What Tactics Did the Ancient Chinese Use?

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of China continues with an episode on the tactics, tricks and stratagems used during the Three Kingdoms Period and described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Sanguozhi, including the Empty Fort, borrowing arrows from straw boats, kill with a Borrowed Sword and the beauty of women.
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@KingsandGenerals 12 күн бұрын

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@omshah8529 11 күн бұрын

The next time you see an empty fort on the outside,there are probably enemy troops in the inside or nearby areas of the fort,so keep in mind this -A tip from Kings and Generals probably

@OldParkdongbei 4 күн бұрын

Boring game promotion video, nothing of value. By the way,Alexander the Great couldn't win against the Qin army.

@OldParkdongbei 4 күн бұрын

Boring game promotion video. BTW，Alexander the Great couldn't win against the Qin army.

@OldParkdongbei 4 күн бұрын

Boring game promotion video, nothing of value. The tactics and strategies used by the ancient Chinese were very complex and subtle. Even Alexander the Great couldn't win against the Qin army.

@Twigs1836 12 күн бұрын

"Kings and Generals are ultimately humans" He said the line!

@shinsenshogun900 12 күн бұрын

Roll credits!

@vitorpereira9515 12 күн бұрын

I didn't follow.

@dstovell 12 күн бұрын

I did a double take when I heard that line 🤩

@bibekjung7404 10 күн бұрын

KAABER. ::-. ALMIGHTY. -:-. GOD. ::-. ❤:❤

@zacharydurocher4085 9 күн бұрын

“You’re too late. We are the Kings and Generals now.”

@QuasarSniffer 12 күн бұрын

That "Borrowing Arrows With Straw Boats" strategy is some straight-up Bart Simpson shenanigans and I love it.

@glen7k621 12 күн бұрын

It's fictional.

@GAarcher 11 күн бұрын

*archer class is really made out of archers!*

@shinsenshogun900 11 күн бұрын

@@glen7k621 Sun Quan verifiably got to do it best

@andrewsuryali8540 11 күн бұрын

@@glen7k621It isn't, and that's the sad part. The fictional part is the attribution to Zhuge Liang. The borrowing arrows stratagem was something actually done by a not-so-famous warlord during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, but at a much smaller scale (nothing like 100k arrows). This historical event was then fictionally attributed to various more famous people in novels and plays. Interestingly, in the 3K setting, it was first attributed to Sun Quan, not Zhuge Liang. Luo Guanzhong then switched out Sun Quan for his favorite character and that's the version that stuck. Similarly, the real-life inspiration for Zhuge Liang's empty city stratagem was something a Tang general did during the An Lushan rebellion when An Lushan himself appeared to siege the city he was defending. However, IRL this didn't end that well for him. Although he managed to trick the rebels into retreating the first time, he then used the time he bought to fortify the city and hold it against their second attack, and this one resulted in a long siege that wiped out most of the city's population through starvation. The Battle of Red Cliffs itself (the version in Romance) was inspired by a real battle in the Yangtze between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang (founder of the Ming Dynasty) against another rebel warlord. The depiction of fortress ships, tying ships together with chains, and the fire ships that ended the battle all came from this real Yuan-era battle. Romance was written in the Yuan-Ming transition, so the author had plenty of real historical events between the actual 3K era and his own to borrow from.

@SeanHiruki 10 күн бұрын

It happened. It’s just that Kongming didn’t do it. Zhuo Yu did

@crazyviking24 12 күн бұрын

I would have added Sima Yi's pretending to be crippled in an attempt to avoid having to serve as an advisor etc for Cao Cao and then later pretending to have dementia in order to get his rival regent to let his guard down.

@kroduk2400 12 күн бұрын

ssuma I tricking kuan yu :(

@jamiemartin1434 11 күн бұрын

I think his wife killing a woman in order to keep the cripple act up is probably why she's became playable in Dynasty Warriors if not the scary woman she is in it.

@crazyviking24 11 күн бұрын

@@jamiemartin1434 I was unaware of that story.

@kroduk2400 11 күн бұрын

@@jamiemartin1434 Dang I need to try the newer dynasty warrior hvn't played one since the PS-3 era PS: avoid the C.H Brewitt-Taylor translation if u plan on reading the book

@jamiemartin1434 11 күн бұрын

@@kroduk2400 You probably gonna want number eight more than number nine I mean I like nine but I have autism and most people complain about it way more than number eight . They we're not the best act informant in open world in dynasty warriors. Also in a tongue and cheek way.They basically The community said they were going to make the dynasty warriors Company says they are going to announce 10 this year near end of Last year.

