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Chapter 174 The Qin Dynasty ruled the world, and Wang Jian played an incomparably great role

The Four Famous Generals of the Warring States Period refer to the four famous generals of the Warring States Period.

In "Thousand Characters", it is said that "the sword is quite animal husbandry, and the army is the best. The Xuanwei Desert is famous for Danqing."

Use this to describe the achievements of these four generals.

These four generals are: Bai Qi and Wang Jian of Qin State, Lian Po and Li Mu of Zhao State.

For the four famous generals of the Warring States period, they were all soldiers and horses all their lives. With their own efforts, they grew step by step into the most important generals of Qin and Zhao, representing the highest level of actual combat in the Warring States period.

The four people selected are all famous generals in the late Warring States period. They have great military exploits, but they have no theoretical writings.

Among the four famous generals in the Warring States period, in terms of endings, Bai Qi, Lian Po, and Li Mu did not get a better ending. For example, Bai Qi was bestowed to death by King Qin Zhaoxiang, and Li Mu was killed by Zhao Wangqian. But Lian Po was squeezed out in Zhao State, and finally died in a foreign land.

Correspondingly, Wang Jian got a happy ending.

Of course, the reason why Wang Jian was able to die well was not only because he had a relatively high emotional intelligence and dared to retreat bravely, but also because he played an important role in Qin's battle against the Six Kingdoms.

In the eyes of many people, most of the world established by Qin Wang Yingzheng was brought down by Wang Jian's army.

For Qin's destruction of the six countries, Wang Jian personally led his army to destroy several countries.

First of all, for Wang Jian, a famous general, his achievements have been affirmed by many dynasties.

In the third year of the founding of the middle school of the Tang Dynasty, etiquette envoy Yan Zhenqing suggested to Tang Dezong that 64 famous ancient generals should be named after him, and temples should be set up for them, including "Qin General Wang Jian".

At the same time, only Sun Bin, Tian Dan, Zhao She, Lian Po, Li Mu, etc. were included in the temple list.

In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty set up temples for famous ancient generals in accordance with the practice of the Tang Dynasty. Among the 72 famous generals, Wang Jian was also included.

In the "Seventeen Histories and Hundred Generals" written in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Jianliao was also among them.

In this regard, the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and other dynasties spoke highly of Wang Jian, obviously because Wang Jian played an important role in Qin's battle against the Six Kingdoms.

In 230 BC, King Yingzheng of Qin, already in power, officially started the battle of Qin to destroy the six kingdoms.

This year, Qin Wang Yingzheng dispatched Nei Shiten to destroy South Korea.

At that time, as the weakest vassal state among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, Qin State eliminated South Korea relatively easily.

Therefore, in the battle between Qin and South Korea, Qin Wang Yingzheng did not send Wang Jian, the trump card, but let Nei Shiteng lead the army to attack South Korea.

However, after the annexation of South Korea, Qin Wang Yingzheng still asked Wang Jian to command Qin's battle to destroy Zhao.

In the 18th year of Qin Wangzheng, the famous Qin general Wang Jian led an army to attack Zhao.

Wang Jian was a good soldier since he was a child. He was appointed by Qin Wangzheng as a general. He conquered east and west for Qin State.

He led the army to attack Zhao many times.

In the 11th year of Qin Wangzheng, Wang Jian led his army to attack Zhao Guoyanyu, defeated the Zhao army, and pulled out nine cities.

When Wang Jian's army attacked Zhao, Zhao had already declined under the leadership of Zaiqian. He couldn't see Qin's tiger-wolf heart clearly, and couldn't unite and deal with Qin. The fisherman of the state of Qin took advantage of the opportunity to enter and encroach on the land of the state of Zhao, and Zhao had no power to resist Qin.

However, Qin's extermination of Zhao did not go smoothly. The main reason was that Zhao Guo still had a general Li Mu.

Li Mu was a famous general in the Warring States period, brave and resourceful, and he became the general of Zhao State after Lian Po.

