Hannibal the Carthaginian famous soldier: the first famous soldier who used circuitous tactics at home and abroad.

I believe that friends who know western military history should know that Hannibal is among the famous western soldiers, which is an unavoidable name. The Carthaginian star wrote a legendary life in his unique way.

In 264 BC, Rome competed with Carthage, a Mediterranean power, for Sicily, but it ended in Carthage's fiasco. Nine years later, Hannibal's father occupied most of Spain with his son and son-in-law. At this time, at the age of 18, he made an oath to destroy Rome.

The Carthaginians were frightened by Rome, but Hannibal was not. After six years of preparation, he finally became the commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian army, with a small team, but his brave words of conquering Rome were regarded as the biggest joke of the year by his own people and Romans. But history tells them not to make fun of a young man easily!

Finally, after Rome and Carthage formally declared war, Hannibal chose not to fight in Spain or Carthage, but made a fatal move. He left 20,000 men to guard Carthage, sent his brothers to command 25,000 men to guard Spain, led 90,000 infantry, 1000 cavalry and 37 war elephants, crossed the Pyrenees, crossed the Ronnie River, and then crossed the Alps, and the Italian continent appeared unnoticed. Although he lost 70,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, and 10 elephants in the extremely hard far end, Howard the Duck plunged Rome into chaos, and Rome became a river of blood ... Although he died unfortunately in the end, he created a myth in the history of western wars.

Comparatively speaking, Hannibal's fame and achievements are equal, while Sima Cuo, a famous Qin national, has the same strategy as him, but his fame is far less than his. Some friends will even say that among the generals of Qin, isn't it the most famous to kill God in vain? Who's Sima Cuo? I don't know.

Originally, Sima Cuo's contribution to the unification of Qin was unusual, and it was a great achievement in laying the foundation.

In the ninth year of Qin Huiwen's reign, namely 3 16 BC, Bashu was in a state of emergency. The king of Qin wants to fight Shu, but considering that the journey is really dangerous and he is afraid of a sneak attack by South Korea, he is making up his mind. Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi disagree. Zhang Yi thinks we should fight South Korea. Sima Cuo thought that fighting South Korea would lead to the joint confrontation of the six eastern countries, but fighting Shu could gain material resources in the rear and occupy a favorable position to fight Chu. Qin Huiwen supported Sima Cuo's opinion. This autumn, Sima Cuo and Zhang Yiling led the troops to attack Shu from Shi Niu Road, and in October, Shu was destroyed. Sima Cuo was the commander of this great war to destroy Shu, which brought great benefits to Qin, and Qin became stronger after owning Shu. Sima Cuo devoted himself to the management of Shu and turned it into a real economic base behind Qin. In 280 BC, Sima Cuo was ordered to mobilize the army of Longxi to attack Qianzhong County (now western Hunan and northeastern Guizhou) of Chu from Shu. Qin Jun defeated the Chu army, seized Qianzhong County, and forced Chu to cede the monk Yong north of Hanshui River to Qin.

This is an extremely risky circuitous attack. From Shuzhong to Qianzhong County, there are wasteland, Minshan, Motianling, Yangtze River, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Wuling Mountain like octopus. In the 3rd century BC, these places were still deserted, filled with miasma, infested with insects and snakes, and difficult to check, but the troops led by Sima Cuo went straight to the enemy's back door. This attack has brought a huge psychological shadow to Chu, and never dare to launch a large-scale attack again, so that Qin really has time to deal with the eastern princes. It can be said that Sima Cuo's strategy is far more influential than killing hundreds of thousands of enemies.