In the second year of Han (205 BC), Han Xin went out on the orders of Liu Bang, the King of Han, but on the way he received the news that the debater Li Shiqi had persuaded Tian Guang, the king of Qi, to surrender to Liu Bang, and at the suggestion of the counselor Ku che, Han Xin resolutely decided to continue to march on the State of Qi, and successfully attacked the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi. After having pacified the Zhao, Yan, and Dai kingdoms, Han Xin sent emissaries to report to Liu Bang and made a request that he hoped to be an "acting King of Qi". At this time, Liu Bang had just experienced the fiasco of the Battle of Pengcheng and urgently needed Han Xinqin Wang, at this time Han Xin's request undoubtedly made Liu Bang angry, but Liu Bang finally agreed to Han Xin's request and crowned him as the King of Qi.
Battle of Pengcheng
After the famous "Chasing Han Xin under Xiao He Yue", Liu Bang decided to seal the altar and pay homage to the general, and the long-buried military genius Han Xin could finally show his sharpness to the whole world. In December of the first year of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Liu Bang took advantage of Xiang Yu's northern expedition to qi to also establish the Three Qins, and won a preliminary victory in the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony. Subsequently, Liu Bang, together with The Qi Kings Tian Rong and Zhao Wang Xie, as well as the conquered Wei WangBao, Henan Wang Shenyang, and others sent an army of 560,000 troops to attack the State of Chu and in April they attacked the capital of the State of Chu, Pengcheng. Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, saw that the situation was critical, and quickly led 30,000 elite soldiers back to the division and defeated the Han army in the Battle of Pengcheng. After the defeat at the Battle of Pengcheng, Sima Xin the King of Sai, Dong Feng the King of Zhai, Tian Rong the King of Qi, Wang Xie of Zhao, and others once again surrendered to the State of Chu, and Liu Bang was in a state of rebellion and separation, and the situation was critical.
Han Xin Northern Expedition
Han Xin suggested to Liu Bang after leading his troops to reconquerade the Wei king Leopard: "Raise Yan and Zhao in the north, attack Qi in the east, the grain road of Chu in the south, and meet the great king in Xingyang in the west", if the three powerful princely states in the north were conquered, then Liu Bang could concentrate on blocking Xiang Yu to the south. Liu Bang agreed to Han Xin's request and gave him reinforcements of 30,000 troops for the Northern Expedition, and Han Xin relied on his excellent military skills to fight a battle against the water, won the Battle of Jingxing, killed Chen Yu, the Prince of Cheng'an, and captured King Xie of Zhao. After the victory, Han Xin used Li Zuoche's advice to send emissaries to lobby the State of Yan, and the State of Yan surrendered. At this time, Liu Bang was besieging Xingyang by Xiang Yu's army, and Liu Bang planned to abandon the area east of Chenggao and retreat to Guanzhong. However, the strategist Li Shiqi believed that at this time, not only could not retreat to the west, but should do his best to develop eastwards, forming a situation of "according to the millet of Ao Cang, the danger of Sai Chenggao, the way of Du Daxing, the mouth of the fox, and the defense of the white horse", this big chess game was even if it was won, so the first priority today was to quickly make the State of Qi surrender. And the difficulty lies in the fact that "Tian Guang is based on a thousand miles of Qi, the field will be 200,000 people, the army in Licheng, zhutian Zongqi, the negative sea obstructing heji, the south near Chu, the people are changeable and deceitful, although hundreds of thousands of divisions are sent under the feet, they cannot be broken by years." Therefore, Li Shiqi believed that the State of Qi should not be attacked by force, and should send excellent lobbyists to lobby and win at the lowest cost, and this excellent lobbyist was Li Shiqi himself. Liu Bang took Li Shiqi's advice and sent him as an envoy to the State of Qi.
Pacify the State of Qi
Li Shiqi had the ability to speak eloquently, and he successfully convinced Tian Guang, the king of Qi, that following King Xiang was far worse than following the King of Han, and that the events of the State History Jun (Guo Shi Tong Theory) had been described in detail in the previous article and would not be repeated again. After the surrender of the State of Qi, Han Xin's situation was more embarrassing, although he had military orders in his body, but when he heard the news of the surrender of the State of Qi, it was not convenient for him to continue to send troops. At this time, Han Xin's adviser Ku che analyzed: "The general was attacked by the commandment, and han duo sent down the qi, would rather have the commandment to stop the general Hu?" Why not do it! And Li Sheng a soldier, Fu Shi lost three inches of tongue, under the Qi more than seventy cities, the general will be tens of thousands, the age is more than fifty years old, for the general is a few years old, but is not as good as a Confucian merit? "It means that the King of Han had explicitly let the foot troops attack Qi before, but now he did not order you to stop the attack!" Besides, Li Zhiqi has achieved more credit than the exposed division for several years with three inches of uncorrupted tongue, which is unfair, listen to me, continue to send troops!
Han Xin is also right when he thinks about it, we are soldiers, how can we reflect our own value without fighting? So he continued to attack the State of Qi, and at this time, tian Guang, the king of Qi, because he had already surrendered to Liu Bang, no longer defended the Han army, so Han Xinchang drove straight in and attacked the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi, and his behavior made Li Shuqi lose his life.
Establish yourself as king
Xiang Yu heard that Liu Bang had taken the State of Qi and rushed to send his general Long He to lead 200,000 elite troops to rescue the State of Qi, but was eventually defeated by Han Xin and killed in battle. At this time, the state of Qi was firmly controlled by the Han army, and Han Xin took the opportunity to send emissaries to report the results of the battle to Liu Bang, and at the same time put forward a request: "Qi is fictitious and fictitious, and the country of repeated repetition, Chu in the south, is not a false king to town, its situation is uncertain." It was originally a false king's poop". At this time, Liu Bang was under the continuous blows of Xiang Yu, and he urgently needed Han Xin to send troops to support, at this time, when he heard the news that Han Xin wanted to establish himself as king, he was naturally furious, and could not help but scold Han Xin's emissaries: "I was besieged in Xingyang, and I waited for Han Xin to come to the rescue all day, but I didn't expect that he wanted to stand on his own and act as the king of Qi!" Zhang Liang and Chen Ping around Liu Bang saw that the momentum was not right--now Han Xin was a crack soldier in his hand, and if he annoyed him, there would be no one to rescue him! Liu Bang also figured it out instantly, so he continued to say without anger: "The eldest husband should be the real king of Qi, talk about what 'fake Qi king' ah (the big husband ding princes, that is, the true king's ear, why fake)!" So he immediately sent Zhang Liang as an envoy to the State of Qi and established Han Xin as the King of Qi.
The above is how Han Xin won the victory of the Northern Expedition and established himself as the King of Qi, and his victory in the Northern Expedition really made his great name and mighty world, and even Xiang Yu, who had always insisted on conquering the world by force, had to start sending lobbyists to lobby Han Xin, hoping that he could betray Liu Bang. Han Xin, who was deeply favored by Liu Bang's acquaintance, rejected the proposal of dividing the world and continued to be loyal to Liu Bang, but he did not realize that his act of establishing himself as the King of Qi had made Liu Bang suspicious of him.