In the battle against the Xiongnu, he used strange soldiers, flanked left and right, defeated the Xiongnu, beheaded 10,000+ cavalry, wiped out the ragged tribe, broke the Donghu, and surrendered to the Linhu. The Xiongnu fled in a hurry.

Since then, the Huns have lingering fears, and for more than ten years, they dare not approach the border towns of Zhao State.

When Zhao Guo attacked Yan, Li Mu pulled out Wusui and Fangcheng.

Once defeated the Qin army in Yi'an, he was named Wu'an Lord because of his meritorious service.

He galloped on the battlefield and defeated the Qin army many times, becoming a major obstacle for Qin Kezhao.

At the critical moment when Qin Wangzheng sent Wang Jian to lead an army to attack Zhao, Zhao Wangqian asked Li Mu and Sima Shang to lead the army to organize resistance.Li Mu has rich combat experience and is strategic.

Faced with the powerful offensive of the Qin army, Li Mu adopted a strategy of only defending and not attacking, which drained the energy of the Qin army and made it difficult for the Qin army to advance or retreat.

So Qin decided to use the usual countermeasures.

Get rid of Li Mu with the help of King Zhao.

At this time, because of Lu Buwei's incident, his subordinate Sikong Ma fled to Zhao State to avoid disaster, and was appointed a small official by King Zhao.

Sikong Ma was naturally dissatisfied with this position, so he lobbied Zhao Wangqian to be reused.

He said to Zhao Wangqian: "Qin and Zhao are at war, and I don't know who will win and who will lose. Now, my lord, which one is bigger, Zhao or Qin? Which one has more people? Which country has more gold, iron, grain and grass? Which country is stable? Which prime minister is wise? Which general More heroic? Which country's government orders are clearer?"

Zhao Wangqian lacked confidence in this question, and his answer was not as good as that of Qin State.

So Sikong said: "Now the Kingdom of Great Kings is not as good as Qin in every way. If the two countries go to war, the Kingdom of Great Kings will surely perish."

When Zhao Wangqian heard this, he became worried, and asked Sikong Ma for advice on how to save the country.

Sikong Ma said: "If Your Majesty gives half of the country to Qin, Qin will definitely accept it, and Qin will be delighted to receive half of Zhao without any effort.

The strength of Qin State increased by receiving Zhao's land, and the countries in Shandong were bound to be terrified, and their lips were dead and their teeth were cold.

In this way, although half of Zhao was killed in name, the king actually won the support of Shandong countries to resist Qin, and Qin might not be able to resist and perish. "

When Zhao Wangqian heard Sikong Ma's bad idea, he couldn't help being very disappointed, and replied: "The Qin attacked Zhao the day before yesterday, and Zhao Guo bribed the twelve counties in Hejian, and Qin's disaster would still be inevitable. If half of the country is cut off again, Zhao Guoli cannot survive. This is a plan to subjugate the country, I hope you can think of a better way."

Sikong Ma said again: "I am a Qin Daobi official, and I have never led an army to fight. I invite the king to serve as a general to fight with the Qin army." Zhao Wangqian could not agree to him as a general, so Sikong Ma left Zhao Guo.

When Sikong and his horse traveled to Pingyuan, Guo Yi, the guard, asked, "My guest, what is the current situation in Zhao?"

Sikong Ma then said that if the King of Zhao didn't use his tactics, Zhao would surely perish.

Guo Yi asked again: "Based on the guests, when will the State of Zhao fall?" Sikong Ma said: "If the King of Zhao uses Wu An Jun Li Mu as his general, he can still last for a year. If he kills Wu An Jun, it will only take half a year. Now the King of Zhao listens to the traitor Han Cang. People are jealous of the virtuous and the heroes, and now the state of Zhao is in danger, the king of Zhao will use his words, and Lord Wu An will die."

As expected by Sikong Ma, Lord Wu'an Li Mu was jealous of Han Cang because of his great military exploits, so he tried his best to frame Li Mu in front of King Zhao.

