The reason behind Qin Shi Huang's ability to sweep through the Six Kingdoms and unify the world is that in addition to strategy and military techniques, it also depends on the strength of the Qin State's weapons and equipment, and the ability to use these two things freely depends on the generals on the battlefield.
When it comes to the generals of the Qin State, everyone is familiar with Lian Po, Li Mu, Wang Qi and Bai Qi, and others, who are known as the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States". Qin Shi Huang had the help of these four generals, and it was also the trend of the times to unify the world.
Bai Qi served as a general in the Qin State for more than 30 years, and experienced countless large and small wars, the most famous of which was the "Battle of Changping". Bai Qi's battle achievements have a lot to do with his own battlefield strategy, and the details are found in the true chapter, and Bai Qi has become a generation of war gods with these.
Famous all over the world
Bai Qi was a descendant of Bai Gongsheng, the grandson of King Chuping, who was born during the reign of King Qin Zhao, just in time for King Qin Zhao's recruitment of military talents in various countries, and the eclectic implementation of the system of military merit, which made many talented people from civilian origins have a place to use.
Bai Qi has stepped onto the stage of history under the opportunity of this era. Bai Qi, who had just entered the army, gradually emerged, and when attacking the new city of Korea, Bai Qi was elected by Wei Ran, the minister of the Qin State, to become the main general of this engagement.
During the battle, Bai Qi showed his side of using soldiers like gods, and finally annihilated 240,000 people of the Han and Wei combined forces, and also captured the Wei general Gongsun Xi, and Bai Qi became famous and promoted to a lieutenant in the first battle.
In 282 BC, the State of Chu joined forces with the other five kingdoms to attack Qin, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent Bai Qi to conquest the State of Chu and dealt them a great blow. After the defeat of the Chu army, it ceded the area north of the Han River to the State of Qin to make peace, but the State of Qin felt that it should take advantage of the victory at this time to pursue.
Subsequently, Bai Qi led his troops to capture five cities of the Chu state and reached the capital of the Chu state, Yingdu. In this battle, the Chu state collapsed into an army, the foundation was almost destroyed, and it no longer had the ability to compete with the Qin state. After King Zhaoxiang of Qin took the capital of Ying, he made it Nan Commandery (南郡) and Made Bai The Prince of Wu'anjun .=
This time, Bai Qi once again showed his brave and resourceful side, and he was invincible along the way.
Battle of Changping
In the life of the white horse, there was never a defeat in more than 70 battles, large and small. In the Battle of Yique, he led his troops to annihilate 240,000 Han and Wei troops, and cleared the way out of the east of the Qin state. Attacked the capital of the Chu state and directly fought the chu state back to the pre-liberation period.
According to Liang Qichao's research, there were two million casualties in large and small battles during the entire Warring States period, of which Baiqi accounted for one-half. With such a magnificent record, it is estimated that the only han xin who can be equal to him in history is the late Han Xin.
Among the battles that Bai Qi experienced, the Battle of Changping was the most influential. In this battle, Bai Qi also gave full play to his super combat ability and wisdom and strategy.
The Battle of Changping was divided into two stages, the first stage was when the Qin general Wang Gong led troops to engage in a battle with the Zhao state to fight the Shangdang, and after taking the Shangdang, he continued to attack the Zhao state. Later, the two armies engaged in confrontation at Changping, and the Zhao army sent the veteran general Lian Po to lead the troops.
Lian Po laid out three lines of defense in Changping, and the first engagement with the Qin army took place in the valley west of the empty Cangling Ridge, the first line of defense. This engagement was accidentally encountered by the two sides, after the melee, the Zhao general's forward was killed by the Qin general, and then the empty Cangling Ridge was lost, and the Qin army was able to attack the Light Wolf City.
The city has been a military town since ancient times, and after it was occupied by the Qin army, Lian Po had to change his strategy and focus on defense. He abandoned his position on the west bank of the Dan River and retreated to the Dan River, the second line of defense.
