Why was the Eastern Jin Dynasty able to defeat the former Qin Dynasty with its relatively superior military strength?

There are many classic examples of battles in Chinese history in which fewer people defeated more, such as the Battle of Julu, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Kunyang, etc. Among the many battles, there was one. The war was very strange.

The two sides in this war were the former Qin and the Eastern Jin. The military strength ratio between the two sides was ten to one. The former Qin used an army of more than 800,000 to defend the Eastern Jin, and the Eastern Jin faced the enemy with 80,000 elite troops.

In the end, the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the former Qin Dynasty in Feishui, and created a war in which fewer people defeated more. This is the famous "Battle of Feishui" in history books.

Today we will talk about what the Battle of Feishui looked like in the history books. Why was the Eastern Jin Dynasty able to defeat the former Qin Dynasty with its relatively superior military strength?

In 380 AD, Fu Jian of the Di tribe unified northern China. He was determined to unify the whole country, so he united more than 800,000 northern troops to defend against the Han regime in the south of the Yangtze River during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Fu Jian's mastermind Wang Meng warned Fu Jian before his death: The internal ethnic conflicts in the north are still very intense, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty is still relatively united. We should first resolve the internal ethnic conflicts, and then wait for the emergence of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. During the time of the "Lord of Violence", he was marching south to unite the world.

Unfortunately, Fu Jian violated Wang Meng's last words. Eight years after Wang Meng's death, he immediately led his army to launch a defense against the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He proudly claimed: If the whip of my army is thrown into the Yangtze River, the river can be stopped.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the elite class recognized the coming crisis at that time, so they stepped up preparations for war. They first gathered northern refugees in the Jianghuai area and formed a powerful team of "Beifu soldiers". All places have increased their alerts and are ready for the coming of war at any time.

Because of the mistreatment of the Han people by the Hu people in the north, the common people and soldiers of the Han people in the north felt the same hatred towards the enemy and their morale was high.

Subsequently, the former Qin and the Eastern Jin fought each other in a series of outpost battles, until the main force of the former Qin reached the line of the Huaihe River in Shouchun, and the duel began.

Fu Jian sent Fu Rong to lead a vanguard force of more than 200,000 people to prepare for defense, and then he personally led some elite troops to the front line.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty used Xie An and Xie Xuan as the main combat commander. Xie Xuan sent Beifu soldiers to attack Fu Jian bravely while he was not secure.

As a result, while the Beifu soldiers and the former Qin vanguard were fighting fiercely, news suddenly came from the former Qin army: the former Qin army's vanguard was defeated, and the Eastern Jin army had crossed the river to kill!

This news spread quickly among the army like a plague. The former Qin army began to weaken, and eventually caused a great disintegration, and the general retreat!

The Eastern Jin Dynasty took advantage of the situation to pursue them. Fulong died in battle and Fu Jian escaped. More than 700,000 former Qin troops were either killed, captured, or dispersed.

Fu Jian’s hope of unifying the country was shattered. Soon after, the rising foreign tribes in the north killed Fu Jian and destroyed the former Qin Dynasty, and China once again fell into fragmentation and war.

As for the Battle of Feishui, we will find that there were two decisive factors that really led to Fu Jian's defeat.

The first is foreign enemies. The person who spread the news of the defeat of the former Qin vanguard was named Zhu Xu. This man was once the general of Xiangyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was captured by Fu Jian and surrendered to the former Qin Dynasty. In fact, he secretly colluded with the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was always ready to return to justice. This was his important role in the war. He spread lies all the time and strengthened the military morale of the former Qin Dynasty.

The second is that there were great ethnic conflicts in the army of the former Qin Dynasty. The former Qin army was an army composed of many ethnic groups. These ethnic groups had not yet blended together, and some were even feuding. They were forced to fight with the army due to Fu Jian's strength. Once these troops encounter a situation, they will not fight tooth and nail, but will take advantage of the situation. For example, the Xianbei Murongchui's troops who were on the front line at that time, his 30,000 elite cavalry exited the battlefield unscathed. It can be seen that they had long been ambitious and had no intention of serving Fu Jian. Later, Murong Chui established Later Yan and participated in the division of Former Qin. Yao Chang of the Qiang ethnic group even defended Fu Jian after the war and captured and killed Fu Jian.

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