Wen | Flying Fish says history
The kings of the Six Kingdoms were not enough to save the weak Zhao, and the only prince could have two retreats to strong Qin. --Xu Shichang, late Qing Dynasty
At the end of the Warring States period, the Qin state was the strongest, the princes were weak, and the unification of China had become the trend of the times.
The heavy responsibility of ending the Warring States era of more than two hundred years of war and strife naturally fell on the body of the strongest princely state, the Qin State, and even though the thorns were dense in this process, the strong Qin of the Sixth Dynasty of Fenliu also had the strength to cut through thorns.
At this time, although the Six Kingdoms of Shandong had already declined, they were still like worms with hundreds of feet, dead but not stiff.
In the face of the strong Qin dynasty, the princes of Shandong wanted to resist, and there was only a way to form an alliance and a longitudinal road, but the six kingdoms with ghost fetuses could not really twist into a rope that could not be stripped, and it was only a matter of time before the Qin state broke through the six kingdoms.
However, there was an accident, and this accident brought the princes of Shandong back together.
What caused this unexpected appearance was a war and a man, this war was the Battle of Handan in which Qin attacked Zhao, and this person was the famous Wei Guoxin Lingjun Wei Wujie.
So the question is, why is the most prestigious of the four princes? It was because he had defeated Qin twice and beaten it back to Kansai, of course, it was not only that.
With his own strength to save Zhao to save Wei and defeat Strong Qin twice, and postpone the pace of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, this prince is a bit fierce, we will take a look at the two wars about Xin Lingjun's defeat of Strong Qin.
<h1>Xin Lingjun relieved the danger of the Zhao state and defeated the Qin army in Hedong. </h1>
In 259 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin ordered the Qin general Wang Ling to lead 200,000 Qin troops to attack the Zhao state of Handan, but the resistance of the Zhao state of Handan was extremely tenacious, the whole people hated the enemy, the Qin army besieged for seventeen months and could not be captured, the King of Qin was bound to win against Handan, and sent an additional 100,000 troops to Wang Ling, but the Qin army was still unable to capture Handan, on the contrary, it also suffered heavy losses.
In the face of Bai Qi's illness, the King of Qin ordered Wang Yi to replace Wang Ling as a general and continue to besiege Handan, but it was still impossible to fight, the time had reached 257 BC, Handan had no grain and grass, and it was only a matter of time before it was attacked by the Qin army, at this time, Xin Lingjun killed the Wei general Jin Yi and obtained the military power of the State of Wei and rushed to fight with the Chu army led by The Chu state Chun Shenjun and attacked the Qin army successively.
Zhao bing in Handan saw the reinforcements, and also went out of the city to cooperate with the Wei and Chu combined forces led by Xin Lingjun, attacking on both sides, making the Qin state unable to resist, thus defeating, the Qin general Wang Yi led the remnants of the army to retreat, Xin Lingjun commanded the coalition army to take advantage of the victory to pursue, all the way to the land of Hedong, here again defeated the Qin army, the Qin army could not resist, and retreated to Hexi.
At this juncture, Korea also joined the army of Hezhong, and under the command of Xin Lingjun, the Four-Nation Alliance army recovered the lost territory along the way, successively recovering Hedong County and Anyang In the State of Wei, Taiyuan County and Pi prison and Wu'an in the State of Zhao, and Shangdang County and Runan in South Korea.
In addition, it also besieged the 20,000 Qin troops led by the Qin general Zheng Anping, zheng Anping led the crowd to surrender to Zhao, it can be said that this battle is a strong Qin east, unprecedented defeat, of course, this is not the last, because ten years later, such a thing will happen again.
<h1>Xin Lingjun saved the Wei state from difficulties and retired qin soldiers to Kansai. </h1>
In 247 BC, after ten years of recuperation, the State of Qin recovered its vitality, at this time Xin Lingjun had been in the State of Zhao for ten years without returning to Wei, while the Emperor of Xinlingjun was still in the State of Zhao, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei in a big way, the State of Wei was in danger, and the incompetent King of Wei thought of the XinlingJun who could fight, but the Xinlingjun had always had concerns about the suspicion of the King of Wei, and the ambivalence of wanting to go and not wanting to go made the Xinlingjun very irritable.
