From the strength of the Qin state to the unification of the whole country, there were several historical figures who played a great role, first of course, Shang Martin's transformation made the Qin state strong; then Fan Ju's long-distance and close attack, making the princes gradually weaker than the Qin state; and finally Li Si assisted the first emperor to unify the country. Of course, there are others, such as Zhang Yi, who proposed the strategy of lianheng, Wei Ran, who served as the fourth Qin Xiang, and Lü Buwei, the editor-in-chief of Lü Shi Chunqiu. Among the warriors were Bai Qi, Wang Scissors, Meng Kuo, and so on.
Bai Qi, date of birth unknown, compound surname Gongsun, is a member of the Mengxi Baizhong Bai clan of the shang martingale transformation method. In 294 BC, Bai Qi attacked Korea victoriously with Zuo Shuchang (the tenth rank of the twentieth rank), and the next year he was promoted to Zuo Geng (the twelfth rank of the twentieth rank), in this year, Bai Qi defeated the Han and Wei allies, killed 240,000 enemy troops, and won five cities for the Qin state, and Bai Qi was promoted to lieutenant (brigadier general, lower than the general level). In 292 BC, Bai Qi attacked Han Wei again, and was promoted to the rank of Daliangzao (sixteenth rank, originally the highest commander of the Qin political army, changed to the sixteenth rank of the twentieth rank of military merit when King Huiwen of Qin was killed). The following year, he occupied Wancheng, South Korea. In 290 BC, Han and Wei were unable to seek peace by cutting off land because of their consecutive defeats at the State of Qin. In the following year, Bai Rose and connected the sixty-one cities of the Wei Kingdom.
In 280 BC, Bai Qi took the Zhao Guoguang Wolf City, and in 279 BC, he attacked Chu and flooded the capital of Chu, and the Chu state had no choice but to move the capital to Chen. In 273 BC, he captured three generals of the State of Wei, killed 100,000 enemies, and occupied the city of Huayang. In 264 BC, he attacked Korea, killed 50,000 enemies, and took five cities in Korea. In 260 BC, because the Zhao State replaced the veteran general Lian Po and replaced him with Zhao Kuo, he was defeated by Bai Qi, who killed 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao State in the pit, which is the famous Battle of Changping in history, after which the strength of the Zhao State was greatly damaged. Later, the State of Zhao took advantage of the selfish intentions of Fan Ju, the chancellor of the State of Qin at that time, and promised to sacrifice six cities to the King of Qin, so that the King of Qin would give up attacking Zhao, otherwise, the State of Zhao might destroy the country, and Bai Qi would be at odds with Fan Sui from then on. However, after the Qin army retreated, Zhao Guo released the pigeons of King Qin Zhao.
In 259 BC, because the Zhao state broke the treaty, the king of Qin Zhao attacked the state of Zhao again, and the king of Qin wanted to take Bai Qi as a general, but Bai Qi saw that the situation at this time was not favorable to the king of Qin, and persuaded the king of Qin to abandon the attack, the king of Qin did not listen, and Bai Qi was unwilling to be a general. The King of Qin, with the Five Great Masters Wang Ling as his general, led 100,000 Qin troops to attack the capital of the Zhao State, because the people of the Zhao State were of one heart and one mind, and the general was replaced by the veteran general Lian Po, and Wang Ling lost several times. The King of Qin once again asked Bai Qi to come out of the mountain, and Bai Qi again refused on the grounds of illness. The King of Qin had no choice, he thought of Fan Sui, the minister who was talking about his family by lobbying, and asked Fan Sui to persuade Bai Qi, this time the King of Qin obviously made a big mistake, he did not know that Fan Sui's selfish heart was too heavy, Fan Sui was not really trying to persuade Bai To get out of the mountain, but instead aroused Bai Qi's dissatisfaction, at the same time, he added oil and vinegar in front of the King of Qin, making King Zhao unhappy with Bai Qi.
King Zhao appointed Wang Gong to replace Wang Ling, but he still lost his troops and made no progress. In fact, at this time, if Bai Qi had a little political acumen, or for the sake of Qin, he should have taken the initiative to ask for help, although he might not be able to attack Handan, at least he could make the Qin state lose a little less, but he did not do so, but said to others, "Do not listen to the plans of the courtiers, what is the result of this day", you said that the King of Qin can not hate him. Later, the unfavorable news was one after another, and King Zhao, unable to do so, once again pulled down his son to personally go to Bai Qi Mansion to beg him, and in the face of King Zhao, who was bent on the door, Bai Qi thought that he was seduced by Fan Sui, so he was still unwilling, but just stated the stakes to King Zhao, and said that he would rather be killed than fight a battle that must be lost. I felt that bai qi at this time was completely in Fan Sui's Way. Subsequently, Bai Qi was swept to the end by the King of Qin and became an ordinary soldier. Three months later, the State of Qin was again defeated, and the main general Zheng Anping was demoted to Zhao. The King of Qin was furious and ordered Bai Qi to leave the capital, and soon after, at Fan Sui's instigation again, Bai Qi was given a sword by the King of Qin to cut himself off.
