At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Yue perished in the State of Wu, and Gou Jian led an army to the north and held a vassal alliance, becoming the last overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period. The traditional overlord Jin, due to the internal friction between Qing Dynasty and Dafu, was unable to compete with the outside world.

After Zhi Dou was in charge of the State of Jin, in order to strengthen the national strength of the State of Jin and revive its hegemony, he took the lead in dedicating Zhi Dou's Wanhu City to the Duke of Jin, and Han Kangzi and Wei successively gave Wanhu City to the Duke of Jin, but refused to provide land to the Duke of Jin.

Duke Xiang of Jin ordered Zhi, Han Kangzi and Wei to jointly besiege Jinyang (now southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) to divert water from Shanxi to irrigate Jinyang City.

When Jinyang City was about to be submerged, it secretly colluded with Korea and Wei. Finally, Han and Wei got cold feet and poured water into Zhi Dou's barracks. Zhi Dou was defeated and died.

Zhao Xiangzi painted Zhi Bo's head and regarded it as the head of drinking. In order to avoid future trouble, Han, Zhao and Wei joined forces to slaughter more than 200 people in the branch family and carve up the fief of the branch family, which shocked the world!

Later, they began to carve up the land of Jin, and the monarch of Jin had no authority at all.

Since then, the history of China has gradually changed from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. In this era, morality is not the most important, but heroes are judged by success or failure.

2. Battle of Changping

The Changping Campaign started in Zhou Nanwang on April 1955 and ended in Zhou Nanwang on September/955 (from Zhou Nanwang to Zhou Nanwang, from Zhou Nanwang to September/955).

Qin led the army to fight with Zhao in Changping (now northwest of Gaoping City, Jincheng, Shanxi Province). Zhao was finally defeated, Qin won and occupied Changping. In this battle, Zhao was beheaded and killed about 450 thousand.

This battle is a strategic decisive battle between Qin and Zhao. Due to years of war, Qin's grain and grass consumption is serious, and the stalemate on the battlefield is not good for it. Plus, Lian Po fought impeccably, so he used a double agent.

Because the prince of Zhao lost the first battle and saw that it was unprofitable, he made peace with Qin and was not allowed to play. The young prince of Zhao wanted to attack, but Lian Po couldn't hold on and refused to obey Zhao's orders. Coupled with the intrigue of Qin, he abandoned the famous Lian Po and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo.

According to Wang Zhao's intention, Zhao Kuo changed Lian Po's defensive deployment and pursuit mode, replaced generals and organized attacks. Qin saw the opportunity and secretly replaced the commander-in-chief with leitian. In view of the weakness of Zhao Kuo's eagerness for success, Leitian adopted the operational policy of pretending to be defeated and retreating, luring the enemy out of the position, then dividing, encircling and annihilating, and finally winning the war.

The Battle of Zhao was greatly weakened, which accelerated the process of Qin's unification of China. The battle of Changping was the last turning point in the history of the Warring States, so it was only a matter of time before Qin was unified (see Historical Stages of the Warring States). This war is the earliest, largest and most thorough large-scale annihilation war in China's ancient military history.

3. Win the Central Plains

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu Zhuangwang made a northern expedition and asked the messenger of the Zhou Dynasty about the weight of Jiuding, who might capture the Zhou Dynasty. In 607 BC, Wang Xionglu of Chu Zhuang took the opportunity of conquering Lu Hun's glory (now the northeast of Song County, Henan Province) to drive the Chu army to the southern suburbs of Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and held a grand military parade.

Shortly after Zhou acceded to the throne, he was very upset and sent Wang, who was good at coping, to comfort him. When King Zhuang saw the king, he really asked, "How big is the tripod of the Emperor of Zhou? How heavy is it? "

The implication is that we should compare our strength with Zhou's. Wang euphemistically said: "The rise and fall of a country depends on the existence of morality, and has nothing to do with the size of the tripod."

When King Zhuang saw that the king had arrested him, he said directly, "Don't take Jiuding as your own. The State of Chu has broken the halberd and hooked the blade, which is enough to cast Jiuding. "

In the face of the words that the eloquent king first bypassed the north as a hero, he talked about the time when Jiuding came into being and the process of inheritance. Finally, he said, "Although the Zhou family has declined, its fate has not changed. We can't ask the weight of Baoding. "

King Zhuang stopped demanding, led troops to attack Zheng, and begged Zheng to betray Chu and take refuge in Jin. This is how the allusion of "Winning the Central Plains" came from.

4, wai Wei to save Zhao

In 354 BC, the Wei army surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao. The two sides fought for more than a year, and Zhao was weak and Wei was tired. At this time, Qi responded to Zhao's call for help, and sent Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the strategist, leading 80,000 troops to save Zhao. Where is the attack direction? At first, Tian Ji prepared to go straight to Handan.

Sun Bin believes that to untie the tangled silk thread, you can't pull hard with your hands, and you can't directly participate in fighting with others. To send troops to clear up, we should avoid reality and get to the point.

He suggested to Tian Ji: "At this time, Wei's elite troops are concentrated in Handan, and the interior is empty. If you lead troops to storm Wei Jingliang, occupy its traffic arteries, attack its empty places, and drive straight into Wei Jingliang, you will definitely pacify Zhao to save yourself. "

The Qi army took advantage of fatigue to meet the enemy in Guilin, a pre-selected war zone, and went home. Wei Jun was defeated and the siege of Handan was solved.

Sun Bin's method of besieging Wei to save Zhao is a famous example in the history of China, which was listed as an important one of the 36 strategies by later military strategists. The method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, avoiding reality and avoiding emptiness, has been appreciated by military strategists in past dynasties and still has vitality today.

5. False road felling.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin wanted to annex two neighboring small countries: Yu and Guo, and the relationship between the two countries was good. If Kim is in danger, Guo will send troops to rescue him; If Jin attacks Guo, Yu will send troops to help. Minister Xun Xiang submitted a plan.

He said that if we want to capture these two countries, we must alienate them and stop them from supporting each other. The monarch of the state of Yu is insatiable, and we can do whatever we want. He suggested that Jin Xiangong take out two treasures he loved and give them to Yu Gong.

Where is the dedication? Xun said to him, don't worry, your majesty, let him keep it for the time being. When Guo Yu is destroyed, won't everything come back to you? Dedicate to the public and follow the plan. When Yugong got a good horse and a beautiful jade, he was happy from ear to ear.

The State of Jin deliberately created troubles at the border of the State of Jin and made excuses to cut Guo. The State of Jin asked Yu to let the State of Jin cut Guo by land, but Yu Gong got the benefit of the State of Jin and had to agree. Yu's minister repeatedly persuaded him that it was impossible.

The two countries are as close as lips and teeth When the country dies, the state of Jin will not release Yu. Yu Gong said that it is foolish to make a weak friend to offend a strong friend!

The Jin army attacked the state of Guo through the road of Yu, and won four months later. After Banshi returned to China, he handed over a large amount of looted property to Yugong. Yu Gong was overjoyed.

Rick, the general of the Jin army, pretended to be ill at this moment, saying that he could not lead his troops back to China, and temporarily stationed his troops near the capital of Yuzhou. Yu Gong has no doubt. A few days later, Jin Xiangong came and Yu Gong went out to meet him. Go hunting in case of danger.

After a while, I saw the capital on fire. By the time we arrived outside the city, the capital had been occupied by the Jin army outside the city. In this way, the state of Jin easily destroyed the state of Yu.

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