After Kunyang's triumph, Emperor De novo sent Wang Kuang to attack Luoyang, Shen Tujian and Song Li to attack Wuguan, and the three auxiliary armies shook, and local strongmen killed the new dynasty shepherds in succession, using Chinese titles and obeying the law of restarting. Soon the outlaw hero invaded Chang 'an, Wang Mang was killed and the new dynasty perished. The Battle of Kunyang was not only the key battle for Xuanhan to defeat Xin Mang, but also laid the foundation for the rebels to finally overthrow Wang Mang's rule. So why did the battle of Kunyang win?
Reasons for the Victory of Kunyang War
In the battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang's troops claimed to be millions, while the total strength of the defending rebels and foreign aid who started a new stove added up to only 20 thousand. However, with such a disparity in strength, it is no accident that the insurgents can achieve brilliant victory in destroying the enemy.
To sum up, there are several points: politically resisting Wang Mang's tyranny conforms to the wishes and demands of the broad masses of people, so it has won the support and support of the people, which is the profound political root of the rebels' victory in the Kunyang War. Militarily, the insurgents carried out the correct measures of sticking to Kunyang, containing the enemy, mobilizing their troops and actively counterattacking, which seriously delayed Wang Yijun's action, consumed his troops and firmly grasped the initiative of attack and defense on the battlefield. In the specific application of operational guidance, the insurgents dare to fight, with high morale, and are good at taking advantage of the weakness of Xinmang, attacking the army, destroying the fighting will of the new army, and accumulating small victories into great victories; And can grasp the fighter plane, choose the headquarters of the new army as the primary attack target, smash it in one fell swoop, and leave the enemy in a leaderless position, and ultimately fail.
Historical evaluation:
The Battle of Kunyang is a famous battle in the history of China. It destroyed a large number of troops that Wang Mang relied on to maintain his rule, and created favorable conditions for the rebels to March smoothly into Luoyang and Chang 'an and eventually overthrow Xin Mang's rule. Therefore, it has attracted much attention in past dynasties.
Sima Biao, a historian in the Western Jin Dynasty, commented: "As for Guangwu, Wang Mang usurped power from horses, and the people's feet and soil were unstoppable. He made a fortune in Kunyang, killing millions with thousands of people. If he is not the master of courage and wisdom, who can match him? "
Ye Fan, a historian of Liu and Song Dynasties, praised in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "If you try to seize a million cities, you will praise tigers as a group. Dragon hub minefield, high-front comet cloud. Wei Ying is both vibrating and Xindu is self-immolating. " ?
He Qufei, a scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, commented in On Guangwu: "Hundreds of people from Fang Xun went to the city to suppress Kunyang, and they ate people inside and outside the lonely city as meat. However, thousands of soldiers in Guangwu applied to swear to death, saved their fighting spirit first, and then looked back and searched. Everyone in the city won. Although it is a service, people regard it as a matter of light martial arts, but they don't know why it is a matter of power. Only the generals see their lives, and when they see that the small enemy is afraid and the big enemy is brave, they all blame them. Those who don't know whether martial arts are brave or afraid are the so-called capable people who want to win. "
Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote "Kunyang City Fu", saying: "The battle of Kunyang was killed by four books and millions, and it was endless and extremely fast. Want to find the city, drive away the clouds and embrace the sea, the macho man helps the iron to be velvet, and the tiger and leopard collapse; When the world is exhausted after World War I, say that this trick will never happen again. Only when he begged for surrender and failed to get it, did he change color and regret it; Suddenly, thousands of riders are outstanding, and the first attack is not Ai. At first, they laughed at stones, abandoned drums and threw weapons, and registered in succession. Those who died in the deep valley don't know geometry. Man is still a gold medal and Yu Pei. His crazy son's trespass has been defeated immediately and will be defeated. How can a hero get it? Market hooligans. "
Wang Fuzhi, a great scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, commented in Zi Zhi Tong Jian: "The battle of Kunyang is the glory of the world and the prosperity of Wang Ye."
The Battle of Kunyang is one of the famous examples in the history of China listed by Mao Zedong in the article "Strategic Issues of China Revolutionary War", that is, "the two sides have different strengths, and the weak one takes the first step and then leads, thus winning". Later, Mao Zedong mentioned the Kunyang Campaign again in On Protracted War. "Whether subjective guidance is correct or not affects the changes of strengths and weaknesses, initiative and passivity. There are many such things in Chinese and foreign history about the historical fact that the strong army lost the battle and the weak army won the battle. China, for example ... the battle between New Han and Kunyang, attacked the public with less and won with disadvantages. " .