@roihanfadhil2879 12 күн бұрын

"If anyone want to see the implementation of my strategy, read romance of the three kingdoms and watch Kings & Generals videos." - Sun Tzu, the Art of War.

@davidtierney3615 12 күн бұрын

Cringe 😂

@shinsenshogun900 12 күн бұрын

Sunzi would rather become Confucian than advertise his state military thought manual

@roihanfadhil2879 12 күн бұрын

@@shinsenshogun900No, probably Sun prefer being Daoist because both they are come from the same clan, namely 'Tzu' 😂😂.

@zhouwu9997 11 күн бұрын

"I didn't say that" -Sun Tzu, the Art of War.

@tc4303 11 күн бұрын

@@roihanfadhil2879Going with that logic, Confucius would’ve been Kon Tzu since that’s how you say Confucius in Mandarin, but in the end “Tzu” is really just a title given to those famous philosophers anyway

@disappearingone11 10 күн бұрын

One of Cao Cao's stratagems (probably apocryphal) that always struck with me for both its efficacy and cruelty is when he's besieging Yuan Shu's city of Shouchun and his army is running short on supplies. Cao Cao's subordinate in charge of distributing grain, Wang Hou, brings this to Cao's attention, to which Cao Cao replies, "Serve out with a smaller measure. I shall have another device in the future." Wang Hou does so, and predicably, Cao Cao's army begins to complain. When the situation becomes critical, Cao Cao summons Wang Hou and says, "I have a means of pacifying the army, but I need to borrow something from you." Wang Hou asks what this is, and Cao Cao replies, "I need to borrow your head to appease the soldiers." Wang Hou protests that he's done nothing wrong, to which Cao Cao says, "I know, but if I don't execute you, the army will mutiny. Don't worry, your wife and children will be in my care after your death." He then has Wang Hou publicly beheaded and places the blame for the grain shortage on him, mollifying the troops and encouraging them to fight harder. Shouchun falls to Cao Cao shortly afterwards.

@TheRisingEagle93 5 сағат бұрын

That's been proven to be Luo's bs to make Liu Bei look better. In actual history, that never happened. Neither did Cao killing his family friend with Chen Gong.

@yacine778 12 күн бұрын

9:10 "borrowing" the enemy arrows, then returning them to'em 😅

@vitorpereira9515 12 күн бұрын

Zhuge Liang also used fire against armies. He used againt Cao Cao armies.

@yigon5412 12 күн бұрын

this was made up by luo guanzhong. It didnt actually happen.

@user-vo6iz7gh2f 11 күн бұрын

That guy was genious.

@user-gw4kl8ft9u 10 күн бұрын

@@yigon5412 🤓 and wrong. Luo Guanzhong didn't make it up. The story was originally a folk tale with no historical evidence. Luo Guanzhong simply collected it into his novel and attributed it to Zhuge Liang instead of Zhou Yu to make their rivalry more fun.

@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 12 күн бұрын

I am sincerely appaled that no one ever tried to make a time period called 3^2 Kingdoms, imagine the possibilities

@juncheok8579 12 күн бұрын

The war of the eight princes of jin is quite close

@shinsenshogun900 12 күн бұрын

Sixteen Kingdoms comes to some cultured minds of civil war erudites

@TOTCTY 12 күн бұрын

Well, there was 8 princes, 16 kingdoms, and 10 kingdoms

@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 12 күн бұрын

@@TOTCTY 26 Kingdoms?

@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 12 күн бұрын

@@juncheok8579 Very close indeed

@HistoryOfRevolutions 12 күн бұрын

Mengzi once wrote: "If someone stops where they should not, they’ll stop anywhere. If someone slights a person they should treat generously, they’ll slight anyone. And if someone races ahead, they retreat in a hurry"

@umjackd 12 күн бұрын

Just wanted to comment to say that the art for this video was exceptionally beautiful. Hats off to your artists and animators.

@JohnDoe-ug3su 12 күн бұрын

For 36 stratagem, you gotta mention the Mongol army favorite "make them believe there is a path out"

@426mak 12 күн бұрын

My favorite is the first stratagem "run".

@JohnDoe-ug3su 11 күн бұрын

@@426mak not the first, that's the best.

