Wang Yangming, he said, "If Zhongni has a literary career, it must be armed."
As a teenager, Wang Shouyi showed a preference for the art of war. According to "Wang Yangming was born in Beijing", "At the age of twelve, he was a teacher in the capital and refused to concentrate on his studies. Every time he sneaked out, he played with the group. Make the big and small flags, Fu Quner stand on all sides, and he is a general, scheduling in the middle, turning left and right, just like the trend of war. "
14 years old "learn to bow and horse, pay attention to the art of war, and read more books about Zhong. Taste:' Confucianism knows no soldiers. If Zhongni has a literary career, it must be armed. Confucianism is just a chapter and a sentence, stealing wealth at ordinary times, whitewashing desserts with words and chapters, and being helpless when things change. This is what Confucianism has learned.' '
In the twenty-second year of Chenghua, he went to Juyongguan, a military fortress at that time, alone in the capital. The history book says: "You can swim in Juyongguan, that is, you have the ambition to travel all over the world." However, 15-year-old Wang Shouren not only lamented the great scenery beyond the Great Wall, but also inspected various passes and frontier defense at that time, riding horses and shooting arrows with ethnic minority youths.
When Wang Shouren was young, his love for Sun Tzu's Art of War did not stop at the interest level. In his youth, he began to study military consciously and rationally. Ten years after Hongzhi, 26-year-old Wang Shouren began to study military documents left by ancient military strategists. He will carefully study all the books of military strategists. At this time, the study of Sun Tzu's Art of War played an indelible role in Wang Shouren's war.
No one can succeed casually, and Wang Shouren is not the kind of person who was born with everything. It is through continuous study and practice that he becomes such an excellent person. In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, 28-year-old Wang Shouren was admitted as a scholar and was assigned to the Ministry of Housing to supervise the government. He was ordered to build a tomb for the outstanding Weiningbo Wang Yue, and Wang Shouren used the art of war to arrange the work and rest of migrant workers. In addition to construction, he also used migrant workers to practice various formations. Although this book is not a formal war, it is of great significance for him to learn the art of war and for Wang Shouren to March and fight in the future.
"Bandit Leader" Wang Shouren
Wang Shouren had rich military experience before he put down the rebellion of King Ning. In the eleventh year, at the age of forty-five, he was promoted to the position of Governor Zuo Jinbu, and was also the governor, court and Zhang of South Jiangxi, responsible for the work of fighting bandits. This is the beginning of his military career.
Wang Shouren is very aware of the importance of operational information. After he arrived, he was in no hurry to fight. Instead, the bandit troops and loyalists were first collected and investigated in detail to prepare for fighting bandits in the future. In order to grasp the enemy's situation as comprehensively as possible, Wang Shouren immediately issued a document. Item 16 of the Ordinance is related to the suppression of mobs and the size of the government. His investigation projects include mountains and rivers, dangerous roads and dangers, good and evil customs, the distribution of bandits' strongholds, the comparison between the enemy and ourselves, the source of troops, the raising of military salaries, military facilities and team building. It can be said that it covers all kinds of situations related to combat in order to achieve the ideal situation of "knowing ourselves and knowing ourselves".
Extensive strategic intelligence, battlefield intelligence and tactical intelligence are important prerequisites for correct decision-making and victory in war. Through the information collection of Liang before the war, we got a detailed understanding of the situation of the enemy and ourselves, which won the initiative for the next step to formulate military strategic guidelines and take military action to defeat the enemy.
As a result, Comrade Lao Wang wiped out bandits all the way from Ganzhou to Longchuan, Guangdong, and suppressed thugs in Jiangxi. He wiped out the old bandits who had been insurrection in three provinces for many years.
The head of psychology who plays psychological warfare with Zhu.
In January of the 14th year of Zheng De's reign, Wang Shouren was promoted to the position of right deputy Douchayuan. On June 15, Wang Shouren was ordered to go to Fujian to deal with the uprising launched by soldiers in the health center at that time, and went to Fengcheng County. He was shocked when he heard that Zhu, the king of Ning, revolted in Nanchang on 14th.
After Zhu captured Nankang and Jiujiang, his power in Jiangxi was in full swing, and the army claimed to be 100 thousand. Zhu has been operating in Jiangxi for many years, and Nanchang City is his base and base camp. It can be said that Jiangxi at this time is basically Zhu's sphere of influence.
After learning the news of Zhu's rebellion, he quickly sneaked into Linjiang (now Qingjiang County, Jiangxi Province) and returned to Ji 'an. 18, I went to the imperial court to solve the rebellion of King Ning, and immediately mobilized soldiers' food with Wu, the magistrate of Ji 'an, to make weapons ships and prepare for battle; At the same time, he launched a crusade to expose Wang Ning's sins and called on the army to be diligent.
Wang Shouren analyzed the war situation at the mobilization meeting before the war: "If the thief is weak and goes east along the Yangtze River, Du Nan will not be guaranteed." If Zhu directly attacks Nanjing and then Beijing, the two cities will be caught off guard. Therefore, the key is how to use tricks to stop Zhu from staying for half a month, so as to win time for combat preparation.
In order to delay Zhu's action, prevent him from winning by speed, and leave enough time for military preparation for the government troops, he adopted a series of intelligence strategies such as interlude, deception, treachery and spreading suspicion, which made him achieve great achievements at an unexpected speed, thus becoming a model of "using Confucianism" admired by future generations.
First, Wang Shouren used "private rooms" to confuse the enemy. Zhu's rebellion is morally untenable, so he is not fully sure of his own rebellion and naturally has doubts about his own strength.
Wang Shouren saw through Zhu's idea. As early as Fengcheng, he asked local officials to launch a campaign against Nanchang, and personally arranged several "dead rooms" to sneak into the provincial capital. He gave them enough platinum to get married first, sewed the forged "secret fire card of Guangdong and Guangxi" into his clothes, lied that the loyal soldiers and horses were coming from different directions, and gave detailed instructions on how to make Zhu suspicious to the greatest extent after the "dead room" was caught.
Worried that Zhu couldn't catch these spies, Wang Shouren deliberately released Li Shishi, Zhu's first strategist, so that she could "witness" the contact process with various loyal ministers and deliberately let her escape. Li Shishi's family fled to Nanchang to report to Zhu. Zhu seized these "dead rooms" and interrogated them carefully. Later, he really became suspicious and dared not take it lightly.
After that, he spread false information and started a psychological war with Zhu. He sent many spies to various counties to spread the news that the court had assembled 160 thousand troops and immediately took Nanchang directly. This made Zhu master a large number of available soldiers, so he dared not act rashly, and achieved the goal of "confusing the enemy" so that his opponent could not understand the reality.
At the same time, Comrade Lao Wang forged the surrender secret of Li Shishi and Liu, Zhu's cronies, and spread it around. He also wrote a special reply thanking them for their "loyal service to the country". "However, if things are not kept secret, it will be harmful, so it is necessary to take time to stand by." It triggered mutual suspicion within Zhu Group. When Li Shishi insisted on sending troops to take Nanjing, which was the location of Dading, Zhu stayed in Nanchang and held his ground. Wang Shouren's double agents successfully won valuable preparation time for the loyalist.
By July 3, when Zhu realized that he had been caught in the "delaying tactics" and began to send troops to attack Nanjing, he was ready to respond, that is, "encircle Wei to save Zhao" and directly capture his lair Nanchang, forcing him to return. As expected, Nanchang was captured, Zhu was captured alive in the process of Huiyuan, and the rebellion was completely put down in just 35 days.