In the twenty-second year of the reign of King Zheng of Qin (225 BC), Li Xin attacked Chu, returned in a great defeat, and was criticized by the world, believing that he was young and vigorous, and that he was contemptuous of the enemy and so on.
After Ying Zheng destroyed the State of Zhao, he wanted to destroy the State of Chu. In fact, if the Zhao and Chu states at that time were destroyed, the Qin state would have no strong opponents.
Destroying Chu was something that Ying Zheng wanted to do very urgently, afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, in this case, he asked Wang Qi and Li Xin, if you were to destroy Chu, how many people would you need each?
Wang Qi said that it was impossible to have an army of 600,000, Wang Qi was one of the four famous generals, and after a hundred battles and recently destroyed the Chu State, the merit was not insignificant, it is reasonable to say that what Wang Qi said still has a certain weight, and Yingzheng should be able to listen to it.
However, Yingzheng did not take what he said to heart.
Why didn't Yin Zheng pay attention to what Wang Zhai said?
You must know that the six hundred thousand troops are all the possessions of Yingzheng, and he is certainly not willing to give these people to a general. Giving all the soldiers to one person is a great risk.
If nothing else, what if Wang Qi rebelled? Also, what if all the armies were given to Wang Qi and there were other armies to attack the Qin state?
Obviously, Yin Zheng was not satisfied with Wang Qi's answer.
At this time, Yin Zheng set his eyes on Li Xin, who was young and vigorous, and spoke only by feeling! He said that giving him 200,000 troops was enough to destroy the Chu state.
Listening to Li Xin's words, Yin Zheng was very happy.
At the same time, he also said something that made Wang Qi unhappy. He said that General Wang Qi was still old and afraid of war.
It was under these circumstances that he asked Li Xin to lead an army of 200,000 to attack the State of Chu. As a result, we all know that Li Xin hit the plan of Xiang Yan of the Chu Army and was beaten into a big defeat!
Or in response to that sentence, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm!
At that time, Li Xin was in his twenties, and Yin Zheng actually listened to him.
Of course, this Li Xin is also a very brave and good general. Among the younger generation, he was the most favored by Yingzheng, and when he destroyed Zhao, he also made great achievements.
Therefore, it has won the trust of Yingzheng. It was Ying Zheng who liked this general very much. That's why I trusted him so much and gave him 200,000 troops to destroy the Chu state.
Unexpectedly, he still failed, and the failure was very thorough. Originally, the Qin army was invincible and invincible, but it did not expect that when the Qin army destroyed the Chu state, it was actually humiliated by the Chu army.
This is something that is difficult for Yingzheng to accept.
If you want to destroy the Six Kingdoms, you must defeat the Chu army, so as to boost the morale of the Qin army. Others can't do it, and they have to let Wang Qi hang up as a marshal!
However, the most unusual thing about Yingzheng is that he can correct his mistakes when he knows them.
When Yin Zheng saw that Li Xin had failed, his first reaction was to find Wang Qi and apologize to Wang Qi. Then, give Wang Qi an army of 600,000 and let Wang Qi continue to destroy the Chu army.
Later, we knew that Wang Qi had indeed destroyed the Chu state.
As for how did Yingzheng deal with Li Xin?
I have to say that Yingzheng is still very kind to the general, and it may be that he likes the young general too much. Therefore, he did not punish Li Xin, but also let Li Xin participate in the later Battle of Yan, and when Qi was destroyed, Li Xin also followed.
In the process of unifying the six kingdoms, Li Xin also made a lot of merit.
Don't underestimate this Li Xin, he has a descendant, he is known to the world as a great general. This person is Li Guang, who has the title of Flying General.
Li Xin met Yin Zheng, which can be said to be his luck! Yingzheng has never killed a meritorious person, and this is the most remarkable thing about Yingzheng.
In the course of the Six Kingdoms Unification War, Wang Qi and Wang Ben's father and son destroyed a total of five countries, which can be described as a high merit, but Yingzheng did not feel sorry for them.
Yingzheng is different from other kings in history, except for Lü Buwei, who has meritorious service, he has not moved anyone else, perhaps, this is his self-confidence.
In his opinion, he can handle all the people, so he disdains killing heroes. Even a defeated general like Li Xin could tolerate him.
Li Xin met such a general, it is really a blessing in three lifetimes!
References: Zizhi Tongjian, History