xymnovel Chapter 583 The Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods: A Gathering of Famous Generals
Chapter 583 The Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods: A Gathering of Famous Generals
"Let's use that Era Summoning Card too!"
Su Ye looked at Wen Tianxiang and Guan Zhong, whom he had already obtained.
After thinking it over, I finally decided to take advantage of the opportunity when I was about to immerse myself in farming for a while and launch a massive summoning campaign.
To avoid creating any unforeseen problems if I were to use it again when I am about to launch a major war.
"Ding! The Era Summoning Card is in use... Host, please wait."
"Ding! The system will randomly provide characters from 8 eras. Some of these are selectable and can be selected, while others are hidden characters. The host can choose one character from 4 of these eras. The system will randomly select one character from another 4 eras for the host. The remaining characters and the hidden characters will be randomly distributed to all Imperial Stars, including the host." (The effect of the era card has changed here, cough, mainly to facilitate patching later. It's like a catch-all, you can throw any character patch into it (????))
"Ding! First set of Era Summoning Cards: Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period!"
Members include: Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Tian Ji, Yue Yi, Tian Dan, Zhao Dan, Kuang Zhang, Zhang Yi, Wu Zixu, Goujian, Zhuan Zhu, Jing Ke, Bian Que...
hiss!
Su Ye took a deep breath, feeling a little dizzy. Was it going to be this explosive right after she arrived?
Each of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Tian Ji, Yue Yi, Tian Dan, Zhao She, and Kuang Zhang could be considered a top-tier commander capable of leading a battlefield independently!
They are at least god-level commanders!
Wu Qi needs no introduction; Su Ye had long been looking forward to meeting him.
Among the others, Sun Tzu is revered as the supreme strategist or the master of military strategy!
Regardless of his battle record, he is absolutely top-notch in military theory!
His work, "The Art of War," enjoys a high reputation not only in China but also around the world and has been translated into many languages.
It can be said that Sun Tzu's military theory, through his book "The Art of War," directly established his historical status as the Sage of Chinese Military Strategy.
Although his tactical command skills may not have been equally outstanding, his level of military theory was indeed very high, making "The Art of War" an internationally renowned classic of military science.
His ideas and strategies were not only widely adopted at the time, but also had a tremendous influence on military strategies and war theories in later generations.
There's no denying it in this respect. You could say his actual command ability was terrible; even a thug might be better than him.
After all, he hadn't actually fought any particularly outstanding battles.
The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.
Without any actual combat record, one could say he was utterly useless in actual combat, or one could say his combat skills were no weaker than those of the four great generals, including Bai Qi.
Sun Tzu's combat abilities are entirely a matter of personal opinion.
However, when it comes to the theory of military command, no matter how much you criticize it or deny it, it's useless.
The status of "The Art of War" in Chinese history and even internationally today is universally acknowledged by the vast majority of ancient people and even most famous generals and great figures of modern times, and it can never be erased.
Of course, if someone insists that they are the only one who is sober while everyone else is drunk, and firmly believes that Sun Tzu was just a charlatan, then there's nothing that can be done about it.
It is enough to call it a "thousand-year-old" achievement. Even the old man Yuan, who is not far from us, has people who criticize him, let alone Sun Tzu, who has been dead for thousands of years.
Therefore, even if Sun Tzu's actual command abilities were truly lacking, simply having him teach theory in academies was enough to create countless renowned commanders and generals.
Throughout history, there are many examples of famous generals who came from poor backgrounds and relied on a book called "The Art of War" to dominate the battlefield. In fact, "The Art of War" can be applied to all aspects of life.
But what if Sun Tzu personally taught them?
Putting aside other things, a renowned general whose command level is around the god level has a high probability of improving their command level by one or two points, or even more.
It is even estimated that there will be a certain improvement in the attributes of Saint-level generals.
Among the remaining few, Sun Bin, one of the disciples of Guigu, was also quite famous.
