will be outside, and your orders will not be obeyed.
is easier said than done. Faced with the emperor's blind command, no matter how he chooses the generals for the expedition, it will be wrong.
Even if the war is won by luck, it has nothing to do with the general. It is all the emperor's command.
The three notorious "blind commands" in history caused the country to suffer serious losses each time. This also warns future generations that if you don’t understand military affairs, don’t take advantage of your privileges to intervene, otherwise the country’s pillars will be lost as much as they are.
Late Ming Dynasty Sun Chuanting
People today have a certain understanding of how dangerous the situation was in the late Ming Dynasty.
With the foreigners in the north watching eagerly, Li Zicheng's rebellion became more and more powerful. After the officers and soldiers responsible for suppression in the past were defeated one after another, Emperor Chongzhen became more and more panicked.
If the rebels are not suppressed in time and the rebels really surround Beijing city , then the Ming Dynasty will really fall in their own hands.
So Emperor Chongzhen asked General Sun Chuanting to rush to the front line immediately and suppress all the rebels in Henan. But what exactly was Sun Chuanting facing at that time?
Not to mention the soldiers' pay and food, which have not yet been fully prepared, this group of new recruits has no combat effectiveness at all.
The Minister of War advised Chongzhen that this is the last bit of our Ming Dynasty wealth. If even this army is defeated, then no one in the Ming Dynasty will be able to stop the rebels from attacking the capital.
Emperor Chongzhen and no matter how many people there are, they have already reached this point. There is no time for the rebels to continue training. Quickly eliminate the rebels, and then rush to the northern border to defend against foreign enemies. This is what Sun Chuanting should do.
After receiving the order, Sun Chuanting had no choice but to lead a group of new soldiers onto the battlefield. As one can imagine, in the face of the massive rebels, Sun Chuanting did not have the ability to change his destiny.
If we change our thinking and let Sun Chuanting train soldiers while doing defense work, it remains to be seen whether Li Zicheng can attack the capital.
It’s just that there is no such thing as history. Emperor Chongzhen’s stupid move not only caused the death of Shisun Chuanting, the pillar of the country, but also completely ruined the Ming Dynasty.
Ways of a Teacher in the Northern Song Dynasty
If Sun Chuanting died in battle because he could not disobey the emperor's order, then Ways of a Teacher in the Northern Song Dynasty was really forced to death by a group of civil servants.
Since Zhao Kuangyin A glass of wine released his military power , in order to prevent subsequent military generals from imitating his example of wearing a yellow robe, the political power of military generals was weakened as much as possible, and the policy of governing the country was implemented in which civilian officials suppressed military generals. Methods such as
will not expose any drawbacks in peaceful times. But once a war breaks out, Zhao Kuangyin's descendants must pay the price for the choices Zhao Kuangyin made.
Portrait of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin
The civil servants who did not know how to fight were pointing at the rear, saying that it was neither right for the generals to fight nor not to fight. They could only act according to the temper of the civil servants.
This was the case with Zhong Shidao during the Northern Song Dynasty and the group of civil servants behind him. If we use an exaggerated metaphor, it is that behind the killing god Bai Qi, a group of Zhao Kuo are teaching him how to fight. How can he win this battle?
Sure enough, when the Jin Kingdom launched a fierce attack on the Northern Song Dynasty, kinds of Shidao used the terrain advantages to repel the Jin army during the rescue process. But what was originally a clever victory turned out to be a mediocre victory for the Jin Army in the eyes of civilian officials.
Under the continuous pressure, Zhong Shidao could only bite the bullet and take the initiative. The generals of the Jin Kingdom, who originally admired the strategy of cultivating teachers, could not help but be surprised to realize that the civil servants of the Northern Song Dynasty were all members of their own family.
In this way, a generation of famous generals died at the hands of villains, but the civil servants withdrew from the battlefield in time and continued to hide in the rear, looking for a new round of war puppets.
Tang Dynasty Ge Shuhan
The third one is also the most aggrieved general, The famous general of Tang Dynasty Ge Shuhan .
After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the mature and prudent Ge Shuhan resisted the rebel attacks again and again. As long as we persist in resisting and wait until the rebel forces weaken, the Anshi Rebellion will be resolved soon.
But Tang Xuanzong who was hiding in the rear did not think so. In his mind, how to deal with the rebels as soon as possible was what Ge Shuhan should really do.
So without understanding the situation of the battle, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty strictly ordered Ge Shuhan to take the initiative. Ge Shuhan tried to dissuade him many times with good intentions, but Tang Xuanzong, who was already clearly on top, could not listen to him so much.
In desperation, Ge Shuhan led his army to attack against the enemy's strong momentum. In the end, the Tang army's accumulated strength was once again annihilated. And he himself was brutally killed after being captured by the rebels.
On the other hand, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty not only did not reflect on his intervention on the battlefield, but instead believed that Ge Shuhan's campaign was unfavorable and put all the faults on Ge Shuhan.
It’s so pitiful, who can understand Ge Shuhan’s grievance. In ancient times, wars emphasized the importance of going all out in one go, then weakening again, and finally ending in three.
If Tang Xuanzong had not intervened in the war, Ge Shuhan could have persisted for a period of time before launching a counterattack, and the subsequent results would not have been so absurd.
