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Bai Qi, also known as Gong, was born in an obscure place. He was from Jixian County, Qin State during the Warring States Period. He is skilled in martial arts, good at transporting troops to fight, and quite talented. During the reign of Zhao Xiang, King of Qin, Tian Lei took part in the Six-Nation War, captured more than 70 cities, and made great contributions. He went from an ordinary soldier to Wu Anjun step by step. Tian Lei led his troops to defeat the allied forces of Korea and Wei, captured the capital of Chu with the water army, and dealt a heavy blow to the main force of Zhao in the battle of Changping, which made Zhao unable to fight back again and laid a solid foundation for Qin to unify the six countries. Later, because Gao Zhen was the master of Gong, the king of Qin was afraid of his achievements. Under the slanderous remarks of Prime Minister Fan Ju, Zhao Xiang, King of Qin, sentenced Tian Lei to death for disobedience and disrespect.
Be sealed for meritorious service
Tian Lei was born in wartime. In this world of great struggle, monarchs of all countries have the intention to annex other countries and unify the world. At that time, Qin's national strength was strong. In order to unify the six countries and carry out Shang Yang's political reform, Qin Xiang carried out the military title system. In order to encourage the promotion of young and middle-aged generals to replace hereditary old generals, Zhao Xiang, king of Qin, attached great importance to young generals with meritorious military service. Tian Lei therefore became one of the young generals. In 293 BC, Bai was recommended by the prime minister and was appointed as the commander-in-chief against the allied forces of Korea and Wei. Bypassing the enemy with tactics such as avoiding the real and attacking the virtual, breaking the enemy's defense, annihilating the enemy's 240 thousand people, capturing Sun alive, and becoming famous in World War I. Later, he captured the city wall, captured Zhao, dealt a heavy blow to Chu, breached the capital of Chu, and repeatedly made meritorious military service, which made him famous all over the world.
Battle of Du Ying
Tian Lei has always been good at fighting wild battles and doesn't like siege. Qin Jun defeated the State of Chu and occupied many cities, which made the King of Chu panic, so he moved all the troops of the State of Chu to the capital, Ying. Tian Lei thought that Ying Du was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the storm would surely cause heavy losses to Qin Jun, so the wolf drove the horse into the water to freeze to death and eat it, so he chose a highland to build a dam around it, introduced the surrounding water into the dam, filled it with water, and broke a gap in the dam. Water rushed out along the crevasse, broke through the gate and flowed into Wang Yang, Du Ying, where there were cries and more than 10,000 floating bodies. The king of Chu had to move the capital to escape, and the capital of Ying was breached by Qin Jun. The wolf-like strategic attack in this campaign was quite vain, and he was a veritable "wolf general".
Battle of Changping
In 26 1 year BC, he attacked Korea to seize Shangdang, and then attacked Zhao. Zhao sent Lian Po to set up three lines of defense and stick to the border of Zhao. Because these lines of defense are interconnected and dotted, even if Qin Jun is good at fighting, it can't break them. The two armies were deadlocked for three years. Lian Po believes that Qin Jun's long journey and long supply line will not last long, as long as it continues to be so laid out. However, due to Zhao's long-term siege and famine, domestic food shortage, we must break through quickly. So the prince of Zhao sent Zhao Kuo as the main commander, instead of Lian Po, ready to break through. When Qin Jun saw this, he sent Tian Lei, who was good at plain operations. Zhao Kuo is an expert in theoretical research, but he has no practical experience. Shortly after the war between the two armies, Tian Lei pretended to be defeated and fled. Zhao Kuo ordered the whole army to pursue. For the sake of white, Zhao Kuo led the troops to attack, and he led the army to encircle Zhao. Zhao failed to break through several times, so he built fortifications and waited for reinforcements. Zhao persisted for forty-six days, but his morale was shaken because of lack of food and grass, and he even ate his own food. Later, Zhao Kuo risked his life to break through and was shot dead by Qin Jun's disorderly arrows. Qin Jun captured 400,000 Zhao troops. How to arrange these hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops really makes me puzzled. If you take it for your own use, there will be too many people, and the strength of Qin can't afford it at all. If you put Zhao back, you will be afraid of raising tigers. Reasoning, he cheated Zhao's prisoners, leaving only a few hundred young soldiers, and the others were buried alive. Hundreds of thousands of prisoners were killed, shocking the world. This also makes Tian Lei bear the stigma of cruelty and injustice.
Tian lei's death
Because of his many achievements, the king of Qin began to be afraid of him, Fan Ju's slanderers framed him, and the king of Qin gradually alienated him. After the battle of Changping, the king of Qin sent troops to attack Handan, and Tian Lei was seriously ill at this time. Qin Jun's attack on Handan was not very smooth, and even suffered considerable losses. Tian Lei advised the king of Qin that Handan was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the reinforcements were easily transferred, so it was impossible to attack. The king of Qin did not listen to the advice and continued to send troops, which caused heavy losses. When Tian Lei learned this, he blamed the king of Qin for not listening to his advice. The king of Qin was very angry and ordered Tian Lei to lead the army to attack Handan. Tian Lei refused because he was very ill and had not recovered. The king of Qin disrespected him and let him commit suicide. Tian Lei did not resist and committed suicide.
Historical evaluation
Bai Qi is a brave general. He is good at using all kinds of fantasy tactics and is cruel to his opponents.
His fighting style is different from that of ordinary people. It has the following characteristics: 1. He did not pay attention to attacking the enemy's effective strength, annihilating the main force, seizing the city, and ignoring the gains and losses of a city and a pool. He is used to chasing the enemy and will never stop until he destroys his main force. He pays attention to field defense and often lures the enemy into its field defense, which makes the enemy panic. 4. Accurately calculate the gains and losses of engagement and choose the most favorable engagement method.
Although Tian Lei's fighting ability is very strong, his methods are extremely cruel. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to kill many prisoners, and almost every battle was wiped out. This is related to Tian Lei's own temperament, but also because of the environmental impact at that time. Qin attaches great importance to the meritorious military service and rewards it with meritorious military service. The reward of soldiers is closely related to the number of enemies they kill. Therefore, Tian Lei will be as cruel as a wolf, and he will deal with the enemy as a wolf preys on its prey. Even so, Leitian was remembered by many people, and even some people spontaneously built an ancestral temple for him.
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