As one of the famous birthplaces of civilization, China is home to countless cultural treasures. This is a precious treasure that our ancestors put into great efforts for us. Militarily, the art of war in Sun Tzu's Art of War is considered to be the earliest military work in the world. It has been translated into many languages and widely circulated abroad. This is the most direct document for studying the military strategies of the ancients at that time. The war was still in the Cold War period, and large knives and spears were the main means of war. Unlike today, wars relied primarily on advanced weapons and intelligence work.
At that time, people did not have high-tech equipment like missiles, but more manual combat with real knives and guns. This tragic war environment gave birth to a large number of military divisions. With their outstanding wisdom, they have left many legends in history.
The Han Dynasty was a very powerful dynasty in Chinese history. Liu Bang, the founder of the dynasty, gradually struggled from a small man to the ruler of the empire. In addition to his brilliant talents, a group of people with lofty ideals gathered around him. Han Xin was one of the most powerful generals.
As Liu Bang's right-hand man, Han Xin laid a large area of jiangshan for Liu Bang. Han Xin seems to be a genius in the military. Whether it was wit or force, few people in the early Han Dynasty could compete with him. Han Xin's army was feared by its opponents and was generally out of the blue. He was often surprisingly successful. At that time, Han Xin's name seemed to be more intimidating than Liu Bang's name.
Han Xin has many stories. The most famous is the Battle of the Backwaters. He once said that when people are fighting, if they are cut off from the back road, there are only two reactions. Either heroic or jedi counterattack, in which case the warrior will explode several times more powerful.
Han Xin once led a famous battle with a small number of winners. At that time, Han Xin led tens of thousands of people to fight. His opponent, King Zhao, had more than 200,000 elite troops. There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides. Moreover, Han Xin had been exhausted for a long time along the way. Even in Han Xin's army, there were many temporary recruits, weak and disabled.
On the contrary, King Zhao deployed in advance and waited for Han Xin to come over, and in such a huge gap in strength, Han Xin was actually able to win, which was simply a textbook-level battle.
Ten thousand versus 200,000, a situation that many people consider unmatched. King Zhao was also arrogant. He thinks his army can devour thousands of people in the region by spitting. He ignored his subordinates' suggestion to destroy Han Xin's granary. In his opinion, this is just a superfluous move.
Direct short engagement is enough, and head-to-head confrontation will also be won. Han Xin would definitely also guard the granary with heavy troops. After Han Xin also learned that King Zhao had not accepted his subordinates' advice to cut off his way back, Han Xin began his new deployment. First, he sent more than 2,000 elite soldiers to the rear of King Zhao's camp and planted Han flags there. Second, Han Xin exerted his strength as a clever tongue and gave a generous and enthusiastic lesson, so that all the soldiers under his command were full of fighting spirit, as if they were not fighting with 200,000 people, but only thought that the opposite side was just a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
Later, the Han army formed a battle formation and waited for the enemy. If King Zhao's legions were justified in uniting and trying to break the battle, Han Xin would be defeated. But the morale of Han Xin's soldiers terrified King Zhao's army. As they retreated, they saw all the Han flags behind them and thought they were surrounded on all sides, and they panicked even more and fled in all directions.
In this way, Hanshin won the victory with his excellent wisdom and strategy. He clearly grasped the mentality of the armies facing each other and put pressure on King Zhao. Seemingly simple facts are not easy to achieve. Moreover, it is more difficult to carry out in a situation that is lagging behind in all aspects.
This battle led to Han Xin's conquest of the gods, after which the enemy was afraid to duel with him. Such wizards could not escape the struggle for power in the end, and finally died of desolation.