Kang Long has regrets from the sixth chapter of "Zhou Yi Qiangua", the word is "Shangjiu, Kang Long has regrets", and the words in front of him should be very familiar to everyone, that is, "flying dragon in the sky".
The general meaning of this idiom is that when your life reaches its climax, be careful, and take a small step forward, and the situation may take a sharp turn for the worse, or even disaster. So is there such a historical story of falling from the peak of the wave to the bottom of the valley, from the highest to the low tide? Of course there is, and today I want to tell such a story, that is, the story of King Qi Tang.
King Qi's real name was Tian Di (田地), also known as Tian Sui (田遂), and his father was Tian Peijiang, the King of Qi Xuan, and his son was Tian Fazhang, the King of Qi Xiang. During the 17 years of king Qi's reign, the national strength of the state of Qi reached its peak and it became one of the most promising superpowers to unify the world. However, within four or five years after his own life course and the national strength of the State of Qi reached its peak, the fortunes of the State of Qi were reversed, and it suffered a decisive defeat on the battlefield, not an ordinary failure, but a defeat that almost destroyed the country. Although his son King Xiang of Qi reluctantly restored the kingdom, the state of Qi lost its position as a powerful country in the Warring States from then on.
King Qi Tang
The trajectory of King Qi Tang's life is a very accurate interpretation of the idiom "The dragon has regrets", how did all this happen? King Qi Tang is a man who has great ambitions and great achievements, and his life has also built martial arts many times, and his life principle is that whoever is strong will not be able to live with whom.
In 298 BC, King Qi Tang sent the general Kuang Zhang to form an alliance with Han and Wei to attack the most powerful Qin state at that time, but the result was that the Qin state was really defeated, and even once captured the gateway of Guanzhong, Hangu Pass, forcing King Zhaoxiang of Qin to cut off the land and seek peace. After breaking the Qin, the Qi State Class Turned his head to teach the Yan State in the north, almost destroying the Yan State, if the Qi State took a step forward, it would be the State of Qi that would start the war of annihilation during the Warring States period, and it would not be the turn of the Qin State.
At this critical moment, the State of Yan sent diplomat Su Qin to lobby several times to dispel King Qi's idea of destroying Yan. In 288 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin said to King Qi, "Let's join hands with two great powers to rule the world together, I am called the Western Emperor in Qin, and you are called the Eastern Emperor in Qi." King Qi Tang was also very happy to hear this, thinking that my country of Qi was also a strong country, and it was on an equal footing with Qiang Qin. At this time, Su Qin's younger brother Su Dai ran out to stir up trouble, and said to the King of Qi, "If you really call the Eastern Emperor, it will not benefit you and the State of Qi at all, King Zhaoxiang of Qin is pulling you on the back, then the people of all countries will still fall to the powerful State of Qin, and you and the State of Qi will at most fall into disgrace." Su Dai also said, "You might as well give up the imperial title and let the people of the whole world curse the Qin state." And you can take advantage of this favorable situation to attack the Song Kingdom. ”
Su Qin
In this way, the Su Dynasty successfully divided the relationship between the State of Qi and the State of Qin, and both King Zhaoxiang of Qin and King Qi Tang gave up their titles as emperors. After this farce, the strategic intention of the State of Qi to annex the State of Song became clear. To put it simply, the Song Kingdom, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, although the national strength and military strength can not be ranked into the seven major warring states, but also in the war with neighboring countries to develop a relatively powerful army, with the title of "5000 multiplied Song".
In order to create a situation of annihilation of the Song Dynasty, the King of Qi fought with his former allies Zhao Guo and Wei Guo, and the result was that they were all victorious, squeezing out their influence in the region. Finally, in 286 BC, King Qi Tang launched a war against the Song state and successfully destroyed the Song state. This one thing, however, stabbed the big basket, and the annexation of the Song state by the State of Qi changed the strategic pattern among the warring states.
In the face of the rapidly rising State of Qi, other great powers took action one after another, first of all, the State of Qin crossed the Han and Wei to attack Qi and retake the nine cities of the Song State. Some people will wonder why Han and Wei did not stop the Qin army from crossing the border? Because at that time, Han and Wei both felt that the State of Qi was the number one threat, and then the old power of the State of Qin, so they released the Qin army.
Two years later, in 284 BC, the State of Qin, the State of Yan, han, Zhao, and Wei, the five kingdoms formed a coalition to attack the State of Qi, and successively defeated the Qi army at the west of the State of Qi and the west of Linzi City, and the King of Qi fled. Originally, the State of Qi had an ally, that is, the southern power of the State of Chu, and at the beginning of the reign of King Qi Tang, he defeated the State of Chu in the "Battle of Weeping Sand", and since then the State of Chu has been good friends with the State of Qi and maintained good relations.
Topographic map of the Warring States
In the face of the great defeat of its allies, the State of Chu did send troops to aid the King of Qi, but in fact did not help the State of Qi to resist the coalition forces, but took advantage of the fire and looting. Taking advantage of the crisis of the State of Qi, the State of Chu occupied a lot of land north of the Huai River. King Qi eventually fled to Jucheng and fell into the hands of the Chu general HuanYa, where he was tortured to death. Therefore, the State of Qi, the "Thousand Year Saint King" king of Qi, was killed by his "ally" Chu State.
In this defeat of the State of Qi, the one that gained the most was the State of Chu in the south, and the state of Yan in the north. The State of Qi only had Jucheng and Jimo left, and it was really lost only to the bottoms. Fortunately, the State of Qi produced a famous general, Tian Dan, to defeat the Yan army with a fire bull array, winning the "Jimo Defense War", and then recovering the lost land all the way and barely restoring the country. After this fiasco, the State of Qi lost its position as a powerful country and collapsed. And the Yan state of Qi, is the first to win and then lose, the national strength has also been severely frustrated, after this series of tosses, Yan and Qi two bleak, and the Qin state of this powerful country is more prosperous.
At the end of the story, summarizing the life of King Qi Tang who rose first and then declined, there are several lessons. First of all, he had made enemies with the object of the last evil, that is, to attack the Qin state. The State of Qi and the State of Qin were separated by the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, and there was the least conflict of interest between them, and the King of Qi, in alliance with Han and Wei, went to fight the State of Qin, purely because of a fever in the brain, helping others to fight for their interests, and offending the powerful State of Qin. The second lesson is that relations with neighboring countries were in a mess, and the relations between the State of Qi and the State of Yan were not good during the reign of King Xuan of Qi, and after King Qi Tang ascended the throne, he not only did not have good relations with the State of Yan, but on the contrary, he made enemies everywhere, making enemies everywhere, making the State of Qi very isolated. The third lesson is also the most important, the King of Qi Tang's destruction of the Song Dynasty suddenly changed the pattern in the Warring States, which made everyone deeply uneasy. Even if he had given some land of the Song Kingdom to Zhao, Wei, and Chu, it would not have led to the Five Kingdoms of Qi, as well as the Chu State's looting, and ended up with a tragic end later.
Tian Dan
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