In the history of China, there was a general who had excellent military talent, and at the same time, his military achievements were so great that even Zhuge Liang was very admired, so who was he? How powerful is that? Today we will talk about this famous general of the Warring States.
Le Yi, a military warrior of the Warring States period, Zhongshan Lingshouren, was a descendant of the general Le Yang, who once led an army to attack Zhongshan Kingdom, and was sealed in Lingshou for his military achievements, and since then, the descendants of the Le clan have stayed here, and later, the situation is turbulent, and zhongshan kingdom is destroyed by King Wuling of Zhao.
Therefore, Le Yi became a Zhao guoren, in history, Le Yang is very famous, can be said to be a generation of famous generals, the entire Le family was famous at that time, Le Yi gradually grew up in such a family.
Le Yi
Influenced by his family and genetic reasons, Le Yi was intelligent and studious since childhood, especially fond of the art of war, when he grew up, a friend suggested that he go out to become an official, just at this time the King of Zhao Wuling reigned, with The hu costume riding and shooting made the national strength of the Zhao state greatly improved.
As a result, Le Yi also wanted to become an official, but just as he was preparing to become an official, the situation in the State of Zhao was turbulent, and King Huiwen of Zhao and Prince Zhang competed for power, and Prince Zhang was defeated and died.
Subsequently, King Huiwen of Zhao starved King Wuling of Zhao to death in the sand dunes, which is the famous change in the sand dunes in history, and after Le Yi witnessed this tragedy with his own eyes, coupled with civil unrest, the national strength of the Zhao state was obviously weakened.
In desperation, Le Yi was discouraged and left the Zhao state, after which he went to the grass-roots level of the Wei state to become an official.
Happy battle
With the continuous turmoil of the situation, the Yan state because of the power struggle in the civil unrest, the side of the Qi state saw the situation, thought, why not take this opportunity to make a big profit? Therefore, the King of Qi sent Kuang Zhang to the State of Yan to destroy the Temple of the State of Yan, thus seizing the treasures and heavy weapons of the State of Yan.
After this toss, the State of Yan became devastated from then on, and after King Yan Zhao succeeded to the throne, he still hated the practices of the State of Qi in his heart, and in his heart he was determined to avenge the country, so how to take revenge?
First of all, he ordered his subordinates to establish a golden platform to recruit good generals from the whole society.
At this time, Le Yi, who was an official in the State of Wei, was ordered to send an envoy to the State of Yan, and after talking with Le Yi for a long time, King Yan Zhao, after talking to him for a long time, greatly appreciated him and wanted to include him under his command.
After repeated persuasion by King Zhao of Yan, Finally Le Yi had some heart, and from then on he entered the State of Yan and was given the title of Yaqing, a position that, although it had no actual function, was the closest official position to the monarch.
In the blink of an eye, in the middle of the Warring States period, King Yan Zhao was ready to use Le Yi as Yaqing to carry out reforms to change the law, first of all, to rectify the law and strengthen the assessment and censorship system of officials.
Le Yi Vaqi
Second, it is necessary to determine the principle of appointing officials according to their abilities, focusing on merit and official titles, and preventing them from being promoted to knighthoods because of their relationships, and once again, the whole country, whether officials or the people, must abide by the law.
Finally, militarily, it is necessary to train soldiers in discipline and tactics, so as to improve the military strength of the Yan state.
After 28 years of hard work, King Yan Zhao, with the assistance of Le Yi, greatly improved his national strength, at this time, a hatred that ran through the hearts of the people of the entire Yan country was raised again, that is, to avenge the country and settle accounts with the state of Qi.
At this time, the State of Qi, due to the continuous cutting of Chu, attacking Qin, and Attacking Wei for many years, had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the world, coupled with the perennial conquest, the State of Qi was already worried about internal and external troubles at this time.
This must be the best time for revenge for the Yan Kingdom, so King Yan Zhao, together with Le Yi, discussed strategies and prepared for a disgrace.
At this time, Le Yi felt that the camel of sushi was bigger than the horse, so it could not be taken lightly, the strength of the State of Qi should not be underestimated, and if he wanted to destroy Qi, he must be able to join forces, so he wrote to King Yan Zhao, and King Yan Zhao also agreed very much, when even if Le Yi sent an envoy to the State of Zhao and allied with the State of Zhao.
At the same time, they also sent other special personnel to the Chu state, the State of Wei and other places to discuss, the result was naturally not what Le Yi expected, and the other countries were very happy to hear that they were going to attack the State of Qi together, and they agreed on the spot.
In this way, Le Yi attacked the State of Qi as the commander of the five kingdoms of Zhao, Chu, Han, Wei, and Yan, and took advantage of the policy of encirclement and non-attack to implement policies such as tax reduction and exemption for the already occupied areas of the State of Qi, so as to win the hearts and minds of the people, thus gradually disintegrating the State of Qi.
Seeing that the State of Qi was about to perish, at this time, Tian Shan went out on a campaign and fought with Le Yi for five years, but at this moment, King Yan Zhao died of illness, which was simply a thunderbolt for Le Yi.
Statue of Le Yi
Soon, King Hui of Yan succeeded to the throne, this person was very dissatisfied with Le Yi when he was crown prince, and when Tian Shan learned of it, he took advantage of this to implement a counter-plan, and in desperation, Le Yi was expelled from the Yan kingdom by King Hui of Yan.
After returning to the Zhao Kingdom and making a wish for the kings, after Le Yi left, King Hui of Yan sent a horse robber to take Le Yi's place, but this riding ability was extremely weak, and he soon fell into Tian Dan's plan.
In this way, some of the land that the State of Yan had once conquered was taken back by the State of Qi in turn, and the robbery was also killed on the battlefield, at this time, King Hui of Yan felt remorse, regretting that he had driven Le Yi out of the State of Yan, but in any case, it was too late.
Such a strong general was thus destroyed by the Emperor of Yan, and later, Le Yi wrote an article entitled "The Book of The King of Yanhui", which angrily denounced the faults of the King of Yanhui and expressed his lament for his failure.
Zhuge Liang, Sima Qian, and others praised the article many times, believing that Le Yi was a loyal and extremely wise general, who once regarded him as his idol, and after that, Le Yi was also relieved and ran between Yan zhao.