Ancient Chinese war stories

1. Battle of Chibi

Zhou Yu was jealous of Zhuge Liang, so he wanted to find a reason to kill Zhuge Liang. So Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows within 10 days. Zhuge Liang said that he could send 100,000 arrows within 3 days. Zhou Yu was surprised that Zhuge Liang borrowed 20 boats and 600 soldiers from Lu Su, covered each boat with cloth, and piled bundles of hay on both sides. After Zhou Yu learned of this situation, he was very suspicious and didn't know the meaning of Zhuge Liang's actions. On the third day, before dawn, Zhuge Liang sent someone to ask Lu Su to go with him to get the arrows.

Then, 20 clippers were connected with long ropes and sailed to the north of the Yangtze River. At that time, there was heavy fog on the Yangtze River, and no one could be seen on the other side. Lu Su didn't understand and asked Zhuge Liang what was going on. Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing. Soon, the boat approached Cao Cao's water village. Zhuge Liang ordered the bow of the ship to face east and the stern to west, and the soldiers beat drums and shouted together. After hearing the report, Cao Cao said: "There may be an ambush when fighting in foggy weather. Let the archers of the navy and army shoot at them first, and then march after the fog clears." So, arrows shot at the 20 ships like raindrops.

The arrows fell on the straw bales, arranged in a dense row. After a while, Zhuge Liang ordered the bow of the boat to turn around and line up from west to east. Then, the other side was filled with arrows again. Wait until the sun is about to rise and the fog is about to clear. Zhuge Liang ordered the sergeants to sail the boat and shouted: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the arrows!" When the ship arrived at the south bank, Zhou Yu had sent 500 sergeants to wait by the river to carry the arrows. After unloading, there were 120,000 to 30,000 arrows. Lu Su met Zhou Yu and told Zhuge Liang about borrowing arrows. Zhou Yu sighed: "Zhuge Liang is really clever, I am really not as good as him!

2. Battle of Guandu

In the 5th year of Jian'an (200 AD) of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao went south with 200,000 troops. , attacked Xuchang, hoping to eliminate Cao Cao in one fell swoop. Soon, Yuan Shao led his troops across the Yellow River, approaching Guandu, and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao's main force (Cao Cao had only 40,000 troops at the time). At that time, Yuan Shao was not only in terms of military strength, food and grass, but also possession of territory. , were all greatly superior to Cao Cao. However, Yuan Shao was proud and underestimated the enemy, was stubborn, and was suspicious of his advisers, so he repeatedly missed opportunities.

Cao Cao was talented and strategic, and gained the initiative. Cao Cao adopted Xu You (formerly Yuan Shao). The counselor, who was later suspected by Yuan Shao and switched to Cao Cao's account, sent out surprise troops to attack Wuchao and set fire to Yuan Shao's grain and grass, which caused Yuan Shao's army to be shaken and dispersed. Cao Cao then launched an all-out attack and annihilated Yuan Shao's main force. In the end, Yuan Shao only brought 800 defeated soldiers crossed the Yellow River and fled back to Hebei.

3. Battle of Muye

The Battle of Muye took place during the period of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. It was the decisive battle of King Wu against Zhou. It was also one of the battles in Chinese history that ended the Shang Dynasty's 60-year rule and established the Western Zhou Dynasty.

4. Changping. War

The Battle of Changping was a war between Qin and Zhao in the late Warring States Period. The two sides invested nearly a million troops and fought for three years. Time, in the end, Qin won and Zhao failed, and more than 400,000 people in Zhao were killed as a result.

5. The Battle of Feishui

The Battle of Feishui. The battle took place in AD 383. The former Qin king Fu Jian led an army of 800,000 to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The two countries faced off at Feishui. In the end, the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the 800,000 former Qin army and the former Qin Dynasty was destroyed.