The more Chen Zhen listened, the more interested he became. He quickly asked," Then, did humans learn the art of war from wolves?
Wuliji's eyes lit up. He stared at Chen Zhen and said," That's right, a lot of people's military strategies were learned from wolves. In ancient times, the grassland people used the tactics they learned from wolves to fight against the agricultural people inside the pass. Not only did the Han learn from the nomads how to wear short clothes, riding horses, and archery, which is what you scholars call "Hu clothing, riding horses, and archery", but they also learned a lot of wolf tactics from the grassland people. When I was studying animal husbandry in Huhehot, I read a lot of military books. I think there's not much difference between Sun Tzu's Art of War and Wolf Tzu's Art of War. For example," The art of war is the art of deception." Know yourself and know your enemy, speed is the most important thing in war, surprise, attack when you are unprepared, and so on. These were all wolves 'specialties.
Chen Zhen said,"But there is no mention of grassland people and grassland wolves in the military books of the Celestial Empire. This is really unfair."
Wuliji said,"The Mongolians suffered because of their backward culture. Other than the Secret History of Mongolia, there were no influential books left behind."
Bao Shungui said to Wu Liji,"It seems that if you want to engage in animal husbandry on the grasslands, you really have to study wolves and the art of war. Otherwise, you will really suffer a great loss." It's getting late. Let's go and see the dead wolf over there. I have to take a few more pictures.
After the two leaders left, Chen Zhen leaned on the wooden shovel and was in a daze. This battlefield review and field trip made him even more fascinated by the grassland people and the military miracles of Genghis Khan. How could Genghis Khan and his descendants sweep across Europe and Asia with only a few hundred thousand cavalry? Destroy hundreds of thousands of Xixia cavalry, millions of Dajin troops, millions of Southern Song navy and infantry, Russian Kipchak coalition forces, and Roman Teuton Knights. Conquer Central Asia, hungaria, poland, all of Russia, and defeat Persia, iran, China, India, and other civilized countries? He also forced the Eastern Roman Emperor to adopt the marriage policy of the Chinese dynasty and marry Princess Mary to the great-grandson of Genghis Khan. It was the Mongols who created the largest empire in the history of mankind. How could this primitive and backward nomadic people, who did not even have their own words and iron arrowheads and used animal bones as arrowheads, have such great military power and wisdom? This had become the most incredible mystery in the history of the world. Moreover, the military achievements and miracles of Genghis Khan and his descendants were not won by numbers or strength, but by numbers and wisdom. Could it be that they relied on the intelligence of wolves and the speed of horses? The quality and personality of a wolf? And the strong national spirit nurtured and inspired by the wolf totem?
Chen Zhen's experience with wolves in the past two years, coupled with the countless wolf stories he had collected, as well as the classic examples of wolves besieging sheep and horses, made him feel more and more that the answer to Genghis Khan's military miracle might lie in wolves. War was an act of force between groups. There was a fundamental difference between war and hunting. War had both offense and defense, and both sides were armed to the teeth. As for hunting, humans were in the lead, and most animals were hunted. Hunting rabbits, marmots, and yellow goats was also hunting, but it was completely bullying the weak. There was no life-and-death confrontation. It was just hunting, not war. Although some military skills could be learned from hunting, it was only in a real war that one could fully master military skills.
Chen Zhen thought about it again and again. There were no tiger groups, leopard groups, jackal groups, bear groups, lion groups, or elephant groups on the Mongolian grasslands. They could not survive under the harsh natural conditions of the Mongolian grasslands. Even if they could adapt to the natural conditions, they could not adapt to the crueler grassland survival war. They could not resist the fierce and intelligent grassland wolves and grassland people's encirclement and hunting. The Prairie Man and the Prairie Wolf were the only seeded pair to enter the finals of the fierce competition between the creatures of the Mongolian grasslands. Then, in the grasslands, the only ferocious beasts that could fight against humans in an organized battle for survival were the wolves. The previous textbooks believed that the outstanding military skills of the nomads came from hunting. Chen Zhen had already denied this statement in his heart. A more accurate conclusion would be that the outstanding military ability of the nomads originated from the long-term, cruel, and continuous survival war between the grassland people and the grassland wolves. The war between the nomads and the wolves was a protracted war that lasted for tens of thousands of years. In this prolonged war, humans and wolves practiced almost all the basic principles and creeds of military science. Know yourself and know your enemy. Speed is the most important thing in war. All is fair in war. He knows astronomy and geography. He was always on guard, creating a diversion. They gathered their forces and defeated them one by one. Break up the whole into pieces, hide and hide the elite. Take them by surprise. If they could win, they would fight. If they couldn't win, they would leave. It was better to break one finger than to hurt ten. When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue. Wait a minute. Although wolves were almost all over the world, the Mongolian grasslands, which did not have deep trenches and tall fortresses in agricultural civilized areas, were the main gathering place of wolves and the main battlefield for humans and wolves to fight for wisdom and courage for a long time.
