In the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu defeated 200,000 Qin troops with 50,000 Chu troops, setting a typical example of winning more with less. So where did these 200,000 Qin troops come from? Was it from the 300,000 troops that Meng Tian had built the Great Wall?
After Meng Tian was killed, Wang Li was indeed responsible for taking over the Great Wall Army.
There is indeed a clear record in the "Records of History" that after Qin II and Zhao Gao joined forces and seized the throne. In order to prevent his brother Fu Su from making trouble, he gave the prince Fu Su death under the guise of Qin Shi Huang.
Gongzi Fusu was an obedient child, and chose to commit suicide without saying a word. Originally, Meng Tian was still persuading Fu Su to investigate the matter clearly, but he didn't expect this boy to be so fast, and it seemed that he really didn't want to live.
He also gave the eldest son Fu Su Yue: "Patrol the world, pray to the gods of the famous mountains to prolong their life." Now Fu Su and the general Meng Tian will divide hundreds of thousands of tunbians, more than ten years, can not go forward, the soldiers are many, no size of merit, but the reverse number of letters bluntly slandered what I did, in order not to be deposed as a prince, day and night resentment. Fu Su is not filial to the Son of Man, and he gives him a sword to cut himself! General Tian and Fu Su live outside, not Kuang Zheng, it is advisable to know his plot. If a man is unfaithful, he will die, and the king will be separated by his soldiers. "--- The Chronicle of History
Meng Tian was gongzi Fusu's biggest supporter, holding an army of 300,000 to build the Great Wall and prevent the Xiongnu from going south. Of course, Qin II could not let him go, and at the same time, the nature of death was also blessed.
Meng Tian saw that Fu Su was hanging up, and he didn't have any zheng'er Bajing to go on a crusade against Qin II, so he committed suicide. After these two ended something, the command of the Great Wall Army was handed over to Wang Li.
Who is Wang Li? Maybe everyone is not very familiar, comparatively speaking, his grandfather is more famous, that is, Wang Qi, one of the famous four famous generals of the Warring States.
Wang Qi gave birth to Wang Ben, who was also a famous warrior and followed his father to destroy the Six Kingdoms. Wang Li was the son of Wang Ben, and their family had been famous military generals of the Qin state for three generations.
Wang Qi is not only a famous general, he is also very good at being a person. All along, no matter who is in power in the Qin Kingdom, Wang Qi can be as successful as a fish, and this is Wang Qi's skill.
Because his grandfather and father were more powerful, Wang Li was mixed with the identity of a general at that time. Although the record is not much, as long as the team is good, then you can get promoted. Obviously, the 300,000 Great Wall Army fell into Wang Li's hands.
In the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu captured Wang Li and defeated Zhang Handan.
Zhang Handan held an army of 200,000, and after defeating and killing Xiang Liang, he led his men and horses straight to the Zhao Kingdom. At the same time, wang li's 200,000 troops came to the rendezvous.
Many people are puzzled, before Wang Li took over the 300,000 Great Wall Army, wasn't it?
I think that at this time, the Great Wall still needs to be guarded, so Wang Li left 100,000 people to guard against the Xiongnu, which is also a very normal thing.
In this way, 400,000 troops attacked the State of Zhao, and the then Zhao Wang Xie, the general Chen Yu, and Xiang Guo Zhang Er fled to Julu City together.
Zhang Handan was not stupid, he let Wang Li surround Julu City with 200,000 horses, and he himself stationed himself with 200,000 horses to the south of Julu.
Chen Yu once took 5,000 men to fight Wang Li, and the result was that the entire army was destroyed.
King Xie of Zhao was frightened and went to ask King Huai of Chu to come to his rescue, so King Huai of Chu asked song Yi, the champion of Qingzi, to take the deputy general Xiang Yu to support Zhao Guo, and at the same time sent Liu Bang straight to Guanzhong.
Halfway up the road, Song Yi remained unchanged for 46 days, and Xiang Yu was really angry, so he beheaded Song Yi and seized control of the Chu army.
