Battle of Zhuolu (confrontation, process, result and evaluation)

Legend has it that about 4,600 years ago, the Yellow Emperor joined the Yan Di tribe and fought a bitter and fierce war in Zhuolu (now Zhuolu County, Hebei Province) with Chiyou, the leader of the Jiuli nationality of Dongyi Group. It was a large-scale war in ancient times. The purpose of the "war" is for both sides to compete for the Central Plains suitable for grazing and shallow farming. It is also the earliest recorded "war" in the history of our country, which has had a great influence on the transformation of ancient Huaxia nationality from barbarism to civilization. Jiuli originally lived in the south, and then went north to the Central Plains. They clashed with the tribe headed by the Yellow Emperor, and the two sides fought in the land of Zhuolu. It is said that Chiyou people are good at using weapons, their bronze weapons are excellent and solid, and the people are brave and good at fighting. After entering North China, they first confronted the Yan Di tribe. The Chiyou people joined forces with the giant Kuafu tribe and Sanmiao, defeated the Yan Di people by force, and then occupied the "Nine Corners" where Yan Di people lived, namely "Kyushu".

In order to survive, the Yan Di people turned to the Huangdi people of the same clan for help. In order to safeguard the overall interests of Huaxia Group, Huangdi clan agreed to the request of Yan Di clan and pushed its power to the east. In this way, the Chiyou people who pushed northwest met in Zhuolu area. At that time, Chiyou people gathered 8 1 branch (72 families), which occupied some advantages in strength. Therefore, after the contact between the two sides, the Chiyou people took the initiative to attack the Huangdi people relying on the conditions of large number and excellent weapons. The Yellow Emperor clan is headed by totems such as bear, wolf, leopard, eagle, dragon and owl. To fight against Chiyou, let the "Ying Long high water level", that is, build an earth dam on the river to store water, in order to stop Chiyou's attack.

After the war broke out, it coincided with dense fog and stormy weather, which was very suitable for Chiyou people from the rainy environment in the east to launch military operations. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the Huangdi clan, which was suitable for fighting in sunny days, was at a disadvantage. Nine wars were defeated (nine is an imaginary number, described as many times). However, before long, the rainy season passed and the weather cleared up, which provided an important opportunity for the Huangdi family to turn defeat into victory. With the support of the Xuan Nv clan, the Huangdi clan mastered the fighter plane and launched a counterattack against the Chiyou clan. Taking advantage of the special favorable weather-strong winds, dusty skies, blowing horns, beating gongs and drums, and taking advantage of the confusion and shock of the Chiyou nationality, the southern guide car was used to point out the direction, which led the masses to attack the Chiyou nationality, and finally defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, and captured and killed its leader in the wild of Jizhou (now Jizhou, Hebei Province). The battle of Zhuolu ended in the victory of the Huangdi nationality.

The general process of this "war" was revealed by myths and legends, so it is impossible to talk about more specific details. But myth is a projection of history after all, which reflects the fact itself in a tortuous way. In this sense, the battle of Zhuolu is the origin of the ancient war in China. In the battle of Zhuolu, the Huangdi nationality won the final victory because the war guidance was better than the Chiyou nationality. Specifically, it has begun to pay attention to preparing for war from both political and military aspects, as evidenced by the saying that "Xuanyuan family was a soldier in Xiu De" in history. In the course of the war, the Huangdi clan is also good at netting allies, paying attention to choosing and preparing the battlefield, skillfully using the weather conditions that are beneficial to themselves and unfavorable to the enemy, and fighting back decisively and timely, thus defeating powerful opponents in one fell swoop and establishing their own control over the Central Plains. On the contrary, despite the Chiyou people,

The strength is strong, and the weapons and equipment are superior to the opponents. However, due to blind belief in force and year after year's external expansion, "belligerence will die" has already planted the seeds of failure in advance. In operational guidance, the lack of adaptability to weather conditions and preparations for the large-scale counterattack of the Huangdi clan eventually led to defeat and lost the historic opportunity to control the Central Plains.

The battle of Zhuolu effectively laid the foundation for Huaxia Group to occupy the vast Central Plains, and played a catalytic role in further integrating various clans and tribes. Huangdi, the tribal leader who won the war, became the same clan of the Chinese nation and was gradually deified. It can be seen that the battle of Zhuolu is indeed a historic "war" for our Chinese nation to decide the basic appearance of the future.