Bai Qi used water attacks to wipe out all the elite troops of Chu. Within a year, he became even more invincible. Chu could no longer find an army that could withstand it for a while, so even its capital city, Ying, fell to Bai Qi.

into the hands of the army.

Seeing King Qingxiang of Chu flee in despair, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was very excited. Like Empress Dowager Xuan, they did not expect that Bai Qi would once again give the Qin army a miracle in the history of war. Just like when Empress Dowager Xuan promoted King Qin to power,

This time they all worked together to help Bai Qi as much as possible, and even issued an edict to let Bai Qi take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.

Therefore, after Bai Qi defeated the capital of Chu State, he divided his troops into three groups and marched to other parts of Chu State. The first group of troops attacked southward until Dongting; the second group of troops attacked westward to Yiling (now southeast of Yichang, Hubei Province);

The eastward attack reached Jingling. In just a few months, the area around Chudu was hundreds of miles away.

The vast and rich land was all owned by Qin, and Qin's strength was once again strengthened. In order to completely control the occupied areas, King Qin Zhaoxiang ordered the establishment of Nanjun in these areas, and its seat was Jiangnan, which had been the capital of Chu for hundreds of years.

A large metropolis - Yingdu, the Chu Kingdom seems to have perished.

But people at that time believed that as long as they had a common ancestor, they could continue to unite under the maintenance of their spirit. The ancestors of the Chu people were buried in the Yiling area occupied by the Western Route Army of the Qin State. Bai Qi believed that

Only by completely strangulating the spirit of the Chu people can the Chu State prevent its resurgence. However, the person in power of the Qin State at that time was the Empress Dowager Xuan, who was a noble of the Chu State. If Bai Qi destroyed Yiling, wouldn't he have indirectly dug up the ruins?

The ancestral tomb of Queen Mother Xuan?

In fact, Bai Qi was overly worried. He only knew that the Queen Mother Xuan was from the Chu State, but he did not know that the Queen Mother Xuan had long since devoted herself to Qin and settled down completely in the State of Qin. In the past, in order to stabilize the rear of the State of Qin, she could sell her sex to seduce Yi.

King Qu, for the sake of Qin's prosperity today, he should not care about a few tombs.

So at the order of Empress Dowager Xuan, Bai Qi set a fire, and Yiling became a historical memory, leaving only a few ruins.

While Bai Qi burned Yiling, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Fortunately, he was an ally of Empress Dowager Xuan rather than an enemy. In terms of fighting, Empress Dowager Xuan was not as good as Bai Qi, but in terms of playing political tricks, Bai Qi was not Empress Dowager Xuan's at all.

opponent.

Bai Qi thought that from now on, the Chu people would no longer have any fighting spirit and could only be regarded as vassals of the Qin State. Unexpectedly, things would turn against him. He used a huge river to swallow up 350,000 lives in the Chu State. The Chu people were already very resentful towards him.

He also used a fire to destroy the ancestral temple of the Chu State. The hatred between the country and the family was irreconcilable. Therefore, all the people of Chu made a solemn oath at this moment: Although there are only three people in Chu, Chu will definitely destroy Qin.

At this time, a figure who had a profound influence on later generations threw himself into the Miluo River. This man was Qu Yuan. When Ying, the capital of Chu State, was trampled by the Qin army, Qu Yuan wrote the popular "Sorrow for Ying":

Why are the people shocked by the impure destiny of the emperor?

The people were separated and lost each other, and they moved eastward in the middle of the spring.

When I went to my hometown, I was far away, and I followed Jiangxia to go into exile.

When I left the country and was pregnant, I came to visit me.

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After leaving the capital of Ying and leaving for Luxi, how could it be possible to reach the end of the desolation?

I raise my eyebrows with my face and look forward to you. I am sad to see you but will never see you again.

Looking at the long catalpa trees, they are too rested, and their tears are as lustful as clouds.

At the beginning of summer, I floated to the west, but I didn't see it when I looked at Longmen.

My heart is full of beauty and my heart is filled with sadness, and I don’t know where I am.

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As the saying goes, the sun rises in the east and rains in the west, some people are happy and others are sad. Just when the Chu State is filled with hatred and resentment, and Dui Bai is filled with hatred to the bone, those in the Qin State who are eager to make contributions and achievements respect Dui Bai like gods.

The opportunity that King Qin Zhaoxiang had been waiting for finally came. When it came to the great achievements, no one in the entire Qin State except Bai Qi had any second thoughts. It can be seen from many occasions that Bai Qi was very loyal to King Qin Zhaoxiang. King Qin thought that as long as he rewarded him generously,

By Bai Qi, you can achieve the effect of killing three birds with one stone: First, you can get Bai Qi's

Greater loyalty; secondly, it can make some people who admire Bai Qi sigh at the wisdom of King Qin Zhaoxiang and be inspired by him, and then become more loyal to Qin and kill the enemy bravely; thirdly, it can use the trick to cultivate his own power, and also

It can temporarily ease the relationship with the Queen Mother Xuan Group and maintain the internal stability of the Qin State.

So King Zhaoxiang of Qin opened his mouth and issued an edict, naming Bai Qi the Lord of Wu'an, which means "announcing the people with force." Bai Qi, who was once the lowest soldier in the Qin State, finally stood at the top of the Qin State.

