In the impression of most of us, galloping on the battlefield to lead troops to fight is the business of military generals, and it is the business of civil ministers to strategize and repair the government within the army, but throughout history, there are many civil ministers who lead troops to fight wars and do not lose to military generals, and even create more dazzling records.
1, Nanliang Chen Qingzhi
The famous general Mo Zijiao, thousands of soldiers avoided the white robe, and he was talking about Chen Qingzhi, a famous general of the Southern Liang.
Chen Qingzhi was born in a poor family, and he has followed Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, since he was a child, and was appreciated by Xiao Yan because he often played chess with Xiao Yan. After Xiao Yan established the Southern Liang, he appointed Chen Qingzhi as the main secretary, and the later officials were invited by the court.
Chen Qingzhi
In 525 AD, Chen Qingzhi was appointed as the general of Wuwei and defeated the Wei general Qiu Daqian in a war; In 526, he defeated Li Xian, the assassin of Wei Yuzhou, captured Shouyang, and captured 75,000 people; In 527, he defeated the Wei army, captured Wuyang, and captured 30,000 men and women in the city. In 529, he led 7,000 Liang soldiers to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was ordered to escort Yuanhao, the king of Beihai, back to Luoyang. In December of the same year, it took only 12 days to quickly suppress the rebellion of Seng Qiang and Cai Bolong. In 536, Hou Jing, who had 70,000 troops, was defeated.
Chen Qingzhi is weak, difficult to open a bow and crossbow, and is not good at riding horses, but he is full of strategy and courage, good at grasping fighters, treating subordinates well, and soldiers are willing to die for it, so this is also the reason why he leads his troops to fight and often wins.
2, Fan Zhongyan of the Northern Song Dynasty
In most of our impressions, Fan Zhongyan was a literati, and he also recited his "The Story of Yueyang Tower" when he was a student. In addition, Fan Zhongyan is also a Confucian general.
Fan Zhongyan
In 1038 AD, Li Yuanhao of Western Xia broke away from the Northern Song Dynasty and formally established the Western Xia regime, in order to force the Song Dynasty to recognize the status of Western Xia, Li Yuanhao led his troops to invade the Song realm, defeated the Song army in the Battle of Sanchuankou, and gathered troops under the city of Yanzhou, preparing to attack the city. Due to the tight border affairs, Song Renzong appointed Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Jingluo to pacify him, and served as the deputy of Xia Zhu, the pacification envoy, to defend against Western Xia.
After Fan Zhongyan took office, he changed the old system of the army, trained in different units, took turns to resist the enemy, and adopted the policy of "defending the fields for a long time" to consolidate the northwest frontier defense, and during this period, he trained talented generals such as Di Qing, Chong Shiheng, and Guo Kui.
3. Southern Song Dynasty Xin abandoned disease
Xin Qiji is also a figure who is both civil and military, and everyone knows that he is a famous poet in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he is called "Su Xin" together with Su Shi. However, Xin Qiji was also a fierce general when he was young.
In the thirty-second year of Shaoxing (1162), traitors Zhang Anguo and Shao Jin murdered Geng Jing, the leader of the rebel army, and led some people to surrender to the Jin Dynasty. After hearing the news, Xin Qiji led 50 people straight to the Jin army camp, and by surprise, captured Zhang Anguo from 50,000 Jin people, got rid of the pursuers and went straight to Lin'an, and became famous in a battle.
Xin-hsien
After returning to the Southern Song Dynasty, Xin Qiji offered many strategies for war and defense, but none of them were adopted by the imperial court, and later he disagreed with the ruling lord and faction, so he was repeatedly impeached, several ups and downs, and finally retired to the mountains. In 1207, Xin Qiqi died of regret at the age of 68.
4, Yu Yunwen of the Southern Song Dynasty
Yu Yunwen was a famous minister in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and in the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing (1154) of Song Gaozong, he ascended to the rank of Jinshi. In the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1161), the Jin Emperor Wanyan Liang led the main force of the Jin army to cross the Huai River and enter the Yangtze River. The Song army on the Lianghuai front line was defeated, and the Jin army was like entering a no-man's land. Wanyan Liang led the army to approach the quarrying, and the Huaixi commander Wang Quan was dismissed from his post and replaced by the general Li Xianzhong, while Yu Yunwen was sent to the quarryman. After Yu Yunwen arrived at the quarry, he saw that the Song army was sluggish and the situation was critical, so he personally supervised the division and gave an impassioned speech to boost morale.
