1, Battle of the White Pony

The Battle of Baiju was a long-range offensive in 506 BC (14th week), when the Wu army led by He Lv, the king of Wu, went deep into Chu, defeated 200,000 main forces of Chu in Baiju (now Macheng City, Hubei Province), and then occupied the capital of Chu.

In the war, Wu Jun was flexible. Because the enemy used troops, he won by circuitous attack, retreating from the enemy, looking for a decisive battle and pursuing in depth.

This war is a successful example of China's ancient military history.

2. Battle of Changping

The Changping Campaign started in Zhou Nanwang on April 1955 and ended in Zhou Nanwang on September/955 (from Zhou Nanwang to Zhou Nanwang, from Zhou Nanwang to September/955).

Qin led the army to fight with Zhao in Changping (now northwest of Gaoping City, Jincheng, Shanxi Province). Zhao was finally defeated, Qin won and occupied Changping. In this battle, Zhao was beheaded and killed about 450 thousand.

This battle is a strategic decisive battle between Qin and Zhao. Due to years of war, Qin's grain and grass consumption is serious, and the stalemate on the battlefield is not good for it. Plus, Lian Po fought impeccably, so he used a double agent.

Because the prince of Zhao lost the first battle and saw that it was unprofitable, he made peace with Qin and was not allowed to play. The young prince of Zhao wanted to attack, but Lian Po couldn't hold on and refused to obey Zhao's orders. Coupled with the intrigue of Qin, he abandoned the famous Lian Po and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo.

According to Wang Zhao's intention, Zhao Kuo changed Lian Po's defensive deployment and pursuit mode, replaced generals and organized attacks. Qin saw the opportunity and secretly replaced the commander-in-chief with leitian. In view of the weakness of Zhao Kuo's eagerness for success, Leitian adopted the operational policy of pretending to be defeated and retreating, luring the enemy out of the position, then dividing, encircling and annihilating, and finally winning the war.

The Battle of Zhao was greatly weakened, which accelerated the process of Qin's unification of China. The battle of Changping was the last turning point in the history of the Warring States, so it was only a matter of time before Qin was unified. This war is the earliest, largest and most thorough large-scale annihilation war in China's ancient military history.

3. Battle of Julu

The Battle of Julu was a major decisive battle in Julu (now Pingxiang, Hebei Province). Xiang Yu led tens of thousands of Chu troops (later warlords and rebels from all walks of life also participated in the war) and led 400,000 troops together with Zhang Han and Wang Li, famous generals of Qin State, which was also one of the most famous battles in China history.

Xiang Yu burned his bridges, took the lead in conquering Qin Jun with dauntless spirit when the armies of the vassal states were bogged down, and drove the armies of the vassal states to destroy the king and leave the army at last, and forced 200,000 Zhang Han and Qin Jun to surrender eight months later. Since then, Xiang Yu has established a leading position in various rebel armies. After World War I, the main force of the Qin Dynasty was lost, and it existed in name only.

4. Battle of Surabaya

The Battle of Feishui, which took place in 383 AD, was a decisive battle in a series of battles launched by the Qin Dynasty to the Southern Eastern Jin Dynasty before the unification of the northern regime during the Sixteen Countries Period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The former Qin dynasty sent troops to attack the gold and fought in the water (southeast of Shouxian County, Anhui Province). In the end, the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated more than 800,000 former Qin Jun with only 80,000 troops.

The Battle of Feishui is a famous example in the history of China. The pre-Qin Dynasty, which had absolute superiority, was defeated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the country declined and perished. The northern nationalities broke away from the pre-Qin rule and split into several regimes dominated by post-Qin and post-Yan. The Eastern Jin Dynasty used this Northern Expedition to push the border line to the Yellow River, and there was no foreign invasion in the Eastern Jin Dynasty for decades.

5. Battle of Salhu

The battle of Salhu was from February to March in 16 19 (forty-seven years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and four years of Destiny in the Later Jin Dynasty). Nurhachi defeated the Ming army in Salhu (near Dahuofang Reservoir in Fushun, Liaoning Province) and the area near Salhu in the Ming Dynasty and the War of the Later Jin Dynasty, which was a strategic decisive battle in the Liaodong War between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty.

In the battle of Salhu, Nurhachi decided to follow the policy of "I will do it all by myself". After that, the Jin army concentrated its forces on the operational command and broke them one by one. Within five days, we broke three Ming armies, wiped out about 50 thousand Ming troops and seized a large number of military supplies. Except for Li's slowness, all other roads were wiped out by Jin Jun. After the Salhu War, Jin Quansheng and the Ming army were defeated.

This campaign is an important turning point in the history of Ming and Qing wars, a decisive war in the history of the rise and fall of Ming and Qing dynasties, and a typical war example of winning more with less.

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