.The four young masters of the Warring States Period at that time:

Lord Pingyuan, Lord Mengchang, Lord Xinling, and Lord Chunshen are all royal families of various countries. Without noble blood, it is more difficult to be crowned a king than to ascend to heaven. It can be seen that Bai Qi's contribution to Qin is as great as

Together with Shang Yang, they can be called both civil and military masters.

Of course, among the famous generals of the Warring States Period, Lian Po and Li Mu were both named kings, but when it comes to merit, Lord Wu'an of Great Qin is ranked first.

After one general achieved great success, Bai Qi finally stepped on the corpses of countless people and reached the pinnacle of life. Just as it is written in "Zhuangzi: The Sui": "Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be princes; the gates of princes are

But benevolence and righteousness remain.”

Although Zhao State was watching in the north, Bai Qi still went his own way and attacked Chu's land without any scruples. In 277 BC, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of the Qin State, took advantage of the Chu army's vitality to be severely weakened and launched another large-scale attack.

Chu, Xikewu (

Wushan (today's north of Wushan, Sichuan), and south of Qianzhong. Qin then took the land of Wu as Wu County, and the land in central Guizhou as Qianzhong County. At this point, the land of Jianghan, Hunan and Guizhou, which accounted for almost half of Chu's land, was owned by Qin, and the Chu state succeeded the former.

After the division lost ground, it once again fell into a dangerous situation.

Just when everyone in the Chu State was in danger, Bai Qi stopped taking action. Bai Qi believed that the land of Chu State could only be occupied by the Qin State, and could not rush thousands of miles on its own. Xu Tu took the entire

The Chu State was included in the territory. Because the Chu State's national boundary was too wide, if the battle line was stretched too long, with Qin's limited military strength, even if it finally conquered the Chu State, it would definitely give other countries in the Three Jin Land an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In order to avoid future worries, the Qin State decided to first attack the strongest state in the Three Jin Lands - Zhao State.

Before that, Qin still needed to cooperate with Bai Qi in diplomacy. Because two years ago, Qin and Zhao formed an alliance at the Mianchi meeting. King Qin did not expect that Bai Qi would

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If the Qin State fell out with the Zhao State by beating the Chu State like this so soon after the meeting, it would inevitably appear that the Qin State was too unfaithful. In addition, the Zhao State has always adhered to the strategy of "defending in the south and attacking in the north".

It is not easy to engage in war with the Central Plains countries. Qin wants to attack Zhao but also wants Zhao to take the lead. This is indeed a dilemma.

Empress Dowager Xuan believes that instead of facing Zhao directly, it is better to start from a third party. Since Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin Dynasty, the three countries have always promoted that they are still a whole. In fact, the three countries have special geographical locations. It was indeed a close relationship. So Qin State decided to send troops to Wei State first. As long as Zhao State got involved, Qin State would have a reason to deal with Zhao State.

In 276 BC, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of Qin, led 100,000 troops to attack Wei and captured two cities. The confrontation between Qin and Wei officially began. Wei naturally did not expect that it was just because "the city gate was on fire and the fish in the pond was affected." Only then were they attacked by Qin one after another. In 275 BC, Ranghou Wei Ran personally led an army to attack Wei again, all the way to Daliang, the capital of Wei. At this time, Zhao still did not take action, but sent envoys to South Korea, and finally persuaded Han to send generals to attack Wei. Yuan came to rescue him, but unfortunately he was still defeated by the Qin army, and more than 40,000 soldiers died in Wei.

King Anli of Wei once again performed his specialty: exchanging land for peace and offering eight cities in Wendi (southwest of Wen County, Henan Province) for peace. Wei Ran retreated. Of course, there is a very simple truth from ancient times to the present. The peace gained in exchange for humiliation will be short-lived. Sure enough, in 274 BC, Qin was preparing to attack Wei again, because the previous two attacks had gained many tangible benefits. But Zhao still had no Action. Unexpectedly, South Korea united with the Qi State to launch a massive attack on the Qin State for the lost cities and land. The Wei State was defeated again, not to mention the loss of troops and land.

In fact, Zhao Guo has been observing the war situation between Wei and Qin, and is deeply worried about Wei's repeated defeats. Of course, the deeper meaning of this worry is that it is worried that once Wei is defeated If you can't get up, Qin will take action against Zhao. Instead of waiting for success or failure, it is better to rush to Wei's aid and strike first.

Just like the Qin State, the Zhao State also needed a reason to send troops to the Wei State. In other words, it needed some real benefits to make the Zhao State willing to send troops. After experiencing the defeat, the King of Wei sent an envoy to the Zhao State. Acknowledging the highest status of Zhao State and the Three Jin Lands. Wei State's purpose is to push Zhao State to the top spot in the Three Jin Lands. If Qin invades in the future, Zhao State will take the lead in resisting. However, before that, , Forced by the strength of the Qin State, South Korea has become a vassal of the Qin State, cheering for the Qin State when it conquers the east and the west.

South Korea is one of the Three Jins. If South Korea becomes a force of the Qin State, the Three Jins will become fragmented and weak, and it will be more difficult to deal with the powerful Qin. Therefore, Zhao and Wei discussed and fought against each other. We must first stabilize the internal situation externally. To resist the powerful Qin, we must first attack South Korea and make South Korea turn to Zhao.

The method adopted by King Zhao Huiwen was very direct: he ordered the army to join forces with the Wei army to attack South Korea. Unfortunately, South Korea seemed determined to follow the Qin State. Just when the Zhao and Wei coalition forces were about to press the border, South Korea sent envoys, and they traveled under starry night to feel the Qin State. Ask for help everywhere.
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