It can be said that Qin Shi Huang is definitely an emperor of the ages, and it is precisely because he unified the world and formulated various brand-new rules that the Chinese nation officially embarked on the road of great unification.
In the process of Qin Shi Huang unifying the world, the most difficult thing is to destroy the Six Kingdoms, from 230 BC, until 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang spent a full 10 years to achieve the final unification of the world, before that, there are more than a dozen generations of qin efforts to pave the way, I have to say that the annihilation of the Six Kingdoms is a very difficult thing, then the destroyed Six Kingdoms, if according to the geographical location, what do they belong to today?
South Korea was the first to die
Korea was the first to be destroyed by the Qin State, in 230 BC, Korea became the first object of the Qin State's "long-distance and close attack", South Korea itself is relatively general in strength, in the Six Kingdoms belongs to a relatively weak country, so at that time the Qin State destroyed Korea, did not spend too much effort, it was easy to get it.
Korea and the State of Zhao and the State of Wei all came from the three branches of the Jin Dynasty, but the territory that Korea originally allocated was the smallest, there were only three counties of Shangdang County, Sanchuan County, and Shangcai County, and when the Qin State first targeted Korea, they had no way to cede all 17 counties of Shangdang County to the Qin State, but the people of Shangdang County at that time did not want to submit to the Qin State and turned into the territory of the Zhao State.
If you look at it according to today's geographical location, the three counties of Korea at that time actually belonged to today's Henan region, and even the whole of Korea was in Henan, but it did not include the entire Henan, in other words, South Korea at that time only occupied a part of Henan, you can imagine how weak such a country is, and it is understandable that the Qin State was the first to destroy him.
Zhao Guo was very strong, but the king was very ignorant
Originally, the State of Zhao was considered to be a powerful existence in the Six Kingdoms, especially after king Wuling of Zhao carried out the reform of hufu riding and shooting of the state of Zhao, the state of Zhao became very powerful, if it were not for the death of king Zhao Wuling because of his own family disputes, it is estimated that the state of Zhao would become more powerful.
Of course, even if King Wuling of Zhao had died, it did not affect the strength of the Zhao State, but unfortunately, the later kings of the Zhao State were too ignorant, and the State of Qin would eventually destroy the State of Zhao, before the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao was quite strong, and there was a great posture of competing with the State of Qin for hegemony, but in the Battle of Changping, the King of the State of Zhao mistakenly believed in the strategy of provoking discord in the State of Qin, so that the 400,000 troops were killed by Bai Qi.
Since the Battle of Changping, the strength of the Zhao State has been seriously weakened, but the camels who died thin and dead are bigger than the horses, and the Shangwu culture of the Zhao State is more serious, so even if the Zhao State loses its young and middle-aged years in the Battle of Changping, the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled can be fully armed to deal with the Qin State, and as a result, the Zhao State Monarch is once again deceived, and the Zhao State is provoked by the Qin State to kill Li Mu, the god of war of the Zhao State, and finally the Zhao State can only accept the fate of destruction.
Compared with South Korea, Zhao Guo not only shang wu and not afraid of death, the territory is much more, after the three branches of the Jin, Zhao guo is only three counties of Shangdang County, Anping County and Dai County, but later Zhao Guo relied on his own hands to open up the two counties of Yanmen County and Yunzhong County, prompting the Zhao State to expand its territory again, and only then did it have a stronger strength later.
From the geographical point of view, the territory of the Zhao Kingdom mainly includes most of today's Hebei, a small part of Inner Mongolia and a small number of Shanxi, purely from these geographical locations, it is not difficult to understand why the people of the Zhao State were so martial, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, even if placed today, are still places where strong men are born.
Wei Guo started strongly and then was weak
During the Warring States period, especially when the three branches of the Jin Dynasty had just ended, it could be said that it was very strong, and once bullied the Qin state at will, and the Qin state did not dare to be angry, but the Wei state was later defeated at the hands of the king, and the King of Wei Hui could be described as one of the typical representatives of the pit father.
