When you're driving, your ears are free anyway, so why not listen to something real? This book gets straight to the historical facts behind ancient wars: how Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms used 20,000 troops to defeat Yuan Shao's 100,000; how Li Shimin of the Sui and Tang era broke through Dou Jiande's camp at Hulao Pass with 300 cavalry; how Yue Fei's victory at Yancheng in the Song dynasty used infantry to defeat cavalry; and how Zhu Di's Jingnan Campaign in the Ming dynasty took him all the way from Beijing to Nanjing. Each battle is laid out on a map, the troop numbers are tallied, and the reasons for victory and defeat are explained in full. No invented dialogue, no made-up legends, just plain language you can listen to with your headphones on. We start with the Three Kingdoms, then continue through the Qin and Han, Sui and Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. By the time you're through a traffic jam, you'll have learned the story of a whole battle.
