About 30 miles southwest of the county seat of Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, there is a village called Zhangguan Village, which is said to have been established during the Warring States period, and the number of people has gradually increased, becoming Yiyi. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms in 221 BC, he made this county seat Pingyuan County. In the second year of Northern Qi Tianbao (551 AD), the north of Pingyuan County was moved to its current location. Later, an inspector surnamed Zhang was relieved and returned to the field, and returned to this place to open a shop, and the village was named Zhang Guandian. The county chronicle records as the ancient city of Zhang Gong, or the ancient city of Pingyuan (郡) (the ancient city of Tang Pingyuan County is now Lingcheng District).
Plains Old City
There is a ferry port named Pingyuanjin in the west of the ancient city of Pingyuan, and the Ming Wanli "Pingyuan County Chronicle and Bridge": "Jinqi Bridge, that is, Pingyuanjin. Qianlong's "Plain County Chronicle": "Jinqi Bridge, fifty miles southwest of the city, the boundary of Enxian County." "Pingyuanjin, that is, the former site of the Majie River Tsuchi Bridge at the junction of present-day Pingyuan County and Xiajin County." During the Warring States period, Pingyuanjin was a pass fortress on the western border of the State of Qi.
Today's Jinqi Bridge belongs to the town of Jinqidian in Xiajin County.
Let's first look at the pingyuanjin location map
Plains County Chronicle
In the Pingyuan County Chronicle (Qianlong edition), Zhangguandian as shown above is the ancient city of Pingyuan. The Jinqidian Bridge (i.e. Pingyuanjin) is located on the West Majie River in Zhangguandian.
Chronicle of En County
In the Enxian County Chronicle (Guangxu version), the Jinqi Bridge was renamed Luji Bridge, because it was next to it, so the Luji Bridge was the Jinqi Bridge, that is, the Plain Jin.
During the Qin and Han dynasties, many events occurred related to the ancient Yellow River crossing of Pingyuanjin.
1. Qin Shi Huang fell ill when he crossed the Yellow River in the plains and died in the sand dunes. To the demise of Qin, Chu and Han fought.
Qin Shi Huang's fifth eastern tour, in 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang went to the southeast to inspect. Those who went with him were The Chancellor Li Si, his favorite youngest son Hu Hai, and the eunuch in charge of the carriage, Ling Zhao Gao. When they went to the Plain of Shandong, it was the Great Volta, the boat and the car, maybe Qin Shi Huang had a disease such as heat stroke, heat stroke may be the cause, Qin Shi Huang also hoped for longevity, looking for immortal elixirs, and also sent Xu Fu Penglai to look for immortals and get immortal medicine, but Xu Fu took hundreds of virgin boys and girls to Japan, and it is said that most of the Japanese are the descendants of those brought by Xu Fu. Back to the theme, at that time, the elixir contained lead and mercury, which was a poisonous thing, and it was very harmful to the human body for a long time, Qin Shi Huang, as the first generation of emperors, had a chance, so the weather heat stroke was only one of the triggers, and the elixir eaten in front of it was the culprit, and the condition soon deteriorated, and then died in the palace of the sand dunes (northeast of pingxiang, Hebei). Later, Li Si conspired with Zhao Gao to change the edict of Qin Shi Huang and support Hu Hai as emperor, while killing Hu Hai's brother Fu Su. Then the world was in chaos, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, and finally Chu and Han competed for dominance, and Liu Bang unified the world.
Second, Xiang Yu opposed Qin, crossed the Yellow River through the plains, and fought the famous Battle of Giant Deer with the Qin army
The Battle of the Giant Deer is Xiang Yu's classic battle in which the weak win the strong. In the second year of Qin II, after the Qin general Zhang Handan killed Xiang Liang, the leader of the Chu rebel army, he went north to attack the State of Zhao with the Qin general Wang Li, and the King of the State of Zhao asked the State of Chu for help, so the King of Chu sent Song Yi and Xiang Yu to save Zhao, during which Song Yi was killed by Xiang Yu for being a wall watcher, and then crossed the Yellow River in the plains to save Zhao, and reached Zhangshui (the Yellow River), so he broke the cauldron and sank the boat, and fought with the Qin army to the death, and finally won more with less, thus laying the foundation for Xiang Yu's position in the anti-Qin rebel army. It became the most powerful rebel army at that time, and its power was stronger than Liu Bang.
Here's the question, why did Xiang Yu cross the Yellow River across the Plains at that time? Instead of crossing the Yellow River directly to save Zhao in Baimajin? Because at that time, if you cross baimajin to the north, directly facing the Qin Zhang handan army south of Julu City, with the number of tens of thousands of Xiang Yu troops at that time, directly fought against Zhang Handan's 200,000 troops, it was tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, the odds of victory were very small, but Xiang Yu was definitely a military wizard, the soldiers were not tired, they were not prepared to attack them unexpectedly, and Xiang Yu was also very proficient. The Troops of the Chu Army in Anyang did not move and waited in a strict position, while Xiang Yu crossed the river from the plains in the east that belonged to the border of the State of Qi, where there was no Qin army guarding, and after crossing the river, the gods unknowingly arrived at julu City, which showed that Xiang Yu's wise move when he crossed the Yellow River in the plains of Jin, and also achieved the classic battle of "The Battle of julu", which is known to the world with fewer victories and more victories.
3. Han Xin attacked Qidu Plain, went south to Licheng (present-day Jinan), and took Linzi in the east, threatening Liu Bang to seal the King of Qi and lay the disaster of killing himself.
Han Xin led his troops to attack Qi in the east, but he had not yet reached the crossing of the Yellow River in the plains of Jin, and he heard that Li Zhiqi had persuaded Qi to return to Han by relying on his tongue. Han Xin originally wanted to return to the capital, but Fan Yang's debater Pu Tong advised Han Xin: "The general was ordered to attack the State of Qi, and the King of Han only sent a secret envoy to persuade the State of Qi to submit, is there an edict telling you to stop the attack?" Moreover, Li Sheng was just a lobbyist, with three inches of tongue to surrender more than seventy cities in the State of Qi, the general commanded tens of thousands of horses, and it took more than a year to capture more than fifty cities in Zhao, is a general not as good as a Confucian? So Han Xin listened to Pu Tong's words and led his troops across the river to attack Qi. At this time, the State of Qi had already decided to surrender to Han, and the guard against the Han army was relaxed, and Han Xin took the opportunity to attack the army stationed under qi, all the way to Linzi, and finally occupied Qidi. After Han Xin captured Qidi, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang did not open the glue, and Liu Bang was at a disadvantage, at this time Han Xin asked to be crowned king of Qi, in fact, there was a threat, Liu Bang was very angry at the time, but afraid that Han Xin fell to Xiang Yu, which was not good for himself, so he was forced to seal Han Xin as the King of Qi, which also laid the groundwork for Han Xin to be killed later, and was eventually killed by Lü Hou.