Sentence / Kodama
There is a way but no technique, and the technique can still be sought; there is a technique but no way, and it stops at the technique. Everything must be done on the essence, and any victory is ultimately a victory by strength.
The earliest stage of the war is that the two sides take out their family resources and make an appointment to fight a real battle, and in this process, national strength is the key to victory, and the quality of soldiers is only auxiliary at best. Of course, this mode of war is only suitable for the stage when the aristocratic spirit is still the mainstream value, when the frequency and intensity of the annexation war become more and more intense, everyone begins to work the technical level, and this turning point is the defeat of Song Xianggong.
After that, while everyone was carefully polishing the army, they also began to study tactics, and the war began to become less and less martial arts, and drastic methods such as surprise attacks and pit killings emerged one after another.
At that time, the technical attacks of the Qi State, the military soldiers of the Wei State, and the sharp soldiers of the Qin State were all "special forces" created by everyone according to their own conditions, and they belonged to the technical level. Moreover, the art of war has also become a popular "specialty", and everyone is studying it.
But if you look closely, you will find that the wars between the princes are essentially supported by national strength. The reason why Wei Wushu first ran rampant in the world was because Wei was the first to implement law changes and became the first power of the Warring States, so the army was also particularly capable of fighting.
Looking at the Qin State before the reform, although it lived in the west and had abundant martial virtues, it was simply unable to compete with other countries on an equal footing at the war level, just because it was too poor.
Knowing this, Qin Guo knew what to do, so Qin Xiaogong reused Shang Ying to change the law. After the successful reform, the Qin army was also labeled as a "tiger wolf" by other countries and ran rampant all over the world.
It can be seen from this that strength is the key to supporting the armed forces, and without strength, no matter how many combat skills the army masters, it is useless. Wei is a negative example, after being overtaken by Qin, Wei Wushu suddenly failed, just because of the weakening of its national strength.
Speaking realistically, although there were many good generals in the Warring States Period, the competition for hegemony among the nations was essentially a competition of comprehensive strength. The reason why there is a god of war like Bai Qi in the Qin State is because the Qin State is powerful, and Bai Qi can only give full play to his potential on such a platform.
In the wars he commanded, he didn't see any risky behavior at all, and he used any strange tricks, all of which were commanded normally with strong backing.
As a powerful country, as long as it can be undefeated on the battlefield, it is a victory, because a pure war of attrition can consume the opponent to death. The reason why the Battle of Changping was won by the Qin State was that the Qin State fought with the Zhao State under the condition of ensuring that it was undefeated, and when the Zhao State had a food crisis and could not continue to support the front line, the King of Zhao had to fight. According to the principle of struggle, whoever strikes first will be the first to show flaws, Bai Qi keenly captured the weakness of Zhao Jun, and cut Zhao Jun into two sections and surrounded him at once.
Next, the Qin State still used the tactics of attrition, using time as a lever to wait for the collapse of the Zhao army and then surrender.
You think, if the Qin army and the Zhao army fight hard, with the number of the Zhao army, the Qin army will definitely suffer huge casualties, and only by encircling but not fighting, the Qin army can reduce the consumption as much as possible, just this, according to Bai Qi's words, the Qin army is killed and wounded half.
As a famous general, Bai Qi knows one thing very well, and the result of the war is until the other party completely loses his willpower. When the Zhao army collapsed under the torture of hunger and had to surrender, the war was over. If the Qin army wants to do this, it still needs the continuous support of logistics, and behind the logistics is the national strength of the Qin State.
As a result, according to Bai Qi's rehearsal, the Zhao army finally broke down emotionally under the torture of hunger and surrendered to the Qin army, and it was a massacre.
Therefore, don't say that Zhao Kuo's ability is not good, it may be that the role of replacing Bai Qi with Zhao Kuo is still very suspenseful, and the battle of Changping is fought from beginning to end with the national strength of both Qin and Zhao, who has stronger comprehensive national strength, and who wins.
Behind the famous generals is the support of national strength Source/stills
There is also an interesting phenomenon, in the Warring States Period, Qin and Zhao were the rhythm of mass production of famous generals, one is because Qin and Zhao are in the border and fight with nomads all year round, and they are full of martial virtues, and the most important reason is:
Qin is a big agricultural country, Zhao is a big commercial country, and a strong national power can give birth to good generals.
Similarly, Chu can produce good generals like Xiang Yan because Chu is a big country, and the reason why South Korea does not have good generals is because South Korea is the weakest, and there will be no good generals at all when being beaten becomes the norm.
Moreover, the high-quality talents of the countries will continue to flow to the Qin State, according to Li Si's statement in the "Book of Exhortations to the Guest": The achievements of the Qin State are completely achieved by the scholars of the six countries of the Kwantung Kingdom. And the reason why the scholars of the Six Kingdoms flowed to the Qin State was because of the strength of the Qin State.
It's a cycle, and it's a manifestation of the Matthew effect: the strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker.
Behind Wang Jian becoming a famous general is also the support of Qin's national strength. When discussing the battle plan against Chu, Li Xin confidently stated to the king of Qin that he could destroy Chu with only 200,000 Qin troops, but Wang Jian objected, believing that he could not destroy Chu without 600,000.
At that time, Li Xin's focus was on the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, while Wang Jian was concerned about the national strength of Qin and Chu, believing that the number of troops sent must match the enemy's comprehensive national strength. Only by pouring out of the nest can the Qin army defeat a vastly territorial prince like the Chu State.
Reality later verified Wang Qian's inference, and Li Xin's entire army was annihilated and defeated.