@danielcohn-bendit701 10 күн бұрын

Or my favorite: the false retreat. The Crusaders were particularly gullible to that one!

@me0101001000 6 күн бұрын

@@426mak "when they approach us, we run away"

@gabriellin1352 5 күн бұрын

To clarify here to the general audience/viewers. The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (The Warring States of Three Kingdoms era/period) did not started with this 3 kingdoms. There were at least a dozen more kingdoms to begin with, it’s just that eventually the ultimate trio remained/survived/left to balance out the power and territory in middle earth. This 3 kingdoms era/period was already like the 3rd installment of the trilogy movie franchise. Hope the public gets a glimpse of the picture here.

@lukaima5147 Күн бұрын

To add up to you, actually, those a dozen more kingdoms are not real "kingdoms", they could be described as warlords but they all hold official positions, and titles given by the Han Dynasty (or claimed to be). Until 220AD Cao Pi replaced Han Dynasty as the new emperor, it could be described as the beginning of the Wei Dynasty. And after that Liu Bei and Sun Quan claimed themselves all are official emperors of China.

@lukaima5147 Күн бұрын

For example during the earlier stages, even in the battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao was Si Kong of Han Dynasty, a position bit close to the prime minister. And Liu Bei was officially the General Left of Han Dynasty. Sun Quan was holding an even lower position. That's why Cao Cao could use the Han Emperor as puppet and claimed Liu Bei and Sun Quan were "open rebellion".

@gabriellin1352 Күн бұрын

@@lukaima5147 well said. Hope the public learn and know more about this stuff😎

@tsarzamancorpdna 12 күн бұрын

Zhuge liang: imma about to ruin this man's whole career Repeat for 30 years

@bvbxiong5791 11 күн бұрын

Zhuge Liang is given credit for alot of stuff that other generals accomplished IRL. I do believe he was a badass, but not 200IQ badass. There is one account in history and in the fictionalized book that I'm glad they included that showed he wasn't 200IQ all the time. He failed to conquer a fortified city called Chencang commanded by a general named Hao Zhao and had to withdraw. Zhuge Liang tried a number of tactics but Hao Zhao countered them all.

@msuomtv 11 күн бұрын

Admittedly I haven't read too much about the period, but the more I read the less I think about people like Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei and the more I think of people like Wei Yan.

@yeeyee5057 8 күн бұрын

Zhuge Liang was not as good of a military strategist as his rival Sima Yi, but he was a statesman without equal and the main reason Shu for a time, could afford to launch several attacks on the larger and stronger Wei.

@paulchen4447 8 күн бұрын

@@bvbxiong5791 there was a limit to what they could do no matter what. Fortified cities in China are no joke, most of the most decisive sieges revolved tricking the enemy to sally out and engage because the sieging force showed signs of weakness, or they just try to piss off the defenders and make them come out. When it doesn't work, they siege the city for months non stop and it becomes a matter of whether the provincial leader surrenders to keep their position instead of losing everything or they remain loyal and it comes down to whether the king can come save the besieged city. a lot of ways Sima Yi used to fend off Zhuge Liang came down to literally just making sure there are no weaknesses in our army, hold our position until they run out of supplies, and punish them if they make a blunder. Most of the time Zhuge Liang had less time to waste so it almost always forced him to commit to a risky battle, and of course, leads to Sima Yi winning it easier.

@Itskal3 10 күн бұрын

During the Three Kingdom period, Chinese generals were each commanding armies with 100K+ men. The entire Roman Empire was only 160k.

@Panicscroll69 7 күн бұрын

Yes, and today made in china also means low quality.

@rahmatbagusss 7 күн бұрын

@@Panicscroll69your phone and lot of gadget probably make by them. They dont care if its low quality as long they get rich

@badart3204 6 күн бұрын

I mean if you believe their reports sure. Roman’s also claimed to be fighting hundreds of thousands of people as well which is unlikely

@vasheed 6 күн бұрын

Sounds dubious, estimates on the Roman army were upwards 500k. We're literally talking about death tolls of 60k at battles like Canae.

@lolasdm6959 6 күн бұрын

@@Panicscroll69 Ha, say what you want, but Chinese armies were armed and train in manners which would not be replicated in Europe for centuries to come. I don't see Europeans ever replicating javelin, shield and sword or the maniples. But instead used pikes, helberds and crossbows, with mixed formations, and eventually adopting state reforms to allow mass mobilization. Moreover the first professional army in Europe post Roman collapse, the gendarmerie are organized in units of 5, which is similar to the Chinese smallest unit of 5 in a "wu".

