifices everything else for the sake of his own greed, regardless of the safety of the country and people, which ultimately leads to the defeat of the country and the loss of the family.
Legend has it that Bao Si was an evildoer who came to this world. Because King You of Zhou was absurd and unethical and killed loyal people indiscriminately, the demon god let Bao Si come to this world to hasten the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Baosi was adopted and raised by Baoda from Baodi. Bao Jue, a doctor in the Western Zhou Dynasty, angered King You of Zhou because of his outspoken advice, and was ordered to be imprisoned by King You.
Bao Jue's son Hong De occasionally went to Bao Si to collect taxes. When he saw Bao Si, who had grown up, he was as beautiful as a fairy, so he brought him back and taught her singing, dancing, etiquette, etc. , and then Hongde dedicated Bao Si to King You. The greedy King You was naturally ecstatic, and ordered Bao Jue to be released and his official reinstated. From then on, King You paid tribute to his concubine: sitting on top of each other, standing side by side, drinking from cups, eating with utensils, and did not go to court for more than ten days. What's more, King You played tricks on the princes in order to win the beauty's smile.
There is another case. The Han Dynasty has been shrouded in the shadow of the Xiongnu since its founding. Once, the Huns went south, and the prefect Han Wangxin was forced to surrender to the Huns. After Liu Bang heard this, he was furious and led 300,000 troops north to attack the Xiongnu. Seeing that the Huns soldiers were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and all using rusty knives, they underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, falling into the Huns' trap. When the Han army arrived near Baishan Mountain, they were surrounded by 400,000 Huns ambushing here and trapped on Baishan Mountain. After a few days, the army was hungry and cold, and was about to be wiped out.
Liu Bang's subordinate Chen Ping obtained a picture of a beautiful woman from the Han Dynasty, and took a small amount of gold to the camp of the Xiongnu family (equal to the queen of the Han Dynasty) to present the picture of the beautiful woman and the gold.
Zishi was in a dilemma after seeing the picture of the beautiful woman: if the king (the Xiongnu Chanyu) defeated Liu Bang and took control of the Central Plains, he would definitely marry a beautiful woman from the Central Plains as the Yan family. Therefore, in order to secure the position of queen, she had better say the king away. How wonderful! So that night, Zi came to Shanyu's camp and successfully persuaded Shanyu to withdraw his troops. Chen Ping defeated the Huns' 400,000-strong army with only a picture of a beautiful woman, leaving a wonderful mark in history.
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Situ Wang Yun was very worried that there was such a traitor in the court. If he was not eliminated, the court would not be safe. But Dong Zhuo was so powerful that no one could defeat him in a frontal attack. Dong Zhuo had an adopted son named Lu Bu who was extremely brave and loyal to protect Dong Zhuo.
Wang Yun observed that the two "father and son" were working together and were arrogant, but they had a common weakness: they were both lustful people. Why not use a "beauty trap" and let them kill each other to get rid of the traitor?
There was a singer named Diao Chan in Wang Yun's mansion. This singer is not only good at sex and art, but also has a deep understanding of justice. Wang Yun proposed to Diao Chan a plan to use a beauty trap to kill Dong Zhuo. In order to appreciate Wang Yun's kindness to her, Diao Chan decided to sacrifice herself to eliminate harm for the people.
At a private banquet, Wang Yun offered to betroth his "daughter" Diao Chan to Lu Bu. Lu Bu was overjoyed to see this stunning beauty and was very grateful to Wang Yun. The two decided to choose an auspicious day to get married. The next day, Wang Yun invited Dong Zhuo to his home again. During the banquet, he asked Diao Chan to dance. When Dong Zhuo saw it, his mouth watered. Wang Yun said: "If the Grand Master likes it, I will give this singer to the Grand Master." The old thief pretended to give in and happily took Diao Chan back to the mansion.
When Lu Bu found out, he was furious and reprimanded Wang Yun face to face. Wang Yun made up some clever words to deceive Lu Bu. He said: "The grand master wants to see his daughter-in-law, how dare I disobey the order! The grand master said that today is a good day and decided to take her back to the palace to marry the general." Lu Bu believed it and waited for Dong Zhuo to arrange a happy event for him. After a few days, there was no movement. After further inquiries, it turned out that Dong Zhuo had taken Diao Chan as his own. Lu Bu had no idea for a moment.
One day when Dong Zhuo went to court, he suddenly didn't see Lu Bu behind him. He felt suspicious and hurried back to his mansion. In the Fengyi Pavilion in the back garden, Lu Bu and Diao Chan hugged each other. He suddenly became furious and stabbed Lu Bu with his halberd. Lu Bu used his hand to block the attack, but failed to hit. Lu Bu left the Grand Master's Mansion angrily. It turns out that Lu Bu and Diao Chan were dating in secret. Diao Chan followed Wang Yun's plan to sow discord between their father and son, scolding Dong Zhuo for taking away Lu Bu's love.
Wang Yun saw that the time was ripe and invited Lu Bu to the secret room to discuss. Wang Yun scolded the traitor Dong for taking his daughter and the general's wife, which was really hateful. Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that we are father and son. I really want to kill him." Wang Yun quickly said, "General, you are wrong. Your surname is Lu and his surname is Dong. What kind of father and son do you think he is? Besides, he stole your wife." , stabbing you with a halberd, where is the love between father and son?" Lu Bu said: "Thank you Situ for reminding me, I will not kill the old thief!"
Wang Yun saw that Lu Bu had made up his mind, and he immediately He falsely conveyed the imperial edict and summoned Dong Zhuo to go to court to receive Zen. Dong Zhuo showed off his power and entered the palace to receive Zen. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu suddenly pierced the old thief's throat with a halberd. The traitors have been eliminated, and everyone inside and outside the court applauds.
Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia Beauty Trap