Ten famous Han generals ignored by history

Ten famous Han generals who have been ignored by history

1. Chen Tang

If you want to talk about who was the most unjust among the famous generals who fought against the Huns, it must be Chen Tangmo Well, the century-old battle of the Han Dynasty to counterattack the Xiongnu actually came to a successful end only with Chen Tang. Needless to say, Chen Tang’s achievements in killing the Xiongnu Chanyu in one battle, pacifying the Western Regions, and establishing China’s sovereignty over today’s Xinjiang, however, in the Han Dynasty court, he ended up with a miserable ending in which he was not rewarded for his high achievements. It was strange that General Chen was incapable of doing anything. He only knew how to immerse himself in fighting and never raised his head to curry favor with others. In addition, Chen Tang himself was indeed dirty and had corruption in the hands of the censor. Therefore, he did not reward the hidden arrows for his high achievements, but returned to court after winning. Chen Tang was almost beaten to death for "not obeying the imperial edict". In the end, although he was granted the title of Marquis of Guan Nei, he was relieved of his rank and became a civilian within a year, and he ended up in a mediocre life. Compared with the idiot general Li Guangli who conquered the Xiongnu three times without success but was highly promoted and well-paid. Glory, Chen Tang is really irritating.

2. Gao Aocao

In the Xianbei and Northern Qi regime, the Han general Gao Aocao was a ruthless character. Gao Huan, the king of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, usually used Xianbei dialect when giving military instructions. As long as Gao Aocao Cao was nearby and must have spoken in Chinese.

The Han army led by Gao Aocao was the most elite part of the Northern Qi army. Although Gao Aocao was willing to be Xianbei's lackey, he would often beat his Xianbei colleagues to death in order to maintain the dignity of the Han people. Gao Aocao's final fate was tragic. During the battle between the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, he was betrayed by the King of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He had tens of thousands of Han soldiers to fight against the Xianbei cavalry of the Western Wei Dynasty, which was several times larger than his own. After causing the enemy to pay greater casualties, the entire army was annihilated. Its tragic ending also told the world a hard truth: Don't be a traitor no matter what you do.

3. Ran Min

Historical circles have fiercely debated Ran Min’s views. Putting aside political factors, in terms of military achievements alone, Ran Min is indeed a once-in-a-century figure for China. He was a military wizard. Most of the battles his Wei and Han armies experienced were fought with fewer troops and more troops, and his troops were mainly infantry. However, they repeatedly challenged the powerful Hu cavalry regiments in the Central Plains, almost in hundreds of battles. Yum victory, and even defeated the opponent's entire army. Although they were defeated by Murong Xianbei Cavalry Corps in the end, the Xianbei people also suffered heavy casualties in this battle. Unfortunately, the political propaganda orientation has caused little research on his military achievements by future generations, and his final tragic ending cannot explain how powerful Murong Xianbei's army was. In addition to explaining his mistakes in political and economic construction, it also It confirms an ancient Chinese saying: A fierce wolf cannot resist a lazy dog!

4. Liu Laozhi

After the defeat of Ran Wei, the most powerful force in the world was none other than the Beifu Army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This was a tiger and wolf army composed of Han people who fled south. They were brave and good at fighting. Among them were some Many members are Ran Minjun's old subordinates.

When Fu Jian, the Hu emperor, looked at the vegetation on Bagong Mountain, he regarded the trees all over his body as soldiers, leaving an eternal joke that all the trees and vegetation were soldiers. What made this chief thief so frightened? The answer is that on the day before the Battle of Feishui, Liu Laozhi led 5,000 Beifu athletes to launch a surprise attack on the Hu army, killing more than 10,000 people. He broke the enemy's courage in one battle, and then the enemy fled in the Battle of Feishui. situation.

Since Chinese history books have always advocated the famous prime minister Xie An, no one knows Liu Laozhi's reputation. The Beifu Army existed for more than fifty years and fell into the hands of Liu Yu. Liu Yu used this family background to conduct several Northern Expeditions and ushered in the most glorious era of the Han people during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

5. Chai Rong

The greatest tragedy in the life of Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty: his short life, unified the north, defeated the Khitan, and recovered the Guannan Ten of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Qixian had never met a decent opponent in his life, but he couldn't compete with God and died young.

With the rich family fortune left by Chai Rong, the Zhao and Song regime basically unified the sphere of influence of the Han people, but they were unable to do anything about the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures occupied by the Khitans. Thinking back to the invincible Khitan army during Chai Rong's Northern Expedition, imagine the rebirth of Zhou Shizong, what will be the ending of history?

