The victory at the Battle of Midsummer Hall brought Robert unimaginable prestige, and the story of the war was sung throughout Westeros by the Bard, and while it was not strictly Robert's first victory, the battle to quell the Seagull rebellion in Arryn Valley was nominally commanded by Jon Arryn.

The Battle of Midsummer Hall became Robert's first battle in the eyes of the people, and before that, the young duke was only a "second generation official" who inherited his father's business, just like the other chaotic children of the Westeros nobility, eating, drinking, sleeping and sleeping in the willows, they were so self-righteous and boastful that they ended up on the battlefield as a "defeated general", just like Ed Mutully.

After all, in the education system of Westeros, there is no special military class, and even if there is, it may not be of any use, Zhao Kuo is a good example, those poems that praise the bravery of knights and those words that describe the battlefield will not tell you what the hell those dying people look like, how they wail, scream, struggle, or cry "Mom!" with tears in their eyes. Target.

There is not a poem that depicts and celebrates the victors who wear shining armor, ride tall horses, and flaunt their blood-stained swords; As for the loser on the ground, who is also wearing armor, but is covered with blood and dust, and does not even know where to throw his sword, who would describe such a loser? Even if there is, in that poem with only a few lines, the loser will only appear as a harlequin, as a "green leaf" to highlight the winner.

What is often overlooked is that just before the war, there was no difference between the two, they both had shining armor, handsome mounts, and a shining silver sword, but as long as there was a war, there was always one person who would lose, and anyone could one day become the one on the earth.

Is Zhao Kuo really so unbearable? Not necessarily, just because of his failure, a thousand years of history has left him a thousand years of infamy, and he has become a clown who people make fun of after dinner, so that people don't remember that he also made his own efforts, and he has also won a few victories, but it is only insignificant compared to his final fiasco.

People often ignore that Zhao Kuo may be unbearable, but a different person to do what he should do may not be better than him (of course, Lian Po is indeed more suitable than him), people's eyes are easily swayed by the final result, and the result only leads to the extraordinary fear of defeat among those famous generals, adding to their psychological burden.

Defeat is a common occurrence in war, "How can a man walk by the river without getting his shoes wet?" There is a very "strange" famous general in history, so much so that most people question whether he is qualified to be called a "famous general", but there is no doubt that he is indeed a veritable famous general.

He is Wang Baobao, the general of the late Yuan Dynasty, who has hardly won any victories in his life, as if he was abandoned by the goddess of luck, he has faced a crushing defeat all his life, and watched the Yuan Dynasty be beaten back from the great dynasty that ruled the whole of East Asia to return to the Mongolian steppe to herd horses and sheep (as far as I am concerned, this is a joy to see), so to speak, he is simply a loser among losers.

What qualifications does he have to be called a "famous general"? In fact, it is very simple, although he was defeated again and again, fought with Xu Da, and fought with Chang Yuchun, so that the Yuan Dynasty lost half of the country, but he still sat firmly in the position of the generalissimo of the Yuan Dynasty.

This is a kind of skill in itself, ordinary generals will be cut down and dismissed after a defeat, if you are the emperor, can you not ask him about his crimes? But he can still stand, this is not a shady scene, but because only he has the ability and qualification to lead the army and Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

The fall of the Yuan Dynasty was the trend of the times, and Wang Baobao was able to recover from the shadow of defeat again and again, and won the trust of Emperor Yuan Shun and his soldiers, and returned to the battlefield with a new army, which was a famous general in itself. He was just born in the wrong place and in the wrong camp.

His boss "Emperor Yuan Shun" is definitely not a Ming Jun, otherwise he would not have lost half of the country, and fled to the grassland with a huge Dadu, so it can be said that it is not easy for Wang Baobao to be defeated and defeated again and again and gain his trust.

To sum up, failure is not terrible, and truly good generals are able to recover from defeat, learn their lessons and go into new battles, rather than being completely defeated by a single defeat and then turning it into the end of their entire military career.

The cruelty of war is by no means something that can be felt from the words on paper, and when it comes to the battlefield, how much can those tactical theoretical knowledge play a role? The wars of the Celestial Empire were too much about military strategy, and "The Art of War" teaches readers how to take advantage of the tricks, and to exchange the smallest losses for the greatest results, and to denounce the attack as the next resort.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, but on the other hand, these art of war strategy books are more like advanced textbooks, and they don't tell you the "primer" that "the average person" knows.

The most typical is a neon countryman, named Takeda Shingen, a famous local military strategist and local ruler, who read "The Art of War" hard, and even applied it to practice, making a set of "wind forest volcano", but with tens of thousands of troops, he was stuck by a small city and more than a thousand defenders for a whole month, and finally died under the city.

Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? He wanted to cut off food, but unfortunately people had enough food, he wanted to cut off the water, but the three of them were near the river, and he wanted to attack his heart, but unfortunately the opposite side was a dead brain, so he was stuck.

Because "The Art of War" as an "advanced textbook" will not teach you the basics, sometimes there is no chance to trick on the battlefield, you just have to play hard, although siege is the next strategy, but it may be the most effective choice.

So there is a good saying, "Three stinky generals, one Zhuge Liang." That's right, although this sentence was mistakenly remembered by everyone as "three stinkers", but the fact is that the general, a kind of low-level officer in the army, wants to pay attention to personal hygiene in the army, but it is not easy, plus fighting all day long, sweating, splashing blood, of course, the smell on the body will not be good. (What can Zhuge Liang have to do with a cobbler?) Contest to make inventions? ）

The original meaning of this sentence is that the tactical plan (scale of 1,000 people) discussed by the three low-level officers is enough to be comparable to Zhuge Liang, and there is no other one, because they are experienced, and there are three people to corroborate each other, which can almost fill all the loopholes. What's more, as far as the simple frontal confrontation between the two armies is concerned, there are not many opportunities to take advantage of it, and even Zhuge Liang may not be able to come up with a solution, not to mention that Zhuge Liang's strength lies in the overall situation and strategic planning.

Therefore, militarily speaking, to complement each other, the so-called positive is to play hard, the so-called strange is to take tricks, and it is of course right to play the art of war to reduce casualties, but if you rely too much on tactics and ignore frontal confrontation, Zhao Kuo is an example.

Born tactical geniuses like Robert and Eddard's eldest son, Robb Stark, are in the minority, and most of Westeros' aristocratic children are just stupid boys with a full head, who treat war as a romantic game, thinking that they can return with glory and victory with a swing of their swords.

Of course, if you can reach the realm of "Barristan the Fearless" by playing Chong Chong Chong, then he is not a stupid boy, after all, Chong Chong Chong still has a life, which is a great thing in itself.

The story of the Battle of Midsummer Hall was spread to be "three battles a day, every battle was won", and Robert became the "big star" of Westeros, and the news of his victory spread like a gust of wind across the continent of Westeros.

Of course, the reader knows the specifics of this war, but it is clear that the story is exaggerated to an astonishing extent in the mouth of the bard.

Count Orlando Cavron, of course, would not admit that he had broken into the trap set by Robert like a "stupid spor", and that he had already been taken prisoner before the war even began, and then immediately and decisively became a traitor for his own life and territory.

This is how he described the war, he was the first to arrive at the Summer Hall with his troops, and then met Robert's army, he "bravely" rushed to the front line, his soldiers fought Robert tenaciously, but in the end they were outnumbered, defeated by the strong, fearless, heroic Robert and his army. Then Robert vividly explained to them the cruelty of the "mad king" who was angry with the gods and gods, and after hearing this, they repented and resolutely decided to abandon the darkness and join Robert's glorious and righteous cause.

As for Count Grandson, who is clearly in tune with his "father-in-law", he is a step late in his depiction, Count Cavolon's army has been defeated by Robert Baratheon, he bravely rushes to help his allies against several times the enemy, and then, like Count Cavron, he finally "wakes up" and "turns from darkness to light".

"Silver Axe" is also not very clear about the situation of the two of them, he even thought that they had secretly contacted Robert before the war, in fact, even if he knew, I am afraid that he would not be nosy, since they are all in the same camp now, why bother to pierce their lies and create enemies for themselves? He was much more clever and flexible than his father.

As a result, the Battle of Midsummer Hall became a legend, as if it was an advertisement tailored for Robert alone, for this advertisement, Robert and Han Xing were a hundred satisfied, and they were even more happy to see those nobles boast of their "brilliant achievements", because they all knew that the stronger the enemy, the stronger the person who defeated them, and there was never too much good reputation!

The benefits of a good reputation are obvious, Robert returns to Storm's End with the "captives", and those "wallgrass" nobles who were still wavering see Robert's "strength" and decisively choose to join him, which expands Robert's army to as many as 30,000.

Robert's tolerance for those losers has made him unanimously recognized by all the nobles of the Stormlands, after all, if you fight, you will definitely lose, which is why it is popular in the West to redeem prisoners, and the nobles do not want to be determined to win or lose by a war, after all, war is just the material of their boring life, and eating, drinking and having fun is the eternal theme of their lives.

Half a month later, Robert left 2,000 defenders in the hands of Stannis to guard Storm's End, and he himself marched to the direction of High Court to meet Mace Tyrrell's army.