Chapter 51: The Destruction of the Zhongshan Kingdom
Zhang Yi, a lobbyist of the Qin State, deceived the King of Chu Huai and asked him to cut off the Qi State in exchange for the Qin State ceding 600 li of Shang Yu, and to separate the Qi State and the Chu State, which was the biggest threat to the Qin State at that time. After severing diplomatic relations with the State of Qi, Zhang Yi called it Liulidi. Enraged, King Huai launched a large army to attack the Qin state, and the Qin army led by the Qin army and the Han army defeated the army of Jingcui of the Chu state at Yongshi, and then joined up with the forces of Wei Zhang of the Han Dynasty. The combined forces of Qin and Han fought with the Chu army in Danyang, and the Chu army was beheaded 80,000, and more than 70 generals including the Chu general Qu Kuo were captured. The Qin army set up Hanzhong County in the land of Hanzhong in the state of Chu for 600 miles. King Huai of Chu was furious, mobilized the whole army to attack, and fought the Qin army in Lantian, and the Qin army won again.
King Wu of Qin sent Prime Minister Gan Mao to Wei to meet to attack Yiyang in South Korea, and Wei complied with the agreement, and King Wu of Qin personally greeted Gan Mao. Gan Mao thought that Yiyang was an important place in Korea, and there were heavy troops stationed, and the road was difficult and remote, and it was difficult to capture, so he advised King Wu of Qin not to attack. King Wu did not listen, so he made an alliance with Gan Mao, agreeing that King Wu was determined to fully support Gan Mao and would not withdraw halfway.
King Wu then ordered Gan Mao and Shu Changfeng to lead the Qin army to attack Yiyang. After five months of attack, the Qin army was still unable to break through, and Lizi and Gongsun Zheng really attacked Gan Mao to attack King Wu with Yiyang not coming, and King Wu immediately summoned Gan Mao to plan to retreat. Gan Mao asked the King of Qin with the "Alliance of the Soil", persuaded King Wu of Qin to reinforce Gan Mao, and finally defeated the Han army, beheaded 60,000, and captured Yiyang. Then, the Qin army crossed the Yellow River to capture Wusui and garrisoned the city. King Han Xiang was afraid, so that Xiangguo Gongzhong held the treasure extravagantly and entered Qin to beg for peace. King Wu of Qin was overjoyed to grant his request. Then he ordered Gan Mao's class teacher to stay in Shou Xuan to Fu Yiyang place.
King Wuling of Zhao went to the border for a field investigation, arrived at Jiumen, built a wild platform, and observed the border situation between Qi and Zhongshan. and sent Li Jian to observe the national conditions of Zhongshan. Li Wei reported, "Zhongshan can be cut down, Jun is not urgent, and it will be followed by Yan." After listening to Li Yan's report, King Wuling of Zhao summoned Feiyi to discuss the world's major affairs in the letter palace, and after discussing for five days, he went north to capture the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, and fought until the house, and Yan Kingdom took this opportunity to invade with an army. After defeating the Zhao army's attack on the house with all its strength and occupying Zhao's Shanyi, Zhongshan marched north to defeat the invading Yan army and kill its general.
After the defeat of the house, King Wuling of Zhao went to reach the country of Dai, traveled north to Infinity, traveled west to the Yellow River, climbed Huanghua Mountain, and said, "Hudi, Zhongshan, I must have it." "The reform of Hu Fu cavalry and archery, that is, teaching the people to wear Hu costumes and practicing horse archery to enrich the country and strengthen the army, was supported by some powerful ministers such as Lou Xuan and Fei Yi, but the Zhao nobles were opposed. After the patient and meticulous persuasion of King Zhao Wuling, they finally changed their minds and supported the reform.
King Wuling of Zhao captured the land of Zhongshan, and the army arrived at Ningjia; Attacking the land of Linhu to the west, the army reached Yuzhong, and the king of Linhu offered his horse to sue for peace. In order to prevent the intervention of other countries, he sent the envoys Lou Yan to Qin, Qiu Ye to Korea, Wang Ben to Chu, Fuding to Wei, and Zhao Jue to Qi to carry out diplomatic activities.
King Wuling of Zhao attacked Zhongshan in a big way, and Zhao "attacked Zhongshan with 200,000 people, and the troops were divided into two routes. The South Route Army was led by King Wuling of Zhao, with Zhao Yuan leading the right army, Xu Jun leading the left army, and Zhao Zhang leading the central army, attacking the hinterland of Zhongshan Kingdom. The Northern Route Army consisted of a cavalry corps led by Niu Qian, and Zhao Xi led Hu and Dai soldiers and horses. Zhao He led his army to Shanxi County to harass the rear of the Zhongshan Kingdom. The army of the Northern Route met at Quyang and captured Danqiu, Huayang and the Fortress of the Owl. The southern route army led by King Wuling of Zhao won Shan, Shiyi, Fenglong, and Dongyuan. This time, Zhongshan lost more than one-third of its territory, and had no choice but to cede Siyi to sue for peace, and Zhao State was unable to control the hinterland of Zhongshan for a while, so he agreed to the request for peace, and after obtaining Siyi, he temporarily withdrew his troops and returned.
Zhongshan ceded Siyi to Zhao, and the state of peace with Zhao did not last long. , Zhao State attacked Zhongshan State again.
, Zhao State attacked Zhongshan State again, invaded Zhongshan Kingdom Turin Shou, and the King of Zhongshan fled to Qi State.
Zhao captured Fuliu, the eastern border of Zhongshan was all obtained by Zhao, and the border of Zhao advanced to the north to be adjacent to Yan and Daidi, and Zhongshan was almost destroyed, and the king of Zhongshan also died in Qi. Zhao consumed a lot of national strength due to years of war, and King Wuling of Zhao supported Shang Weizhong as a puppet in order to restore the country's civil strength.
Zhao abolished the monarch of Zhongshan and migrated the king of Zhongshan to Fushi, and the Zhongshan Kingdom, known as the "Land of a Thousand Vehicles", finally fell to the country.