If we only look at Chinese history, it is difficult for you to find out what has happened in various countries in the world, and if you only indulge in world history and ignore Chinese history, you will not be able to reach it.
So do both so that you don't close your eyes and listen.
Let's look at Cao Cao in Chinese history and Caesar in world history.
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Today, let's talk about Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period and Caesar, who was born in July 100 BC, Caesar was born in an aristocratic family, his father and mother were both nobles, so when he was a child, there were many big trees to cool off.
Cao Cao was born into a family of eunuchs, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms states that Cao Cao was the han dynasty chancellor Cao San, and Cao Cao's father Cao Song was the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng, who served four generations of emperors and was quite famous. By the time of Emperor Huan of Han, the official was marquis of Feiting, Cao Song inherited the marquis of Cao Teng, and when he arrived at Emperor Ling of Han, the official was the prince.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms says: "Taizu is less alert and has the right to count, while Renxia is debauched and does not rule the industry, so the world is not surprised; but Liang Guoqiao Xuan and Nanyang He Yuan are different." ”
When Cao Cao was young, he was particularly alert and alert, full of power and scheming in his heart, and he was a hero and righteous man in his daily life, debauched, and did not pay much attention to his own conduct and studies, so when the world looked at it, you Cao Cao was like this, it was difficult to make a big difference. However, there were so many people in the world at that time, not a few people looked crooked, and there were not many people who looked at it accurately, and The Liang people Qiao Xuan and the Nanyang people He Yuan were very appreciative of him.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms also says: "Xuan said taizu: "The world will be in chaos, and those who are not destined to be able to help those who are not destined for the world cannot help it, and those who can be at peace are in Junhu!" "In the twentieth year, he raised Xiao Lian as a lang, except for the northern lieutenant of Luoyang, moved to Dunqiu Ling, and conscripted Yi Lang."
The above two Qiao Xuan and He Hao were already very appreciative of Cao Cao, since it was appreciation, it could not be just empty words, and then Qiao Xuan began to pat himself on the back: "In the future, the world will be in chaos, and the one who can stabilize the world is probably Cao Mengde."
This horse ass shot quite accurately, after the world was in chaos, Dong Zhuo usurped power, the Han Room began to weaken, the world's living beings were destroyed, and the fights between the princes continued, but in the end, only a few people were able to go to victory, and the final formation of the Three Kingdoms finally did not let Cao Cao dominate the world in his lifetime.
But fortunately, the chaos in the world was accurate, and Cao Cao also stabilized the Wei world under his jurisdiction.
If caesar is a good shade under the big tree, then Cao Cao belongs to the kind of trees carried on both sides, where to go to cool down, after all, Cao Cao's ancestors were added to the four generations of eunuchs, and when he came here, if it were not for the chaos in the world, he could also mix an official and a half-post and continue to continue the position of family eunuch.
Then we'll look at Caesar. The familiar name is Julius Caesar, whose full name is Gaius Julius Caesar (July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC), known in history as Julius Caesar, also known as Gaius Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar. He was an outstanding military commander at the end of the Roman Republic (present-day Mediterranean coasts and other regions), and became the founder of the Roman Empire by virtue of his own talents.
Caesar
Caesar's main achievement was to lay a good foundation for the creation of the Roman Empire, which is not very similar to Cao Cao, cao Cao's previous actions also laid the foundation for the Wei state to have a unified world, and in fact did it.
Caesar's niece and adopted son Octavian defeated Antony to start the Roman Empire and became the first emperor. The State of Wei destroyed the State of Shu in 263 AD, and in 265 Sima Yan forced the Wei Emperor Cao Yan to change the name of the state to Jin, and in 280, the Jin attacked Eastern Wu in three ways, Sun Hao surrendered, and Eastern Wu perished.
Although the final fruits of victory were stolen by the Sima family, the solid foundation laid by Cao Cao cannot be denied.
Born in Rome, Caesar's father was also an official, having served as treasurer, magistrate, and governor of Asia Minor. Her mother, Aurelia, is from the Aureli Cota family.
