The Jin state regime in the early Warring States period was actually controlled by the four Qing masters of Zhi, Zhao, Han, and Wei. Among them, the zhijia has the greatest power.
After Zhi bo came to power, he was bent on devouring the other 3. So he used the banner of competing with the Vietnamese country for hegemony and coerced the three families to donate land.
The Han and Wei families were under pressure and successively sacrificed land. Only the Zhao family did not offer land.
Zhi Bo was furious, and in 455 BC, he encircled the Han and Wei families and pro-unified the army to attack the Zhao family.
Zhao Xiangzi, the head of the Zhao family, knew that he was outnumbered, so he took the Zhao family's soldiers and horses to retreat to Jinyang.
The soldiers and horses of Zhi, Han, and Wei surrounded Jinyang City. Zhi Bo excavated Jinshui to irrigate Jinyang. Bingwei water irrigation lasted for 3 years. A lonely city of Jinyang watched fall.
However, just when Zhi Bo was in his hands and was complacent, in 453 BC, Zhao Xiangzi quietly sent Zhang Mengtan to secretly carry out a series, and as a result, the Han and Wei families rebelled against the water, breaking the embankment and pouring water into Zhizhai, and Zhao, Wei, and Han took the opportunity to join forces inside and outside and defeated Zhi Bo in one fell swoop.
This is the world-famous Three Extinctions.
Originally, Zhi Bo was 100% sure of success, but in the end, he failed and was destroyed by the three families, and if he could act as described below, he would not only be undefeated, but would also replace the Jin state like Tian Daiqi.
First, it is necessary to put up the banner of rejuvenating the Jin Dynasty.
If the banner is not clear, it cannot call on the people, and if the banner is not correct, it cannot call on the people.
As a large country of the same surname in the early days of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the State of Jin had a lofty status and a long history, and had a strong sense of identity and belonging in the hearts of the people; The Duke Wen of Jin once dominated the Central Plains, ranked among the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and had a brilliant time; the Jin Dynasty treated Zhou Tianzi with courtesy, several times as a diligent king, with great merit and both moral and righteous support; these are all natural advantages, and instead of giving up, they must attach great importance to and vigorously strengthen them.
Zhi Bo was not a stupid and incompetent person, and he also had his understanding in this regard, and the banner that Zhi Bo had set up by Zhao was precisely to revitalize the hegemony of the Jin state, and suggested that Zhi, Han, Wei, and Zhao Siqing each donate ten thousand households to the public to enhance the strength of the Jin state, thus defeating the emerging hegemon Yue Guo, who was competing for glory in the north.
What is lacking is that Zhi Bo only borrowed his name and did not vigorously publicize this matter, resulting in people generally believing that Zhi Bo forced the Three Families of Zhao Wei and Han to offer land to the Zhi Family, and the political orientation was unknown. Han Wei reluctantly agreed, but Zhao did not.
In this case, Zhi Bo should first start from a political point of view to solve the problem, and if the public opinion is above the court, Zhao will inevitably be reasonable. Zhi Bo was in too much of a hurry and suddenly started to cut down Zhao. Let Zhao gain the justice of defending his homeland against usurpation.
Zhao is stronger than the Han and Wei families, and the country of cutting people should start with the easy ones first, and first pick soft persimmons to pinch, rather than gnawing hard bones first. First of all, zhao zhao made the mistake of risky breakthrough from a strategic point of view. Zhao did not take the ground, that is, he should change his course and find another strange strategy, rather than starting a war lightly.
Second, it is necessary to vigorously consolidate the triangular triangle of Wisdom, Han, and Wei.
Since the zhao has begun, Zhi Bo has introduced Han Wei as an alliance, and Han Wei has led an army to follow, indicating that the alliance has been formed, but it is not very consolidated, which can be thought of and seen by everyone.
