This article is the fifth issue of the series of classic wars in Chinese history, "The First Civil War within the Chinese Nation, the Most Critical War for the Unification of the Chinese Nation ~ The Battle of Hanquan, the Second Emperor of Yan and Huang"
This was also the first war within the Huaxia Group recorded in history, and the two sides of the war were a Ji clan that originated in Ji Shui and a Jiang clan that originated from Jiang Shui. According to historical records, these two ethnic groups are both from the Shaodian people, and the distance between Ji and Jiangshui is not far away, both are tributaries of Weishui, which can be described as the same root and origin. Later, both ethnic groups developed to the east and grew in the Henan region, forming the Xuanyuan tribe and the Shennong tribe, the leader of Xuanyuan was called the Yellow Emperor, both had Xiong (now Xinzheng), Shennong first capital Chen (modern Huaiyang), and then after the axe was felled, they entered the Dongyi range of Qufu, called Yandi.
After that, the historical record began to be controversial.
One view is that the Yan and Huang emperors first fought the Battle of Hanquan, and then the Battle of Zhuolu with the great leader of Miao Li, Chi You.
Another view is that the Battle of Zhuolu took place first, killing Chi You, and then the Battle of Hanquan between the two emperors of Yan and Huang for ultimate hegemony.
There is also a view that the Battle of Zhuolu and the Battle of Hanquan were actually a war, in which the Yellow Emperor was one of the battles, while the other side was actually the Yandi who killed the Yandi of the Shennong tribe, changed his name to Yandi, and then fought with the Yellow Emperor.
According to normal logic, it should be the second case, after all, the two tribes of Xuanyuan and Shennong are of the same origin, and they are each other's in-laws, and there are still many big enemies in the surrounding areas without being eliminated, there is no reason not to expand externally and infighting first.
Moreover, history records that the Battle of Hansen was fought very fiercely. "Emperor Yan wants to invade the princes of the tomb, and the princes return to Xuanyuan." "Fighting in the wilderness of Hansen, handsome bears, gangs, wolves, leopards, carpunes, and tigers are the forerunners, and eagles, eagles, eagles, and kites are the banners." "Three battles, and then you have to do what you want." And the Yellow Emperor eventually won, and the Yanhuang tribe merged into one. If the two have already merged into one, then how can there be Yan Emperor who was defeated by Chi You and found an alliance with the Yellow Emperor.
Note: The above quotes are from "Lü's Spring and Autumn Dangbing", "Liezi Huangdi", "Daili Wudide", "Shiji Wudi Benji"
The third feeling should be half-truth. After all, if Chi You is the Yan Emperor, and the Battle of Hanquan is the Battle of Zhuolu, I am afraid that future generations will not be called the Yanhuang tribe after killing Chi You. But Shennong occupied the land of Axe Sui called the Yan Emperor, and Chi You occupied the land of Axe Sui after defeating the Yan Emperor, and also called himself a Yan Emperor It is estimated that there is also this possibility, and finally the Shennong tribe Yan Emperor and the Xuanyuan tribe Yellow Emperor allied to defeat the self-proclaimed Yan Emperor, and finally in the process of dividing up the territory of Qianyou, there was a conflict of interest, and then fought the Battle of Hanquan, and finally the Yellow Emperor won, and the Yan Emperor recognized the leadership of the Yellow Emperor after the defeat, and the Yellow Emperor could not completely integrate the Yan Emperor's tribe, so he retained the corresponding rights of the Yandi tribe, A large tribal confederation of the Yanhuang dualist system was formed, similar to the dual empire formed by Austria and Hungary in later generations. It is more logical and historical.
Reading history can be used to know the prosperous, reasonable, and people's hearts. This is the fifth issue of the Chinese classic war series, interested friends can pay attention to it.