In 766 BC, the sixth master of Qin, Qin Xianggong was appointed as the prince by King Ping of Zhou for his outstanding military achievements, and since then, Qin has established a country. He began his glorious journey. He was full of confidence because the Qin Dynasty had a million iron-blooded army, but in 221 BC, he unified the six kingdoms, realized the unity of the country, and named himself the first emperor . He hoped that the descendants could pass on the descendants for generations. He said this at that time, the first emperor was full of confidence because the Qin Dynasty had a million iron-blooded army, but in 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang said, "Why would there be a king, prince, general, and minister?", and heroes in the world rose. By 206 BC, the Qin capital Xianyang was captured, and since then, the Qin Dynasty has perished.
From the founding of the country to the unification, it took Qin 545 years, but it only took three years from the death of Qin Shihuang to the demise of the Qin Dynasty. This makes people wonder where the once invincible Qin army went. You must know that if there were these million troops at that time, the Qin Dynasty would have been able to continue.
Today I will explain to you the composition of the million-strong army of the Qin Dynasty and why it did not save the decline of Qin .
The composition of the million-strong army of Daqin.
Qin army consists of four divisions, namely the Northern Legion, the Southern Legion, the Central Legion, and the Central Guard Army.
Northern Army has as many as 300,000 people, and the commander is Qin generals Wang Jian grandson Wang Li . He is strong and powerful. He guards North surveillance Huns , making the Huns dare not cross the border.
The Southern Legion has as many as 500,000, which is the most important army of the Qin Dynasty. It was sent by the King of Qin to conquer shares Nanyue , led by Zhao Tuo .
The Central Guard Army, which is the Central Imperial Army, has as many as 50,000 people. It is the elite of the Qin army and the most mysterious and powerful army in the Qin State, responsible for the safety of the capital Xianyang .
The Central Legion is the most special branch. Its composition is mainly composed of prisoners, prisoners, and slaves, with a total of as many as 200,000 people.
These people combined have more than one million. With their determination to fight, can't the rebel army be suppressed?
The process of the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
At the beginning of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising, there was no decent armed force in the Qin Dynasty. Why is this? In the great Qin Dynasty, even the mobs like Chen Sheng Wu Guang could not handle it because the northern legion resisted the Huns on the northern frontier, and it was difficult for the southern legion to reach the battlefield in a short time, while the southern legion was acting freely.
So the Qin Dynasty was strong on the outside and the middle was strong at this time. The internal Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising established the Zhang Chu regime can only be broken until the Hangu Pass is approaching Xianyang, and it will not stop until the sip of the water on the east side of Mount Li in . But what is strange is that at the foot of Mount Li, the army of Zhang Chu led by Zhou Wen stopped. You should know that at this time, it is very likely to take over the Qin capital Xianyang in one fell swoop. Many scholars in later generations believed that Zhou Wen missed the opportunity to fight and gave Chapter Handan the opportunity to organize the Lishan prisoners to counterattack.
But in the record of Han Shu , there was a saying after Zhou Wen led his army to the water, "Zhang Han's army refused and defeated it." The terrain of playing in the water was very dangerous. Zhang Han lived in a dangerous place and resisted Zhou Wen's army. After reorganizing the drums, he arranged the prisoners and launched a counterattack, defeating the enemy.
Many people may have such a doubt, have 200,000 prisoners beat Zhou Wen's army? You should know that there are actually examples of using slaves to protect the country in history, such as King Zhou of Shang against King Zhou of Zhou , but it is obvious that the combat effectiveness of slaves in these battles is very weak.
But don’t forget that this is Qin State, which started with force. The people in the country advocated force, and it was only ten years after the establishment of the country to unify. Many of the prisoners were people who violated the law in the Qin Dynasty, and there were also a large number of free people. You should know that building Mount Li was a wage, so many Qin people would participate, and Liu Bei also went out of this group of people, which can be seen from it. Most of these Qin people participated in the war to unify the six countries, and their military qualities were very high, but they were not able to lead them and reorganize them into the army.
