The king of Zhou was named Ji Yan, and he was the last heavenly son of Eastern Zhou, after whom the Zhou Dynasty perished, and this was a king of the fallen kingdom. He reigned for a particularly long time, from 315-256 BC to 256 BC, a total of 59 years, I really don't know how he spent these 59 years.
King zhao of Zhou
Since he took the throne, the Warring States have entered a stage of white-hot competition, and the major powers have begun to exert their forces one after another, conflicts have continued, and wars have been raging. Every day, the King of Zhou Zhao received news of the princes fighting each other, sometimes rejoicing and sometimes worrying. And the Zhou royal family just happened to be in the center of the world, in today's words, there are often cannonballs accidentally falling near Zhou Tianzi's royal city. King Zhou Zhao would sleep worried that maybe one day the princes would rush in with an army, and he could live for decades in such a day, and he really admired his perseverance.
Although King Zhou was under the control of Korea, what he feared most was the State of Qin. Because with the continuous eastward advance of the Qin State, they all hit his feet, and even Korea was afraid of the Qin State, let alone the King of Zhou Zhao?
The situation in Eastern Zhou when King Zhao of Zhou ascended the throne
However, king Zhao of Zhou had also calculated that as long as the Three Jins did not fall, the Qin State would not do anything to him. At this time, the State of Zhao was undergoing the reform of the powerful monarch Zhao Wuling King's "Hufu Riding and Shooting", so that the military strength of the State of Zhao reached a level sufficient to compete with the State of Qin. King Zhao of Zhou was safe for the time being.
The State of Qin was well aware of a truth: as long as the Three Jins joined forces, no prince could eat them alone. If they attacked the Three Jins in a hurry, they were bound to join forces, but if they ignored them, they would kill each other. The State of Qin then turned to attack the biggest opponent next to it, the State of Chu!
There are three opponents that the State of Qin fears the most: one, the Three Jins (which can only be counted as one together), the second, the State of Qi, and the third, the State of Chu. The State of Qi was far apart and temporarily posed no direct threat to the State of Qin; the Three Jin Dynasties were pregnant with ghost fetuses, and as long as they did not unite, they would not pose a threat to the State of Qin, and as long as they separated their relations, they could be broken up individually; only the State of Chu was the greatest rival of the State of Qin, and it was not only comparable in strength to the State of Qin, but also had no obvious defects. If the State of Qin wants to unify the world, the first thing to cross is the hurdle of the State of Chu.
So Qin Xiang Zhang Yi adopted a series of great power diplomacy to isolate the Chu state.
Zhang Yi
King Huai of Chu, the ruler of the State of Chu, seemed to have eaten Zhang Yi's ecstasy, was so dizzy that he couldn't tell who was a friend and who was an enemy, and finally fought with the State of Qi. This happened to hit the path of the State of Qin, and the State of Qin took the opportunity to unite with several other countries and attack the State of Chu, causing the State of Chu to become the target of a joint attack. This is how the Chu kingdom fell, even if they have more heroes and heroes, they are vulnerable in front of the joint column.
When King Huai of Chu reacted and was fooled by the State of Qin, he exerted the spirit of chivalry and went to the State of Qin alone to negotiate with Empress Xuan.com. As a result, he was arrested by Qi Bazi and placed under house arrest in the Qin state, and never returned to the Chu state. The State of Chu thus caused internal instability, and the Qin general Bai Qi took the opportunity to lead an army into the Chu capital, and the State of Chu was completely subdued.
"Si Meiren" version of King Huai of Chu
The State of Qin then turned around and attacked the Three Jins. The most powerful military force in the Three Jin Dynasties was the State of Zhao, and as long as the State of Zhao was taken over, Han and Wei would not attack themselves. Thus, the most tragic "Battle of Changping" in the Warring States occurred, because the zhao state was not as strong as the qin state, which led to the forced offensive, and finally was white up a big detour, cutting off the grain and grass, and the 400,000 Zhao army was completely destroyed.
Fortunately, in the next "Handan Defense War" in which the Qin army wanted to destroy the Zhao state, the combined forces of Wei and Chu intervened in time to save the Zhao state, otherwise the unification of the six countries of the Qin state would come faster!
Xin Lingjun stole the charm to save Zhao
After the State of Zhao was beaten down, the Three Jins could no longer contain the State of Qin, and the end of the King of Zhou finally arrived.
And the King of Zhou Zhao did not even need King Qin Zhaoxiang to do it himself, he went first, after his death, Eastern Zhou did not even establish a son of heaven, and Eastern Zhou ended in such a dismal end. After the death of King Zhao of Zhou, the two Pingwei states of Zhou Tianzi, the Western Zhou Kingdom and the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, were also unceremoniously destroyed by the State of Qin.
After the fall of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the pace of the unification of the Qin State was unstoppable!
(Continues tomorrow)
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