The Battle of Shang Zhou has always been a topic of history that people talk about, so is it as defined in traditional mythology? The history of the Shang Dynasty has also aroused widespread skepticism because of the emergence of the Bamboo Book Chronicle, so it is more imperative to have corresponding archaeological evidence when tracing the historical truth.
The history books record that King Wu of Zhou personally cut down the song in 1046 BC, which is inextricably linked to the previous battles of the Kingdom of Li and the State of Chongguo. It shows that King Wu had gradually realized his elaborate military offensive long before attacking Chaoge, and without the barriers of the State of Li and Chongguo, the coalition army was able to enter the no-man's land, and it was only at this time that it officially engaged the Shang army in a frontal battle. As a result, there is also a very vivid record in Tai Shi Gong's "History", the king of Sui "eating hot pot and singing songs", the enemy suddenly came to the city, panicked and had to fight with slaves instead of soldiers. How could the hasty division resist the elite of the allied forces with high morale, and within a day the Shang army would be defeated.
Why is it said that the Shang army in the First World War is weak? It turned out that Li Daoyuan had already explained in the "Notes on the Water Classics" that "from the song of the dynasty to The Clear Water, the land is flat, according to Gao Cross-Ze, Xi Muye", "the land is flat" almost laid the end of the Shang army, which means that the Makino at that time was open, and there was no danger and no soldiers here, the coalition army was on the pingchuan, the Shang jun was scattered, and the king of Lu was so desperate that he set himself on fire.
It is worth mentioning that many people are somewhat confused about the relationship between Chaoge and Yin, who is the capital of the Shang Dynasty? In fact, the history books record this very clearly. The capital of the early Shang Dynasty moved frequently because it had not yet formed a suzerainty, until the emergence of Emperor Wuding in the later period, from Xiqi to a place called 沬 (mei), and built a capital here called Wuding City also known as 沬邑. Later, due to the war, Wu Ding left Yuyi to move to Northern Mongolia and changed the name of Northern Mongolia to "Yin", and for more than two hundred years, Emperor Wuyi, Emperor Yi, Di Xin and other emperors all used this as their capital. And until the king of The Four Directions came to the dynasty and expanded the capital to Yuyi, he was inspired by the Song Mountain in the west of the city, so he changed the name of Yuyi to Chaoge. Later, the appearance of the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" further shows that Yin was only the nominal capital during the Di Xin period, and although Chaoge was nominally the capital of the Shang Dynasty, that is, the palace, but in fact it has become the capital of the country. The earliest known equatorial song with the capital of the Shang Dynasty was the "Left Turn" of the Hundred Sons of Zhuzi.
It can be seen that before Di Xin, the late Shang Dynasty had always been the capital of Northern Mongolia, that is, Yin. And "Yin" is located in Anyang, Henan, which is now the famous Yin Ruins. Since Yin was the de facto capital of the Shang Dynasty, why didn't King Muye of Lu return to the capital after World War I to fight again? In addition to the analysis of later historians, the excavation of Yin Ruins also explains the reasons.
The fourth period of culture found by the archaeology of Yin Ruins has not been broken, and more than 60 palace ruins have been found at the same time, and the tombs excavated account for most of the tombs of the fourth period of nobles, that is to say, the Yin Ruins of the Emperor Yi and Di Xin (King Of Lu) are still rich in population. The cellars and ash pits in the ruins are extremely densely distributed, which fully shows that although the King of Lu was in the song, Yindi was still the leading big city at that time. And China has always said that "most of the capital has no city" is an important tradition of the three generations period, and Yin Ruins as the long-standing capital of the Shang Dynasty, surrounded by many ethnic stars like the moon, the Shang King's palace city in the end whether there is a city wall is still inconclusive, but it can be determined that the prosperous Yin Ruins at that time were not protected by the city walls, because the Yin Ruins have not found any signs of the city walls since archaeology, the only city wall site is located in the southeast of the Yin Ruins ruins of Huanbei Shangcheng, archaeological inferences that this is another Duyi site in the middle and late period, And Yin Ruins is obviously in line with the three-generation tradition of "most cities without cities".
It can be seen that in the three generations of indigenous tribal wars, it is difficult to defend the capital with tall walls, and the word "Makino" in the Battle of Makino also has multiple interpretations. In particular, the word "pastoral" is still controversial as to whether it is a simple place name or a satellite city name or an army station. But one thing can be confirmed, "Mu" was undoubtedly the last line of defense of the Shang Dynasty at that time.
epilogue:
This decisive battle in the wilderness that met in Mu finally ended with the defeat of the Shang army without soldiers and no plans, and the Yin Ruins behind them were in a state of no danger to defend and the door was wide open, and the fall was inevitable. The subsequent Wu Geng rebellion that shook the Zhou Dynasty was also enough to show that there were still troops after the death of the Shang Dynasty, and it also corroborated from the side that the King of Wu was dim-witted at that time, and it was not until his death that he realized the danger of the King of Wu. The decision to abandon the capital city and go to Makino is also not unrelated to the internal traitors in the DPRK, in general, although Di Xin is both literate and martial, he still cannot escape the curse of the last monarch in his later years, and finally enters the historical fate that water can carry boats and overturn boats.