To ask who the most mysterious person was during the Warring States period, I believe that many people will blurt out three words, that is, "ghost valley". Oniguzi is a hermit, but has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, proficient in hundreds of schools of learning, there are many disciples under the door, like the warring states celebrities we know well, almost all of them are his disciples, it can be said that oniguzi single-handedly stirred up the situation in the Warring States and formed a trend of clouds and waves.
The more famous apprentices of Ghost Guzi are such four: Zhang Yi, Su Qin, Sun Zhen, and Pang Juan. Zhang Yi and Su Qin were famous Zonghengjia, and Zhang Yi was the founder of Lianheng, who was originally a Wei guoren, who studied strategy with Ghost Guzi, and after descending the mountain, he began to prepare to realize his ideals, lobbying the princes to unite with the Qin state and form a lianheng trend.
To this end, he used his three inches of incorruptible tongue to wander among the nations, in order to bring benefits to the Qin state, and naturally also to make meritorious achievements and achieve fame. The most famous thing Zhang Yi did was probably to play with the King of Chu Huai in the palm of his hand.
First of all, he promised huge benefits, forcing the King of Chu Huai and the State of Qi to break off their alliance, and then under the guise of illness, he humiliated the King of Chu Huai with six miles, but even so, after the King of Chu Huai got Zhang Yi, he was again fooled by Zhang Yi, or joined forces with the favored subjects and concubines around the King of Chu Huai, and finally Zhang Yi returned to the Qin State satisfied.
At that time, King Huiwen of Qin trusted Zhang Yi very much and made Zhang Yi a Xiangguo, and Zhang Yi also brought great benefits to the Qin state, and almost all the eastern states formed alliances with the Qin state.
However, after the death of King Huiwen of Qin, King Wu of Qin did not like Zhang Yi very much, and there was a way to be a courtier, and Zhang Yi had a premonition that his life in the Qin State would not be good, so he thought of a way to invite himself to the State of Wei, and then when the State of Qi attacked the State of Wei, the State of Qin could take the opportunity to attack Korea, cross the Three Rivers, and approach Luoyi, and soon be able to achieve great things.
King Wu of Qin felt that it was reasonable, and then sent Zhang Yi to the State of Wei with great fanfare, and Zhang Yi persuaded the State of Qi through the State of Chu not to attack the State of Wei, so as not to let the State of Qin take advantage, and in this way, Zhang Yi had a brief security in the State of Wei, and even became a State of Xiang, but he died after staying in the State of Wei for a year.
Although the cause of Zhang Yi's death is not written in the "History", it is not difficult to guess that he did not end well, to know that Zhang Yi is good at Lian Heng, leaving the stage of the Qin State, it is difficult for him to play a role elsewhere, and he has pit Wei Guo several times before in order to realize his ideal of Lian Heng, and when Wei Guo reacts, it is naturally impossible to treat Zhang Yi well, naturally, his death cannot be as simple as old age and illness death.
In the "Records of History", it is recorded that Zhang Yi and Su Qin were brothers in the division, and at the same time studied with Ghost Guzi, and Su Qin went down the mountain to become famous earlier than Zhang Yi, one of the two was good at combining vertical and horizontal, and the two joined forces to play the warring princes between the palms of the fingers, in fact, at that time, it was Gongsun Yan who fought against Zhang Yi, as said in "Mencius":
"Gongsun Yan Zhang Yi, isn't it true that the great husband is great!" Angry and fearful, the world is extinguished. ”
Most of the stories of Su Qin recorded in the Chronicle of History took place on Gongsun Yan, and Su Qin's main range of activities was the State of Qi and the State of Yan. The "Warring States Chronicle" now unearthed has a relatively clear record of this.
Su Qin's identity is not so much a Zongheng family advocating collusion, but rather a spy, but still the kind who is ready to die, he took the initiative to lurk in the State of Qi for the state of Yan, in order to destroy the state of Qi, after arriving in the state of Qi, Su Qin constantly persuaded King Min of Qi to attack other princely states, of course, except for the state of Yan. The purpose of this is to exhaust the State of Qi, which can both offend the nations and drag down the State of Qi.
