During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a well-known "God of War" who was a military genius of the Jin Kingdom, a top-notch tactician, and an undefeated myth in the Spring and Autumn Period! He was the founder of the Jin Kingdom's "century-old hegemony," an epoch-making master of war art in the history of warfare, and he created a precedent for the "sophistication of soldiers" and the enlightener of Sun Tzu's "sophistication" thinking in the Art of War.
The two wars he commanded, are the pinnacle of the battle with the strongest opponent, his record, no one in the Spring and Autumn Period can surpass, even if Wu Sun Wu, Qi Sima Sui Tho's, the actual record is difficult to match, he is what we want to talk about today, the first god of war in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Xianzhen"!
So, let's take a look at how the god of war "Xianzhen" defeated the strong with the weak, brought the art of war to the extreme, defeated the invincible Chu State that swept through the Central Plains, and pushed Jin Wengong to the throne of the strongest overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period!
As mentioned last time, the god of war "Xianzhen" pioneered, incorporated diplomatic factors into the strategic category, and used deceitful and deceptive diplomatic tactics to successfully provoke the marshal Ziyu of Chu State, so that he could go on an expedition to the Jin State, and the two sides of Jin and Chu joined forces, confronted each other in the air, saber rattling, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.
However, as soon as the armies of the two sides came into contact, Jin Wengong ordered the whole army to retreat 90 miles.
The first is to repay the courtesy of the former King Chu Cheng and occupy the moral high ground;
Second, let the Chu army, which was already a labor division, be exhausted again, and the soldiers complained;
Third, lure the enemy deeper, help him to be arrogant, keep his head in obscurity, and strike later.
Seeing that the Jin army was timid, he personally led the three armies in hot pursuit, and arrived at Chengpu to camp in danger! The army pressed the border and prepared for a decisive battle with the Jin army the next day!
At this time, in the face of the Jin army's camp, the general of the Chu army said to Chu Shuai Ziyu: "Commander, you are invincible in the Central Plains! After 48 battles of all sizes, you have not tasted a single defeat! Your myth of invincibility has made the princes of the Central Plains frightened! You see, this time the Jin army saw that you personally led the army to press the border, and they also fled in the wilderness, retreating again and again, and there was no way to retreat! They also made excuses to say that they were retreating in order to repay the kindness of the King of Chu back then.
The handsome Ziyu of the Chu army, the arrogance was ignited again, and he sneered and said: Heavy ears, rotten wood, hypocrisy to the extreme! Cowardice is cowardice, and he also made up the so-called excuse of repaying gratitude, I think he has a fight with Song Xianggong's stupid hat, after tomorrow, there will be no Jin Kingdom in the world!
The next day, the "Battle of Chengpu" officially began! The two sides set up their positions, and the three armies of the Jin State fought against the three armies of the Chu State! When the two armies came into contact, Xian Zhen gave the order to pinch the soft persimmons first and kill the armies of Chen and Cai on the right flank of the Chu army! So how did they do it?
Xianzhen ordered the army to Zuo Xuchen, with a tiger skin on the body of the war horse, first hit the right wing of the Chu army, Chen Cai's two armies, Chen Cai's horses, saw a group of tigers rushing in the face, frightened to turn around and run wildly, rampage, their own army rushed, scattered, chaotic, trampled on each other, countless casualties, so the right army of Chu was defeated, panicked, embarrassed to flee!
Chu Shuai Ziyu was furious when he saw the rout of the right army, this Chen and Cai are really peaceful and stable, and there are never accidents! Chu Shuai Ziyu was so angry that he vowed to win back a game, and immediately strengthened the offensive against the Jin army, and the general of the Jin State, the fox hair, planned to plan, feigned defeat and retreated, and lured the Chu army to pursue!
Chu Shuai Ziyu really hit the plan, ordered the left army of Chu to chase closely, seeing that the Chu army was chasing, the Luan Zhi of the Jin State used a vehicle to drag the branches and gallop, and it was dusty for a while, and in the process of the pursuit of the Chu army, the line of sight was blocked by the dust, the battle line was elongated, and the flanks were exposed! The marshal of the Jin State took the lead, seeing that the time had come, and ordered the Chinese army to stop the waist and intercept, and the formation of the left army of the Chu State was scattered, and the head and tail did not care about each other, and at the same time the fox feather led the army back and attacked the left army of the Chu State, and the left army of the Chu State suffered from the enemy on its back, and was unable to form an army, and fled in the wilderness.
At this time, the three armies of Chu have lost the left and right wings, and only the Chinese army led by Ziyu himself is difficult to support, Ziyu hurriedly ordered the Chinese army to stop attacking, but it was too late, the three armies of the Jin State had formed a combined encirclement, and the Chinese army of Chu Shuai Ziyu was attacked from three sides, and hurriedly ordered to retreat to his camp.
Unexpectedly, when they were about to retreat to their own camp, the allied forces of Qi and Qin, which were ambushed here early, suddenly killed, and the fleeing Chu army was caught off guard, and suffered a fierce attack, and the Chinese army of Chu was also defeated, and fled in embarrassment in the direction of Chu.
Therefore, after the battle of Chengpu, the Jin State won a complete victory, the Jin and Chu wars, the first battle was a decisive battle, the first battle was decided, the Jin State "hegemony in one war", Jin Wengong became the undisputed Spring and Autumn Period, the "overlord of the world" Chu State north into the Central Plains The pace of the North Plains came to an abrupt end, and was forced to retreat to the area south of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, and the princes of the Central Plains all rushed to hug the thighs of the Jin State.
The Battle of Chengpu under the guidance of the god of war was a turning point in the development of ancient Chinese military thought and a milestone on the road of military development.