Clever tactics, slow and steady.
After Yuan Laichao rose from Izu, he was not always victorious in the military, and he also suffered repeated defeats. The worst one was11Shiqiaoshan Battle in August, 1980. With 300 cavalry, he confronted the flat military commander with 3,000 cavalry. The result was a crushing defeat, and there were few troops left, "hiding in the mountains." [15] This failure taught Yuan Laichao many lessons. It can be seen from many battles in the future that he learned the lesson of this failure, that is, he tried to avoid confrontation with the enemy without adequate preparation. From several decisive battles between Genji and Shi Ping, we can clearly see that Genji's strategic and tactical thought is to seek stability strategically and seek quickness tactically. Win without fighting. Let's look at a few examples: one is11the decisive battle of Fujikawa in October, 80. This is the key battle after the Yuan Dynasty sent troops. At this time, although the strength of the Yuan Dynasty was quite huge and the fighting capacity of the army was better than that of the Ping army, the Yuan Dynasty did not underestimate its enemies. At the same time, Takeda Shinichi posed as a decisive battle, while leading the army to flank the enemy's rear in the dead of night. When Takeda army passed Fuji swamp, it alarmed the water ducks gathered in the swamp, and flocks of ducks were frightened, singing and flying around, "The feather is loud." The Pingjun army suddenly heard that Genji's army was coming from behind, scared out of her wits and hurriedly fled, but Genji's army won without fighting. The victory of this campaign greatly weakened Ping's prestige. Ping Qingsheng failed to get sick and died in February of the following year. The second is the battle of 1 184. With the development of Genji's forces, Ping retreated from Kansai in an attempt to control the Seto Inland Sea based on the islands of Shikoku. (Yin) In February, Ping assembled tens of thousands of cavalry to guard a valley at the junction of Shejin and Bomo (now Xumo District of Kobe City), in an attempt to keep Genji's army out of Guanximen. On the 4th, the two armies confronted each other. Ping is deployed in Shanxi and Genji is deployed in Shandong, "three miles apart." After crossing a valley, the mountain became famous. "The rocks are rugged, the trotters are sad, and the valley is deep, but no one has ever walked." [16] Yuan Yijing selected more than 70 warriors, crossed and raided Pingping's army headquarters, making Pingping's army lose the core of command. "He failed to discuss, or rode out of a valley, or fell into a boat to the land of the Four Kingdoms" [17]. The third is 1 185, the Tanpu decisive battle in March. After the defeat of the Battle of Izumi, the Ping family gathered near Seto Inland Sea. In order to finally destroy Ping's forces, Genji began to arrange a decisive battle with Ping. First of all,11In September, 1984, Shuiben Yedian led the army westward by land and adopted circuitous tactics in an attempt to cut off the retreat of Pingcong Kyushu. Fan Laijun experienced hunger and hardship. 1 185 (Yin) In February, with the support of local tyrants in Kyushu, they finally arrived across the sea (now Oita County), like a sharp knife inserted behind enemy lines. At the same time, Yuan Yijing marched into the Four Kingdoms. 17, Genji's army, led by Genji's well, crossed Watanabe (now Osaka) in the rain, boarded Roof Island, and attacked Ping's army from behind. Ping's army fled in a hurry and finally retreated to Yan Island. In this way, Ping's army was sandwiched between Yuan Yijing and Nanben Wuji. (Yin) On March 24th, Yuan and Ping met at the sea in Guantanpu, Nagato. Ping challenged Genji's army with more than 500 warships, and Genji's army, led by Genyi Jing, wiped out Pingjun in one fell swoop and won a great victory. General Ping sank to the bottom of the sea.
