Because of a dream, and then embarked on the road of no return, you say this person is not stupid?
I think that if Hong Xiuquan had not had a high fever after failing the fourth scientific expedition, it is estimated that he would not have had that "great dream" and called God a brother and a brother;
Then, the "Worship God Society", the first anti-Qing anti-Qing black society in the late Qing Dynasty, would not have appeared, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement would not have been able to talk about it.
If this were the case, we, the brave and courageous Zeng Guofan who cherished our homeland, would not have been able to leave a strong mark on today's history books.
It can be said that Zeng Guofan's life of honor and disgrace pessimism is closely related to the anti-traditional culture protest movement that swept across the land of China in the late Qing Dynasty.
In 1854, Zeng Guofan, who had been hiding in Hengyang for more than a year and training soldiers, finally prepared the ships, shells, grain and soldiers. It's time to compete with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's gang of long hairs.
Therefore, Zeng Guofan divided the Xiang army of more than 17,000 people into two parts, taking a part of himself to attack Jinggang, and the other part appointed the vanguard general Taqibu to attack Xiangtan.
As a result, the Battle of Jinggang, which he had attacked himself, was quickly defeated due to the misalignment of intelligence collection, and Zeng Guofan's old face could not hang up, and he jumped into the river to die, but fortunately he was rescued by his subordinates.
The Taqibu army, on the other hand, broke the Xiangtan Taiping Army and recaptured Xiangtan.
At this moment, the bravery and might of the Xiang Army spread all over the world and was known to everyone. Zeng Guofan came out.
It's a very cattle thing. Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the regular army of the Qing Dynasty has not won a war, and a local armed force that has just been formed for more than a year is even more powerful than the regular army of the imperial court that has been formed for more than a hundred years, and the first battle has been successful.
So, where is this brave Xiang army? Why is there such a strong fighting force?
It turned out that the reason why the Xiang Army was so strong in combat was rooted in the commander Zeng Guofan.
In order to train this armed force, Zeng Guofan worked hard, and one of the most crucial points was Zeng Guofan's habit of "thinking backwards" when designing the army.
Zeng Guofan did not think about "how can the Xiang Army have combat effectiveness", but changed his perspective and thought about "why the Green Camp Army has no combat effectiveness".
From this point of view, Zeng Guofan carried out completely different practices from the Green Camp army in terms of institutional guarantee (thick salary system), recruitment and selection (self-selection), political and ideological education, etc. This series of innovative moves made the Xiang army not only courageous but also united, it can be said that the advent of the Xiang army washed away the decline and decadence of the Qing Dynasty army.
Because of this, the Xiang Army became a powerful force in the late Qing Dynasty and made great contributions to the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
After reading this paragraph and admiring Zeng Guofan's courage and strategy in founding the Xiang Army, I remembered the famous Taiwanese lecturer and writer Mars Grandpa's "borrowing things from nothing".
The soldiers of the Green Battalion army do not have rich grain and wages, and our Xiang army can have;
The soldiers in the Green Battalion army will not know each other, or even be united for each other's battalions, and our Xiang Army can have;
Among the people in the Green Camp army, there was only big smoke and private interest, and there was no faith, so our Xiang army vigorously carried out ideological and political education to enhance cohesion.
What the regular army of the Green Battalion does not have, our Xiang Army added to it in contrast, so that the Xiang Army that came out was naturally different from people.
Zeng Guofan's thinking was that the previous soldiers did not have anything, so we will create something this time. When the focus is on "creation", all the painstaking efforts and painstaking preparations will create the conditions for "change".
So, I realized again today that when you are in a difficult situation, don't focus on "you have nothing", go and see what you "can do". #History# #曾国藩 #
