As early as the Paleolithic Age, violent activities have become an indispensable part of human society, and with the passage of time, individual force has become insufficient, collective force has become one of the guarantees for the survival of the entire ethnic group, and eventually with the establishment of the early state and into the army, by the early Tang Yu early summer era, the army of the Central Plains regime has become the most important organ of violence in China's early slave state.
Yin Shang large bronze cymbal.
The Xia Dynasty, the first slave dynasty in the history of our country, was founded by Yu Shun's (Yao Chonghua) successor Dayu (姒文命), after Dayu's death, Dayu's son Qi and Dayu's nominal successor Yi fought, the latter was defeated and fled (said to be killed), and soon Qi defeated the resistance against the princes you in the Battle of Gan, and completely destroyed the latter.
Before the decisive battle with the Aritsuki clan, Kai gave a speech"
sigh! The man of the six things swore an oath to Ru: There is a clan of men who insult the five elements, who have neglected the three righteousnesses, and who have been killed by heaven, and who are now punished by heaven. The left does not attack the left, And Ru does not honor his orders; the right does not attack the right, and Ru does not honor his orders; the imperial is not the righteousness of his horse, and Ru does not honor his orders. With life, reward the ancestors; The Buddha uses his life, kills the society, and gives the sacrifice of Ru. ”
The records in this Shang Shu can be said to be very precious, and they are very precious military historical materials of the pre-Shang era.
chariot.
Kai's first words were "Oh! The man of the six things, swears to Ru "as mentioned above"
The great battle was fought in Gan, and the six secretaries were summoned
It can be seen that the "Six Qings" have a lot to do with the military of the Xia Dynasty. What exactly does the so-called "six secretaries" refer to? In fact, the so-called "Six Qing" is not entirely a military position, in the Zhou Dynasty, the Six Qing was in charge of most of the affairs of the country, and was responsible for the monarch of the Xia Hou clan, in wartime, these great nobles should of course lead the army to the war, so the main component of the Xia army participating in the Battle of Gan should be said to be the xia hou clan monarch's own clan and the clan of other nobles, so the scale of such a war is simply a small witch compared to the Spring and Autumn Warring States period.
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The left does not attack the left, And Ru does not honor his orders; the right does not attack the right, and Ru does not honor his orders; the imperial is not the righteousness of his horse, and Ru does not honor his orders.
"I personally think that this passage is the most important passage in the Gan Oath, which directly illustrates the way the Xia Dynasty (and even the Previous Longshan Era) fought- chariot impact! The left, obviously referring to the left side of the chariot, the right obviously refers to the right side of the chariot, these two are the combat soldiers on both sides of the chariot, one side holds a long weapon, the other side holds a bow and arrow, and the middle of the royal hand is the royal hand, the driver of the chariot, and also the commander of the most basic combat unit of the chariot.
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However, from the perspective of archaeology, the Xia people's weapons at this time are probably still stone or bone weapons, bronze weapons although they have appeared, but still a small number, in terms of the Erlitou site, the arrows are the most bone, the copper arrows and the second phase of the Erlitou site and the second phase of the first three have been found in total, and the copper Ge found two pieces, copper and copper battle axes found one, the rest of the melee practical weapons are made of stone, and many of them have been fragmented when they were excavated. It should be known that the first phase of the Erlitou site is only 3700 to 3800 years old, and the entire site lasts for only two or three hundred years, which is obviously inconsistent with the 471 years of the Xia Dynasty.
That is to say, according to the time calculation, the specific time of the Battle of Gan is likely to be in the late Longshan culture, so it is certain that the main battle weapons at that time were still made of stone, and Xia Qi's army was armed with stone spears and a small number of bronze weapons and bow and arrow chariots. Of course, it is undeniable that the vast majority of the Erlitou site has not been excavated, so the xia dynasty is still mainly speculated about this ancient era.
Stone bone hammer.
I believe that to the surprise of the vast majority of people, although the military technology of the Xia Dynasty was backward compared with the later Bronze Dynasty Shang Dynasty, the frequent and tragic wars of the Xia Dynasty were also ranked in the past.
Yuzhang and Shi Yu: Force and Kingship.
Wine.
After the Battle of Gan, Qi's son Wuguan was convicted and exiled to Xihe, and soon after launched a rebellion, Qi sent Peng Boshou to lead his division to conquer Xihe, and Wuguan was defeated and surrendered. After Qi's death, Taikang succeeded to the throne, and as the government became increasingly chaotic, the imperial court fell into the hands of Yi, and the Xia Dynasty fell into a bloody whirlpool from then on, until Shaokang destroyed the Xia's tyrant Han Hun, and the scuffle finally stopped. Later Xia Hou monarchs constantly waged wars against various parties or retaliated against various factions. The alliance-style state structure of the Xia Dynasty determined that its national stability depended only on the strength of the xiahou clan center, and once it declined, the various factions of princes would inevitably fall into a scuffle of attacking each other, and eventually affect the xiahou clan lord.