Among the emperors of ancient China, there was no shortage of heroes. They personally command thousands of armies and horses, face the battle front, and are really mighty. But the battlefield is a dangerous place, and if the situation is unfavorable, the Lord will face danger at any time. Therefore, the emperor generally does not ride the imperial conquest, unless two situations occur: the first is that this battle is related to the survival of the country, and the non-emperor himself cannot hold the position; the second is that this battle will be won, and the emperor will be no different from picking peaches. Even so, the success rate of the royal driving conquest is still not high, and there are very few successful people. Below, we may wish to take stock of the ancient emperors in chronological order, who once drove and succeeded.
The first: Murong Chui, the second general of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the founder of Later Yan.
Murong Chui was originally a famous general of the Hundred Battles, a former Yan imperial family. Later, he was excluded from his own country and forced to surrender to former Qin Tianwang Jian. After the Battle of Shuishui, Murong Chui took advantage of the situation and established the Later Yan regime. After that, his son Murong Lin repeatedly contacted Tuoba Jue (later the founder of Northern Wei and the founder of the Northern Dynasty) who was still growing at that time, and knew that this person would rebel sooner or later, so he repeatedly advised Murong Chui to kill Tuoba Jue. However, Murong Chui thought that Tuoba Jue was still useful and did not kill him. As a result, Tuoba Jue grew larger, and Murong Chui could only ask the crown prince to lead troops to the crusade, but as a result, he was defeated in the Battle of Hepi and 80,000 Later Yan soldiers were destroyed.
In order to avenge this arrow, Murong Chui personally marched on his own, recruited his elite Dragon City cavalry, cut open the Taihang Mountain Road, and raided the later capital of Northern Wei, Pingcheng (平城, in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi). The Northern Wei general Tuoba Qian (Tuoba Jue's younger brother) rushed to battle, only to be beheaded and all his remnants surrendered. This battle was murong Chui's final battle, winning clean and neat, living up to the name of the famous general. On the way back to the army, Murong Chui passed by Sanhepi, and sorrow came from it, but he fell ill and died shortly after.
Second place: In the last year of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong
Yuwen Yong was the last powerful Xianbei emperor before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty. He was born in distress and lived in the shadow of the powerful minister Yuwen Hu for many years. Yuwen Hu was known as the strongest "dragon slaying knife" in Chinese history, and killed two emperors, Yuwen Jue and Yuwen Yu. However, although Yuwen Yong is determined to be in the world, he is good at Taoguang and obscurity. In the end, Yuwen Hu let down his guard and was killed in the harem by Yuwen Yong himself.
After Yuwen Yong came to power, he amassed a large amount of wealth through such extreme means as exterminating Buddhism, and his strength increased rapidly. The neighboring Northern Qi was in chaos, and Gao Wei, the lord of qi, indulged in wine and killed the ministers indiscriminately, which had already made Northern Qi, which was originally out of a dominant position, into a thousand holes. Yuwen Yong then marched several times between 575 and 577 AD, and successively used troops against Northern Qi. Although there have been defeats, it has been generally smooth. In the end, Yuwen Yong finally captured the capital of Northern Qi, Yecheng, destroyed Northern Qi, and unified the northern part of the Yellow River.
Third place: The last year of the Five Dynasties, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong
Although Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was known as the first Ming Emperor of the Five Dynasties, his experience was really bumpy. He was originally the adopted son of Guo Wei, the Taizu of later Zhou, and it was not his turn to sit in the world. However, the Later Han regime that Guo Wei originally served produced a late emperor Liu Chengyou, who actually killed all of Guo Wei's family members in the capital based on suspicion alone. Later, after Guo Wei was established, there was no biological son to entrust Jiangshan, so chai rong was chosen as the heir.
As soon as Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, people's hearts were unstable, and even Feng Dao, an old fritter in the official field and known as "Confucius riding the wall", looked down on him and openly confronted him in the Golden Palace. At this time, Liu Chong, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, joined forces with the Khitan to attack, and Chai Rong was in a hurry and could only march in person. When the Zhou and Han armies met at Gaoping, the Later Zhou army saw no advantage at all, and the general Fan Aineng took the lead in escaping. Seeing that the whole army was about to collapse, Chai Rong personally led hundreds of cavalry and directly attacked Liu Chong. Behind him, the later Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin also led troops to cover. Liu Chong did not expect Chai Rong to play with his life so much, and he was caught off guard and could only retreat. The Zhou army seized the opportunity to cover up the killing, and defeated the Northern Han army. After this battle, Chai Rong established his position and laid the foundation for future rule.
