How did China fight during the Spring and Autumn Period? They are all about people, so they have to follow their routines

"The Art of War by Sun Tzu" says: Soldiers, tricks. My understanding is to use all kinds of unexpected tactics and all kinds of trickery to defeat the enemy. For the sake of victory, don't talk about etiquette or benevolence at all, with the goal of killing the opponent.



The author of "The Art of War by Sun Tzu" was Sun Wu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, the war was a bit "soldier and deceitful", but most of the Spring and Autumn Wars before that were very particular about war etiquette. .


Do you have to pay attention to etiquette in war? It sounds incredible, this is what happened.


Some people call the Spring and Autumn Wars "aristocratic wars". On the one hand, it is precisely because the aristocrats must be prudent in wars, they must show aristocratic style and cannot be so dirty.


On the other hand, because the Spring and Autumn Wars were all struggles for power among the upper classes of the nobles, and basically did not involve the interests of the common people.



The war between the nobles in Spring and Autumn is to pay attention to morality and justice. Wars that do not conform to the laws of heaven and rituals cannot be fought, and they must be pierced. Therefore, before the war begins, we must tell the world how bad the enemy is and how unruly of etiquette and law. After declaring 10,000 counts, it is equivalent to obtaining a war permit. Stroke the beard, um, you can start it!


Then you can't engage in a sneak attack, you have to submit a war note and agree to a time to start the fight. While you are asleep at night, sneak over the wall and come in for a fight. That won't work, you have to follow the routine. Just like the old Beijing guns stubbornly stubbornly stubbornly fight, arrange a time and place to fight. When you are alone, you will be ridiculed by people all over the world.


must send envoys to hand in the war certificate, and the rule of "two armies should not be cut in battle" was formed at this time.



and this battle is not just to fight. There are some unwritten rules, such as the death of the monarch of the enemy country, and the turmoil of the enemy country’s court. At this time, it is a petty thing to not attack the opponent. Including the plague and famine caused by enemy countries, they cannot be attacked.


During the Spring and Autumn Period, the nobles valued their reputation very seriously. The innocent behavior of "killing you while you are sick" must never be done.


also has a set of rules when fighting. After arriving at the agreed place to start the battle, if the opponent hasn't formed a formation yet, he cannot launch an attack. After both sides have set up their formation, they will start to beat the drums, first to boost morale, and second, to tell each other that I am ready and can go to war.



Spring and Autumn Wars are mostly chariot battles. You have 10 battlefields, and I also have 10 battlefields. You can't bully too much. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu were at war. In the first round of the chariot battle, the Jin army failed and the chariots retreated to their positions. One of the Jin Kingdom’s chariots stopped moving, and Chu soldiers even went to ask what’s going on. The soldiers of the Jin country said that the car was broken and could not be moved. Then Chu soldiers helped repair the chariot together.


There is another rule of war in the Spring and Autumn Era. If a soldier is injured in a battle, it means that he has been defeated. You can't rush to make up for it. In short, try not to hurt your life.



There is an idiom called "fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps", which refers to a person who has retreated fifty steps in combat and laughs at a person who has retreated a hundred steps. However, in the Spring and Autumn War, those who took 50 steps back had real reasons to laugh at those who took a hundred steps back. Because the rule of the Spring and Autumn War is that when the opponent retreats fifty steps, you can no longer pursue, you can't hold on.


A hundred steps back in the Spring and Autumn War is equivalent to a deserter. Of course, people who retreat 50 steps have a reason to laugh at the deserter, without any sense of honor.


In the Spring and Autumn era, there is a rule of "don't capture two hairs" in wars, that is, you can't capture the gray-haired old man-this is the era of the heyday of Zhou Li.


Born at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius has been pursuing the restoration of the glory of Zhou Li all his life.Gradually abandoned. From the perspective of war alone, there are no longer the rules of the Spring and Autumn Wars, and the battles become more brutal and bloody, and death counts, so no one cares about the ancient war etiquette.


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