Chen Zhen followed this train of thought and continued forward. He felt as if he was standing at the entrance of a tunnel that led to the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. On the Mongolian highlands, humans and wolves fought day and night. There was a small battle at any time and a big battle from time to time. The frequency of the war between humans and wolves was much higher than the war between humans and wolves in all the agricultural civilized countries in the world. It was even more frequent than the other western nomadic tribes outside the main battlefield of the werewolves. Coupled with the long-term cruel tribal wars, ethnic wars, and wars of aggression, the nomads 'war talents were constantly strengthened and improved. Therefore, the Mongol steppe people were definitely better at fighting, more knowledgeable in fighting, and had more innate military advantages than any agricultural or nomadic people in the world. From the history of the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, the Qin, Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties, those agricultural and civilized countries that had absolute advantages in population and national strength were often defeated by the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian Plateau. After the end of the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains was ruled by Genghis Khan for nearly a century. The last feudal dynasty of China, the Qing Dynasty, was also founded by nomads. The Han people who cultivated did not have outstanding military instructors or the continuous and rigorous training of wolves. Although the ancient Han people had Sun Tzu's Art of War, it was only on paper. Moreover, the "Wolf's Art of War" was one of the sources of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Chen Zhen seemed to have found the source of the millions of souls that the Chinese people had died in the northern invasion for thousands of years. He also seemed to have found the debt collectors who had built the Great Wall for thousands of years and used up all the money in the national treasury of the previous dynasties. He felt that his thoughts were suddenly enlightened, but at the same time, he felt deeply heavy and dejected. The cause and effect of everything in the world dominated the history and fate of humans. The military ability of a nation to protect its home and country was the foundation of a nation's existence and survival. If there were no wolves in the Mongolian grasslands, would the world and China be different?
People suddenly shouted and ran into the distance. Chen Zhen woke up from his confusion and also rode his horse and ran over.
Two dead wolves were dug out. This was part of the price the wolf pack had to pay for forcing the horse herd into the big bubble. Chen Zhen approached a wolf. Ba Tu and Sha Ci Leng were clearing the snow for a wolf while explaining the wolf's suicidal battle. The wolf on the snow was slimmer, obviously a female wolf. The lower half of her body had been kicked into pieces by the horse hooves, but a few bulging breasts could still be seen. Milk and blood flowed out, mixing into pink ice beads.
Poor thing, said old man Billig, the she-wolf must have had her cubs taken, and the she-wolves called a whole pack to avenge them, and she didn't want to live herself. In the grasslands, one should not be too extreme. When a rabbit was anxious, it would bite a wolf. When a female wolf was anxious, how could it not fight with all its might?
Chen Zhen said to the educated youths," According to historical records, the female wolves on the grasslands are the most maternal. They have even adopted many children. The ancestors of the Xiongnu, Gaoche, and Turks were wolf children who were adopted by female wolves…"
Bao Shungui interrupted him and said,"What wolf child?" Wolves eat humans, but they adopt children? It was all nonsense. If humans and wolves fought to the death, they had to fight fiercely and kill them all. I was the one who gave the order to dig out the wolf cubs. The annual wolf cub digging event on the grasslands was indeed a good tradition to reduce the harm caused by the wolves. However, it was not enough to only reduce the harm caused by the wolves. We must completely eradicate the harm caused by the wolves! He wanted to dig out all the wolf nests in the entire ranch! Let the wolves take revenge. After I kill all the wolves, let's see how the wolves take revenge. Now, I haven't taken back my order. I'll continue to pay after the incident is settled. Every two households had to hand in a nest of wolf pups. If they could not complete the mission, they would have to hand in a large pack of wolf pups. Otherwise, their work points would be deducted!
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