Why waste a perfectly good army? I guess I will talk about Han Wudi's conquest of southern China and NamViet soon.

@hwasiaqhan8923

3 жыл бұрын

It’s Nanyue, the Nanyue was a Chinese dynasty founded by Chinese General Zhaotuo and his army.

@minamotonokuroyoshitsune3237

3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video on the genpei war?

@hagongda123

3 жыл бұрын

@@hwasiaqhan8923 越南人马上要来碰瓷百越了

@Intranetusa

3 жыл бұрын

@@hwasiaqhan8923 It's more appropriately described as a Sino-Viet. Dynasty because while the founder was a Qin general, but he and his soldiers adopted a lot of the culture and customs of the local Yue people (ancestors of the Southern Chinese and Vietnamese).

@hwasiaqhan8923

3 жыл бұрын

@@Intranetusa Southern Chinese are half Han half Yue, its utmost a Sino-Yue dynasty, its main holdings aren’t even in Vietnam not to mention its subjects.

Actually Chinese practiced the horse archery technique long before Han dynasty. The first major reform was during warring states under Kingdom of Zhao. Cavalry warfare was even earlier first major cavalry army was recorded during the Spring and Autumn period under Duke Mu of Qin since Qin people were famoused for their horse herding skill, Xiangyu during the Chu-Han war also had effective shock cavalry units. The reason why cavalry and mounted archer warfare was not popular in early Han period was mainly because the poor economy and lack of horse

@johnrockwell5834

3 жыл бұрын

Imperial China also didn't raise Sheep and Goats unlike other countries. And they seem to not care so much about making Cheese or drinking Milk.

@eleethtahgra7182

3 жыл бұрын

Its not the problem of availability of tech, I think. More like...xiongnu, mongol, were horsemen since childhood. Most of their people were horsemen. Horsemanship was, their way of life. So did bowmanship. Thus theyve got readily available horse archers (who could also do melee if needed) amongst their populace. Most chinese were born farmers. N then u gotta train them to be a good horseman. Then u gotta train archery, then u gotta maintain the army. The xiongnu dont have to fully maintain their horse archers while the chinese have to do it expensively. In otherwords, their citizens were horse archer, thus its cheaper n easily maintain, with large pool for recruiting. Chinese were farmers, thus its more expensive to recruit n maintain horse archer, with smaller pool for recruitment.

@bodatotalitarian7278

3 жыл бұрын

@@eleethtahgra7182 Poor economic conditions and lack of horse from the years long civil wars are the major reason why early Han military was infantry based. Northern Chinese especially those of modern Hebei, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong were historically good riders. Early north western and north eastern sinitic people such as Zhou, Qin, Yan, Liao people were semi-agriculture mixed with herding and animal husbandry. The most famous one being Qin people as I mentioned before they were famous horse herders who raised horses on western frontier for the Zhou kings. Horse riding culture doesn't limited to nomads only. Historically speaking Jurchen, Uriankhai, Cossack, Polish, later Manchu were all non-nomads who were master riders.

@hidefreek6905

2 жыл бұрын

The most important factor was how the Chinese fought on the battlefield during that time. They had cavalry but most of them were Ji (lance or lance&axe cavalry) cavalry or Jian (Blade cavalry). Because the warring state period still didn't invent effective saddle which made it hard for a soldier to archery on horseback in great number and when Qin heavy used on the crossbow. The Chinese Zhao archer cavalry became ineffective against it. [They liked to use formation] On other hand, the Nomadic Xiong Nu was the warrior raise on horseback for generations stronger than any nomadic tribe the Chinese faced before. [These nomadic would simply charge on the rank and broke it and had been decimated by Chinese defensive formation and cavalry who had better armor and weapon] The main battlefield was a grass field or desert full of sand with gave the horseback archery a great advantage over Han's slow/rigid/heavy formation.

@user-ui3vo7gr1p

Жыл бұрын

@@johnrockwell5834 你知道中文里“美”这个想象字怎么写吗？“美”由“羊”“大”组成，羊大为美，而且古代中国的猪是给奴隶吃的肉食，公民与贵族是不吃猪肉的，随着人口增长跟宋代失去北方平原与西域所以开始吃猪肉

You are very good at telling history!

@rayray6490

3 жыл бұрын

Damn even Jerry from Fight Commentary Breakdowns visits here lol

Huo qu Bing die at the age of 23 due to poisoned ration during the campaigns. And already achieved the highest honour any general can get.

@speedstriker

3 жыл бұрын

Was it meditated murder or conspiracy?

@bruceli5726

3 жыл бұрын

@@speedstriker the Xiong nu poison the water supply. In his last campaign. He was sick when he returned. So they think he doe of poison.

