Shang Tang's battle against summer depends on how to defeat the strong with the weak.

As we all know, in the late Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie was cruel and heartless, and people complained everywhere. Shang Tang rose up, obeyed the will of the people and was isolated. He fought a decisive battle in Mingtiao, eventually overthrowing Xia's rule and establishing Shang Dynasty.

Among them, the most crucial battle of Ming Dynasty played an important role in the formation of military thoughts in later generations and provided an important foundation for the development of China's military theory.

The following author analyzes the military thoughts embodied in this important battle from four aspects.

First, for the first time, the popular political factors were applied to war guidance.

In the late summer of theocracy, people thought that all natural phenomena and human social activities were dominated by providence, so people also thought that the victory or defeat of the war mainly depended on fate. Before each war, we should first pray for the blessing and strength of our ancestors, and ask God for instructions by divination to decide the operational action.

Shang Tang and Yi Yin first broke through the shackles of the thought of destiny, vaguely discovered the connection between politics and war, and felt that the opposition of people's hearts was enough to affect the outcome of the war. Xia Jie is autocratic. What about the people? From here, Tang saw that the demise of the Xia Dynasty was inevitable, so he decided? Will summer be destroyed? The determination.

During the preparation for the war, we should comply with the requirements of the people to live and work in peace and contentment and implement the policy of governing the country by virtue. Rule the people with leniency? , manufacturing? People attached, decrees popular? . Before the war, Tang made some mobilization at the swearing-in meeting? There are many crimes in summer, and the fate is embarrassing (J? ) what? It is still to win the support of the people and inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

The opposition between people affects the process and outcome of the war. Although this is a truth known to our contemporary people, it was an unprecedented innovation 3600 years ago.

Second, win over allies and isolate opponents.

Shang was just one of many governors in the Xia Dynasty before its demise. Although it developed, it was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength and war potential for the Xia Dynasty, which was established for more than 400 years. It is difficult to overthrow the rule of Xia Jie on our own.

So Shang Tang and Yi Yin began to strive for allies, serve others with good deeds, and expand their influence to isolate and weaken Xia Jie's rule. Don showed benevolence by hunting, let? The ministers heard: Tang Dezhi, but an animal? And then what? Return with princes and sages? ，reach？ The world belongs to business? Purpose.

Third, pay attention to the strategies used.

In the last article, we mentioned that during Shao Kang's recovery of China, Ai was invited to spy on Han Zhuo's ruling center to collect his political situation and people's feelings. Similarly, when Shang Tang and Yi Yin went to the summer twice, they both focused on the political situation and people's feelings in the Xia Dynasty. Moreover, the second trip to the summer was also to expand the enemy's contradictions, undermine its internal unity and weaken its strength.

Shang Tang heard that Xia Jie loves beautiful women and once forcibly brought two beautiful women from Minshan home back to the palace. So, Tang took a fancy to him, sent two beautiful women, and gave a large sum of money to the newly appointed minister to secretly contact Xuan, who had fallen out of favor, in order to spy on the dynamics and alienate him. The story of the famous female spy was left in history. This also played a certain role in Shang Tang's summer war.

Fourth, choose the decisive battle time carefully.

After Shang Tang wiped out Ge, Wei and Kunwu, the space of its ruling area was expanded, and its military strength was also enhanced, and the preparations for attacking the summer were basically completed. At that time, the internal contradictions in the Xia Dynasty were increasing day by day. Generally speaking, the time to launch a decisive battle against the Xia Dynasty seemed ripe.

But Shang Tang adopted Yi Yin's exploratory strategy, and what about the second time? Don't raise a teacher in September 1? Before deciding to send troops to attack, Xia Jie was isolated and had no foreign aid. This idea of carefully selecting the opportunity for decisive battle and improving the odds is one of the important connotations of China's traditional military thought.

To sum up, the most important and prominent military thought embodied in the Ming-Tiao War is to break through the thought of destiny and more clearly recognize the important role of people in the war. Using alienation, spying on intelligence, winning alliances and choosing fighters are all realized under the viewpoint that people's hearts will affect the outcome of the war, which has made pioneering contributions to the establishment of China's strategic theory!