Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 164: The General Trend of the World [Second update, please subscribe]

Along with Wu Anjun's reputation, there is also his "bloody" reputation.

This is corresponding.

While making enemies fearful through killing methods, it will also make the rest of the "benevolent" people in the world disgusted. This seems to be an unavoidable "knot".

People always admire such people, but they are also afraid of them.

I hope they are my friends, but I'm a little scared.

In the winter of the 20th year of King Zhaoxiang, the army of Yan State collided with the allied forces of Qin and Qi in Rao'an. There was Zhao State between them, but Zhao State did not become an obstacle to Qin State, but became Qin State's obstacle. country’s help.

King Zhao Huiwen decided against all opinions and decided to let Qin use the passage, and he was not afraid that Qin would attack him on the way back.

This decision also plunged Zhao into a war alliance again, but this time they did not have to pay any price. The remaining armies of Qin and Qi were already strong enough and did not need Zhao's help.

This time the war was also very tragic, but it was relative.

During the war, the soldiers of Qi State lost their homeland, and their desire to regain it took over. In addition, the King of Qi took the lead and always fought at the forefront, so the soldiers of Qi State were extremely powerful in combat.

It can almost reach the level of the old Qin people.

In just three months, the army led by Yan Guo Leyi was retreating steadily.

It took Le Yi more than a month to conquer the seventy-two cities of Qi, while the Qin-Qi coalition took three months to take back all the seventy-two cities, and almost none of them was lost. .

In the spring of the twenty-first year of King Zhaoxiang, when winter came, the general situation of the world changed again.

The famous general Le Yi of Yan State was defeated like a mountain, and in the end he was unable to hold on to his "old age". A huge victory was followed by a huge defeat, which also shamed the previous victory.

The people of the country no longer praised Le Yi for his virtuousness, but instead accused him of bringing war to the Yan State. More importantly, they did not get any substantial benefits after the war.

These rumors spread in the capital of Yan State, and King Yan Zhao did not reprimand Le Yi despite the huge pressure.

But King Yan Zhao himself also knew that things like this would not last long.

In the 21st year of King Zhaoxiang, which was also the 28th year of King Zhao of Yan, the famous general Le Yi of Yan State committed suicide with a sword on the battlefield after his defeat.

Blood was sprinkled on the land outside the Great Wall, and a bit of cold wind and winter snow fell on the blood. The red and white colors were extremely conspicuous, and everything seemed like a dream.

In the 29th year of King Zhao of Yan and the 22nd year of King Zhaoxiang, the allied forces of Qin and Qi almost reached the capital of Yan, "Jicheng".

The troops came to the city.

King Yan Zhao went out of the city in person, dressed in plain clothes, and expressed his willingness to dedicate the "Jizhou Tripod", one of the nine tripods, to Qin, hoping to negotiate peace with Qin.

Under Ji City.

Bai Qi looked at the towering Jicheng with a little bitterness in his eyes. He knew that now was not the best chance to capture Jicheng and destroy the Yan Kingdom, even if the Qin Kingdom was already approaching the city at this time.

First, the State of Zhao is separated from the State of Yan and the State of Qin. If the State of Yan is destroyed at this time, the land here cannot be defended with only its military strength.

What's more, food supply is also a huge problem.

Secondly, if the Qin State destroys the Yan State at this time, then the six countries will all turn against Qin in an instant. The Qin State is not yet sure of destroying the six countries at the same time.

Thirdly, the non-resistance of Yan State at this time is just because Yan State still has "hope" of survival. If Qin State insists on destroying Qin State, then Yan State's soldiers and people will turn into crazy " weapon".

Jicheng, standing in the cold wind, could not be destroyed by the nearly 200,000 troops led by Bai Qi. Because it is easy to defend a city but difficult to attack it.

The Yan State currently has at least about 100,000 active forces in the country, and a steady stream of Chinese people and soldiers will come from the rear. If they really want to attack Jicheng at this time, they will need at least 400,000 troops.

Fortunately, before coming, Ying Ji had already given Bai Qi an edict.

The bottom line for Qin is to sign an alliance. Yan will pay tribute to Qin just like it served Bang Zhou. It does not need to last too long, just as long as King Zhaoxiang is on the throne.

In addition, it is necessary to hand over the "Jizhou Ding", one of the nine tripods of the Yan Kingdom.

In the 22nd year of King Zhaoxiang, in the summer, it was time for sacrifices.

King Zhao of Yan personally sacrificed and enshrined the grains, and then filled the "Jizhou Ding" with the grains grown in the Yan State, and then dedicated the Jizhou Ding to the Qin State.

Since then, Qin has obtained four of the Nine Cauldrons.

Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, and Xuzhou Ding fell into the hands of Qin, which symbolized that nearly half of the world fell into Qin's territory.

And in fact, that's exactly what happened.

Nowadays, in the Xia Dynasty, the territory of Qin has quietly surpassed the territory of Chu, becoming the country with the most vast territory.

Different from the previous Chu State, the Qin State at this time not only had a vast territory, but also had more powerful power.

In the 22nd year of King Zhaoxiang, Bai Qi brought Jizhou Ding back to Xianyang City.

From then on, no one in the world would question whether Bai Qi's use of "Wu'an" as his title was unqualified. Although such a fierce record was not as good as that of Chen Zhan, the "Wu'an Lord" back then, it was still unbelievable. Kuai.

In the same year, another major event occurred in Qin.

Chen Shen, Lord of Wen'an, once again requested to retire and return to his fiefdom of Guandu, and the King of Qin agreed.

After Chen Shen resigned from the position of right prime minister, the position became vacant. King Qin Ying Ji appointed Mengchang Jun Tian Wen as right prime minister and Chen Shou as left prime minister.

This is the first time that Chen has held the position of prime minister, but he has not held the position of right prime minister.

People in the court all speculated on the intention.

However, only two months later, people in the court understood the reason for Ying Ji's arrangement.

In the winter of the 22nd year of King Zhaoxiang, when the first snow fell on Xianyang City, Zuo Xiang and Taishi Chen Shou passed away in their residence in Xianyang City.

King Ying Ji of Qin was very sad when he heard the news, and issued an edict to posthumously title Chen Shou the "Shou'an Lord". Originally, Ying Ji wanted Chen Shou to be buried next to his royal tomb, and to be buried with him a hundred years later.

But after hearing that the head of the Chen family, Sikou "Chen Zhao", went to the palace and said something to the King of Qin, the King of Qin gave up the idea.

As a result, the Chen family's "ancestral grave" finally welcomed the first person of the Chen family.

The fourth son of the second generation of the Chen family, Chen Shou.

After Chen Shou passed away, the position of left prime minister of the Qin State was once again vacant. Before anyone could react, Ying Ji ordered that the chief minister Chen Zhao be moved to the "Left Prime Minister State". At the same time, the fourth generation of the Chen family, Chen Zhao's The eldest son "Chen Su" was the Sikou.

People finally understood the meaning of what Ying Ji did.

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"In the 22nd year of King Zhaoxiang, Lord Wu'an conquered Yan and obtained the Jizhou tripod. The King of Yan personally presented the tripod to Qin, and it was filled with grains. This was the destiny of heaven. - "Historical Records: The Fifth Annals of Qin"

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