Stick #79: Attacked Front and Rear (Unfavorable)
腹背受敌势危急，内外交困心要齐。先安内患后御外，分而治之可解围。
Plain reading
Enemies press from before and behind — trouble inside and out together. Settle inner trouble first, then face what comes from outside; divide and conquer to break the siege.
Interpretation
This is an unfavorable lot titled "Attacked Front and Rear." Trapped inside and out — settle within before defending without. "Settle inner trouble first, then outward; divide to break siege" forbids fighting both lines at once; order brings release.
Advice
List "inner trouble" and "outer trouble"; spend seventy percent of effort on inner first — when inner is stable, face outer. Do not war on two fronts together.
From the Zuo Tradition: at the Battle of Yanling, Jin first steadied itself then faced outward — divide and conquer breaks encirclement.