Mine would be a bit of a personal hero.
Oliver Cromwell.
The man rose from tennant farmer going through a midlife crisis to ruling his country with the most dangerous army in the world at the time.
He never lost a single battle he was in command - he conquered Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales in the space of a couple of years - any rebellions were brief and easily crushed while he was lord protector.
He had the most rigorously trained and well equipped army of his day.
While he was in charge the Dutch were defeated and both Spain and France were pitching woo to England to form alliances (these fell apart shortly after his death)
During the civil war he defeated every royalist army placed in front of him despite being outnumbered 3-1 at Marston Moor.
During one siege where he was outnumbered and food was running low he decided enough was enough and charged out of the city and quickly put the attackers to flight.
He could be cruel but he could be brilliant but more importantly he had that amazing talent the best generals do - he won while keeping as many of his men alive as possible.
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