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Volume 3: A blow of destiny, the king appears Chapter 33: My battle

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    In 234 BC (the thirteenth year of the Qin Dynasty), the Qin army once again attacked Zhao's Pingyang (southeast of today's Ci County, Hebei) and Wucheng (southwest of Ci County), beheading 100,000 people, defeating the Zhao army, and killing General Zhao.  Hu Zou.  After this attack by Qin, Zhao's national power declined greatly and he could only retreat to Handan to protect himself.

    However, the Qin army did not intend to give up. In October of the same year, Qin general Huanjue led the Qin army eastward out of Shangdang, crossed the Taihang Mountains and penetrated deep into the rear of Zhao State, defeated the Zhao army, and captured Chili and Yi'an (southwest of today's Tingcheng, Hebei Province).

    At the beginning of 233 BC (the fourteenth year of the Qin Dynasty), the Qin army advanced towards Handan. Zhao Wangqian urgently ordered Li Mu, a famous northern border defense general, as general to lead his troops southward and command all Zhao troops to fight against the Qin army.

    Li Mu led the main force of the border defense army to join the Zhao army sent by Handan, and then confronted the Qin army near Yi'an.  After a fierce battle, the Qin army was defeated.  Huanjue led only a small number of his own soldiers to break out of the siege and rush back to Qin, which is known as the Battle of Fei in history.  Zhao State regained the land occupied by Qin State, and Li Mu was named Lord Wu'an for this battle.

    Although Li Mu defeated the Qin army in the Battle of Fei, Zhao could only protect itself, eliminating the possibility of Zhao aiding South Korea. Qin had achieved its goal.

    After Zhao¡¯s national power was greatly weakened, Han Wangan was forced to surrender to Qin in 233 BC (the 14th year of the Qin Dynasty).  In 232 BC (the fifteenth year of the Qin Dynasty), the Qin army attacked Zhao in two groups. One army went to Yecheng, and the other army went to Taiyuan to capture Langmeng. However, they were defeated by Li Mu again in Fanwu, which was known as Fanwu in history.  My battle.

    Although Qin failed to attack Zhao, it could not restore South Korea's precarious situation.  Qin Wangzheng for 16 years.  South Korea was forced to cede land in Nanyang to Qin.  In September of that year, Yingzheng sent Nei Shiteng to accept the land donated by South Korea, and he acted as the guardian of Nanyang. He also began to order all men in Qin to register their age in order to recruit soldiers and corvee for the large-scale unification war.  Be prepared.

    In the seventeenth year of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng took advantage of the great earthquake and famine in Zhao State and was unable to help South Korea. He ordered Nei Shiteng to attack South Korea and captured Han Wangan.  Korea dies.  Yingchuan County was established in his country, and the county was established in Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). However, Yingzheng ordered the move of the unruly people in the world to Nanyang, which caused instability in the homeland of Korea.  Qin once fell into the dilemma of riots in Xinzheng and the defeat of Li Xin.

    Ying Zheng will naturally not be satisfied with destroying Han.  A major earthquake and famine occurred in Zhao State at the same time.  It was said to be a great opportunity to destroy the State of Zhao, so he sent out a large number of troops and appointed Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe as generals.  The troops were divided into two groups, and the north and south attacked Handan, the capital of Zhao.  The State of Zhao sent Li Mu and Sima Shang to lead troops to resist, and the two armies were in a stalemate.

    Having learned the lesson from the failure of the Battle of Fanwu, the Qin State sent spies to bribe the powerful minister Guo Kai of the State of Zhao, asking Guo Kai to alienate Li Mu and King Zhao.  Guo Kai later reported to King Zhao that Li Mu and Sima Shang wanted to rebel.

    King Qian of Zhao sent Zhao Cong and Yan Ju, a general from Qi State, to replace Li Mu as generals.  Li Mu's refusal made Zhao Wangqian even more convinced that Li Mu was trying to rebel, so he secretly arrested Li Mu and executed him, and removed Sima Shang from his position as general.

    In 228 BC (the 19th year of the Qin Dynasty), King Qin¡¯s Jian army defeated the Zhao army, killed Zhao Cong, captured Yan Ju, and occupied Handan. Zhao Wangqian was captured and the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed.

    After Zhao Gongzijia was captured in Handan, he led several hundred people from his clan to Daidi (now northeast of Yu County, Hebei Province) to clean up the remaining troops, and established himself as Daiking, heading east to join the army of Yan State.  As for the Qin army, they suspended military operations and stationed themselves in Zhongshan to prepare for the attack on Yan.

    After Wang Jian captured Handan, Ying Zheng went to Handan in person, found the people who had enmity with his mother when he was in Zhao State, and buried them all alive. He then returned to the capital Xianyang via Taiyuan and Shangjun.

    The Korean survivors did not become content with the status quo because of the fall of Korea. On the contrary, the aftermath of anti-Qin rebellion was brewing in the area.

    Although Han Wang An was captured, Ying Zheng did not exile him to a barbaric land. The purpose was to show a tolerant attitude, to be gentle to the Korean survivors, and to show his gesture to the kings of other countries, which would help Qin defeat them one by one. However, since Jing Dynasty  After the incident of Ke's Assassination of Qin, Ying Zheng's attitude towards the Six Kingdoms of Shandong changed drastically, and Han Wangan was also implicated. In the 20th year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, he was forced to leave Korea in order to cut off the connection between him and the Korean survivors.

