After the death of Qin Xiaogong, his son King Qin Huiwen ascended the throne, which was also the first king of Qin to claim the throne. Although this monarch had previously been punished by Shang Ying, he was a young and promising monarch. After he killed Shang Ying, he continued to implement the Shang Yang Reform. At the same time, through the Shang Martingale Method. The strength of the Qin state was also greatly enhanced, and at this time, King Huiwen of Qin began to take the initiative to attack the Wei state and defeated the Wei army. But that's not all, Shang Ying's reform of the law has not only improved the strength of the Qin State. In particular, his military reform, which gave the Qin State a very strong fighting force. After the defeat of the Wei army, the Qin State also defeated the Wei, Zhao, Han, Sanjin and Jin coalition forces with the strength of one country. ”

"The successive defeats of Wei Zhao and other powerful countries finally made the vassal states of the Warring States begin to realize the strength of the Qin State. At this time, the Qin State, under the leadership of King Qin Huiwen, united Korea and Wei to attack Qi and Chu, and for a time Qin became the army of tigers and wolves. And not only, in order to solve the pressure in the rear. When King Qin Huiwen rescued Shu, he directly destroyed Shu, and then destroyed Ba. As for the Yiqu State, through a few battles, the Qin State also completely suppressed the Yiqu State. ”

In the biography of Miyue, there are more introductions to King Qin Huiwen.

Arguably.

Qin's domination of the world did not start with winning politics.

In the time of King Qin Huiwen, he embodied it.

Even in the era of Qin Xiaogong, the father of King Qin Huiwen, he had already performed.

For example, one of the systems expressed by Shang Ying, that is, unified weights and measures, which laid the foundation for the later Qin State to unify the world.

"After the death of King Qin Huiwen, his son Qin Wuwen ascended the throne."

Speaking of King Qin Wu, at this time, a fan asked: "Teacher Chen Fan, is this King Qin Wu the King of Qin who died at the top of the throne?" ”

"Yes."

Chen Fan nodded.

This said.

Everyone in the audience was talking for a while.

"He died on the throne, it turned out to be him."

"I'll go, isn't this the faint king?"

"This seems to be a little different from what Mr. Chen Fan said about the aftermath of Fen VI."

Chen Fan did say it just now.

After Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State was basically all Ming Jun.

As for King Qin Wu, who died before, he was the same.

However, for King Qin Wu, Chen Fan knew that everyone had a lot of misunderstandings about him.

Chen Fan explained: "You may think that King Qin Wu died with a crown, which is a bit mediocre. But in fact, King Qin Wu was not mediocre at all. You can see through his nickname that King Wu of Qin, who can be called Wu in history, cannot be a faint king. As for the death of the crown, this was actually an accident. If this accident hadn't happened, maybe King Wu of Qin would have made the same move as King Chuzhuang's victory in the world. ”

Yes.

If you want to say that there are coveters for Jiuding, one is King Qin Wu, and the other is King Chuzhuang.

Arguably.

Whether it's winning or lifting.

This is all a manifestation of strength.

If he didn't have a certain strength, he would never dare to do this.

Merely.

King Wu of Qin's luck was a little worse, or rather, the luck of the Zhou Dynasty was not over,

Although King Wu of Qin had only been on the throne for only four years, during his reign, King Wu of Qin not only consolidated his position, but also dismantled several alliances of powerful enemies who wanted to take advantage of the instability of the new monarch's accession to the throne. On the other hand, in terms of foreign relations, although King Wu of Qin is known as a martial artist, he is also extremely wise. Although he understood that the strength of the Qin State was very strong at this time, it had not yet reached the strength to destroy all the vassal states. In order to better expand, King Wu of Qin adopted the strategy of uniting Wei and uniting the Yue kingdom to control the Qi state and the Chu state.

In this way, when the Qin state united with the Wei state, and then with the Yue state to the east of the Chu state, the Qin state not only reduced the pressure, but also had the ambition to move eastward. In order to be able to advance eastward, King Wu of Qin sent a large army to attack Korea and defeated Korea. In the end, King Han had no choice but to send an envoy to Qin to apologize to King Wu of Qin and negotiate peace with Qin.

Some of these manifestations.

It can almost be said that none of them are mediocre.

Not only is it not mediocre.

And even if his series of ancestors may not be able to do so well as King Wu of Qin.

It's just providence.

King Wu of Qin rose to his throne and died.

……

"I'll go, it's another reversal."

"Before, I really thought that King Qin Wu was a faint monarch."

"It's a pity that he died too early."

