The earliest beast war
About four or five thousand years ago, the primitive public ownership in the Yellow River basin began to collapse, and wars between tribes continued for wealth. At that time, the Huangdi clan, headed by the famous tribal alliance leader Huangdi, and another big clan, Yan Di clan, had a big battle in the wild in Hanquan (now near Zhuolu County, Hebei Province).
According to Liezi Huangdi, Huangdi and Yandi fought in the wild of Hanquan, with handsome bears, scorpions, wolves, leopards, scorpions and tigers as the precursors and eagles, storks, eagles and kites as the flags? . The Huangdi clan drove a group of well-trained wild animals into the battlefield. After three fierce battles, they finally defeated the Yan Di family. This war may be the first time in the history of our country? Animal war? .
Elephant war
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Chu competed for hegemony, and He Lv, the king of Wu, with the support of the State of Jin, appointed Wu Zixu, Sun Wu and other famous generals to run the army and invaded Chu in 506 BC. After five wars (Chu capital)? . Wang Zhaochu abandoned the west and fled, while Wu Jun covered up and pursued him. Seeing that the king of Chu was in danger, Yingu, the needle of the king of Zhao, stood out. So he has a unique skill? Train elephants. I saw Yingu, a needle, pulling the elephants out, lighting a fire on their tails and driving them to Wu Jun ... The elephant's tail was burnt, and a head rushed to Wu Jun camp like a madman. Many poor Wu Jun soldiers were knocked down by elephants and trampled into meat pies. Wu's army did not dare to pursue it, so that the king of Chu could escape safely.
In the winter of the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, in the battle with Wu Sangui, Geng and Shang Zhixin, Wu, the general of the rebel army, used local elephants to help. Elephants are trained to attack fiercely, and swords, guns and arrows are not easy to hurt. Later, Cai Yurong, the general of the Qing army, presented a plan. When he was in battle, he set fire to the forest. The elephant was frightened and rushed into Wu's barracks. The rebels were accidentally trampled by elephants, causing numerous casualties. The Qing army took the opportunity to kill them and wiped out the main force of the rebels.
Huoniu station
At the end of the Warring States period, Yan captured and occupied more than 70 cities in Qi, and Qi was almost destroyed, leaving only two cities, Ju and Jimo. In 279 BC, King Hui of Yan became suspicious of Le Yi, so he changed his riding robbery to general. Riding a robber ordered the excavation of the ancestral graves of Qi people and killed the soldiers, which aroused the strong resistance of Qi people. Tian Dan was elected as General Jimo by Qi Min. After Tian Dan became a general, he let the old and weak women and children guard the city first, and then sent someone to send gold to pretend to surrender to the Yan army to paralyze the Yan army.
They secretly collected more than 1000 cows in the city, tied seven sharp knives to the horns, tied reeds soaked in oil to the oxtail, cut dozens of holes in the city wall, lit the reeds on the oxtail in one night, and rushed to Yan Jun camp crazily. Yan Jun was at a loss. Seeing so many monsters, he was in a state of chaos, savage let-down and crying about his father and mother, scurrying about and trampling on each other. The soldiers and civilians of the State of Qi pursued the victory and defeated the Yan army.
Coincidentally, some people in the Tang Dynasty also studied Tian Dan's fire bull array, not wanting to be self-defeating. The Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty caused Chang 'an in Tang Dou to fall into the hands of rebels. After Tang Suzong succeeded to the throne, he sent a crusade against the insurgents and tried to recover Kyoto, but he lost the first battle in Xianyang County. So Fangfang imitated the fire bulls in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to turn the tide. Unexpectedly, the rebels made preparations in advance. If you fight, the thief will be ashes with the wind? And shout, what's the trouble? The cows were shocked, because they were tied and set on fire, and people and animals were scratched. ? Tang Jun killed more than 40,000 people and suffered heavy losses.
