Speaking of Tian Dan, that is a prominent figure in history, without his presence and efforts, it is estimated that the Tian Clan Qi State will withdraw from the historical stage early, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States will probably become "Six Heroes". However, when people verbally praise the great deeds of Tian Dan's restoration, they often ignore the existence of a small person, although he did not leave a name and surname in history, but he is the spiritual leader in the great cause of Tian Dan's restoration, without him, Tian Dan can not restore the country is really between the two.
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Of course, to say that this little person is important is not to deny Tian Dan's contribution to the restoration of the country. From the historical records, we can see that Tian Dan really has the talent to do it.
The ancients said that in order to become a good general, you must have the basic qualities of "five virtues and four desires". That is to say, in planning, it is necessary to "be good at knowing the situation of the enemy, good at knowing the way to advance and retreat, good at knowing the reality of the country, good at knowing the personnel of the heavens and the times, and being good at knowing the dangers and obstacles of the mountains and rivers." In combat, it is necessary to "be curious about war, plot and secret, be quiet, and have one heart." Translating these into modern texts means that if you want to lead your troops to win battles as a general, you must "look at problems with foresight, have strategic layout, be innovative in tactics, and have cohesion in personality." So does Tian Dan have these "four abilities"? Let's take a look at them one by one.
First of all, let's talk about whether Tian Shan looks at the problem as a forward-looking one. When the Yan army came and the State of Qi was defeated and retreated, Tian Shan knew early on that defeat was to be retreated, and retreat was to lead to chaos, and chaos would be staggered and crowded, leaving you with no escape. It was on the basis of this judgment that he had his people modify the car in advance, saw off the excess axle head, and put thick and strong iron hoops on the bread. This prejudgment of his allowed his family to "take the qi people away, fight for the way, and lose with the folding car" and become prisoners of the Qi army, "with an iron cage to get rid of", and successfully fled to Jimo. From this point of view, Tian Shan is indeed forward-looking in looking at problems, and it is precisely because he has the ability in this aspect that he was elected as a leader by the people of Jimo at a critical moment.
Let's take a look at whether Tian Dan has strategy in layout. When the Yan army came, Jimo's original family members, in line with the traditional thinking of "water to cover the soil, soldiers to block", immediately led the troops out of the city to meet the battle, and the result was that the soldiers were defeated and killed. And when the crowd elected Tian Dan to be the leader of Zhimo, he changed the practice of confronting the Yan army hard, used strategy, chose to avoid its sharp edge and stick to the city, and suddenly let the Yan army's fists be powerful and nowhere to go, and had to fight a tough battle with Tian Dan in Jimo. Thus, tian shan flashed around, performed tricks, and defeated the Yan army in the future. From this point of view, Tian Dan was not at all inferior to any ancient famous general in terms of strategy.
Can Tian Dan boldly innovate in his tactics? In general, people fight wars against soldiers, generals against generals, and to hedge, that is, with the help of animals, that is, horses and chariots. As for what tigers and dragons to use to help the battle, those are also the legends of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. But Tian Dan really used the "Fire Bull Array", tying a sharp knife to the horns of the cow, tying reeds with oil on the tail of the cow, and draping the dragon pattern on the cow, and for a time a thousand cattle were fired in unison, followed by five thousand strong men, and rushed straight into the Camp of the Yan Army. The Yan army was "killed and wounded", and it was really next to death and touch death. The State of Qi also opened the curtain on the restoration of the country, which was "more than seventy cities restored to Qi". It can be seen that in terms of innovation and surprise victory, Tian Shan is also second to none.
So, does Tian Shan have the cohesion of the general? That's really hard to say.
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We know that success must be "time, place, and people", after a series of operations of Tian Dan's "forward-looking, strategic and innovative", he can be said to have the convenience of "heaven and earth, geographical advantage", but in order to achieve ultimate success, it is necessary to rely on "people" as catalysts, that is, the "cohesion" that we said earlier must have, after all, only when everyone obeys himself, can his strategy be implemented, war can be carried out, and victory will come. Regrettably, Tian Dan did not have such cohesion at that time.
Let's first look at Tian Dan's origin. Although he was a nobleman of the State of Qi, after generations of people's multiplication, the blood relationship between him and the King of Qi could be said to be more and more estranged. When he arrived at king Qi Tang, he was just a "Linling City Man", to put it bluntly, he was the chengguan at that time. There is no social status, no prestige, really a common people, let alone any appeal.
There is also the fact that when the Yan army came, although he was very clever, he led his people to escape the disaster and came to Jimo safely. And after the death of the leader of Jimo Shoucheng, he was well-known among the common people because he could "successfully escape", and was temporarily pushed to the post of Jimo leader. But this was also the helpless move of everyone at that time, and when the situation stabilized a little, it was not known whether he could continue to get everyone's support.
For these, the clever Tian Shan is well aware. However, he did not pick a fight on this, but took the restoration of the State of Qi as his mission, used his brain, and came up with a way to use the power of "God" to improve his appeal.
