Whether Liu Bowen is a person who is an all-round person in civil and military affairs is not supported by a clear statement, but according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", Liu Bowen was very intelligent when he was young, and even Zhu Yuanzhang admired the reputation of him and Song Lian and others, and specially hired him as a plan:

Ji Youying is different, and his teacher Zheng Fuchu said that his father said: "Jun Zu is virtuous, this son will be the door of the king." "Yuan to Shun, lifting Jinshi, except for Gao Ancheng, there is a straightforward voice. Excuse yourself, thank you. He was promoted as the deputy of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was derelict in imperial history, which was blocked by the ministers of Taiwan, and then surrendered for impeachment. Ji Botong has a history of scriptures, and he has a glimpse of everything in the book, especially the study of the weft. Zhao Tianze of Xishu talked about Jiangzuo characters, and he was the first to be called Ji, thinking that Zhuge Kong Ming was also.

Fang Guozhen started the sea, plundered the counties and counties, and there was no division to control. The restoration of the province was based on the marshal's palace. The foundation was to build the cities of Qingyuan to force the thieves, and the country was depressed. and Timur in Zuo Cheng Tili summoned Guozhen, and the Fang brothers were the first to be in chaos, and they were not punished without punishment. The country is afraid of it, and it is a generous bribe. Basis is not subject to. Guozhen is the one who makes people float to Beijing and bribes people. Then he appeased Guozhen, awarded an official, and blamed the foundation for Weifu and custody of Shaoxing, and the Fang family became more and more arrogant. Died, the mountain robbers swarmed, the province restored the base and arrested, and the court sentenced Shi Moyi Sun to guard the state. After a strategy, Li Guofeng made his merits, and the ruling party was suppressed by the Fang family, and the governor's office was awarded a judgment, not with the military. Ji then abandoned the official and returned to Qingtian, and wrote "Yu Ion" to see the ambition. When the people who avoided the Fang clan fought for the base, the base was slightly deployed, and Kou did not dare to commit it.

It is Taizu under Jinhua, Dingkuo Cang, Wenji and Song Lian and other names, hired in currency. The foundation did not respond, and the chief system Sun Yan sent another letter to invite him, and the foundation was published. Even then, Chen Shiwu has eighteen strategies. Taizu was overjoyed, and the building of the Rite and Xian Pavilion was based on the foundation, etc., and the favor was even.

At the beginning, Taizu called Han Lin'er the queen of the Song Dynasty and served him from afar. At the beginning of the year, Zhongshu Province set up a throne to salute, and Ji Du did not worship, saying: "Mu Er, what is the dedication!" Because I saw Taizu, Chen Tian's destiny was located. Taizu asked for a plan, and Ji said: "Shicheng is self-guarded, and there is no need to worry." Under the threat of the robber, the name is not right, the land is upper, and his heart is forgetful of himself, so it is advisable to plan it first. Chen's extinction, Zhang's loneliness, can be determined in one fell swoop. Then go north to the Central Plains, and Wang Ye can become a success. Taizu Dayue said: "Mr. has a plan, don't hesitate to say everything." "Will Chen Youliang fall into the peace, seek to go east, the situation is very strong, the generals or negotiate to surrender, or discuss to run according to Zhongshan, the base is silent. Taizu summoned in, and Ji Fen said: "The Lord descends and runs, but you can also cut it." Taizu said: "Mr. Ji An?" Ji said: "The thief is arrogant, wait for it to go deeper, and the ambush soldiers invite him to take it, Yi Er." The one who lifts the way of heaven wins, and takes the power to control the enemy to become the king's business, and in this move. "Taizu used his strategy to lure friends to forgive, break it, and reward the enemy with a reward. Fundamentals. The friendly soldiers returned to Anqing, and Taizu wanted to ask for it himself. Ji Lizan, then sent out to attack Anqing. Since the end of the day, the base invited to Jiangzhou, smashed friends and forgave the nest, and then learned that the army went west. Friendship was unexpected, the handsome wife ran to Wuchang, and Jiangzhou surrendered. Its dragon Xingshou will Hu Mei send his son to pass the money, please do not scatter his subordinates. Taizu has a difficult color. Ji from behind the beard bed. Taizu Wu, Xu Zhi. The United States fell, and all the counties of Jiangxi fell.