However, when a person hesitates, there will always be someone who comes up with an idea, in the face of the contradiction of Xin Lingjun, Mao Gong and Xue Gong stand up, let Xin Lingjun realize greatly, and immediately leave for the State of Wei, the King of Wei saw his brother return, the two embraced and wept, and the King of Wei immediately appointed Xin Lingjun as the general of the State of Wei.
In the face of the strong offensive of the State of Qin, Xin Lingjun, in the name of the general of the State of Wei, sought support from the remaining princes, and the princes of various countries saw that the State of Wei was the commander of the Xin Lingjun and sent troops to rescue Wei.
With reinforcements, there is confidence, Xin Lingjun is no exception, under the command of Xin Lingjun, the Five-Nation Alliance and the Qin State fought fiercely south of the Yellow River, the result was a great defeat of the Qin army, the Qin general Meng Xiao was beaten and fled, the Five Kingdoms Alliance army once again took advantage of the victory to pursue, all the way to the Qin State Heavenly Danger Hangu Pass, so that the Qin State turtle shrunk in the Hangu Pass, did not dare to easily get out of the pass, Xin Lingjun from then on shocked the world ("History" record: Then take advantage of the victory to drive the Qin army to Hangu Pass, suppress the Qin soldiers, qin soldiers do not dare to come out. When it is, the prince is mighty in the world).
<h1>The State of Qin used its killer skills, and Xin Lingjun was defeated by the court. </h1>
With Xin Lingjun defeating Qiang Qin twice, qin guo understood that if he wanted to go east, he must first get rid of Xin Lingjun, how to get rid of it, Qin guo only used the tried and tested damage trick again, the divisive plan.
The State of Qin sent spies, and in the State of Wei, there was no news of the State of Wei in the eyes of the Xinling Jun, and there was no news of the King of Wei in the eyes of the people, and then in the territory of the State of Wei, the Xin Lingjun was pretending to celebrate that the King of Wei had taken the throne of the King of Wei, which made the King of Wei, who was already very jealous of this brother, more and more worried, after all, in the face of power, family affection, ability or merit had to stand on the sidelines.
In this way, Xin Lingjun was relieved of his military power by the King of Wei, and Xin Lingjun pulled up the banner of resistance against Qin with great difficulty, and after the loss of power of Xin Lingjun, it collapsed, and Xin Lingjun was also discouraged by the King of Wei and the State of Wei with this incident, and from then on, accompanied by wine to relieve his sorrows.
Excessive indulgence and torture of the heart like ashes made the Xinling Jun's prestige no longer, and finally four years later, the Xin Lingjun died, and the last figure of the Wei Kingdom who had the ability to sweep the waves did not die in the battlefield, but was defeated in the court, and died of wine, which made people sigh.
<h1>Flying Fish said:</h1>
Among the four princes, why is Xin Lingjun the most prestigious? Because he had defeated Qin twice and fought it back to Kansai, of course, this was only the military achievement of Xin Lingjun, and he was even more a gentleman in terms of "morality", compared with the other three princes of the Warring States to raise their own respect, and only Xin Lingjun Yangmen was not to arm himself, but to strengthen the Wei state.
Saving Zhao with his own strength to save Wei and defeat the two defeats of Qin, postponing the pace of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, this prince is a bit fierce, throughout the history of the Warring States, countless talented people among the princes of Shandong have all lost to the Qin State's divisive plan, Xin Lingjun is so, Lian Po is so, Li Mu is also the same, from this point of view, the Six Kingdoms of Shandong were not defeated by Qiang Qin, but lost to themselves.
So why is it that the relationship between the rulers and monarchs of the Six Kingdoms is so easy to be separated, but this separation between the qin rulers and the monarchs is rarely successful? This is because from the perspective of the kings of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, these powerful subjects will endanger their own rule and power, and the powerful ministers of the Qin State are only courtiers.
Although Xin Lingjun defeated Qiang Qin twice, this only delayed the life of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, and the decaying edifice inside was about to fall, which was a difficult thing to stop, even if a person's strength was strong, it could not support the collapse of the edifice of the Six Kingdoms.
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