Some people say that Huo Qubing is the ceiling of the combat power of ancient famous generals, and even named him the "God of War", which is actually a bit exaggerated. In terms of combat power, Huo Qu's illness can only be ranked third, the second is Wei Qing, and the first I think is Yue Fei. We can compare Huo Quzhi and Yue Fei from several aspects. Comparison of the strength of the enemy and the enemy, the comparison of strategic thinking, the comparison of tactical application, and the comparison of the quality of commanders.
1. Comparison of the strength of the enemy and the enemy
The Han Dynasty reached its peak after Wenjing's national power, and the war horse reserve could easily equip more than 200,000 cavalry, which was about the same as the strength of the Xiongnu. In addition, the Han Dynasty also had up to one million infantry, and it can be said that the comprehensive strength of the Han Dynasty crushed the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu have been established for more than 80 years, and have reached the period of decline of the grassland national regime, we all know that it is difficult for the grassland national dynasty to have more than a hundred years of national fortune, and more than 80 years have almost reached the last afterglow of the grassland dynasty. Moreover, when Huo Qubing attacked the Huns, the Huns were actually under the continuous blows of the famous general Wei Qing, basically only had the ability to parry, and there was no backhand, and the Han cavalry was already stronger than the Hun cavalry in terms of strength.
On the other hand, the opponent Yue Fei faced was the Jin Dynasty, which was a nomadic dynasty that had just risen, and its army was bursting with combat power, successively eliminating the two dynasties of the Great Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty, unifying the north, and the Central Plains was basically occupied by it. The Southern Song Dynasty only had a few provinces south of the Yangtze River and some areas in the north of the Yangtze River, and the combat effectiveness of the army, whether it was manpower, financial resources and military effectiveness, could not be compared with the Jin Dynasty, and the comprehensive strength of the Jin Dynasty crushed the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty was in the bag sooner or later in the eyes of the Jin Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.
2. Comparison of strategic thinking
Huo Quzhi basically implemented the strategic plan of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he had no strategic advice and achievements. Yue Fei was different, his strategic thinking was mature, and in May 1130, Yue Fei met Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong for the first time. In the face of the pressure of the Jin soldiers, he said to the court; "Jiankang is a critical place, and it is advisable to select soldiers to defend it. The minister thought that if the thief crossed the river, he must first go to Zhejiang, and the east and west of the river were secluded, and he was afraid that the heavy troops would cut off his way back, and he would not be the one. The ministers begged for the soldiers to guard Huai and protect their hearts. Zhao Gou saw Yue Fei's recital, and thought so, so he changed the original plan, sent troops to defend Jiankang, and divided troops to garrison the two wings of Jiankang. Yue Fei was not chaotic in the face of danger, and he was able to formulate a correct strategy to deal with the enemy, and he threw Huo Huo a few streets away.
3. Comparison of tactical use
Huo Quzhi's tactical play is very direct, that is, to lead the cavalry to sneak attack thousands of miles away, and catch the opponent off guard, this kind of tactics is not to defeat the opponent on the frontal battlefield, but to win by sneak attack, although the opponent is defeated, he is not reconciled to defeat. It's the same as a fight between two people, one of them wins the opponent with a sneak attack, then the losing side definitely doesn't think that his strength is not good, and he will definitely not be convinced.
On the other hand, Yue Fei is different, Yue Fei is gong to gong, drum to drum, using light infantry to stiffen the opponent's heavy cavalry and knock the opponent down. In 1140 AD, the Jin Dynasty divided its troops into three routes and launched a large-scale military attack on the Southern Song Dynasty. In particular, the Tiefutu led by Wanyan Zongbi was extremely fierce and invincible, and used 100 cavalry to defeat the 10,000 Song army, and the Song army basically fled in despair, and was defeated at the first touch. Yue Fei found through careful observation that the weakness of the Tiefutu was not protected by iron armor at the joints of the war horse, so he ordered the Yuejia army to cut the horse's feet, and the horses could not move forward when the feet were broken. After this battle, Jin Bing basically turned around and fled when he saw the Yue family's army, and Jin Bing had to sigh "Shake the mountain, shake the Yue's army". Yue Fei knocked Jin Bing out of the psychological shadow and convinced him. If it weren't for the leadership's incompetence, Yue Fei might really smash Huanglong and welcome back the two saints.
Fourth, the commander-in-chief compares military literacy
Huo Quai's uncle is a general, Wei Qing is a generation of famous generals, and his uncle is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Che is the first emperor of the ages. With this relationship, no one dared to wear small shoes for Huo Qubing on the battlefield, he just fought wholeheartedly and had no worries. Even if you lose, someone will carry it, and there is nothing to do. On the other hand, Yue Fei was miserable, he was just a civilian, relying on the accumulation of military exploits to slowly climb to the position of commander, without any foundation in the imperial court, coupled with the two strange constraints of Song Gaozong and Qin Hui, Yue Fei would be corrected on the spot if he was not careful.
Therefore, Huo Quzhi's defeat of the Huns was basically achieved under the condition that the strength of the Huns was damaged, the internal **, and Wei Qing continued to be hit hard, which is the icing on the cake, and the tactics are not very clever, and even a large part of the luck component is there. And Yue Fei really defeated the opponent's elite, and the opponent was also convinced. The conclusion is that the ancient god of war must be Yue Fei, and no one can win this honor except him.