調兵遣將

调兵遣将
diàobīngqiǎnjiàng
  1. to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
  2. to send a team on a task

CEDICT

to deploy troops and dispatch generals

Wiktionary

調遣士兵，派任將領。指調動部署人力。明．王世貞《鳴鳳記．第二一齣》：「我聞得海上倭賊利害，自去廝殺不成，只是調兵遣將，罰罪賞功而已。」也作「遣兵調將」。

重編國語辭典

調遣士兵，派任將領；調動部署人力

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 調兵 diàobīng
  1. (literary) to dispatch troops; to dispatch soldiers
  2. to dispatch troops; to dispatch soldiers
2 遣 qiǎn
  1. (bound form) to dispatch; to send
  2. (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
3 將 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)