What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
During the Warring States period, there was a Zhao Kuo who could only talk on paper, and greatly broke the vitality of the Zhao state, and was eventually destroyed by the qin state.
More than 1,000 years later, the Ming Dynasty also appeared a general, the military book was well read, and the emperor trusted him. When Zhu Di rebelled, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and as a result, he was repeatedly defeated. However, instead of blaming him, the emperor continued to believe him. Finally, it was he who opened the city gate and welcomed Zhu Di into the city of Nanjing.
So, who is this general?
He is Li Jinglong, who was jokingly called the "God of War of Daming" by posterity.
In fact, in Chinese history, there are not many people who can be named "God of War". Starting from the ancient times of Xuan You, there will be several people who can fight in every era, and the same is true for the Ming Dynasty. For example: Xu Da, Li Jinglong's father Li Wenzhong and so on. In that year, Li Wenzhong followed his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang all the way to the battlefield, and finally broke out of the world, and after the founding of the country, he was named the Duke of Cao. Of course, after the death of his father Li Wenzhong, Li Jinglong also inherited the title.
So, why did Li Jinglong earn a "God of War" hat?
During the Battle of Jingnan, every time Li Jinglong suffered a defeat, he would leave all the weight to Zhu Di's army, but he would run back. Later, Zhu Di's rebellion was successful, and he actually became an official under Zhu Di. Therefore, the people commented on him like this: Is this not a loser who pits his own family and helps others?
Next, let's take a look at Li Jinglong's "great achievements".
In fact, Zhu Yunjiao will lose to his uncle Zhu Di, and he will not be able to get rid of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang sat firmly on the throne, he repaired all the brothers who were born into death, that is, he was afraid that these princes with military power would give birth to a second heart after his death. But what Zhu Yuanzhang never expected was that it was his son Zhu Di, who had fought with him.
In the first year of Jianwen (1399), after Zhu Yunjiao ascended the throne, he implemented a policy of cutting the domain, which as a result, annoyed Zhu Di and preemptively attacked. At that time, most of the military generals in the imperial court were cleared by Zhu Yuanzhang, and not many could fight. In the beginning, Zhu Yunjiao used Geng Bingwen. Unfortunately, Zhu Di defeated Geng Bingwen at Zhending (真定, in modern Zhengding, Hebei).
Therefore, Huang Zicheng recommended Li Jinglong to Emperor Jianwen and suggested that he succeed Geng Bingwen. Subsequently, Emperor Jianwen appointed Li Jinglong as a general, asked him to lead a 500,000-strong army on the Northern Expedition, and personally marched on the riverside, performing the ritual of "holding the hub and pushing the wheel" and giving him the right to "act cheaply".
So, does Li Jinglong have experience in leading soldiers?
Although Li Jinglong had trained as a soldier and helped Zhu Yunjiao cut down the domain, he had never really been on the battlefield. Therefore, when Zhu Di heard that the manager was Li Jinglong, he immediately relaxed his heart. It seems that Zhu Yunjiao did not yet have Zhu Di's ministers who knew him, could this be undefeated? Even if Li Jinglong has no experience in the battlefield, it is not terrible, and no one is born to fight. However, he was very arrogant, thinking that he was familiar with military books, and his father could fight well, and he would certainly not be too bad.
As a result, Li Jinglong never put those veterans in his eyes. I can't fight a war, and I don't need anyone who can fight, which feels like treating war as a child's play, and as a result, I lost a mess. What is even more bizarre is that Zhu Yunjiao also felt that it may be that there was not enough decentralization, which caused Li Jinglong to shrink his hands and feet and could not win the battle. As a result, Zhu Yunjiao gave Li Jinglong the power to "specially conquest and crusade", and after that, he and other troops totaled 600,000 people to fight Zhu Di again, but the result was still defeated.
No one can withstand the repeated defeats of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Li Jinglong was defeated and retreated, and Zhu Di directly attacked the city of Nanjing, but he did not want to protect the emperor Zhu Yunjiao, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he hurriedly surrendered and opened the city gate to let Zhu Di's men and horses enter the city. At the same time, the palace caught fire, leaving Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts unknown. What is even more interesting is that such a straw bale general was once very proud during Zhu Di's tenure.
Because Zhu Di is very important to him, he is at the "top of the line" every time he meets. In fact, in Zhu Di's view, Li Jinglong is also a talent. If Zhu Yunjiao had changed to someone else, he would have to take power, and it would have taken a lot of effort, naturally it would not have been so smooth. In addition, every time he went to the battlefield, Li Jinglong brought hundreds of thousands of horses and horses and a lot of grain and grass supplies. However, when he saw that he could not beat his opponent, he did not want anything, just ran.
In the end, these logistics supplies can only be cheaper for Zhu Di.
Therefore, Li Jinglong also got a ya number "transport captain", which is not to help people hoard grain and hoard goods?
As a result, some people have questioned: Is Li Jinglong undercover and pit Zhu Yunjiao?
In fact, Li Jinglong is a straw bag and does not understand anything.
He thought that he was holding the title of "Duke of Cao Guo", that is, omnipotent. And Zhu Di's evaluation of him is even more to the point: "The son of a foster, scheming and arrogant, fierce and discouraged, jealous and self-use." It can be seen that a person raised in the greenhouse is not only brainless and does not treat others well, but also proud and jealous of the ability of others, which is simply a coward, a waste.
Therefore, sometimes Humen may not be able to produce generals, and the real generals are all honed on the battlefield, such as: Wei Qing and Huo Qi. Zhu Yunjiao was able to believe him, probably because he was blinded by his ability to speak the Tao. However, after one defeat after another, he can still firmly believe in him, and this emperor is also a brainless person.
Li Jinglong, the "God of War of daming", was not in a good old age, and the ministers who followed Zhu Di were very dismissive of him and went up to impeach him. Later, Li Jinglong was knighted and placed under house arrest. And he also resisted, in the form of a hunger strike, but did not die, until the last year of Yongle died.