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Qin Shi Huang overthrew the Six Kingdoms, unified the world, and created the great Qin Dynasty,
In addition to Yin Zheng himself being a majestic monarch, he also had an inseparable relationship with many of Yao Yong's famous generals under him.
Among these Qin Dynasty generals, there is a very special figure, this person is named Wang Qi, Wang Qi laid the final cornerstone for Qin Shi Huang to unify the world, but the so-called contribution is indispensable, and Wang Qi is also the only general who dares to negotiate with Qin Shi Huang and die well in the late Qin Dynasty.
Famous general Wang Qi
Wang Qi was a general of the Qin state at the end of the Warring States period and one of the "four famous generals" in the Warring States period. He witnessed the process of Qin unifying the six kingdoms and leveling the world.
Wang Qi rongma's life, countless achievements, taking Zhao Yi and swept through Shuofang, the most popular thing is that Wang Qi used 600,000 troops to cut down Chu, writing a perfect stroke for the Unification of the Qin Dynasty,
In addition to being able to fight wars, Wang Qi is also very good at judging the hour and sizing up the situation; in the harsh political whirlpool, he can have a keen insight into people's hearts and maintain a sober mind, and finally retire with his whole body, gaining fame and fortune.
The Qin army cut down Chu
The Qin king Yingzheng successively destroyed the Three Jins and drove out the King of Yan. The more the army fought, the braver it became, and the momentum was like a rainbow, so it wanted to take Jing Chu with the trend.
Qin Shi Huang wanted to cut down Chu, the choice of leading generals is the most important, from the records in the "History" can be seen that Qin Shi Huang once thought a lot about the selection of generals who chose Chu Chu, when the choice of generals of Chu Chu was not a handful, but in Li Xin and Wang Qi, the two generals.
At that time, Qin Shi Huang summoned the two generals to the front and asked them "how many soldiers and horses will be needed to conquer the Chu State." Li Xin said that it did not take too many soldiers and horses to attack the Chu state, 200,000 soldiers and horses, while Wang Qi, who was on the side, believed that it should be fully prepared, thinking that it would be good to lead at least 600,000 troops.
Qin Shi Huang finally chose Li Xin to lead the army to cut down Chu, and choosing Li Xin as the main general was not only a full three times the gap between soldiers and horses, but also a deeper inevitable reason.
Li Xin was a rookie in the middle and late stages of the army, when Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, he made a lot of efforts as a general, at that time Li Xin was young and heroic, and the limelight was flourishing, if Li Xin could win another victory in the Battle of Chu chu, he would be able to accumulate enough prestige and military merit in the army, and he could compete with Wang Qi and play a balancing role in the army.
Dynasties,
No matter which emperor would not allow his generals to lead the troops to dominate, so no matter how reliable Wang Qi was, Qin Shi Huang would feel that it would be more secure for someone to be able to restrain him.
Moreover, at that time, Wang Qi had already destroyed countless achievements in the Three Kingdoms and had a reputation, so Yin Zheng also intended to support other young generals to balance the forces in the army, and at the same time expressed a deep meaning, it was not the general who could lead the army to fight, it was not you Wang Qi alone, Wang Qi also knew this, and immediately obeyed the arrangement of Qin Shi Huang.
It is a pity that Li Xin failed to take the State of Chu, although at the beginning of successive great victories, but later he was caught in the Chu army's plan to lure the enemy, Li Xin led 200,000 Qin troops into the vast territory of the Chu State, the Qin army suffered heavy losses, and finally was beaten back to the Qin State by Xiang Yan.
Li Xin was defeated in the battle, Qin Shi Huang was furious, the battle situation faced a stalemate, and more importantly, since li Xin was appointed to lead the army to cut down Chu, Wang Qi called him sick and returned to his hometown.
This battle made Yin Zheng clearly understand the reality, and Qin Shi Huang was helpless, so he personally went to Wang Qi's hometown and asked him to go out of the mountains to cut down Chu.
Wang Qi's request
The King of Qin personally came to visit, Wang Qi was not good at refusing, after thinking about it, he made two requests, one of which was that if he wanted to fight the Chu Kingdom, he must give him 600,000 soldiers as before before, and this time, Qin Shi Huang agreed.
Qin Shi Huang did not promise to give Wang Qi 600,000 troops before, but chose Li Xin, in addition to wanting to support Li Xin, there are deeper factors, unlike Li Xin's 200,000 troops, Wang Qi needs 600,000 troops, almost emptying the national strength of the Qin State, not to mention whether this battle can be won in the end, wang Qi alone with so many troops, Qin Shi Huang must consider the risk of whether Wang Qi will support the army and stand on his own.
But at this moment, Qin Shi Huang was forced into a desperate situation, and now that Li Xin was defeated in battle, he had no other choice but to trust Wang Qi to grant his request.
Wang Qi was also a wise man, he knew that his merits were high, so when he sent troops, he made another request to Qin Shi Huang, he wanted good land and mansions to give his descendants as a foundation. Many people believe that Wang Qi's greed for ink and silver to buy property for future generations is a way to avoid disasters, and Wang Qi shows his wealth obsession to Qin Shi Huang on the one hand through this behavior, and once the courtier has a handle, he can let the superiors let down their guard more than the loyal ministers with two sleeves of clean wind.
Wang Qi dared to make such a request to Yingzheng, but also because Wang Qi could find out Yingzheng's thoughts. When Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, Yingzheng was in his thirties, young and promising, and in order to achieve the grand cause of unifying the world, Yingzheng trusted his generals more than the suspicious monarch.
On the other hand, from a deeper level, Wang Qi's move, Wang Qi's essence is to make a deal with Yingzheng, Wang Qi's request is clearly to want the property, in fact, let Qin Shi Huang give him enough for his own descendants to live in a good land mansion.
It is a kind of disguised practice of "arranging the aftermath", wang Qi really wants to express his battle, not to destroy the chu state, he will never come back alive,
Wang Qi was also implicitly expressing his loyalty to Qin Shi Huang, reassuring Qin Shi Huang that he would always be a general loyal to the Qin Dynasty.
In the end, Wang Qi led the Qin army to destroy the Chu state and complete the farewell battle of his military career.
As a brilliant general, Wu'an Jun Baiqi was eventually deposed from his title because of his high merits, driven out of Xianyang, and given a sword to commit suicide, and a generation of military gods fell.
Compared with the god of war Bai Qi, Wang Qi was able to find a balance between the monarch and the subject, both sides could achieve their own goals, Wang Qi reassured Qin Shi Huang through this move, and then he could take 600,000 people and horses to destroy the Chu state, and he successfully retreated into the background.
epilogue
The famous warring states general Wang Qi gained fame and fortune in his lifetime, with ups and downs, and the world's evaluation of him was mixed.
Sima Qian's evaluation of Wang Qi was mostly derogatory, and Sima Qian felt that Wang Qi's merits and talents did not assist Qin Shi Huang to consolidate the imperial cause and establish a moral government, but chose to live secretly, which was really not the way for loyal subjects to serve the country and the people.
Wang Qi was not Han Xin, he knew that after the Gong Gao Zhen Lord, he had to abruptly stop Mingzhe's way of self-preservation, and he knew how to control his desires. Historically, there have been many situations in which loyal subjects are not allowed to die well, such as carp crossing the river, and the famous warring states general Wang Qi can be said to be one of the few generals who have achieved success and retired.
If each reigning emperor trusted his courtiers more, and the meritorious men also understood that merit was high and the lord was shocked, and the high position was stopped in time, this kind of thing would not become a tradition.