During the Three Kingdoms period, spies were called reconnaissance horses, that is, cavalry engaged in reconnaissance work.

It was called Meteor Horse in Ming Dynasty.

Meteor horse is a "meteor horse", the general name of signal soldiers. (Note that Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are novels of the Ming Dynasty)

The origin of "Water Margin" is 99: "Meteors report horses in two days, and feather books and snowflakes also report." Also stored as a "meteor horse".

The fifth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "The officers and men guarding the customs have sent meteors to the Prime Minister's House in Luoyang for emergency."

When guarding the city, those who stand on the wall and report the situation are called scouts.

And it is usually scouts who attack the city and fight in the field.

In ancient times, people who reported the situation were generally called scouts. Reconnaissance horse or meteor horse may be just a branch of scouts, equivalent to scouts and sentries now. The scouts acted quickly. Low attack, use light weapons.

reconnoitre

Also called "reprimand".

1. reconnaissance; Wait and see. Historical Records Biography of General Li: "However, I am not a scout, and I have never been killed." Sima Zhen's textual research: "Xu Shen's annotation of Huainanzi said:' Repel, measure also. Wait, look, look. "Biography of the History of the North of Moduolou": "Riding a light horse for more than a thousand horses, he was reprimanded before the army and died in Zhou Jun." Tang Yuanzhen's "Situ System of Wu Jia Zhongyin School": "I also know scouts and are good at guessing the enemy's situation." "The First Year of Song Lizong Jiaxi": "I want to reprimand you and strictly patrol and defend yourself." Lu Xun's "The Soul of Sparta": "The fruit is also scouted in an unguarded place, and the vigilance is insufficient. "

2. Refers to people who are scouting and waiting. "Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong Eleven Years": "Take scouts and don't invade." Biography of the Three Kingdoms, Takeshi Zhuge Ke: "It is right to send scouts back from afar. What is important is to look at each other and want to welcome the spring." Jiang Yang is vast, so beware of refusing it. In the Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan's "Wu Shengji" Volume III: "Sue more than 100,000 thieves, and it is very urgent to chase them."

3. An earthen fortress used to monitor the enemy's situation. Yin Geng's poem "Zijingguan" in Ming Dynasty: "reprimand the sand dunes directly, guard the building high and the clouds are flat." Ruan Longguang, written by He Bangge in Qing Dynasty: "After dinner, I vaguely heard someone whispering." Xie Xuechou's "The End of Tigers": "These two mounds were originally the remains of the ancient war."

4. It refers to the observation cabin on a big ship. Interpretation of the name and the ship: "There is a hut above the 500 huts, called scouts, to watch the enemy advance and retreat."

reconnoitre

1. In the past, the army called it reconnaissance (enemy situation)

2. Refers to the soldiers conducting reconnaissance:

Divided into cavalry and infantry, generally served by agile noncommissioned officers, they are very important arms. China scouts originated in the Han Dynasty and were named after the princes directly under them.

Scout: "Explanation of Names" says: "There are more than 500 huts (around). Call scouts to watch the enemy advance and retreat." The so-called "reprimand, measure" and "wait" means wait. " This is a warship specially used to spy on the enemy. Second:-scouts refer to flexible scouts in the army, who are mainly responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy and reconnaissance of the enemy.

"Moziling Seventy": "When you enter the city, wait first." The famous historian Cen wrote in Mozi's Guarding the City: "Hou, now a detective or spy."