@ReviveHF 12 күн бұрын

Basically, the Chinese armies during this time period undergoing the same changes as the Roman counterparts. Cavalry plays a much bigger role and Infantry adopted the more protective equipment of the cavalry. Instead of vast numbers of troops covered vast distances of the Empire, "Mobile field armies" combined with cunning tactics are favoured in late Eastern Han Era/Three Kingdoms Era. You could argue that historically, Aurelian, Stilicho, Aetius and Majorian relied more on deception to win battles.

@heskrthmatt 12 күн бұрын

3:46 Pretty hilarious Lu Bu would call someone else treacherous.

@Abigdummy4life 4 күн бұрын

Let's be fair, Lü Bu ESPECIALLY irl AND outside of Dynasty Warriors is basically an overpowered Oblivion NPC XD

@vitorpereira9515 12 күн бұрын

I love the three kingdoms period. Cao Cao in reality was more likeable than his romance countepart. He was such a good administrator that among the three kingdoms Wei was the most stable and strongest. Sima Yi descendants unified China thanks to Cao Cao.

@shinsenshogun900 12 күн бұрын

This comment has plenty of poetic irony here

@BlamBird 12 күн бұрын

The Sima family usurped the kingdom that the Cao family established with the Sima’s guidance. They definitely needed each other to make the Sima’s Jin Dynasty happen.

@vitorpereira9515 12 күн бұрын

@@BlamBird Cao Cao never trusted completely in Sima Yi, he knew how ambitious he was and although he was useful he kept him at arm's length. Cao Pi followed his father's advice and kept him in check. His sucessors unfortunately understimated the old man.

@kongming66 12 күн бұрын

@@vitorpereira9515 Yeah, there's a lot of irony in this whole thread. Starting with Cao Cao being "more likeable," which is subjective. To a casual Western reader learning about his exploits thru a historical lens, sure he's a lot more appreciable than what Mao Zhangong's version. To a Chinese city-dweller living in the central plains or northern Jing as the Han dynasty collapsed, you'd think he was the spawn of Hell. The irony of all of the cycles of reevaluation of ROT3K is that it still ends up in a half-closed loop. Cao Wei forces generally were forgiving to nobles and officials who surrendered, and genocidal towards peasants and commoners for the slightest hint of resistance even if they had no choice. Liu Bei backstabbed and brutalized nobles and officials - including his own clan - but actually had a following among the lower classes ostensibly because of genuine altruism he showed to them. The only character who was really screwed over by Chen, Luo and Mao in their retellings was Sun Jian, who was every bit the hero of the Yellow Turban Rebellions and siege of Hu Lato Gate. Less so for his sons, since Sun Ce hired quite a few former pirates and Quan was effectively an independent warlord who worked towards his own goals. Point is, ironically there were some valid historical reasons why they assigned the roles they did to each kingdom and its founder, including Sima Yi, since Western Jin is reviled in Chinese history for the rampant fraticide and laying out the red carpet for the nomadic hordes

@vitorpereira9515 12 күн бұрын

@@kongming66 Ah shut up Zhuge Liang! And we both know that Red Cliff was Zhou Yu magnum opus, not yours.

@spastado 9 күн бұрын

If you watch the tv series and read other stories, there are many other tactics and strategies that cao cao used. When facing off with Liu Bei early on, he used his raw recruits to assault the walls and let them rout in disarray to create a disorganised illusion of his army. But laid an ambush outside the city when the defenders sallied out to chase. He is cunning and ruthless to spend the lives of men to get the objective. And he also used the correct type of troops to fit the bill because no one would fall for it if he used the crack troops to assault the walls

@MKfanmomo 12 күн бұрын

I simply love the Three Kingdoms so much, this content brought a smile to my face.

@ColdSceptical36 12 күн бұрын

You are one of the best KZfaq channels who tell us about history. I would like you to make a series on mughals because the way you present history is just undoubtedly amazing.

@johnfekete3623 10 күн бұрын

Just imagine a badass collaboration involving Epic History Tv, Kings & Generals, History Marche & House Of History like omg hoping one day 😁🤞🏼

@Puget55 12 күн бұрын

The problem is that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a book wrote more than a thousand years after the period it make Zhuge Liang Kongming appear as way more powerful and talented than he was. According to "the chroniques of the three kingdoms" which is an accurate historical chronique writed by the Hans officials during this period, the real deal was Zhou Yu Gongjin, the stratego of Wu, he is the carftmen behind Chi Bi, the red cliff and the only one who is better than Cao Cao Mengde.

