What were the wars in ancient China?

1. Qin Shihuang’s Destroy of the Six Kingdoms

The Battle of Qin’s Destroy of the Six Kingdoms, also known as the Battle of the Unification of the Qin Dynasty, refers to the Qin State, one of the seven major vassal states at the end of the Warring States Period in China, to destroy the other six vassal states and completed the war to unify China.

In 238 BC, the Qin Dynasty eliminated the clique of Prime Minister Lu Buwei and Changxin Hou Lao Ai, and began to rule personally. With the assistance of Li Si, Wei Liao and others, Qin Wangzheng formulated the strategy of "destroying the princes, becoming an emperor, and unifying the world". The specific measures are: win over Yan and Qi, stabilize Wei and Chu, eliminate Han and Zhao; make close contacts with distant enemies and defeat them one by one.

2. Peasant War in the Late Qin Dynasty

The Peasant War in the Late Qin Dynasty is also called the Peasant Uprising in the Late Qin Dynasty. A nationwide peasant uprising.

3. The Unification War of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The Unification War of the Eastern Han Dynasty refers to the period from October of the first year of Jianwu (25th year) to November of the 12th year of Jianwu (36th year) of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Xiu defeated the separatist forces in Guandong, Guanzhong, Longyou, Shu and other places, and once again completed the great cause of unifying the country.

4. Yellow Turban Uprising

The Yellow Turban Uprising was a peasant war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It was also one of the largest religiously organized popular uprisings in Chinese history. It started under Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. In the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD), at that time, the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs and relatives were fighting constantly, and border wars were ongoing. The country was becoming increasingly weak. Due to a severe drought throughout the country, no grain was collected and taxes were not reduced.

Under the orders of the Julu people to raise their horns, the desperate poor farmers rose up one after another. They wore yellow scarves on their heads and shouted the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world." , launched a fierce attack on the bureaucratic landlords, and had a huge impact on the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to quell the rebellion, various places supported their own troops. Although the uprising ended in failure, the situation of warlord separatism and the existence of the Eastern Han Dynasty in name only was irreversible. Eventually leading to the formation of the Three Kingdoms situation.

5. The Battle of Feishui

The Battle of Feishui took place in 383 AD. It was an invasion and annexation launched by the former Qin Dynasty in the north and the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the decisive battle in a series of battles, the former Qin sent troops to attack the Jin and fought at Feishui (southeast of present-day Shouxian County, Anhui Province). In the end, the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the former Qin army with only 80,000 troops of more than 800,000.

The Battle of Feishui is a famous example in Chinese history of defeating more with less. The former Qin, which had an absolute advantage, was defeated by the Eastern Jin, and the country declined and perished as a result. The various ethnic groups in the north broke away from the rule of the former Qin one after another and split into several regimes dominated by the Later Qin and the Later Yan. The Eastern Jin Dynasty took advantage of this situation to launch the Northern Expedition and pushed the border to the Yellow River. In the following decades, there was no foreign invasion in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

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