He ordered people to build barriers here to greatly dampen the qin army's vigor. Due to the extension of the supply line, the Qin army could not keep up with the logistics, and the confrontation between the two sides lasted for three years, causing the Qin army to lose troops.
However, the national strength of the Zhao State itself was not as good as that of the Qin State, and the protracted war would only consume its own strength. Therefore, zhao guo had a method of quick battle and quick decision, they held the psychology of luck to change the strategy of sticking to it, and the king of Zhao also replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo in battle.
At the same time, King Zhaoxiang of Qin also secretly sent Bai Qi as a general to the Changping front. After making an analysis of the current situation, Bai Qi decided to design a plan to break through the last line of defense of the Zhao Army: the Hundred Mile Stone Great Wall.
He used the tactics of retreating to lure the enemy and divide the encirclement, and gradually introduced the Zhao army into his bag-shaped ambush circle, which was constructed by the main force of the Qin army. At the same time, he also sent 25,000 light troops around the back of the Zhao army to raid the Baili Stone Defense Line.
Zhao Kuo was just a guy on paper, and he couldn't see through Bai Qi's plan at all, so he led Zhao Jun's large troops step by step into Bai Qi's "pocket", at this time, more than 20,000 people were behind Zhao Jun, preparing to give Zhao Jun a dumpling.
Bai then ordered the cavalry on both sides to attack the Zhao army's barrier, cutting the Zhao army into three sections. At this time, the Zhao army was in chaos, and there were many voices of doubt in the barracks, and Zhao Kuo killed eight lieutenants in a row in order to stabilize the hearts of the army, but this still could not save the current predicament.
At this time, the food and grass of the Zhao army were cut off, and they were also harassed by the Qin army from time to time. When King Zhaoxiang of Qin heard about it, he immediately recruited men over the age of 15 in the country to fight, and was bound to devote all his strength to destroying the Zhao State, and he also personally commanded the war.
Zhao Guo was already cornered after 46 days of food shortage, Zhao Kuo could not wait for the rescue troops, had to try to break through, but did not succeed, and finally he himself was killed by the Qin army, and 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao state surrendered to the Qin state.
However, Bai Qi felt that Zhao Guo was capricious, so he ordered all 400,000 troops to be killed, leaving only 240 younger ones to return to the King of Zhao to report to the King of Zhao, and zhao Guo was seriously injured and never recovered.
Operational details
Judging from the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi's strategy was quite clever, and he was even very good at psychological warfare. In the process of fighting against the Zhao army, he could obviously annihilate them in one fell swoop, but he deliberately cut off the grain and grass to let them fend for themselves, so that the Qin army could easily take it without losing troops.
This combat strategy can be said to be quite successful, and Bai Qi is also very good at controlling the details. This can be seen from his prohibition of soldiers from eating mutton.
People in the pre-Qin period had the habit of eating mutton, and when marching and fighting, they would also bring a little dried mutton. However, Bai Qi ordered that the consumption of mutton was forbidden and only beef could be eaten. This made it difficult for the soldiers to get used to for a while, so they secretly ate it.
Once, when they happened to be seen by Bai Qi while eating mutton behind their backs, he was so angry that he wanted to dispose of the soldiers according to military law. This is the soldiers are very unconvinced, asking why they can't eat lamb.
Bai Qi said, "You take 50 steps and try it." So the soldiers did so, saying that the mutton tasted heavy, even if it was 50 steps away, the smell could be smelled, this is still in the absence of wind, if there is wind, it is possible to blow the smell farther away, so that it is not equivalent to exposing their position to the enemy?
Bai Qi's remarks were quite reasonable, and the soldiers were amazed, and from then on, the rules of not eating mutton were strictly observed throughout the barracks. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and often a detail can determine success or failure, and it is not easy for Bai Qi to think of this layer.
It is no wonder that Bai Qi has been a general in the Qin State for so many years, and has hardly lost a battle, all because he has embedded the details in the military law operation, and the precise calculation of steps has made him one of the military commanders who are very good at fighting the war of annihilation in the history of Chinese warfare.