@kuronoch.1441 10 күн бұрын

Thing is, the historian writing the Records, Chen Shou, had a huge bias towards Jin and Shu (where he had served earlier), but had a huge bias against Zhuge Liang, since he probably had his father Chen Ji executed.

@17Watman 12 күн бұрын

I’d like to see a few videos on the Warring States Period. (Yes I have been reading Kingdom Manga)

@user-vo1uc3bh7t 10 күн бұрын

Fantastic episode! The content was incredibly rich and unique, and I really appreciated the artistic flair of the video. Keep producing such amazing content, Kings and Generals!😃

@MysticChronicles712 11 күн бұрын

The depth of research and the clarity of presentation make this video a valuable resource for anyone interested in ancient warfare and strategy. Kudos to the creators for shedding light on this pivotal period in Chinese history!

@mfshro0m 6 күн бұрын

Great video! Would love to see more on Chinese military history like how equipment, army composition and tactics evolved over the centuries

@Snarkison 12 күн бұрын

This was a great video, please do at least a part 2!

@patrickdegenaar9495 11 күн бұрын

Good summary! The Romance of the Three kingdoms is epic! Well worth the read or listen to the podcast

@sirunklydunk8861 12 күн бұрын

This documentary reminds me of Total War: Three Kingdoms and now I'm sad

@kevinzhu6417 12 күн бұрын

I was really looking forward to the Northern Expansion, I had all the DLC and they just pulled the plug out of nowhere for a sequel they reportedly canceled smh

@mcrhombas3743 12 күн бұрын

I loved that game and idk why they stopped working on it. Maybe 3 Kingdoms 2 will expand into Korea and even further north to the tribes? Idk I'll take whatever they wanna make cause Three Kingdoms was so good

@DomainExpansion95 12 күн бұрын

True. CA really need to change their total war game. They can follow so many examples of other games and integrate those in their total war game. Nobunaga ambition series and EU4 integrated into total war will be epic game

@mcrhombas3743 12 күн бұрын

@@DomainExpansion95 yeah agreed

@GarrettPetersen 12 күн бұрын

Glad to see content about this! I'm 3/4 of the way through the novel.

@oneshotme 12 күн бұрын

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@johnmwan8980 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for this!! One of the greatest era of Old China ❤

@anonymousanonymous7250 12 күн бұрын

Finally this series is back.

@-RONNIE 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video 👍🏻

@Joseph-sj9uf 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video! For a few years now, I been trying to find more resources on ancient chinese doctrine and how it might affect modern PLA doctrine

@nightsplurge810 11 күн бұрын

More three kingdoms again! Yay!

@MrSinclairn 11 күн бұрын

The 'Borrowing Arrows' sequence is portrayed very well in the John Woo's historical action films 'Red Cliff/Red Cliff II' ! 👌👍

@TathagataD10S 12 күн бұрын

Please make a video on Java War and Diponegoro. There are not much English content available on the topic on KZfaq.

@xiphoid2011 11 күн бұрын

what's not mentioned in the video is "三十六计，走为上计“。Translates to "of the 36 stratagems, go away/flee is the highest strategy". It means, when you have no ability to defeat the enemy, run away is the best/only option. Of course, you can't make a video out of this stratagem. :)

@janlindtner305 12 күн бұрын

More of that please👍👍👍

@gohmingxiu9527 12 күн бұрын

Wished you included Huang Gai's feigned defect after being "beat up" by Zhou Yu (yeah its perfect meme material, of a guy "beating up" another guy)

@jamesdavies5386 12 күн бұрын

Great video!

@ArtemysNyx 11 күн бұрын

damn this channel avoids the three kingdoms like the plague but then this drops! sweet!

@richardthomas9497 12 күн бұрын

Strange, I was recently rewatching the old Three Kingdoms videos.

@nocturnalforsaken4519 11 күн бұрын

much more china history can be a content thanks for the video

@HistoryHaty 12 күн бұрын

Thanks Kings and Generals for this great video on ancient Chinese strategy. Parts had me laughing at how funny and clever these tactics were. I Also enjoy your World War II stuff manly the Pacific War series and the North African series, but can you do some World War I.❤👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡

@franciscojorgesousaandrade 12 күн бұрын

The era of the 3 kingdoms really is fascinating and full of stories, taking advantage of this, I could talk about guan yu and how the cult of his personality began and also talk about the period from spring and autumn to the warring kingdoms.

