Chapter 587: The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period with Famous Generals

"Also, let's use that Era Summoning Card as well!"

Su Ye looked at Wen Tianxiang and Guan Zhong who had already obtained the items in front of him.

After thinking about it, I finally decided to make a large summon while I was about to immerse myself in large-scale farming.

Otherwise, if you use it again when you are about to start a war, some unexpected problems will arise.

"Ding! The Era Summoning Card is being used. Host, please wait."

"Ding! The system will randomly give out characters from 8 eras, some of which are optional and can be intercepted, and some are hidden characters. The host can choose one person from 4 eras, and the system will randomly draw 4 person for the host from the other 1 eras. The remaining part and the hidden characters will be randomly distributed to all imperial stars including the host." (The effect of the era card has changed a bit here, cough, mainly to facilitate the patching later. Just use it as a basket and throw all the character patches into it ())

"Ding! The first set of era summoning cards: Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period!

The members include: Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Tian Ji, Yue Yi, Tian Dan, Zhao Dan, Kuang Zhang, Zhang Yi, Wu Zixu, Gou Jian, Zhuan Zhu, Jing Ke, and Bian Que.

hiss!
Su Ye took a deep breath, his head feeling a little dizzy. Was it going to be so explosive just after arriving?
Each of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Tian Ji, Yue Yi, Tian Dan, Zhao She and Kuang Zhang is a top commander who is more than capable of commanding a battlefield on his own!

At least they are all god-level commanders!
There is no need to say much about Wu Qi, Su Ye has been looking forward to him for a long time.

Among the others, there is Sun Wu, who is revered as the military sage or Sun Tzu!

Let’s not talk about his military record for now, but he definitely scored full marks in military theory!
His book "The Art of War" is highly regarded not only in China but also in the world and has been translated into many languages.

It can be said that Sun Wu’s level of military theory, through the military book "The Art of War", directly established his historical status as the military saint of China.

Although his tactical command ability may not necessarily be equally brilliant, his level of military theory is indeed very high, making "The Art of War" an internationally renowned model book on military science.

His ideas and strategies were not only widely adopted at the time, but also had a huge impact on later military strategies and war theories.

There is really no fault to be found in this aspect. You can say that his actual command ability is terrible, and maybe even the local thugs are more powerful than him.

After all, he really didn't fight any particularly outstanding battles.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

Without actual combat record, it can be said that he is useless in actual combat, or it can be said that his actual combat level is not inferior to that of Bai Qi and other four famous generals.

As for Sun Wu's combat capabilities, this aspect is entirely up to personal opinion.

But when it comes to military command theory, no matter how much you criticize it or how much you deny it, it is useless.

The status of the military book "The Art of War" in Chinese history and even in the international community today is recognized by the vast majority of ancient people and even most of the famous generals and great men in modern times, and it can never be erased in any way.

Of course, if someone feels that everyone else is drunk but he is sober, and firmly believes that Sun Wu is the colored pen, there is nothing we can do about it.

It is enough to be called "eternal". Even Grandpa Yuan, who lived not far from us, had people who criticized him, let alone Sun Wu, who had been dead for thousands of years.

Therefore, even if Sun Wu's actual command ability was really poor, just letting him teach theory in school was enough to create countless famous commanders and generals.

Throughout history, there are many examples of famous generals who came from poor backgrounds but relied on a copy of "The Art of War" to conquer the battlefield. "The Art of War" can even be applied in all aspects.

And if there is Sun Wu who will teach you personally.

Apart from anything else, for a famous commander whose commander is around god-level, there is a high probability that his commander will be improved by one or two points, or maybe even more.

Even for those saints with saint-level attributes, it is estimated that there will be a certain improvement. As for the remaining few people, Sun Bin, one of the disciples of Guigu, is also quite famous.

As a military strategist for the State of Qi, he assisted Tian Ji and defeated the Wei army in the two battles of Guiling and Maling, creating the examples of the two tactics of "besieging Wei to save Zhao" and "reducing the number of stoves to lure the enemy".

In the Battle of Guiling, Wei attacked Zhao's capital Handan, and Zhao asked Qi for help.

King Wei of Qi appointed Tian Ji as the commander-in-chief and Sun Bin as the military advisor to lead the army to rescue Zhao.

Sun Bin proposed the strategy of "besieging Wei to save Zhao", which was not to rescue Zhao directly, but to attack Wei's capital Daliang to force the Wei army to return to rescue.

The main force of the Qi army ambushed the Wei army that came back to rescue in Guiling (now northwest of Changyuan, Henan) and won a great victory.

In the Battle of Maling, Wei State once again sent troops to attack Han State, and Han State asked Qi State for help.

King Wei of Qi adopted Sun Bin's suggestion and appointed Tian Ji as the commander-in-chief and Sun Bin as the military advisor, and marched straight to Daliang.

Upon hearing the news, Pang Juan hastily withdrew his troops to rescue. Sun Bin adopted the strategy of reducing the number of stoves in the camp to lure the enemy. He reduced the number of stoves in the camp day by day to create the illusion that the Qi army was afraid of fighting and was fleeing.

Pang Juan underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and was ambushed by the Qi army at Maling Road. The Wei army was defeated and Pang Juan committed suicide.

Then there was Le Yi, a heavyweight general of the State of Yan, who led the coalition forces of Yan and five other countries to attack the State of Qi and captured more than 70 cities in a row, creating a famous example of the weak defeating the strong in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.

He led the coalition forces to defeat the Qi army in Jixi, and then led the Yan army to capture 72 cities of Qi and march straight into the capital Linzi.

However, in the end, due to a counter-espionage plot by King Hui of Yan, Le Yi was replaced and ultimately the State of Qi was not completely destroyed.

In contrast, there is Tian Dan, a famous general of Qi State.

The Yan army besieged Jimo, and Tian Dan was recommended as a general. He used a counter-espionage strategy to get rid of Yue Yi and also used a series of psychological tactics to shake the morale of the Yan army.

In the end, Tian Dan used a formation of fire bulls to surprise attack the Yan army, defeated the Yan army, recovered more than 70 lost cities, and saved the Qi State, which was on the verge of extinction.

Two people are here to compare the battle records of the six countries' armies with each other.

There is also Kuang Zhang, one of the founders of Qi's hegemony, who served from King Wei of Qi to King Min of Qi III.

The Battle of Sangqiu, the first major battle commanded by Kuang Zhang, was also the first confrontation between Qin after Shang Yang's reforms and Qi after Zou Ji's reforms.

Kuang Zhang used espionage tactics to defeat the Qin army and made King Huiwen of Qin call himself a minister of the Western Frontier.

There was no war between Qi and Qin for the next twenty years.

In the sixth year of King Xuan of Qi, Kuang Zhang took advantage of the civil strife in Yan and marched north for fifty days to destroy Yan (the Warring States Policy records it took 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 strategy to march southward, defeated the elite Chu army, and killed the Chu prime minister Tang Mei.

The allied forces took advantage of the victory to capture large tracts of land north of Chuiqiu (now north of Qinyang County, Henan Province), Wan (now Nanyang County, Henan Province), and Ye (now Ye County, Henan Province).

Three significant battles laid an unbreakable foundation for Qi's position as the overlord of the Warring States Period!

The last remaining Pang Juan, who became a stepping stone for Sun Bin and Tian Ji, also led troops to fight many times, expanded the territory for the State of Wei, and made great military achievements.

(End of this chapter)