1, Battle of Guandu

In the fifth year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China (200 years), Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's army in Guandu (now Zhongmou, Henan). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, strongmen became independent and fought in the Central Plains. At that time, Yuan Shao owned four states: Hebei, Qinghai, Youzhou and Hebei. Relying on his ample food, he plotted to destroy Cao Cao in Yanzhou and Henan.

In January of the fifth year of Jian 'an, Yuan Shao led 654.38+ ten thousand troops to the south. Before this, Cao Cao had defeated Liu Bei, who was allied with Yuan Shao, and moved to Guandu, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. In April, Cao Cao attacked Yuan General Yan Liang and defeated Yuan Jun in Baima (now hua county, Henan). Yuan Shao was defeated in the first battle, and his spirit was frustrated. He changed his adventurous attack to camp out.

The two armies fought in Guandu for several months. At the same time, Cao Cao wanted to defend Xuchang (now Xu Changdong, Henan) for lack of soldiers and food. Counselor Xun believes that the weak wins the strong, and at this time, withdrawing troops must be taken; On the other hand, Yuan Jun underestimated his enemies, and the internal division and stalemate will change after a long time, which is a surprise victory.

Cao Cao believed his words and sent troops to attack and burn the grain truck in Yuan Jun. He also led an elite army of 5,000 people to attack the grain depot in Yuan Laochao (now Henan), destroying and burning all the stored grain. When the news came, Yuan Shao and his men wavered and surrendered. Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack on all fronts and annihilated more than 70,000 enemies. Yuan Shao and his son fled north with only 800 people. The battle of Guandu laid the foundation for Cao Cao to unify the north, and Yuan Shao never recovered. The battle of Guandu is a famous example in the history of ancient wars in China.

2. Battle of Red Cliffs

Battle of Red Cliffs is one of the famous wars in the history of China. In 208 AD (13th year of Jian 'an, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty), Cao Cao led an army of land and water, claiming to be a million, launched the Jingzhou Campaign, and then marched eastward to Sun Quan. Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed a coalition, and under Zhou Yu's command, they defeated Cao Jun in Chibi of the Yangtze River (now northwest of chibi city, Hubei, northeast of Jiayu), thus laying a tripartite confrontation pattern among the three countries.

Battle of Red Cliffs was the first large-scale river battle in the Yangtze River basin, and it was also the only time that Sun, Cao and Liu all sent their main forces to participate in the war.

3. Battle of Julu

The battle of Xiang Yu's broken axe. 20 thousand versus 200 thousand

4. The Battle of Yiling

Lu Xun defeated Liu Bei's 600,000 troops.

5. Battle of Surabaya

Fu Jian is known as 1 10,000 in the south and 80,000 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

There are countless battles in the history of China War, but there are few such battles in the West. Because they thought it was unthinkable, there was an accidental battle that was touted beyond measure. Look carefully, the two sides add up to only tens of thousands of people, and dare to call it a battle.

After the victory of Huaihai Campaign, Stalin heard the news that the People's Liberation Army defeated 800,000 Kuomintang troops with 600,000 troops and wiped out 555,000 enemy troops, which was even more miraculous. Because in the whole World War II, no battle was won by fewer. In the west, the only famous battles that can really be called "winning more with less" are the Battle of Austerlitz, the Battle of Carney and the Battle of the Haraha River, including suvorov's Alpine March.