After Xiang Yu crossed the river with the Chu army, he smashed the pot and sank the boat. Let everyone bring only 3 days of dry food, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers. After Zhang Handan's forces were defeated by Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu surrounded Wang Li's Great Wall army.
Because the morale of the soldiers was high, the combat effectiveness was also increased as never before. They not only defeated Zhang Handan, but also captured Wang Li alive. Wang Li's 200,000 Great Wall Army was also scattered.
Xiang Yu had killed the Champion of Qingzi, Wei Zhen Chu Guo, and was famous as a prince. Nai sent Dangyang Jun and General Pu to cross the river with 20,000 pawns to save the deer. The battle was less profitable, and Chen Yufu invited soldiers. Xiang Yu Naixi led his troops across the river, all of them sank boats, broke the cauldron, burned the hut, and held three days of food, so as to show that the soldiers would die, and none of them would return their hearts. So zhi ze besieged the king away, encountered the Qin army, fought nine battles, absolutely destroyed the Road, broke it, killed Su Jiao, and captured the king. Wading between chu and not descending, self-burning and killing. When it was, Chu Bing crowned the princes. --- The Chronicle of History
Therefore, in the Battle of julu, the first to be crushed by Xiang Yu was the invincible Great Wall Army under Meng Tian. It is no wonder that although Wang Li is Wang Qi's grandson, he really does not inherit Wang Qi's ability to command.
Zhang Handan surrendered, and 200,000 Qin troops were killed.
After solving Wang's departure, Xiang Yu's army was left with only one opponent, Zhang Handan. Zhang Handan's side is also not a person inside and out, not only to compete with Xiang Yu, but also to face the accountability of Qin II.
Qin II, the son of a loser, handed over the military and political power to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao, a bastard, at the critical moment, not only did not send someone to encourage Zhang Handan, but instead wanted to take Zhang Handan to open the knife.
At the same time, some people on Xiang Yu's side kept trying to persuade Zhang Handan to surrender to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu's side was very clever, not only negotiating peace with Zhang Handan, but also constantly defeating Zhang Handan's troops.
The result of the fight and talk was, of course, that Zhang Handan bowed his head and conceded defeat. Zhang Handan was crowned king of Yong by Xiang Yu, and 200,000 Qin troops, all of which were absorbed by Xiang Yu, officially announced the end of the Battle of Julu.
However, there was an irreconcilable contradiction between the 200,000 Qin army and the rebel army that surrendered. The Qin army was repeatedly humiliated by the rebels, and their generals had already surrendered to Xiang Yu, so they had nowhere to talk about their grievances.
For this reason, the unstable mood spread among the Qin army day by day, and sooner or later there would be a mutiny. In addition, the grain and salary of the 200,000 Qin army is also a big problem.
In the end, Xiang Yu made a surprising decision, learning to kill Zhao Guo and kill all 200,000 Qin troops. Since then, the State of Qin has no longer had the living forces that can resist the rebel army.
Summary: There are still traces of the distribution of the Qin army.
When Qin Shi Huang went south to destroy the Chu State, He let Wang Qi bring 600,000 troops, but before the destruction of the Chu State, Qin Shi Huang had already destroyed Zhao Wei Han, so this was calculated together with all the descendants of Zhao Wei Han.
Later, after pacifying the world, Qin Shi Huang sent Ren Hu and Zhao Tuo to lead 500,000 troops south to Baiyue, and at the same time sent Meng Tian to lead 300,000 troops to build the Great Wall. Qin Shi Huang himself had at least 200,000 troops.
In this way, the Qin state had a million male divisions, after which Zhao Tuo's 500,000 troops did not come back to rescue the Qin state, and 100,000 of Meng Tian's 300,000 troops stayed on the Great Wall, and the remaining 200,000 Great Wall troops followed Wang Li to attack the Zhao state.
As for the 200,000 troops brought by Qin Shi Huang, they fell into the hands of Zhang Handan, so that we can find out where the Qin army went.
Reference: Chronicle of History