Another treacherous minister, Guo Kai, accepted a large bribe from the state of Qin, and also falsely accused Li Mu of treason to King Zhao. Yet.

Li Mu knew that he was murdered by a traitor and refused to accept his order, but was finally arrested by the people sent by King Zhao. Li Mu was escorted to HD. Congratulations on the birthday of the king, if you want to assassinate the king, you will die."

Lord Wu An complained: "The minister's body is long and his arms are short, so he can't reach the ground. For this reason, please ask the workers to take over with wood. If your majesty doesn't believe it, please watch it yourself."

Li Mu showed his hands for Han Cang to watch, and asked Han Cang to speak to Zhao Wang.

Han Cang wanted to put Li Mu to death, but he refused straight away: "Your Majesty bestows death on the general, but if he does not pardon him, I dare not say anything."

Li Mu knew that he was bound to die, so he had to bow to the north and go to die.Because Zhao Zhiren was not allowed to commit suicide in the palace, Li Mu quickly left the palace and raised his sword to kill himself. Because his arm was too short, he held the sword to the pillar and stabbed himself to death.

Zhao Wangqian was exiled to Fangling.

The famous general Wu Anjun was finally killed and Sima Shang was abolished. In this way, Zhao Wangqian destroyed the Great Wall by himself, paving the way for Qin to destroy Zhao.

When Qin general Wang Jian heard that Li Mu had died, he was overjoyed and led his army to attack Zhao.

Zhao Cong and Yan Ju led the army to resist. These two were no match for Wang Jian. After one battle, they were completely defeated.

In the eighth year of Zhao Wangqian, the Qin army invaded Qin Dynasty, and captured Zhao Wangqian and Yan Jujun.

Zhao State fell.

In the battle of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, Zhao Guo was undoubtedly a very difficult opponent.

And Wang Jian helped Yingzheng eliminate the Warring States Period, which greatly promoted the progress of Qin's unification.

This is very meaningful.

After the demise of Zhao State, the territory of Qin State has bordered with Yan State.

And this undoubtedly terrified the whole country of Yan, so there was the story of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin.

In the 19th year of Qin Shihuang, the famous incident of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin occurred in Chinese history.

Jing Ke failed, and Qin Wang Yingzheng was naturally very angry about it.

Ying Zheng thought to himself, even before he troubled Yan Guo, Yan Guo sent it to his door?

So Yingzheng took advantage of this opportunity and sent Wang Jian to lead the army to attack Yan.

In this battle, Yan Wang Xi and Dai Wang Zhao Jia jointly resisted the Qin army. The coalition forces of Yan and Dai were led by Prince Dan of Yan, and were finally defeated at the Yishui River where Jing Ke was farewell.

On this basis, Wang Jian took advantage of the momentum to attack Ji, the capital of Yan, and King Xi of Yan fled to Liaodong, and the Kingdom of Yan existed in name only.

It is worth noting that the remnants of Yan State were wiped out by the army led by Wang Ben, the son of Wang Jian.

Of course, after Wang Jian captured the capital of the Yan Kingdom, the remaining forces of the Yan Kingdom were no longer a threat.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the demise of the Yan Kingdom can naturally be attributed to the famous general Wang Jian.

After Zhao and Yan were destroyed one after another, Chu naturally became an important obstacle on Qin's way to unify the world.

In this regard, in the 22nd year of Qin Shihuang, Qin Wang Yingzheng called a group of ministers to discuss the plan to destroy Chu.

Before leading the army to destroy Chu, Ying Zheng asked Wang Jian and Li Xin how many soldiers they needed to destroy Chu.

Sure enough, Li Xin's 20 soldiers went to battle, but they were defeated.After that, Wang Jian led 50 troops to the expedition and won a big victory.

At that time, the fighting of the Five Hegemons was more like a competitive game, with rules and morality.

