Chapter 93: Self-destruction

After the war, Wang Qian, the general of the Qin State, stayed in Luoyang, and when he saw Meng Yi, who was a good swimmer, he was so angry that he almost gave him an old punch.

"Marshal, or rather, General Wang, you can't blame me for this. The king insisted on going his own way, and he had to divide his troops and march together. I have also made a statement, but the king has made up his mind. Besides, I see that you were against the division of troops at the beginning, and now that things have become a game, what can you do? Seeing this, Meng Yi naturally complained bitterly.

"Hey, it's a pity, the Qin army lost no less than 80,000 horses in this battle. Fortunately, Zhao also lost more than 40,000 horses, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain to the king. Qin General Wang Jian said with emotion.

"The king is a smart man, and this time he completely wants to try to defeat the famous general Li Mu and command indiscriminately. Who expected that Li Mu would make up his mind and then move, and the march and battle would not be carried out according to common sense at all. So he will only reprimand slightly. After all, he was also guilty. Meng Yi couldn't help but enlighten.

"Zhao Guofeiqi really lives up to his reputation, and he actually relied on flesh and blood to defeat the Qin army's array! The old man has been fighting for decades, and it is the first time he has seen such an enemy who is not afraid of death. Wang Qian, the general of the Qin State, couldn't help but praise, but it was a pity that he couldn't fight with all his strength this time, otherwise he would not have been defeated so easily.

"Don't worry, the cavalry of Zhao State has a total of 100,000 people, and after several battles, most of them are now killed and wounded. Although the cavalry of our Qin army is small, the infantry still has a big advantage. I guess that after this battle, Li Mu will definitely learn from Lian Po's sticking policy back then, and will not risk his life for his life again. After all, Zhao Guomin is small and can't stand the consumption. Meng Yi thought about it, and then pointed out that the gap between Qin and Zhao's strength was too big, and it could not be reversed in a few battles at all.

Before Qin launched an attack on Zhao, he relied on the strategy of Li Si and Wei Yi to provoke a war between Yan and Zhao with spies, and when Yan and Zhao started fighting, Qin began to attack Zhao under the pretext of aiding Yan to resist Zhao. The Qin army attacked Zhao from the west, northwest, and south, but focused its attack on the southern part of Zhao to trap the Zhao army in the dilemma of fighting on both sides and suffering from the enemy.

It's a pity that after Zhao Guo fled from Lian Po, a famous general like Li Mu appeared, and he defeated Qiang Qin several times in the Battle of Yi'an, the Battle of Fei, and the Battle of Fanwu, killing the Qin army and fleeing.

Don't think that the strong Qin army will not escape, the Qin army, which was defeated twice by Li Mu in the Battle of Fei and the Battle of Fanwu in the past, fled at a speed far more 'outstanding' than the army of the six countries in the Kwantung region! It's just that, normally speaking, the Qin army's strong attack power is enough to deal with most battles, and there are very few examples of being defeated and fleeing, which makes the world think that the Qin people are fearless! But I don't know that as long as I am human, I will have a sense of fear and blind obedience. When your own army collapses, no matter how strong the warrior is, he will lose the will to fight, and he will go with the flow and collapse for thousands of miles!

Han Huanhuiwang Han Ran was weak and bullied, and there was a precedent of ceding the party back then. In addition, they alienated Han Xiang Zhang Ping's father and son, Gongzi Han Fei, and the general Han Teng, but became close to Pingshan Marquis Han Chuang, Mo Cheng, You Ji and other traitorous ministers. After Han An, the son of King Han Huanhui, succeeded to the throne of King Han, instead of selecting talents and appointing talents, he listened to the slander of traitorous ministers such as Han Chuang, Mo Cheng, and You Ji, the Marquis of Pingshan, and wanted to murder Han Teng, the general who had offended him.

The Korean general Han Teng was originally from a Korean clan, and at first he did not support his son Han An to inherit the throne, because his son Han An was arrogant and lascivious, and he was a villain, but Han Huanhui, the king of Han Ran, liked this uncompetitive son the most. When Han An succeeded to the throne of King Han, he naturally wanted to kill the general Han Teng.

In 231 BC, there was civil strife in Korea, and Han An, the king of Han, planned to sacrifice the Nanyang region to curry favor with King Yingzheng of Qin, and by the way, with the help of Qin's army, he killed the clan general Han Teng.

The general Han Teng was not a vegetarian either, and seeing that Korea was hopeless, he immediately led his men and horses to submit to the Qin State.

In September of the same year, the King of Qin appointed Han Teng, a Korean general, as the defender of Nanyang. Han Teng issued a proclamation in Nanyang to calm the hearts of the people, strictly prevent illegal acts, and enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Han An, the king of Han, regarded the generals of the Zhu Kingdom as a confidant, but he didn't know that this hastened the country's demise.