@shinsenshogun900 12 күн бұрын

The Fall of the Han is where peak Chinese history is at

@user-lf4yo4re4b Күн бұрын

@@shinsenshogun900还有个唐呢

@RelixasVlogsandGameClips 12 күн бұрын

pressed like because dynasty warriors and romance of the 3 kingdoms.

@anicitra5927 12 күн бұрын

Also Dynasty Tactics : in an alternate story you can recruit Lu Bu as one of the strongest general/officer (at the cost of losing one of Cao Cao's strategist Guo Jia). And recruit Gongsun Zan to make Zhao Yun joined Wei.

@josenathanieltendencia245 12 күн бұрын

Same feeling.

@carloschu7127 11 күн бұрын

Console games, PC games, webpage games, Online games, apps games, and endless versions of Romance of Three Kingdoms.

@luanasari5161 12 күн бұрын

Zhuge Liang out here playing 4d chess 💀

@solidraven6986 11 күн бұрын

Hell yeah new 3k vids

@steveogle8942 12 күн бұрын

Zhuge Liang was also know by his courtesy name Kongming. He was also the inventor of the Chinese lantern by the same name.

@joshh3304 11 күн бұрын

We must remember that the Romance was wrriten over a thousand years later, by a court official not a soldier. The empty fort tactics described could easily be unravelled by sending a small calvary scout force (thats their purpose!). Likewise for the "borrowing arrows", which commander would deplete his arrows firing into an unseen enemy who doesnt return a single shot (if they dont shoot back then they are not in range and we are wasting arrows).

@andrewsuryali8540 11 күн бұрын

Both stratagems were real and they really worked. They just weren't executed in the same way and not in the 3K. The empty city stratagem actually happened several times and in most cases worked by sheer luck. As you said, the easy way to beat it was to send in a cavalry force. The one that matched best the story in Romance is something that happened in the An Lushan rebellion when a Tang general opened the gates of his city and sat on top of the ramparts playing a lute. He did this because he knew that An Lushan himself was leading the rebel force heading towards him. Both men had served the empire together for a long time and knew each other well, so when An showed up, he found the guy who he knew to be one of the empire's most loyal generals sitting up there offering up his city to the rebels. An Lushan rode up to the general, held a brief conversation, was convinced by his old friend's seeming congeniality that the whole damn thing was a giant trap, and pulled his forces back. The city took the window presented by this retreat to fortify itself, then held off the enraged An Lushan's rebel force for a very long time. While the city technically won the siege eventually (An Lushan left the siege to pursue more important matters, got himself killed, and the rebellion fizzled under his usurper Shi Siming), they lost most of their population through starvation. The borrowing arrows stratagem was something that happened in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era. A minor warlord did this over several nights to steal arrows from his opponent. In his case, he initiated the arrow exchange by launching first. The enemy commander was apparently a firm believer in the dakka strategy and kept his men shooting even when no arrows were being shot back. However, the purpose of the real-life stratagem wasn't to steal enemy arrows but to lure them into depleting their arrows before the real attack. Most of the arrows fell into the river, after all. Those caught in the straw men were just a bonus. Presumably some of those were then used the following nights to reinitiate the arrow exchanges.

@joshh3304 11 күн бұрын

@andrewsuryali8540 thanks for sharing! Nice to read how real life actually works, more exciting I feel than make up tactics

@nathantallar8967 11 күн бұрын

Wish CA would continue Three Kingdoms

@alaga2007oke 12 күн бұрын

A nice video on 3 kindgoms ...

@user_of_Tube 12 күн бұрын

well done animated

@bhchen3079 10 күн бұрын

周瑜 (Zhou Yu)，曹操(Cao Cao) ，诸葛亮(Zhuge Liang)，司马懿 (Sima Yi) were all known for their knowledge in military strategy. In that period , there were also many other strategists that are not widely known by the casual audience such as 荀彧(Xun Yu) and many others

@thehellyousay 11 күн бұрын

lu bu: "cao cao is treacherous, and we must not fall into his trap." *proceeds, testicles first, into a woodchipper*

@user-vo6iz7gh2f 11 күн бұрын

So bassicaly, this Cao Cao got served his own medicine. Irony.😅😅😅

@jameszhou162 3 күн бұрын

Zhu Ge Liang did not trick Sima Yi but he knows Sima Yi’s biggest enemy is not Shu Empire but Cao Family which was viewing Sima family as a major threat especially if Sima defeats Shu empire. 兔死狗烹，鸟尽弓藏。 Sima Yi was not just a military strategist but also a shrewd politician who understands the bigger picture and Zhu Ge also knew. So a grand Strategen of plot within a plot

@jonbaxter2254 10 күн бұрын

"Kings and generals are only human" Ah! He said the thing!

