King Qin Zhao had been in the nest for most of his life, watching his mother point out the country and mountains in the court every day, and he couldn't even insert a word. Finally, he survived until Empress Xuan returned to the west and regained power herself. At this time, The spirited King of Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows and exhaled, planning to do something to let the people of the Qin Kingdom see who was the king of a country.
Every wise person thinks that he is not smart enough, and every fool thinks that he has an excellent IQ and is unique in heaven and earth, and King Qin Zhao is the latter.
You see King Huai of Chu, a fool, the widow tricked him into coming to the Qin kingdom with three words and two words, and as a result, he was put under house arrest to death; you see Zhao Sheng, the fool, the widow said that he wanted to invite him to drink, and he came to the Qin kingdom upside down, and as a result, he was captured by the widow and replaced with Wei Qi's head. Presumably, the people of the world are not much stronger than King Chu Huai and Zhao Sheng, and it is easy for Me King Qin Zhao to unify the Six Kingdoms, and it will be dwarfed by the mother and uncle under the Nine Springs.
However, the truth was cruel, and King Qin Zhao,000 his troops were exhausted, but he did not even bite down han and Zhao. In a battle of Changping, on the surface, Bai Qi pit killed 450,000 Zhao troops, but this number was Bai Qi's military intelligence in order to avoid guilt. King Qin Zhao, mistakenly believing that the State of Zhao had been crushed, ordered Bai Qi to take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack Handan. Originally, King Qin Zhao thought that he would be able to take Handan in a few months, but after two years of siege, the Qin army never broke through the city gate, but suffered heavy losses.
So, in this siege battle, how did the Qin army perform?
During this period, Pingyuan Jun led a group of envoys to leave Handan with a big wave and send an envoy to the Chu state. It can be seen that in this battle, the Qin army did not even encircle Handan. The impact of this incident was that everyone in all countries knew that Qin Zhaowang's IQ was low, and he was toyed with by Fan Ju between applause. In the end, the Battle of Handan ended with the defeat of the Qin army on all fronts, the Qin state was also killed by the Zhao army, the Shouwang of Hedong County escaped from the battle, the deputy commander of the Qin army Zheng An led the crowd to surrender to the enemy, and all four counties of Hanoi fell.
The general trend of the Qin kingdom was just like stock speculation, and Qin Zhaowang watched from the sidelines for forty-two years, and finally, when his mother transferred the share capital to himself, he became a big household. Faced with the sudden capital, Qin Zhaowang was eager to make money, smashed all the capital into Handan, and finally ushered in a two-year plunge. Day by day, King Qin Zhaowang still refused to cut the flesh, watching the funds shrink by ninety percent. After some tossing, not only did not earn a cent, but even the old book left by her mother Mi Yue was defeated by her son.
At this time, the king of Qin Zhao, who had passed the age of ancient rarity, finally went mad, and the Qin Benji recorded: "Fifty-four years later, Wang Jiao saw God Yu Yong. King Qin Zhao, his old man, ran to the wilderness and held a ceremony to sacrifice to the heavens, telling the world: "I, King Qin Zhao, am the Son of Heaven!" I saw God. At this time, the State of Qin had long since ceased to exist, and even dominating the princes had become a problem, but the imperial dream of King Qin Zhao's was no longer able to wake up.
So, who caused the mental disorder of poor King Qin Zhao?
On the surface, the blame for the false reporting of military information cannot be escaped. It was precisely because of the false information that Bai Qi pit killed 450,000 Zhao's troops that the ambitions of King Qin Zhao's ambitions swelled, and he launched a general attack on the Zhao state, and in the end, it was difficult to ride the tiger, and the Qin state was greatly defeated. However, if Bai Qi is identified as the culprit, it is somewhat unfair, after all, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and Bai Qi dares to tell such an insignificant lie, which is certainly not a first-time offender.
Throughout the historical records, we will find that as early as the fourteenth year of King Qin Zhao, Bai Qi had done things that lied about military information. When Bai Qi was young, he served as the commander of Zuo Shu and led an army to attack xincheng, but as a result, he suffered a defeat. However, when attacking Yiqu the following year, Bai Qi said, "Kill 240,000 defenders yourself." "How outrageous is this lie?
At that time, the combined strength of han and Wei troops in Yique was only 240,000, and General Bai was able to completely annihilate the enemy army. The Han and Wei armies did not even have a single deserter, which was obviously impossible. If, as Bai Qi said, the enemy army was annihilated, then it means that Yi Que is already an empty city, so why doesn't Bai Qi take the opportunity to occupy the city?
"King Qin Zhao is a fool", this nonsense is probably only believed by himself, but at that time, it was Empress Xuan who was in power, why would such a shrewd woman be deceived by Bai Qi?
First of all, Bai Qi was the person of Empress Xuan, who had always rewarded slaves and did not reward talents, and only ministers who bowed to her would be appreciated. It is said that the general Sima Zhuo had made great achievements in battle in his lifetime, and he had captured far more cities than Bai Qi, but this person never bought The Account of Empress Xuan, so he did not become famous until his death, but was just an ordinary left official.
On the other hand, Although Bai Qi had fought many defeats in his life, he was in a flat and prosperous manner, and the official worshiped the Marquis of Wu'an as a very popular subject. It can be seen from this that the lie of Bai Qi was tacitly approved by Empress Xuan: as long as you are willing to be a slave, the defeat of the mourning family is also counted as military merit.
Second, Empress Xuan and Wei Ran's party desperately needed a victory. At that time, King Qin Zhao's reign had not been on the throne for a long time, and his throne was somewhat "not from the right way". Earlier, Empress Xuan had killed many political enemies, and even the previous empress dowager had been killed by Mi Yue. At this time, public opinion pointed to Empress Xuan, and many officials even began to question the legitimacy of King Qin Zhao.
Therefore, Empress Xuan must forge a victory and prove her wisdom and divine martial arts, so that King Qin Zhaowang can become "righteous" and block the mouths of the civil and military officials. However, what Empress Xuan did not expect was that her connivance with Bai Qi eventually caused him to develop the bad disease of lying, leaving future generations behind, and causing the self-made clever King Qin Zhao to suffer.
In the end, when the Qin army in Handan collapsed, King Qin Zhao, who could no longer care about his face and rumors, issued an edict to punish the culprit: Bai Qi, along with Sima Jin, who had participated in the Battle of Changping, had lied about his achievements in the Battle of Changping, and died.
In the end, we still have to say that King Qin Zhao is stupid, but he is by no means cruel, and even, it can be said that he is a little too weak and lenient. In the case of Bai Qi, he was to be destroyed in the princely kingdoms long ago, and King Qin Zhao only gave him death. Therefore, Sima Qian should be grateful for King Qin Zhao's stupidity, cuteness, and humility. If, instead of the King of Qi Wei and the King of Chu Ping, a holy decree would destroy Bai Qi and Sima Jin together, so that there would be no Sima Qian and his "Records of History".
Resources:
[Qin Benji, Warring States Policy, Volume 6, Qin Ce 4, History, Volume 73, Biography of King Qi of Baiqi]