The battle of Muye, Zhou destroys Shang, establishes its own supremacy, and the last generation of people is dead.

Background:

The Battle of Muye, it is the decisive battle of the Wu King defeating Zhou, it is the decisive battle between the Zhou Wu king's coalition army and the Shang Dynasty army in Muye. Since Emperor Xin first conquered Lebanon in the northwest and then pacified the barbarian in the southeast, although he won victory, he was militant and exacerbated social and class contradictions. In the end, he was defeated and set himself on fire, and the Shang Dynasty was destroyed. Therefore, "Zuo Zhuan" said: "Zuo Ke Dongyi and damage his body."

Battle process:

Zhou Wu personally led three hundred chariots, three thousand tigers (elite warriors), and tens of thousands of infantrymen, and sent troops to the east.

Due to the Chaoge, the first batch of emergency military information just passed the front foot, and the coalition forces followed by themselves, and they were really caught off guard.

Zhou Jun first led by Lu Shang led hundreds of elite soldiers to challenge, frightened the merchant army and smashed its position, and then the king of Zhou Wu personally led the main force to follow up and kill, completely disrupting the opponent's formation . The slaves and prisoners of war in the merchant army had no fighting spirit and turned back one after another. Since Di Xin forced these slaves and prisoners of war on the battlefield, they would naturally be escorted by trusted troops in the rear to prevent them from rebelling or fleeing.

These few loyal guards are also the last cards in Di Xin's hand. However, the disciples in front ran back in a panic under the powerful impact of the Zhou army, and were blocked by elite soldiers from the rear. Heroes do not have many enemies. Under the impact of the crowd, these warriors are also unstable. In order to escape for their lives, the slaves were pushed by the crowds behind, so they turned to each other and fought wildly. Coupled with the successive attacks of allied chariots, soldiers, and infantry behind him, Di Xin's last line could not be defended, and he had to rush to flee the battlefield.

The remaining resistance of the merchant army continued for a day, but it was unable to save the situation. Seeing that the situation had gone, Emperor Xin returned to Chaoge and boarded the deer platform, "cloaked with jewels and jade, burned to death by fire", the Shang Dynasty officially perished. When Zhou Wu rushed to Lutai, he stabbed Emperor Xin's body with "Qing Lu", and personally cut his head and hung the flag for public display. In addition, more than 100 ministers and nobles of the Shang Dynasty were captured. They will be taken back to Zhoujing and killed as a sacrifice to the ancestor of King Wu.

Influence:

The Battle of Muye is a famous battle in Chinese history that defeated the more with less, defeated the strong by the weak, and preemptively. It is also a famous battle in the early stage of the ancient Chinese car war. It ended the 600-year-old Shang Dynasty, established the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and paved the way for the full prosperity of ritual and music civilization in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The strategy and art of combat embodied in the Battle of Muye are of great significance to the development of ancient Chinese military thought.