In the last 5,000 years of Chinese history, there have been countless heroes and heroes since ancient times, and their names have been deeply imprinted in our culture and blood. There are many people who can be called "God of War" in Chinese history, and only three of them are selected in this article. Let's take a look at the battle of the gods of the three famous generals and experience the legends.
A nation has stood for thousands of years, and our blood not only flows with the wonderful hands and benevolence of Hua Tuo and Bian Que, but also flows with the courage and domineering of these famous generals. In no particular order.
1. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu - the battle of Pengcheng
Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. When Xiang Yu was young, he had a shallow taste of reading and swordsmanship, but he had a strong interest in the art of war. Although the research is not deep, its unique insights are impressive. One day, Xiang Yu and his uncle Xiang Liang watched Qin Shi Huang's tour together, looking at the imperial fleet crossing the river, Xiang Yu proudly said: "This person can be replaced." ”
Xiang Liang hurriedly covered his mouth and warned him to be cautious. However, Xiang Yu's height, strength and talent made the young talents of Wuzhong daunting, and Xiang Liang also had a deeper understanding and expectation of his nephew.
After the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang was named the "King of Han" by Xiang Yu and became a prince. But Liu Bang was determined to be in the world, so he recruited several other princes to fight against Xiang Yu.
In 205 BC, while the elite of Chu followed Xiang Yu to attack Qi, Liu Bang led more than 500,000 coalition troops to attack the Chu capital Pengcheng. At that time, Pengcheng only had thousands of old and weak soldiers, and they were about to collapse at the first touch. Liu Bang was very happy after entering Pengcheng, and ordered Fan Hao to capture the surrounding small cities and form a momentum of arch defense, while he spent all day drinking.
Xiang Yu was facing a huge predicament at this time, the Qi State could not be attacked for a long time, and his foundation Chu State was occupied by Liu Bang, and he was about to be swallowed by the front and back attacks.
But Xiang Yu deserves to be called the "overlord", he actually led 30,000 elite cavalry at this time, and rushed thousands of miles against Liu Bang's more than 500,000 troops. If this is changed to someone else, it is basically tantamount to suicide, but he is the overlord of Chu. After Xiang Yu led the army to arrive, he launched an attack on Liu Bang at dawn, Liu Bang never imagined that Xiang Yu would actually attack and kill, and the formation was in chaos, and more than 500,000 coalition troops were defeated by Xiang Yu's 30,000 iron cavalry, and Liu Bang only led more than ten horsemen to escape.
2, Killing the God of Eternity - The Battle of Changping
Bai Qi, "killing gods" through the ages. Bai Qi did not regard the siege of cities and land as the most important goal, but focused on the annihilation of the enemy's living forces. Bai Qi is good at frontal and dead-end attacks, and must strive to completely annihilate the enemy army in every battle. Although the concept of annihilation was not pioneered by Baiqi, he took this tactic to the extreme, leaving many typical and glorious examples in the history of pre-Qin warfare in China.
Bai Qi likes to chase the enemy army until it is completely annihilated, which is fundamentally different from Sun Wu's "Do not chase the poor" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the limited pursuit concept of the Warring States Shang Ying. In addition, Bai Qi's emphasis on field fortifications was also a major feature of his tactics. Bai Qi not only regarded fortification as a means of defense, but also skillfully used it as an aid to the offensive to prevent the enemy from breaking through, and this innovative application played a key role in the Battle of Changping.
The number of troops participating in the Battle of Changping was about 450,000 for Zhao and 600,000 for Qin.
At the beginning, the generals of Zhao were old and honest, and he built barriers and held out. After a long time, the Qin army's spirit was frustrated and there was a shortage of food and grass, and if it dragged on, it could only withdraw the army. But King Zhao was dumbfounded, thinking that Lian Po was passively avoiding the war, and blamed Lian Po several times. King Zhao listened to the rumors and ordered Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po to lead the army. At this time, the king of Qin also secretly replaced Bai Qi to go to the front line to lead the army, and kept it strictly secret.
Bai Qi aimed at Zhao Kuo's weakness of pride and underestimation of the enemy, causing the Qin army to feign defeat and lead the Zhao army out of the strong barrier. Zhao Kuo didn't know what the plan was, so he ordered the Zhao army to take advantage of the victory to pursue and chase until the Qin army. At this time, Bai Qi ordered a force of 20,000 men to penetrate into the rear of the Zhao army and cut off the Zhao army's food route. After the main force of the Zhao army ran out of food for more than 40 days, there was internal chaos, and Zhao Kuo forcibly broke through and was killed by the Qin army's random arrows. As soon as the main general died, the remaining Zhao troops surrendered to Bai Qi. Since then, the vitality of the Zhao State has been greatly damaged, and he is no longer able to confront the Qin State.
3, Emperor Wu plug-in - the battle of Mobei
In the glorious history of the Western Han Dynasty, Huo Quzhi's name was like a bright star, illuminating that era. As the aunt and nephew of Empress Wei Zifu of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing shouldered the glory and expectations of the family. Huo Qubing showed extraordinary riding and archery talent since he was a child, and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and soon became a close servant of the emperor.
At the age of 17, Huo Qubing was appointed as the captain of Ticket Yao, and followed General Wei Qing to conquer Monan to fight against the Xiongnu. In that battle, Huo Qubing led 800 light cavalry, bravely marched forward, went deep behind enemy lines, and captured many enemy leaders, including Xiangguo and other high-ranking officials. He not only killed Shan Yu's grandfather, but also captured Shan Yu's uncle Luo Gubi, and made great achievements. Therefore, Huo Qubing was awarded the title of champion Hou with outstanding military exploits, and he was extremely glorious.
The pinnacle battle of Huo Qubing is none other than the Battle of Mobei.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched the Battle of Mobei in the fourth year of Yuanzhan. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Huo Qubing and Wei Qing to lead 50,000 Han Dynasty cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry respectively out of Daijun and Dingxiang respectively. This battle was the largest decisive battle of the Han army against the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu had more than 100,000 troops at this time, and their commanders were Yizhi Xianshan Yu and Zuoxian Wang.
Due to Huo Quzhi's almost open performance in the two battles of Hexi, Emperor Wu admired Huo Quzhi's ability very much, so Emperor Wu's deployment was Huo Qubing against the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and Wei Qing against the Xiongnu Zuoxian King. However, due to intelligence mistakes, after Huo Qubing went deep into the desert, he failed to meet his most desired opponent, but ran into King Zuoxian of the Huns.
After Huo Qu got out of the fortress, he went deep into Mobei to find the main force of the Xiongnu, captured the Xiongnu minister Zhang Qu alive, killed the king of Beiche Qi, and then turned to attack the left general Shuang, and captured the enemy's military flag and war drums. Later, he crossed the Gonglu River and captured 83 people, including Jun, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Duwei. Perhaps it was the murderous intent that did not stop, or perhaps it was the desire for the Xiongnu Shan Yu, Huo Qubing led the army to chase and kill all the way, such as entering the land of no one, until the area of Kent Mountain in present-day Mongolia.
It was here that Huo Qubing paused for a while and led 50,000 iron horsemen to carry out the ceremony of sacrificing heaven and earth - the ceremony of sacrificing heaven and earth was held in Wolf Juxu Mountain, and the sacrificial earth Zen ceremony was held in Guyan Mountain. In the end, they pursued until Hanhai (present-day Lake Baikal, Russia). In this expedition, Huo Qu's troops led by the sick center lost 10,000 people, and killed more than 70,000 enemies. "Feng Wolf Juxu" has also become the highest glory of later military generals.