Preface:
In 225 BC, the Qin army claimed to send troops from Handan to attack the Wei state, and the 400,000 Wei army displayed Hebei to wait for the battle, in fact, the Qin army crossed the border from the Chu state with Wang Ben as the general, and approached the Wei capital Liang.
The Qin army led the water of the Yellow River to flood the first Xiongcheng of the Central Plains for more than three months, the city was broken by the water, the king of Wei faked out of the city and surrendered, was killed by Wang Ben, and the Wei state was declared extinct.
The 400,000 Wei troops who came to the rescue in the north of the Yellow River were blocked in Anyangyi by Wang Ben and his father Wang Qian, and the armed forces of Wei were eliminated in a structured manner, and the entire territory of Wei fell and became the county of Qin.
Judging from the demise of the Wei State, how did the Wei State, which dominated a hundred years in the early Warring States period, give itself to the end?
Tianhu start:
How strong was Wei after the three families were divided? Beat the old princes and overlords of Guanxi so that they didn't dare to go out, in front of the Wei State, it was a joke that the old Qin wanted to send a letter to Guguan in the east.
Not to mention sending troops to Kanto, the entire land west of the river was occupied by the Wei State, and there is still a reason to say it.
In the face of this situation, Qin Huigong, the leader of the Qin State, did not think of resisting, and gathered 500,000 troops with the strength of the whole country to fight against the Wei State. As a result, he was beaten by the Wei general Wu Qi with 50,000 Wei soldiers to lose his armor and not find the north.
Since then, Wei has joined forces with the three Jins, punched Yan Qi, kicked Qin Chu, and dominated the Central Plains for a hundred years, and no one dared to provoke him.
But things must be reversed, the arrogant and domineering Wei State, look at everyone is a little disdainful, no matter if you are a famous Confucian or a hundred battles, in the territory of the Great Wei State, it is the dragon that has to be coiled, and the tiger has to lie down, waiting for the monarch of Wei to order food in order to have a chance to play.
Brain drain:
In this situation, countless talents who have never met talents have defected to other countries, let's see what are the lost talents of Wei, and we can have a clearer understanding of the pattern of Wei's weakness:
Shang Ying, who changed the law to strengthen Qin: Shang Ying, who was originally a patriot, was greatly influenced by Li Kui, who changed the law of Wei and was greatly influenced, and originally planned to go to Wei to chase his idol, but at the same time he showed his burden, but he was not treated by King Wei Hui, so he arrived in Qin.
Even Zhang Yi, who resisted and rebelled: Zhang Yi, who was born in Wei, should naturally have a sense of closeness to his hometown, but he couldn't get along in the six countries before he arrived in Qin, and then he also served as Wei Xiang after becoming famous, but the two Wei kings didn't listen to the idea, no wonder Zhang Yi was desperate for King Qin Huiwen.
Fan Ju who was close to the attack: Fan Ju was originally from the Wei State, and he followed the doctor Xu Jia to mix, and when the two of them went to the Qi State, Xu Jia was looked down upon by the King of Qi Xiang, but Fan Ju was appreciated as a guest. After returning to the Wei State, Xu Jia framed Fan Ju for wearing various small shoes, and almost didn't play Fan Ju to death. Fan Ju had no choice but to flee to Qin, which led to Qin's "long-distance and close-range attack" later. Stratagem.
Le Yi of the Five Kingdoms Attacking Qi: Le Yi's ancestor Le Yang is a native of Wei, and he was also a general in Wei at first, but he was not very well received, and when he went out of Yan State, he was treated by King Yan Zhao as a national soldier, which stayed in Yan State, and later the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi Le Yi Commander in a row of more than 70 cities, and almost did not destroy Qi State.
Then there are the two bigwigs, Sun Bin and Wu Qi, both of whom had the opportunity to stay in Wei, but they also ended up going to other princes to shine, as for other generals like Wei Yi and Wei Zhang, who are actually very good but not well-known, they must be even more numerous.
The loss of so many talents, on the one hand, weakened the strength of the Wei State, on the other hand, it grew stronger, and even changed the pattern of hostile princes.
Strategic Expansion:
In addition to the loss of talent, strategic expansion and chaos were the direct factors that led to the demise of the Wei state.
Han, Zhao, and Wei were originally in the land of four wars in the Central Plains, and the rise of Wei also benefited from the origin of these three princes breaking bones and connecting tendons.
But after the strong Chu State, it was a little inflated, first of all, Han and Zhao were not taken into account, and the three princes spent a lot of national strength fighting in the nest.
After that, the Wei State attacked from all sides, and the result was that the east was defeated by Qi, the west lost more than 700 miles of Qin, and the south was humiliated by Chu.
The national policy is also wavering, one will listen to Zhang Yi's succession, the other will listen to Gongsun Yan's combination, think of one is one out, with this kind of chaotic strategic planning, decay is inevitable.
Located in the core of the Central Plains, it is not strong and its body is developing steadily, and all kinds of waves, waves are not too easy to be cleaned up by the Qin State later.
It may be that in the six Kwantung countries destroyed by the Qin State, except for Korea, it is too difficult to put on the table, and the later Wei State is holding the hand.
Epilogue:
From the overlord in the early Warring States period to the destruction of the country, this gap is not small, and the script of Wei could have been more grandiose, but in the end it could only be reduced to Sanchuan County of Qin.
Can't make the most of the location, can't cage people's hearts, Wei came down from the peak, basically never went right, Shengsheng played himself away, but it was a pity that a good deck of cards opened with Tianhu.
#历史##战国##为什么魏国人不接受商鞅了?##战国初期, Wei State, as the overlord, has a national strength far exceeding that of Qin, why not destroy Qin first to avoid worries#