Caesar was different from Cao Cao, who was idle and had little academic achievement, but Caesar had long been sent to the noble academy for higher education, and he was gifted, publishing "The Merits of Hercules" and the tragedy "Oedipus" as a teenager. This is not to mention, Caesar also loved sports, horseback riding, swordplay, etc. are all exquisite, muscular, physique is the kind of strong physique that modern people pursue. Isn't this what we call both civil and military? Fortunately, Caesar had it all, and he laid the foundation for the Roman Empire to play it well.
This is the general background of Caesar and Cao Cao, we see the similarities and differences between Cao Cao and Caesar, the same is that they have a wall to lean on and a tree that can be cooled, providing conditions for their own development that ordinary people do not have, second, both of them have laid the foundation for a successful career, and third, both of them are very talented. There are also different places, such as the way two people behave in the world, etc., after all, two people in different places, influenced by regions and cultures, there will be great differences in thinking and customs.
Next, let's talk about the war that Caesar and Cao Cao participated in in their lives, and through the war, we will look at the talents and fates of the two people.
Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi and Caesar's Battle of Gaul.
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First of all, let's talk about the battle of Chibi that we are familiar with, the battle of Chibi can be roughly talked about, after all, everyone is very familiar, and our focus is still on the battle of Gaul.
The Battle of Chibi was a battle in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208) in which the combined forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei of Eastern Wu broke the Cao army along the Yangtze River in Chibi (northwest of present-day Chibi, Hubei Province). This battle is also one of the most famous battles in Chinese history, with fewer victories and more victories over the strong, the most famous of the three famous battles in the Three Kingdoms period, and the first large-scale river operation in the Yangtze River Basin in Chinese history.
After this battle was described by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and rendered by the TV series, this battle was indeed the most wonderful battle in the history of the Three Kingdoms, first Cao Cao chased liu Bei to chase and cut the roots, Liu Bei was relatively weak at this time, but it can not be said that he was completely powerless, so he joined forces with Sun Quan of Eastern Wu to fight against Cao Cao.
In the novel, the importance of this battle has been laid out before the battle begins, Lu Su's visit, Zhuge Liang's visit to the tongue and the battle group, and finally became the wisdom test between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, as well as Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowing arrows, borrowing the East Wind, etc., are all well-known. Why wonderful, because there are too many schemes used in it, from the beginning of sun-Liu alliance to the beginning of the war, it has been using tactics to make the other side obey or lose combat effectiveness.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Plotting to Attack" Yun: "Therefore, the upper soldiers cut the plot, followed by the exchange, and the next attacked the city." The method of siege is a last resort."
The purpose of the tactics used by both sides is to bring into play the highest realm of the use of soldiers, and this highest realm is to defeat the enemy by strategy, so as to achieve the goal of subjugating the soldiers without fighting.
When this strategy is not feasible, the second article is used to cut diplomatic relations, and the so-called cutting of diplomatic means is to use diplomatic means to destroy the alliance of the other side, make it isolated and helpless, and finally swallow it together.
When it is not possible to cut down and cut off the city, it is not possible to attack the city, because the siege is a means of war with the greatest loss and the least obvious effect, so the "Sun Tzu Art of War" finally added a sentence "The method of siege is a last resort", this method should not be used until it is absolutely necessary.
This is how the Battle of Chibi began, at least in Luo Guanzhong's pen.
The battle began with Liu Chun's surrender, and Cao Cao trained his water army to prepare for the unification of the world. Cao Cao had been preparing for this, he saw that Liu Bei was not yet in the climate at this time, and at the same time destroyed Liu Bei, he also wiped out Eastern Wu with a belt, and Eastern Wu was based on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, to destroy Eastern Wu, water troops and warships were essential.
