Introduction: The King of Qi Tang is about to end, and another general of the Warring States, Le Yi, appears, which is a wonderful war story in the Warring States era.
Le Yi ran for a long time and almost single-handedly destroyed the State of Qi, but in the end it was a failure. The State of Yan was destined to become a great power among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
Although Le Yi's appearance is chronological, it still represents the views of ordinary military generals on the Yanqi War. The usual practice should be to take the steps to conquer the neighboring cities of the Yan Kingdom, and then fight steadily to ensure that the Yan Kingdom not only fights, but also swallows.
But Le Yi is not an ordinary general, with the endorsement of Mr. Kong Ming, Le Yi's insight and ability are naturally extraordinary. He keenly saw the chaos of the State of Qi and saw the opportunity to touch the fish in muddy waters.
【I】
At this time, if you follow the steps, you will eventually reach a balance of power with the State of Qi, you can't eat me, and I can't swallow you. It is better to take advantage of the victory to pursue, take the Yu Yong of the Yan army, and fight the disorder of the Qi army, and will surely receive miraculous results.
Of course, the only thing that needs attention is whether to dare to take this risk, after all, the lone army is deep and easy to suffer from the enemy. Le Yi is Le Yi, he dared to take risks, and he did it.
With the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, he swept through more than 70 cities and pools in the state of Qi, and even laid the capital of the country, Linzi, almost destroying the state of Qi, much like the German "blitzkrieg" in World War II.
This is really a miraculous feat of the world, and in the future generations, I am afraid that only the merit of killing 400,000 people in the Zhao Kingdom can be compared with it. Zhuge Kongming compares himself to Zhongle Yi.
But to tell the truth, Zhuge Liang's military ability is still a lot worse than Le Yi's, at least he does not have Le Yi's courage and courage, dare to take risks, he is too stable.
Of course, we can't blame Kong Ming, time has passed, and during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the State of Wei did not appear as the King of Qi. As the commander of the army, Le Yi should have aimed to destroy Qi and avenge King Yan Zhao.
We should not make our own claims and engage in appeasement without considering the means of self-preservation, and eventually attract rumors. King Yan Zhao did not forget his original intention, and Le Yi believed in Righteousness, although the original source could not be found.
【II】
The exemplary image of this pair of "kings and subjects meeting" created by the "Zizhi Tongjian" has been talked about by later generations. From Sima Guang's "Testament Table", we can see a major pain point in Confucian political philosophy: in the philosophy of employing people, who is a virtuous subject depends on the emperor's eyesight.
King Hui of Yan made Le Yi's son Le Jian the Prince of Chang, and Le Yi himself held official positions in both Yan and Zhao to communicate the relations between the two countries. Le Yi can become a particularly dazzling cultural code.
In addition to its own wonderful deeds and the continuous praise of the "Book of The King of Yanhui", it also benefited from the continuous blessings of various forms of celebrities such as Zhuge Liang, Xiahou Xuan, and Wang Xizhi.
Wei JinXuan's "Treatise on Le Yi" by the leading figure Xiahou Xuan was extremely influential in later generations; this article uses the desire to practice "Wang Zheng" as Le Yi's delay in attacking Jucheng and Jimo's defense, which also shows that there was no historical material of Le Yi's appeasement at that time.
A series of legends of indistinguishable from falsehood have made Wang Xizhi's orthography calligraphy "Le Yi Theory" a "Mona Lisa"-like existence, which has been repeatedly praised and copied by the ancients, which has made the image of Le Yi outlined by Xiahou Xuan more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Yes, a top military man must understand the military, but also understand politics, have keen insight, and dare to take risks. Le Yi was an excellent military man.
【III】
During the Warring States period, Le Yi belonged to the type of famous generals of the Noh Wen Nengwu type. General Drama Xin represents the views of ordinary people, and he proposes the conventional practice of attacking cities and cities.
The strategy of reflecting Le Yi's direct attack on the capital of the State of Qi is able to stand the test of practice. Similarly, during World War II, the Allies forcibly crossed the Rhine and directly attacked the German capital Berlin.
At that time, Le Yi saw the opportunity brought by the internal turmoil in Qi, and at the same time, in the attack of the coalition forces, the situation of Yan's weakness and qi strength had been reversed, which was precisely what ordinary people could not see.
Therefore, Le Yi decided to continue to attack with a single blow, of course, the result of this is conceivable, and the King of Qi Tang fled in defeat. After that, Le Yi practiced civil rule on the basis of martial arts.
The practices of reducing taxes, abolishing harsh government, respecting local customs, protecting Qi culture, and giving preferential treatment to celebrities in the occupied areas fundamentally disintegrated the Qi state. If the later King Hui of Yan did not divide the plot of Zhongtian Shan, the great cause of the Yan kingdom could be successful.
From this period of history, it is once again realized that the wise change with the times, and the knower follows events. A good military general must learn to adjust the direction of the military according to the current situation and the situation, and must not stop the pace of advance because of the small achievements achieved at a certain stage, thus losing the good situation.
【Conclusion】
In short, during the Warring States period, how strong was the ability of Le Yi, the general of the Yan State? From his actual combat, it can be seen that it is indeed very strong, which can make Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms sigh to himself, nor is it a vain name.
bibliography:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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