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Friday, July 10, 2009
Chinese tactics can range from infantry to cavalry, depending on the enemies they are fighting against. It can range from open warfare to siege warfare, from attack to defence, from encirclement to ambush tactics , from scouting to raiding tactics, from luring to intercepting logistics supply etc. The great development of cavalry tactics during Han dynasty allowed Chinese army to be highly mobile.
Chinese tactics before Spring/Autumn period were predominantly based on chariot warfare. Spring/Autumn and Warring States period were predominantly based on infantry/chariots warfare with cavalry used predominantly for scouting. After Han dynasty, cavalry became predominantly used as an attack force with great development in cavalry tactics.
Han tactics were predominantly based on light cavalry tactics, which the Han learned from fighting against Nomadic steppes horse-based enemies such as Xiongnu (Huns). The military threats from the Northern Nomadic tribes forced the Chinese Han armies to develop various cavalry tactics, such as:
1. Pre-emptive strike tactics
2. long-distance flanking tactics (developed by General Huo Qubing) emphasizing speed of attack, raiding, encirclement, ambush etc. Light cavalry forces are small but well-equipped with cavalry swordsmen, pikesmen, cavalry spearman, cavalry logistics/doctors etc.
3. Cavalry maneuver tactics (i.e. moving the cavalry in such a way that either tricks the enemy to mobilize the troops to move into a trap/objective or to move the cavalry in various ways to confuse the enemy, such that the enemy does not know your real intention, for e.g. where you are going to attack, where your main forces are)
3. isolation tactics (cutting off enemy's cavalry re-inforcement)
4. tactics of attacking/controlling enemy's forage/food center or cutting off food supply line .
This is the story of how one of the most amazing structures and war tactic came about.
In 700 BCE, China was separated into several smaller states. 500 years later, there were only two remaining, the Qin and the Chu. In 226 BCE, the two groups fought, and, in the end, the Qin defeated the Chu. Qin Chi Wong became the first emperor of the Qin dynasty and he built the first Wall.
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However the great costs of the Wall would ultimately lead to its neglect. The Qin Wall alone would cost about 260 billion dollars to rebuild today. The whole Wall would cost about 380 billion dollars to rebuild today. In addition, it is estimated that about 8 million people died in the construction of The Wall (about one person for every yard).
"To defeat your enemy in every battle is good. But the sweetest victory is to subdue your enemy without going to war and without the loss of even one single life!"
- Sun Wu (Sun Zi)