Therefore, first of all, the land donated by the Han and Wei kingdoms should be returned. Because the land donation was initiated in the name of the southward struggle with the Yue kingdom, since the Zhao family did not follow, this plan was already different, and the land donation was no longer necessary.
If the land of Han Wei is not returned, it makes people feel that Zhibo is just to seize the land of people, so that Han Wei is afraid and alienated. The banner of the revitalization of the Jin Dynasty also appears hypocritical and loses its appeal.
Secondly, we must be kind to Han Wei Erjun, and we must be kind to each other, and we must not blackmail and extort. He should marry Jinlan with Han Wei's second son, or marry a woman and marry a daughter, and form a family with his children. The same should be true among the ministers. The three families were tied together, wore a pair of pants, sat in the same boat, and built an iron triangle.
Finally, we must be humble to others, hold on to our own floating and restless hearts, give great gold and silver to reward our subordinates, and work together with one heart and one mind to build a great cause. Zhi Bo was arrogant and arrogant, and despised Han Wei's second son, not to mention his strategists. Zhi Bo had a counselor named Qiu Qi, who had already seen that Han Wei's family was not strong in his heart, and advised Zhi Bo to pay attention.
Although he saw the problem and pointed out the problem, he did not propose a solution to solve the problem, which was useless.
Zhi Bo actually noticed this, but his solution was not appropriate. Zhi Bo summoned Han Wei Erjun over and said directly, "Someone has accused you two of plotting against me?"
The second son of Han Wei swore a curse and vigorously defended, saying that we are so stupid, follow you to eat meat, why risk catching the air?
Zhi Bo's solution is to bully the weak and oppress others, everyone is seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and it is obviously more profitable to follow me; but I am not guarding against you, I tell you clearly, I just want to knock and knock you.
He first suppressed them with a big stick, and then gave them some sweetness, so in order to consolidate the alliance between Zhi, Han, and Wei, he sold them at once, and he complained to the two of them, not that I doubt you, it is the scheming Qiu Who doubts you, we have iron handles, who is with whom, how can you doubt it! Zhi Bo wanted to bind Han Wei in this way.
That is to say, he listened to the advice of the counselor, but he only used his resourcefulness and rigidity to use it, refusing to ask the next person for advice on the method of resolution, but solving it in his own way.
I think that as the chief strategist, since he can see the problem, he must have prepared several sets of solutions, but unfortunately, the lord did not ask him, and he was not good at flattering himself.
Third, while launching a military offensive, it is necessary to carry out a vigorous counter-offensive.
Zhi Bo led three armies to besiege the Zhao army in Jinyang for two years. Zhi Bo just wanted to trap Zhao Xiangzi. This is strategically wrong. As the saying goes, the night is long and dreamy. Attacking a family with an unstable coalition can only be decided quickly, not in time.
At this time, Zhi Bo should continue to launch military attacks, and he should make a lot of gold and silver, and carry out a counter-plan of heavy gold to recruit those who are not determined in the siege.
The actual situation is like this, mortals are seeking profit and avoiding harm, at that time in Jinyang City, ordinary people are about to live no longer, sleep without sleeping places, eat and eat. Zhao Xiangzi's ministers and generals also showed a tendency to slack off and centrifuge.
According to Zhao Xiangzi later, at the time of the siege, only the chancellor Gao Gong knew the general body, knew the etiquette, and always respected him, so after successfully breaking through the siege and destroying the wisdom, the Gao Communists were the first, and they fell out of the city at night to secretly contact Han Wei and Zhang Mengtan, who opposed Zhibo, but waited for it.
It can be seen that at that time, the Zhao family side was not an iron wall, as long as Zhi Bo sincerely and sincerely recruited a rebellion, two-thirds of Zhao Zhi would disintegrate the ice, coupled with a double strong attack of strength density, Zhao's demise was just around the corner.
Zhi Bo could not calculate this, relied on flooding, relied on the sky to eat, sat and waited for success, and regretted it too late.