Since ancient times, being able to speak is a very important skill, such as Yanzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a mouth, made the King of Chu who tried to insult and make fun of him humiliate himself. The old man we want to talk about today is also a very eloquent person, but the end is not very good.
This old man who spoke very strongly was Li Shiqi, who was an important strategist under Liu Bang and a rather powerful negotiator, who made great contributions to Liu Bang's fight in the world.
Speaking of Li Shiqi, there is another story here: Li Shiqi is a Chen Liu Gaoyang person, who has read many books, but he does not have the characteristics of a reader - the history books record that he is very crazy.
This madness does not mean arrogance, but refers to his mouth being crazy and living to the point of death. Moreover, he is very good at wine, almost to the point where he can't get by without wine. In today's parlance, it has a bit of a prickly temperament. It just so happens that Liu Bang is also a leper, which leaves a foreshadowing for them to hit it off in the future.
It should be said that Liu Bang looks down on the reader from the heart, because he is not a reader himself, and he even pees in the hat of the reader. In the eyes of the reader, this is a disgrace, so most shame is associated. But Liu Bang's advantage is that he can correct his mistakes, which is a generosity and enlightenment that no one else can match.
It was precisely after hearing about Liu Bang's "glorious deeds" that he made up his mind to defect, and as a result, Liu Bang heard that a reader had come to run to him, and he was immediately disgusted and actually let the soldiers drive away Li Shiqi. It is said that Li Zhiqi is not a vegetarian, and when he saw this scene, he shouted that I was a drunkard from Gaoyang, not a reader, and Liu Bang was willing to see him.
After defecting to Liu Bang, Li Shi made a lot of efforts for the development and growth of Liu's company. At that time, Liu Bang's entry into Xianyang was blocked, and it was Li Shuqi who used his excellent eloquence to persuade the defenders of Wuguan on the outskirts of Xianyang to successfully enter Xianyang. Liu Bang was also crowned king of Han, which gave him a place of his own, laying the foundation for the eventual struggle with Xiang Yu for hegemony.
At that time, due to the great chaos in the world, there were many warlords with military power in various places, and in order to expand his power as soon as possible, Liu Bang wanted to subdue these warlords as soon as possible, but the use of force was bound to weaken his own strength, and if he could persuade the warlords and persuade them to submit to himself, it would be better.
Therefore, Li Shiqi's eloquence once again played a huge role, and Liu Bang gave him an important task: to go to the State of Qi to lobby.
In the State of Qi, Li Shiqi met with Tian Guang, the King of the State of Qi. Li Shiqi told Tian Guang that at present, because Xiang Yu betrayed the agreement, he killed the King of Chu and lost the people's hearts, and followed him to death; while Liu Bang treated the princes well, his men were strictly disciplined, won the hearts of the people, and followed him with a bright future.
After hearing this, Tian Guang felt that it was very reasonable, so he agreed and surrendered to Liu Bang. It was supposed to be a win-win event, but soon it became a funeral.
When Tian Guang was about to eat and drink and celebrate, something unexpected happened. This tragedy happened to be caused by Han Xin.
It turned out that Liu Bang had left a hand at that time: quietly sent Han Xin to lead troops to approach the State of Qi, and in case Li Shiqi's lobbying failed, Han Xin would immediately launch an attack and solve the problem by force.
When Han Xin led his troops to the border of the State of Qi, he heard that Li Shiqi had convinced Tian Guang, so Han Xin wanted to take his troops back.
However, it was at this time that Han Xin's staff officer Qu Tong stopped him, and he asked Han Xin: If the general wants to retreat, can he have the order of the King of Han? Naturally, there was no order, so Han Xin was silent.
At this time, Pu Tong also said: We came here to attack the State of Qi, and this order was issued by the King of Han, and the right to revoke it was in his hands, if we hastily withdraw, what can we do if the King of Han blames it in the future?
Han Xin was dumbfounded after hearing this, and Qu Tong saw that what he said came into effect, and then said: Your greatest merit at present is to lay down fifty cities and pools in the Zhao Kingdom, and it took a lot of effort, and now Li Yiqi has won 72 cities in the State of Qi with only one mouth, and if you evaluate the merit awards in the future, you will definitely not be able to evaluate him.
As soon as he heard this, Han Xin really had the momentum to attack the State of Qi. The Qi army had already received the order to surrender, so it was defenseless, and it was quickly beaten.
Tian Guang was drinking with Li Shiqi, and when he heard the news, he thought that Li Shiqi had deceived him, so he immediately asked someone to set up a frying pan, add enough firewood, and throw Li Shiqi into it, and poor Old Li didn't know what was going on, so he was cooked to death.
It's a pity that li yiqi, who has such an excellent eloquence, is on the verge of dying so tragically. It is precisely because of his tragic death that most of his descendants are not familiar with him, so that his fame has never been as big as Zhang Liang, Xiao He and others.