RIP Li Guang

@nellyfabulous

Жыл бұрын

😿

14:48 - The Han Dynasty were not using ordinary chariots, but armored chariots (more accurately described as armored war wagons) that allowed crossbowmen and archers to use them as fortified shooting platforms that provided protection from the Xiongnu's horse archers and heavy cavalry lancers.

@knutderklein9994

Жыл бұрын

Like hussites?

@hiimryan2388

4 ай бұрын

@@knutderklein9994yeah

I am surprised that the armor and clothing are much more historically accurate than many other channels.

I've never found an analysis of the xiongnu before your channel. Amazing.

I absolutely love Chinese history. The complexities of the political powers for generations, and the fact that so much more seems to be recorded than with western cultures.

@blueatillipops2634

3 жыл бұрын

You are aware that the xiongunu was a confederation of Turkic mongolic and Altaic tribes right?

@raphaelalexandreyensen6291

3 жыл бұрын

eh, actually an issue I have found is the west is very good about telling about itself and little else, most of "western history" is the history of england in an American setting but that's our progenitor country so it makes sense, but the west has its own fair share of events' such as the investiture controversy, The rise, and fall of Rome, Greek city-states, the crusades, the 100 years war the renaissance and Reconquista, the french revolution and more. However, this is a gem of a channel because it tells the history of china from a Chinese viewpoint and really gets into it in a way western academia fails to, Many of the chapters of Chinese history have simply never been translated into western langauges which is a major barrier to studying it, along with western academia being either very western-centric in outlook or very anti-colonial in outlook placing politics in the way of truth and coloring it to fit political narrative.

@ymhktravel

3 жыл бұрын

@@raphaelalexandreyensen6291 I don't think the guy who did this vid is a chinese. He's probably just very into ancient history or a Sinophile.

@commie5211

6 ай бұрын

@@blueatillipops2634Yes, not there history was only recorded by Chinese.🫠

great video

Can u make a video about Liu xiu and Wang Mang. their stories are just too astounding and fascinating. especially the future visions far beyond the era Wang Mang lived in and the unbelivably luck of Liu Xiu in his campaign. these 2 points would make the video a great story

@grumpyrabbit1934

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, wang mang, the first socialist in China history

At 4:13, the same reason why the Romans had to invest in Cataphracts and dramatically change their infantry equipment. Starting from 2 century AD, the Roman military started to retire Gladius and Scutum in favour of Spatha( a long sword almost identical to Han dynasty double edge sword). Rounded or oval shield and short Spear made a huge return, new helmet designs also appeared such as Imperial Italic helmet(a helmet of Celtic origins redesign to provide extra protection), Neiderbeiber Helmet, Ridge helmet and Chain mail coif. The most important ones will be widespread adoption of long sleeve shirts and long trousers to provide best protection against weather. By the time of the 3rd century crisis, the Roman army and equipment were so different from the 1st century AD counterpart. After the 3rd century crisis, Diocletion initiated a reform that helped to give rise to European Feudalism. You can see changing of equipment and tactics to fight a totally different enemies can led to society changes.

👍 good video

Can I get an F for Li Guang

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

F

@speedstriker

3 жыл бұрын

F Brother had heart, just not the right skills for the times or any luck.

@EroticOnion23

3 жыл бұрын

Lol at stealing a horse from a Xiongnu kid xD

@averagep3rson954

3 жыл бұрын

F

@ryanzhang6925

2 жыл бұрын

F

Huo Qubing bad ass

@user-yg3cv6ct4w

3 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me?Huo qu bing is one of the best generals in Chinese history.And what he done "封狼居胥" is the highest honor for Chinese generals.

@grumpyrabbit1934

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-yg3cv6ct4w bad ass meas牛逼

@HighPriestFuneral

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-yg3cv6ct4w It's a slang compliment in English meaning that he was exceedingly talented.

Great vid CJ! Its a shame this side of the world (Latin America) dont teach even a bit of this history, only a fraction of what was the “Silk Road” but thats it... thanks for this videos!

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

It's great to know that the video is being watched around the world.

@kuroazrem5376

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros yes indeed. Greetings from Colombia (South America).

@robisvalton4286

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Brazil! Yes, those videos are amazing, specially considering I barely get the opportunity to study history around here other then by myself.

@RickyB349

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Panama... Cool videos and great storytelling... These facts and historical events are never taught anywhere in Latin America... Please keep up the good work Jia You!!!

