Today, technology is highly developed and communication methods are flexible and diverse, such as telephones, various chat software, etc. But in ancient times, the carriage was very slow and the correspondence was far away. I only loved one person in my life, but I can accommodate a lot of people. Not so easy. In a few days, the editor has talked about flying pigeons in ancient wars.

In August 2019, Shanghai Mobile deployed 5G pilots in some sections of Pudong New District and Hongkou District. Small partners living in these areas can already experience 5G services. Some people predict that the era of the Internet of Everything is beckoning, and once the Internet of Everything is realized, human life will enter a new dimension.

In fact, for the ancients, there is also a new dimension communication channel-Flying Pigeon Biography. In "The Swordsman", Mrs. Ding Jing suffered an ambush. She used flying pigeons to send letters and reports back to Hengshan, and even four pigeons relayed the news to Hengshan. In fact, the story of flying pigeons is true in history.

origin

According to Wang Renyu's "Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics", "When Zhang Jiuling was a teenager, he raised pigeons in his family. When he communicated with his relatives, he only used the feet of books to fly, and flew to the place where he taught. Jiuling was a flying slave. ". Since then, the literati sao Ke did not spend much effort on the description of flying pigeons. Ouyang Xiu's "Yellow pigeons can send books, but the wings are short", Qian Qi's "Do not guess the pigeons, Tsz Yun can protect the frost", and Xu Yi's "Lift the wings to the sky, and go to Dabang."

In fact, the book of flying pigeons is not an original creation of our ancestors, but a global invention. In 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians who loved domesticated animals found that no matter how far the pigeon was taken, they always ran back to their hometown. As a result, the ancient Egyptians began to use pigeons to send messages, which is probably the earliest origin of flying pigeons.

principle

Why is this little white pigeon able to spread letters? The reason is actually not complicated-it is the tired bird's homecoming, and it is the kind that admits death. As for how it is positioned-this is still a mystery. Some say magnetic field positioning, and some say visual memory.

Of course, you can take the carrier pigeon out and let him fly back to his old nest. But carrier pigeons will not run back again. That place doesn't make any sense to it. Therefore, the flying pigeon biography in the film and television drama, want to make the little white pigeon run back and forth-that's not the case! Bottom line: Flying Pigeon Biography is one-way.

Military applications

Since the Flying Pigeon Biography is true, can it fly over obstacles on the battlefield and pass information? It's impossible. Because the military intelligence is all 100,000 in a hurry, and can't fail, give it to the little white pigeon-can you escape the arrow rain? Can you escape various natural enemies? Someone did an experiment, released 100 trained pigeons, flew from Wuhan back to Jinan, and only returned 50. The rest were all missing.

However, there are still application records of Flying Pigeons on the battlefield. For example, in February of the first year of the reign of Song Renzong (1041), Song conquered Xixia. Han Qi ordered Ren Fu and Mulberry to lead troops to march near Yangmu Longcheng. Song found mulberry by the road several silver clay boxes with jumping sounds in the boxes. After Ren Fu arrived, he ordered the box to be opened. "There are more than a hundred whistle pigeons. From the middle of the fight, the Pan Fei army went up."

In 1128 AD, General Zhang Jun of the Southern Song Dynasty inspected the camp at the lower part of the army. When he arrived at the barracks, he saw no soldier in the air. Qu Duan immediately handed over the roster of the five army commanders. Zhang Jun pointed to the roster and said that I would inspect the First Army. Qu Duan unhurriedly opened the cage and released a carrier pigeon. The First Army generals were fully armed and hurriedly arrived. Zhang Jun was shocked and said, "I want to see all of your army." Qu Duan released four more pigeons, and the other four armies were called upon to arrive. In both cases, the pigeons did transmit a signal, but the signal was similar to the effect of "a cannon sound" and "Baohuo". It was impossible to achieve accurate point-to-point communication.

The Chinese have a very long history of using flying pigeons. By the Han and Tang dynasties, flying pigeons had been used on a large scale, both military and civilian. So in general, flying pigeons is still feasible. Nowadays, people are no longer enthusiastic about flying pigeons. In fact, during the period of the Republic of China, flying pigeons were no longer needed, but there are still applications. After all, the use of telegrams and flying pigeons can be better. effect. Editor / Zhao Yongjing