Ji lost his mother, and he didn't dare to say anything about the soldiers, so he asked for a burial. The Miao army rebelled, killed Jin, guarded the generals Hu Dahai, Geng Zaicheng, etc., and shook eastern Zhejiang. Ji Zhiqu, in order to guard the general Xia Yi to settle the subordinate towns, and revert to Pingzhang Shao Rong and others to seek to restore the state, and the chaos was decided. The national treasure is afraid of the base, and the book is condoled. The basic answer book, declaring Taizu Weide, the national treasure then paid tribute. Taizu counted the book as a home visit to military affairs, and the basic article replied that it was appropriate. Looking for Beijing, Taizu Fang personally aided Anfeng. Ji said: "Han and Wu are waiting for the gap, and they can't be moved." "Don't listen. Friendship and forgiveness, take the time to surround the Hongdu. Taizu said: "If you don't listen to the king's words, you will miss a few mistakes." Then he will save Hongdu, and fight Poyang Butterfly with friendship, dozens of times a day. Taizu sat on the Hu bed to supervise the battle, and on the side of the servant, he suddenly jumped up and shouted, and Taizu was more interesting. Friendship and forgiveness are overjoyed. And Taizuzhou advanced, and the Han army was disgraced. When the lake held each other, three days unresolved, the base asked to move the army to the mouth of the lake to choke it, with the gold and wood to break the day to win, friendship and death. Later, Taizu took Shicheng, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and then became the emperor's business, slightly like a basic plan.

In the first year of Wu, the base was the Taishi Order, and the "Wushen Great Unification Calendar" was published. In the great drought, please go to jail. That is, the fate base is rehabilitated, and the rain is followed. Legislation is requested to stop indiscriminate killing. Taizu wanted to punish people, but he asked for it, and Taizu said it in a dream. Ji said: "This is the image of winning the land and the people, and it is advisable to stop the sentence and wait." Three days later, Haining fell. Taizu is happy, and he is imprisoned. Worship the Imperial History and Taishi Ling.

Taizu is the emperor's throne, based on the military defense law, the initial state tax grain, depending on the Song Dynasty system mu plus five, but Qingtian's life is not added, said: "Let Bowen Township for the world to talk about beauty." "Emperor Xing Bianliang, Ji and Zuo Cheng are good at living for a long time. The basis is that the Song and Yuan Dynasty have lost the world, and now it is appropriate to Su Jigang. There is no way to avoid the impeachment of the imperial history, and those who have been in the eunuchs and eunuchs have been enlightened by the crown prince, and people are afraid of it. Li Bin, the governor of Zhongshu Province, sat on corruption and indulged in crimes, and his good was hidden, so please suspend his imprisonment. Ji didn't listen, galloped. Reported. Fang prayed for rain, that is, cut it. It is because of the long-term grievances with the good. The emperor returns, and the emperor is under the altar, disrespectful. Those who complain also confess it. will ask for words with drought, and the base play: "The deceased soldiers, their wives are in other camps, and tens of thousands of people are gloomy." The craftsman died, the gizzard was exposed, and the Wu generals and subordinates were all military households, and they were dry and peaceful. "Di Naqi said, it still doesn't rain on the tenth day, and the emperor is angry. Huiji has a wife who is mourned, so he asks to return. When the emperor was in the camp, he was determined to destroy and expand. Ji was on the verge of traveling, and said: "Although Fengyang is the emperor's township, it is not the capital of the city. Wang Baobao is not light. "It has been decided that the west will be defeated, and the expansion will go to the desert, and it will be a border trouble. In the winter, the emperor edicted the Emperor to Xuji Xunhua, summoned to Beijing, gave a very generous gift, and posthumously presented the ancestor and father of Yongjia County. Tired to enter the base, the foundation is not acceptable.

At the beginning, Taizu blamed Prime Minister Li Shanchang for his affairs, and said: "Good and old, can reconcile the generals." Taizu said: "It is a place where you want to harm the king, and the king is the place for you. Keaton said, "It is like a pillar, and it must be a big tree." If you bundle small trees for it, and cover them upright. "And the good, the emperor wants to be Yang Xian. Xiansu is good, and the base is indispensable, saying: "The constitution has a phase, but there is no phase." The husband and the prime minister hold their hearts like water, and weigh righteousness and reason, and those who have nothing to do with themselves are not. The emperor asked Wang Guangyang and said: "This shallow is worse than the constitution." He asked Hu Weiyong again, and said: "For example, I am afraid of it." The emperor said: "My appearance is honest and unreasonable." Ji said: "The ministers are too evil, and they can't bear the drama, so they are lonely for it." There is no talent in the world, but the Lord carefully asks for it, and at present, everyone has not seen it. "Houxian, Guangyang, and Wei Yong are all defeated.

(The Military Guard Law and the Guard System are not the same, although there is a certain relationship between the two, but it is more likely that Liu Bowen's Military Guard Law became an important key to improving the Guard System, and gave birth to the Ming Dynasty's Guard System.) ）

It can be seen from the above records that Liu Bowen did not have a clear record of commanding the troops. Perhaps in terms of strategy, Liu Bowen can be said to be one of the important personnel in the establishment of the Ming Empire, but his achievements in military operations are not obvious.

