New Delhi: Chinese troops played Punjabi songs on loudspeakers on the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, apparently to the listening pleasure of the Indian soldier stationed at the border, where for the first time in 45 years there was gunfire last week.
While Indian soldiers have a lot of fun, this is a reminder of the tactics employed by Han Chinese generals some 2,200 years ago during the so-called “Battle of Gaixia.” It was in this battle that the Han King Liu Bang defeated his rival Chu Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty in China.
Referring to the Punjabi song incident, the state Global times The newspaper said that the Indian army is in a situation of “hearing Chu songs from all four sides.” This is apparently a message to India that the Indian Army is isolated and under siege.
“Hearing Chu songs from four sides” is a Chinese idiom. It is said to have originated from the Battle of Gaixia. After the fall of the Qin dynasty, the state of Chu and the state of Han fought for control of China around 206 BC. To 202 BC According to legends from 202 BC, King Chu Xiang Yu was trapped and surrounded by Han forces in the Gai Xia Hills.
In order to weaken the morale of the Chu forces, particularly King Xiang, who was a fierce fighter, the Han soldiers began to sing Chu songs from all sides. After hearing these songs, the Chu soldiers thought that the Han people had captured their homeland and brought the Chu people to the battlefield.
So the Chu soldiers worried about their family, missed their home, and lost the will to fight. Many deserted. It is even said that King Chu wept. Xiang Yu committed suicide after his forces failed to break through the trap.
However, it seems outlandish for the PLA to assume that the current showdown can be won by playing some Punjabi songs. Just last week, the Sikh regiment of the Indian army observed the 123rd day of Saragarhi to mark a battle in which 22 soldiers out of 4 Sikhs in a famous last battle fought thousands of Pathans in the northwestern border province on 12 September 1897.
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