The flag was lowered in the king's city, and the concubine learned of it in the deep palace.
Fourteen thousand people were disarmed, and none of them were boys.
——Madame Hua Rui's "Poetry of the Fallen Country"
This is the faint and incompetent Later Shu MengChang surrendered without a fight, her pet concubine HuaRui faced the conqueror from above, not humble and unobtrusive inner portrayal, it is also this inner monologue, Meng Chang was despised, but Lady Huarui won widespread respect. And this scene, in the recent Afghanistan seems to be repeating itself, 300,000 troops surrendered without a fight, the president slipped a cigarette and hid abroad, but there was a female mayor who made a sonorous voice, I am waiting here, not going anywhere!
The 300,000-strong army, claimed to be well-equipped and well-trained, why did Mencius say, "Fill the drums, take the blades, abandon the armor and drag the soldiers away." "In fact, in ancient China, there were two generations of British lords who faced this similar situation, the first short handover, the army forward was frustrated, the other side was momentum, and there were signs of a large-scale collapse on the other side. In this case, the two people have different choices and dispositions, but they have led to unusually different results. A former generation of Ming Jun fell to the altar in an instant, dead and soulless, while another fledgling young man turned defeat into victory, laying the foundation for the dignity of a generation of Ming Jun in one fell swoop.
The first is chai rong, known as the first Ming emperor of the five generations, Chai Rong was born in xingzhou wang clan, but the five generations and ten kingdoms, everywhere is displacement and war, social class changes are extremely rapid, Chai Rong was born, already in decline, in order to make a living, he turned to his uncle Guo Wei, was adopted as an adopted son, he worked hard, especially the hard practice of riding and shooting, in order to subsidize the military, he also accompanied the merchants to sell tea in Jiangling, and had a profound understanding of the arrogant generals of the five generations, corruption, and class contradictions. Later, Guo Wei was suspected because of his meritorious mastership, and all the family members who remained in the capital city were slaughtered by the Later Han Yin Emperor, Guo Wei was angry, one did not do, two non-stop, led the army back to The Capital, himself as the emperor, because he had no children under his knees, specially sealed Chai Rong as the King of Jin, less than three years, Guo Wei died, Chai Rong succeeded to the throne.
"Ten years to open up the world, ten years to raise the people, ten years to pacify the whole country" ideal is very full, but the reality is very bone, Chai Rong has just succeeded to the throne, the status is still unstable, the capital of the Later Zhou Capital Kaifeng, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, kaifeng, originally a horse Pingchuan, no danger to defend, nomadic cavalry only need to drive straight in, once they can't stand it, Kaifeng will soon fall, Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin and other short-lived regimes, is destroyed at this point. Chai Rong wants to gather time to strengthen himself, not to mention the period of national mourning, but this time is no longer the Spring and Autumn Uprising", "neighbors have mourning, do not conquest", this is the period of the dark and boundless Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, taking advantage of your illness, it is the norm to ask for your life. Therefore, the Northern Han Dynasty, which heard the wind, immediately contacted the Khitan and launched a large-scale attack on Hou zhou, which was still in its infancy.
In the face of the Khitan and the Northern Han coalition army occupying Taiyuan, whether it was the time of day, the geographical advantage, or the people and the Later Zhou, there was no obvious advantage, the guards of the front line pass, the first touch of the pass, the capital city was even frightened three times a day, the wind was loud, many people were even ready to change the dynasty again, anyway, Changle old Feng Dao made the best demonstration. The Northern Han lord Liu Chongxi was overjoyed, and threw the Khitan cavalry that coordinated the battle and drove Luzhou for a long time. Chai Rong heard the news, vigorously defied the public opinion, and decided to personally enlist. He led his army and advanced rapidly, encountering the Northern Han army at Bagongyuan (巴公原, in modern Bagong Town, Jincheng, Shanxi), south of Gaoping in Zezhou.
Chai Rong finally understood why the army of the Later Han Dynasty had been defeated repeatedly, it turned out that it was afraid of losing, and those leading generals, facing the Northern Han cavalry that were like a bamboo, were like rats and cats walking around, throwing away their armor and running faster than anyone. Faced with this situation, Chai Ronghuo stepped onto the war horse, held a large knife, took his own soldiers, and slashed and killed those who fled from the battle without mercy, and then personally led everyone forward. Seeing that Chai Rong was so heroic, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde and others were also greatly infected, and roared angrily: "Thieves are arrogant, and they can be broken in battle!" They all swung their large swords and spears and rushed up.
