Yan Zi Chunqiu: Hegemony is born because of the times" has a saying: "Those who know the times are heroes, and those who change through the machine are heroes." In fact, from another aspect, it can also be seen as conforming to the mandate of heaven and obeying the law.
Man is a thinking animal, but he cannot escape that he is a member of nature, and since he is a part of nature, he must obey the law of all things in the world in order to obtain the driving force for upward.
Therefore, we must learn to respect nature and follow history, and to do this, we must first recognize the objective situation or the trend of the times, and also change with the change of things, adapt measures to local conditions, and follow the trend.
From ancient times to the present, it is not difficult for us to see that only those who "know the current affairs" and conform to the law will become the heroes of the times, those who do not look at the changes and restrictions of the conditions, go against adversity, and work blindly and brutally, even if he has a great advantage at the beginning, he can only be a passerby in the torrent of the times in the end, and he will achieve nothing after all.
For example, Bai Chongxi, who was once known as "Little Zhuge ", refused the highest standard of uprising treatment, and tried in vain to rely on his "amazing" military talent to resist 540,000 PLA with 300,000 Gui troops, and in the end he could only end up losing all the games.
Uprising treatment of the highest standard
If it can be resolved peacefully, in fact, many people are reluctant to the rise of war, and this was also the case during the War of Liberation. At that time, when our army was in a state of strength and the army and the people were united, under such objective conditions, many war-weary and highly conscious Kuomintang generals finally chose to revolt and surrender to our army.
And this kind of generals and our army did not treat them badly, so that they basically retained their original treatment and status after the uprising, and continued to shine in the establishment of New China.
For example, Fu Zuoyi, the former commander-in-chief of the North China Suppression, who led the troops to revolt in Beiping, served as minister of water resources after the founding of the People's Republic of China; General Chen Mingren of the Changsha Uprising, not only did not weaken his strength after the uprising, but also retained his original post, and was even awarded the rank of general in 1955; General Dong Qiwu of the Suiyuan Uprising later led the 23 Corps to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; as well as Lu Han and Liu Wenhui, and so on, these Kuomintang generals who revolted all held important posts after the founding of New China, and their overall development was still very good.
In order to make this "little Zhuge uprising", before the start of the battle of crossing the river in 1949, our army took the initiative to contact Li Zongren, the acting president of the Kuomintang, and made a condition that Bai Chongxi would continue to be in charge of the army after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and even took the initiative to expand the army by 300,000 for him. Bai Chongxi's condition can be said to be the highest level of uprising, but in the end he still refused.
Short-sighted, he didn't see the situation clearly
It turned out that Bai Chongxi said that he was a Kuomintang general, but in fact, he still had warlord thoughts in his heart, and in his eyes he could be compared with Chiang Kai-shek and great people. Therefore, he wants to build a great cause on his own, but it is not something that these hundreds of thousands of troops can "send".
Although he did have something to do in the military arrangement, otherwise others would not have given him a nickname "Xiao Zhuge ", but after learning about the superior conditions offered by our army, he was a little arrogant, thinking that our army was afraid of his strength to do so. In addition, he had the experience of "winning more with less", so he felt that the 300,000 Gui troops under his command at that time could withstand the 540,000 soldiers of our army, so he refused to revolt and negotiate peace.
Some people may ask when they see this, doesn't Bai Chongxi also belong to the Kuomintang? If he loses, the Kuomintang will definitely suffer, or if the Kuomintang loses, he will also be affected. In fact, the Kuomintang is a camp on the surface, but it has long been disintegrated inside, Bai Chongxi's Gui army said that it was established under the name of the Kuomintang, but the actual leader was still Bai Chongxi, and Chiang Kai-shek was not able to mobilize the Gui army.
It is precisely because of this warlord style that Bai Chongxi is immersed in the dream of his own establishment, it can be said that Bai Chongxi's combat ability is good, but it is inevitably a bit short-sighted from a political perspective, so it also laid the foundation for his subsequent failure.
Losing all games is history
Before the official start of the battle of crossing the river, the two corps of Zhang Zhen and Chen Mingren under the Kuomintang Central China Suppression General launched an uprising one after another, and Bai Chongxi had to retreat south. Later, he used the mountainous terrain to adopt roundabout guerrilla tactics, so that Zhong Wei's troops lost thousands of soldiers, and then he became even more complacent.
At that time, his opponents were mainly the 3 corps of the Fourth Field Army of our army and the Chen Geng Corps of the Second Field Army, with a strength of about 540,000 troops, while his Gui army had about 300,000 troops.
The momentary victory blinded Bai Chongxi and fueled their arrogance, but it made our army more cautious. Later, Bai Chongxi got a large amount of U.S. military equipment, so he thought about competing with Mr. Lin under Chen Geng's corps in the central and southern regions, but Mr. Lin didn't give him a chance at all, and went directly to his hometown Guangxi to draw a salary, and he was caught off guard.
In just two months, Bai Chongxi was surrounded by the four fields, defeated, and there was no hope of turning the tables, and the entire Guijun Group could only become history.
Under such circumstances, Bai Chongxi had no choice but to obey Chiang Kai-shek's call to come to Taiwan as the "premier", and in the end, Chiang Kai-shek completely stripped himself of power and died in Taipei.
Brief summary:
If you insist on saying that Bai Chongxi is useless, and it is too arbitrary to see no one in his eyes, after all, there have been many colorful deeds in his military career, but in the torrent of history, his thinking is still stuck on the identity of a warlord, which is a bit too "backward", so it is inevitable that he will fail in the end.
The former "Xiao Zhuge ", now the "loser", Bai Chongxi's failure is regrettable and makes people hate iron and steel, if he could recognize the situation and take the road of uprising, maybe he can continue to shine in the military post, but where are there so many "ifs"?
Therefore, after understanding Bai Chongxi's incident, it is not difficult for us to see how important the current situation is to the shaping of people. It is said that those who know the times are handsome, and now it seems that what the ancients said is not completely unreasonable, but anyone who has a little wisdom has a long-term vision, they always grasp the dynamics of things, and can always adapt to changes.
Goethe, for example, in fact, for the first 40 years he aspired to be a painter, but later at an exhibition he saw his shortcomings and specialized in literature, and since then a shining star has risen in the literary world.
It can be seen how important it is to conform to the objective situation and recognize oneself, and I hope that through this article, everyone can know this truth and avoid making decisions that are not conducive to their own development in the future.