If the Tang Empire won, it would say to its opponents: "You damn well behave yourself in the future, or be careful that I wipe out your entire clan. Pay tribute obediently every year!"
<...Once a dispute arises, deviations in action will inevitably occur. In battle, opportunities are fleeting. If a commander hesitates due to personal subjective opinions, he will miss a good opportunity, which may lead to the defeat of the army.
In official history, Yao Gu and Zhang Hao bear some responsibility for Zhong Shizhong's death in battle. They agreed to lead their troops but failed to arrive in time and died from exhaustion.
What's the problem? It's obviously a disagreement between the head coaches!
Military strategy says that the right time is not as important as the right place, and the right place is not as important as the right people. The right people are the most important. Battles between two armies are large-scale group confrontations. If the commanders disagree, it will inevitably lead to uncertain actions by the soldiers!
Only when the top and bottom are united and have an absolutely unified ideology in their minds can an army be invincible!
After discussing with the commanders, Zhao Huan went to the army to comfort the soldiers.
Zhao Huan still retained a strong sense of rough and unrefined nature. For example, he and his soldiers could sit on the ground together, boast to each other, and even discuss how men could prolong their time, talking about it with great enjoyment.
The emperor acted just like a soldier, with no sense of distance between himself and his men. This made the generals and commanders smile wryly. It seemed that these soldiers would no longer listen to their orders, but would instead listen directly to the emperor!
Of course, Zhao Huan knew the consequences of his actions. Some soldiers would take advantage of their proximity to the emperor and disrespect their superiors, leading to a breakdown in military discipline. Although morale was boosted, fighting a war relies on more than just morale; military discipline is extremely important.
This issue must be taken seriously. Zhao Huan also emphasized to the commanders that anyone who violates military discipline will be beheaded and their head displayed to the public without any leniency.
In this way, the emperor not only narrowed the distance between himself and the frontline soldiers, preventing them from becoming too close to their commander and creating a situation where they could become too powerful to control, but also tightened military discipline and built a strong army.
In the past few days, both the Song and Jin sides have been unusually quiet, and Wanyan Zonghan, who was besieging Taiyuan, has not even launched an attack on the city.
Zhao Huan enjoyed a few more days until Sima Junru rushed back from the two lakes region.