Zhang Yi's role in the Qin state was unquestionable, and under his policy, the Qin state began foreign wars. In 316 BC, Qin destroyed the two kingdoms of Bashu and Shu. In the same year, Qin launched a war against the Zhao state, capturing the cities of Zhongdu and Xiyang.
In 314 BC, the Qin general Chū (樗) (chū) led an army to attack Korea. The Han army was defeated and asked the State of Wei for help. The Han and Wei armies were also defeated. Qu Wo once again fell into the hands of the Qin state.
After a series of defeats, King Xiang of Wei was forced to sign a pact with Qin, and a generation of Warring States overlords eventually became the little minions of the Qin state. At the same time, the State of Qin was one step closer to the Central Plains, and the State of Qin, which had once been regarded as a barbarian in the Western Province, was close at hand.
However, while the Qin state was expanding eastward, the central plains countries were not idle. King Xuan of Qi, while Destroying Bashu in Qin, accomplished a shocking achievement, namely, the annexation of the State of Yan, which was also the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
After this battle, the territory of the State of Qi doubled, enough to rival the State of Qin. In the face of the rapidly growing State of Qi, the State of Qin must also accelerate the pace of its own expansion. The first piece of meat in Qin Huiwang's eyes was the Chu state, which was also one of the seven heroes.
After the Battle of Shu, the State of Qin and the State of Chu officially became neighbors. In the past few hundred years, the relations between Qin and Chu have been really good, and there have been several intermarriages, which have also brought them closer.
However, in the hundred years of change, the Chu state has long been no longer the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period. The State of Qin rose strongly after the Shang Martingale Transformation Law. Between the two countries with unequal strength, Qin Guo first became the bad guy.
After the War of Shu, the Qin general Sima Cuo, with the forces of bashu and Shu as the main force, gathered 100,000 troops and attacked the Chu state to the east. The State of Qin won a great victory in this battle, and the State of Chu was also anxious in the face of the menacing State of Qin.
At this time, the State of Qi, which was also a powerful country, threw an olive branch to the State of Chu. King Xuan of Qi and King Huai of Chu made an alliance and reached the State of Qin. With the help of the State of Qi, the State of Chu began a counterattack, and the State of Chu attacked northward in a big way, driving quwo directly.
The Qi-Chu coalition army was not weak, but it was vulnerable in Zhang Yi's eyes. After all, the alliance between the two countries will always be centrifuged because of one problem or another, and Zhang Yi wants to speed up the process.
Qin Xiang Zhang Yi sent an envoy to the State of Chu to meet with King Huai of Chu and said: "The Qi-Chu coalition army is really too powerful, the State of Qin is invincible, if the State of Chu retreats and breaks diplomatic relations with the State of Qi, the State of Qin is willing to cede six hundred miles of land to the State of Chu." ”
When King Huai of Chu heard this, it was a good thing, and he agreed to Zhang Yi's request. He even made Zhang Yi the honorary prime minister of the Chu state and rewarded Zhang Yi with many gifts to send him back to the Qin state.
If this happened, it would be a good thing, but just when the Chu State was about to come to collect the six hundred miles of land, it heard that Zhang Yi was ill. It is said that he was drunk and fell off the carriage. King Huai of Chu had no choice but to wait for Zhang Yi to recover from his illness.
For three whole months, King Huai of Chu hadn't even seen Zhang Yi's shadow, let alone the six hundred miles of land in his mouth. King Huai of Chu was impatient, and wondered, Is it not that I have broken off diplomatic relations with the State of Qi completely, and if I say that I am more decisive, the State of Qin will be satisfied.
King ChuHuai of the Dumb-headed Goose thought of a bad idea, and he sent people to the State of Qi to scold King Xuan of Qi, and by provoking the State of Qi, he made overtures with the State of Qin. Others may feel outrageous when they hear it, and Zhang Yi also secretly laughed in the bed for a long time, which was the "initial cure of a serious illness" to meet the King of ChuHuai.
Zhang Yi took out a map, drew a map on the left and a comparison on the right, and finally drew a circle and said to the envoy of the Chu state: "Well, this is the six mile land promised to the Chu state." ”
Six miles?! Isn't it six hundred miles! The emissaries of the Chu State were so shocked that they could not speak.
Zhang Yi faced Chu Guo's doubts and said, "Huh? When I said six hundred miles, I said six miles. ”
Xiang Guo, a great country, was so untrustworthy, and this trick of abduction and deception was enough to make King Huai of Chu angry. The State of Chu raised an army to attack the State of Qin.
There has always always been only the strong who fight the weak, and where there is this weak person who fights the strong. Once again, Li Liyi showed his skills, quickly turned from defense to attack, killed the Chu state, beheaded 80,000 Chu troops, and captured more than 70 Chu generals alive.
Under the rogue zhang yi, the stupid king of Chu Huai not only did not get these six hundred miles of land, but lost six hundred miles, which was really not worth the loss.