Li Xinbai failed to destroy the Chu State, why did Wang Jian do it easily, and finally retreated?

When Qin Shi Huang planned to destroy Chu, Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu and failed, and Wang Jian believed that an army of 600,000 was necessary to destroy Chu. Wang Jian has more combat experience than Li Xin, Li Xin largely catered to Qin Shi Huang's foresight before proposing 200,000, Qin Shi Huang was not just to destroy the Chu State, he wanted to unify the six countries, which was something that a fool could see at that time.

Li Xin proposed 200,000 in order to cater to Qin Shi Huang, the purpose was to save the army for Qin Shi Huang, Li Xin was left behind, he probably knew that his military talent was not as good as Wang Qian, even if he was given 600,000, he would not necessarily destroy the Chu State, so he first asked for 200,000 to make a temptation, won the addition of an official and entered the knighthood, and if he was defeated, didn't he still have Wang Qian? And he didn't defeat all the troops, Qin Shi Huang didn't kill Li Xin because Qin Shi Huang was also gambling, and killing Li Xin was not a slap in the face?

600,000 is not only a bomb pressure on the Chu people, but also a deterrent to the rebels. If someone rebelled at this time, taking away tens of thousands of people would have no great impact on Wang Jian at all, and there would be a lot of psychological pressure on the rebels.

And the most important thing is that Wang Jian wants to tell Qin Shi Huang through these 600,000 that I am a mediocre general who relies on Qin's national strength to fight, and it will not be possible if there are not many people and logistics. From the beginning, Wang Jian did not consider the battlefield factor, while Li Xin only considered the battlefield factor. If Wang Jian could take 200,000 to destroy Chu, wouldn't Qin Shi Huang worry that one day he would rebel with troops loyal to him?

In the Battle of Yanying, Bai Qi led an army of 100,000 to capture the capital of Chu, but did not destroy Chu. Bai Qi's attack on Chu was due to the internal chaos of Chu State, and Han Weiqi and other countries assisted in taking advantage of the fire to rob, Chu State was already a rotten wall, and the political system of Chu State was also different from other countries, and there were still problems with local private armed forces defending the land and supporting troops to protect themselves, coupled with the Zhuang Wrestling peasant uprising, Chu State was really weak, so Bai Qi 70,000 or 80,000 people could occupy Yan Ying, and the King of Chu could only move the capital without the army of King Qin to counterattack.

Because compared to the form of Li Xin and Bai Qishi, the Qin army commanded by Wang Jian was stronger, and the strength of the Chu State was weaker.

Because at that time, Bai Qi did not have the intention of destroying the Chu State, but only occupied the capital of the Chu State, and Li Xin, for the sake of Qin Shi Huang, only needed 200,000 troops, the number of troops was far from enough, and Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to destroy the Chu State.

I think the main reason is that Wang Jian has strong combat ability, and there is also the result of his ability to know himself and his opponent when fighting.

Because Li Xin's strength is very strong and very intelligent, this situation will occur.

Because the other party is more suitable, Qin Shi Huang is a very smart emperor, he will choose according to the actual situation, and the other party is a good candidate.

That's because Qin Shi Huang knew that Li Xin was a very loyal person, and he was also a very principled person.

In the end, Qin Shi Huang changed his general. He was also not punished severely, and later participated in the Battle of Qi Extermination.

Although Qin Shi Huang was very angry, he did not punish him severely, but also participated in the great battle of Qin to destroy Qi after being appointed.

There are no major punishments, but the specific punishments are not recorded in historical sources.

Qin did not have this law, and Li Xin certainly did not have to die, for example, Meng Fu was once defeated by Xinling Jun, but after that, he continued to fight with the army, and his descendants could continue to be commanders after the second defeat and death.

The princes elected King Chu Huai as the longitudinal chief, which had the potential to overwhelm the Qin State, and the Qin State sent Zhang Yi to carry it out"Horizontal"activities, persuading Qi and Chu not to ally with other vassal states, so Qi and Chu were not enthusiastic about the alliance and did not send troops, in fact, only Han, Zhao, and Wei were at war with Qin.