After Chen Fan explained, everyone suddenly realized.

However, although King Wu of Qin died early, soon, the state of Qin supported a new king. This king, that is King Qin Zhaoxiang, some people also call him King Qin Zhao. King Qin Zhao was the younger brother of King Wu of Qin, who ascended the throne at a young age and was ruled by his mother, Empress Dowager Xuan. Although the Empress Dowager Xuan controlled the Qin State, during her control, the strength of the Qin State continued to develop. ”

This Empress Dowager Xuan is the Miyue in the legend of Miyue.

"If you want to talk about this Empress Dowager Xuan, she is also a legend. Empress Dowager Xuan's original surname was Mi, a native of Chu, and later Qin and Chu married, so she married King Qin Huiwen. However, Empress Dowager Xuan had a low status before, and she only won the title of eight sons in the harem of King Qin Huiwen, so she was also called Mi Eight Sons. After the death of King Qin Huiwen, Empress Dowager Xuan took control of the government and appointed her son King Qin Zhao as the monarch. ”

"During the reign of Empress Dowager Xuan, the Yiqu in the rear has always been a threat. The Yiqu State was a branch of the Xiongnu, and in order to completely eliminate the Yiqu. Empress Dowager Xuan used herself as a bait and gave birth to two sons with the monarch of Yiqu State. In 272 BC, Empress Dowager Xuan lured King Yiqu to Qin and killed him. Subsequently, the Qin State took the opportunity to attack the Yiqu State and wiped out the Yiqu State. At this point, the Qin State has no worries about the future. ”

When it comes to the Empress Dowager Xuan, if you want to talk about it, you may really have to talk about a book.

Regarding this, Chen Fan just briefly talked about the Empress Dowager Xuan.

But even so.

The legendary life of Empress Dowager Xuan still amazes the audience.

"Tsk, cowman."

"It feels like it's another Wu Zetian."

"Well, it is estimated that Wu Zetian also referred to the deeds of the Empress Dowager Xuan at that time."

Of course.

Empress Dowager Xuan also has a series of stories.

Like what.

It was the Empress Dowager Xuan that started with the title of Empress Dowager in China.

As for the title of "I", it was also called from the Empress Dowager Xuan.

Although Empress Dowager Xuan was in charge of the Qin State, after King Qin Zhao grew older, King Qin Zhao abolished the power of Empress Dowager Xuan, and King Qin Zhao began to govern. During the reign of King Qin Zhao, King Qin Zhao reused Fan Ju and adopted the strategy of distant and close attack. At the same time, during the reign of King Qin Zhao, he also reused the general Bai Qi, which made the strength of the Qin State improve by leaps and bounds for a while. ”

"Here, we will focus on Bai Qi and the Battle of Changping led by Bai Qi."

Let's be honest.

There are two extremely important points for the Qin State to dominate the world.

One is Qin Xiaogong's Shang Yang Reform.

The other is the Battle of Changping, in which King Qin Zhao reused Bai Qi.

One is to give the Qin State a foundation for dominating the world.

The other is to make the Qin State completely become the super overlord among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

"During the reign of King Qin Zhao, the strength of the Qin State was already very strong. At this time, King Qin Zhao, like his ancestors, had the ambition to attack the Six Kingdoms. And at this time, a general named Bai Qi appeared. At the beginning, Bai Qi only served as a middle- and lower-level general in the army. But in the battles again and again, Bai Qi performed outstandingly, and so far he has been reused by King Qin Zhao. After being reused by King Qin Zhao, Bai Qi exerted his military talents. ”

"In the fifteenth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qi sent troops to attack Wei and captured sixty-one cities of Wei in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for Qin's eastward departure from Kuohan.

In the sixteenth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qi and Keqing Sima Coo jointly captured the walled city.

In the twenty-first year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qi attacked Zhao and captured the Light Wolf City.

In the twenty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qi attacked Chu, the Chu army was defeated, and the land north of Shangyong and Hanshui was cut to Qin to make peace.

In the twenty-eighth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the Qin State invaded Chu again, and Bai first seized five cities including Yan and Deng with the army of Shangyong in the north of Han.

In the twenty-ninth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qishuai's army penetrated behind the Chu army, broke the Chu army, captured the capital city of Chu, burned the tomb of the king of Chu, Yiling and marched east to Jingling, the Chu army collapsed and retreated to Chen. In the same year, Qin captured Chu Guowu and Qianzhong County.

There is no need to look at anything.

Just looking at these achievements, you can know how terrifying Bai Qi's general should be.