The Yan army besieged Jimo, the purpose is that I can't beat you, I will trap you. In order to boost the morale of the Jimo soldiers and civilians, Kodadan ordered everyone in Jimo City to sacrifice their ancestors in the courtyard during meals and pray for the protection of the ancestors. In this way, not only the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Jimo City was greatly boosted, but also an unexpected effect was produced, that is, the residue of the daily sacrifice attracted countless birds to Jimo City to forage for food. This strange phenomenon even puzzled the Yan army outside the city, and also excited the soldiers and civilians in Jimo City.
When Tian Shan saw this scene, he suddenly came up with a plan, he pointed to the birds circling in the sky with emotion, and said to the people in Jimo City: "God has come to teach me!" "This sign must be that heaven is sending gods and immortals to help us defend the city!"
Then who is the immortal sent down from heaven? It won't always be a bird, it's going to be a talking person. As a foreigner and the temporary leader of Jimo City, Ke TianDan basically had no local relatives in the city, so he couldn't even find a suitable person to play the immortal. Therefore, Tian Shan, who was in a headache, said to the people in the city in a heuristic way: "When there is a god for me, I will be my teacher." "Heaven has sent gods and immortals to guide us in battle, right within us.
When he said this, Tian Dan actually had no bottom in his heart. Unexpectedly, as soon as his voice dropped, a small soldier spoke and said, "Can a subject be a master?" "Am I the fairy you're looking for?"
Maybe this little soldier was "a good teacher", or maybe this little soldier guessed Tian Dan's mind. No matter what happened, this little soldier regretted it after saying this sentence, afraid of provoking the disaster of killing himself, and turned his head and ran. Tian Shan saw that he got up and chased. After catching up, Bi respectfully invited him to sit down when he reached the master's seat, and he fell backwards to worship.
In this way, this little soldier could not stand it, and honestly said: "The subject is deceitful, and he is incompetent." "I just said it casually, I really am not a god sent down from heaven."
Tian Shan also quietly told him the truth: "Don't say anything!" "You just sit and don't have to talk, I'll treat you as a god sent down from heaven."
Since then, this nameless pawn has become a god in Tian Shan's eyes, and Tian Shan "because of the teacher." Every restraint must be called a divine teacher." From then on, Tian Dan always worshiped this nameless pawn as a god, and no matter what kind of strange tricks he had, he said that this was the instruction of the gods, thus unifying the will of the people in Jimo City, achieving "people" and ensuring the steady progress of his plan to restore the country.
Three
After tian dan's series of operations, the remnants of the State of Qi were defeated and really succeeded in recovering the lost territory and restoring the State of Qi. And King Xiang of Qi was also grateful to Tian Shan and made him the Prince of Anping. At this point, Tian Shan went to the peak of his life and became a successful person with a long history.
Some people may say that this nameless pawn may play a certain role in Tian Dan's restoration, but to say that he was the spiritual leader of Tian Dan's restoration is probably exaggerated. In fact, if we look at the ancients, we will know that whenever they do great things, they always have to either pretend to be the will of heaven or find a spiritual leader for themselves. Otherwise, it will be unknown.
The famous Historical Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also did their homework in this regard during the uprising, first letting people stuff the Danshu with the inscription "King Chen Sheng" into the belly of the fish, which surprised everyone. Later, he let people learn to call foxes in the middle of the night and shouted the slogan of "Great Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng", thus establishing Chen Sheng's prestige with the influence of the gods and ensuring the success of the uprising.
There is also that after Chen Sheng's death, Xiang Liang, in order to unite people's hearts, immediately found a spiritual leader for himself - to establish Xiong Xin, the grandson of Xiong Huai, the former king of Chuhuai, and a small child who had wandered into the people, as the king of Chu, that is, the later Yi Emperor, to give orders. Later, Xiang Yu was dissatisfied with the righteous emperor for killing him. Liu Bang, on the other hand, was different from Xiang Yu, not only always acting in the name of this righteous emperor who was not in charge of the family, but also when he learned that Xiang Yu had killed Xiong Xin, he was "crying loudly", setting up a spiritual hall, and going to mourn for three consecutive days. Subsequently, in the name of Xiang Yu's killing of Xiong Xin, he called on the princes of the world to follow him in his crusade against Xiang Yu. In this way, regardless of whether Liu Bang's crying bear heart was sincere or not, he seized on the mistake of Xiang Yu indiscriminately killing the spiritual leader of the late Qin rebellion, classified Xiang Yu as a sinner in the world, and began to raise the banner of revenge against Xiang Yu in a justified manner, and finally defeated Xiang Yu and took possession of the world.
From the historical events that we are familiar with, such as chen sheng and Wu Guang's smooth uprising and the defeat of Xiang Yu and Liu Bangsheng, we can see that Tian Dan regarded this nameless pawn as a god, although he did not leave a name and surname in history, but he was definitely the spiritual leader in Tian Dan's restoration, and his role could not be underestimated. Without him, the influence of Tian Shan, the city administrator, alone would not be enough to convince everyone. In this way, his various plans would fail, not to mention using the Fire Bull Array to destroy the Yan Army!
Author: Zhao Xianwen, our special guest author