A special contest in the Spring and Autumn Period: the single-handedness of the two sanda masters directly changed the fate of the country

In the spring and autumn warring states period in ancient China, the whole of China was in a situation where the princely states were independent, and these princely states were no longer subject to the Zhou royal family, and often attacked each other for a little selfish interest, the so-called "Spring and Autumn War without righteousness" is the best interpretation. However, the chaotic world produces heroes, and the Spring and Autumn are multi-functional. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many famous generals and wise people emerged, and at the same time, there were many classic battles that have been passed down through the ages. Here to look at a period of war between two small countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, I did not expect that the fate of the two countries was decided by two sanda masters, and the results of their duel directly changed the fate of the country.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a small state called juguo. In 1046 BC, the Ju state was established and destroyed in 431 BC. According to historical records, the State of Ju was the strongest country in Dongyi, Shandong at that time. At the same time, juguo existed for more than 600 years in the Spring and Autumn period, and it is also a country with a story. In 673 AD, after years of efforts, the state of Ju increased the territory of the country a lot, and once had more than 30 cities, the territory was second only to the State of Qi and the State of Lu in shandong.

Juguo was also a place of political refuge in the Spring and Autumn Period, and many nobles near Juguo had taken refuge in Juguo, especially once when Lu people took refuge in Juguo directly caused a war. Lu Guo's father fled to Juguo, and the Lu people made a promise of heavy bribes to demand that Juguo hand over Qingfu. Ju Guo, who was greedy for profits, really handed over Qing Father to Lu Guo, but Lu Guo was only fooling Ju Guo and did not keep his promise afterwards. In the Shandong region, juguo was also considered to be the third most powerful country, so in a fit of rage, there were many wars with the lu state, and the result ended in the defeat of juguo.

It is said that this time, the State of Ju took Juna (also known as WinNa) as the main general to command a large army to attack the State of Lu, and the State of Lu sent his sons and friends to resist, and the great war between the State of Lu and the State of Ju was about to break out. The result was unexpected, what should have been a fierce large-scale war turned into a special war between two Sanda masters to decide the fate of the two countries. The classical masterpiece "Chronicles of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" records the duel between the two at that time: Juna lost to the gongzi friend who played tricks.

As we all know, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, generals usually rode in military vehicles to fight, unlike the military generals in the later Three Kingdoms period who only rode horses to fight. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the duels of military generals were generally two people driving military vehicles to fight each other, but this duel between Juna and Gongziyou was very special. The original text reads: "(Junna) Duoli good fighting", the "fighting" mentioned here refers to the unarmed fighting skills that soldiers must master in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is equivalent to the current Sanda. Juna was a super master of hand-to-hand combat (sanda), and there were few opponents at that time. Gongziyou is also a master of sanda, but he can't beat Juna at all, so he has to rely on tricks to win.

GongziYou flickered at Junna and said, "Jiuwen Gongzi is proficient in sanda, so it is better for the two of us to have a hand-to-hand duel, so as to win or lose the war, so as not to cause too many senseless casualties." Juna agreed, and the two sides began a sanda duel in front of the two armies. Objectively speaking, both of them were fierce generals at that time, but Juna's sanda kung fu was significantly higher than that of Gongziyou, and after the two played 50 rounds, Gongziyou began to gradually lose support. At the critical time, Gongziyou's son woke up Gongziyou with a word.

At this time, Gongziyou's 8-year-old son Xing's father shouted: "Where is Menglao?" The "Sui Liang Chuan · Yuanyuan Year" says: "MengLao, Lu Zhibao Sword also." Jin Gehong's "Baopuzi Boyu" records: "Shen Yun, Meng Lao, Su Chu Zhen to feng." "It can be seen from ancient texts that Menglao is a famous knife in ancient times. It turned out that the monarch of the State of Lu gave the Menglao sword to Gongziyou, who hid the sword around his waist. Now that Gongziyou had the upper hand, after being reminded by his son, he took the opportunity to pull Out Meng Lao from his waist and cut off the unsuspecting Ju with a knife. Objectively speaking, Gongziyou's victory was not glorious, and he relied on sneak attacks to win his opponents.

After Gongziyou beheaded Juna, the Lu army was full of momentum, the entire army of juguo collapsed, and the lu state easily won the war. It can be assumed that if the person who won at that time was Juna, then Juguo would have won. It was a very special war: a large-scale war, but it ended hastily because of the duel between the two Sanda masters; the single challenge of the two Sanda masters directly changed the fate of the country.