Because of the existence of the Zhao and Song regimes, Chai Rong's glorious deeds basically went unnoticed. Most of Chai Rong's descendants died young, leaving only Chai Jin, a high-ranking official who was nothing in the Water Margin. He also ran to the mountains and became a bandit. Finally, he followed Song Jiang and returned to Liao Dynasty, which was regarded as fulfilling the wish of his ancestors.

The greatest contributor to China’s millennium eradication of Japan, the Battle of Baijiang in Korea not only wiped out the entire Japanese army, but also made Japan determined to follow China as its little brother for the next few hundred years.

It is said that one battle brought hundreds of years of peace between China and Japan. Liu Rengui's achievements were not small. The Tang Dynasty was an era of shining generals. Liu Rengui's military exploits in killing tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were comparable to those of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty at that time. The comparison is indeed a bit bleak, just like the United States today. If a general defeated the Soviet Union, he could definitely show it off every day. If a general defeated Burma, he would probably be too embarrassed to mention it. The only reason is that China was too strong at that time, and Japan He is not a good dish, so it is not surprising that General Liu's star is dim.

7. Wang Xuance

Killed tens of thousands of Indian soldiers, captured tens of thousands, and pacified India with thousands of borrowed miscellaneous troops. This great hero is Wang Xuance, a non-military professional That a diplomat with no foundation abroad could accomplish such a feat is truly a miracle in the history of world military affairs.

India, one of the so-called four ancient civilizations, was easily defeated by a Chinese diplomat on the battlefield. It really deserves the reputation of "ancient civilization". It is a pity that China at that time knew too little about India. In the eyes of the Chinese, it was just a foreign barbarian state. In modern times, because of the "China-India friendship", this period of history has been avoided in textbooks. So it's not surprising that no one knows the name of Hero Wang.

8. Pang Ji

Does Pang Ji have a grudge against the folk storytellers? Otherwise, why would this great hero who fought against Xixia become hated by everyone in "The Case of Bao Gong"? The opposite of Taishi?

You must know that the strategic thinking of the Song Dynasty's defense of Xixia was designed by him. Pang Ji can be regarded as the number one expert in defensive warfare in the Northern Song Dynasty. Under his management, the northwest frontier became an iron wall and even passed through Sanchuankou in the Song Dynasty. After the battle with Haoshuichuan, it was he who guarded Shaanxi, stabilized the border situation for the Song Dynasty, reorganized the army, selected generals, and forged an elite iron army in the northwest for the Song Dynasty. The two famous generals who fought against Xixia, Di Qing and Zhang Wu, who are well known to future generations, were both boldly promoted by him.

9. Fu Youde

Among Zhu Yuanzhang’s generals, Fu Youde was a very low-key one. After all, there were too many famous generals in that era, but this low-key famous general made extraordinary achievements. Low-key attack: Yunnan was conquered by him, as well as western Gansu, northern Qinghai and eastern Xinjiang. The Mongolian cavalry in its heyday suffered repeated setbacks in the Yunnan region, but Fu Youde's Ming Dynasty army swept across the southwest in a short period of time. The invincible Xu Da was blocked by the Mongols in the Battle of Lingbei and returned without success. Fu Youde, who set out on the Western Front at almost the same time, led his army across thousands of miles, killing everyone on the Mongolian Plateau and the Qinghai Plateau, with seven battles and seven victories, and the Mongols fled. It is a pity that his name has always lived in Xuda, and Chang Yuchun In the shadow of others, he was convicted of being domineering in his later years, and finally came to a miserable ending.

10. Chen Lin

Chen Lin was an unparalleled genius in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. It was he who formulated the tactics and planned the Lulianghai annihilation battle. This man is still an all-rounder. He can defeat Burma in the southwest and Yang Yinglong in Bozhou. He is proficient in plain warfare, mountain warfare, cavalry warfare, infantry warfare, firearms warfare, land warfare and water warfare, and can win in almost all. It's a pity that because of his bad reputation (his financial problems were more serious, and he was more likely to curry favor with eunuchs, the former was a bit serious, but the latter was not wrong at the time), so he was not rated highly in history books. Coupled with the distortion of the three major campaigns of Wanli in the Manchu history books, this hero who established great achievements became unknown. At that time, his young follower Yi Sun-shin was already regarded as the God of War of the Goryeo nation. In fact, it was Chen Lin who really made great achievements.