Shanxi once experienced warlord separatism in ancient wars. What made Shanxi a battleground for military strategists?

It can be seen from ancient Chinese wars that no matter what kind of war the victorious side must pay attention to "the weather, the right place, the right people, and the right people". , people can achieve success only by cooperating with these three in combat. We can see that this "geographical advantage" is also among them. Throughout ancient history, general passes, ports and central cities are all must-haves for military strategists. Land, why should we fight for it, because everyone knows the importance of this place.

As long as such a place is captured, the dominant position in the war will become controlled by oneself, and in a war controlled by oneself, the chance of victory will be greatly increased. In fact, we learn from the history of our country As you can see above, there are numerous examples of military affairs and wars that are affected by geographical conditions. Shanxi is obviously a battleground for military strategists. We can look at the geographical location of Shanxi. Shanxi is a mountainous province and belongs to the Loess Plateau.

There are Taihang Mountains in the east, Luliang Mountains in the west, Zhongtiao Mountains in the south, Yinshan Mountains and Hengshan Mountains in the north, and Taiyue Mountains in the middle. In addition, there are Mount Wutai, Mount Hongtao, Mount Xizhou, etc. The Yellow River flows to the west and south. Shanxi has undulating mountains and criss-crossing valleys. There are many subsidence basins and deep ravines cut through by rivers in the mountains. Such a precipitous geographical location has obviously become a must-win place.

Shanxi in peacetime was a natural protective wall for the Central Plains regime against enemies in the north. When wars are raging, it is easy for Shanxi Province to have a separatist regime monopolize one side. Of course, not only in modern times, such a phenomenon of mountain separatist regimes was also common in ancient times. It can be seen in Shanxi and the entire Guanzhong area. And there are many passes in Shanxi Province. There are Niangzi Pass, Yanmen Pass, etc. In ancient times, the biggest enemies of the Central Plains regime were the nomadic tribes in the north. If Shanxi is occupied by the northern nomadic tribes, they can take advantage of the trend to attack the mountainous areas of Guanzhong to the west, and to the east to capture Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan. In this way, the entire Central Plains will be baptized by war.