The forward chargers have a lot of rewards, and those who escape from the battle, chop! It was really no joke, Chai Rong took Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde and others, personally supervised the battle, not only killed the Northern Han soldiers, but also slashed his own deserters, and finally stabilized the decline. Later, when it came to the great decisive battle, it was found that the right army of Fan Aineng and He Huibu had collapsed without a fight, not only fled on their own, but also spread rumors, saying that the Khitan army was coming, it was unstoppable, our army was defeated, Chai Rong and others were slashing and killing dozens of people in a row, and personally beheaded the Northern Han general Zhang Yuanhui, and at dusk, Heyang Jiedu made Liu Ci lead the rear army to arrive, Chai Rong joined forces with it, and then broke the Northern Han, pursued to Gaoping, Liu Chong, discarded a large number of weights, and fled north in a hurry.
The Battle of Gaoping played out Chai Rong's prestige, but also established his military prestige, after the war, he seriously pursued responsibility, who took the lead? There was no forgiveness for the killing, so Fan Aineng, He Hui, and more than seventy other soldiers who had escaped from the battlefield were all corrected by him on the spot to make an example. Because Chai Rong understood that it may not be okay to have a strong mouth in peacetime, and he wanted to avoid death when he escaped from the battle, but there was no door, and at the same time, he gave heavy rewards to Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin and others who fought bravely. This battle made Chai Rong understand even more that the soldiers are fine, they will be brave, the commanders will be wise, all the unqualified laid-offs, don't stay in the army with seniority and mixed wages, and officially rely on this brave division, Chai Rong has won even battles and is invincible.
The narrow road meets the brave to win, and Zhao Hao, the famous general of the Qin army who once defeated the Tiger and Wolf Division at fushi, once expounded this point. However, there was an emperor who was obsessed with "benevolence and righteousness", who had hoped to unify the world and rebuild Qiankun, but because of this, he failed to do so, making people sigh, he was the monarch of the Former Qin of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms - Fu Jian the Great. With the assistance of Wang Meng, who was known as Wang Zuo's talent, Former Qin grew step by step in the north, and with Wang Meng's incomparably tenacious "fierceness", under a fierce slash, the once invincible haoqiang bowed his head, and the grass head king who used to pick the head everywhere disappeared in an instant. Unfortunately, Wang Meng died.
Fu Jian gathered an army, known as "throwing whips and breaking the stream", attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had already crossed the south in a hurry and was on the left side of the An River, and longed to unify the world, and at first they were invincible, but in the land of shuishui, they encountered the Beifu soldiers formed on the basis of the displaced people in the north. Many people believe that the reason why Former Qin was defeated in the Battle of Shuishui was because several Northern Soldiers defeated Former Qin's military might, and then the eastern Jin Dynasty lurking spies shouted loudly, and the Qin army was defeated, resulting in a systematic rout of the army, in fact, this was Fu Jian's own decision.
During the period of assisting Fu Jian, Wang Meng won the title of "cool official" for decisively killing, because he killed too many people, and was also reported to Fu Jian by some people, Fu Jian rebuked him and asked him to practice the heart of "benevolence and righteousness", Wang Meng's answer was, what kind of person should be used! Otherwise, any power will dissipate. It was also Wang Meng's vigorous action that Former Qin's army was able to sweep away one enemy after another that was once invincible, and gradually flattened the northern land. However, fu Jian did not realize this, almost unprincipledly good to all people, blindly lenient, even Wang Meng calculated exhaustively, almost could not find any flaws in the "golden sword plan" to help him get rid of Murong Chui, it was almost finished, he also lightly wrote a sentence, let Murong Chui go, but it was this person, later buried Former Qin.
Disrupting the military's heart and fighting psychological warfare is a game that everyone can play, but why did it play such a huge role in the Qin army? At that time, Chai Rong Fan Aineng, He Hui and others took the lead in collapsing, or even surrendering, the situation was not worse, why could Chai Rong turn defeat into victory? I have to say that as a commander-in-chief, Fu Jian lacks the ability to make decisions in the front, it can be said that his "benevolent heart" has harmed him, if he can also be like Chai Rong, the fierce general will be in front of me, who is shouting to cut whom, who dares to retreat and kill whom, encourage all the Qin soldiers, bravely rush forward, rather than showing that they are afraid, who is really not sure who kills the deer, after all, the Qin army has a greater advantage in strength.
As the old saying goes, righteousness does not lead soldiers, and mercy does not hold wealth! Whether it is the great rout of 300,000 government troops in Afghanistan or the rout of Fu Jian, the former King of Qin, it can be said that the lessons of history have long been actively hidden in the details of the devil, who violates this law, in vain to add a laugh to history, leaving the pain to the people!