Speaking of General Han Xin, everyone must be familiar with it. Han Xin was an outstanding military strategist in the history of our country. He made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty. As an unparalleled military prodigy, Han Xin conquered cities and territories for Liu Bang. He first captured Wei, replaced him, defeated Zhao, and threatened Yan. Then he attacked Qi from the east and destroyed Chu Gaixia from the south. He became famous throughout the country. In the end, after Liu Bang won the world and discussed heroes over wine, he commented, "With millions of soldiers, we will win in battle and capture in attack. I am not as good as Han Xin."

Han Xin's military ability was obvious to all, and later people often praised him as "unparalleled in his achievements and unparalleled in the world". Military geniuses like Han Xin will inevitably be arrogant, and there are only a handful of people who can admire him. Han Xin once said to Xiao He: "Is that called fighting? He killed ten thousand enemies and lost eight thousand. Qin's family fortune was completely wiped out by him!" However, even for Han Xin, there was one person who made him feel deeply. I admire him for leaving a famous saying that will last forever during his lifetime, and he was revered as a god after his death!

The person Han Xin admired the most in his life was Li Zuoche, the Guangwu Lord of Zhao. Li Zuoche was the grandson of Li Mu, the famous general of Zhao. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the six kingdoms came together to assist King Zhao Xie. Zhao Guo made great military exploits, so he was named Lord Guangwu. In 205 BC, Liu Bang lost the Battle of Pengcheng, and all the princes and kings rebelled and made peace with Chu. Under this situation, Liu Bang adopted Han Xin's idea of ??"lifting Yan and Zhao in the north, attacking Qi in the east, cutting off Chu's food route in the south, and meeting the king in Xingyang in the west." In other words, while insisting on fighting Chu head-on, he also had to Open up the northern battlefield.

In 204 BC, Liu Bang sent generals Han Xin and Zhang Er to lead more than 10,000 newly recruited Han troops to advance eastward to attack Xiang Yu's affiliated powerful state Zhao. Upon seeing this, King Zhao appointed Cheng'an Jun Chen Yu as commander-in-chief and Li Zuoche as deputy general, leading nearly 200,000 troops to fight. Zhao Jun was the first to arrive at the battlefield and occupy favorable terrain. Commander Chen Yu believed that Han Xin's tens of thousands of troops were nothing to worry about, so he prepared for a decisive battle with Han Xin. However, the deputy general Li Zuoche thought: "Han Xin came thousands of miles away and was short of food and grass. The supplies must be at the rear of the army. When the time comes, he will lead 30,000 troops and cut off Han Xin's food and grass from the trail. In less than ten days, Han Xin's troops will surrender without fighting." If Han Xin is defeated, he can completely annihilate the Han army."

However, the general Chen Yu relied on the rebel army and disdained the use of cunning tactics. He said: "Han Xin has such a small number of troops, but I avoid fighting. I am so timid and cowardly. , then won’t all the princes in the world come to attack me?” He didn’t listen to Li Zuoche’s plan at all. At this time, Han Xin sent people to secretly inquire about Li Zuoche's plan, and was very happy that it was not adopted. So Han Xin quickly selected two thousand Qingqi, and in the middle of the night, he detoured from the alley to the flank of Zhao Jun's camp to lie in wait. In the early morning of the next day, Han Xin and Zhang Er led the main force out of Jingxingkou and set up a "backwater formation" on the east bank of the Mian River to lure Zhao Jun to attack. This battle was the famous last-ditch battle in history. After the war, the general Chen Yu was killed, Zhao Wangxie was captured, Li Zuoche also escaped, and the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed.

After breaking the city, Han Xin was well aware of Li Zuoche's abilities, so he offered a reward of a thousand gold to capture him. The purpose was not to kill him, but to take him for his own use. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. It didn't take long for someone to capture Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche and send him to Han Xin overnight to receive the reward. When Han Xin saw Li Zuoche in person, he immediately untied him, asked him to sit facing east, and treated him with courtesy. At this time, Han Xin received an order from Liu Bang to quickly attack Yan and Qi. Han Xin knew very well that there was an element of luck in destroying Zhao this time. The soldiers were exhausted from continuous fighting, and Yan and Qi were not ready. It can definitely be captured.

So Han Xin asked Li Zuoche repeatedly for advice on how to attack Yanqi. Li Zuoche was a very strategic man, and now that he was a prisoner, he repeatedly pushed back. Finally, after repeated requests by Han Xin, he uttered an eternal saying: "A wise man will lose something if he thinks a lot; a fool will gain something if he thinks a lot." Then he continued: "It is not appropriate to attack Yan and Qi at the moment. We should comfort the people and reward them. The soldiers marched towards the Yan State with superior force at the same time to build momentum and force the Yan State to obey. Once the King of Yan obeyed, the Qi State would obey the news. This is the method of "first being weak and then being strong". p>

The meaning of Guangwu Lord Li Zuoche is very clear. Even the smartest person will always make a mistake once after considering it thousands of times. General, although your combat strategy is unparalleled in the world, you should also think about it from another angle.

Now the soldiers are extremely tired. If you attack Yan's strong city easily, you may not be able to do what you want. When the time comes, you will be unable to get off the tiger, and Qi will besiege you from the side. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to escape unscathed. In the end, Han Xin adopted Li Zuoche's suggestion and soon obtained the lands of Yan and Qi.

Finally, we have to say that Li Zuoche was indeed a rare military strategist and military wizard. His military book "Guangwu Jun" also had a profound influence on military strategy. As the person whom Han Xin admired most in his life, he gave him advice and suggestions, advocated cultivating one's health, comforting soldiers, and appeasing people's hearts with virtuous policies. Use force as a deterrent, use kindness to win people's hearts, and use kindness and power to force the enemy to submit. He has a very strategic vision and builds his career with ingenuity. The eternal famous saying left by him during his lifetime has been quoted by later generations: "A wise man will lose something after a lot of worries; a fool will gain something after a lot of worries."

Later, Liu Bang knew that his talent was also to curb Han Xin, so he arranged Li Zuoche to be with the prince Liu Ying to assist the prince. Li Zuoche taught Liu Ying how to train soldiers and horses on the mountain outside Xingyang City, so the mountain was named Guangwu Mountain. After Han Xin was killed, Li Zuoche resigned and went into seclusion to help those in need. He was very popular among the people and was revered as the God of Hail. Pu Songling, a great writer of the Qing Dynasty, once recorded the legendary story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio: Hail God" that he dropped hail in Zhangqiu, filling the ditches without damaging the crops.