Daqin Empire Advanced Manual

Chapter 5 Famous General (2)
Le Yi
A descendant of Le Yang, a famous general of Yan State and Wei State during the reign of King Yan Zhao.He once served as an official in the State of Zhao, and later left Zhao due to the Shaqiu Rebellion of King Wuling of Zhao. It happened that King Yanzhao was seeking talents at the Golden Terrace, so he came to the State of Yan and was appointed as Yaqing. On the one hand, he assisted him in revitalizing the State of Yan, and on the other hand, he lobbied All countries, actively organize and join forces to attack Qi.After reaching an agreement with Zhao, Chu, Han, and Wei, Le Yi was appointed as the general by King Yan Zhao, and as Xiangguo by King Zhao Huiwen. military.After that, the armies of other countries withdrew their troops separately, but Le Yi led the Yan army to continue to destroy Qi, successively conquered more than [-] cities of Qi, and finally conquered Linzi, the capital of Qi, defeating the strong with the weak.Because of this, Le Yi was named the King of Chang by King Yan Zhao.

At that time, only the two cities of Jucheng and Jimo remained in the state of Qi, and they were already dead in name only. However, Le Yi stopped his strong attack on the two cities at this time, and used various means to buy people's hearts, hoping to win the two cities without bloodshed.However, under the leadership of the famous general Tian Dan, the defenders of the city of Qi persisted and resisted, but failed to make Le Yi fulfill his wish. During this time, King Yan Zhao died of illness and his son King Yan Hui succeeded to the throne.The opponent Tian Dan countered the fact that King Yanhui had always been at odds with Le Yi, so that King Yanhui gave up Le Yi's military power.As a result, Le Yi left Yan and joined Zhao. Qi Jie, who succeeded the commander of the Yan army, was quickly defeated by the counterattack of the Qi army, and his great cause of destroying Qi fell short.

After that, Le Yi lived in Zhao for a long time, was named Wang Zhujun, and lived in Zhao forever.

Among the famous generals in the Warring States period, Le Yi is another generalist who has power and generals after Wu Qi and Shang Yang. He has made achievements in politics, military affairs, diplomacy, and even literature.The Allied Forces of the Five Nations defeated Qi was the most successful alliance in the Warring States Period, and the battle to destroy Qi was a well-known example of the weak defeating the strong.

田单
Le Yi was a famous general of the Qi State when he attacked Qi. He was a distant branch of the Qi royal family and was originally a merchant.When the state of Qi was on the verge of extinction and business travelers fled one after another, they created an original method of covering the axles with iron to prevent the drivers from being crushed, thus preserving their belongings and fleeing all the way to Jimo.At this time, the Yan army had besieged Jimo. Tian Dan was publicly elected as the defender to resist the Yan army when the Jimo doctor died in battle. From then on, the long Jimo defense war began, and he tried his best to protect the isolated city for six years.

Six years later, King Yan Zhao passed away, and King Yan Hui, who had always been at odds with Le Yi, came to the throne. Tian Dan saw the opportunity and began the difficult road to restore the country.

He first resorted to countermeasures, spreading rumors that Le Yi intends to become the king of Qi, so that King Yanhui took away Le Yi's military power and reassigned Qi Jie as a general; he also claimed that Jimo had the power of ghosts and gods to help him; Rumors induced the robbers to cut off the noses of the captives and dig the ancestral graves of the Qi people outside the city, thereby angering the Qi people who defended the city, and sent people to paralyze the Yan army by feigning surrender; , so that the defenders of the city will eat and drink; finally gather more than a thousand heads of cattle in the city, tie the swords on the horns, fill the fat and bundle the reeds on the tails, ignite them, and drive the cattle out of the city at night, and carefully select [-] dead soldiers to follow. thereafter.The army of Yan thought that the people of Qi would descend in a few days, so they were completely unprepared, and they were in chaos when they encountered a surprise attack.The Jimo defenders took advantage of the situation and rushed out, smashing the besieging Yan army in one fell swoop, and killing the commander of the Yan army, Qi Jie.

Afterwards, all the cities and towns in Qi raised troops to respond, and Tian Dan quickly recovered the whole territory of Qi, and made Tian Fazhang, the fugitive prince of Qi, King of Qi, so he was granted the title of Lord Anping.

This battle was another classic example of the weak defeating the strong in the Warring States Period. Therefore, Tian Dan was praised by Tai Shigong as "a husband is like a virgin at first, suitable for a man to open an account; later, he is like a rabbit, not suitable for the distance".

Li Mu
Zhao Guo's famous general in the late Warring States period is also one of the four famous generals, and one of the few famous generals in the Six Kingdoms who defeated the Qin army.His life can be roughly divided into two periods: in the early stage, he was stationed in Yanmen to fight against the Xiongnu, trying to protect the country;

During his stay at Yanmen, Li Mu paid attention to logistical support on the one hand, paid all the taxes in the jurisdiction to the shogunate, slaughtered cattle every day to reward the soldiers, taught the soldiers to archery and horseback riding, guarded the beacon tower, and dispatched many scouts to scout the enemy.On the other hand, he also changed the tactics of the Zhao army, and ordered that once the Huns invaded, they should gather their troops and stick to the camp, and it is strictly forbidden to fight.After several years, Zhao Jun lost very little.

