The decisive battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You took place 5,000 years ago. At that time, there was no written record or image support, and it was all passed down by word of mouth. What we can be sure of is that the final winner was the coalition of Yanhuang tribes who defeated Jiuli Chiyou. As for how it was defeated, and what kind of twists and turns and stories there were in the process, these are all made up by the minds of later generations and are countless.
For this reason, the "Historical Records", which has always been famous for its strictness, only said one sentence about the decisive battle between Huangdi and Chiyou: Chiyou rebelled without the emperor's order. So the Yellow Emperor conscripted the princes, fought with Chi You in the wilderness of Zhuolu, and then killed Chi You.
"Yi Zhou Shu·Changmai Jie": "Chiyou was chasing the emperor and fighting for Zhuolu. He left no stone unturned, and the Red Emperor was greatly frightened. It was said to the Yellow Emperor that he would hold Chiyou and kill him. Central Hebei".
This is the attitude of historians. I know the result and I can tell you, but I don’t know the process, so I would rather write a few fewer sentences than make it up.
Different from the attitude of historians, myths and many novels, fairy tales, and folklore naturally make people like to listen to them.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Great Wilderness Northern Classic" records: "Chi You launched an army to attack the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor ordered Ying Long to attack the wilderness of Jizhou. Ying Long livestock water. Chi You asked Feng Boyu Master to control the storm. The Yellow Emperor then sent down the goddess and said, "Sure, when the rain stopped, he killed Chiyou."
Taiping Yulan quoted from "Zhilin": "The Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought in the wilderness of Zhuolu. Chi You made heavy fog for three days, and the soldiers were confused. The Yellow Emperor ordered the wind to fight against the enemy. He used it as a compass to distinguish the four directions and captured Chi You."
These two myths are quite reliable. Generally speaking, Chi You is a natural magician, and the wind master Yu Bo can blow the wind. When it rains, Chi You can also cast heavy fog. On Huang Di's side, they were mainly mechanical mages, who invented the compass, and then there were Tiannu Ba and Ying Long, both of whom were mutants with their own powers of water and drought.
After the story was told by the alchemists and Taoists, the story became even more endless. "Dragon Fish River Picture" says that before the Yellow Emperor took over, there were eighty-one Chiyou brothers. They had the bodies of animals and human voices, had bronze heads and iron foreheads, ate sand and stones, built soldiers, swords, halberds and crossbows. They were powerful in the world and punished. Killing is unethical and unmerciful. All the people want to make Huangdi do the things of the emperor. Huangdi was benevolent and righteous, and could not stop Chi You, so he was defeated and looked up to the sky and sighed. Heaven sent Xuannv to give the Yellow Emperor the magical talisman of military faith to subdue Chiyou and control all directions. After Chi You's death, the world was in chaos again, so Huang Di painted Chi You's image to terrify the world. The world is convinced that Chiyou is immortal, and all the nations in all directions are in ruins.
The Chi You here has been completely blackened into the demon king of the orcs, and Huang Di has the image of a benevolent gentleman. He originally wanted to convince people with virtue, but he lost to the unkind and unkind Chi You. The following is the old routine. How could God let the benevolent and righteous side fail, so he sent the Nine Heavens Xuannv to hand over the military books and magical talismans to the Yellow Emperor. With God playing tricks on Huang Di, Chi You was instantly wiped out. Moreover, after Chi You died, Huang Di also painted Chi You into an image to establish his power in all directions. All the bad guys were left to Chi You, but Huang Di was still a humble gentleman, benevolent and caring for the world.
The Yellow Emperor’s saying of losing first and then winning probably originated from here.
So, how did Chi You lose? Sorry, this is a military secret that has been blocked for 5,000 years, no comment!