Why did Wu Qi, the warrior Yasheng, end up hating in the end? Let's take a look at his legendary life!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > kill wives and ask for generals</h1>
When Wu Qi was in the state of Lu, the Qi people attacked the state of Lu, and the state of Lu planned to make Wu Qi a general. But Wu Qi's wife at that time was a Qi national, and the Lu people could not believe Wu Qi. So Wu Qi killed his wife, saying that he had no relationship with the State of Qi.
In the end, Wu Qi was appointed as a general by the State of Lu and led an army to defeat the State of Qi.
Although Wu Qi made great military achievements, due to his killing of his wife and generals, he was ostracized by the courtiers of the State of Lu and could not gain a foothold in the temple of the State of Lu.
And Wu Qi's act of killing his wife and asking for generals in the country of Lu had a great impact on his reputation and became an indelible stain.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > Wei Guo bai general</h1>
Wu Qi, who was forced to leave the state of Lu, heard that the king of the state of Wei (Marquis Wen of Wei) was thirsty for talents, so he came to the state of Wei. Wei Wenhou also heard that Wu Qi had great talent, so he summoned Wu Qi.
Wu Qi knew that Wei Wenhou admired Confucianism, so he deliberately put on Confucian clothes in order to gain Wei Wenhou's favor. However, Wei Wenhou did not appreciate his face, because he knew that although Wu Qi had great talent, he lacked private morality.
Wu Qi came from a good academic background and once worshiped under Zeng Zi. However, after his mother's death, Wu Qi did not follow confucian rules to keep filial piety for his mother. Zeng Zi was very angry when he heard about it, and expelled Wu Qi, who also became a traitor to Confucianism.
Therefore, Wei Wenhou's Attitude of Wu Qi was not very good, and he deliberately said: "I myself do not like war. ”
Wu Qi replied, "Now that the State of Wei is building all kinds of weapons and chariots, why is that?"
I have heard that the Chengsang clan only cultivates Wende and does not practice martial arts; there are Hu clans, who only engage in martial arts and do not cultivate Wende. In the end, all the countries perished. If you want to accomplish the grand cause of the Wei kingdom, you should cultivate Wende internally and attack and armed forces from the outside. Wende has Mr. Li Wu, what about martial arts? It is also necessary to have a leader to command soldiers and chariots into a unified force to fight. ”
Wei Wenhou recognized Wu Qi, and in order to show the importance he attached to Wu Qi, he hosted a banquet at the Ancestral Temple and made him a general to fully preside over the defense of Hexi.
In the early Warring States period, the status of the State of Wei was very delicate. The State of Wei controlled the fertile wilderness of the Central Plains, and the surrounding princes were all eyeing the tiger, especially the ambition of the Qin State in the west to enter the east to dominate.
The land of Hexi was the primary goal of the Qin state's eastward expansion, and at that time, Hexi was suitable for farming and grazing, and it was an important resource production place. The land of Hexi was a strategic buffer zone for the State of Wei. If the Wei state's hegemony in the east goes well, it can threaten the qin state.
For the Qin state, the land of Hexi is more about the place of survival. If the State of Wei occupied the land of Hexi, it could easily cross the Luoshui River and directly approach the hinterland of the State of Qin, and the possibility of the development of the State of Qin to the east could be reached. The land of Hexi was an important state of inequality between the two countries, which led to frequent wars between the two countries.
Wu Qi led the Wei army to occupy all of Hexi in two years, and the Qin state was forced to retreat to Luoshui.
Hexi's carelessness aroused the anger of the whole Qin state, and Qin Huigong was even more angry. Then Qin Huigong accumulated strength for many years, mobilized 500,000 troops, and tried to take Hexi in one fell swoop.
While Defending the Qin Army in the land of Hexi, Wu Qi actually trained the first heavily armored infantry in Chinese history, Wei Wu pawns. When 500,000 Qin troops, known for their bloodlust and brutality, attacked the land of Hexi, Wu Qi had only 50,000 Wei Wu pawns who had not made meritorious contributions.
In the harsh situation of 50,000 against 500,000, Wu Qi did not fear at all, and led 50,000 Wei Wu pawns out of the city to fight.
Qin Huigong saw this and ordered a fierce attack. The Qin and Wei armies fought, but the result was that the Qin army, which had always been crazy and belligerent, was gradually defeated, while Wei Wupao was sharp. Half a million Qin troops fell into panic and retreated one after another.
In the end, Wu Qi led 50,000 Wei Wu pawns to defeat 500,000 Qin troops, creating a myth. After the defeat of Qin Huigong, the State of Qin was in a state of collapse and did not dare to march east for nearly 20 years.
Wu Qi became famous after the Battle of Hexi, leading Wei Wushu to fight against the various countries 72 times, winning 64 games, and the rest were not won or lost. For a time, when the nations talked about Wei, they all trembled, and achieved the hegemony of the Wei state.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > died tragically in the Chu state</h1>
However, in the end, it was difficult to escape the fate of the lord of the high glory, and the new monarch of the State of Wei (Marquis Wu of Wei) was worried that Wu Qi would sit on the throne, and the important ministers of the court continued to criticize Wu Qi.
In 383 BC, Wu Qi left the State of Wei. Later, Wu Qi was worshipped by the King of Chu and presided over the change of law in the Chu State, and the Chu State was thus strong. However, Wu Qi's change of law violated the interests of the old nobles and laid the foundation for himself.
When the State of Wei attacked the State of Zhao, the State of Chu sent troops to aid and fought with the Wei army in western Zhou. With the help of the offensive of the State of Chu, the State of Zhao attacked Zhipu with fire and conquered Huangcheng. In the end, Chu and Zhao defeated the Wei army, and the princes feared the Chu state thereafter.
Unfortunately, King Mo of Chu, who supported Wu Qi's change of law, died, and Wu Qi went to the funeral center and was shot with an arrow by the nobles of the Chu state.
Wu Qi said angrily, "I want you to see how I use soldiers." ”
Wu Qi pulled out an arrow and inserted it into the corpse of King Chu And shouted, "The courtiers are rebelling and plotting to kill my king." ”
While shooting Wu Qi, the nobles also shot the corpse of King Chu Mourning, and according to the laws of the Chu State, those who put weapons on the king's corpse were to exterminate the three tribes. Therefore, king Su of Chu, who was on the throne, ordered that all those who shot the corpse of King Chu Mo be executed, and more than seventy people were implicated and exterminated.
Wu Qi's body was also punished with car splitting and dismemberment, and the chu state's change of law also failed.
Although Wu Qi has great talent, but his private morality is lacking, perhaps this is the reason why he is in a different place!