As the military strategist of the State of Qi, he assisted Tian Ji in defeating the Wei army in the two major battles of Guiling and Maling, creating examples of the two battle tactics of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" and "reducing the number of cooking fires to lure the enemy".
In the Battle of Guiling, Wei attacked Handan, the capital of Zhao, and Zhao sought help from Qi.
King Wei of Qi appointed Tian Ji as commander-in-chief and Sun Bin as strategist to lead the army to rescue Zhao.
Sun Bin proposed the strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao," which meant not to directly rescue the State of Zhao, but to attack the capital of Wei, Daliang, forcing the Wei army to return to its aid.
The main force of the Qi army ambushed the Wei army that came to their rescue at Guiling (northwest of present-day Changyuan, Henan) and won a great victory.
In the Battle of Maling, the State of Wei once again launched an attack on the State of Han, and the State of Han sought help from the State of Qi.
King Qi Wei adopted Sun Bin's advice, appointing Tian Ji as the commander-in-chief and Sun Bin as the strategist, and they marched straight to Daliang.
Upon hearing the news, Pang Juan hurriedly withdrew his troops to the rescue. Sun Bin adopted the strategy of reducing the number of cooking fires to lure the enemy, gradually reducing the number of cooking fires in the camp to create the illusion that the Qi army was afraid to fight and was fleeing.
Pang Juan underestimated the enemy and advanced recklessly. He was ambushed and surrounded by the Qi army at Maling Pass. The Wei army suffered a great defeat, and Pang Juan committed suicide.
Then there was Yue Yi, a heavyweight general from the Yan state, who led a five-state coalition to attack the Qi state, capturing more than seventy cities and creating a famous example of a weaker force defeating a stronger one in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.
He commanded the allied forces to defeat the Qi army in the west of Ji, and then led the Yan army to take advantage of the victory to capture 72 cities of Qi and enter the capital Linzi.
However, due to King Hui of Yan falling for a counter-espionage plot, Yue Yi was replaced, and ultimately the state of Qi was not completely destroyed.
In contrast, there was Tian Dan, a famous general of the State of Qi.
The Yan army besieged Jimo, and Tian Dan was elected as general. He used a counter-espionage plot to eliminate Yue Yi and then used a series of psychological tactics to shake the morale of the Yan army.
In the end, Tian Dan launched a surprise attack on the Yan army with the fire ox formation, inflicting a major defeat on the Yan army, recovering more than seventy lost cities, and saving the Qi state from the brink of destruction.
The two of them are just using the armies of six countries to rack up battle records.
There was also Kuang Zhang, one of the founders of Qi's hegemony, who served three kings from King Wei of Qi to King Min of Qi.
The first major battle commanded by Kuang Zhang—the Battle of Sangqiu—was also the first clash between the Qin state after Shang Yang's reforms and the Qi state after Zou Ji's reforms.
Kuang Zhang used espionage tactics to defeat the Qin army, which led King Huiwen of Qin to declare himself a minister of the western vassal state.
For the next twenty years, the states of Qi and Qin did not engage in battle again.
In the sixth year of King Xuan of Qi, Kuang Zhang took advantage of the internal strife in Yan and marched north for fifty days to destroy the state of Yan (the Warring States Policy records it as thirty days).
After this battle, the State of Yan lost a large amount of territory and did not recover until King Zhao of Yan ascended the throne.
In the subsequent Battle of Chuisha, Kuang Zhang used the terrain as a strategic advantage to march south and decisively defeat the elite Chu army, killing the Chu chancellor Tang Mei.
Taking advantage of their victory, the allied forces captured large tracts of land north of Chuiqiu (north of present-day Qinyang County, Henan Province), Wan (present-day Nanyang County, Henan Province), and Ye (present-day Ye County, Henan Province).
Three significant battles laid an unbreakable foundation for Qi's status as the hegemon of the Warring States period!
Pang Juan, who was the last one left and became a stepping stone for Sun Bin and Tian Ji, also led troops on many expeditions, expanding the territory of Wei and making great contributions.