Chapter 462: Why didn't Qi Guo kill Pang Juan

There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust.

King Wei Hui of Wei is a fucked man, only what he thinks, no one else thinks, and he is the only one in the world. Whoever obeys the other will gain a moment, but whoever opposes the other will die.

Those who follow him can only get temporary benefits, and sooner or later they will be planted in his hands. When he takes advantage of you, he treats you as a person. When you are not needed, turning your face is faster than turning a book, and your life may be lost in his hands.

People who came into contact with King Wei Hui for the first time and gained trust all thought that King Wei Hui could do his best, and they would do their best, and the rewards they received were also imaginable.

But! After a long time, you will find out that people are taking advantage of you. As soon as they find out that you have no use value, or that your wealth and power threaten him, they will immediately clean you up.

Only those who have followed King Wei Hui for a long time know: King Wei Hui is unreliable! He doesn't trust anyone and believes that you are only taking advantage of you temporarily.

He's not stupid, he's better than a ghost. When he uses you, you don't even notice it, and you are determined to do things for him. When he finds out that you have wealth and power, he will kill you. Take back all that He has given you.

Not only did you give him nothing, but you also lost your life.

Bai Gui is a good example of this, who once worked under King Wei Hui and did his best. Outcome! If you find out that Baekyu has a lot of power and is very popular with the people, and poses a threat to his regime, they will attack you.

Bai Gyu found out in time and was spared from death.

Since then, he has lived a life like a fugitive.

Therefore! Bai Gui wanted to engage King Wei Hui and overthrow the power of King Wei Hui.

After passing the news to Chu that the alliance between Wei and Korea was going to attack Chu, Bai Gui made a short stay in Chu. And then! Leave Chu and go to Qi via Wei and Song.

In 353 BC, Wei sent the general Pang Juan to lead troops to attack Zhao and besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao.

In the twenty-second year of Zhao Chenghou, the Wei army captured Handan. Zhao sent envoys to Qi and Chu for help.

The Qi army joined forces led by Song Jingdi and Weiguo Gongsun Cangsuo to besiege Xiangling of Wei, and the main force of the Wei army had broken through Handan, the capital of Zhao.

King Xuan of Chu also sent the general Jing She to lead troops to rescue Zhao and seize the land between Suishui and Lishui of Wei.

King Qi Wei convened his ministers to discuss, Zou Ji opposed the rescue, while Duan Ganpeng suggested that King Qi Wei divide his troops all the way south to attack Xiangling to fatigue the Wei army, and then take advantage of the Wei army to rescue Zhao after breaking through Handan, which not only rescued Zhao, but also weakened Wei and Zhao at the same time.

King Qi Wei adopted Duan Ganpeng's suggestion and divided his troops into two routes: one way to join up with the troops led by Song Jingdi and Weiguo Gongsun Cangsuo, and besiege Xiangling of Wei. One route was led by Tian Ji and Sun Bin to rescue Zhao Guo.

At this time, the main force of the Wei army had broken through Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and Pang Juan led an army of 80,000 to reach Stubble Hill, and then attacked Weiguo.

On the Qi side, Tian Ji and Sun Bin led an army of 80,000 to the border areas of Qi and Wei. Tian Ji wanted to engage the main force of the Wei army directly, but was stopped by Sun Bin. Sun Bin believed that Wei had been attacking Zhao for a long time, the main force was consumed outside, the old and weak were exhausted inside, and the domestic defense was empty, so he should adopt the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, encircling Wei to save Zhao, and smashing the capital of Wei to force Wei to withdraw its troops. As soon as Wei withdrew its troops, Zhao was naturally saved.

Sun Bin suggested that Tian Ji go south to feint an attack on Pingling of Wei, because although the city of Pingling was small, the area under its jurisdiction was large, the population was large, and the army was very strong, and it was a strategic place in the area east of Daliang, the capital of Wei, and it was difficult to conquer; Pingling south is the Song State, north is the Wei State, on the way to the march through the city hills, easy to be cut off the grain route, feints here can be a good confuse of the Wei army, causing Pang Juan to have the illusion that the commander of the Qi army is incompetent.

Tian Ji adopted Sun Bin's strategy and marched to Pingling.

When approaching Pingling, Sun Bin suggested to Tian Ji that the Du Dafu of Linzi and Gaotang should lead the army to attack Pingling directly to attract the main force of the Wei army. Really! The two Qi armies attacking Pingling were defeated.

Sun Bin asked Tian Ji to send a lightly armed chariot to the outskirts of Daliang, the capital of Wei, angering Pang Juan and forcing him to lead his army back to help; On the one hand, Tian Ji sent a small number of troops to pretend to engage Pang Juan's troops, pretending to show weakness to make him underestimate the enemy.

Tian Ji complied with Sun Bin's request one by one, and Pang Juan really threw away his baggage, and marched lightly to rescue Daliang day and night. Sun Bin led the main force to set up an ambush in Guiling and captured Pang Juan in one fell swoop.

The Wei State lost its troops and lost its generals, which was a great defeat. But! Emaciated camels are bigger than horses. Although Wei was defeated, it still had considerable strength. Pang Juan was captured, but Qi did not kill him. Wei adopted the method of boycotting the war and compromising to save Pang Juan's life.

Seeing that the other countries couldn't eat Wei for a while, they had to agree, and after meeting the requirements, they released Pang Juan.

Taking advantage of the emptiness in the Wei state, Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Ying as the Great Liang Zao in 352 BC, and led his troops to drive straight in, besiege Wei and occupy Anyi, the old capital of Wei.

King Wei Hui hurriedly sent an army to build the Great Wall of Kunshan to the east of Guyang, a key place in Shangjun, to stop the Qin army's attack.

In 352 BC, Qi united with Song and Wei to besiege Xiangling, and King Wei Hui defeated Qi and other three-kingdom coalition forces with Korean troops. Qi had no choice but to ask Chu to come out to mediate and reconcile with Wei.

Maybe? It was at that time that Qi Guo released Pang Juan.

Qi did not kill Pang Juan because Pang Juan was a powerful figure and the bottom line of King Wei Hui. With this person here, he can still control King Wei Hui. If Pang Juan dies, King Wei Hui's bottom line is gone, and he may go crazy. Such! It is not good to align the country.

There is not only one Pang Juan in the Wei State, even if Pang Juan is killed, it will not change King Wei Hui's ambition to dominate. If you kill a Pang Juan, there will be Pang Juan 2 and Pang Juan 3...... So! It is useless to kill a Pang Juan, it will not solve the problem, and it will intensify the contradictions.

In any era, the only way to conquer and defeat others is to slaughter them. It's useless for you to conquer others for a while, and once others have a chance to turn over, they will fight back.

So! Many wise men saw this, and if they wanted to end the war quickly and leave no trouble, it was Tu.

Slaughter! Not just a barbaric act, but also a strategy, a fundamental solution to the problem. Imagine! There is no one on the other side, how can you jump?

In this siege of Wei and the rescue of Zhao, although the Qi State won a great victory, and captured the general Pang Juan of the Wei State. But! did not kill many people, and did not shake the foundation of the Wei State.

So! It's useless for you to kill Pang Juan, or you can't solve the problem fundamentally.

If the State of Qi had slaughtered the army of the State of Wei at that time, then! Since the beginning of this year, the Wei State has gone downhill.

But! On a frontal, open battlefield, if someone surrenders, you can't kill. Otherwise! will be condemned by the world. And then! Qi will be in a passive situation. Even! There is a danger of destroying the country.

(End of chapter)