And it is precisely because of Bai Qi's performance in meeting God and killing God on the battlefield and killing Buddha that King Qin Zhao named Bai Qi as Wu Anjun, and for a while, Bai Qi's name shocked the world.

"But, these are not the most powerful places for Bai Qi."

Yes.

Although the above achievements can almost make Bai Qi blow for a lifetime.

But in the face of the battle that follows, the above is nothing more than an appetifice.

"In the forty-fifth year of King Qin Zhaoxiang, Bai Qi captured the Yewang of Korea, and the road to the capital of the Korean Shangdang was cut off. So the king of Korea suggested that Shangdang be ceded to Qin as a sign of peace with Qin. It's just that although the Korean monarch made such a decision, the generals and people of South Korea in the party did not agree. They said that once Shangdang was handed over to Qin, they would no longer be nationals of Korea. Rather than this, it is better to return to the Zhao State. Although Zhao and South Korea are two countries, they were a family back then.

So the Shangdang generals sent envoys to Zhao. Faced with the submission of the Shangdang people, King Zhao was also a little hesitant. He wanted to accept the party, but he was afraid of the attack of the Qin state. At the same time, the side of the minister of Zhao was also divided into two factions. One faction is saying not to accept it, once it accepts the party's words, it will inevitably be attacked by the Qin State, and it is not a good thing to provoke the Qin State for no reason. On the other hand, the other faction believes that sometimes we can attack with an army of millions, and it will be difficult to capture a city for many years. Now that the Shangdang has seventeen cities, they can take it without doing anything, so what else is there to consider. So the king of Zhao asked, what if the Qin state came to attack the Zhao state? The other ministers said that the Qin State had Bai Qi, but they also had a famous general Lian Po in the Zhao State. Maybe other people are afraid of Bai Qi, but Lian Po can definitely withstand Bai Qi's attack. ”

That's it.

Because of the battle between the upper party, the largest battle in the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping, officially kicked off.

"I'm grass, this background is so powerful."

"Qin State vs. Zhao State."

"Bai Qi vs. Lian Po, who can win?"

Bai Qi and Lian Po are also the four famous generals of the Warring States.

Both of them are very famous, and they are also very capable.

At the same time.

The strength of the Qin State was also very strong.

Although Zhao is not as good as Qin, after Wei, Qi, and Chu declined, Zhao at this time was the only country that could compete with Qin.

"Because of the battle between the upper party, the soldiers of Qin and Zhao fought in Changping. In order to defend the Qin state, Lian Po arranged three lines of defense in Changping. The first line of defense is the Kongcangling defense line, the second is the Dan River defense line, and the third line of defense is the Baili Stone Great Wall. The three lines of defense are dozens of miles from east to west, dotted and connected to each other. However, the Qin army was fierce in combat, and the first line of defense of the Zhao State was in jeopardy. ”

Lian Po then re-examined his strategy, believing that from the perspective of the terrain, Qin's supply lines were much longer than Zhao's, and logistical support was more difficult than Zhao's. So Lian Po took the initiative to give up the first line of defense, and then retreated into the second line of defense. This strategy was undoubtedly successful, and in the face of the impregnable Lian Po, the Qin army failed to break through Zhao's second line of defense. In this way, the two armies were in a stalemate in Changping for three years. The Qin army did not gain much, and it also lost its troops. ”

Although the battle of Changping is most well-known as Bai Qi and Lian Po.

But actually.

At the beginning of the Battle of Changping, the Qin State did not send Bai Qi to play, but used the general Wang Di.

Although Wang Di's reputation is not as good as Bai Qi's, Wang Di has served the Qin State for three generations, is very loyal, and has a high level of ability.

As for why you don't use Wang Di instead of Bai Qi.

That's because, on the one hand, after decades of fighting, and dozens of large and small battles, Bai Qi has already become famous all over the world.

If he continues to fight, there are really some great achievements.

Another.

At that time, the Qin State did not think that the Zhao State was difficult to fight, and only thought that the Battle of Changping was a local war, not a war to destroy the country.

But.

The more you fight to the back, the whole battle situation has changed very much.

