When Gao Huan died, Gao Cheng's attendants looked sad. Gao Huan said to him, "Although I am dying, you should be happy that you can take over immediately."
Huan said to Cheng, "Although I am ill, you have a lot on your mind. Why? " -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji XV
There is nothing wrong with Gao Huan. Politicians are often not emotional enough. Gao Cheng looked sad, and Gao Huan was dying for little reason. The main reason lies in Hou Jing. I'm not happy at the thought that the veteran is still alive and kicking and has achieved great success.
Gao Huan read Gao Cheng's mind. He advised Gao Cheng: "If Hou Jing dares to rebel, you can send Murong Shaozong to lead the army to fight back."
The only person who can compete with Hou Jing is Murong Shaozong, so I don't want to be expensive, so I'll leave it to you. -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji XV
Not the kui is Gao Huan, dying plan is really wonderful.
After Gao Huan's death, Gao Cheng succeeded as Prime Minister. Hou Jing always looked down on Gao Cheng, so when Gao Huan died, Hou Jing rebelled.
At first, Gao Cheng sent Han Gui to lead the army in counterinsurgency. Hou Jing disdainfully said: With goods like Han Gui, you deserve to fight with me? Later, Gaocheng sent Gao Yue to lead an army to suppress the rebellion. Hou Jing also disdainfully said: With Gao Yue's skill, what qualifications do you have to lead troops? Finally, Gao Chengpai Murong Shaozong led the army to counter the rebellion. Hou Jing said with great fear, how dare Gao Cheng let Murong Shaozong go out? Is Gao Huan still alive?
At first, Han Gui came to the scene and said, "What can a pig intestine do?" Hearing the arrival of Gao Yue, he said, "Soldiers are excellent." All the generals were treated lightly. When Wen Shaozong came, he knocked on the saddle trembling and said, "Who told Xianbei to send Shaozong? If so, wouldn't it be a high death? " -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji XVI
Judging from Hou Jing's life, this person has always been bold, but at this time he is afraid of Murong Shaozong. And although Gao Cheng got Gao Huan's last point, he never dared to send Murong Shaozong to lead the army in counterinsurgency. Finally, there was really no other way out, so I suppressed my fear and sent Murong Shaozong out.
Who is Murong Shaozong who can make Hou Jing and Gao Cheng fear?
Murong Shaozong is related to Er Zhurong and is a good soldier. After being killed, he took refuge in Gao Huan. Under Gao Huan, Murong Shaozong holds a high position and can be said to be one of the representatives of senior officials. Hou Jing and Murong Shaozong, both old men of Er Zhurong, took refuge in Gao Huan after being destroyed.
Gao Cheng didn't dare to use Murong Shaozong, because Gao Huan was centralized with Gao Cheng before his death, which offended almost all his elders. Now that Gao Huan is dead, can we really continue to suppress Murong Shaozong? Gao Cheng has no confidence.
Hou Jing showed great fear, not only because of Murong Shaozong's powerful military ability, but also because of the chain reaction after Murong Shaozong sent troops.
In fact, Murong Shaozong was soon defeated by Hou Jing after he went to the front.
Murong Shaozong defended himself after returning to camp: "It's not that our army is incompetent, but that Hou Jing is too cunning." Hu (Gao Cheng's confidant) retorted on the spot: "If you don't give Hou Jingjin, you are incompetent!"
Chief Shao said, "I've been through many battles, and I've never seen anyone like Jing Nan. What your generation is trying to commit! " -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji XVI
But when Hu confronted Hou Jing, he was also defeated by Hou Jing. When Murong Shaozong saw that Hu was defeated, he immediately ridiculed: "I am incompetent, and you?" Hu has nothing to say.
As soon as the light entered Qiaocheng, Manager Shao said, "What will happen today, especially me!" -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji XVI
After these two failures, Murong Shaozong and Hu began to pretend to be turtles, and were afraid to fight Hou Jing again.
Through these historical facts, we can draw a conclusion that Murong Shaozong's military ability is not as strong as everyone thinks. At least he never defeated Hou Jing on the battlefield, but was defeated by Hou Jing.
After Hou Jing rose to revolt, he almost never lost the battle, but won again and again. From this perspective, Hou Jing was defeated not militarily, but politically.
Some netizens once said that when I comment on relevant history, I rarely analyze problems from a military perspective. This is certainly true, but it is the right thing to do.
Military is the continuation of politics, and only problems that cannot be solved by political means will be tried to be solved by military means. But in fact, the connotation of this sentence is much richer than the above understanding. The so-called "use of military means" is also a political trick under the military cloak.
War is different from playing chess. Players don't have to think about how to control their own pieces, and they don't have to worry about the escape or betrayal of the pieces at the critical moment, because the pieces are dead.
But as a general, you always need to consider this problem. If there is a general who can make officers and men at all levels obey orders like playing chess, he must be one of the best generals in history, or even not.
There are many commanders who are known as "great generals", but they are defeated in the battle with the rulers and cannot display their military strategy. The reason is also very simple, because at the critical moment, their men quickly drew a line with them. In this context, even if they are knowledgeable, they can't find specific people to implement it.
If a commander-in-chief looks like a git horizontally and vertically, but this git can always unite the army as one, even if it is worse, it will not lose badly.
As long as we understand this, when we look at the relationship between politics and military affairs, we should be able to draw a conclusion: political means are always more important than military ability, and people who don't understand politics usually have poor military ability.
Why should a man who doesn't understand politics unite most people for his use? What can a man who doesn't understand politics do except be a thug for the leader?
In fact, Sun Tzu's art of war has made it very clear for a long time: the victorious soldiers win first and then fight, and the defeated soldiers fight first and then win.
Real winners often get the conditions to win before the war begins, and the war process is just a process; Losers often try to win the war first, and then get everything they want from the victorious war.
Even if the former fails countless times, there is always a chance to start again; Once the latter fails, it is often beyond redemption.
The reason why Hou Jing dares to rebel is not that he thinks he is invincible, but that his "righteous act" can get the response of most people.
When Gao Huan was alive, he always manipulated Gao Cheng to centralize power. Gao Cheng carried out Cui Xian, a brutal official who was peak sexually, and had offended his elders.
After Gao Huan's death, Gao Cheng obviously couldn't control the situation. As one of the representatives of senior officials, Hou Jing believes that as long as senior officials raise their arms, their actions will be responded.
If Hou Jing didn't have this confidence, he would never dare to rebel. The place occupied by Hou Jing is Henan, which is what we call the Central Plains. Friends who often read my articles should know that I have repeatedly stressed that the Central Plains is a place of four wars. Since ancient times, no lean man has been able to rule the country by the Central Plains.
Hou Jing since based on the central plains, he must quickly open the situation, otherwise only a dead end. Although defeated by Murong Shaozong and Hu, it has never been able to break through the defense line organized by Murong Shaozong, and the morale of the whole army is getting lower and lower.
In this "no reinforcements outside, hidden dangers inside" environment, Hou Jing only lasted for three months, and his army was defeated without a fight and surrendered to Murong Shaozong. In desperation, Hou Jing had to be defeated and flee. When Hou Jing fled to a safer place, he counted his departments again, leaving only more than 800 people.
Ride from Shi Xia to Huaihe River at the scene and at the center. After a short retreat, it will take 800 people to ride. -"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Liang Ji 17