@AmandaFessler 7 күн бұрын

The Thumbnail: Three Kingdoms Stratagems Me: I wonder if they used a "Dragon" Airstrike or Orbital Bombardment. The Video: Really great stratagems. Learning about Diaochan was fascinating, in particular.

@falcao1984 11 күн бұрын

To add salt to the borrowed arrows episode, Zhuge Liang made everyone shout "Thank you Prime-Minister Cao for the arrows!"

@plainboba 11 күн бұрын

“Down down, left left left” - Zhuge Liang

@AmandaFessler 7 күн бұрын

Based and Freedompilled.

@Sephiroth144 12 күн бұрын

Oooooh... we're getting into the San Guo? YEEEEEEESSSSSSS

@donpedro9004 5 күн бұрын

The first and second battles of Hefei still remain my favorites. During the first battle, Cao Cao's forces, after their defeat the Red Cliffs and at Nanjun, pulled back towards Yang Province, which was split in half by both Cao Cao and Sun Quan and hotly contested. Sun Quan brought a larger force but was defeated in the opening skirmish by Cao Cao's forces. When Sun Quan's forces slipped a spy into the enemy camp to sow chaos, the conspiracy was instantly crushed by Zhang Liao. After interrogating and executing the spies, Zhang Liao intentionally ordered for the watch tower's brazier to be lit and for the front gates to be opened. Sun Quan's top general took his men and charged into the camp where they were destroyed by a hail of arrows almost immediately. Following the exchange of the southern cities of the fertile and strategic Jing province from Liu Bei to Sun Quan, the pair launched a simultaneous attack north with Liu Bei attacking the newly-conquered Hanzhong region west and Sun Quan attacking Hefei to the east. To make sure that there would not be attrition, Sun Quan's forces took the nearby county of Wan which held a significant amount of supplies for Cao Cao's troops in the province before sieging Hefei. In response, Zhang Liao split his significantly smaller army between himself and co-commanders, Yue Jin and Li Dian. When Sun Quan's vanguard arrived, Yue Jin provoked them into heading straight for Hefei while Li Dian destroyed the bridges that Sun Quan's forces used only after Sun Quan's regiment crosses the ford. After allowing Sun Quan to move further deeper, Zhang Liao launches the ambush with Li Dian from behind on Sun Quan's isolated forces. With the vanguard too far out to arrive in time, Sun Quan manages to miraculously vault over the destroyed bridge, but his remaining men are decimated as they've been cut off from each other. When the vanguard learns that their lord is in danger, they try to turn back, but Yue Jin exits Hefei and routs them instead. The irl doesn't even shy too far back either as Zhang Liao leading 800 men with help from Li Dian charged straight into the Wu camp when they were ready to siege Hefei. Several officers and soldiers by this sudden assault. When Sun Quan finally managed to encircle Zhang's forces, the general punched his way out. Before returning Zhang Liao learned that some men were still trapped inside the encirclement, so he proceeds to reenter the encirclement before punching a second hole out to rescue the stranded men. Sun Quan would not be able to take the city after this crushing skirmish, and Zhang Liao held out until a plague forced the Wu forces back. It would be at this time that the three commanders of Cao Cao's forces would burst out of the castle while Sun Quan's unit was about to retreat after everyone else that they would nearly slay the enemy commander before he vaulted over the destroyed bridge.

@cavemann_ 11 күн бұрын

Time to test my knowledge from watching a bunch of Total War: Three Kingdoms playthroughs, having done several playthroughs myself, and having watched several documentaries on that period.

@nicholaswilson8695 12 күн бұрын

Oh man yess classic 3 kingdom era history love this era of china 2000 years ago now I believe

@kaijudirector5336 12 күн бұрын

Dear Kings and Generals, Please do a series on the Sixteen Kingdoms. Sincerely, a concerned Chinese history fan.

