Quora精选：那些让人拍案叫绝的战争计谋

Answered by Mike Chandler

Mike Chandler 的回答：

When the British captured senior German officers during WW2, they didn't put them in a prison camp. Instead they took them to a beautiful country mansion, and plied them with magnificent meals and drink, and allowed them to listen to German radio and read newspapers to keep up to date on the war. Each had his own room and a batman, and were treated like senior officers in the British Army.

二战时期，英方擒获德军高级军官后，并未将他们押至集中营，而是将其带到一座美丽的乡间宅邸里，给他们提供美食珍馐，还允许他们收听德国电台、阅读报纸，来及时了解战争动态。每个军官都有一个单间和一名勤务兵，待遇同英国高级军官一样。

Of course, the officers had much to talk about to each other, but unknown to them, the Brits had wired the entire mansion and had a team of intelligence officers working in the basement.

军官之间必然少不了闲话交谈。但他们不知道的是，英国人已经在别墅内各个角落都安装了窃听设备，并配备了一组情报人员在地下室日夜工作、分析情报。

The intelligence they got was far more effective than pulling finger nails. They learnt a huge amount about the relationships between senior commanders and with Hitler. They also learnt a lot about German military strategy and tactics ... From the top.

比起刑讯逼供，这样得来的情报可谓不费吹灰之力。英国人由此得知了德军高级指挥官和希特勒之间的层层关系，以及诸多德军高层的战术和策咯。

Now that's intelligence.

此谓智取。

Answered by Anurag Jajoo

Anurag Jajoo的回答：

Elephant Costume for Horses

以马扮象

The Merwar rulers of India did not ride elephants like the other Maharaja’s but rather horses that wore elephant trunks.

印度Merwar的统治者不像其他王公一样骑大象，而是骑穿着大象装的马。

Some of the Indian rulers used to camouflage their horse as elephants. This particular trick helped them as opponents elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking that the horses were baby elephants.

过去，一些印度统治者常会将他们的马伪装成大象。这个特殊的小把戏使得敌方的大象把马误认为小象，进而拒绝攻击它们。

EDIT: Adding little detail

更新：补充一个细节

It is believed that Maharana Pratap used this tactics in the famous battle of Haldi Ghati.

据说Maharana Pratap在著名的Haldi Ghati战争中就用过这个策略。