War is cruel, do you know the difference between ancient Chinese war and ancient Western war?

One, the difference in the purpose of war:

1, the purpose of the war in China is to occupy the land, to achieve the purpose of changing the dynasty. Therefore, it is inevitable to cut off the roots and kill all the people, the more you kill, the more you can make your side in power.

2, the knights on the battlefield fight for business interests, often do not aim to kill each other. If you kill your opponent, you can't do business, and you damage your own business interests, so killing as little as possible is a characteristic of Western warfare.

Second, the army backbone of the composition of the difference:

1, ancient China on the battlefield are levied mud legs, many of the chaos of the world's famous generals, are mud legs or the lower level of the origin of minor officials, to the outstanding military achievements to gain fame, Guan Yu Zhang Fei Yuan Chonghuan Tseng Kuo-fan Zuo Zongtang are so, I have not heard of the children of the family enthusiastically enlisted in the army.

2, in Europe and the king, the country's largest lord on the battlefield to cut people, as well as the various feudal lords, knights often form the core of the army's living forces.

Three, the difference in the culture of war:

China to die in battle as an honor; the West to preserve themselves as the center.

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Chu Han War

The Chu Han War evolved directly from the peasant wars of the end of the Qin Dynasty, but its nature was very different. Under the social conditions at that time, although the Peasant War victoriously overthrew the old feudal dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who used to be the leaders of the Peasant War, had to follow the old path of feudal rule, and thus transformed themselves into contenders for the right to feudal rule.

In this competition, Xiang Yu had a strong sense of the old aristocracy, was not good at employing people, and could not rebuild the unified dynasty. Liu Bang knew people well and made the best use of the situation. He finally defeated Xiang Yu, ascended to the throne of Emperor of Western Han and established the Han Dynasty.

The Chu-Han War lasted more than four years, and the vastness of the battlefield, the scale of the huge, the richness of the military tactics, unprecedented, in the history of ancient Chinese war occupies an important position. The Chu-Han War finally realized the unification of the Western Han Dynasty, which has positive historical significance.

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