@Xaviar_St.Thomas 12 күн бұрын

Well done

@giod6266 12 күн бұрын

Very cool!

@hokyinchong3443 12 күн бұрын

wow im early amazing video

@syphernynx4186 8 күн бұрын

Total war three kingdoms, romance of the three kingdoms history, kings & generals content, what a trio

@Humayerzidan 11 күн бұрын

we want more videos on three kingdom

@Mr808pocho 12 күн бұрын

Nah that arrow collection was just 🤯

@keystringcomposer8038 11 күн бұрын

Can we get some videos on the conquest of China by the Qin? I've been watching the Kingdom anime and I'd love to learn more about what REALLY happened and what's fiction

@frederikbeckers8923 11 күн бұрын

Pls more videos about the ancient china and korea

@glen7k621 12 күн бұрын

You guys have to try Total War Three Kingdoms!! It has incredible overhauls, as well as skin and character mods (if you're a fan of 3 Kingdoms).

@Slavador2393 12 күн бұрын

This is my favorite era in Chinese history; the romance of the three kingdoms

@playerciti 10 күн бұрын

i hear three kingdom and my nostalgie of dynasty warriors apears ❤

@northwall9243 8 күн бұрын

The Zhuge Liang story feels almost identical to the one where Tokugawa Ieyasu used the emptyf ort tactic during his retreat in the Battle of Mikatagahara.

@ftd7435 5 күн бұрын

At 6.38, Zhuge Liang was never in the castle playing the guzheng musical instrument. He was leading the army somewhere else. The writer of The Three Kingdoms "changed" the story to romanticize history but Sima Yi was conned into believing it was an ambush and retreated. Years later, Sima Yi lamented it as the 'greatest humiliation' in his entire life.

@thingsarecool887 11 күн бұрын

Make a series for all of 36 stratagem

@jamuojisan 4 күн бұрын

The 36 Strategems provide more historical accurate examples than those we can find in the romance of 3 kingdoms.

@thatnobodyrod 11 күн бұрын

I feel like I'm listening to a story from the Dynasty Warriors games haha!! OG hack and slash lets goooo!!!

@lordkent8143 5 күн бұрын

Another theory for Sima Yi falling for Zhuge Liang's empty fort strategy wasnt because he was cautious of Zhuge Liangs ambush but he was more concern of what will happen if he did capture Zhuge Liang if it wasnt an ambush? What will happen to Sima Yi in the Cao court? They will surely get rid of him after his use against Zhuge Liang was no longer needed. Sima Yi was thinking long term.

@Zephyriia 6 күн бұрын

So I’m coming back after a while away from Kings and Generals. Compared to 2 years ago, how much more accurate and better is this channel in y’all opinion? I found his pronunciations wayyy better ❤

@harrystark940 12 күн бұрын

I want to see more videos of 21st century conflict

@cans597 4 күн бұрын

Great video however you should've delved a little on Han Xin tactics, he was the most impressive in Ancient China (at least from the Shiji records that we have access to) There’s to bad that detailed Battle records of Bai Qi and Li Mu were lost due to Xiang Yu actions.

@HasithaKumarasiri-xr6te Күн бұрын

Could you bring all so warring states era military tactics,

@cvb596 10 күн бұрын

here I was, hoping this was a partnership to announce a new Total War Three Kingdoms version :)

@buddhatwig7846 7 күн бұрын

History 三国志and legends 三国演义are a giant mesh for 3 kingdoms period, where legends usually prevailed.

@wroughtiron6031 9 күн бұрын

Im so happy that ma boi zhao yun was finally mentioned

@gh0rochi363 8 күн бұрын

Please do more 3k era videos

@ryanconstantinechong4346 10 күн бұрын

I think the better question would be: If the Chinese of the classical era were to fight the Romans, who would win?

@alis1079 10 күн бұрын

8:51 fire was not discovered yet!

@FlamosSnow 12 күн бұрын

Can you please do the final battle from Dune 2. Please

@EnigmaG 8 күн бұрын

Some say Sima knows Zhuge was pulling an empty fort trick, but he pretended he was tricked, he needs Shu to stay Wei king's main enemy, as long as Shu exists, the Wei king needs Sima house to stay strong and wouldn't mind Sima having so much power, eventually the house of Sima got so powerful and took the kingdom from Wei and killed the Wei king.

@steveogle8942 12 күн бұрын

Red Cliff is one of the greatest movies of all time. You have to watch the full-length version and not the shorter one.