After Liu Bang ascended the throne and became emperor, most of them were sealed according to the size of military merit, mainly depending on how many cities and pools you captured, how many enemy troops were captured, in addition to these military generals, there were also some skillful diplomats, although they did not lead the army to fight, nor were they born and died on the battlefield, but they could avoid a bloody disaster by playing tricks, and they could conquer the world without using a single soldier.
From the beginning of the pre-Qin period, there were some outstanding diplomats, and in the middle of the Warring States period, it was most prevalent, and a large number of Zongheng families (diplomats), such as Su Qin and Zhang Yi, were unarmed, but they could influence the direction of history with their own mouths, and even some monarchs were toyed with by them.
In the process of Liu Bang's destruction of Qin and Chu, in addition to some military generals who could fight and a group of outstanding strategists, there were also some debaters (diplomats), such as Lu Jia, Hou Gong, Li Shiqi, etc., who played a pivotal role in Liu Bang's destruction of Qin and Chu, especially Li Shiqi, who took more than 70 cities and pools in the State of Qi with his own mouth, but was boiled and killed, so what kind of person was Li Shiqi? Why did you end up being boiled to death?
(1) Li Yu was lucky for the first time in his life, and the assassination of Chen Liuxian was able to escape from danger
Li Zhiqi, a person from Gaoyang in the State of Wei during the Warring States period, came from a poor family and liked to read from an early age, and after the fall of the State of Wei, Li Zhiqi became a doorman (to see the gate). Although Li Shiqi's status is not high, but he is very talented, somewhat arrogant, ordinary people he can't look up to, is already in his sixties, has not yet met his own Bole. After the outbreak of the peasant revolt at the end of Qin, dozens of rebel leaders passing through Gaoyang, but none of them could get into his eyes, and Li Shiqi felt that they were rigid and self-conscious, and could not follow the advice.
In the third year of Qin II (207 BC), Liu Bang was ordered by King Huai to go west to destroy Qin, passing by Li Zhiqi's hometown of Chen Liu, Li Zhiqi looked at Liu Bang, he felt that Liu Bang's army was very disciplined, and he would definitely make a difference in the future.
After Li Shiqi defected to Liu Bang, he persuaded Liu Bang to attack Chen Liu first, because the Qin army had several large granaries in Chen Liu, and occupying Chen Liu could solve the grain and grass problem, plus Li Shi was confident, he thought that he was the iron brother of Chen Liu County, how could he say that he surrendered him, but unexpectedly, Chen Liu County Order refused to rebel against Qin, Li Shiqi had no choice but to sneak into his room at night when Chen Liu County Ling was asleep, kill him, Li Shiqi successfully took Chen Liu County, without spending a soldier to take Chen Liu, without spending a soldier to take Chen Liu, It was Liu Bang's first major victory since he started his army. Li Shiqi risked his life to assassinate the county order, and rubbed shoulders with the god of death, and Li Shiqi had the first luck in his life.
(2) Li Shi was lucky for the second time in his life and successfully said that he had descended to the pass
Liu Bang came all the way west to Yaoguan, the Prince of Qin sent heavy troops to guard Yaoguan, Yaoguan is only a few feet away from the Qin capital Xianyang, as long as yaoguan is taken, Liu Bang becomes the king of Guanzhong is just around the corner, so Liu Bang is in a hurry, he wants to rush into the pass before Xiang Yu, so he decided to fight with the Qin army to the death, but was opposed by Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang believed that the strong enemy was in front, and Yaoguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, could not be attacked hard, and could only be outsmarted.
Liu Bang followed the plan and sent Li Shiqi to persuade the Li Guanshou generals to surrender, Li Shiqi bribed the Yao Guanshou generals with valuable gifts, and Zhang Liang seized on the weakness of the Yao Guanshou generals, their families were in business, and naturally had no resistance to the temptation of money.
The general Yao Guanshou agreed to join forces with Liu Bang to destroy Qin, and at this moment Zhang Liang began to make plans again, believing that the enemy army had surrendered, and it was better to launch a surprise attack while the enemy army was defenseless. Liu Bang took Zhang Liang's advice and raided Yaoguan, the general of Yaoguan was unprepared for Liu Bang's surprise attack, he did not expect Liu Bang to come to such a hand, the Qin army was defeated, Yaoguan was lost, and Liu Bang successfully entered Guanzhong.
When Liu Bang decided to send troops, he had already returned to the Chu camp, and if he stayed in the enemy camp for a drink, his life would not be guaranteed.
