The most cattle master
The famous Mr. Oniguzi was a man of the early Warring States period at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and his apprentices included not only famous generals such as Sun Zhen and Pang Juan, but also diplomats such as Su Qin and Zhang Yi.
The six countries are worried
After the Shang martingale reform law, the Qin state gradually established a new landlord class regime, the productivity increased, and the economic and military strength was stronger than other countries. The six kingdoms of Shandong (east of Kunshan) saw that the Qin state was so powerful, and they were worried that the Qin state would rise too fast and be threatened.
Therefore, some strategists put forward the idea of jointly resisting Qin, which means that the six countries of Shandong will unite to resist the Qin state. Because these six countries were all east of the Qin state and geographically ran through the north and south, the representative figure who advocated this strategy and successfully lobbied the princes was Su Qin.
Su Qin hung the seal
Su Qin came from a humble background, and when he was young, he had lofty ambitions but did not do anything to support his family, and his family looked down on him. So he studied hard, studied every day until late at night, and left behind the story of the diligent study of the "cone thorn stock".
Su Qin's joint anti-Qin strategy was based on the following facts: the land of the central plains countries was five times larger than that of the Qin state, and the army was ten times larger than the Qin state, but each one of them cut off their own land to please the Qin state, so that they were broken by each one, which was tantamount to drinking and quenching thirst. Theoretically, the countries of the Central Plains should form an alliance, put aside their mutual grievances, and jointly deal with the Qin State, and the Qin State would not dare to invade the Six Kingdoms.
Su Qin successively went to Yan Zhao, Han, Wei Qichu and other six kingdoms, and with his three inches of incorruptible tongue, he elaborated to the monarchs of these six kingdoms his proposition of jointly conniving against Qin. The six vassal states were persuaded to sign a joint pact. So Su Qin hung the seal of the Six Kingdoms and became a figure of the storm for a while.
Here comes the anti-tunes
After the signing of the Six-Nation Alliance, the two sides fought several battles around Hangu Pass, and the Qin state did not take advantage. Since then, the State of Qin has not dared to spy on countries other than Hanguguan, and has maintained peace for more than ten years.
At the time when the strategy of combining and longitudinal resistance to Qin was popular. Su Qin's disciple Zhang Yi came out and sang the opposite tune, he advocated Lian Heng. He belonged to the pro-Qin faction. The strategy of continuous horizontal is as follows: no matter which country in the six countries, only by relying on the alliance between the Qin state and the Qin state to deal with other countries can they achieve a way of survival. Because the Qin state is in the west and the other six countries are in the east, the cooperation from east to west is called horizontal, so people call this proposition the strategy of continuous horizontal.
The success of the continuous horizontal
Zhang Yi's strategy of lianheng was valued by King Hui of Qin, who made him a Xiangguo and took charge of military and political power. Zhang Yi first used deceptive means to persuade the Chu state to break away from the Hezhong Alliance. He also continued to lobby among the six countries, provoking the relationship between the six countries, prompting them to fight with each other, and secretly cooperating with the Qin state.
Although the six countries are afraid of the Qin state, they can never forget their old grudges, only care about their own interests and immediate interests, and do not unite or cooperate at a critical moment, so they not only cannot do anything but oppose each other and give rise to many new contradictions. The State of Qin gradually broke through the six kingdoms one by one with the tactics of continuous horizontal and horizontal attacks, using the means of fighting and pulling, and attacking from afar and close attacks.
Historian evaluation
Later generations evaluated the representative figures of the Zongheng family: the words of one person are heavier than the treasures of the Nine Dings; the tongue of three inches is better than that of a million male masters. For Su Qin and Zhang Yi, Ma Qian of the Taishi Company once wrote in his "History": "These two people are really dangerous people! "Their every move is related to the safety of the princes and determines their diplomatic strategy."
If you combine it, Shandong laughs, and even if you cross it, the princes are afraid.
There are so many Warring States strategists
In the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, there were more and more "soldiers" at the lowest level of aristocratic society, who had no fiefdoms economically and were increasingly difficult to support themselves. They grew up in the aristocratic class and received a good cultural education. During the Warring States period, various schools of thought competed with each other, attracting a large number of intellectuals to participate in it. Countries have pursued the development of a strong country and urgently need all kinds of talents. As aristocrats, they are not dependent on the land, let alone to a certain monarch, they can come and go freely, and there are no barriers between countries.
Based on the above background and reasons, a group of people who have long been mobile among the princes have formed in society, who either preach their own ideas, or engage in diplomatic activities between the princes, or advise the monarch, or serve the secretary. For example, the four princes of the Warring States are good at raising soldiers, and the Qi State Mengjun has three thousand disciples.
Shang Martin, Fan Ju, Zhang Yi, Han Fei, and Li Si were all similar figures who served the Qin state successively.
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