Divide and disintegrate the enemy
Many examples show that the political disintegration of the enemy forces is of great help to Yuan Lai's military victory. For example, the struggle with Guo Zuozhu's family in Liu Chang finally won with political disintegration. 1 1 April 4th, 1 180 (Yin), Yuan Lailai came with an army. In this country, there is a huge samurai group-Sasaki family, which is "authoritative overseas, and its leader, Sasaki Hideyoshi, follows Hiraya's family and refuses to accept the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, Lai Chao decided to attack by force. He said that he would retreat to Guojin Shacheng and build fortifications according to the terrain. The fortress was "not defeated by manpower", and the soldiers gathered in the city were "one for a thousand", and Genji's army could not attack for a long time. At this time, Lai Chao heard that there was an uncle named Zuo Zhuzang in Yixiu, who was ingenious and wanted to be superior. Lai Chao sent Hongzhi, the general agent, to do rebellion. Hiroshi often said to Sasaki's Tibetans: "Recently, relatives and friends of the Eastern Kingdom surrendered to the Wu Wei (referring to the Lai Dynasty), and Wu Wei only regarded a rest as an enemy. The number of years of rest has been fixed. Although you and Yixiu are flesh and blood, why don't you stand by and watch them be wronged? I hope to join Wu Wei as soon as possible, take a break from punishment and let you take charge of the territorial heritage. "[18] When the Tibetans heard about it, they immediately surrendered and personally guided the source army to attack Jinsha City. A Hugh and Lang were so scared that they dropped their weapons and ran away. Guangchang led the army to take advantage of it and win Jinsha City in one fell swoop. In the whole process of crusade against Ping, Yuan Dynasty mostly adopted the policy of letting bygones be bygones. For those noble warriors who were closely related to Ping, appeasement policies were adopted many times. For example, 1 183 (Yin) in February, he instructed his younger brother Yuan Yijing to strive to be a noble warrior in (now Wakayama and Mie counties). (Yin) In March, he wrote a letter to Nobuhiro Nakano, a powerful country in Nobuhiro (now Nagano Prefecture), and strictly protected his property in order to urge him to surrender. At the same time, it also dissolved Umi ga Kikoeru, former Gao Chun, Inzan Kuo (now Tottori Prefecture) and Wei (now Aichi Prefecture). These people all took refuge in the Yuan Dynasty because their manors and property were protected. 1 185, when Nanbenyedian led the army to the Western Expedition, Yuan Laichao specifically instructed not to arbitrarily levy grain in all parts of Kansai, "Never arouse the hatred of the local people. "It is precisely because of this policy that Fan Laijun, under extremely difficult circumstances, got the help of the powerful people in the western regions, crossed the sea and inserted into eastern Kyushu, and achieved a strategic victory.
Use contradictions to launch a political offensive.
The thought that Yuan Lai Dynasty was steady and steady, and the tactical attack would win was not only manifested in the military aspect, but also in the political struggle with political enemies. In the battle of Fujikawa, Ping was defeated, and Ping led the troops to die in the chaos. Fate came to the DPRK to pursue the victory and went straight to Kyoto. At this time, Chang Yin Yicheng, Guangchang and other famous generals urged: the East has not been completely settled, and it is not appropriate to rush to the west. It is pointed out that only when Dongyi is leveled can we go to Kansai. [19] Yuan Laichao accepted this opinion and carefully managed the Dongguo area centered on Kamakura from then on, while consolidating his position and watching the situation. 1 18 1 year, when the contradiction between Goshirakawa and Pingbecame more and more acute, Lai Chao took advantage of this contradiction to launch a political offensive. (Yin) In July, he sent an envoy to Beijing to meet the Emperor Goshirakawa, indicating that he had no intention of rebelling against the courtyard hall, and his purpose was only to crusade against the emperor's old enemy. During this visit, Yuan Lai-chao put forward a concrete reconciliation plan: if Ping's family does not die, it will restore old habits and reuse Yuan Heping's family; The Kanto should be dominated by Yuan, and the West Sea should still listen to Ping's wishes. The State Council should be appointed by the college; If there are rebels who disobey the country, they must rely on Yuan and Ping's family to make a crusade. The purpose of this plan is to ask the court to recognize his influence in the East. Although this