Under the operation of King Hui of Wei, the talent of the State of Wei was lost in large quantities, the state was getting weaker and weaker, and in the late Warring States period, there was basically no sense of existence, so it was said that the State of Qin destroyed the State of Wei, in fact, it did not take much effort, and it was done in 225 BC.
In fact, at the time of the division of the three jin dynasties, the territory of the State of Wei was the largest, the State of Zhao and Korea were divided into only three counties, but the State of Wei was divided into five counties, including Shang County, Fang You County, Da song County, Hexi County, and Hedong County, which belonged to today's Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.
The State of Chu, which has deep roots with the Qin Dynasty
The relationship between the State of Chu and the State of Qin is relatively deep, and there have often been marriages, such as mi yue, who was popular in the State of Qin, that is, the people of the State of Chu, with the relationship between the State of Qin and the State of Chu, the State of Qin is of course relatively familiar with the State of Chu, so the State of Qin will never act rashly.
Even when it came time to destroy the Chu state, Wang Qi did not dare to take the enemy lightly, and directly told Qin Shi Huang that he needed 600,000 troops to destroy the Chu state, but unfortunately, at first Qin Shi Huang did not listen to Wang Qi's advice, and after the defeat of the First World War, Qin Shi Huang had to hand over Wang Qi's 600,000 troops, and wang Qi destroyed the Chu state.
The most important reason why the State of Chu has been able to marry the State of Qin is that it has a large number of people, and the State of Chu has set up a total of six counties, including Wu County, Wan County, Hanzhong County, Qianzhong County, Jiangdong County and Xincheng County, which belong to today's Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, as well as Zhejiang, Anhui, Chongqing, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other places.
Attempted murder of Yan Guo
The State of Yan is relatively far away from the State of Qin, it is in the northern region, and the State of Qin is in the Shaanxi area, so the time of the State of Yan being destroyed is relatively late, if it were not for Prince Dan's fear that the State of Qin would destroy himself, and find Jing Ke in advance to assassinate the King of Qin, intensifying the contradictions between the two sides, perhaps the State of Yan could live for some more days.
This wave of operations by Prince Dan was self-defeating, so that the State of Qin had a more sufficient reason to destroy the State of Yan, and under the siege and interception of the State of Qin, King Xi of Yan had no choice but to use the head of his son Prince Dan to pray for peace, and such an operation could not avoid the fate of the destruction of the State of Yan.
Before the fall of the Yan kingdom, it had five counties: Right Beiping County, Yuyang County, Shanggu County, Liaodong County, and Liaoxi County, which belonged to today's Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, and a small part of Inner Mongolia.
The State of Qi, who has nothing to do with himself
In the process of the destruction of the Six Kingdoms by the State of Qin, the State of Qi was the most special country, because he was the farthest away from the State of Qin, and according to the policy of "long-distance friendship and close attack" of the State of Qin, the State of Qi has always been a country with good friendship with the State of Qin, so the State of Qi does not have any sense of urgency in peace and danger.
Even if three or four of the Six Kingdoms had already been destroyed, the State of Qi was also on the sidelines, did not care about itself, and lived a happy life well, until after the Destruction of the State of Yan, the State of Qi suddenly realized that it wanted to resist, but at this time it was already too late, and the State of Qi was easily taken care of by the State of Qin.
The territory of the State of Qi is not large, mainly including most of today's Shandong and parts of the southeast of Hebei, from the geographical point of view, it is indeed the farthest from the State of Qin, but the truth of the cold of the lips and teeth, since ancient times, they are not as good as to die and struggle, it is better to surrender to the State of Qin as soon as possible, and perhaps the outcome will be better.
epilogue
Under the efforts of more than a dozen generations, the Qin State has gradually become stronger, and finally destroyed the six kingdoms to unify the world, every time you see the process of the Qin State unifying the world, it will always make people excited, no matter how smart or brave the enemy is, the Qin State can always be calm and calm, rational analysis, this must be the key to the victory of the Qin State, compared with the rest of the country, it is too contrasting!
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