And Zhang Han is a resourceful general. He is the third representative of Qin State, Bai Qi and Wang Jian. Although his name was not loud in the world, gold always shines. Zhang Han is such a gold that shines dazzlingly in this battle of water. Some people even say that they only regret that Zhang Han was born several years later than Meng Tian, which shows how important Zhang Han is.
After defeating the Zhang Chu regime, he wiped out the anti-Qin armed forces in Qi in Chu. For a moment, the Qin army was in a very popular position, and it seemed to have returned to Shihua, which swept across the six countries. Many people think that Qin Empire has not yet been exhausted, but history is full of twists and turns, and a war that determines the fate of the Qin Empire has begun.
This is the Julu Battle. This classic war of winning with less defeats the Qin army. At this time, the Northern Legion, commanded by Wang Li, defeated the Zhao army from Taiyuan area of Shanxi Province, and surrounded the remaining Zhao army to Julu area. Chu Qi and other anti-Qin armed forces next to Zhao Xiang asked for help, but they chose to stand by and watch, and only more than 30,000 people led by , Xiang Yu, and chose to help.
Xiang Yu has more than 30,000 people. As for Wang Li's 200,000 army, as long as he is an individual, he will think that Xiang Yu will definitely be defeated, but the fact is the opposite. Wang Li's 200,000 army was killed.
Xiang Yu first asked Ying Bu and General Pu to cross the Yellow River , , and cut off the transportation route that Zhang Han was repaired for Wang Li, that is, the road to transport food and grass. Then Xiang Yu crossed the Yellow River and asked the soldiers to smash the boat. He only brought food and grass for three days, and took out the courage to break the axe and sink the boat. He fought nine times in a day, from morning to noon, and won nine consecutive victories, completely defeating the momentum of Wang Li's army and killing Wang Li and two deputy generals, , Su Jiao , etc.
How similar is the history? The battle of Changping in that year, , , , , , used the method of blocking the food channels to lay the foundation for unifying the six countries. However, today, Zhao Yiren cut off the retreat in the same way.
Since this battle, the Qin army has never been able to stand up again. In desperation, Zhang Han shrank his team to the Anyang area, but why did Zhang Han surrender in the end?
Zhang Han held Anyang for eight months and could be called perseverance, but when Zhang Han was punitive, a major event happened in the court. The group led by Zhao Gao defeated the old ministers such as Li Si, and Zhang Han was exactly the person on Li Si's side. Naturally, he was suppressed by Zhao Gao and directly removed the food and supplies of Zhang Han and others who were fighting on the front line.
As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Without food and grass, Zhang Han is like a good cook who can't cook without rice. In the end, he could only surrender with hatred, but the ending was still hurt by the enemy.
When this news reaches the Southern Legion and when such a serious civil strife occurs in the country, will it be ineffective? The Supreme Commander at that time was very worried about the domestic situation, but due to the limitations of the Wulings in the south, the roads to the north had to pass through Chu, and the Chu territory had been completely chaotic and could not go back in a short time.
So Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Southern Legion, sent a soldier like a correspondent to return to Qin to see how the government was. The correspondent said back and directly made Zhao Tuo think that the country was useless. According to soldiers, since the death of the First Emperor, the Second Emperor has come to power. Because the Second Emperor only cares about fun and ignores the government affairs, he gives Zhao Gao more management, and Zhao Gao has a strong desire to control himself. Therefore, the old minister led by Li Si has fought for power with Zhao Yan's group, and now the court is in chaos.
Zhao Tuo heard this and sighed: "Heaven is going to destroy my Great Qin, but I am powerless to turn the sky back." So the road to the north was closed to prevent some old Qin from dying, because Zhao Tuo already understood that the Qin Dynasty was beyond rescue and established the country soon after.
Yes, the unified Qin State is finally over. If the First Emperor was still there, would the ending be different?
