China's history has a long history, and the history of war in ancient China is even more magnificent. All kinds of military ideologies are contending with each other, the commanders and generals of the past generations are shining brightly, and the major classic battles are shining together, and today I will discuss with you several famous battles in Chinese history in which less wins more.
1. The Battle of Makino
Time: 11th century BC
Warring party: Zhou Dynasty - Shang Dynasty
The strength of the Zhou army and its tribal alliance was 20,000 ---- the Shang Dynasty army was 700,000
The result: The Shang army turned against the enemy, 180,000 people were killed, 330,000 people were captured, the capital fell, and the king of Lu set himself on fire.
Editor's note: This war is a long time old, lack of historical support, and the number of people who participated in the war and the number of deaths I think is very watery!
Battle of Pengcheng
Time: 205 BC
Warring parties: Western Chu - the combined forces of the princes
The strength of the battle: 30,000 ---- xiangyu Chu army---- 560,000 allied forces of Liu Bang and other princes
The result: Liu Bangjun was defeated, the anti-Chu alliance broke down, and the princes turned their backs on Han to Chu.
Editor's note: This battle was another brilliant victory after Xiang Yu was enshrined as a god, and completely laid the foundation for Xiang Yu's status as a god of war.
3. The Battle of Kunyang
Time: 23 AD
Warring sides: Green Forest Army---- New Dynasty Government Army
The strength of the battle: Liu Xiu's green forest army was 19,000 ---- Wang Yi's new army was 430,000
The result: the Green Forest Army lost more than 2,000 people, and the New Army lost more than 400,000
Editor's note: Liu Xiu had courage and strategy in this battle and gradually stepped into the main leadership position of the Green Forest Army after this war, laying the foundation for Guangwu Zhongxing.
4. The Battle of Chibi
Time: 208 AD
Warring sides: Cao Cao---- Sun Quan, Liu Bei
The strength of the battle: 200,000 Cao army (known as 800,000) ---- Sun Liu's army 50,000
Result: More than half of Cao's army was killed, and the losses of Sun Liu's coalition forces were unknown
Editor's note: After this battle, the Cao army lost its unified advantage, and the situation of the three kingdoms gradually took shape.
5. The Battle of Shuishui
Time: 383 AD
Warring sides: Former Qin ---- Eastern Jin Dynasty
The strength of the battle: 870,000 Former Qin troops - 80,000 Xie'an troops in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
The result: The Former Qin army suffered a crushing defeat and numerous casualties, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty won a complete victory.
Editor's Note: A strategic offensive by Emperor Jianjian to unify China was defeated due to the complex factions within the Former Qin Army and the prominent ethnic contradictions in the army, which continued the division of China for more than 200 years. And gave birth to the idiom "wind and crane".
6. The Battle of Dagang
Time: 1115 AD
Warring sides: Jin Army - Liao Army
The strength of the battle: 20,000 jin army of The Completed Yan A bone - 700,000 of the Yelü Yanxi Liao army
The result: the Liao army collapsed, the dead were countless, and the Jin army won a great victory
Editor's Note: A strategic decisive battle in the rise of the Jin Dynasty differs from previous battles in that it was the field battle with the largest disparity in the strength of the belligerents in Chinese history. (Since the Jin and Liao dynasties failed to unify China, and belonged to the minority regime, coupled with incomplete historical data, the troops participating in the war should have water.)
7. The Battle of the Baigou River
Time: 1400 AD
Warring sides: King Jing of Yan – Ming Dynasty government army
The strength of the battle: 200,000 Zhu Di's army - 600,000 Li Jinglong's Ming army
Result: The Ming army lost more than 100,000 troops and the army collapsed, and the losses of Zhu Di's army are unknown
Editor's note: After this battle, Emperor Jianwen was no longer able to organize a large-scale conquest, and Zhu Di turned to defense and attack. Laying the foundation for entering Nanjing to gain national power.
VIII. The Battle of Salhu
Time: 1619 AD
Warring sides: Hou Jin Army - Ming Army
Combat strength: 110,000 Ming troops (including Lee Korean soldiers and Jurchen Yehe soldiers) - Nurhaci Jin army 60,000
Result: The main force of the Ming army was annihilated, the generals who participated in the battle lost more than 300 people, the weapons and horses suffered heavy losses, and the Later Jin army was unknown.
Editor's note: After the war, the Ming army began to lose the initiative in the Liaodong battlefield, and after this battle, Jin gradually captured the cities of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, and slowly gained the strength to compete for the world in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
These eight major battles are based not only on the military strength of the two sides, but also on the comparison of the comprehensive strength of the two sides participating in the war, not only with less to win more, but to win the weak over the strong, and many well-known battle examples that are well known to everyone are not in this range by this standard!