As we all know, an excellent leader should not only manage himself well, but more importantly, manage his subordinates well, know how to take the lead at critical moments and play an exemplary role as a leader. This can motivate subordinates to the maximum extent and promote the achievement of goals.
Cao Cao fought Dong Zhuo and finally became Wang Wei. He has been a military commander for more than 30 years and commanded more than 50 battles with brilliant results. Pei Songzhi commented: "A hundred battles are victorious, and the losers are only two out of ten." In the battle, Cao Cao gave full play to his military intelligence, winning by intelligence and winning by surprise attack. However, is it enough to have such intelligence? Of course not.
Only strategizing, not rushing to the front, will affect the enthusiasm of soldiers on the battlefield, and Cao Cao knows this very well. At the same time, as an army commander, if you don't actively fight and bravely kill the enemy, how can you inspire the fighting spirit of all soldiers? Therefore, in many battles, Cao Cao often takes the lead and is brave and fearless.
In Chapter 58 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao and Ma Chao fought a decisive battle in Weishui. He divided the army into three teams and ventured across the river. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he personally commanded the back of the house to ensure the success of crossing the river.
Chao said, "Cao Cao did not attack Tongguan today, but asked people to prepare boats and rafts. If he wants to cross Hebei, he will definitely stop me. I should lead an army down the river and refuse to live in the north. Cao Cao's soldiers can't cross the river. In less than 20 days, Hedong will run out of food, and Cao Cao's soldiers will be in chaos, but he will follow Henan and attack Henan. Cao Cao was captured. "Han Sui said," Not so. I didn't hear that there is a cloud in Sun Tzu's Art of War:' One soldier is half dead.' On the way to Cao Cao, you attacked him on the south bank and Cao Cao died in Hanoi. Asahi: My uncle's words are very good. "Even if someone found out when Cao Cao crossed the river.
Cao Cao was completely annihilated. Three divisions stopped and crossed the Weihe River. When Cao Cao and his men reached the estuary, the sun began to rise. Fuck, send a good soldier across the north shore and start camp. Cao Cao sat on the south bank with a hundred guards and his sword, watching the army cross the river. Suddenly someone reported: "General in white robe is in the back!" " Everyone knows it's Ma Chao. Leave the boat. The troops who robbed the boat by the river made a lot of noise. Cao Cao sat still and pressed his sword to make no noise. I heard people screaming and rushing in, and the boat jumped ashore and shouted, "Here comes the thief! Please get off the boat! " Fuck him, it's Chu Xu. Cao Cao said, "What harm does a thief have?" Looking back, Ma Chao couldn't walk more than a hundred steps. When Cao was dragged off the boat, the boat was more than ten feet offshore and Chu jumped off the boat. All the accompanying soldiers went into the water, grabbed the boat and desperately boarded the boat to escape. The boatman turned over, Chu slashed it with a knife, and the boatman fell to the ground. Anxiously put the boat into the water. Chu Xu stood at the top of the tree, busy supporting it with wooden poles. Cao Cao squatted at Chu Xu's feet. Ma Chao rushed to the river, and when he saw that the boat was halfway through, he bent his bow and took an arrow and ordered his schoolmate to shoot around the river. Arrows rained down. Chu was afraid of hurting Cao Cao, so he raised the saddle with his left hand to cover it. Ma Chao's arrow is not empty, and the boat driver should have fallen into the water; Dozens of people on board were shot down. Its ship is unstable and spinning in the rapids. Chu Xu was so brave that he shook the rudder with his legs, punted with one hand and carried a saddle to protect his exercise.
Sometimes Ding Fei, the magistrate of Weinan County, saw Ma Chao in a hurry to chase after Cao Cao, fearing that he would hurt Cao Cao's life, so he drove all the cattle and horses out of the village, and the mountains were full of them. When Xiliang soldiers saw it, they all turned around to fight for horses and cattle, unwilling to catch up, so Cao Cao had to take off. Fang reached the north shore and sank the raft. When people heard that Cao Cao was fleeing in the river and came to rescue him, Cao Cao had landed. Chu Xu was armed to the teeth, with an arrow embedded in his armor. People escorted Cao Cao to the wild village and all bowed down to meet him. Cao Cao laughed and said, "I was trapped by a thief today!" " Chu said, "The thief would have tried to cross the river if someone hadn't lured him by putting the cow on his horse." Cao Cao asked, "Who lured the thief?" A knowledgeable person replied: "Weinan County magistrate Ding." Later, the people of Fiji will see you. Cao Cao thanked him and said, "If it weren't for the good policy of the public, I would have been caught by the thief." He was appointed captain of the church army. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
In this decisive battle with Ma Chao in Weishui, Cao Cao personally took risks to kill the enemy several times. Fortunately, they were all near misses. Take this war as an example. In order to stabilize the troops crossing the river, Cao Cao forced all the troops into a corner, personally broke the rear guard, and finally attracted Ma Chao. If Chu Xu and Ding Fei hadn't saved him, he might have died.
As the saying goes, only generals who are not afraid of death can have soldiers who dare to die. The reason why Cao Cao's men dare to take the lead is that they have such a coach who risked his life to forget his death. As a leader, Cao Cao must set an example in times of emergency and crisis. Even if he is not sure of winning, he will show a fearless and unstoppable heroism in front of others and inspire his subordinates to form a joint force from the fighting spirit. Everyone will think wholeheartedly, work wholeheartedly, and Qi Xin will work together to win every battle.
In all the battles of the unification war in the early Tang Dynasty, there were countless examples in which Li Shimin took the lead in setting an example. In the confrontation with Wang, he asked Qin, Zhao, Zhai to command the cavalry to attack the enemy lines in turn, while he took turns to participate in each attack and led the team as a striker.
Li Shimin is always ahead. On one occasion, he patrolled the terrain ahead with 500 cavalry and was surrounded by enemy cavalry. The enemy general Dan Xiong Xin took Li Shimin directly, and Wei Chijingde jumped out and stabbed Dan Xiong Xin off his horse to cover Li Shimin's encirclement.
On another occasion, Li Shimin and Dou Jiande fought, and Li Shimin only took a general from Wei Chijingde and several soldiers to lure the enemy, followed by five or six thousand cavalry from Dou Jiande. Li Shimin is good at riding and shooting, and he is fearless. He personally shot and killed an enemy general and several soldiers. Wei Chijingde also killed a dozen soldiers and even scared thousands of cavalry to chase them.
As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, Li Shimin took the lead in almost every battle, which greatly inspired the morale of all the soldiers to kill the enemy, and all of them fought to the death, which provided a guarantee for winning the battle.
General Schwarzkov said: "It is not a hero to order his men to go to war. It is a hero to go to war first." It can be seen that leaders have to take the responsibility of leading subordinates to act, and they will only hide in the office and give orders, but dare not lead subordinates to fight each other in the front line. Not only can the team not become an efficient team, but it is easier to alienate subordinates and unwilling to fight. Such an organization will not develop well.
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In modern enterprises, if leaders can take the lead in demonstrating, setting an example and working hard, then this enthusiasm and spirit will affect their subordinates and make everyone form a positive attitude and enthusiastic working atmosphere. It can be said that the leader's example has strong appeal and influence, is a silent command, is the best demonstration, and is a great incentive for the actions of subordinates.