In later generations, it takes several years to fight wars, hundreds of thousands of troops to mobilize, and tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people to kill. I am afraid that even if the population is as large as the Chu State, there are 50 soldiers. If you can't win, how can it be less than this number!

Ying Zheng was convinced, agreed to Wang Jian, and handed over 50 soldiers from the whole country to Wang Jian.

In the 21st year of the First Emperor, King Qin asked General Li Xin: "I am going to occupy Chu, please estimate how many troops will be enough?" Li Xin replied: "No more than 20."

King Qin also asked Wang Jian this question, and Wang Jian said: "It must be 60 people."

Qin Wang said: "General Wang is old, how timid he is!"

So Li Xin and Meng Tian were sent to attack Chu State with 20 people; Wang Jian also resigned on the grounds of illness and returned to his hometown Pinyang.

Later, Li Xin attacked Pingyu, Meng Tian attacked Shucheng, and defeated the Chu army.

Li Xin attacked Yan and Ying again and captured them.

So he led the army to advance westward, and joined forces with Mengtian at the father of the city. The Chu army followed closely behind the Qin army, and did not stop for three days and nights to rest, which made Li Xin's army exhausted and suffered a disastrous defeat. The barracks were captured, seven captains were killed, and Li Xin fled back.

King Qin was furious when he heard the news, and went to Pinyang to apologize to Wang Jian in person, saying: "The widow did not adopt the general's strategy, which made Li Xin insult the prestige of the Qin army. Even if the general is sick, can he bear to leave the widow alone? !" Wang Jian evaded and said, "I'm sick, so I can't lead troops."

The king of Qin said: "The past is over, don't talk about it!"

Wang Jian said: "If you have to, you must use me. There must be 60 people!"

Qin Wang said: "But it depends on the general's arrangement." So Wang Jian led an army of 60 to attack Chu.

The king of Qin sent him to Bashang, and Wang Jian demanded that he be rewarded with many fertile land and mansions.

The king of Qin said: "Let's go, general. Are you still worried about poverty?"

Wang Jian said: "A general who serves as the king, even if he has made great contributions, will not be rewarded as a marquis after all. Therefore, when the king trusts me, I have to ask for some fields and houses as an inheritance for his descendants." laugh.

After Wang Jian set off, he arrived at Wuguan and sent five groups of envoys back to ask for good land.Someone said: "It's too much for the general to ask for a reward!"

Wang Jian said: "This view is wrong. Your Majesty is careless and distrusts others. Now he entrusts me with all the troops in the country to command alone. If I don't ask for a lot of land and mansions as the property of my descendants to show that I have no other plans, I will On the contrary, it will make the king suspect me.

Wang Jian occupied Chen Yinan to the area of ​​Pingyu.

When the people of Chu heard that Wang Jian was attacking with more troops, they mobilized all the troops to resist. Wang Jian stood firm and did not fight the Chu people.

The Chu people challenged him many times, but Wang Jian still refused to send troops.

Wang Jian only let the soldiers rest and bathe every day, eat and drink well to appease them; and ate with the soldiers himself.

After a while, Wang Jian sent someone to ask, "What are you playing in the army?" He replied, "I'm playing stone throwing and long jumping."

Wang Jian said: "You can send troops!"

At this time, the Chu army saw that they could not find a fighter, so they moved eastward.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Jian sent troops to pursue and ordered the strong men to attack. The Chu army was defeated, and they pursued them all the way to Qinan, where they killed Xiang Yan, the Chu army's general, and the Chu army was completely defeated.Wang Jian took advantage of the victory and occupied cities all over the country.

It is worth noting that although in the late Warring States period, Qin State became the most powerful vassal state.

However, these 60 troops are still Qin's all-powerful soldiers.

Therefore, once Wang Jian plots something wrong, Qin Wang Yingzheng will not even have the power to counter it.

And this undoubtedly showed Qin Wang Yingzheng's trust in Wang Jian, a veteran.

(End of this chapter)