岑毓英的军事思想大体形成于处理“内乱”和应对“外患”两个时期。处理“内乱”的军事思想主要体现在根据实际情况提出和运用“先东后西”和分化瓦解等战略战术;革除军队积弊,主张易勇为兵和事权统一;重视粮饷和将领、兵源配置;主张用近代军器;杜绝鸦片影响军队等。应对“外患”的军事思想主要从战略和战术两方面去看,战略方面是海线上“积极防御”和陆线上“击法防英”;战术上表现灵活多变,不拘旧法等。 Cen Yuyu’s military thinking generally formed in the handling of “civil strife ” and response “foreign aggression ” two periods. The military thinking on the handling of “civil strife” is mainly manifested in the following aspects: Put forward and apply “strategic tactics” such as “before the east and after the west” and the disintegration and disintegration of other military tactics based on the actual situation; , Deployment of military sources; advocating the use of modern military equipment; putting an end to opium and affecting the armed forces. Responding to the military thinking of “foreign aggression” mainly in terms of strategy and tactics, the strategic aspects are the “positive defense” on the sea line and the “anti-British” attack on the land line; the tactical flexibility , Regardless of the old law.