In the finale of the TV series "Fu of Qin", in the courtroom of the state of Qi , Tian Chong and Li Qiu's proposal to surrender to Qin was obstructed by the minister of the state of Qi headed by the minister of Qi Housheng, who detained Li Qiu. Autumn, and expressed his determination to Wangjian of Qi that he could repel the Qin army. When the monarchs and ministers of Qin State learned that Qi State had detained Li Qiu, they ordered Meng Tian to attack Gaotang, while Wang Ben's army, who had destroyed the Yan Dynasty, turned and attacked Linzi. As a result, with the demise of the Qin Kingdom , Qin Wang Yingzheng finally completed the great cause of unifying the six kingdoms, not only established the Qin Dynasty, but also became the first emperor of the ages - Qin Shi Huang.
In the battle of Qin destroying the six kingdoms, the Qin kingdom did not attack the six kingdoms of Shandong at the same time, but destroyed them one by one. Specifically, in 230 BC, the Qin state dispatched Nei Shi Teng to destroy Korea. In 228 BC, Wang Jian led troops to capture Handan, the capital of the Zhao state. In 225 BC, Wang Jian's son Wang Ben besieged Daliang, the capital of Wei, and King Wei left the city to surrender. After the demise of the Three Jin Dynasty, Chu, Yan, and Qi also perished one after another. That is, in 221 BC, with the return of Qi Wangjian, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng officially completed the great cause of unifying the six kingdoms.
For Qin destroys the six kingdoms , the reason why it can be successfully completed within 10 years is not only that the national strength of Qin is stronger, but also that the order of destruction is very particular. So, the question is, when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, why was it the first to destroy Han and the last to destroy Qi?
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in Korea, on the one hand, as far as Korea is concerned. In September of the 16th year of Qin Wangzheng (231 BC), the South Korean Shou Teng voluntarily surrendered and gave the Nanyang Land (now the area south of Taihang Mountain in Henan and north of the Yellow River). After taking over, Qin actually used the place as a platform to advance and prepared to attack South Korea.In the seventeenth year of King Qin’s administration (230 BC), Nei Shi Teng led the Qin army to suddenly cross the Yellow River south to attack South Korea, conquering Handu Xinzheng (now Xinzheng, Henan) in one fell swoop, capturing Han Wangan, and then occupying the entire territory of South Korea and destroying South Korea. Qin State then set up Yingchuan County in Handi, and established the county in Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan).
For South Korea, it is the weakest among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Although there are talents like , Han Fei, and Zheng Guo in Korea, Zheng Guo helped Qin build the Zheng Guo canal, and Han Fei was killed by Li Si. On this basis, Qin Guo first took action against South Korea, which can be said to practice the principle of "persimmons should be picked up softly". As the saying goes, the beginning of everything is difficult. For the battle of Qin destroying the Six Kingdoms, it also needs a good beginning, so as to lay a good foundation for the next battle. Therefore, the Qin State dispatched a large army to easily destroy South Korea, which naturally stimulated the morale of the Qin State's soldiers and accelerated the process of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms. On the other hand, if the first step is to fight to the death with a big country like Zhao or Chu, it may dampen the morale of Qin soldiers and will be detrimental to the next battle.
At the same time, although South Korea is weak, its geographical location is very important. For South Korea, the core location is in today's Henan Province. Therefore, it is very obvious that South Korea is in the middle of the state of Qin, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Chu and other vassal states. If South Korea is left alone to destroy other vassal states, then there is a possibility that the food and grass supply lines of the Qin army will be harassed by South Korea.
For example, if Qin State sent troops to attack Qi State before it destroyed Korea, then Korea would be like a nail embedded in the Qin army's marching route. Once South Korea and Qi should cooperate internally and externally, this will inevitably make the Qin army suffer from the enemy.Therefore, in the ancient costume TV series "Da Qin Fu", Li Si advocated the first elimination of South Korea. This is like the battle of Jingnan in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, fought in Jinan for a long time. If he crossed Jinan and attacked Nanjing directly, he would worry about the supply line at the rear being cut off.