Fourth place: In the early years of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng, Emperor Zhenzong of Song
Zhao Heng was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty. The historical image of this person is too contradictory, the front is bright and the back is dim, the front is hard and the back is soft, making people scratch their heads. In the early years of his reign, just in time for the Song Dynasty to lose the two Northern Expeditions, most of the elite generals were damaged, allowing the Khitan (Liao) troops to take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger. The Song and Liao armies fought for many years, each with its own victory and defeat, and neither of them took advantage. During this period, Zhao Heng once thought about the imperial conquest, but it did not finally make the trip.
In 1004, Empress Xiao of the Liao state and Emperor Yelü Longxu of liao attacked the Song Dynasty on a large scale, and after some setbacks, invaded the Song territory from near Hebei. The Song Dynasty urgently used the general Li Jilong to stabilize his position in Liaozhou. In the meantime, the Liao general Xiao Taorin was crucified on the battlefield by the Song Dynasty's bed crossbow, and both the Song and Liao armies reached the end of the strong crossbow.
At this time, the Song Dynasty prime minister Kou Zhun urged Emperor Zhenzong to march in person, and Zhenzong suddenly softened at this time and wanted to flee south. Later, under the persuasion and "coercion" of Kou Zhun, he reluctantly embarked on the road of pro-conquest. After arriving in Liaozhou, Zhenzong was afraid to go to the Northern City to face the Song and Liao fronts, and finally the Song Dynasty general Gao Qiong finally let the emperor climb the Northern City Tower in a manner similar to hijacking. Seeing the emperor, the morale of the Song army increased greatly, and the mountain shouted long live.
But after this, the Song and Liao countries immediately began to negotiate peace. Finally, the Song Dynasty signed the famous Alliance of Liaoyuan at the cost of giving the Liao Dynasty 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 silk horses every year. Since then, the Song and Liao countries have not had a war for more than a hundred years, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although this was a relatively small occasion, in view of the fact that the emperor had originally planned to negotiate peace, the final goal was achieved, and it was also a successful pro-conquest.
Fifth place: In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao
Zhu Houzhao was a famous emperor in history. During his reign, he favored the grand eunuch Liu Jin and made the official field a miasma. He was very playful and set up a leopard room to provide entertainment for himself. He also hoped to go out to Beijing to play, so he did not consult with the minister at every turn, went out of the palace privately, and came back after playing enough. Moreover, this person is very fond of martial arts and is very eager to fight.
In 1517 AD, Zhu Houzhao went out of Beijing again to play, and he arrived at Juyongguan. At this time, Dayan Khan, known as the "Little Prince" of Mongolia, led 50,000 troops to attack xuanfu, a major town in Shanxi. Zhu Houzhao immediately announced his personal conquest, and named himself a mighty general and changed his name to Zhu Shou to show his solemnity. In this campaign, Zhu Houzhao's performance was still very good, the command was good, and a large number of troops were quickly mobilized to reinforce. On September 21, Zhu Houzhao personally led the troops to fight, and fought with the Mongol army in Yingzhou, not only taking the lead as a soldier, but also beheading one of the enemy generals, forcing the other side to withdraw. For the next ten years, the Mongol cavalry no longer dared to approach Xuanfu.
This battle was later known as the "Yingzhou Victory". According to the Ming Shi "History of Ming", the two sides fought for many days in this battle, invested more than 100,000 troops, but only 68 people died. This was obviously mixed up by the historians, and the real Yingzhou War would never be such a casualty figure. Zhu Houzhao could only be blamed for his bad popularity and becoming the object of deliberate smear by historians.
Sixth place: In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty
Kangxi was the second emperor after the Entry of the Qing Dynasty. He succeeded to the throne as a teenager, and at a young age, he captured the powerful minister Aobai and established his own prestige. At an older age, the Rebellion of the San Clans (Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi) near Yunnan once occupied half of the country and was finally put down. Later, Kangxi regained the treasure island of Taiwan and made outstanding contributions to China's reunification.
After this, the Tibetan Dzungar nobleman Kaldan unified his tribe, called Bosoktu Khan, and established the Dzungar Khanate, which was not much smaller than the Qing Dynasty. Soon after, Kaldan invaded the Ujumuqin region of Inner Mongolia, and the army pointed directly at Beijing. In this case, the Kangxi Emperor personally marched. In the seven years from 1690 to 1696, Kangxi marched on Gardan three times, and each time he was victorious. Eventually, at the Battle of Chomodo, Gardan was completely crushed and fell into a state of rebellion, and soon after the news of his death came out.
Although Kangxi personally conquered Kaldan and won victory, he did not completely destroy the Dzungar Khanate. This khanate existed for several more decades, and finally completely withdrew from the stage of history during the Qianlong period.