About three thousand years BC, when the primitive labor situation of the agrarian society changed, the survival resources decreased, and the tribes wanted to survive and develop better, only by expanding the tribal territory and plundering the materials of other tribes, so the wars between tribes became more and more frequent.
Primitive tribes
It was during this period that the Yellow Emperor led his tribe to gradually rise, and through one conquest after another, expanded the territory of his tribe to a larger and larger size.
Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan
When the Yellow Emperor led the tribe to expand along the East side of the Yellow River, it gradually entered the ruling range of the Yandi tribe.
Primitive tribal domain map
It is said that the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were also close relatives, and both were born after the marriage between the Youshi tribe and the Shaodian tribe.
The Yellow Emperor asked Emperor Yan, "Are you willing to take the initiative to submit to me?" ”
Emperor Yan replied, "No." ”
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Therefore, in order to compete for land and resources, the two tribes disregarded their family ties and waged a war at Hanquan in the southeast of Zhuolu.
In this war, the Yellow Emperor personally led six special forces composed of six animals, "bears, horses, wolves, leopards, cats, and tigers", and confronted the Yan Emperor, and the six special forces army banners fluttered, killing the heavens, and quite angry and swallowing mountains and rivers.
Yellow Emperor Special Forces
However, Yandi, who was good at perceiving the opportunities of war, was so skilled that he adopted pre-emptive tactics to besiege the Yellow Emperor's army with fire without any defense.
The wind helped the fire, and for a time, the fire outside the Yellow Emperor's army soared into the sky, and the smoke billowed out. Ying Long quickly extinguished the fire with water and broke the Yan Emperor's fire attack tactics.
Ying Long extinguished the fire
At the same time, the Yellow Emperor immediately launched a counterattack, led a large army to drive the Yan Emperor's troops into the Hanquan Valley, and instructed the soldiers to only allow the Yan Emperor to fight with wisdom, and not to hurt his life unless he had to.
Faced with the defeat trapped in the Hanquan Valley, Emperor Yan had no choice but to surrender.
The Yellow Emperor admired the advanced farming and medical technology of the Yandi tribe, and decided to release the previous suspicions and jointly rule the world with the Yandi, which the Yandi gladly accepted.
YanHuang alliance
The Wife of the Yellow Emperor personally taught the people of the Yandi tribe to raise silkworm reeling, and the Yellow Emperor asked them to teach them the techniques of building cars and ships. Emperor Yan also gave wooden plows and herbs to the Yellow Emperor.
Ancestors raise silkworms
Together, they formed the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance, and the Yellow Emperor became the leader of this alliance. The history of the Chinese nation has since begun.
Therefore, later Chinese revered the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor as the ancestors of the Chinese nation, and called themselves "descendants of Yan Huang".
Descendants of Yan Huang
The Battle of Banquan was of great significance to the opening of the history of Chinese civilization and the realization of the first great unification of the Chinese nation.
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