From this point of view, destroying South Korea first will help the Qin army to attack other vassal states. In 226 BC, there was a rebellion in the homeland of Korea. For Qin Wang Yingzheng , he chose to quell the rebellion first, and then attack Wei State, because once the rebellion in the homeland of Korea is allowed to occur, it will threaten the rear of the Qin State army. To sum up, in the battle of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms, Qin Wang Yingzheng took the lead in attacking South Korea, which laid a good foundation for the subsequent attack on other vassal states.
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On the other hand, as far as Qi is concerned. The state of Qi (1044 BC - 221 BC) was a vassal state in Chinese history from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The territory is located in most of today's Shandong Province. In the ancient costume TV series "The Great Qin Fu", the princess of Qi State, Li Qiu, married Qin Wang Yingzheng. Therefore, this means that the Qin state and the Qi state have a marriage relationship. In ancient history, marriage became an important means and way to consolidate allies.
On this basis, the state of Qi can be called an ally of the state of Qin. And this naturally became the last important reason for Qin to destroy Qi. Of course, in historical materials such as "Historical Records" and "Warring States Policy", there is actually no record of the marriage between Qin and Qi. As for Qi's princess Li Qiu, she is also a character who lacks official historical evidence. However, even so, under the strategy of far-reaching close attack , the state of Qi did maintain a relatively close relationship with the state of Qin.
In 266 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin expelled Wei Ran, who was in power, appointed Fan Ju as his minister, and actively pursued Fan Ju's strategy of "friending from afar and attacking close by". The distant close attack first focused on Han Zhao, who was nearby, and temporarily ignored Qi Yan, who was far away, to stabilize Chu and Wei. As a result, "getting an inch is the king's inch, and getting a foot is also the king's chi", undermining the strategy of "combining and vertical" of the Shandong vassal states. It was precisely under the strategy of distant friendship and close attack that Qin successfully divided the relationship between Qi and the other five countries.
In the ancient costume TV series "The Great Qin Fu", we can see the state of Yan , the state of Korea, the state of Wei, the state of Zhao, and the state of Chu together to attack Qin, but the state of Qi did not participate in the battle to attack Qin together. This is undoubtedly an important manifestation of the strategy of far-reaching and near-attacking. In addition, Qin State also sent Li Si, Yao Jia and others to lobby Qi State, prompting it to allow Qin State to destroy other vassal states.
Finally, for Qin, this strategy was adopted because the distance between Qin and Qi was too far. For the Qin State, the core area is in the area of today's Shaanxi Province, while the Qi State is in the area of today's Shandong Province, with Wei State, Korea, Zhao State and other vassal states in between. In the ancient war, Qin State wanted to cross the Three Jins to attack Qi State, which was naturally a choice with twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, Qin State not only put Qi State in the last elimination, but also worked hard to stabilize the relationship between Qin State and Qi State, so as to let the latter relax its vigilance.
In the ancient costume TV series "Fu of the Qin Dynasty", although it is said that the state of Qi still has an army of 500,000. However, the state of Qi did not cultivate war preparations for a long time, and the soldiers were even more sparsely engaged in battle. After Wang Ben and Meng Tian led the army into Linzi, the capital of Qi state, Qi Wangjian could only go out of the city to surrender, just like Liu Chan, the queen of Shu Han. Like , I lost the courage to continue to resist.Correspondingly, after being surrounded by Qin State, King Wei still persisted for several months. If Wang Ben hadn't flooded the beam with water, King Wei could obviously continue to resist. After the king of Chu was captured by the Qin army, Xiangyan supported Miqi, the king of Changping, as the king of Chu, so as to continue to fight against the Qin army, which all reflected the sluggish fighting spirit of Qi. To sum up, it is precisely because the state of Qi is relatively far from the state of Qin, and because the state of Qi has no fighting spirit, it will not pose a threat to the army of the state of Qin, which prompted Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng to send troops to attack the state of Qi until 221 BC. What do you think about this?