"In the three years since the Battle of Changping persisted, although the Qin State lost its troops and did not gain much benefit, it was also a huge damage to the Zhao State. We know that in addition to fighting troops, we are also fighting about logistics and food supply. After three years of war, the two sides invested hundreds of thousands of troops, and the consumption of food was extremely huge. After the reform of the Shang Dynasty, the Qin State had already greatly increased its grain production. Because the common people had fields, and the military merits of the Qin State also allowed the soldiers to have fields, and the soldiers of the Qin State brought their own money and food to the battlefield. Therefore, in the three-year battle of Changping, he could hold on. However, Zhao State, because the law was not completely changed, Zhao State's grain output was only one-third of that of Qin. Three years of fighting with hundreds of thousands of troops has already overwhelmed the Zhao State. In this way, the war also began to turn. ”

"Qin Guo saw that he could not attack Zhao for a long time, so Fan Ju, the prime minister of Qin State, used a counter-strategy, and he sent someone to take a walk to Zhao Guo with his daughter, saying that Lian Po was actually easy to deal with, and Qin Guo was most afraid of not Lian Po, but Zhao Kuo. This Zhao Kuo is the son of Zhao Hao, the general of Zhao State, although Zhao Hao is a general, but Zhao Kuo does not have enough battlefield experience. However, after being a famous general, although Zhao Kuo is inexperienced, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child. Even when talking to his father Zhao Hao about the layout of tactics, Zhao Hao was not the opponent of his son Zhao Kuo. As a result, Zhao Kuo was young, but he was very famous. ”

"On the one hand, King Zhao can't afford to delay, and on the other hand, King Zhao also wants to end the war with Qin as soon as possible. At this time, I heard that Zhao Kuo's ability to lead troops is also very strong, and he is also good at taking the initiative to attack. So he transferred back to Lian Po with a fluke mentality and used Zhao Kuo as a general. Before King Zhao appointed Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo's mother wrote to King Zhao and said, this is my son, I know his ability, he just talks about it, but the actual combat experience is too insufficient. If King Zhao must use his son, then, if he is incompetent in the future, I hope King Zhao will not involve their Zhao family because of this. King Zhao granted her request, but still enabled Zhao Kuo. ”

The Battle of Changping can be said to be the most classic and the largest battle in the Warring States Period.

Although his causes are not complicated.

But in this war, he changed the pattern of the entire Warring States.

At the same time.

In the war, he did not only show the confrontation between the two armies.

In the three-year-long Battle of Changping, while Zhao was fighting, he actually wanted to make peace with Qin.

Moreover.

Zhao also sent envoys to Qin.

However, on the one hand, Qin State was very persistent in entertaining the envoys of Zhao State, which made Wei State and Chu State think that Zhao State and Qin State were making peace, and did not dare to send troops to save Zhao State. On the other hand, it increased the strength of troops against Changping.

And just after King Zhao enabled Zhao Kuo, King Qin secretly sent Bai Qi as a general and renamed Wang Qi as a deputy general. As soon as the young Zhao Kuo came on the field, he began to take the initiative. Bai Qi lured the enemy deeper, until Zhao Kuo led the army to the camp of Qin, and he could not attack it for a long time. Bai Qi secretly sent another elite to copy Zhao Guo's back road. Zhao Kuo found out about the plan, so he ordered to stop the attack and start defending instead. ”

"King Qin Zhao learned that the main force of the Zhao army was surrounded, and he knew that a great opportunity had come. He personally came to Hanoi County and conferred the title of first rank on all the local people. Then he recruited men over the age of fifteen from Hanoi County to participate in the war, and then intercepted Zhao's reinforcements and grain and grass. In September of the same year, Zhao's army was cut off from grain and grass for more than 40 days. Zhao Kuo organized an elite soldier to break through four times, but still failed. The last time Zhao Kuo personally led the team, he was killed by random arrows. In the end, the Zhao army knew that the war could not be fought, so the 400,000-strong army surrendered to the Qin army. ”

In the face of these 400,000 troops, Bai Qi accepted their surrender. But I don't know how to deal with it all of a sudden, if these troops are divided into the Qin troops, although this is the practice of many countries before, but such a large number of troops, even if they are divided, will cause chaos. It's even more unlikely if they are allowed to go home. Of course, there is another way, and that is to become a slave of the Qin State. This may seem like an option, but it's also an impossible thing to do. The Battle of Changping lasted three years, and Zhao took the risk of switching to Zhao Kuo because of food problems. In fact, when the Qin State was hit, it was also a big injury. Not only did he lose his troops, but he also ran out of food. It was easy to recruit or make them slaves, but they didn't have the extra food to feed the 400,000 troops. ”

Thereupon.

The problem arises.

How did Bai Qi solve the 400,000 surrendered Zhao army?

This is also a question for everyone.

Facing the eyes of everyone.

Although they didn't ask, Chen Fan knew that they were actually waiting for an answer.

And what is the answer.

Chen Fan sighed helplessly and said, "Pit killing." ”

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