plan did not achieve obvious results because of Ping's disagreement, it created a wedge of discord between the courtyard and the church. After Lai Chao rose up to fight for peace, his uncle and brother Yolanda rose up to fight for peace. Ping's army was defeated in the battle of Libo Mountain on the border between Kaga and Vietnam. Immediately, he folded the bamboo and went straight to Kyoto, forcing Ping Yuanjun to flee to the west, forming a tripartite confrontation between Ping Yuanjun, Yi Zhong and Lai Chao. After Iraq entered Beijing, he repeatedly asked Lai Chao to March, but Yuan Lai Chao remained on hold. Soon, due to food supply and other difficulties, the Iraqi army relaxed discipline, raped and plundered, and committed all kinds of evils, causing resentment among the ruling and opposition parties, and the contradiction between the royal family and the Iraqi government became deeper and deeper. The Yuan Dynasty seized this opportunity in time, and in September 1 183 (Yin), it sent envoys to have a secret talk with Emperor Goshirakawa again, and further put forward a new plan concerning the vital interests of the nobles: shrines and Buddhist temples occupied by Ping should be returned to their original owners, and aristocratic courtyards, palaces and manors plundered by Ping should also be returned to their original owners, and so on. This scheme is in the interests of the academy and the nobility, so it was fully recognized by the academy and favored by the Yuan Dynasty. On October 4th of that year (Yin), the academy finally issued a courtyard announcement, announcing that all the shrines, Buddhist temples and manors owned by Wang Chen's family in Donghai, Dongshan and Hokuriku were returned to their original owners, and the rebels were handed over to Yuan. This announcement not only recognized the Kamakura regime of the Yuan Dynasty, but also enabled him to obtain administrative power and judicial power in the East China Sea, Dongshan and Hokuriku. In this way, Yuan Lai-chao achieved results that were difficult to achieve quickly in the military with political skills.
Adopt a policy of netting samurai
From the eve of Izu's invasion, Yuan Laichao paid great attention to netting samurai, because he clearly realized that the back of samurai was the key to his success. In the early days of the war, in order to win the support of the warriors in the East, Yuan Lai-chao took the form of individual talks to win people's hearts. Dongguo was once the ruling place of Genji, and many warriors followed Genji in those years, so they still had special feelings for Genji. Fate took advantage of this advantage. On the one hand, he first called Izu, similar samurai Kudo Jieshiguang, Toshio Jiro Shi Ping, Okazaki Shiro Yi Shi, Usami Saburo Zhu Mao, Amano Fujiuchi Vision, Sasaki Saburo Taishenggang, Kato Yujinlian and others home and said to everyone, "I will only tell you this secret." "You are the only person I can trust. Send someone to contact the descendants of Genji and the Kanto samurai who can be won, and announce to them that if he follows him to rehabilitate, he will protect the security of their territory and safeguard their vital interests. Seeing such trust, the samurai summoned by Yuan Dynasty expressed their loyalty in succession. According to the wife mirror, the samurai summoned by Yuan Lai Chao were all ambitious and excited. [20] At that time, most of the Kanto Warriors had certain economic strength, but due to their low status and lack of solid and reliable backing, their political status was very unstable and their territory could not be guaranteed. Therefore, they are eager to be protected and ensure the sovereignty of their territory. Yuan Laichao grasped their psychology and put forward loud slogans in time: "Stop the art" (protect the income) and "give new grace" (seal the new territory for the heroes), which greatly won the support of the warriors. They took refuge in the Yuan Dynasty one after another, which made his power grow rapidly. 1 180 (Yin) On August 17th, when Izu attacked Ping's cronies [2 1], the influence of Yuan Dynasty was limited to several small countries in Bandong area. When fighting Ping's cronies in Shiqiao Mountain on the 22nd, there were only 300 troops. However, more than 40 days passed between/kloc-0 and October 2 (Yin). When Yuan Laichao went to Musashi, he had "more than 30,000 soldiers riding" [22] and arrived in Sagami on the 6th. " Every squire sergeant knows tens of millions "[23]. Jade Leaf records:" Its potential gradually increased by tens of thousands, and it occupied seven or eight countries at that time. "[24] It can be seen that the ranks of the Yuan Dynasty developed rapidly.
Attach importance to talents and recruit wise men.
