Luo Zenan, a Talented General of the Xiang Army who was born but could "Write a pen to settle the world, and Wu Ke to ma Ding Qiankun", a strong man with a bumpy fate but a hard time to rise from adversity again.
Luo Zenan, born in 1808 in Xiangxiang, Hunan, is 4 years older than his fellow villager Zeng Guofan, and Xiangxiang is the place where his dream takes off. Xiangxiang is to Hu Zenan, just as Lone Eagle Ridge is to Qi Tongwei, although he is from a humble origin, he must also win the heavens and half a son.
If you want to better understand how Luo Zenan grew into a generation of Confucian generals, then the following 7 aspects have to be known: Xiangxiangdi, Xiucai name, heroic tears, peach and plum full of the world, founding Xiangyong, Shusheng leading the army, and becoming famous in World War I.
1. Xiangxiang Land
The great leader Mao Zedong was admitted to Dongshan Primary School when he was young, and when he left home to study, he wrote a poem: "The child is determined to go out of the countryside, he will not return the oath of not becoming famous, he must bury his bones, and life is full of green mountains", in order to express his determination to study and aspire to the four directions. The Dongshan Elementary School in the poem is located in Xiangxiang.
Xiangxiang is a haunting place, the birthplace of the Xiang Army in "since ancient times, there has been no Xiang army, and the Xiang Army has left Xiangxiang in the world", and it is the hometown of Generals Chen Geng, Tan Zheng and Huang Gongluo.
Xiangxiang began with the formation of the Xiang Army, until the founding of New China, in the past 100 years, "with a hundred miles of land to gather talents, with the power of an army to maintain the overall situation", "with a county of soldiers, conquest of eighteen provinces", for the rise of modern China, sent a large number of outstanding talents.
Second, show talent name
Luo Zenan was very smart when he was a child, with the ability to recite, since he was a child, he was given high hopes by his family, hoping that he could "learn and excel" to shine in the court, but "when it was hours, the big was not necessarily good", no one expected that it was such a young genius, who was tricked by fate, and did not get the talent until the age of 32.
After taking the xiucai examination, Luo Zenan thought that he would have a smooth sailing in the future, who knew that he had not been able to pass the examination in his life. If it were not for Zhu Sunyi, the commander of Xiangxiang County, in 1851 who recommended him as a filial piety and honest Fangzheng, Luo Zenan would not have imagined that he would one day become a Confucian general.
Third, heroic tears
In 1825, when Luo Zenan was 17 years old, his mother died, and in the next ten years, 9 relatives died one after another, especially after the death of 3 sons, his wife was overwhelmed with grief because of the loss of her son one after another, both eyes were blind, coupled with illness, and soon after she left him, Luo Zenan was devastated.
As he said, "Trance, confusion, blood and tears, can not be distinguished in the end."
In the past ten years, I think he must have been vague about Su Shi's "ten years of life and death, not thinking about it, and unforgettable." Thousands of miles of lonely graves, nowhere to say desolate. "With a personal experience; when you see the trees in the courtyard and see things and think of people, you must have a light" "There are loquat trees in the garden, planted by hand in the year of my wife's death, and now the pavilion is like a cover" will naturally come to mind.
This decade was the most painful decade for Luo Zenan, who tempered his character of self-encouragement in an environment of poverty, grief, and illness.
Fourth, peach and plum are all over the world
In 1826, at the age of 18, Rozenan began his teaching career, teaching for 28 years.
Although Luo Zenan was born in Xiucai, his knowledge and character enjoyed a high reputation in the local area.
Luo Zenan was a richly written theorist, influenced by the Huxiang culture, on the basis of inheriting Cheng Zhu Lixue, he dug deep into the potential of Lixue, "all astronomy, public opinion, legal calendar, art of war, as well as salt, river, and Cao affairs, all explore their origins", and enriched Cheng Zhu Lixue with the learning of foreign kings.
Luo Zenan was an educator and a highly respected teacher, who used his own unique educational ideas and methods to teach his disciples to solve their problems.
There were many disciples under Luo Zenan's disciples, and the proud disciples were all over the country, which could be said to be full of peach and plum all over the world, mainly including Wang Zhen, Li Xubin, Li Xuyi, Jiang Yilan, Yang Changlin, Zeng Guoquan, Zeng Guobao, and other proud disciples, most of whom later became famous generals in the Xiang Army and held high positions. In addition, Wang Xin's old department later became the prototype of Zuo Zongtang's Chu Army, and the main subordinates under Wang Xin were Liu Songshan and Liu Jintang.
5. Founded Xiangyong
In 1852, the Taiping Army invaded Changsha, and at this critical moment, the 44-year-old Luo Zenan, as a resident student, led the apprentices, advocated regimental training, and formed Xiangyong.
Luo Zenan applied his theoretical ideas to military practice, paying special attention to the ideas of military management and tactics.
1. Thinking on governing the army
Luo Zenan emphasized ideological education and strict military discipline.
Most of his subordinates were his disciples and fellow villagers, forming a fighting group led by Luo Zenan.
2. Tactical thinking
Luo Zenan emphasized the way of "braking with static braking" to defeat the enemy.
'Knowing and then being able to be fixed, being still and then being still, being still and then being able to be at peace, being able to be safe and then being able to worry, worrying and then being able to get'
3, strong will be like clouds
Although his subordinates started as scholars and were forced by the situation to start writing and defend their homeland, everyone lived and died together, and their combat effectiveness and cohesion increased day by day. In particular, a number of Xiang army generals such as Wang Xin, Li Xubin, and Li Xuyi were trained.
6. Shusheng leads the army
In 1853, at the age of 45, Luo Zenan recruited troops with Zeng Guofan to form the Xiang Army.
Most of the sources of the Xiang army were based on Luo Zenan's Xiang Yong.
Most of Xiang Yong was a disciple of Luo Zenan, and Luo Zenan's prestige in the Xiang army was very high.
In 1853, Luo Zenan led his disciples and the Xiang army to Nanchang on the orders of Zeng Guofan to rescue Jiang Zhongyuan, and Shusheng encountered a fierce battle when he first went to the battlefield, and after many battles, he was relieved of the siege of Nanchang.
Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion
7. World War I fame
In 1854, at the age of 46, after Luo Zenan and Taqibu captured Yuezhou, they took advantage of the victory to pursue and win the great victory of Chenglingji.
The Battle of Chenglingji was a very important battle in the Taiping Army's Battle of Xiangbei, the famous taiping general Zeng Tianyang was killed, Zeng Tianyang was a member of the Taiping Army, there was Huang Zhongfeng, his death was a major military loss of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Army has since changed from a strategic attack to a strategic retreat, which shows that Zeng Tianyang's death is related to the transfer of victory and defeat between the two sides.
After this battle, the prestige of the Xiang Army began to spread far and wide, and Luo Zenan and Taqibu became famous in the first battle, both known as the famous generals of the Xiang Army, and the "Rota Golden Partner Combination" was also known.
At the age of 43, he was still a lonely and nameless poor and sour talent, at the age of 44 he took advantage of the situation to create Xiangyong, at 45 o'clock he began to lead the army to conquer the battlefield, and at the age of 46 he became famous in a war, so he had the label of The Confucian General of the Xiang Army and the father of the Xiang Army, otherwise the most remembered in history is only a Famous Xiangxiang.