As soon as the Triple Alliance army entered Hangu Pass, it was repulsed by the Qin army. Later, the Qin army defeated the coalition army in Xiuyu, now Yuanyang, Henan, and annihilated 80,000 enemies, and the five countries attacked Qin"Feat"So far, it has been declared a failure.

There are no more than three endings for King Qin's political order Wang Jiantong Li Xin: first, he died of old age or illness, and died of natural causes; the second was to be given death by the emperor at that time; The third is to die in battle. But it is certain that Li Xin did not rebel, otherwise Li Xin's descendants would not have reproduced in Longxi safely.

Li Xin returned from the defeat of Chu, and was criticized by the world but also made great contributions to the King of Qin, so there are no more than three endings: one is to give death; the second is to die in battle; The third is death from old age or disease.

2. Extended information:Li Xin was a famous general of Qin in the last years of the Warring States Period, and made great contributions in the battle to destroy Yan, and then led 200,000 troops to attack Chu. After Li Xin eliminated the Yan Kingdom, he was trusted by the King of Qin for his extraordinary bravery.

After Qin conquered the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei, he planned to destroy Chu and complete the unification and hegemony. He asked Li Xin how many sergeants he needed to be enough, Li Xin replied that it was "200,000", and then asked Wang Qian, who replied that he needed "600,000", and the king of Qin adopted Li Xin's opinion, and was defeated by Xiang Yan of Chu. The king of Qin was furious, changed the general who attacked Chu, and invited Wang Jian to fight, defeating the Chu army.

Li Xin returned from the defeat of Chu, and was criticized by the world but also made great contributions to the King of Qin, so there are no more than three endings: one is to give death; the second is to die in battle; The third is death from old age or disease.

The main reason for Li Xin's defeat was that Qin Shi Huang's benefactor Qi Qi suddenly rebelled.

Before deciding to destroy Chu, Qin Shi Huang asked Li Xin and Wang Jian for their opinions, and Li Xin believed that 200,000 troops were sufficient, but Wang Jian insisted that 600,000 was necessary. At that time, although the state of Chu was constantly moved eastward by the Qin state, it occupied a lot of land in the east of the former Song and Lu countries, and its strength was still there.

So why is there such a big gap between the estimates made by the two experienced fighters? Actually, it's mainly tactical. Li Xin, as a representative of the officers of the Qin State's Shaozhuang faction, was mainly a hurricane advance in the previous battle to destroy Yan, and he was able to solve the problem quickly, not only saving time for the unification of the world, but also saving a large amount of grain for the Qin State.

Therefore, Li Xin's tactic was to attack quickly, occupy Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, and achieve the goal of destroying the country.

And the reason why Li Xin dared to destroy the southern power of Chu with 200,000 troops was based on a clear understanding of the weakness of Chu. Although the state of Chu is a large country in the south, the changes since the Warring States period are not thorough, and the feudal monarchy system prevails in the country, that is, the king of Chu will divide the feudal monarchs within the territory of the Chu state, and these feudal monarchs have independent territories and soldiers, and they collect taxes on their own, which causes the state of Chu to be unable to directly levy local soldiers and pay taxes through the county system through the county system like the state of Qin. According to statistics, there are as many as 36 small feudal states in the Chu State, and this system of a country within a country makes the Chu State like a plate of scattered sand.

In the face of such a country, Li Xin naturally confidently believed that only 200,000 troops were needed to destroy the other party in a quick battle. At the beginning of the war, Li Xin's strategy did have the expected effect, Li Xin sent troops in 225 BC, all the way south, conquered Pingyu and Yanying, the Chu army was defeated, Li Xin was about to join forces with Meng Tian in the city father, and joined forces to attack Shouchun.

