On the ancient battlefield, do generals really like to go head to head?

The era of cold weapons has its own way of fighting, and it never relies on the main general to fight alone, which is only an extremely rare phenomenon. For example, in the entire Three Kingdoms period, there were only three heads-up in the history books, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, Lu Bu injured Guo Yan, and Sun Ce fought Tai Shici. Moreover, Guan Yu won in the chaotic army, Sun Ce and Tai Shici were not in the official battle, only Lu Bu really fought alone in front of the two armies that time.

Few, and the vast majority of generals, take place at a very early age (the kind in a few hundred years BC).

In fact, a careful analysis of this issue will show that this has an absolute relationship with social productivity.

When the productive forces are insufficient, everyone cannot afford to raise many full-time professional soldiers, and only a very small number of aristocratic classes are regarded as professional soldiers, and these "professional soldiers" are not only the pillars of the army, but also the pillars of society, which cannot be consumed casually.

Professional soldiers cannot be consumed, and the combat ability of non-professional soldiers is extremely unreliable (not to mention that it is a very dangerous thing to arm a large number of slaves and civilians who are usually oppressed. ）

In order to reduce combat consumption, I had to choose the battle form of a few warriors who were heads-up in front of the formation, which was the basis for the existence of the so-called generals' heads-up.

Therefore, when the social productive forces are large enough to tolerate the consumption of the army in combat, this kind of behavior becomes unnecessary and will naturally be gradually eliminated.

What kind of honor, faith, in fact, the root of these things is determined by actual interests, many of the ways of warfare that seem to be incredible in modern times, at that time were actually the most timely, fighting a war is a conflict of interests, and unprofitable ways of fighting will naturally not be used.

You can understand it this way, for example, the cost of heads-up is 1, and the cost of a large army is 100, then when a country's productivity is only 100, it is impossible to use a combat method with a cost of 100, because it means that the risk of a war of overthrowing the country is too high. But when the country's productive forces develop to 10,000, the 100-cost combat mode is very common, but the 1-cost combat mode is really not painful, and it is too child's play to determine the consequences of 10,000 with the victory or defeat of 1. ）

Before Zhao Wei and Han were divided, there were generals who were single-handed, and there was no long-range class bow at that time, and the range of the bow was limited, and after the division of the Jin, Korean bows and crossbows prevailed in the Warring States Period, and the generals would not go out! And the handsome flag will be placed very far back.

<> "In many romances**, there will be a situation where before the two armies fight, and the two sides will take the lead and go heads-up. This is also the most exciting part of many **, so, in the real war of the ancient quarrel wheel beam, will there really be a situation where the military generals in the romance are heads-up?

Generally speaking, in the official history, there are few details of the war, and it is often enough to record the year, month, day, location and number of people of the war. But in ancient wars, there were indeed generals who went head-to-head, in fact, this habit was first handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period.

You must know that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fighting a war was also a very face-saving thing, and it was not something that ordinary people could participate in. What's more, there were still many countries in the Central Plains Dynasty at that time, so in the war at that time, it was very particular about the so-called troop arrangement. And in addition, there will be a situation where the generals are heads-up, but this situation is generally a few moves by people with status on both sides, and the morale of the winning side will naturally be much higher.

So much so that this situation is not very uncommon in the future. Especially in the Three Kingdoms era, it has become a habit for the generals to fight alone at this time, and sometimes there will even be a collapse of the whole army because of the unilateral defeat of the generals. For example, in the Battle of Tiger Pass, Dou Jiande was captured alive, which led to the direct collapse of an army of more than 100,000 people.

It's just that this situation is relatively rare.

In Chinese warfare, generals often attack each other alone, rather than fighting again, and there are even things like cold arrows and hidden weapons. Although this was rare before the Three Kingdoms, it was more common in wars after the Three Kingdoms.

And not only in the history of China, but also in foreign Japan or the European Middle Ages, there is also a habit of going head-to-head in wars. During the Warring States period in Japan, it was often the case that a general with super combat effectiveness was selected first, and then the two sides fought head-to-head. In the culture of the European Middle Ages, it was more of a knight on both sides of the street, which was actually not quite the same as in China.

Because in the Middle Ages in Europe, knights belonged to the backbone of the fighting force, and each one was very precious. Therefore, a duel has evolved as a way to win or win with little loss. However, in knight duels, it is absolutely forbidden to use hidden weapons or crossbow arrows, which is a crime for them.

In fact, the heads-up of military generals in history is often a conventional rule, of course, there are many people who break this rule, but in ancient wars, there will indeed be a situation where generals are heads-up.

<> "Will the generals of both sides of the war be single-handedly in ancient wars?" Is it recorded in the official history?

Nowadays, a lot of everyone's understanding of history comes from the adaptation of film and television dramas, and in many costume dramas, we often see such a picture: when the two armies are fighting, they will always send the generals of both sides to have a heads-up contest first, and the soldiers on the field will wave their flags and shout for them in the back to boost the prestige of the army. As the generals of the two sides fought for dozens of rounds, one of the generals was beheaded under the horse, and the morale of the soldiers of the winning side was greatly boosted, and the advantage in the whole battle was even more obvious.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there was such a story, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo sent Hua Xiong to fight, when Hua Xiong relied on his own strength to kill the three generals in front of the battle, at this moment, Guan Yu stepped forward and defeated Hua Xiong with only one move. At that time, the morale of the coalition army was greatly boosted, and Guan Yu was also famous all over the world.

In ancient times, when there was a war, did the generals of both sides really have to go head-to-head first? This is in the official history, in fact, there has long been a record of carrying the defense oak, let's find out about it below!

Heads-up did exist before the war, but most of them appeared before the former Qin, and most of the generals who led the troops to fight at that time were mostly from the nobility. After the former Qin, the northern Xiongnu attacked the Central Plains, because the Xiongnu were good at riding and shooting, so that the nobles of the Central Plains could not adapt, and from then on, the situation of the generals going head-to-head disappeared.

In ancient wars, the reason why the generals of both sides were going to fight each other was mainly to boost morale. Before the start of the war, the two sides had no way of knowing each other's strength, and if they went to war directly, they would inevitably fight for a long time, and even if they won in the end, the losses would be very heavy. In ancient times, many soldiers who participated in the war were strong men who were captured, so it was difficult for them to fight hard.

At this time, the generals before the battle are head-to-head, and the victory of that side will greatly boost the morale of their soldiers, and the chance of victory will be greater!

It can be seen that when fighting in ancient times, the way of fighting alone between the two sides did exist, but this way of fighting was very rare, and it was basically canceled after the Qin Dynasty.