The iron horse raid, the classic example of turning the tide of the war, the Battle of The Eastern and Western Wei Shayuan

In the era of cold weapons in history, there are many factors that turn the tide of war, but the first appearance of the iron horse has turned the tide of battle, which has since made the cavalry officially enter the ancient Chinese battlefield, and the heavy cavalry that is strong and sharp and destroyed and decayed has officially entered the war, and the Mulan in "Mulan Poem" is such a knight, from the beginning of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there have been armored cavalry on the battlefield, and the chariot has officially withdrawn from the stage of history.

Then, the iron horse raid that the editor of this article wants to talk about, the classic example of turning the tide of war, the Battle of East and West Wei Shayuan is like this. In October of the fourth year of the Eastern Wei Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in the autumn of 537 AD, the founding emperor of northern Qi, Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan (then a minister of Eastern Wei), led an army of more than 200,000 troops to march to the Shayuan area at the bend of the Wei River to meet the Western Wei army commanded by yuwen Tai, the founding emperor of the newly established Western Wei. From the perspective of gao huan, the opposite side is only more than 3,000 to 4,000 old and weak soldiers led by Yuwen Tai, and the balance of victory in a big war seems to have been tilted towards the Eastern Wei army, and the victory or defeat has become a foregone conclusion.

At that time, the Western Wei Dynasty had just experienced a great famine and its national strength was extremely scarce. Emperor Yuwentai's army was still less than 10,000 people, and only enough food was prepared for 3 days, but Yuwentai still tried his best to defy the public opinion, led his army to advance, and crossed the Wei River with light cavalry to the Shayuan area on the north bank, only 60 miles away from Gao Huan's army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. At this time, Western Wei Yuwen Tai took Li Bi's plan, lined up in Weiqu, and ordered his soldiers to hide their weapons in the reeds, waiting for his order to hear the sound of drums.

Therefore, under the order of Gao Huan, the commander of the Eastern Wei dynasty, the army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty crossed the Wei River beach and rushed to the other side of the Wei River. The generals of Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty saw that their opponents were weak and weak, and they rushed to rush forward to grab the merits, and the formation gradually became chaotic.

At the same time, in the reeds on the other side of the Wei River, a cavalry (iron cavalry) suddenly appeared like a magic. Although there were only more than 60 horses, the men wore heavy armor and horse armor, and under the leadership of a fierce general, they directly attacked the Eastern Wei army with a thunderous momentum. In the confusion, the Eastern Wei infantry led by Gao Huan was caught off guard, not knowing how many iron horses the Western Wei had, and the Eastern Wei infantry scattered and fled for their lives, and soon the army was pierced through a gap. Immediately after that, more Western Wei troops emerged from the reeds on the Wei River, and under the command of Western Wei Yuwen tai, they crushed the originally superior Eastern Wei army led by Gao Huan.

This war, in the Northern History, Volume IX, Zhou Benji, records: "Hongnong built the city of Pu Zhixun, Shayuan has the victory of Kunyang, takes the power of Dingba, and takes the weak as the strong." (The feats of the Battle of Xiaoguan are comparable to the Battle of Chengpu, and the great victory of the Battle of Shayuan is comparable to the Battle of Kunyang)". In the Duyi Zhi, it is recorded as follows: "When Emperor Shenwu led Le and more than 100,000 other people to fight yuwen in Shayuan. Shi Le drank, took the drunk deep, was stabbed out of the liver, inexhaustible, cut it off, and re-entered the war. The guards were defeated, and more than 30,000 people were killed." It means that "in October of the fourth year of the Balance of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (537), Gao Huan, the Eastern Wei chancellor, was defeated by Yixue Xiaoguan (in present-day Tongguan, Shaanxi Province) and personally led more than 200,000 troops to Pujin (in present-day Yongji County, Shanxi Province) to attack the Western Wei Dynasty, with the intention of avenging Dou Tai. In October, he entered Xu Yuan, south of Luoshui, and threatened Chang'an. Xiang Gao Huan sent the Eastern Wei soldiers to the end, seeing that the Western Wei soldiers were few and short, so the soldiers and horses were light enemies, and the Western Wei Gaozu Yuwentai immediately ordered an attack, the ambush troops suddenly rose, and rushed to kill, the Eastern Wei army was in chaos, 80,000 soldiers were lost, 180,000 armored soldiers were abandoned, and Gao Huan only led a few horses to escape. ”

In this battle of Shayuan can only be blamed, the key to turning the tide of the war is the iron cavalry army of Western Wei Yuwentai, which is the elite army of China's Southern and Northern Dynasties, and everyone and horse are wearing heavy armor "armor riding equipment". These heavy cavalry were the key factors that determined the outcome of the war at that time, the key to turning the tide of the war, and since then, the iron horse has become a regular visitor to the ancient military battlefield.

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