After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, how did the Qin State dispose of the monarchs of the Six Kingdoms?
The record of qin's destruction of the Six Kingdoms was the last war of annexation of princes at the end of the Warring States period, and the earliest feudal unification war in Chinese history.
In the last years of the Warring States period, the increasingly powerful Qin state, under the leadership of the Qin king Yingzheng, from 230 BC to 221 BC, the Qin state spent 10 years to destroy the six kingdoms, ending the war and chaos that lasted for more than 500 years since the Spring and Autumn Warring States.
And the establishment of the first unified monarchy dynasty in Chinese history, the Qin King Yingzheng changed his name to emperor, and the famous Qin Shi Huang, The history of China has since turned a new page.
In 221 BC, Qin swept away the Six Kingdoms, unified the world, and Ascended to the Emperor's throne. So what happened to the princes of the Six Kingdoms who were destroyed, and what happened to their monarchs?
First of all, South Korea, the State of Qin first attacked the weakest South Korea, Han Wang'an, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately sacrificed Nanyang to seek peace.
In 230 BC, the State of Qin sent an army of 100,000 to attack Korea, with little resistance along the way, capturing Han Wang An and imprisoning him in Chengxian County.
Four years later, the old Korean generals launched a rebellion to help Han and destroy Qin, and the King of Qin was furious, and after quelling the rebellion, he beheaded the King of Han, and the demise of Korea marked the start of the largest war of annihilation since the Spring and Autumn Warring States.
The second is the State of Zhao, which was in the midst of a famine when the State of Qin attacked the State of Zhao in 228 BC. King Qian of Zhao sent the generals Li Mu and Sima Shang to lead an army against the Qin army.
The Qin general Wang Qi (王翦), using a counter-plot, had King Zhao kill Li Mi and Li Mu, and then deposed Sima Shang, causing the army to be distracted.
The Qin army took the opportunity to capture King Qian of Zhao and exiled him to a deep mountain where he was starved to death.
The third is the State of Wei, which and the State of Qin can be described as old enemies, and the State of Wei has been repeatedly beaten by the State of Qin.
In 225 BC, the State of Qin launched a major attack on the State of Wei and besieged the capital of the State of Wei, Daliang, and the King of Wei, Jia, vowed not to surrender, and insisted on leading troops to resist the Qin army.
Therefore, in order to attack the capital of the State of Wei as soon as possible, the State of Qin flooded the capital of the State of Wei with the water of the Yellow River, and the King of Wei, Jia, had no choice but to surrender, whether he was killed or not. It is not recorded in the history books, and it is estimated that he was killed.
The fourth is the Chu state. The State of Chu was the hardest bone to gnaw on among the Six Kingdoms. The State of Qin sent an army of 600,000 to the State of Chu.
The monarch of the State of Chu was defeated and captured, and was demoted to a commoner. Chu made Xiang Yan and others king of Chunping. Fighting the Qin army in Huainan, the Chu state was eventually defeated and Xiang Yan committed suicide.
The fifth is the Yan Kingdom. After the fall of the Zhao kingdom, the crown prince Dan of the State of Yan instructed Jing Ke to stab the King of Qin, but he did not expect to fail, and the King of Qin was furious and sent an army to attack the State of Yan, in order to protect the State of Yan from being destroyed, the King of Yan sacrificed the head of Prince Dan to the State of Qin, in order to ask for peace with the State of Qin.
Six years later, after the State of Qin destroyed the State of Chu, it immediately sent troops to attack the State of Yan, and the King of Yan was captured alive by the Qin army, and later the King of Yan was also missing.
The last one was the State of Qi, when the other five kingdoms were attacked, the King of Qi ignored the military reports sent by other countries for help, in order to ask the King of Qin for peace, after the fall of the Yan State, the Qin army went south, and the King of Qi surrendered without a fight.
Subsequently, king Qi was exiled to his land by the king of Qin, without giving food, resulting in starvation alive.
Some of the monarchs of the Six Kingdoms were killed, some were starved to death, and some were lost, which all varied from person to person, such as Korea, Wei, and other weak monarchs were killed. And the Zhao state, the state of Qi, these big powers did not dare to kill them directly, but through exile, they starved them to death.
In short, their fate is very tragic, after all, they are the kings of the country.