The trouble of the henchman is a metaphor for the serious scourge hidden within. It also refers to the biggest hidden danger. Historical records record that in 484 B.C., Wu Wangfu was ready to send troops to attack the Qi State, and Goujian, the king of Yue, led all his courtiers to meet Wu Wang Lu with rich gifts, and Wu Wang and many officials were gifted, and there was a joy up and down, but Wu Zixu was afraid of Gou Jian's move. He believes that Gou Jian's behavior is nothing more than "raising Wu people". The implication is that Gou Jian is courteous on the surface, but he actually wants to slaughter Wu Guo. Wu Zixu thinks that sending troops to attack Qi has little effect, and the current Yue State is the henchman of Wu State. The husband didn't listen at all. Within a few years, the Yue State took advantage of the fact that Wu sent troops to attack Wu when it went north to attack the Jin State, and completely defeated the Wu State.

Han An, the king of Han, succeeded to the throne in 239 BC, when Korea was already the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms. He reigned for a total of nine years and was the last monarch of Korea. Han An, the king of Han, was both afraid and hated of the Qin State, afraid of the strength of the Qin State, and hated the arrogance of the Qin State. After the Qin army sent troops to attack Zhao, Han An, the king of Han, paid attention to the war between Qin and Zhao in this mood: he hoped that the Qin army would be defeated, but he was also worried that the Zhao army would be difficult to defeat the Qin army.

South Korea was originally the weakest of the three Jins. By the time of Han Ran, the king of Han, Han had already submitted to the Qin state. In the early years of Qin Shi Huang, the territory of Korea was further reduced, leaving only the capital Yangzhai and more than 10 small and medium-sized cities around it, which was basically a country that existed in name only. South Korea is the smallest of the Seven Nations, but it is the most important. It stifled Qin's path from Hangu to the east, and Qin wanted to destroy the six kingdoms, and must first destroy Han, thus forming a continuous war between Qin and Han, and after many blows by Qin, Han's land was shrinking day by day, and Han then expressed his willingness to Qin as a vassal.

Throughout the Warring States Seven Heroes, each country has a period of strength and prosperity. In the early Warring States period, Wei dominated the world; In the middle of the Warring States Period, the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Qin, and Chu were established; In the late Warring States period, Qin and Zhao competed for hegemony; Even the Yan Kingdom, which was not brilliant, was also strong for a while during the reign of King Yan Zhao, and its territory expanded for thousands of miles, and once the Qi Kingdom was almost destroyed. South Korea is the exception, for more than 200 years, the territory is the smallest, the weakest, even in the most powerful Li Kui reform period, only barely managed to protect the country.

But what is strange is that South Korea, which is the weakest, has the title of "Jinhan".

It is true that Korea is the weakest country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, but this is not its own problem, but is subject to natural geographical factors. It is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and is a veritable place of four wars during the Warring States Period, not to mention that it is surrounded by powerful countries, with Chu in the south, Zhao in the north, Qin in the east, and Wei and Qi in the west. Therefore, South Korea has always been unable to make a breakthrough in terms of territorial area, which is also the fundamental reason for South Korea's weakness, after all, in the era of cold weapons, territory and population are the most important resources.

Since it cannot expand outward, South Korea can only choose another path if it wants to be strong, that is, to strengthen the military merit system.

If you want to make your army strong, the most direct way is to optimize your weapons, one is the bow and the other is the sword.

"Historical Records" records, "The world's strongest bows and crossbows all come from Han." In this sentence, it can be seen that the praise of South Korea's military weapons of that era, its crossbow has a range of up to 800 meters, what is this concept? This precise craftsmanship was not better even in the later Three Kingdoms period.

For the advantages of the sword in Korea, it is recorded in the "Historical Records" that "the sword and halberd of the Han pawn are all from the ...... The land is cut off by cattle and horses, the water intercepts the birds and geese, and when the enemy is the enemy, he will cut the iron curtain, and he will be resolute. "What's more, South Korea has the largest iron mine in the Warring States period, Yiyang Iron Mountain, which is equipped with melee weapons that are feared by other countries. Although it is an exaggeration to sharpen iron like clay, its precision craftsmanship is the top technology among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

It is not unreasonable that South Korea, with its small population and only 200,000 armored soldiers, can enjoy the country for more than 200 years with these advantageous weapons.

Why did Qin destroy Korea first? There may be many reasons for this, but one of the main reasons is to seize South Korea's powerful military-industrial system. This may explain why Qin's military technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Only in this way can it be explained that South Korea's strength is obviously far weaker than Qin, but it can compete with it for nearly a hundred years. It's just a pity that the national strength is a hard wound, and despite the stubborn resistance, it was still eaten away by the Qin State step by step until it was completely destroyed.

If Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms and Chu was the most wronged, then South Korea was the most helpless, because it had already done everything it could and could not do anything.

A country with a small territory, an ethereal probability of a British lord, and likes to shoot itself in the foot, how much future can it have? For example: South Korea...

In fact, South Korea also has its fortunate place, after all, in the early Warring States period when there were many large and small countries, its comprehensive national strength has been hovering in seventh place... And the advantage of being at the top of the ranking is to avoid the tragedy of being prematurely annexed and annihilated by other powers...

However, its luck is also its misfortune! Because when small countries are wiped out and powerful countries begin to fall against each other, it can only bear the brunt and become cannon fodder...

Hegel once said: To be is to be reasonable. In fact, so is destruction. From the founding of Korea to its annihilation, there has hardly ever been a decent climax... In addition to those founding fathers, it seems that there are only one monarch and ministers who can handle it, Han Zhaohou and Shen Buxian, and the period of Han Zhaohou's reign is just a small spring in the middle of Korea's eventual demise.

That's all...

Of course, there is also a Han Fei, but this person is a good hand when he writes books, and if he really plays politics, it is estimated that he will not be much better...

Therefore, in a country with a small probability of the emergence of a Ming monarch, decline is inevitable, and destruction is even a matter of course...

Korea is located in the southwestern part of present-day Shanxi and part of northern Henan, and at that time, it was basically the middle of the world, and it was a place that extended in all directions... And if it is in peacetime, you can imagine the advantages that South Korea can take in trade...

But those were the war years! In the middle of the world, it means that strong enemies are around, and enemies are being attacked on all sides... What's worse is that South Korea has a small territory! It is precisely because of its small size that it does not have strong enough national strength to support the southern and northern wars, and to expand its territory...

And even if there were, there was no master who operated all this...

As a result, South Korea can only seek self-protection in this corner of safety. But it needs to be repeated that these are war years, and if you want to protect yourself, you have to ask your neighbors if they are okay...

The powerful state of Qin apparently said: Not good!

To be more precise, the "crossbow" is South Korea's sharp weapon, which is feared by all countries. The so-called strong bows and crossbows in the world are all from South Korea. According to records, South Korea's crossbows can shoot 800 meters away, "those who are far away cover the chest, and those who are close can pierce the heart."

As you can imagine, the pain of piercing the bones...

In addition to bows and crossbows, South Korea's swords are also extremely sharp, all of which are "broken by land and horses, and birds and geese by water", and "when the enemy is killed, the iron curtain is slashed"...

It can be seen that South Korea is not without fear... It's just that they haven't put it to good use in order to play its rightful role. Of course, in retrospect, a country's national fortunes cannot be carried by these bows, crossbows, swords, halberds alone...

Jung Kok Qu, this is a place that vividly embodies the ignorance and superficiality of South Korea...

The time dates back to 246 B.C., that is, the first year of King Yingzheng of Qin, the Korean high-level finally came up with a plan to "tired Qin" after hard thinking and meditation - to send the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo into Qin and offer suggestions to repair canals, so as to consume Qin's manpower and resources, thereby weakening Qin's army, and not to make Han...

I have to say that this strategy to survive is also this strategy that really deduces for us what it means: "lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot"!

When Zheng Guo was ordered to enter Qin, he wrote to the First Emperor to suggest that Jing water be diverted from the west and Luo water should be injected into the east to irrigate the plains north of Weishui, so as to develop Qin's agriculture. This suggestion was quickly adopted by the First Emperor, who ordered him to preside over the excavation works...

The project is huge, and after more than ten years, the canal is completed. But after the canal is completed, the water of silt is filled, more than 40,000 hectares of land are irrigated (1.1 million acres today), and the harvest is a minute (100 kilograms today), so Guanzhong is fertile, there is no fierce year, Qin is rich and strong, and the princes are born.

As a result, South Korea's plan did prolong Han Gou's life for several years, and more importantly, it opened up immortal achievements for Qin! Back to the fundamentals, it was the granary of the world, the 800-mile Qinchuan River, that accelerated the pace of Korea's demise...

Food is the foundation of a country, and if your own foundation is solid, the relative weakness of others will be and vice versa! Today, in addition to food, the economy is also the same, so can we be careless? Can you gamble?

South Korea's national capital, Xinzheng, Xiangguofu.

Han Xiang Zhang Ping was furious, kept walking around, and roared loudly: "How can Han Teng betray his master for glory, he is a Korean clan, how can he turn his back on his ancestors?" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Liang only shook his head and sighed, and said slowly: "The king is really too unwise. Even if you want to kill Han Teng, you have to wait for the military power to be recovered. Now all the elite soldiers in South Korea have been taken away by Han Teng. South Korea's demise is not far off. ”