(3) Li Shiqi's third luck, lobbying the Wei king leopard to surrender to Han
When Xiang Yu was divided into 18 princes, Wei Bao, a descendant of the Wei royal family, was made the King of Wei, and after Liu Bang also fixed the Three Qins, Wei Bao felt that Liu Bang's strength had increased by leaps and bounds, and Xiang Yu was not his opponent, so he rebelled against Chu and returned to Han. After the Battle of Pengcheng, the situation in the world was that Chu was strong and Han was weak, and Wei Bao felt that Liu Bang was not erer, or Xiang Yu was more powerful, plus the female chancellor Xu Fu gave his wife Bo Ji a fortune, saying that Bo Ji would be able to give birth to a son of heaven in the future, wei Bao was convinced of this, so he rebelled against Han and prepared to start his own business.
After Wei Bao rebelled against the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang initially wanted to use military means to solve the problem of the Western Wei state, but he was suffering from the fact that he had no soldiers, so he sent Li Shiqi to persuade Wei Bao to return to the Han camp. Wei Bao, however, said: A person's life is very short and fleeting, and the king of Han often scorns and insults people, rebukes princes and courtiers, like scolding slaves, there is no etiquette, I can't bear it, I can't return to the Han camp.
This time in the negotiation, the risk factor of libitum was not high, but then he was not so lucky.
(4) Li Shiqi relied on one mouth to take more than 70 cities and pools in the State of Qi
After Han Xin destroyed Zhao, Liu Bang asked him to attack the State of Qi, and at the same time sent Li Zhiqi to surrender the State of Qi, as to why Liu Bang used both political and military means to solve the problem of the State of Qi, ostensibly Liu Bang was to weaken Han Xin's strength, the State of Qi was a great power in the East, if han Xin took it, then his military strength would far exceed Liu Bang. The author believes that it is actually the strategy of Liu Bang and Zhang Liang, who want to outwit the State of Qi, just like the wisdom of Yaoguan in those years, but they may have to sacrifice Li Zhiqi, and the god of luck can no longer take care of him.
After Li Shiqi saw Tian Guang, the King of Qi, he first indicated to Tian Guang, the King of Qi, that Liu Bang would sit in the world, and if he did not take a good stand now, perhaps the State of Qi would not be able to defend himself, and Tian Guang did not think so after hearing this. Li Shiqi went on to say that King Xiang had reneged on his promise to drive the King of Han to Bashu and sent people to kill King Huai of Chu (king huai of Chu was a monarch commonly respected by the rebel army and the nominal leader of Xiang Yu).
Those who followed King Xiang to fight the world were not rewarded for their meritorious service, and everyone was unwilling to fight for King Xiang. The King of Han is different, every time he captures a city, he shares the world with the heroes, so everyone is very willing to fight for the King of Han, Zhao, Wei, and Dai are all destroyed by Han Xin, leaving only the State of Qi, and the wise people might as well surrender to Han and be the Eastern Domain of the Han Dynasty.
Li Shiqi wanted to remind Tian Guang that the opportunity was rare and could not be missed, and when Liu Bang unified the world and then surrendered to Han, the State of Qi might not even have the opportunity to be a vassal state.
After hearing this, the King of Qi felt that Li Yu's words were justified, and decided to lift the war preparedness and surrender han, and left Li Shi to treat him with the courtesy of a vip, and every day big fish and big meat waited.
(5) Li Shi's death
Soon the news of the surrender of the State of Qi to Han reached Han Xin, who was preparing to withdraw his troops, but his adviser Qu Tong disagreed, and Qu Tong believed that Liu Bang had sent Li Zhi to fight the King of Qi and did not order them to stop attacking, and Han Xin had been a general for several years, and it took tens of thousands of soldiers to take more than fifty cities and pools in the State of Zhao, and Li Shiqi took more than seventy cities and pools of the State of Qi with one mouth, and Han Xin's general was white.
Han Xin thought about it too, anyway, Liu Bang did not let him stop attacking, at this time, it was just the time for the State of Qi to lift its combat readiness, which was the best time to attack, take the State of Qi, and make meritorious contributions. Han Xin sought merit and led the Han army to launch a surprise attack on the Qi army at nightfall, because the State of Qi was defenseless, 200,000 Qi troops were completely destroyed, and Han Xin led the Han army to directly attack the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi.
When King Qi heard the news of the Han army's attack, he mistakenly believed that Li Shiqi had deliberately betrayed himself, and he said to Li Shiqi: "If you can make Han Xin withdraw, I will spare you, and if you can't, I will cook you." ”
Knowing that he could not make Han Xin stop attacking, he said to the king, "Those who do great things are not informal, and those who have virtue are not afraid of being blamed, and I will never say another word for you." Qi Wang Tian Guangyi was furious and tortured Li Shi, and a generation of famous tongues became victims of political struggles, and this time he was not so lucky.
After Liu Bang ascended the throne and became emperor, he was a great meritorious man, and he did not forget the merits of Li Shiqi and reused Li Shiqi's younger brother Li Shang, although Li Shiqi's son Li Li could not meet the standards of a marquis, But Liu Bang made him the Marquis of Gaoliang, and if Li Shiqi knew about it, he should also be blind.
References: "History", "Book of Han"