In his lifetime, Bai Qi fought more than 70 battles, annihilated about 1.65 million enemies, attacked the capital of Chu, and captured half of the territory of Korea for the Qin state, and fought the fear of Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Han Wen. In this life, he has never been defeated, and his battles have been mainly based on annihilating the enemy's living forces, and he is particularly good at long field battles. He was also good at fighting a pursuit war and beating up the falling water dogs in order to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the enemy, which was different from the mainstream military thinking of "the poor do not pursue" that prevailed at that time, of course, the pursuit war he fought was carried out with sufficient preparation and certainty in advance. Another of his military developments was his heavy-sighted fortress fortifications in the Battle of Changping, which was a good example of his superb operation in this regard. In addition, he is good at taking advantage of the time difference in the war, fighting raids, and likes to use long-range attacks, which are unfavorable and unprepared.
However, Bai Qi's personality is really not good, and finally when the King of Qin attacked the Zhao state of Handan, he could not get sick in the early stage, and it was understandable, after all, king Zhao's strategy was not right, but when the Qin army lost one after another, as a great liangzao of the Qin state, he actually blocked his breath like a child, preferring to die rather than be defeated. Although the failure may be detrimental to his own reputation, but in the face of death, the Qin soldiers, as an old Qin person, do not have a little heart, is the reputation more important than the life of the country and the Qin people?
Later, the King of Qin personally ascended the palace, which had already given enough face, in fact, King Zhao also admitted the mistakes of his policy from the heart, but because the State of Qin could not lose prestige in front of other princely states, this battle had to be fought. And Bai Qi, in the face of his master's call for help, actually said that he thought of the set, and even of course confronted King Zhao, as a courtier, the next consequences are obvious, Bai Qi will die. But King Zhao was still kind, but he was exempt from all the titles of Bai Qi. However, no matter what, Bai Qi cannot survive, and the courtiers and the lord are competing for power, and I believe that no monarch will allow it. Three months later, the Qin army failed again, King Zhao was completely furious, and added the rumor of the villain Fan Sui, a generation of generals, killing the god Bai Qi committed suicide and died, when he died, Bai Qi was not awake, and still thought that his death was because he killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers.
Bai Qi's death was not from the karma that Tai Shi Gong said, but from his own personality, on the one hand, he himself had no benevolent heart, whether it was for the enemy army or for the Qin people, the cruelty of the deceased could be understood, after all, each was its master, and in battle, it would kill people, and the benevolence to the enemy on the battlefield was cruelty to his own people. However, when he saw the death and injury of the Qin soldiers, he did not feel a little sad, guarded his reputation, and was not willing to use his talents to reduce the casualties of the Qin army. On the other hand, he was proud of his merits, unwilling to accept King Zhao's many orders, and even when King Zhao personally begged him, he was not moved, which was what he should do as a courtier. Although Xiaobian also did not agree with the foolish loyalty that the king called the subject to death, but only asked him to remedy the mistakes of the monarch, there was no reason to refuse many times.
Heaven's sins are forgivable, but their own sins cannot be lived, and Bai Qi just responds to this sentence. As for what the Internet says is because he was born into a commoner, how many generals in the Qin Dynasty were born from civilians, it is not credible. Although in many cases it is correct to cook the lord of the high level, the rabbit dead dog cooking, etc., but it is not appropriate to use it in the death of Bai Qi, because at this time, when the Qin Kingdom has not yet reached the Ma Fang Nanshan, the King of Qin still needs Bai Qi, but if the white rise does not die at this time, over time, it is possible, like Shang Martingale. However, in the later period, the State of Qin still killed relatively few heroes, and people like Wei Ran and Fan Ju were only deposed.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country, in order to commend Bai Qi's merits, he rewarded Bai Qi's descendants. The Thousand Character Text lists Bai Qi as the first of the four famous generals of the Warring States. Now there are many fans of Baiqi, and I remember that there was a fantasy novel that wrote Baiqi very well.
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