As mentioned above, only Chen Zhen was a man of understanding in the Chu Kingdom, so why did he understand so well? Because he knew Zhang Yi too well, he had defused Zhang Yi's danger in front of King Huiwen of Qin countless times.
Speaking of Chen Zhen's many famous scenes during the Warring States period, he was enough to sit on an equal footing with Zhang Yi and Gongsun Yan, but he did not meet the Ming Lord.
Let's review Chen Zhen's famous scene.
The State of Chu attacked Wei, and the general Zhaoyang broke through eight cities in a row, and then attacked the State of Qi. The Chu state was facing forward, and Wei Qi was invincible. Chen Yi sent an envoy for the King of Qi and went to meet Zhaoyang. The intention is obvious, and it is hoped that the other side will retreat. Letting a general whose victory is in sight retreat, and the situation where the enemy and we are so disparity, can be described as a fantasy. However, Chen Yi not only went, but also really let Zhaoyang retreat. Why? Chen Zhen had captured the psychology of Zhaoyang, the great general of the Chu State.
Chen Yi went to see Zhaoyang as an emissary of the King of Qi, congratulated the Chu army on its victory, and then stood up and asked Zhaoyang: "According to the system of the Chu State, what official title can be awarded by destroying the enemy and killing the enemy?" Zhaoyang replied, "The official is the supreme pillar of the country, and the knight is the superior." Chen Yi then asked, "What is more honorable than this?" Zhao Yang said, "That's only Ling Yin." Chen Yi said, "Ling Yin is indeed the most prominent official position, but the King of Chu cannot set up two Ling Yin!" I'm willing to make an analogy for the general. There was a nobleman in the Chu kingdom who sacrificed his ancestors and gave a pot of wine to his doormen. The doormen consulted with each other: 'This wine, a few people do not drink enough, but one person has more than enough to enjoy, let us draw a snake everywhere, and please drink this wine if you draw it first.' One of the doormen took the lead, took the wine glass and prepared to drink it first, so he drew the cup in his left hand and drew it on the ground with his right hand, and said, 'I can still add enough for the snake.' The snake's foot had not yet been drawn, and the snake of the other visitor had also been drawn, so he snatched the wine cup from his hand and said, 'The snake has no feet, so how can you add feet to it?' And he drank the wine. And the one who drew the snake's foot did not drink the wine in the end. Now the general assisted the king of Chu in attacking the state of Wei, breaking the army and killing the general, taking its eight cities, and when the army was not reduced, he moved his division to Qi, and the Qi people were terrified, with these, the general was enough to establish himself and make a name, and it was impossible to add any more titles in the official position. If you are invincible but do not know how to stop at the right time, it will only lead to the disaster of killing, and the official title you deserve will not be owned by the general, just like painting a snake! Zhaoyang thought that his words were reasonable, so he withdrew his troops and returned to China.
To tell the truth, there are indeed many lessons learned from the past in history, and it is no wonder that Zhaoyang listens to Chen Zhen's words.
Chen Zhen helped Qi Guozhi to retreat from the Chu army, and as a result, the King of Qi confirmed that it was a coincidence, and Chen Zhen was sad and angry, and came to the Qin Kingdom to be appreciated by King Huiwen of Qin, but Zhang Yi also came early in the Qin Kingdom.
Zhang Yi was worried that Chen Yi would steal his job, so he said that Chen Yi planned to leave the Qin state and defect to the Chu state. When King Huiwen of Qin heard this, he was very angry and immediately approached Chen Yi and asked what was going on. Chen Yi not only did not deny it, but also calculated that I had this plan, in fact, not only Zhang Yi knew, but even passers-by knew that I wanted to go to the Chu Country. The King of Qin felt strange and asked him what was going on. Chen Yi said that wu zixu was loyal to the state of Wu at that time, so everyone in the world hoped to get such a courtier; he had served his mother, and everyone in the world hoped that he would have such a filial son. If Chen Yi was not loyal to Qin, how could Chu Guo want to get me? I was so loyal to the King of Qin that I was still suspected by you, so I had to defect to the Chu Kingdom.
King Qin listened, well, it seems that I blame you.
Zhang Yi Chen Zhen has been fighting secretly, but Chen Zhen still lost to Zhang Yi in a bad move and had to leave the Qin State and come to the Chu State. However, in the Chu Kingdom, Chen Zhen was still unwilling. The King of Chu did not trust him at all and asked him to send an envoy to the Qin State. When Chen Yi arrived in the Qin Kingdom, the King of Qin asked him: You left me and went to the Chu Kingdom, do you miss the widow? Chen Yi said, Has the Great King heard of the Yue people Zhuang Gang? He became a high official in the Chu state. The king of Chu asked him if he wanted to cross the country. Some people say that this is easy to judge, Zhuang Gang just got sick, the patient is most likely to reveal his thoughts, listening to whether he is speaking Chu dialect or Yue language, do not you know whether he thinks of Chu Guo or Yue Guo. As a result, it was still Vietnamese.
Chen Yi then said that although I had been driven to the Chu Kingdom, I was still speaking Qin dialect.
When King Qin heard this, the whole person was comfortable, understood Chen Yun, and asked him to help solve a problem by the way.
It turned out that Korea and the State of Wei were attacking each other, and they were about to fight for a whole year. The King of Qin wanted to persuade him, but the Ministers of Culture and Military Affairs were undecided, some of them said what to persuade and let them fight; some were persuaded to be beneficial. For a moment, the King of Qin could not make a decision.
Chen Yi quickly gave his own answer, saying that the king must have heard the story of Bian Zhuangzi's tiger. Bian Zhuangzi wanted to kill the tiger, and someone advised him that two tigers were eating a cow and would inevitably fight. When the time comes, they will fight each other, and if you go up again, you will definitely take both tigers. Sure enough, one cow was not enough for two tigers to share, and they fought. The mighty tiger was injured, the weak tiger was dead. Bian Zhuangzi took the opportunity to go up and stabbed the injured tiger to death. Not only did you get two tigers, but you also got the reputation of killing two tigers.
Chen Yi continued, Isn't han and Wei fighting each other like these two tigers?
When king Qin heard it, he understood. In the end, Han Wei was defeated and wounded, and the State of Qin sent troops and won a complete victory.
The State of Qin defeated Korea in a war, and Yu Yuze captured two Korean generals. Duke Zhong of Han presented a plan to the King of Han, using a famous city in Korea and some weapons as a condition for peace, so that the State of Qin would send troops south to attack the State of Chu. The State of Chu was in the midst of a joint attack by the Qin and Han armies. Chen Yi, a minister of the Chu state, offered the king of Chu a plan to slow down the army, that is, to inform the whole country, dispatch troops, and threaten to save Han; and sent emissaries, carrying heavy gifts to Korea, to stop the Qin and Han from joining forces. King Han was indeed successful in his plan, listened to the false rumors of the Chu state to rescue Korea, and sent people to break off diplomatic relations with the Qin state. In the Great War of Qin and Han, the Chu State sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. South Korea was defeated. Chen Yi's strategy of slowing down the army was successfully applied.
Chen Zhen was indeed a talent who did not meet with talent during the Warring States period. At that time, only the king of the Qin state knew the struggle.