And Cao Cao broke the sky in order to adapt to the fighting habits of the northern soldiers, so that the warships were connected together as stable as the ground, which was conducive to the other side rushing up to destroy it in one fell swoop, but Sun Liu's coalition army was not stupid, this is not a siege, and do not want a ladder, why do you have to climb up, can I attack it with fire, so there is a fire to burn Chibi, a fire to burn the Cao army to the wind, jumping into the river, turning into a burning man into a burning man, the cruel war is always cruel, but the final result is that Sun Liu's coalition army won the battle, It also bought time for Sun Liu's development.
Cao Cao failed for many reasons, one was because of the prevalence of disease in Cao Cao's army; the other was because it was attacked by fire, so it had to withdraw. There are many reasons for Cao Cao's defeat, and I will not give any examples here, there are subjective reasons and objective reasons, and history is destined to be so, and it has to be so.
Cao Cao's goal of unifying the world in this battle was postponed again, so Cao Cao laid a solid foundation for the State of Wei.
Then look at the Battle of Gaul launched by Caesar in Rome. The Gallic War was a war to conquer Gaul launched by the Roman governor Caesar. It began in 58 BC and ended before 51 BC. The Gallic Wars included 8 military expeditions, the result of which was also obvious, that is, the inclusion of Gaul. In this way, the territory of the Roman Empire became larger and larger.
Image from Julius Caesar: Conquest of Gaul, Roman Civil War and Imperial System
The Battle of Gaul was a turning point for Caesar, who won great honors through the Battle of Gaul. This war had a greater impact on Rome, not only promoting the development of the slave economy, but also expanding Rome's territory.
The nature of the Battle of Gaul was an aggressive expedition, and it was also a brutal war waged by Caesar to increase his strength, defeat his opponents, and establish a dictatorship.
Let's talk about why Caesar started this brutal war. After Caesar became consul of Rome, this official position was also the highest position of power in Rome at that time, but Caesar was still dissatisfied with this. He wanted to get more honors, he wanted to win more rights, and the way to achieve it was to go on an expedition to achieve his ambitions.
The place where he was going to go on an expedition included all of present-day northern Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, and England, the first great feat of Caesar's military career.
At that time, this land was called Gaul, and the Italian part of the Alps was the South Alpine Gaul, called Shannan or Yamanou Gaul, and the other side was The North of the Mountain or The Outer Gaul of the Mountains. Northern Gaul, now the region of France, was partly conquered by the Romans and reduced to a province. It was called "province" at the time, and the spelling of the name changed slightly, and it is still used today, which is now Provence in France.
Caesar wants to wage war against any country, and the excuse can be found effortlessly, for example, if there is a contradiction between this country and that country, Caesar will come forward to solve it, and he will solve not only the one party who asks for help, but also the other party. It doesn't really matter, what matters is that Caesar finally wants to control both sides, control and submit the other to Rome, which is what Caesar wants.
To this end, Caesar used a great deal of political and managerial tactics to rally the army and led and commanded a large army of three Roman legions. One of them was the Tenth Legion, where the warriors fought bravely and resolutely, and were loved by Julius Caesar.
Caesar took these soldiers with him and officially set out for Gaul. By the way, he was not yet forty years old. Also, what are you doing now at the age of forty? This is a question worth pondering.
Another factor in the biggest reason for the conquest was that after the war, the property of the local government could be plundered and confiscated, and taxes could be collected in order to obtain huge wealth, these tangible vested interests, and the yearning for power, Caesar brought the army across the Rhine to conquer Gaul and take some countries into vassal states. Caesar conquered different parts of Gaul on eight expeditions over a period of eight years.
During these eight years, Caesar also recorded his own experience, the tone is clear and easy to understand, and many scholars are still studying it.
For example, in his notebooks, he recorded that in such a country, the cavalry regiment in the army had two soldiers on each horse, one was a rider and the other was an infantry retinue. If the battle is unfavorable and the cavalry column retreats quickly, the infantry will cling to the horse's mane, be dragged by the horse, run through the battlefield, and can always be by the rider's side, assisting his companions to flee to safety. It has to be said that Caesar observed really carefully, and it was this excellent quality that enabled Caesar to conquer Gaul.
