Chapter 129 – Military strategies

As a Chinese person, regardless of wealth or status, men, women, young, and old, one must understand some military strategies.

Even if you have only studied for a few years and have some education, even if you haven't read The Art of War or The Thirty-Six Stratagems, you should have at least read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West.

Even if you haven't read books, it doesn't matter. You must have watched TV dramas and movies. Even those illiterate elderly people who can't recognize many characters have watched TV and movies, and have watched plays and listened to storytelling.

The Three Great Plays, isn't that military strategy? If you haven't watched the Three Great Plays, it doesn't matter. Have you listened to the storytelling of Water Margin? What about the strategies like "Intelligence Gathering on the Birthdate" and "Forcing the Bandits onto Liangshan Mountain"? Have you seen these? You should have a basic understanding of strategies like "Divide and Conquer" and "Forcing a Confession".

The wisdom of our ancestors for thousands of years has been passed down through various means. Whether you can apply it in practice is a personal ability issue. As for Gao Guang, he definitely cannot be considered intelligent or cultured, but the basic military strategies come naturally to him.

For example, this "Tou Ming Zhuang" (投名状), Gao Guang is very familiar with it. He used this move to save his own life, and now he is using it against Ronnie, the convenience store owner. It's just a matter of finding a way to catch Ronnie, using threats and enticements to make him confess. It doesn't matter what method is used, as long as he opens his mouth. Then record the scene of his confession. Even if we apologize and say we caught the wrong person, he won't dare to tell his boss behind the scenes.

If Ronnie dares to reveal who his boss is, he will definitely die before Gao Guang and the others.

So regardless of whether the tactics are cliché, it only matters if they work or not. As long as you have a little understanding of human nature, it's easy to capture someone.

The only problem is that although this move is simple, John and Walton don't understand it. When Gao Guang mentioned "Tou Ming Zhuang," Chinese people would know what it means, but explaining these three words to John and Walton is quite troublesome.

"What is... 'Tou Ming Zhuang'?"

Now Gao Guang likes to mix English and Chinese because it's convenient. But after Walton asked him with a puzzled expression, he realized that it wasn't easy to translate it into a short sentence.

"'Tou Ming Zhuang' is... it's... it's ancient Eastern wisdom!"

He was too lazy to explain in detail. Gao Guang excitedly said, "As long as we can deceive Ronnie and silently capture him, we will definitely be able to find out who his boss is from his mouth, and there won't be many follow-up problems. At most, Ronnie will seek revenge on us, but he won't dare to tell his boss about being caught."

Walton looked surprised and asked, "How do we do it?"

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"Just tell him clearly that if he seeks revenge, we will tell everyone about his boss. This is the most basic. If he can help provide evidence of his boss's crimes and force him to cooperate with us to deal with his boss, that would be even better."

After a moment of confusion, Walton said, "Yes, that's right. I didn't think of that. It's such a simple idea."

John shrugged and said, "He... never mind, I won't say anything."

Mike laughed and said, "Tactics, tactics, this is tactics. Our boss is a tactical master."

Smart people exist all over the world. Anyone in any corner of the world can come up with this method. This is called convergent thinking. Gao Guang may not be smart, but as long as he can extract wisdom from ancient experiences, it's a matter of orderly inheritance.

He told himself not to be too proud. Gao Guang smiled and said, "So we can consider how to catch Ronnie. The simplest method is to start with Gilsen, use him as bait to lure Ronnie over, and then take action directly."

Walton immediately said, "Catch him, but don't rush to take action. Let Ronnie appease his subordinates so that they don't reveal the news of Ronnie being caught to his boss."

"Yes, we need to consider this problem."

Gao Guang's brain was activated. He quickly said, "We can't delay this matter for too long, so as not to have more dreams as the night gets longer. Let's start with a trap. When Ronnie falls into our trap, we can stage a real fight where he can't survive or die. Then we can show him a glimmer of hope and offer him a chance for profit. Maybe Ronnie will betray his boss. At that time..."

Gao Guang was getting excited, but under the contemptuous, confused, and impatient gazes of the three people, he finally stopped halfway through with embarrassment.

Just like those people who come back from abroad and like to mix two languages, it sounds smooth, but others can't understand it. So they can't help but look at them with strange eyes.

Without education, there's no way to communicate. Gao Guang sighed and helplessly said, "Anyway, I have a plan, so let's go find Gilsen now and control him as soon as possible. We need to lure Ronnie over in the shortest time."

