Please note that the creation of each dynasty in history, in addition to a wise and wise leader, there must be a group of famous generals who can fight and resist. As the Founding Emperor Qin Shi Huang, his subordinates were also famous generals like clouds, with ten famous generals.
What is strange is that in the 15 years from the establishment of the Qin Dynasty to its demise, the famous generals under the First Emperor have disappeared. When Xiang Yu and Liu Bang rose, only the second-rate warrior Zhang Handan struggled to support him to the end. Doesn't it mean that Qin Shi Huang did not kill heroes? Since they weren't killed, where did these famous generals go?
Top 10 players
The ten famous generals of the First Emperor can be roughly divided into three categories: military experts, top-level generals, and fierce generals.
There were two warriors in the category of military experts, one was Wang Qi and the other was Yang Duanhe. Although from the perspective of battle achievements, Yang Duanhe does not seem to have as many wang qi as Wang, Yang Duanhe was undefeated in his life, and won by an overwhelming margin in the contest with the two powerful powers of Wei and Zhao, so it is indeed not too much to say that he is a military expert.
However, his personality seems to be incompatible with the First Emperor, so his deeds are not much. But this did not prevent the worship of him in later generations.
Of course, Wang Qi is not bad, he has loved the military since he was a child, in the military operation of Qin to destroy the six kingdoms, he single-handedly destroyed three countries, and shun also swept away the three Jins, it is no wonder that the history books evaluate him as the greatest hero of the Qin Dynasty.
Among the top generals are Meng Tian, Li Xin and Nei Shi Teng.
Meng Tian is well known to everyone, he is the son of the famous general Meng Wu, who followed his father in the southern conquest of the northern war in his early years and helped the First Emperor to defeat the Six Kingdoms. After the establishment of the state, he led troops against the Huns many times. The usually arrogant Xiongnu were beaten around by him, and even the Xiongnu regarded him as the "first warrior of China".
Li Xin may be relatively unfamiliar to everyone, because he originally followed Wang Qi, and his light was covered by Wang Qi. However, he assisted Wang Qi in attacking the State of Zhao, and then single-handedly destroyed the State of Yan. Although he was later defeated by the famous Chu general Xiang Yan, the fault was not on him, but on the traitor who stabbed him in the back, otherwise the two strong men would meet, and it was really uncertain who would win or lose.
Nei Shi Teng was also a top warrior, and although the Korea he destroyed was a small country, he was also the first to succeed when he destroyed the Chu state later. Because of his excellent management ability, the Qin Dynasty had no worries about logistical support when attacking the Chu state. As a military general, being able to fight a war can not explain anything, but it can also govern civil affairs, which is very powerful.
There were 5 of the fierce generals, Meng Wu, Meng Yi, Wang Ben, Xin Sheng, and Wang Li.
Among the 5 people, Meng Wu and Meng Yi, as well as Wang Ben and Wang Li, were father and son, and Xin Sheng was a famous general of the same era as Wang Qi, who performed prominently in the battle against Yan. Although their abilities and achievements are not as good as the previous 5, there are many brilliant places when Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms.
So follow up with the above question, in the 15 years before and after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, where did so many famous generals go?
Where will the celebrities go
For the whereabouts of these famous players, in fact, they can also be divided into three categories.
The first is the death, which is clearly recorded in history of 4 people, namely Wang Qi, Wang Ben, Li Xin and Nei Shi Teng.
According to historical records, the three famous generals Yang Duanhe, Xin Sheng, and Meng Wu did not explain the follow-up situation.
As mentioned earlier, Yang Ruihe's temper stinks, so he may have two ends, either he was killed or resigned and returned to his hometown. As for the other two, it is really difficult to judge, especially Meng Wu, whose two sons have been serving as officials in the court, and it is unlikely that they will return to their hometown or be killed, so he may have died of illness.
The third is the killing, which is clearly recorded in history as 2 killed and another suspected to have been killed. Among them, the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi were killed by Qin II. After Wang Li failed to fight Xiang Yu, he had no follow-up, and it is believed that he was also killed.
Zhang Handan's bitterness
After comparing historical records and analyzing layers of layers, we find that when Xiang Yu and Liu Bang rose, only Wang Li was left of the ten major generals of the Qin Dynasty. Unfortunately, after his defeat, he did not know where to go, and in the end, only the second-rate warlord Zhang Handan was left to support him bitterly.
Although we understand the original principles before and after, when the world evaluates Zhang Handan as the last general of the Qin Dynasty, do you taste the deep meaning of it? Is it sarcasm or sympathy? I believe it is not, in fact, the subtext of this sentence is regret and despair.
The famous generals who have died and are unknown do not say anything, let alone Meng Tian and Meng Yi, but if they do not die, the Qin Dynasty will not be easily defeated. Just by virtue of the skills they learned when they followed their fathers in the conquest of the Six Kingdoms, as well as the skills honed in the fight against the Xiongnu, plus generals such as Wang Li and Zhang Handan, it was enough to defend Great Qin.
However, all the burdens suddenly fell on Zhang Handan's shoulders, he was running east and west, tired of coping, and the pain of being difficult to bear alone, I believe that only he understood.
Reference: Chronicle of History
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