The general trend of the Warring States period was from division to unification of the world. But it was not clear which country would accomplish reunification in the early days.
Nor is there only one country capable of achieving national reunification. In terms of time, no country has remained strong and has always been dominated by the task of unification.
It can be said that only in a certain period of time a certain country is the most powerful and the most likely to complete reunification.
Then the leader, the promoter, the unifying force of unity is shifting from one country to another.
It is as if history does have a personality god who first gives some countries (not every country, at least several countries) a fair chance to unify the world, and then tests them, and turns this opportunity around in their hands like a drum, depending on whether these countries can seize this opportunity.
The first to seize this opportunity, but also the first to open the atmosphere, is the Wei State. The State of Wei adhered to the tradition of the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the atmosphere of rule of law and the awareness of reform were relatively strong.
Wei Wenhou took the lead in appointing the Legalist figure Li Wu to change the law, using wu qi and Le Yang, who were powerful people, and at the same time respecting Confucian scholars, so that the state of Wei was a monopoly in the early Warring States period.
At this time, it can be said that the State of Wei holds the leading power to unify the whole country, and the State of Wei leads the general trend of the world.
Wei Wenhou attacked the State of Qin in the west, annexed the State of Zhongshan to the north, and defeated the State of Qi in the east, and the national strength was strong and strong, and there was no difference for a while.
After King Hui of Wei ascended the throne, although the State of Wei maintained this strong momentum, it actually had its own appearance and had begun to decline.
At this time, the State of Qi in the east underwent Zou Ji reforms and became stronger.
It is no longer possible for Wei To rely on a single share of the reform dividend. King Hui of Wei hastily became the first king, and this became the target of everyone.
The then powerful King of Qi Wei could not tolerate it, so in 341 BC, he took the opportunity to save Han and attacked Wei, breaking the backbone of the Wei army at the Battle of Maling.
Since then, the State of Wei has lost the opportunity to unify the world, quickly degenerated into a second-rate country, and not only can no longer lead the international trend, but also cannot afford to seek self-preservation.
As soon as the State of Qi defeated the leader of the State of Wei, the State of Qin quickly became red through the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, and the State of Qin could not hide his ambition to dominate the world, and roared and roared a long journey to attack the State of Qi.
In 320 BC, the qin qi army met for the first time at Sanqiu on the border of qi and Song. As a result, the Qin army was beaten by the State of Qi and looked for teeth.
I have to say that because the talent policy of the Qin State has always been relatively open, everyone has come and gone, and the balanced diplomacy has been done well, so as not to be depressed after a defeat.
In the process of Qi Qin's struggle, in fact, the State of Qi has always had the upper hand. At this time, due to the chu state's mixing, the qin state took a lot of advantages in it.
The Chu kingdom is rich in land, and it has been a big country since the Spring and Autumn Period, but this guy is a little big but not strong, a little bloated, like a stupid bear.
The State of Chu was instigated by Qin's deception and suffered a lot of beatings from the State of Qi. The State of Chu became a shield for the State of Qin, a substitute for the dead.
The State of Qi also hated this fool, and fought several times with death, and in 301 BC, the Battle of Chu sha beat the State of Chu to death.
Originally, even if the Chu State did not have the strength to unify the world alone, at least it was okay to maintain a three-legged situation. Now that it's all over, all that's left is the beating.
After the defeat of Wei and Chu, the heart of the Great Qi that could not be contained swelled up, and the Song State was destroyed in one fell swoop. The so-called snatching out of the head bird, running in the front is often envied and hated by people.
To discuss the glory of the State of Qi in the middle of the Warring States period, the rising Star state of Qin really could not catch up. Before destroying the State of Chu, the State of Qi also sent the general Kuang Zhang to almost destroy the State of Yan.
The sharp front of the Qi state was already angry, and a rare heart of the various countries was connected, and the six kingdoms joined forces to cut together.
In 284 BC, the great war that affected the course of history was staged.
Su Qin, with the Six Kingdoms Xiangyin and Le Yi commanding the Five Kingdoms Alliance, came to kill and kill, and fought with Qi in Jixi, and the battle was decided, the King of Qi was killed, more than seventy cities were breached, and the State of Qi almost swallowed its breath.
The so-called sandpiper clams compete with each other for fishing and profit, the Qin state has been hiding in the western region and secretly laughing, one after another powerful countries have been overthrown so far, and the Qin state has become the biggest profiteer.
The last one jumped out and fought with the Qin State, that is, the real strong country that was beaten down by the Qin State was only the Zhao State.
Since Zhao Wuling King", Zhao Guo had become the only opponent who could compete with Qin.
In 269 BC, Zhao Guoliang defeated the Qin army with ma fujun Zhao Luxury, surprise soldiers, fewer victories, and more stasis, so that the Qin state remembered the hard bone of the Zhao state.
After that, the State of Qin has been fighting against the State of Zhao, and throughout the history of the Warring States, the State of Qin has finally unified the whole country, and the directly defeated enemy is the State of Zhao.
In 260 BC, qin and Zhao launched a life-and-death armage battle in Changping, which ended in a fiasco for the Zhao state.
At this point, the war situation in the Warring States has become clear, the Qin state is the only one, and all that remains is to break the war of destroying the country one by one.
The Great Schism, which lasted more than 500 years, was reunified by the Qin Dynasty.