Caesar was able to conquer Gaul, and in addition to the roman strength of Gaul, he himself was both wise and courageous, and made good use of strategy. The case we just said that he recorded in the book shows that he is good at detecting the enemy situation and terrain, he acts decisively, has a clear purpose, is good at using favorable terrain and quickly constructing fortifications, is good at quickly maneuvering troops and carrying out sudden strikes, and once the enemy is repelled, he takes advantage of the victory to pursue, in order to completely annihilate the enemy; in addition, he also makes good use of the "Shangbing Cutting Plot" strategy in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", for disunity tribes and regions, first give help, focus on a goal, and wait for the completion of a region. Those who had previously given aid were isolated.
How would Caesar feel if he had the privilege of reading Sun Tzu's Art of War?
Throughout caesar's campaign of Gallicism, he gained power and fame for himself while expanding the territory of the Roman Empire.
And Cao Cao, through the Battle of Chibi, can also deeply understand himself. Both Caesar and Cao Cao were top masters of strategy. Cao Cao launched the war to unify the world and wanted to establish the merits of the world; Caesar was for expansion and personal reputation.
Although the nature of the war launched by the two people is different, but the ultimate goal is almost the same, if Cao Cao unifies the world, then he ascends the throne and creates a generation of empires, that is also a merit, after all, let the people of the whole country live a stable life, if a country is full of wars, the people can not get rest and recuperation, the country is destroyed, which is not conducive to the rule of the ruler.
And Caesar and Cao Cao eventually left their own glory in Chinese history, Roman history and world history, which is worth it.
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Cao Cao is called By most people as The Hero, Caesar is called Julius Caesar, which shows that Caesar's influence and historical merits in the local area are very great, just like Genghis Khan in that year, riding a horse can expedition to the European continent, which is also the glorious side of Genghis Khan.
Cao Cao attaches great importance to and cherishes talents, and his subordinates can produce a lot of people, and to manage such a group of people under his hands, if Cao Cao does not have some real materials, can they really follow Cao Cao to do this thing that hangs his life on the belt of his pants? It is said that Cao Cao is suspicious, and being suspicious is not to be able to stand in an invincible position in the chaotic world, ask more questions about everything, think more, so as not to fail in a mess, and Cao Cao is such a person.
Now many people also like Cao Cao, because the team led by Cao Cao has all kinds of people, strategists, military generals, and manghans, all of whom are obedient and obedient to Cao Cao, which is why. If you don't say that Cao Cao is incompetent, these people will not follow him, the counselor you can be very talented, but Cao Cao is not bad, the counselor can understand Cao Cao's mind, in the same way, Cao Cao can also not let the counselor understand his mind.
Caesar, on the other hand, published articles from an early age, could write on the way to conquer Gaul, could also investigate the enemy and terrain in detail, and recorded observations. Cao Cao also wrote many poems, but the only one who published the book belonged to Caesar.
Caesar was an outstanding politician and military figure in the Roman Republic, and Cao Cao was an outstanding politician and military figure in the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China, so at first glance, the two people really had a feeling of seeing each other and hating each other, but unfortunately, two people with similar talents would never meet in their lives.
Let's imagine that if Cao Cao and Caesar can meet, there is no barrier to verbal communication, I think, Caesar and Cao Cao will become confidants, two people can promote knee-length talk, talk about ideals, talk about ambitions, talk about the future, can speak freely, of course, all this is our vision.
The direction of history will not treat a person badly, nor will it spare a bad person who has done all the bad things, and people in history will eventually leave their two-sided influence. Some people have more good influences than bad influences, and some people have more bad influences than good influences. May we take history as a mirror, learn from history, and broaden our horizons and hearts, so that we can talk about the past and discuss the present, and we can also examine the future with a huge pattern.
Resources:
Julius Caesar: Conquest of Gaul, Roman Civil War and Imperial System (Chinese Publishing House, 2019-05)
Three Kingdoms (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 2018-1)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Chen Shou and Pei Songzhi
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