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS~~

Xiongnu: ah shit these Chinese Empire is to powerful we should go west

@mr.zamilan987

3 жыл бұрын

Genghis khan ; revenge for our ancestors

@eleethtahgra7182

3 жыл бұрын

Thats attila the hun, right?

@mr.zamilan987

3 жыл бұрын

@@eleethtahgra7182 attila hun's ancestor is xiognu (khunnu)

@wilmerbesitan1200

3 жыл бұрын

@@eleethtahgra7182 western and eastern Roman Empire agrees

@user-ni1fh8fr9h

3 жыл бұрын

Goturk also defeated by tang and ran to the west

It would be cool if you could cover the Ming army organisation, the difference between the Northern Border army and the Southern army.

Hello from Indonesia 👋 Are you also going to talk about Battle of Zhizhi later (Han vs Xiongnu), and they said about story that maybe (still debated until now) Rome soldier ever engage in battle with Han soldier, will be greatfull to know a lot of that facts from your point of view Also do you going to talk about side story like before "General Han Xin" and make "Great General Huo Qubing story" that Emperor Han Wudi build a monument in Huo's grave that day and still can be seen until now in nowadays border outer Mongolia region

9:03 This shift in policy is actually made possible... due to squarespace

that hammer say crack me up

if i may ask can you give the name of that chinese drama im sucker for good historical intrigue drama

@sgcl10658

3 жыл бұрын

The Emperor of Han Dynasty (Emperor Han Wu).

The downside is that this resulted in the migration period where the earliest turks and mongols leaving central asia and stepping foot on eastern Europe ( fall of the western roman empire).

It would make multiple 50 episode dramas. In fact they did.

Xiongnu is the same Mongol horde the world fears, just a earlier ancestor.

@hannibalbarca2928

3 жыл бұрын

COPİED OXFORD "The European Huns, who originated from the Xiongnu Empire, are known to have spoken primarily a Turkic language, more specifically Oghuric Turkic. 12 However, this may be due to the heavy concentration of Turkic peoples in the areas that the Huns inhabited immediately before their major expansions into Europe and Central Asia. " oxfordre.com/asianhistory/search?siteToSearch=asianhistory&q=Oghuric&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true

@papazataklaattiranimam

3 жыл бұрын

@@hannibalbarca2928 helal

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

10 ай бұрын

​@dorddord8634Aryan population: Brother, can I help you fight the Chinese, but me and my friend are Uighurs, we will betray you.

man i love it as Asia man i want know history asia and other history i will subscribe

I love 50 episodes historical dramas! Unfortunately, I don't read Chinese characters, so I don't know their titles, and don't understand Mandarin, so I need subtitles, in English!

Man I'm gonna know more about Chinese history than Canadians history

That Huo Qubling kid sounded like a brat no matter how talented he was.

I'm pretty sure the Han also had composite bows, its been around for a long time in asia by that point

@eleethtahgra7182

3 жыл бұрын

Crossbowmen easier to train than bowmen. Especially against moving target.

I pointed out a mistake, the neckline of ancient Chinese clothes should be to the right. And the nomads to the left.

@jadenjohnson7879

3 жыл бұрын

And the dress of King Hun is not like this, this is Mongolian

Ah, look. It's Wei Qing. I found out about him from a light novel in which a reincarnated Wei Qing has suspicions about the main character, who is also a reincarnated historical leader but one who lost his memories. Wei Qing comments that his bearing reminds him too much of the Xiongnu. Turns out the main character is a reincarnated Subutai. No wonder he felt familiar.

@davidhan7604

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know what the light novel was? Sounds interesting to read.

@Borderose

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidhan7604 It was Chronicle Legion.

there was some speculation that Huo (the new kid of the block) got the cream of the corp, where Wei Qing just got the left-overs. So Wei Qing actually did better than Huo. Li Guang probably got even worse than Wei Qing.

And from China's victory came Rome's fall centuries later.

匈奴雖然被打敗，但他們西遷去歐洲也因此引發民族大遷徙，間接導致西羅馬帝國滅亡。

@motosiklethastasi

Жыл бұрын

我们土耳其人进行了 3 次改变历史的征服。

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

10 ай бұрын

​@@motosiklethastasiAre you from the Turk how did you know

Li Guang gang!