In the face of failure, Ying Zheng finally found out what the problem was, not only personally asked Wang Jian to go out of the mountain, but also agreed to Wang Qian's request for 600,000 troops without hesitation. And Wang Jian almost copied the practice of the Battle of Changping in the process of destroying Chu, first ensuring that he was undefeated, and using national strength to consume Chu, Chu State played cards first when he couldn't bear it, and as a result, Wang Jian caught the flaw and decided the battle.
A famous general is a famous general, knowing that personal talent and ability are only auxiliary, and national strength is the root of the game.
Wang Jian deeply understands the essence of war Photo source/stills
The fact that Qin was finally able to annex the Six Kingdoms and dominate the world was due to the continuous logistical support capacity of Guanzhong and Bashu.
The identities of Bai Qi and Wang Jian as famous generals were all achieved by the national strength of Qin.
Of course, there are also those who climb the ladder of famous generals purely by personal ability, and the representative figure is Han Xin. Look at the wars that Han Xin commanded, destroy Wei, destroy Zhao, and destroy Qi, he either fought from the east to the west, fought against the water, or played a surprise attack, the reason is that Han Xin's army is not good, and can only use personal advantages to make up for the shortcomings of the overall strength.
In the camp of the Han army, Han Xin belonged to the partial division, and the army under his command was often transferred by Liu Bang, resulting in Han Xin's army always being new soldiers, and there was no cohesion between the soldiers at all, and such an army could not reach the level of fighting strength at all.
In order to win, Han Xin could only surprise his troops, and in the battle to destroy Zhao, Han Xin's 2,000 Han troops who were inserted behind the enemy lines of the Zhao army were proper surprise soldiers, and fighting against the water was also one of Han Xin's strategies.
Including the fight against Qi State, Han Xin was also taken by surprise through a surprise attack, including the annihilation of the Chu general Long He who came to help, and was also defeated by Han Xin through technical means.
The reason why Han Xin is a soldier is because his personal ability is too strong, strong enough to make up for the lack of overall strength of the army.
But Han Xin is not taking a risk, if he makes a mistake, it will be doomed.
Liu Bang is the opposite of Han Xin, his personal ability is slightly poor, and he relies on fighting a war of attrition. During the Qin and Han dynasties, Guanzhong was the absolute country of abundance, and its economic strength was in a leading position, and Liu Bang's comprehensive strength was definitely stronger than Xiang Yu in the case of occupying Bashu and Guanzhong.
In the process of the confrontation in Xingyang, Xiang Yu eliminated a group of Han troops, and Xiao He would soon form a new army from Guanzhong and send it to the front line, and the logistics had never lacked Liu Bang.
At this time, the shortcomings of Liu Bang's ability were made up for by his strength, and Xiang Yu never crossed the line of Xingyang. When the Chu army really couldn't afford to consume, Xiang Yu could only negotiate peace, and the end was the plot of being pursued by the Han army and trapped in the square inch of the wall.
Xiang Yu's death was completely consumed by Liu Bang's strong comprehensive strength.
The battle of Qixia was completely a hard-fought contest of strength, and Han Xin didn't need to surprise at all when he had an absolutely superior force, and he directly destroyed Xiang Yu by using a regular fighting style.
With strength, there is no need to take any more risks.
Han Xin's surprise soldier is also helpless Photo source/stills
As for why Xiang Yu didn't return to Jiangdong, the reason is that he has already understood the gap between himself and Liu Bang: it is not the length of personal ability, but the huge gap in comprehensive strength, and he can't afford to hurt it.
Since returning to Jiangdong can only extend the life cycle slightly, it is better to die vigorously under the wall and leave a positive name.
It can be seen that the dispute between Chu and Han was completely a contest of strength, Liu Bang relied on the economic advantages of Bashu and Guanzhong to consume Xiang Yu, and it was a re-replication of Qin's domination of the world.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao also keenly grasped the fundamental contradictions, so he vigorously developed Tuntian at the beginning of his business, activated the economy, and then relied on economic advantages to cut off the heroes.
In the later Northern Expedition of Shu Han, the reason why the Shu army could not succeed was not that Zhuge Liang's level was not good, but that the comprehensive strength of Shu Han was insufficient. Emperor Wei Ming clearly instructed Sima Yi not to rush to fight with the Shu army, and to adopt a war of attrition, when the Shu army collapsed without a fight.
In order not to make Sima Yi too passive, Cao Rui also sent envoys to play a double reed with Sima Yi, so that the soldiers could transform Sima Yi's resentment of not fighting into the imperial court and ensure Sima Yi's control of the front line.
Zhuge Liang could only retreat when he couldn't fight and the grain and grass couldn't keep up.
Therefore, when reading history, we should not only be obsessed with the ability of the individual, but also the strength that determines the final result.
Look at the people around you, they are either studying emotional intelligence or pondering their words, but they have forgotten the most critical point that affects their personal future: strength. Without strength, you can't even get up to the table, and your EQ advantage has no room to play at all.
In essence, masters don't need emotional intelligence, and they don't need to think about any interpersonal relationships, their strength is enough to say everything. Do you say that Han Xin needs emotional intelligence, no, when he goes to that station, Fan Xu has to respectfully call him a king. Han Xin's death was not because his emotional intelligence was too low, but because his special identity could not survive in an environment like Dahan, only once he died, no matter how high his emotional intelligence was, he could not save him.
Therefore, there is nothing to make more money, and strength is everyone's passport to walk the rivers and lakes.
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