Walton sighed and asked, "Now?"

"Yes, tonight. Let's go find him now."

Walton frowned and said, "Do you need my cooperation? I can at least send two police patrols over. Well, it's too early for us to show up now, but can you catch Ronnie?"

Gao Guang wasn't too sure either. He thought for a moment and said loudly, "Francisco, come in."

Francisco came in and respectfully asked, "Boss, what do you need me to do?"

"I want to go find Gilsen tonight and ask him to cooperate with me in capturing Ronnie. What do you think we should do?"Francisco said without hesitation, "Go directly to find him. If he has already run away, then there's no chance. If he hasn't run, then he won't have a chance to run."

Although a bit tired, Gao Guang still slammed the table and said, "Let's do it this way. Let's go find Gilsen now."

Mike didn't quite understand, but he excitedly said, "Should I still wear a bulletproof vest? Can I bring a gun?"

Gao Guang hesitated, but Warton curiously asked, "Why not bring a gun?"

"I don't have a gun license, uh, neither does Francisco."

Warton sneered and then said seriously, "Bring a gun. If there's any problem, I'll solve it for you."

With Warton's words, that's enough. No need to say more, just go straight to it.

Familiar with the route, Gao Guang and the others went straight to Gilsen's house. It was evening, and the neighborhood had a different scene. Although it was already ten o'clock at night, there was no one on the road, making it unobstructed.

Gilsen's house was lit up. Seeing this, Gao Guang felt relieved.

As long as he hasn't run away.

"What's the plan?"

John said without hesitation, "Follow the plan we practiced today. Three-person combat team, one person stays behind for cover, so that if someone opens the door, it's a gunshot. Be alert, don't act like idiots waiting to be shot."

"Then let's go."

Mike on the left, Francisco on the right, the three of them quickly approached Gilsen's front door after getting out of the car. John took out his gun and covered it with his clothes, standing by the car, ready to fire and cover Gao Guang and the others at any time.

When they reached the door, the three of them lined up, and then Mike knocked on the door.

The lights inside the house immediately went out. Mike looked at Gao Guang, and after thinking for a moment, Gao Guang said, "Just knock on the door and say we're not here to cause trouble."

Francisco took a deep breath, then suddenly crossed over Mike and heavily knocked on the door twice, loudly saying, "Open the door, stop hiding! If we wanted to kill you, we wouldn't come like this. Now open the door and let my boss in, otherwise you're done for!"

The voice was loud and traveled far in the quiet street. Gao Guang widened his eyes. He felt that making such a big fuss might not be a good idea.

Then Gao Guang noticed that several of Gilsen's neighbors' houses had also quickly turned off their lights.

Immediately after, the lights in Gilsen's house turned on, and someone behind the door trembled and said, "I'm coming to open the door, I'm opening the door."

The door opened, and a wave of disgust and pungent smell rushed out. Francisco looked inside expressionlessly, then walked in.

The smoky living room was filled with many people. The three who came in the morning were all there, and there were two more young black men. In addition, there were three women. Some of them looked dazed, but they didn't react much when they saw Francisco.

Francisco stretched out his hand and pointed his thumb at the door, saying, "Those who have nothing to do with this, leave now! Get lost!"

Gilsen helplessly said, "Brothers, you go first. We'll gather another day. This has nothing to do with you. It's just a business talk. You go first, go first."

Immediately, someone stood up, and the two new faces forcefully pulled up the woman sitting on the sofa. Another person also wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, he ultimately stayed, just watching Francisco cautiously.

The two men and three women quickly walked past Gao Guang, and Gilsen remembered something and said to their backs, "It's okay, don't worry."

The room was cleared, and Francisco said to Gao Guang, "Boss, please come in."

Gao Guang calmly walked into Gilsen's house, while John, who was guarding outside with a gun, looked helpless. He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head at Francisco at the door, indicating that he wouldn't go in, and then sat back in the car.

Gao Guang sat on the sofa, and then he calmly said to Gilsen, who was trembling, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to cause trouble. Sit down, relax a bit, and let's talk."

Gilsen nervously sat down next to Gao Guang, and then he forced a smile and whispered, "What do you want to talk about?"

Is it better to get straight to the point or be more tactful? After a slight hesitation, Gao Guang said in a calm tone, "I want you to help me with something. If you do it well, I'll give you money. If you don't do it well..."

Francisco said ominously, "You'll die!"

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