Yu Yunwen
Under the unified command of Yu Yunwen, with a force of 18,000 troops, he fought a decisive battle with 150,000 Jin troops at Quarry, defeated the Jin army, and won the famous "Quarrying Victory". In the fifth year of the main road (1169), Yu Yunwen paid homage to the prime minister, and in the eighth year of the main road (1172), he was awarded the title of the prime minister and privy envoy, and the special advance, and was knighted as the Duke of Yongguo, and died in the first year of Chunxi (1174) at the age of 65.
5, Wang Yangming
There are three and a half saints in the history of the mainland, Wang Yangming is one of them, the other two are Confucius and Zhuge Liang, and the other half is Zeng Guofan. Wang Yangming was a famous thinker in the Ming Dynasty, a master of mind, he advocated the unity of knowledge and action, and the Yangming mind was later introduced to Japan, Korea and other countries. His disciples are extremely numerous, and he is known as the "Yaojiang School".
Wang Yangming
In addition, Wang Yangming also has certain achievements in the military aspect, successively pacified the Southern Jiangxi, Liangguang Bandit Rebellion and the Ning King Zhu Chenhao Rebellion, and only took 35 days to quell the Ning King Rebellion, because of the merit was awarded the title of Xinjian Bo, is one of the three civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who were knighted for military merits.
6, Yuan Chongxi
Yuan Chonghuan is a native of Dongguan, Guangdong, and in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), he was admitted to the Jinshi and entered the official career. In the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Yuan Chonghuan invited himself to resist the Houjin outside the Shanhai Pass, and appointed the assistant superintendent Sun Chengzong to build the Guanningjin defense line, and in the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), he blocked the offensive of the Houjin Khan Nurhachi in Ningyuan, achieved a great victory in Ningyuan, and was promoted to the governor of Liaodong for his merits. The following year, Ningjin won a great victory. Soon after, however, he resigned due to criticism of his peace with Houjin.
After Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Yuan Chonghuan was reactivated, serving as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and supervising the military affairs of Jiliao, Denglai, Tianjin and other places. After taking office, Yuan Chonghuan made a five-year vow to recover Liaodong, and for this reason he took a series of measures in Liaodong to strengthen the defense of Houjin.
Yuan Chong-hsien
However, in the second year of Chongzhen (1629), Huang Taiji bypassed Yuan Chonghuan's Jiliao defense line and approached the city of Beijing. However, at the time of the battle between Yuan Chonghuan and Houjin, rumors spread in Beijing, saying that Yuan Chonghuan "led the enemy to threaten peace", and even spread the ballad of "kill Yuan Chonghuan, and the Tartars will go half", and the relatives and eunuchs who had the grange real estate outside the city were particularly dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, and they all complained to Emperor Chongzhen about Yuan Chonghuan's situation. Chongzhendi listened to the words of these people, arrested Yuan Chonghuan and imprisoned him, and executed Yuan Chonghuan Ling Chi for the crime of rebellion and rebellion the following year. In this way, a capable cadre was killed by Emperor Chongzhen himself. If it weren't for Chongzhen's self-destruction of the Great Wall, the Ming Dynasty might not have perished so quickly.
7, Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan was one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, and he was also the half of the three and a half saints in history.
Zeng Guofan was a scholar in the eighteenth year of Daoguang (1838) and became a member of the Hanlin Academy, and then he moved seven times in ten years, jumped ten levels in a row, and became a member of the second grade. After Emperor Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement arose, Zeng Guofan was instructed to form Hunan Xiangyong, that is, the "Hunan Army", and after more than ten years, Zeng Guofan led the Hunan Army to fight against the Taiping Army, and finally put down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in the third year of Tongzhi (1864).
Zeng Guofan
After quelling the Taiping Rebellion, Zeng Guofan was ordered to go to the north to suppress the Twist Army uprising. In the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866), he was given the title of first-class "Yiyong" Marquis by the Qing court, and was the first person among civil officials to receive this title. In the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872), he died of illness at the age of 61.
8, Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang is also one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, he was promoted in the 12th year of Daoguang (1832), and later failed many times, but paid attention to agricultural affairs, read all the books, studied the land, the art of war, and then became the staff of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, participated in the pacification of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, and later participated in the pacification of the Twisted Army Rebellion and the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion. In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (1874), in the dispute between coastal defense and fortress defense, Li Hongzhang advocated coastal defense and abandoned Xinjiang, while Zuo Zongtang advocated equal emphasis on coastal defense and fortress defense, and carried the coffin out in the first year of Guangxu (1875), and finally defeated Agubai and took back Xinjiang.
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After recovering Xinjiang, Zuo Zongtang was promoted to Minister of Military Aircraft, but he was at odds with his colleagues, and was exiled to the Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Commerce and Commerce of Nanyang, and died of illness in Fuzhou in 1885 at the age of 74.