Among the hundreds of emperors in ancient times, who was the best at fighting?
Generally speaking, ancient emperors had countless advisers and generals, so they did not need to go into battle personally. .
However, for most of the founding emperors, their empire was conquered by themselves with one sword and one shot. Emperors like Li Yuan who enjoyed their success are rare in history.
Today I will list the eight emperors who are best at fighting in history. Emperor Guangwu of Han Liu Xiu can be ranked 4th, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin can be ranked 3rd. Who do you think is the first?
No. 8: Zhao Kuangyin
Zhao Kuangyin was born in a military family. His father, Zhao Hongyin, was the commander of the Holy Capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty. However, Zhao Kuangyin did not rely on his father's protection. When he grew up, he went out to explore the world alone.
Zhao Kuangyin successively defected to Wang Yanchao , Dong Zongben, Liu Chong and others, but found that none of them could become successful, so he continued to wander around the Sanqin land , leaving his footprints all over Guanzhong and Taiyuan, and visited the entire northwest. After
went around a lot, Zhao Kuangyin found that his father still had the vision, so he finally took refuge under Guo Wei.
From then on, Zhao Kuangyin and Guo Wei's adopted son Chai Rong formed a golden partner. Together they conquered the Northern Han Dynasty and Southern Tang and laid down a large territory.
After Chai Rong died young, Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe and became the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty . After that, he destroyed the local separatist regimes such as Jingnan, Wuping, Houshu, Southern Han and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and basically completed the unification of most of the country.
Nine years after opening the treasure, the 50-year-old Zhao Kuangyin died mysteriously. He failed to complete the great cause of regaining Yanyun Sixteen States and later became the bane of the Northern Song Dynasty.
No. 7: Liu Yu
Liu Yu came from a humble background. When he grew up, he defected to the Beifu Army and made great contributions. He gradually became a powerful official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty , and finally succeeded the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.
In Liu Yu's life, he destroyed too many forces. He was also the person who killed the most emperors in history. He was nicknamed "Liuwei Dihuang Pill" by others.
The enemies that Liu Yu defeated in the early stage mainly included Sun En, Huan Chu, Xi Shu, Lu Xun, Liu Yi, Sima Xiuzhi and other separatist forces, and he basically completed the unification of the south.
After that, Liu Yu started the Northern Expedition, successively annihilating the Southern Yan , Post Qin and other countries, surrendering Qiu Chi , defeating the Northern Wei cavalry, recovering Huaibei, Shandong, Henan, Guanzhong and other places, and recovering the two capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an.
After Liu Yu became emperor, he always wanted to complete the unfinished Northern Expedition. However, since the Southern Dynasties and Song had just been established, there were too many things to deal with, and he couldn't get away for a while.
Yongchu In the third year of Yongchu, Liu Yu planned to conquer the Northern Wei Dynasty again, but he fell seriously ill and died of illness after several months of delay, unable to complete the Northern Expedition.
The sixth place: Wanyan Aguda
Wanyan Aguda was a Jurchen. His achievements mainly include two: first, he defeated Liao Kingdom ; second, he established the Jin Kingdom.
Although the territory occupied by the Jin Kingdom is very limited and it is not a unified dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the Jin Kingdom under the leadership of Wanyan Aguda is still very strong. This is not the same as the Jin soldiers that the Mongols will encounter in the future.
How powerful are the golden soldiers under Wanyan Aguda? At that time, it was said that "if there are more than 10,000 people, the world is invincible". In fact, this is indeed the case. Wanyan Aguda has defeated many with less on many occasions.
In the early days of Wanyan Agu's rebellion against the Liao Kingdom, he defeated Xiao Sixian's 100,000 Liao army with 3,700 men, and later defeated Yelu Yiliduo's 270,000 army.
Later Emperor Tian Zuo personally led an army of 700,000 soldiers to conquer, but was defeated by Wanyan Aguda with 20,000 troops. Such an impressive record is indeed rare in the world.
Wanyan Aguda was able to defeat many with less, not because the Liao soldiers were incompetent, but because his Jin soldiers were too powerful.At that time, the Song Dynasty was an ally of the Jin Kingdom, and the two parties agreed that the Song Dynasty would attack Yanjing. As a result, the so-called elite Song army was defeated by the old, weak, sick and disabled Liao soldiers left behind in Yanjing.
Because the Song Dynasty did not play any role in the destruction of the Liao Dynasty, the sixteen states of Yanyun that the Jin Kingdom promised in advance to be returned after the destruction of the Liao Dynasty became empty words. Moreover, this battle also exposed the weakness of the Song Army, laying hidden dangers for the future Jingkang Shame.
The deeds of the following five emperors are well known and will not be repeated here.
Fifth place: Zhu Di
The only person in history who successfully rebelled against a vassal king was Zhu Di. This alone can show how strong his military capabilities are. Moreover, as an emperor, he personally conquered Mongolia five times, and then pacified Annan and included Annan in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Fourth place: Liu Xiu, son of
plane, perfect and impeccable. Because of this, he is rarely mentioned in history books, because his perfection is too unreal.
Third place: Li Shimin
A fierce man in history whose civil, political and military capabilities were comparable to those of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty. Even the leaders of the rebellious nomadic tribes respected him as "Khan of Heaven".
second place: Temujin
has a vast territory that is unparalleled.
first place: Zhu Yuanzhang
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang ranked first, some people may be unconvinced, why should Zhu Yuanzhang be ranked in front of Temujin and Li Shimin.
In fact, if Temujin and his descendants had not established a large enough territory, he might not even be ranked among the top five. Because the combat effectiveness of various countries in Central, Western Asia and Europe in the Middle Ages can only be said to be a matter of opinion.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang ranks first is actually very simple. There have been several fierce men who unified the world in history, but the one who could unify the world from south to north was accomplished by Zhu Yuanzhang alone in thousands of years in ancient times.
More importantly, Zhu Yuanzhang only started with a broken bowl and a dog-beating stick.
Of course, these are just my personal opinions. Dear netizens, who do you think was the most skilled emperor in ancient times? Please share your thoughts in the comment area.