HI DO VEDIO KANDYAN WAR

Xiongnu or Hunu or Huns is the northern nomadic empire that China faced for the first time in Chinese history, just like the country of Yue has long been called Baiyue for the indigenous people in the south. Hu people became China's name for suspected white nomads in the north (because some people claimed to pee in the eye sockets of the royal family during the barbarian invasion to satirize the appearance of the royal family with deep eye sockets), and a common surname in the Chinese cultural circle , Such as the last Chinese President Hu Jintao, and Vietnam's first President Ho Chi Minh. After the Northern Huns moved westward and the Southern Huns annexed, China also faced four nomadic groups: Rouran, Turks, Huihu, and Mongolia. Rouran invaded China at the same time as the Romans in the West was invaded by the barbarians, but they became Chinese. The royal family of the early Second Empire who came from northern was integrated into Chinese culture. Then Turks exerted great military and political pressure on the Second Empire of China. However, this pressure was reduced after the split of the Turks and eventually the East Turks were in Huihu and Tang (a dynasty of the 2nd empire time) perished. During this period of time, because of the initial connection between the royal family and the grassland and the alliance, there was no national war, and then under the invasion of the Xiajiasi(黠戛斯) (today's Kyrgyz), Huihu Khanate became a vassal of the former and eventually moved westward. One part arrived in Xinjiang today and became Uyghur, and the other part became Yughur in western Gansu. These three words(Huihu Uyghur Yughur) have essentially the same meaning, and the translation versions are different. The difference between Uyghur and Yughur is mainly reflected in traditional beliefs and production methods. Uyghurs are now a farming nation, while Yughur still retains nomadic traditions. We all know the following story: Genghis Khan unified Mongolia. After the collapse of the Mongol Empire’s rule in China, because the previous claim of the Second Empire of China was broken, the successor Ming clearly claimed to be the heir of the Yuan which set up by Mongolian, and to this day we still refer to a series of dynasties starting from the Yuan (Yuan, Ming and Qing) Regarded as the Third Empire of China. During this period, although the northern nomads have always been Mongols, our relationship is in a very ambiguous state: theoretically, it has changed from a foreign war to a civil war, but in fact it is in the middle of the two, which is difficult to explain simply. This is also the reason of why is there a huge provincial administrative unit in China today called Inner Mongolia.

@yingqin7256

2 жыл бұрын

surname ho has no bussiness with hu people

The west needs more Chinese history channels to promote cross cultural understanding

@jonathanwilliams1065

3 жыл бұрын

As long as the Chinese history isnt coming from the communists

@yuliantogie2239

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwilliams1065 --- communism is not an important ideology for China today. What is certain is that the current Chinese government has been quite successful in bringing progress and prosperity to all multiethnic Chinese people and reviving the glories of the past.

@yuliantogie2239

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwilliams1065 --- and the Chinese people today including the leaders of the present Chinese state, are the next generation of that long Chinese civilization.

@jonathanwilliams1065

3 жыл бұрын

@@yuliantogie2239 yeah so much prosperity among the Uyghurs and Tibetans and The million people living underground in Beijing The only places where there is prosperity are the SEZs not in the interior, and especially not among non han in the west Oh and the current government destroyed Chinese culture in the cultural Revolution.

@randomthot125

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwilliams1065 Go watch this kzread.info/dash/bejne/fWeawaeEnqudhNo.html

Li Guang BTW is the descendent of Li Xin.

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

Li Shimin, the emperor of Tang dynasty and the whole are Tang royal family are their descendants too.

@crimsonfucker4167

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros Yeah! Thanks, I forgat about that part.

@rijantohadianto3492

3 жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenisei_Kyrgyz > And i just know also that Li Ling grandson of Li Guang was the ancestor of Yenisei Kyrgyz people

@sbstcrc9324

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros But the Li of the Tang Dynasty are of Central Asian heritage? Is there a direct traceable genealogy from the Li of the Qin and the Tang Li family?

@kuronoch.1441

2 ай бұрын

​@@sbstcrc9324Li Xin was the ancestor of Li Guang, who in turn was the ancestor of Li Gao of Western Liang in 400s, who in turn was the ancestor of the Tang emperors.

兄弟 哪里人啊？

@ZhangK71

3 жыл бұрын

He sounds Southeast Asian Chinese (don't ask me why; that's just my first impression)

Happy to learn that Zhang Qian survived the trip.

Why is the rank of Marquis more desirable than Duke?

@Samperor

3 жыл бұрын

Don't you have to be part of the family to be a Duke?

Xiongnu: We are tactically retreating! Wei Qing: No, you are being driven back. Xiongnu: Hahah, yeah right. Xiongnu: You have been ambushed! Wei Qing: No, you are being flanked. Xiongnu: That's our line! Wei Qing: Not anymore!

Tell me about man I want to know

Didn't Han Wudi also monopolize salt & iron to make money?

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did.

@426mak

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros So which Chinese Emperor do you consider the greatest?

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

My personal favourite are Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, because I like underdog stories. They were originally minor official and peasant who rose to become the first emperors of the Han and Tang dynasty respectively.

