Zhang Liao's battle of Xiaoyaojin can be said to have played his own prestige, and in the end, Zhang Liao established his image as a god of war by fighting Eastern Wu. In the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao destroyed Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army with 7,000 troops, Zhang Liao was a god, and Sun Quan was ridiculed as "Sun 100,000", so what was the key to Zhang Liao's victory in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin? Please listen to the answers of JAL Jun below.
The secret of winning is that talents are equipped and people are used to the fullest
In the Three Kingdoms era, a very important point in fighting a war was to fight talents, who has more talents and stronger combat effectiveness, who has a big advantage, in this case, the size of the base number of soldiers is not important. In addition, it is also important that each talent should be placed in the right position to maximize their role. Who were the Wei generals who were in Xiaoyaojin at that time? They are Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin.
The relationship between these three people is more interesting, and they are not as ironclad as we think. Among them, Zhang Liao once served as a general under Lü Bu and had a grudge with Li Dian. In short, the relationship between these three people is really not very good, and it is also written in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms":
"The Jin, the Dian, and the Liao are all not harmonious."
Therefore, at this time, hefei City, there are Eastern Wu armies outside, and there are gaps in the internal generals, which can be said to be almost a dead end.
In addition, let's look at the characteristics of each of the three people:
Zhang Liao: Courageous, calm in the face of things, talented as a general, and a minion of the country;
Li Dian: There is majesty, there is Tao strategy, nobility and elegance, and there is the wind of the elderly;
Lejin: bold, brave, first- and invincible.
The above are the characteristics of the three people that I summarized in combination with the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Therefore, if we look at it in this way, it should be better to let Zhang Liao, who has the talent to unify the army, and the invincible Lejin fight together, and let Li Dian, who has a strategy but a personal grudge with Zhang Liao, defend the city. But Cao Cao's approach is different from ours, how did Cao Cao arrange it? According to the record:
"If Sun Quan is in the right place, General Zhang and Li will fight; General Le will defend, and the protector will have to fight with it."
Cao Cao arranged for Zhang Liao and Li Dian to go out to fight, while Le Jin stayed behind. To tell the truth, the reaction of the generals at that time, like ours, was full of doubts, and I don't know why Cao Cao would arrange it this way, because Zhang Liao and Li Dian were not in harmony, which was really taboo among the soldiers. In fact, if we think about it carefully, Cao Cao's arrangement is very reasonable.
Zhang Liao and Li Dian were relatively calm, had the style of a general, and when fighting with the Eastern Wu Army, they could maintain a calm heart regardless of victory or defeat, so that the whole army would not be destroyed; in addition, since Li Dian himself said that he had the style of an elder, then he would certainly not affect the major affairs of the state because of his personal personal grievances, and li Dian also said later:
"In this important matter of the country, Gu Jun's plan is like an ear, and I can regret it privately and forget justice!"
Although Lejin himself fought bravely, it is easy to have a blind psychology because of killing the red eye, and it is very likely that the whole battle will be lost because of Lejin's own adventurism, so it is a better choice for Lejin to garrison.
Therefore, from the talent allocation, we can see that Cao Cao is slightly superior.
Secret to victory two: surprise and attack instead of defense
To tell the truth, what will the average person do when the enemy's army is attacking in a mighty way? They will immediately hold on to the city until the enemy retreats or reinforcements arrive. I think that at this time, whether it is Sun Quan or Zhang Liao, I am afraid that they all think so. But Cao Cao gave a third line of thought, to attack instead of defend. Hence the feat of the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, a feat that had the following important factors:
1. Elite soldiers. At that time, Zhang Liao and Li Dian specially selected eight hundred elite soldiers from seven thousand people, almost one out of ten, according to the record:
"So the Liao Night recruited the brave men, got eight hundred people, the vertebrate cattle soldiers, and tomorrow's great war."
This is just like ganning hundred horsemen robbing the Wei camp, it must be a person in the army who is highly skilled in martial arts and brave and fierce. Therefore, this batch of ten-out-of-ten good players will lay the foundation for the subsequent battles.
2, the general desperate. To tell the truth, Zhang Liao is definitely a general who is both literate and martial, and belongs to the kind of person who "brothers follow me" rather than "brothers give me" when fighting on the battlefield. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
Pingdan, Liao was held by Jia Dynasty, first ascended to Chen, killed dozens of people, beheaded the second general, shouted his own name, rushed in, and came under the command of Quan.
At that time, Zhang Liao rushed all the way to kill, almost approaching Sun Quan, and even captured Sun Quan. If Zhang Liao succeeded, perhaps all three kingdoms would be over. When fighting a war, the generals are so desperate, then the remaining soldiers are naturally even more desperate. Therefore, Zhang Liao was able to achieve such a great victory as Xiaoyaojin.
Therefore, in summary, Cao Cao's strategy is no problem. Through Cao Cao's attack instead of defending and Zhang Liao's courageous struggle, he successfully inflicted a heavy blow on Sun Quan in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin.
Secret to victory three: The city is strong
In fact, many people only saw Zhang Liao's attack instead of defending during the Battle of Xiaoyaojin. To tell the truth, although this wave is very powerful, the actual casualties of the Wu army are not large, and it is more of a blow to the morale of the Wu army. Therefore, the final battle must be decided under the city of Hefei.
If Hefei City was an ordinary city, it might be difficult for Zhang Liao and others' seven thousand troops to resist Sun Quan's 100,000 men and horses, but unfortunately for Sun Wu, Hefei City was a strong city.
The earliest builder of Hefei City was Liu Fu, the Assassin of Yangzhou at that time. According to the record:
"He also made a fortress, many building blocks and stones, tens of millions of pieces of grass, and thousands of pieces of fish paste, for the defense of war."
That is to say, after Liu Fu's operation, Hefei City has become a strong city, with strong walls, abundant grain and grass, and abundant defensive equipment. Therefore, Sun Quan besieged hefei for the first time, although he had an army of 100,000, he was finally defeated and retreated under the jiancheng of Hefei.
Therefore, another important reason for Sun Quan's defeat and retirement of Xiaoyaojin is Liu Fu's construction of Hefei City, which has been neglected by people and is not right.
In the end, Sun Quan's army broke through under the city of Hefei and suffered a long time without success, so it had to be defeated. On the way back, he was killed by Zhang Liao again, and finally had to return with a big defeat.
Text: JAL Tongjian Map: From the Network and The Site, Invasion and Deletion