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Whether you like history or not, you should have heard the name of Bai Qi to some extent, after all, it is a man who can be called "the first god of war in history", and today Light Dust will talk to everyone about the god of war.
Wu Anjun was white
There are three theories about Bai Qi's life, after consulting the historical materials, light dust is more inclined to Bai Qi as a descendant of Bai Gongsheng, the specific historical materials will not be repeated here, but Bai Qi was not like the TV series "The Legend of Mi Yue" when he was a child, and the plot in the TV series was fictional.
Bai Qi was born in the Warring States period of the Qin State Gong clan, which made him have the conditions to read a variety of military books, when he was a child, Bai Qi was silent and taciturn, but he had a great interest in military books, every time he read a book, he liked to line up troops, showing great military talent, and his personality was stoic and decisive, which laid a solid foundation for Bai Qi to become a generation of famous generals in the future.
At the age of fifteen, Bai Qi began to fight in the army, in the battle with the enemy, he was not only fearless and decisive, but also often surprised to win, because the excellent combat performance attracted the attention of Qin Xiang Wei Ran, so Wei Ran began to train him heavily, and vigorously recommended him to Qin Zhaoxiang, who was then the monarch of the Qin State, it can be said that Bai Qi could become a brilliant general star in the Warring States period, and Qin Xiang Wei Ran's strong recommendation also played a great role.
The God of War was white
In 294 BC, the twenty-five-year-old Bai Qi served as the commander of Zuo Shu and led an army to attack the new city of Korea, officially beginning the road of rapid rise.
In 293 BC, at the age of twenty-six, Bai Qi was promoted to Zuo Geng, and after Wei Ran's recommendation, as the main general to attack Korea and the State of Wei, the Han and Wei coalition forces wanted to rely on The Danger to prevent the Qin State from advancing eastward at Kunhan, and Bai Qi adopted the tactics of avoiding the real attack, first weak and then strong, and gradually surrounded the Han and Wei allied forces in Yique, killing a total of 240,000 enemy troops, and became famous. King Zhaoxiang of Qin was overjoyed and promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
In 292 BC, at the age of twenty-seven, Bai Qi was promoted to daliangzao, led an army to attack Wei, and took sixty-one large and small Wei cities in one go, laying the foundation for the eastward advance of the Qin state.
In 291 BC, at the age of twenty-eight, Bai Qi, together with Sima Zuo, the secretary of the keqing, captured Yuancheng.
In 286 BC, at the age of thirty-three, Bai Qi led an army to attack the Zhao State and take the famous Guangwolf City during the Warring States period.
The killing god is white
In 280 BC, at the age of thirty-nine, Bai Qi led an attack on Chu, and the State of Chu was defeated, ceding the land north of Shangyong and Hanshui to seek peace with the State of Qin.
In 279 BC, bai qi was forty years old, led the army to attack Chu, broke the Chu army, captured the Chu capital Yingcheng, burned the tomb of the Chu king Yiling, continued to the east to take several cities, the Chu state was seriously injured, and finally destroyed by Qin, Bai Qi was named Wu'an Jun.
When Bai Qi was forty-five years old, he led an army to attack the combined forces of Zhao and Wei in Huayang, defeated the enemy army, and beheaded 130,000 people.
When Bai Qi was fifty-four years old, he led an army to attack the Korean city of Xincheng and beheaded 50,000 people.
At the age of fifty-nine, Bai Qi fought a great battle with Zhao Guo and Zhao Kuo in Changping, annihilating 450,000 enemies, killing 400,000 Zhao troops, and shaking all countries, which is the famous Battle of Changping.
Battle of Changping
After the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi could have marched straight in and destroyed the Zhao state, but since Fan Sui entered Qin, Qin Xiang Wei Ran was dismissed, Fan Sui was appointed minister, and The Republic of Korea and the Zhao state sent Su Dai to lobby Fan Sui, telling Fan Sui that if Bai Qi destroyed the Zhao state, it would definitely make a great merit and rank in the third duke, and at that time, Fan Sui's position was only afraid of not being guaranteed, and bribed with heavy money, Fan Sui suggested to King Qin Zhaoxiang in his selfish heart to let the army rest and rest, and agreed to the zhao state to cut the land and pay compensation, so that the Zhao state had a chance to breathe. When Bai Qi learned of this, his discord with Fan Sui escalated again because of Wei Ran's dismissal, and he formed a vendetta.
In September of the same year, King Zhaoxiang of Qin once again raised an army to attack the Zhao state of Handan, because Bai Qi was seriously ill and unable to act as a general, the Qin army could not attack for a long time, and after Bai Qi recovered from illness, King Zhaoxiang of Qin wanted to use Bai Qi to attack Zhao again, and Bai Qijin said that now all countries resent Qin, attacking Handan is an unwise move, if it falls into a stalemate, other countries will take the opportunity to attack Qin, and the Qin state will certainly have heavy losses. King Zhaoxiang of Qin did not think so, and changed his generals to fight again, and for a long time he could not attack the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chu Plain Jun and the Wei GuoXin Lingjun, and the Qin army suffered heavy losses. When Bai Qi found out, he said to King Zhaoxiang of Qin, "Qin did not listen to the plans of his subjects, so what is going on now?" "Does that mean you don't listen to my plan, and what's the result?" King Zhaoxiang of Qin was furious and forcibly ordered Bai Qi to attack Zhao, bai qi had no choice but to drag his sick body out on the expedition, and when he arrived at Duyou, King Zhaoxiang of Qin thought that Bai Qi's delay was deliberately disobeying his orders, and after consulting with Fan Sui, he gave Bai Qi to death.
Bai Qi took the sword used to give death, and couldn't help but look up at the sky and shout, "What is wrong with heaven, to do this to me?" Then he said to himself, "Actually, I should die too, the Battle of Changping was reduced to 400,000 people, they surrendered to me to survive, but I killed them all, and I died!" "After saying that, he drew his sword and killed himself."
After Bai Qi's death, the people of the Qin Kingdom felt that this was not Bai Qi's sin and that he did not deserve to die, so they built an ancestral hall for him to sacrifice Bai Qi.
Different people have different views on how Bai Qi is a man, and the people who say that he is not good are because they think he is cruel and murderous, and during the Warring States period, a total of about two million troops died in battle, and nearly half of them died at his hands, which was really cruel. However, it is not difficult to understand in light of the actual situation at that time.
Qingchen believes that in the Warring States period, the population is sparse, the value of people is far more precious than the land, if Bai Qi wins the battle and then releases all the captives back, then this is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, after a short rest, these young and middle-aged people will become a powerful opponent of the Qin State, and the victory in the war won by the people and the wealth will also become meaningless, and the work will be in vain, so in this case, the Qin State wants to complete the great cause of reunification and does not know what year and month to get, so Bai Qi's behavior is understandable under the circumstances at that time.
"Three summons and three resignations are self-deprecating, and Handan is no longer changping", Bai Qi rong horse life, more than seventy large and small conquests, not a single defeat, is a veritable victorious general, shocking the world. His tactics represent the highest level of the Warring States period, although the final outcome of Bai Qi is regrettable, but in the mind of Light Dust, Bai Qi is a well-deserved god of war. What do you officials think of Bai Qi?
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