Yuanlai attaches great importance to talents. Because he knew that he was born in the army and could not handle official duties, it was impossible to rule the world by force alone. Therefore, he has a wide range of talents, whether he is an official who once worked for the imperial court or a local junior warrior, as long as he is familiar with government affairs and loyal to himself, he will be reused. For example, Oeno Hiromoto, a court official who is proficient in articles and laws, Sanshan Kangxin, who has been an official in the court for many years and is deeply dissatisfied with the corruption in the court, and Fujiwara Administration, Zu Liyuan, Hiraga Yixin, Dajiang Qiujia, Fujiwara Bangtong, Zhongyuan Qin Neng, etc. were all recruited by Lai Dynasty and went to Kamakura respectively to be reused. These people became advisers to the Lai government. Of these people, Oeno Hiromoto is the best. He is well-read and talented. His official position in Kyoto is a small record under the government, so he has the experience of managing officials, and Lai Chao attaches great importance to him. Guangyuan is known as Lai Chao's "confidant". [25] Oeno Hiromoto really played an important role in the establishment and consolidation of the Kamakura shogunate. For example, in 1 185, because of his suggestion, the Yuan Dynasty established the system of keeping farmland. In his suggestion, he said: "There is a season of watering in the world, and the evil ones are especially good in autumn", but the rebellious generation will not be cut off. The eastern region is in hand, and the territory is "although quiet", "rape and abuse are determined by other parties". Every time there is a rebellion, "Oriental scholars" are always sent to suppress it. Over time, it will not only cost the country, but also make the eastern warriors "everyone annoyed." Therefore, it is better to "guard the official residence and manor of each country", so that once there is any change, it will be "strong but not afraid". [26] On Oeno Hiromoto's proposal, according to "Wife Mirror", "Er Pin (Note: refers to Lai Chao) is extremely willing (satisfied) and is governed by this instrument". People think that Oeno Hiromoto's proposal is still "made by loyalty" [27].
Strict military discipline
Yuan Lai started his army from small to large, from weak to strong. An important experience that cannot be ignored is strict military discipline, which has won the sympathy and support of the broad masses of the people. From the decline of Ping and the failure of Yuan, we can see that the fundamental reason is the lax military discipline and the great loss of popular support. Yuan Laichao was fully aware that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold and defeat his mortal enemy, he must win the support of the people. Therefore, he attaches great importance to the issue of military discipline, and his samurai are not allowed to disturb the people at will, and offenders are severely punished.
With the growing strength of the Yuan Dynasty. After the Kamakura regime became more and more stable, the Kanto samurai pretended to rely on the power of the DPRK for personal gain and frequently ran amok. Some "show off personal prestige" and "seize words", and some [28] "either seize the annual tribute or use palace objects" [29] In this regard, Yuan Lai Chao deeply felt that "the population was difficult to plug" and it was "the shame of Lai Chao", and [30] all sent envoys to deal with it. For example, in three years, Yuan Laichao sent people to Kyoto to recover the flat Guandong royal family, and once ran amok in Beijing. When Yuan Laichao was informed, he immediately sent two capable generals, Chang Yin and Hang Ping, to Kyoto for a thorough investigation, which saved Yuan Laichao's reputation. Another example is Sandwich. In September of the fifth year, Yuan Laichao stayed in the Bee Club, and there was a temple nearby called Gaoshui Temple. The royal family who followed him rudely broke into the temple and used the power of Yuan Lai Chao to tear down the Jintang partition of the temple, which aroused the anger of the monks in the temple and directly appealed to Yuan Lai Chao. Upon hearing this, Yuan Laichao immediately sent Shi Jing to track it down, and called all his followers to "add criminal law before all the disciples", nailed the prisoners' right and left hands on the board, and beat their hands with nails. Finally, Lai Chao personally asked the monk if he had any requirements for the handling of this matter. The monks gratefully said, "Complain about the ruling of Enmeng", [3 1] and there is no other demand. The Yuan Dynasty also dealt with the royal family who invaded other people's estates without permission in the name of levying grain and rice. At that time, anyone whose interests were damaged, or who was dissatisfied with the behavior of the royal family, could directly file a lawsuit with Yuan Laichao. Lai Dynasty handled the lawsuits of newcomers personally or appointed cronies, which shows that Yuan Lai Dynasty attached importance to military discipline. It is precisely because of the strict military discipline of Genji Army that the Yuan Dynasty was in an invincible position and finally defeated the Kansai forces with abundant materials.