From the very beginning, the kings of the Qin Dynasty had the ambition to win the world. It took them five hundred years to accumulate strength, and finally they completed unification in only ten years. There is a very important reason for this, that is, the Qin State has produced many talents, and generations of sages and famous generals have emerged.
In addition to the Most Familiar Bai Qi, the Qin State also has many famous generals, Wang Qi alone destroyed three of the Six Kingdoms, plus his son's battle record, the Wang family arranged the Five Kingdoms, only the weakest Korea was destroyed by another Qin general, Nei Shi Teng. Because of this, After Wang Qi's death, Qin Shi Huang buried him with the crown tomb of the kings of the Six Kingdoms.
Wang Qi was a collateral member of the Royal Family of the Zhou Dynasty, and this status was not valuable in the last years of the Warring States. He entered the Qin King's Palace from an early age and accompanied Yin Zheng to study military affairs. During this time, Wang Qi and Ying Zheng established friendship and trust, laying a good foundation for commanding hundreds of thousands of troops in the future.
Wang Qi's first leader was Fu He, who attacked the State of Zhao, advocated the strategy of elite troops, and with only one-fifth of the elite men and horses, he conquered the city of Fu He and other cities, became famous in the First World War, and ranked among the famous generals of the Qin army. This is just Wang Qi's small test, and the real big war is about to unfold.
The first to be destroyed was Korea, the country is closest to the Qin state, and the Qin army took the capital of Korea in a surprise attack and captured the king of Han, thus opening the prelude to the unification of the world. The first strong enemy the Qin army faced was the State of Zhao, and the biggest enemy was the State of Chu, both of which were victims of Wang Qi's men.
The process of destroying Zhao seems to be a replica of the Battle of Changping, in 229 BC, the Qin army led by Wang Qi was blocked by Li Mu, a famous general of the Warring States with the same name as Bai Qi, facing the powerful Qin army, without falling behind, wang Qi did not make progress for a whole year.
Next, Wang Qi sent spies deep into the territory of the Zhao state to spread rumors unfavorable to Li Mu, making the King of Zhao suspicious, killing Li Mu's position and replacing him with two mediocre generals. Then, the Qin army launched an attack, easily breaking through the Defense of the Zhao Army, reaching the capital of the Zhao State, Handan, and the King of Zhao went out of the city to surrender, and the Zhao State was destroyed.
The State of Chu was the hardest bone to gnaw on in the process of reunification. Its strength is not worse than that of the Qin State, and the territory is vast, and the potential is even greater. Wang Qi told Qin Wang Zheng that the destruction of Chu could not be less than 600,000 horses. Qin Wangzheng hesitated, this is a national soldier, if there is a mistake, the Qin state will be in danger.
At this time, Li Xin saw Qin Wangzheng's thoughts, patted his chest and said that as long as 200,000 was enough. Qin Wangzheng was overjoyed, and quickly let Li Xin set off, such a cheap deal certainly could not be missed. But the cold reality once again taught Qin Wangzheng a lesson, cheap and not good goods.
Li Xin's 200,000 men and horses were defeated by Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan is the grandfather of Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, and his combat effectiveness is also leveraged. Qin Wangzheng had no choice but to re-invite Wang Qi and hand over 600,000 troops to him with trembling hands.
Wang Qi has accompanied Qin WangZheng since he was a child, and of course he knows what he is really worried about. Therefore, as soon as he sent out his troops, Wang Qi kept rewarding the Qin king's political dignitaries and asking for houses and fields. Although the ministers impeached Wang Qi for being too greedy, Qin Wang Zheng was very happy, and Wang Qi gave him whatever he wanted.
Since the ancient kings were most afraid of the great general Gong Gao Gai Lord, if Wang Qi made the merit of destroying Chu, and had a national army in his hand, the throne of Qin Wang Zheng would be restless. Therefore, the more rewards Wang Qi wanted, the more it proved that he had no ambitions, and of course Qin Wang Zheng had to satisfy him, and what was the point of giving more money.
Wang Qi used this simple method to cross the bottomless obstacle, and many famous generals in the past and in the future did not cross it. Wang Qi is not only a famous general, but his political wisdom is also extremely outstanding.
Even with an army of 600,000, it still took Wang Qi three years to destroy the Chu state. This was the most difficult battle in the war of reunification. At the request of Qin Wang Zheng, Wang Qi continued to attack south, defeating Baiyue and laying the foundation for the next step of pacifying the south.
Another vassal state that was destroyed by Wang Qi was the State of Yan. After the fall of the Zhao state, Prince Dan of Yan sent Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin, which caused the King of Qin to be furious. The strength of the Yan state was far inferior to that of Zhao, Chu and other states, and Wang Qi easily destroyed the Yan state.
In addition, the state of Wei and the state of Qi were both attacked and destroyed by Wang Qi's son Wang Ben, and the state of Qi actually fell without a fight. It can be said that the difficult tasks in the process of unifying the six countries were completed by the Wang Zhai family, and the merits exceeded those of any previous general.
After fighting Baiyue, Wang Qi applied for retirement again and handed over his military power. He maintained good relations with the King of Qin and many prime ministers, and eventually spent his old age peacefully, dying in 208 BC. This is a respectable and famous general who is not ashamed of both the country and the private.
Wang Qi was able to die well, so that his family could also reproduce, which had a great impact on future generations. One of them is the Taiyuan Wang clan, which has produced more than a dozen prime ministers, as well as Wang Yun, the righteous father of Marten Chan. There is also a vein that is even more remarkable - the Langya Wang Clan.
The Langya Wang clan continued until the Ming and Qing dynasties, producing a total of 92 prime ministers and more than 600 celebrities, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty largely relied on the Langya Wang clan to support the Sima clan. And the most famous member of the Langya Wang Clan is naturally the Shusheng Wang Xizhi, Chinese there is nothing he does not know.
[References: "History", "Book of Jin"]