Should ancient generals take the lead and take risks?

Unless absolutely necessary, the higher the level of generals, the less they should take risks. There are many accidents on the battlefield. If the main general suddenly encounters an accident, it will have a very adverse impact on the war situation.

Sun Jian, for example, won the battle of Howie, but personally pursued the mountain forest and was shot dead by a dark arrow. If it weren't for Sun Ce's bravery, Sun Shi would have disappeared in the long river of history. But his aggressive personality also influenced his two sons. Sun Ce left his entourage far behind when hunting, which led to being shot by an assassin and eventually died. The same situation almost happened to Sun Quan again. During the Hefei War, he asked the army to return to Li first. He and a few guards generals retreated and were almost killed by Zhang Liao.

For example, Xia personally went to fight the fire and repair antlers in the battle of Dingjun Mountain, and was sent by Huang Zhong to direct the raid, and Xia died. When he learned that Xia was dead, he sighed, "Xia is not good at fighting. The army called him "the general of the white land". As a commander, he should not go into battle in person, let alone repair antlers! "