After several years of preparation, the treasury of the frontier army is abundant and morale is high.Li Mu then selected [-] chariots, [-] cavalry, [-] dead soldiers of a hundred gold, and [-] crossbowmen. Annihilation, one hundred thousand Huns were annihilated in World War I. After King Zhao Wuling, he once again achieved a brilliant victory over the Huns.

Afterwards, Li Mu was transferred back from the frontier and was mainly responsible for the war against Qin. He defeated the Qin army in Feixia and Fanwu battles successively. He was also named Wu'an Lord, which is equivalent to Baiqi's title.Not long after, Qin general Wang Jian led the army to destroy Zhao in three ways, and Li Mu personally led the army and fought with Wang Jian for nearly a year.The Qin army then framed Li Mu with countermeasures, which caused the biggest tragedy at the end of the Warring States period and directly led to the demise of Zhao State.

As a general, Li Mu emphasized logistical support and enemy reconnaissance. He was good at showing weakness to paralyze his opponents. A classic example of defeating cavalry regiments.

Wang Jian
At the end of the Warring States period, the famous general of Qin State, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, the main achievement in his life was to join forces with his son Wang Ben to destroy the six kingdoms of Shandong, and became the greatest contributor to Qin Shihuang's unification of the world.

Wang Jian was mainly responsible for the war against Zhao in the early stage, and the first time he led the army to destroy the country was also to destroy Zhao.After that, Wang Jian sent his troops to the north again, defeated the allied forces of the Yan Dynasty on the west bank of Yishui, and took advantage of the situation to destroy the Yan State.His son Wang Ben led the army to the south, attacked Chu first, and went down to ten cities in Chu State.

On the eve of the destruction of Chu, Wang Jian had a disagreement with General Li Xin and Qin Wangzheng because of the force of the attack on Chu.Li Xin believed that an army of 20 was enough to destroy Chu, while Wang Jian believed that an army of 60 was the only way to destroy Chu.Qin Wangzheng finally adopted Li Xin's opinion and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Chu Chu.Wang Jian knew that he could not change Qin Wangzheng's opinion, so he voluntarily resigned as general and returned to his hometown of Pinyang.Later, Li Xin was lured by Chu general Xiang Yan's weakness and went deep alone. Due to insufficient troops, Li Xin was defeated and captured two camps.Qin Wangzheng hurried to Pinyang to admit his mistake to Wang Jian and asked him to come out of the mountain again.After Wang Jian led an army of 60 troops to Huaibei, after careful deployment, he defeated the Chu army, killed the Chu general Xiang Yan, captured Yingdu, captured the king of Chu, and destroyed the Chu State.

After the destruction of Chu, Wang Jian led his troops to conquer Baiyue in the south, laying a solid foundation for the Qin army to pacify Lingnan in the future.A year later, his son Wang Ben successively destroyed the remnants of the Yan Dynasty and forced him to surrender to the Qi State. The six kingdoms were destroyed and the world was unified.As a result, Wang Jian's father and son were conferred the titles of Marquis of Wucheng and Marquis of Tongwu, and Wang Jian's grandson, Wang Li, inherited the title of Marquis of Wucheng.

Meng Tian
The famous general of the Qin State during the period of Qin Shihuang, famous for his huge victories against the Huns in the north.

Meng Tian's ancestors were originally from Qi, his grandfather Meng Ao served as a general of Baiqi after he entered Qin Dynasty, and his father Meng Wu also served as Wang Jian's deputy general when he conquered Chu. Therefore, the Meng family and the Wang family became the two major military families of the Qin Empire.Meng Tian studied law in his early years, and he and his younger brother Meng Yi were highly valued by Qin Wangzheng.In the later period of the war of destroying the country, Meng Tian and Wang Ben cooperated with each other and jointly forced Qi to surrender without a fight. Meng Tian also served as the governor of the internal history because of his achievements in the war of destroying the country. After that, he led the army to station in northern Xinjiang and resisted the Xiongnu for a long time.

At this time, the Huns in the north had seized the Henan land in the northern border of the Qin State, and gradually grew stronger with the help of the local rich aquatic plants.After years of preparation, Meng Tian finally assembled an army of 30 and started two battles against the Huns in the north.The battle is based on the large ballista as the axis, supplemented by the coordinated operations of multiple arms such as infantry, vehicles, and cavalry.The Qin army won a complete victory in the first battle, inflicting heavy losses on the Xiongnu in one fell swoop and expanding their land for seven hundred miles.Not long after, Meng Tian led another attack and seized Gaoquesai and Yangshan Beijia, occupying all of Henan.After that, the Qin Empire established Jiuyuan County and New Qinzhong County in Henan, and enlisted the people to develop this area. Meng Tian presided over the construction of Qin Zhidao and the Great Wall during the border defense. Resisting northern nomads provided strong support.

After Qin Shihuang's death, Prime Minister Li Si and eunuch Zhao Gao conspired to tamper with the edict, supported the youngest son Hu Hai as the second emperor, and plotted to remove the eldest son Fusu and the Meng brothers.Although Meng Tian saw through the conspiracy here, he had no intention of resisting it, and eventually committed suicide after helping Su, causing the greatest tragedy in the history of Qin.

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