Editor's note: In novels, films, television or games, ancient warriors were often able to fight with one enemy and a hundred, and they could retreat freely under the siege of the enemy, such as entering no man's land, and some military generals were even named "ten thousand enemies" and "one hundred people beheaded". However, history is not "Three Kingdoms" after all, what is the truth of the facts? Can ancient warriors fight dozens or hundreds of people by themselves? The "ten thousand enemies" recorded in Chinese history.
On this topic, we must first start with the word "ten thousand enemies" itself. The "Records of History" volume vii "Xiang Yu Benji" contains: When Xiang Was young, he could not learn books, and to learn swords, he did not succeed. ...... Book: "The book is enough to remember the name and surname, the sword is one enemy, not enough to learn, to learn ten thousand enemies." So Xiang Liang was taught the art of war, and he was overjoyed, and he knew a little about his intentions, but he refused to learn it. It can be seen that the so-called "ten thousand enemies" in the "History" does not refer to the bravery and superiority of martial force, but emphasizes the problem of "one enemy with one sword", and only by studying the art of war can we have the posture of ten thousand enemies.
▲The film and television image of Xiang Yu
In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, when Cheng Yu analyzed Sun Liu's problems for Cao Cao, he said bluntly: "Although quan has a plan, it cannot be independent. Liu Has a heroic name, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all enemies of all people, and Quan must be able to use it to protect me." If analyzed in light of the context, this "ten thousand enemies" is by no means referring to personal force, but rather emphasizes the military talents of Guan and Zhang. However, in some later records, the term "ten thousand enemies" has become a word to describe the bravery of military generals to a certain extent. Volume 268 of the History of Ming, "The Biography of Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji, and Huang Degong", says: "Cao Wenzhao and other fierce assets, all of them are called 'ten thousand enemies'", which is to describe his force to pull out the group, but in fact there is no actual situation of one person against ten thousand.
▲The film and television images of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
Is there a "ten thousand enemies" or "a hundred people beheading" in reality? Although some history books use "ten thousand enemies" to promote personal force to pull out the group, is there a "ten thousand enemies" in reality? The reality is harsh. A Japanese variety show once invited three fencers in Japan, Kenta Chida, Awaji Toraku and Miyake, who are known as the "strongest", to compete against 50 "vegetarian" fencers. In this 3vs50 duel, the 3 fencers used flexible positions to intersperse guerrillas through the crowd and quickly gained a great advantage, defeating 41 vegetarians without a single person. However, in the next 3 minutes, the remaining 9 amateur fencers defeated the 3 fencers one by one with only 7 "accounting" for them.
▲ The moment when the last professional fencer, Chida, was defeated
The result was quite unexpected, but it was reasonable. Due to the limits of individual physical strength, high-intensity exercise will eventually make people exhausted, not to mention that high-intensity combat consumes a person's physical strength and energy. Converted to the ancient battlefield, it is basically equivalent to three martial arts masters, unparalleled, killed 41 miscellaneous soldiers who had little training, and then were GIVEN KO by 9 veterans. Some records in the history books may be used as references, as the "Records of History" once recorded that Xiang Yu "was to lead the army to the east, and to the east, there were twenty-eight horses... Xiang Wang Naichi, who beheaded Han Yidu and killed dozens of people... Ordered the riders to dismount on foot and engage with short soldiers. The Han army killed hundreds of people. King Xiang's body was also wounded by more than ten times."
▲ A scene from the movie "Farewell to the Overlord"
We will not discuss whether this achievement is real, but Xiang Yu has at least 3 Japanese fencers at this time: he has a small group of soldiers who can provide him with a small group of soldiers to provide cover to avoid falling into a siege, can save physical strength through the high mobility of horses, wear armor to provide physical protection, and the impact of killing enemy commanders and horses will also bring chaos to the enemy's military.
▲Xiang Yu's mount "Uyama"
However, without these conditions, Xiang Yu's physical strength would have been exhausted long ago; without the protection of armor and the cover of his relatives, it would not be as simple as "being wounded by more than ten times". Although Xiang Yu's number of "hundreds of people" alone may have a lot of moisture, he did not seek escape under the absolute disadvantage, but instead looked for opportunities to counterattack and kill the enemy commander, which undoubtedly showed his courage and ability. Li Cunxiao, a Shatuo man known as the most powerful general of the Later Tang Dynasty, shows us this very well. Li Cunxiao "was strong, he rode and shot, Xiao Yong was the best, often rode as a pioneer, did not try to be defeated; from Emperor Wu to save Chen and Xu, to chase Huang Kou, and to the source of death, every battle was invincible" ("The History of the Old Five Dynasties, vol. 53"), with remarkable achievements. In the "New History of the Five Dynasties", it is recorded: Cun Xiaoyi is good at shooting, his body is heavily armored, his bow is sitting on a hammer, his hand dances iron rafters, he enters and exits the formation, with two horses, he is easy to ride in battle, and he is flying up and down.
Judging from these descriptions, when Li Cunxiao came out of battle, he often wore heavy armor and exchanged two horses at any time to maintain his high mobility, shooting enemy troops with bows and arrows at long distances, and resisting the enemy with long hammers and iron rafters at close range. When Li Cunxiao was ordered to go to Pingding Luzhou to rebel, he "inspired the people to dance first and was defeated in a battle"; when ambushing Sun Yun, "Cun Xiao led three hundred horses to lie down among the west cliffs of his eldest son." He wrapped his coat and marched in support of the multitude, and if his army did not belong to him before and after, he would ride out and attack it, capture and return to Fan, and capture five hundred prisoners, and dedicate them to Taiyuan." (History of the Old Five Dynasties, Vol. 53)
Although the "History of the Old Five Dynasties" declares that Li Cunxiao "stood up and fell into the battlefield, and ten thousand people were easy to overcome", it is not difficult for us to know that although Li Cunxiao had a good personal force, what made him shine in the army was his relatively excellent military qualities. In the several battles in which he participated, Li Cunxiao often took the lead in mobilizing the enthusiasm of his troops and adopting a more flexible strategy against the enemy, rather than blindly rushing to kill under the domination of personal heroism.
Finally, it is still the previous article of the Cold Weapons Research Institute, "All Say that the Horse Hammer is the strongest cold weapon, and Cui Ji used it in "Twelve Hours", why did it still fail? For example, if Cui Qi has a horse, or is as strong as a magic mountain and wears heavier armor, he actually has the opportunity to kill back. In general, it is very unrealistic to demand that a military general be one enemy and one hundred enemies. However, with various conditions, wisdom, and so on, the record of creating a hundred people in front of the battle can still be achieved for some people who are superior in both force and intelligence.
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