Later, Su Qin persuaded King Qi Min to destroy the Song state. Although the Song Kingdom still existed during the Warring States period, it also lived trembling, because it was a small fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and everyone wanted it, but no one dared to rush to take action. As a result, the State of Qi struck and destroyed the State of Qi. This offended the other princely states.
Therefore, the famous general Le Yi of the Yan State attacked the State of Qi with the strength of the Five Kingdoms, and then drove straight in, preparing to destroy the State of Qi. The State of Qi ushered in the greatest crisis in history, and later, only the two cities of Ju and Jimo were left in the State of Qi, and Su Qin was also exposed at this time, and was split and killed by king Qi Min.
Although the State of Qi later restored the country, to the point of being seriously injured, no longer able to compete with other great powers, the turtle shrunk in the east and did not dare to cause trouble, Su Qin also made a great contribution, but in the end did not get a good end.
Zhang Yi and Su Qin did not have a good death, and Sun Zhen and Pang Juan did not get a good death.
Sun Bing and Pang Juan also followed Ghost Guzi to learn the art of war at the same time, Pang Juan knew that he did not have the ability of Sun Zhi, of course, after the State of Wei was reused, he tricked Sun Bing into the State of Wei, not only did not let Sun Zhi get an official and a half-post, but also executed him, from then on, Sun Zhi could no longer walk, he could only sit for a lifetime, and the hatred between the two was buried.
Although Sun Zhi became disabled, he still took the emissaries of the State of Qi and persuaded them to bring him to the State of Qi, and then became a protégé of the General Tian Ji of the State of Qi, and Sun Zhi let Tian Ji win a great victory in the horse race with the nobles of the State of Qi, thus showing his face in front of the King of QiWei, and then there was the later famous Battle of Maling and the Battle of Guiling.
In these two battles, Sun Bing and Pang Juan fought against each other, and the result was sun Zhen's victory, and their first battle was the Battle of Guiling. The Battle of Guiling may be unfamiliar to many people, but if it is said that Wei saved Zhao, most people know it, and the Battle of Guiling is the result of Wei wei saving Zhao. As a military division, Sun Bin followed Tian Ji to lead the Qi army to besiege Wei and rescue Zhao, and encountered the Wei army at Guiling, the result of which was a major defeat of the Wei army.
Thirteen years later, Sun Bin and Pang Juan met again, this time, the State of Wei attacked Korea, and the State of Qi supported Korea, Sun Bin once again followed Tian Ji as a military master, and the strategy of reducing the stove on the march made Pang Juan let down his guard because he thought that the Qi army was afraid to flee.
At night, Pang Juan arrived at Maling and saw the words that Sun Zhen had already carved for him on the tree: "Pang Juan died under this tree." It was this sentence that made Pang Juan feel dangerous, but it was too late, the Qi army was full of crossbows, and Pang Juan left behind the name of "Sui Chengzi!" After this sentence, the sword was drawn and killed, the prince of Wei was captured, and the Wei army was defeated.
After Pang Juan's death, Sun Zhen also withdrew from the stage of history, and it is recorded in the "History": "Sun Zhen is famous in this name and has passed on his art of war to the world." ”
Many people think that Sun Bin is living in seclusion and writing a book, but in fact, if we think about it carefully, we know that it is unlikely, Sun Bin has such a talent and a great reputation, why would he live in seclusion? Even if he wanted to live in seclusion, would the monarch of the State of Qi let him go into seclusion, and what if he went to another country to help other countries attack the State of Qi? Therefore, it is likely that Sun Bin did not live in seclusion, but was killed.
It should be known that after the Battle of Maling, the contradiction between Tian Ji and Zou Ji of the State of Qi expanded, and Zou Ji sent people to frame Tian Ji, so that Tian Ji had to flee to the State of Chu, and did not return to the State of Qi until after King Xuan of Qi ascended the throne.
Here, many people have asked, why are these disciples of Oniguzi very talented, but they still can't end well? In fact, it is precisely because they are too talented that they played a huge role in the Warring States period, and even once left the situation in the Warring States, to a certain extent, turning their hands over the clouds and covering their hands for rain, which also brought about a huge crisis, when they lost their role, it was when they died.