As the saying goes: "Victory and loss are common affairs of military affairs." In Chinese history, there are many famous generals who command thousands of troops and made countless military achievements, which have been admired by many people. However, there are not many famous generals who have achieved no defeat in their lifetime. Let’s talk about which gods of war are called undefeated success in their lifetime.
First place: Baiqi
Baiqi, Baishi, name Qi, from Meiyi (now Changxing Town, Meixian County, Shaanxi Province). The outstanding military strategist and representative of "military genius" in the Warring States Period were called the four famous generals of , , , , and Wang Jian . When talking about Bai Qi, the most common thing that reminds people of is the Changping Battle between Qin and Zhao. In the end, Bai Qi led the Qin army to annihilate a total of 450,000 Zhao troops, and ordered Qin army to bury all the surrendered soldiers alive, leaving only the young 240 soldiers back to Zhao. Bai Qi has been nicknamed "Man Slaughter" since then. The Battle of Changping is an important turning point in the history of the Warring States Period, and it is also the earliest, largest and most thorough large-scale annihilation war in ancient Chinese military history.
Bai Qi is really invincible in , he will be defeated in every battle, and he has never lost his life. In 294 BC, he led his army to attack South Korea, using the tactic of avoiding the real and attacking the virtual, first weak and then strong, and completely destroyed 240,000 Han and Wei coalition forces. In 273 BC, Zhao and Wei attacked Huayang in South Korea (now south of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province). Qin Zhaoxiang King ordered Bai Qi and his guest minister Hu Yang to lead the army to rescue Han, annihilate 130,000 Wei troops in one fell swoop, and captured three Wei generals alive. Then, he attacked Zhao general Jia Yan. After fierce battles, he defeated the Zhao army and killed 20,000 Zhao soldiers, so he took advantage of the victory to reach Daliang, Wei capital (now Kaifeng, Henan). In 264 BC, Bai Qi led the Qin army to attack South Korea, seized nine cities including Han Xingcheng, and killed more than 50,000 Korean troops. In 278 BC, Bai Qi was ordered to send troops to attack Chu State, and this time he directly captured Chu State's capital Ying.
Bai Qi Battle of Yique killed 250,000 Han and Wei coalition forces, attacked Chu three times, captured Chu capital, burned its ancestral temple, and annihilated 350,000 Chu troops; attacked Zhao and annihilated 700,000 Zhao troops (including the Battle of Changping); attacked Han and Wei to annihilate 200,000. Bai Qi wiped out a total of 1.65 million troops from the six countries in his life and captured more than 70 cities of all sizes and large and small. Qin State used Ying as Nanjun and conferred Bai Qi as Wu'anjun . Since then, has been famous all over the world.
second place: Huo Qubing
Huo Qubing was born in Han Wudi first year of Jianyuan (140 BC), and the nephew of the famous general Wei Qing . Huo Qubing was "good at riding and shooting" when he was young. In 123 BC, the 17-year-old Huo Qubing was appointed as the vote Yao Jiawei by Emperor Wu of Han. He followed Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu Huo Qubing led 800 brave and agile cavalry to kill 2,028 Xiongnu soldiers, and killed the grandfather of the Xiongnu Shanyu, Ji Ruohouchan, and many other generals and officials, and captured Luo Gubi, the uncle of the Shanyu Emperor Wu of Han was very happy 1 sir Huo Qubing as the champion marquis.
BC In the spring of 121 BC, Emperor Wu of Han appointed Huo Qubing as General of the Cavalry and led 10,000 elite cavalrymen to attack the Huns. Huo Qubing led his army alone to go deep, annihilated more than 30,000 enemies, captured the five kings of the Huns, the five queen mothers, the fifty-nine princes of the Shanyu clan and the princes, the prime minister, the general, the home, the commander, the commander, the commander, the 63 Emperor Wu of Han was very happy and ordered the additional seal of Huo Qubing fief 5,000 households.
In 119 BC, Huo Qubing led his army northward to more than 2,000 miles, crossed Lihou Mountain, crossed GongLuhe , and fought against the Xiongnu Zuoxian King . In this battle, he killed 70,400 enemies and captured 3 people including the Hunnu Tuntou King, Han King , and 83 people including the general, prime minister, garrison, and Duwei. To celebrate the victory of this battle, Huo Qubing held a tribute to the sky in the Qingjuxu Mountain, and held a tribute to the heavens in Guyan Mountain (near Langjubei Mountain), and climbed to the vast sea (now Lake Baikal), carved stones to record their merits, and then returned to the court with triumph.Huo Qubing was awarded 5,800 households with the title of fief of 5,800, and was named , Grand Sima , together with General Wei Qing.
Huo Qubing led his troops to attack the Huns four times in his life, killing more than 110,000 enemies. flexibly use troops and does not follow ancient methods. He won every battle and became a famous general who became famous in later generations. Unfortunately, in 117 BC, Huo Qubing suddenly died of illness, and was only 24 years old at that time. Emperor Wu of Han was very sad about Huo Qubing's death. He was granted the title of Jinghuanhou , and ordered the construction of Huo Qubing's tomb to look like the Qilian Mountains. He also built a " Clothes Tomb in Guanjun Village, Zhangcun Town, Dengzhou City, Henan Province, a fief of Huo Qubing, to demonstrate his extraordinary achievements in overcoming the Huns.
third place: Han Xin
Han Xin (about 231 BC- 196 BC ), Huaiyin people, Xiao He and Zhang Liang are among the three masters of the Han Dynasty, , Peng Yue , Yingbu are known as the three famous generals of the Han Dynasty. Han Xin was originally a subordinate of Xiang Yu , but he was not reused. Later, he was appreciated, and Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon and later became a general by Liu Bang.
In Chu-Han War , Han Xin showed his outstanding military talent. He pacified Wei State , changed Wei to Hedong County , and defeated Dai and Zhao in a desperate battle. Afterwards, he went north to subdue Yan State . In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was appointed as prime minister and led his troops to attack Qi, captured Linzi , and wiped out the 200,000 Chu troops who aided Qi in Weishui. So, Liu Bang sent Zhang Liang to make Han Xin the King of Qi. In October of the following year, he ordered Han Xin to join forces to encircle and annihilate the Chu army, forcing Xiang Yu to commit suicide. Without him, Liu Bang would not have established Han Dynasty , because only Han Xin could do it if he wanted to defeat Xiang Yu.
Han Xin did not lose in his life in his battles. was regarded as " Soldier Immortal " and "God Commander". He is a representative figure of the "military power planner" of Chinese military thought. was praised by Xiao He as " Unparalleled National Scholar ". Liu Bang commented: "We will win in battle and win in attack. I am not as good as Han Xin."
The above three are the gods of war who have never lost their lives in history. If you know that there are such generals, please leave a message in the comment section below.