    At the same time, since South Korea did not put up a desperate resistance to Qin, Ying Zheng only moved Han Wangan to nearby Yingchen (now Huaiyang County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province), leaving room for moderation.

    However, the development of things was contrary to Ying Zheng's expectation. In the year after Han Wangan was moved (the 21st year of Qin Wangzheng), the Korean survivors were angry at the destruction of the country and the king moved, and large-scale anti-Qin riots broke out in Xinzheng.  Although the riot was suppressed, Han Wangan was implicated in the riots in Xinzheng and died.

    As early as the 16th year of the Qin Dynasty, when South Korea offered Nanyang land, due to Qin's strong military power, Wei also took the initiative to offer land to Qin for peace, and Qin set up Liyi there.  At this time, Yingzheng was mobilizing his main force to attack Zhao. He did not want to disperse his forces to attack Wei, so he accepted the land offer, leaving Wei to survive.??.

    In 226 BC (the 21st year of the Qin Dynasty), Ying Zheng sent Wang Ben to lead an army out of Hangu Pass on the pretext that the King of Chu had broken his promise to donate the land west of Qingyang (now Changsha, Hunan) and attacked Qin's Nanjun.  Captured more than a dozen cities in the northern part of Chu State.  After ensuring the safety of the flanks of the attacking Wei and Qin troops, Wang Ben immediately returned to the north to raid and besiege Daliang, the capital of Wei (now northwest of Kaifeng City, Henan Province).

    Daliang is located at the intersection of Suishui, Yingshui and Honggou. The moat is very vast and the five city gates are all equipped with suspension bridges. The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.  The Wei army relied on the fortifications of Daliang to defend the city, but the Qin army's strong attack was ineffective. Wang Ben actually diverted water from the Yellow River and Honggou (Bianqu) into the city.

    In 225 BC (the 22nd year of the Qin Dynasty), Daliang City was flooded for nearly three months, the city wall collapsed, the King of Wei pretended to surrender, and the Wei Kingdom was destroyed.  Ying Zheng established Dang County and Sishui County in the Wei area.

    "Du Hufu from the Qin Dynasty (collected by the Shaanxi History Museum and unearthed at the gate of the southern suburbs of Xi'an). The tiger talisman is a special voucher used by the ancient court to convey orders and mobilize troops.

    Usually in the shape of a tiger, it is divided into left and right halves. The right half of the talisman is kept in the capital, and the left half of the talisman is issued to the troops stationed abroad.  When troops need to be mobilized, the imperial envoy will go there with the right half talisman. After the army commander checks the right half talisman with the left half talisman, the army will act according to the orders conveyed by the envoy.  "

    The State of Chu is a large country in the south with a vast territory, dense mountains and forests, and rich products. It is said to have millions of soldiers.  However, the internal affairs of the Chu State had always been sluggish, and the nobles were always fighting for power. This situation became particularly serious at the end of the Warring States Period.

    Despite this, after the demise of the Three Jin Dynasties, among the remaining three kingdoms of Chu, Yan and Qi, Chu was the most powerful.  Chu State also became the biggest stumbling block in the unification war after Zhao State.

    The historical records of Qin's war to destroy Chu are very brief, giving people the impression that the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves. However, judging from the records in the "Chronicle" of "Yunmeng Qin Bamboo Slips" (also known as Sleeping Tiger Land Qin Slips)  , the situation is not entirely like this, at least the battle between Qin and Chu was quite difficult, and the key figure in it was Lord Changping.

    Changping Jun was the bastard son of Xiong Yuan, King Kaolie of Chu. His father Xiong Yuan returned to Chu and ascended the throne as Queen of Chu. He and his biological mother stayed in Qin.  Since he and Mrs. Huayang both belonged to the Chu royal family, he became the main force among Chu relatives, active in the political arena of Qin, and even joined forces with Ying Zheng to put down the Lao Ai Rebellion.  After Lu Buwei resigned as prime minister, Lord Changping succeeded him as prime minister.

    When Ying Zheng decided to eliminate Chu, he immediately held a court meeting. The participants were the main ministers of Qin, including Lord Changping, Li Xin and Wang Jian, who provided opinions on the strategy for attacking Chu (see "Historical Records of Bai Qi and Wang Jian").

    However, Li Xin and Wang Jian had differences regarding the number of troops needed to destroy Chu.  Li Xin believed that it would take 200,000 people to destroy Chu, but Wang Jian said that 600,000 people would be needed to destroy Chu.

    Ying Zheng was inclined to adopt Li Xin's strategy. This was because before Wang Ben destroyed Wei, he had tentatively attacked Chu and easily captured more than ten cities of Chu, which led Ying Zheng to conclude that it was not difficult to destroy Chu.  Wang Jian's words were not accepted, so he pretended to be ill and returned to his hometown in Pinyang for retirement.  On the other hand, Lord Changping was demoted to Yingchen in the 21st year of the Qin Dynasty because he was very critical of the attack on Chu.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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