In 296 BC, King Huai of Chu, who was in xianyang, the capital of the Qin state, learned of the usurpation of the throne by his son Xiong Heng (known as King Xiang of Chu), and after being imprisoned for three years, King Huai of Chu died in the state of Qin.
In 284 BC, Qu Yuan, who had never forgotten King Huai of Chu, was exiled, and in this year the State of Qi was almost destroyed by the State of Yan, and the State of Chu lost its last reliable ally. At the same time, the State of Qin also secretly raised its butcher knife and pointed it at the State of Chu.
In 279 BC, "Bai Qi", known as the god of war, led an army to attack the Chu State Qin army and occupied Dengcheng, and hundreds of thousands of Chu people who attacked the Chu state of Bedu Yancheng along the way were killed, and the city of Yingcheng was in danger, but the Chu army did not have the strength to defend the city.
During the Warring States period, the four great powers of Wei Qi, Zhao, and Qin successively dominated the small and narrow as Korea could be strong for a while, and the remote State of Yan almost destroyed the State of Qi for a time, but the State of Chu never seemed to be really strong.
The dispersion of resources and power of the divided Chu state by the nobility was difficult to integrate in the face of the powerful Qin army, and the Chu army was soon defeated. The enemy, the current King of Chuxiang, had to abandon the capital of Yingdu, which had been in operation for hundreds of years.
The mausoleum of the Chu royal family occupied by Yingdu was destroyed, and the Temple of the Emperor was destroyed. Qu Yuan, who was exiled outside, threw himself into the water and died. The Chu state lost its core and was seriously injured, and in the late Warring States period, the Chu state moved its capital to the remote Shouchun and still could not get rid of the nightmare Qin state.
Unable to resist Qin, King Xiang of Chu could only send his son Xiong Quan to the Qin state as a hostage. In 263 BC, Xiong Quan, who had been in xianyang, the capital of the Qin state for ten years, received news that King Xiang of Chu was critically ill, and Xiong Guan, who had been in another village for a long time, fled back to the Chu state under the arrangement of Huang Xie. Huang Xie was one of the famous Four Princes of the Warring States of Chunshen Jun.
After Xiong completed his succession, Chun Shenjun became Ling Yin and controlled the power of the Chu state. He had a protégé from the Zhao Kingdom named Li Yuan, who gave his sister Li Yan to Chun Shenjun soon after Li Yan became pregnant, and at the same time, Chu Kao Lie's king Xiong Guan's harem jiali sanqian could not have children, so Li Yan and Chun Shen Jun set up a plan to give the pregnant Li Yan to Chu Kao Lie's king Xiong Quan, so that their children could successfully inherit the Chu throne.
Praying mantises catch cicadas, yellow finches in the back. What Chun Shenjun did not expect was that he would be calculated, and it was Li Yan's brother Li Yuan who really inherited the power of the Chu state after the death of King Chu Kao Lie. Not only did he kill Chun Shenjun but also destroy his family, but it was Chun Shenjun's son who became the king of Chu, and the bloodline of the Chu royal family was already confused.
Ten years later, King Kaolie's son, Bao Jiao, killed Li Yuan on the grounds of cholera court and established himself as the King of Chu.
At this time, the unification war launched by the State of Qin was already in full swing, and in 231 BC the State of Qin destroyed Korea, and the State of Zhao and the State of Yan also fell one after another. After the fall of the State of Wei in 225 BC, the Qin army pointed its spearhead at the State of Chu, which was not united but never weak. On the eve of the fall of the country, the nobles of the Chu state learned to give up their own selfishness and gather around the last Chu king to fight against Qin. In the final years of the war, the Chu state was the most iron-boned of the Six Kingdoms.
In 225 BC, the Chu army led by Xiang Yan defeated the 200,000 elite Qin army and shocked the world. None of the other five kingdoms posed a fatal threat to the State of Qin, but the State of Chu made the State of Qin frightened for a while, and the following year the State of Qin gathered an army of 600,000 men to the south with the strength of the whole country. The king of Chu refused to surrender, the city of war was destroyed and captured, and the unruly Chu people could be defeated but not conquered. Xiang Yan was surrounded and left behind "Although Chu has three households, qin will die in Chu" boldly.
After the fall of the capital of the Chu state, the Chu royal family continued to resist Qin, and until the last moment the Chu state maintained the dignity of a big country, but could not avoid the fate of extinguishing the fire.
The divided aristocrats of the Chu state, who were based on the division of the kingdom of Chu, put their respective interests first, and their resources and forces could not be gathered.
Although the Chu state was vast, it had never been strong, and its demise was inevitable.
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