1June, 900, Eight-Nation Alliance landed at Dagukou and invaded Tianjin. Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian, the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin, joined forces with Nie Shicheng, the governor of Zhili in Qing Dynasty. At that time, there were more than 1000 invaders assembled in Zizhulin Concession, and the enemy laid many mines in Majiakou area in an attempt to stop the attack of China soldiers and civilians. On July 6th, the Boxer Rebellion launched an attack. They found dozens of cows, tied cotton wool covered with kerosene on their tails in the way of the ancients, ignited them and drove them to charge, detonating enemy mines. The Boxer then concealed and killed many enemies, which effectively dealt a blow to the arrogance of the invaders.
Lions are better than elephants.
In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general named Zong Yi in the Liu and Song Dynasties. In the battle, he was not only brave but also resourceful. Once, he was ordered to conquer Linyi in Nanyi. At first, the battle went smoothly, but later, King Lin Yi lifted the elephant. Although Zong Xi fought many battles, he had never seen such a battle.
After careful consideration, he finally figured out a way to deal with elephants. He said to the soldiers: It is said that lions can subdue all kinds of animals, and elephants must be afraid of them. Maybe lions and elephants can win? . So he ordered his men to make many fake lions.
The fighting started again. Zong Xi asked the soldiers to stop? Lions? Carry it out and put it in front of the position. Did the elephant see it? Lions? Scared to flee everywhere, zong took advantage of the situation and led the army to kill, and soon won.
Animal painting war
After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, centralization was greatly weakened, and separatist forces in various regions often attacked and killed each other for territory. In the early years of Tang Dezong, those who had the right to know Youzhou and stayed behind took the excuse of disobeying the court and led troops to crusade against another separatist force, Li. When the two armies met, it made people see that Li's cavalry was fierce. Draw silk in the shape of a lion, and hundreds of warriors rush in? Li's The army was shocked and defeated? .
Monkey Warfare
In the five years of politics in the Northern Song Dynasty, Buliu, the leader of the Yi nationality in Yanzhou, rebelled, and Zhao Tong was summoned by the Song Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties in Shanghai to lead the troops in encirclement and suppression. Bloch occupied the wheel storage. The mountains here are hundreds of years high, the bamboo forest is deep and dense, the stone is the city, the periphery is decorated with wooden fences, and roadblocks are set up on both sides, which makes it difficult for the government to enter. At that time, generals and officials found a cliff unguarded and there were many monkeys on the mountain, so they sent strong men to catch thousands of monkeys, then tied hemp into bundles as torches, poured wax on them and tied them to monkeys.
The general first sent troops to attack head-on. From morning till night, he secretly sent the monkey to the top of the cliff. When he reached the wooden fence, the monkey's tail lit the fire, and even the leaking house burned. Suddenly, the military was in a panic, and countless people were killed, burned to death and fell off the cliff.
Zhan Ge
In February of the first year of Li Qing in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 104 1 year), Yuan Hao of Xixia led the troops into Weizhou (now Pingliang, Gansu), and Han Qi of Song Shuai ordered Ren Fu to lead the troops to attack, 50 miles away from Yangmu Longcheng (now southeast of Xiji, Ningxia). Sang Zhou, the advance general of Song Jun, saw several silver mud boxes on the roadside, and there was a knocking sound inside. He was very suspicious. Ren Fu led the main force to arrive, opened the lid, and more than 100 military pigeons with whistles flew out of the box and circled over Song Jun. It was the Xixia ambush that learned that Song Jun had been ambushed and was under siege, and Song Jun was defeated. Historical name? The Battle of Haoshuichuan? It pioneered the earliest use of military pigeons in China's ancient war history.
Camel war
During the reign of Kangxi, Junggar Grdan of Erut, a Mongolian in the west of the desert, colluded with Russia to launch a rebellion, and went south to Wuzhumuqin, which is only 900 miles away from Beijing, and the Qing court shook. In the 29th year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi personally marched and met Gerdan's army in Wulanbutong. The rebels tied blankets to camels' backs, and thousands of camels formed a camel city, which blocked the attack of the Qing army. Later, the Qing army changed its tactics and bombarded the center of Camel City with artillery. The camels were scattered and the rebels were in chaos. The Qing army pursued the situation and defeated the Gerdan army.