But at this time, Li Xin's army made a very strange move, and instead of continuing to advance eastward, the army suddenly returned to Yingchen in the northwest. Before Li Xin sent out his troops, Yingchen had already been conquered by the Qin State and belonged to Li Xin's rear, why did Li Xin act so abnormally?

This has to start with Qin Shi Huang's benefactor Qi Qi.

Qi Qi, to be precise, should be called Changping Jun, the son of Chu State, once an official in Qin State, is the right-hand man of Qin Shi Huang, when Chang Yu rebelled, it was Changping Jun who led the troops to quell the rebellion. Before Qin Shi Huang destroyed Chu, he deliberately sealed Changping Jun in Yingchen, hoping to use his identity as the prince of Chu to appease the Chu people and reduce resistance.

However, just as Li Xin was advancing all the way, Changping Jun, who was stationed in Yingchen in the rear, suddenly rebelled, which caught Li Xin off guard, because the grain route of the Qin army would be cut off, and the Qin army would also be in the predicament of being caught between the north and the south. Therefore, Li Xin gave up the original direction of attack and turned back to the division to recover Yingchen, and at this time, the Chu general Xiang Yan pursued Li Xin's army behind him, killing seven Qin lieutenants in a row, resulting in Li Xin's defeat.

First, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen. The state of Chu is a vassal state that has been established for a long time, and covers an area of very large, occupying most of the area of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, etc. in its heyday, and the people of Chu are strong, although the state of Chu is now weak, but it is still quite powerful, and it is impossible to easily succumb to the state of Qin. Although the king of Chu at that time was mediocre and incompetent, after all, the foundation of the Chu State was still there, and the financial and material resources were still very strong, which was enough to compete with the powerful Qin State.

In addition, at that time, there was a famous general like Xiang Yan in the Chu State, and the use of troops in the war was quite powerful, which is why Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack the Chu State and was defeated. As the so-called "hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff", although the Qin State is strong, it is not easy to destroy the Chu State, so Wang Jian did not dare to take it lightly, so he insisted that he would lead the troops to the expedition only if he needed 600,000 troops.

Second, Wang Jian died a good death in order to protect himself. In addition to the fact that the state of Chu itself still has a certain amount of strength and needs more soldiers and horses to deal with. Another point is that in order to protect himself, Wang Jian fought countless battles in his life and made great achievements.

When he destroyed the Zhao State with an army of 300,000, he already clearly felt that his merits were high. Therefore, when asked how many people were needed to destroy Chu, he initially reported the figure of 600,000, which was to show weakness to show that he was old, and he would quit the court and die a good death.

Because Wang Jian does not fight uncertain battles, after all, the Chu State is also very powerful, which is also the reason why Wang Jian won all battles.

Because Wang Jian was ordered by the king of Qin to lead the army when Li Xin attacked Chu and was defeated, the king of Qin promised him to bring 600,000 troops, and Wang Jian repeatedly asked for land and land, so that the king of Qin let down his guard, and then used the strategy of sticking to the barrier to defeat the Chu army by taking advantage of the slack retreat of the Chu army.

Because when Li Xinbai attacked the Chu State, the Chu State had not yet declined, and when Wang Jian attacked the Chu State, the Chu State was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and the reason why he was able to retreat with his whole body was because Qin Shi Huang trusted him very much.

Because Wang Fei was more scheming than Li Xinbaiqi, and he had already thought of how to destroy the Chu State at that time, Qin Shi Huang sent Wang Wang Fei to fight.

Because when Wang Jian was a general, the Qin State had accumulated many years, and its strength was the strongest at that time, and the strength of the other six countries had weakened.

Li Xin lost because he was too confident, and it was impossible for 200,000 soldiers and horses to destroy the Chu State. was suspicious of King Qin and died, Wang Jian knew how to retreat bravely from the rapids, so he was able to retreat with his whole body.

Because the strength of Chu was not very strong at that time, and Wang Jian used 600,000 troops. Under the action of strong forces, of course, it is possible to retreat in one body.