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"Battles and Battles: Campaign":

Whoever fights the enemy, it is necessary to select brave generals and elite soldiers, organize them and make them serve as vanguards. In this way, one can strengthen the fighting spirit of our army, and the other can frustrate the enemy's prestige. As the Art of War says: "If you do not have the courage to serve as the vanguard of the war, you will be defeated." ”

In the twelfth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Shanggu County and lured Wuhuan soldiers into the border fortress many times. Cao Cao led his troops to conquer, and in May of the summer of the same year, the troops advanced to the end. In the autumn of July, when the floods made the coastal roads impassable, Cao Pengtianchou, the commander of the army, asked to be his guide, and Cao Cao agreed, so he led his army out of Lulongsai. The road outside the plug is not open because of the flood, so the mountain fills the valley for more than 500 miles, passes through the white sandalwood, the calendar is flat, passes the territory of the Xianbei tribe, and goes straight to the east to Liucheng. When it was two hundred miles away from Liucheng, the enemy discovered the arrival of Cao's army. Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Wuhuan Shan Yu Dun, as well as Liaoxi Shan Yu Louban, Youbei Ping Shan Yu Nengchen and others, led tens of thousands of cavalry to meet the Cao army. In August, when Cao Cao led his army to climb the White Wolf Mountain, he suddenly encountered the enemy. The enemy army had a large number of troops, and Cao Cao's army was left behind because of his baggage, and there were very few people wearing armor, so the people around Cao Cao were very afraid. Cao Cao climbed to a high place to observe the enemy's situation, and found that the enemy's formation was disordered, so he waved his army to attack, and sent the fierce general Zhang Liao as the vanguard to take the lead, and as a result, the enemy army was defeated, and many people below the famous leader were killed, and more than 200,000 people from Hu and Han were surrendered.

"Hundred Battles: Foot Battle":

When fighting with infantry against enemy chariots and cavalry, they must rely on hills, dangerous passes, or wooded terrain to achieve victory. If you encounter open and dangerous terrain, you must use the horse repellent to form a phalanx, place the infantry in the formation, and then divide the cavalry and infantry into garrisons and battle teams to alternately defend them. When the team is stationed in battle, the team plays, and when the team is in battle, the team is stationed. When the enemy attacks us on one side, I will attack the attacking enemy from both flanks, and when the enemy attacks me on both sides, I will divide my forces and attack him behind the enemy, and when the enemy attacks me on all sides, I will form a circle and divide my forces to fight him on all sides. If the enemy is defeated, I will immediately pursue him with cavalry, and now the infantry will follow, which is the winning tactic of infantry against the enemy's chariot cavalry. As the Art of War says: "When the infantry fights with the chariots and cavalry, they must be arrayed according to the hills and dangerous terrain, and if there is no danger and can be used, let our soldiers make marching horses and thistles as barriers." ”

"The History of the Old Five Dynasties" records: When Zhou Dewei, the general of the Jin King Li Cunxuan, served as the envoy of the Lulong Festival, he lost the dangerous pass of Yuguan because of his courage to underestimate the enemy and relax his border preparations. As a result, the Khitans were able to go south to graze between Yingzhou and Pingzhou, and took advantage of the gap to capture Xinzhou, and Zhou Dewei led his troops to recapture Weike and returned to Youzhou City. The Khitan soldiers took advantage of the victory to besiege Youzhou for 200 days, forcing the city into a dangerous situation. After the Jin general Li Siyuan received this news, he asked Li Cunxian and other generals to lead 70,000 infantry cavalry to join the army in Yizhou, preparing to rescue Zhou Dewei in distress. They went north from Yizhou, crossed the Dafang Ridge, and headed east along the mountain stream. When they entered the mountain pass, the Khitan intercepted with 10,000 cavalry, and the soldiers of the Jin army were frightened; Li Siyuan led a hundred cavalry to advance first, he took off his helmet and raised his horse whip high, and reprimanded the enemy in Khitan language: "You have invaded our territory for no reason, and the King of Jin ordered me to lead a million cavalry to smash your nest in Xilou and destroy your Khitan race!" After speaking, he immediately jumped on his horse and fought, rushed into the enemy formation three times, and killed a Khitan chief.

The follow-up troops of the Jin army took advantage of the momentum and marched together, and the Khitan soldiers were defeated and retreated, so that the Jin army was able to cross the mountain pass and march towards Youzhou. Li Cunxun ordered the infantry to cut down trees and set up antler formations, each holding a branch to form a camp. When the Khitan soldiers passed around the village, thousands of arrows were fired in the village, and the arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the Khitan people and horses who were killed and wounded by the arrows blocked the road. When the Jin army was about to enter Youzhou, the Khitan troops lined up and waited for it. Cun Xun deployed the infantry behind the enemy and ordered them not to move first, and ordered some old and weak soldiers to drag tree branches and light firewood and grass to advance, and suddenly the smoke and dust filled the air, so that the Khitan soldiers could not predict the number of Jin troops. The Jin army took the opportunity to beat drums and fight, and after Li Cunxian hurriedly approached the enemy's formation, he personally led the infantry deployed there in advance to launch a surprise attack, and the Khitan army was defeated, and its leader swept the rest of the people and fled north from the North Mountain Pass. In this battle, the Jin army captured tens of thousands of Khitan troops, and the siege of Youzhou was lifted.

