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Some readers often ask me, what works should I read in ancient military history to better understand the knowledge in this field? In fact, there are many books in the field of ancient military history, but if you want to select two sets of books, I would recommend you to pay attention to the "General History of China's Military" published by the Military Science Press and the four-volume "Chinese Military History" published by the PLA Press. Of course, there are some errors and controversies in these two sets of books, but being able to discern these problems just reflects that your level is already quite high. As for other works on ancient military history, I recommend avoiding reading them as much as possible. Especially those books that are overhyped on the Internet, such as "History of Chinese Wars in the Past Dynasties" compiled by Taiwan's Three Military University, should not be trusted. This book is said to be the top work in Chinese war history, but in reality, it should be called an "unparalleled" bad work.
However, if you already have some military knowledge, I recommend that you read this book, but treat it with an entertainment mentality. After reading, you will deeply understand why Chiang Kai-shek's 8 million army was finally driven to an island by the People's Liberation Army. Why did the Kuomintang troops often lose battles and constantly suffer defeats. The fact is that their level is so bad that it is no wonder that they have been repeatedly defeated by the PLA without any improvement, because they are not capable of summing up experience and lessons, nor have they reached this level, and they have not been able to deeply analyze the war situation. My assessment is that the book feels like history was made out of thin air, and war is fought by imagination. Next, I will give a few examples to illustrate these points.
First, let's look at the description of the Battle of Baiju during the Warring States period in the History of Chinese Wars. According to the book, during this war, the state of Wu planned to divide the army into two roads, north and south, and the main army was on the southern road, starting from Qian (located in the northeast of present-day Huoshan County, Anhui Province), crossing Qingli Pass and Songzi Pass, crossing the uninhabited area of the dense forests of the mountains, and advancing to the Hanshui area. The northern road consisted of an army that set off by boat from Huaixi and first headed for Caidi. However, there are multiple errors in this narrative. The Wu Jun Southern Road Army mentioned in the book is actually not recorded in historical records, which can be said to be the author's speculation. This is a distinctive feature of the book: making history. In addition, the plan they mentioned that the Southern Route Army of the Wu Army planned to cross the Dabie Mountain and then launch a surprise attack from Kongdao in the mountain, which was simply impossible under the terrain conditions at that time, and did not receive sufficient logistical support. In fact, if the Wu army really wanted to march from the south, they could have chosen the Yangtze River waterway and reached the Han Plain directly by boat, especially since the control of the Yangtze waterway was already in the hands of Wu at that time. However, the author of this book had to let Wu Jun take a very risky walking route, was this putting the army in danger? This once again shows the second characteristic of the book: war relies on imagination.
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