@hwasiaqhan8923

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros We both favourite the same emperors, cool

@426mak

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros Interesting choices. My favorites are Li Shimin & Kangxi as they embodied the benevolent tyrant.

xiongnu vs han china. gorturk(tujue) vs tang china. usa vs prc.

@supahsmashbro

3 жыл бұрын

We all know who will win. America probably won't be around in 100 years, but you better bet the remnants will still love to belittle Asians

1:55 ULUS/ORDA DOES NOT MEAN TRIBE , IT MEAN REGION OR CAPITAL , I'M KAZAK I KNOW

@yokartik

3 жыл бұрын

Ulus orda " ordu milleti" demek değil mi? kazakça'da farklı kelime olabilir ama ingilizcesi direkt çevirildiğinde = army nation gibi bir şey oluyor.

@bethsecond

Жыл бұрын

@@yokartik ulus eski türkçe de kısım, pay anlamına geliyor, bölge başkent olarakta yorumlanmış olabilir

Shu and Ba kingdoms

Composite Bow>>>>>>Crossbow

@ac1455

Жыл бұрын

Still have to train for years, preferably from childhood. Also the difference doesn’t matter much in a siege. In a flat country it’s better but usually if you have a crossbow you’re likely a walled civilization, so you’re not worried about extra costs of material if you can train more men faster.

@frankincensemerchant1284

Жыл бұрын

@@ac1455 Crossbows are very great for seiges, something Muslim armies came to realize via the Crussaders.

Weiqing didnt spark the shift in military composition, in fact the shift started decades before Weiqing was even born. And the infantry was effective against Xiongnu as demonstrated in the many defeats Xiongnu suffered. The biggest problem is how to pin the Xiongnu down after the Xiongnu fled.

First time hearing the name wei qing

Li Guang never won one battle~~

LOL, just now I realized how badly transcripted the time divisions are xD Intro - "Weakness of the Han Army" : Well transcripted Famous General's names are poorly transcripted, but nothing too egregious But then... Hexi Corridor is transcripted as "Hershey". LOL!! A Chocolate Corridor! xD The Xiongnu -> The Shonu. What a stupid name change for a formerly threatening empire... Battle of Mobei is transcripted as "Battle of Mopey". The only mopey one was Li Guang, who ended taking his life... poor old meme. Whatever. Neat little details I love to find sometimes xD

Anyway, nobody should put Asians down under stream anymore because chitchat windows and forum seats are open 24- 7...365 days and 12 years cycle Zodiac circle members climbs and jump around green fields, river to sky lost legs but moving around with stomach.

@malagebide

4 ай бұрын

The twelve zodiac signs are really amazing. Europeans and Americans don't understand this

Lol Han defeated The Who?

I'm a descendant of Xiongnu

do a video about the judaism Christianity and Islam in Asia

@CoolHistoryBros

3 жыл бұрын

I'll do those eventually. Be patient.

@user-fl7by8in5o

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoolHistoryBros I will wait also continue amazing work

@426mak

3 жыл бұрын

Here you are kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZOnlM-FmNu9hLg.html

@alexanderborschel2135

3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to hearing about the kaifeng Jews. I've met a few in Israel and it's always been neat. Kinda like meeting the hindu-Jews XD.

HUN = TURK 🇹🇷🏹🐺🇹🇷🏹🐺🇹🇷🏹🐺🇹🇷🏹🐺🇹🇷🏹🐺🇹🇷🏹🇹🇷🐺

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

10 ай бұрын

Go to hell, Gog and Magog 😂😂😂😂😂

@jackgoodnight2

10 ай бұрын

Your ancestor who lost the war and run away from mighty Han armys. 🤣❤ love from chile.🇨🇱

The han massacred women and children too no?

@eleethtahgra7182

3 жыл бұрын

Thats usually not the policy. I think the central court neither condemn nor condone such act. So, under some generals, such act did happen. After all, after u defeat them, u need their population for farming n labor.

Han generals are not like other girls

chao cuo was a military reformist not a traditionalist. He actually said shock cavalry can wreak havoc in the Xiongnu ranks. Stop inventing history and put too much of ur own perspective in it please.

You know your accent is really a problem right? Is it natural or fake?

Chinese copies everything.....however when they finish copying, the usually becomes better than the original. There is something to be learn here.

@yingqin7256

2 жыл бұрын

west copy firework，compass，papermaking from China？

@user-qv7id4qj4g

2 жыл бұрын

This kind of thing is generally called "civilized communication".

@bethsecond

Жыл бұрын

@@yingqin7256 not the same man, not the same. but you made me laugh thanks