"Hundred Battles: Cavalry Battle":

When the cavalry fought against the infantry, if they encountered the terrain of dangerous mountains and forests, swamps and water networks, they had to leave this place quickly. Because this is an unfavorable terrain that is not conducive to cavalry warfare and is prone to defeat, it is not permissible to engage the enemy in such an area. If you want to engage the enemy, you must choose an open and flat area, so that you can advance and retreat freely, and the battle will be won. As the Art of War says, "To fight in an open and flat area, you must use cavalry units." ”

"The History of the New Five Dynasties" records: Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, led his troops to rescue Wang Rong, the king of Zhao, confronted the Later Liang army at a place five miles away from Baixiang, and camped in the north of the Yehe River. At that time, the Jin army had few soldiers, and although the Liang general Wang Jingren led many troops, there were also few elite troops. The Jin army was a little timid when he saw that there were many soldiers on the other side, and the Jin general Zhou Dewei encouraged the troops in response to this situation, saying: "These people in the Liang army are just a rabble temporarily hired from the Biansong region!" But when Dewei returned to the tent and reported to the king of Jin, he said: "The Liang army is relatively elite, and it should not be fought against it immediately, but should retreat a little back to wait for a favorable opportunity." Jin Xia said: "I led a lone army to come thousands of miles, which is conducive to a quick battle." Now, if we don't take advantage of the situation and attack it quickly, once the enemy finds out the strength of our army, we will have nothing to do. Dulwich retorted: "That's not the case. The army of King Zhao was good at defending the city but not at field warfare. The favorable condition for our army to win lies in the cavalry, and only when fighting in the plains and wilderness can it give full play to its characteristics of rapid mobility and fierce assault. Now our army is camped by the river, near the enemy's camp gate, and this is not a place to give full play to the strengths of our army!"

When the king of Jin heard this, he was very unhappy, and when he returned to the tent, he rested in bed. When the generals saw this, none of them dared to enter the account and ask for an audience. Zhou Dewei had no choice but to say to the prison guard Zhang Chengye: "King Jin is angry with me. I do not advocate a quick victory, not because I am afraid of the enemy and cowardly, but mainly because our army is small and close to the enemy's camp gate, and we rely on it only by a river of water. If the Liang army had been able to cross the river on a raft, none of us would have survived. In this case, it is better to retreat to the town to lure the enemy out of the stronghold, harass them and exhaust them, and then use stratagem to defeat it. After hearing this, Chengye immediately went to the king of Jin and said: "Dewei is a veteran and knows how to use soldiers to fight. I hope you don't ignore his assertions. When the King of Jin heard this, he suddenly sat up and said, "I'm thinking about this." Soon after, Dulwich captured the patrolman of Houliang and asked him what Wang Jingren was doing now, and he replied, "Hundreds of ships have been built to build pontoon bridges to cross the river." Dulwich then went with the Liang soldiers to meet the King of Jin. King Jin smiled and said, "Sure enough, it's as you expected." Then he ordered the army to retreat to Shanyi.

Zhou Dewei sent 300 cavalry to Liang Ying to challenge in the early morning, and he himself led 3,000 elite soldiers to follow. Seeing this, the Liang general Wang Jingren was furious, so he ordered all the Liang troops to attack, and fought with Zhou Dewei's troops for dozens of miles, entering the south of Shanyi, and both sides lined up for a decisive battle. The Liang army relied on a large number of soldiers, and the horizontal array was six or seven miles long. At this time, the king of Jin rode his horse to a high place to observe the enemy's formation, and said with joy: "The grass in the plain here is low, which is convenient for both advancing and retreating, and it is really a good place for us to defeat the enemy." So he sent someone to tell Dulwich, "I will be your vanguard, and you can follow suit." Dewei dissuaded: "The Liang army has come to fight with me lightly, and since they have come so quickly, they must not have time to carry dry food, and even if they can bring dry food, they will not have time to eat." So that before noon they will be hungry and hungry, and their armies will retreat. Attack them by taking advantage of their retreat, and you will surely be victorious. At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the Liang army's position was full of smoke and dust due to the retreat of men and horses, and Dulwich took the opportunity to beat drums and shout and launch a fierce attack, resulting in a great defeat of the Liang army.