Why are there only five countries and not six?

In 286 BC, civil strife broke out in the Song state, and the Qi state took the opportunity to unite the Chu and Wei states to attack the Song state, and the king of Song Kang was captured and killed, and the Song state was destroyed. The Triple Alliance was dominated by the Qi State, and most of the land of the Song State was also occupied by the Qi State, and because of this incident, the military action of the Five Kingdoms against Qi broke out subsequently.

Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty, why did it provoke the Five Nations Alliance? There are three main reasons for this.

1.The Song State is the eighth country after the Seven Heroes in the late Warring States Period, located in the area of Shangqiu, Henan, with a radius of hundreds of miles, fertile land, and is a very important transportation fortress. The change in the strength of the Song State affected the balance of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, at this time the Warring States were in a situation of "Eastern Qi and Western Qin", and if the Qi State annexed the Song State again, the balance would be broken, which would be a huge threat to other countries.

2.The destruction of the Five Kingdoms benefited from the active organization of the Yan State. For the Yan State, the biggest enemy is the Qi State, which was almost destroyed several times, and for hundreds of years, the contradictions between the two countries have been irresolvable.

Originally, Yan State couldn't defeat Qi State, and if Qi State annexed Song State again, Yan State would be wiped out next. Therefore, for the sake of its own safety, Yan actively united with other countries to jointly deal with Qi, and Yan became the commander of the coalition forces.

3.The state of Qin is behind the scenes. At that time, the Warring States pattern was Eastern Qi and Western Qin, and the two countries were direct opponents in the struggle for hegemony in the world, so Qin naturally did not want to see Qi become stronger, so it temporarily stranded the strategy of "distant friendship and close attack" and joined the coalition to destroy Qi.

The first is to boost the confidence of the coalition forces, and the second is to tell the countries that you are bold enough to attack, and I will not put cold arrows in the back.

Since the State of Qi has attracted the indignation of various countries, why is it only the Five Kingdoms that attack Qi, and why doesn't the State of Chu participate?

In fact, after the annexation of the Song State by the Qi State, it also harmed the interests of the Chu State, and it was supposed to be attacked together. However, the state of Chu saw a deeper level, if the state of Qi was defeated, the general trend of the world would be out of balance, and the state of Qin would have no opponents in the north, and the state of Chu would inevitably become the next target of the state of Qin. Therefore, the state of Chu chose to withdraw from the alliance, and there were only five countries left to destroy Qi.

This is because the State of Chu did not want to participate at that time, he wanted to see the other five countries and the State of Qi fighting each other, and then sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman, and in the end, it was true that the State of Chu also gained great benefits.

Because the state of Chu was not involved in it at that time, only the five kingdoms were in Qi.

Because Chu felt that if Qi was defeated, the general trend of the world would be out of balance, and Qin had no opponents in the north, Chu would inevitably become Qin's next target, and Chu did not join the Five Nations Alliance at that time. Therefore, there are only five countries to destroy Qi.

Because the state of Chu was on the side of the state of Qi at that time in order to avoid the pattern of mutual checks and balances between countries from being broken, the state of Chu was helping the state of Qi when the five kingdoms attacked Qi.

Because the strength of other countries was not strong at that time, if he participated in the war, other countries would definitely attack him again, so he did not choose to attack him together.

The name is not felling, but the actual felling. Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! If the five countries are defeated, they will protect themselves; If the Qi country is defeated, take advantage of the fire to rob. How did King Qi die? Who occupies the south?

It is the "Five Kingdoms War". The Five Kingdoms are about to fight Qi, which is the Warring States Period, and the Warring States Policy.

Original: The Five Kingdoms Covenant Ivarqi. Zhaoyang said to the king of Chu:

The Five Kingdoms are broken by Qi, and Qin must be in the south. The king of Chu said: "Then what can I do?

said to him: "Han's auxiliary country is also, good Liang teases and is evil, good profit, but also camp; Evil, terrible. I will bribe them generously for profit, and their hearts will be camped.

I will come upon them, and their hearts will fear me. He is afraid of my soldiers and camps my interests, and the affairs of the five kingdoms will be defeated. After the covenant is broken, although it is not with the earth, it is okay.

The king of Chu said: "Good." Han Jianzhong, who ordered the great official affairs, said: "The matter of the husband and the cow, the difficulty of the horse tomb, and what the prince has seen." Wang Gou has no troops from the five countries, please follow the example of Leh Five, and please know the people of Chu to try to be in Qi. ”

After Qi Zhi rebelled against Zhao and Wei, and Chu Guofu and the land, the affairs of the five kingdoms were also trapped.

Translation: The alliance of the five kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, and Chu attacked the state of Qi. Chu Xiang Zhaoyang said to the king of Chu:

If the Five Kingdoms defeated the Qi State, the Qin State would definitely take the opportunity to attack the Chu State in the south. He pointed at the king of Chu and said, "What can I do about this?"

Zhaoyang said: "South Korea's Han Min is arbitrary in South Korea, greedy for personal gain, and afraid of danger. greedy for personal gain, you can tempt him; Afraid of danger, you can threaten him, I use heavy profits to win him over, he will definitely be tempted by profits in his heart; If I send a large army to threaten him, he will definitely be afraid, he is afraid of our army, and he is greedy for our heavy profits, so that the attack of the alliance of the five nations will definitely fail.

After their covenant was torn up, it was okay even if they didn't cede land to Korea. The king of Chu said, "Good."

So he sent the grand minister to Korea to meet with the Han Xiangguo Gongzhong, and said: "At the beginning, the battle of Niu Lang and the battle of Maling were all seen by you personally, if the king did not join forces with the five countries to attack Qi, we were willing to sacrifice 5 cities, otherwise, we will send the whole army to fight the enemy together with the Qi country." ”

After Korea terminated the treaty with Zhao and Wei, Chu really did not cede land to Korea, and the five-nation alliance failed to conquer Qi.

The reason why the Five Kingdoms were reluctant to participate was very simple, they were actually waiting for an opportunity to move, looking for an opportunity. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period lasted for more than 500 years without unification, because various countries were constantly developing and checking and balancing each other. If the strength of one country is particularly strong, other countries will unite to suppress its power, which is called "joint vertical and horizontal".

But this does not mean that Chi Xiao is a strong country, so its development must be suppressed. But the strength of the Qi State is indeed strong, but in the face of the siege of the Five Kingdoms, it is indeed very difficult, and the Qi State also once asked the Chu State for help, but the Chu State finally chose to lie dormant silently and watch the fire from the other side.

The final outcome also shows that Chu's choice was correct, although he did not join the Vanqi coalition army, but Chu gained a lot from this war.

Because Qi and Chu were allies, and the interests of the two countries were the same, the Chu State helped Qi and did not join other countries.

Mainly because the strength of the Chu State at that time was not particularly strong, and they did not want to cause a war, but just wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, so they did not join.

This is because the state of Chu had already moved towards a relatively declining situation at that time, and the relationship between Qi and Chu was relatively good at that time, so the state of Chu was not willing to join the war.

<> "The War of the Five Kingdoms and the Battle of Qi, What is the Qin State doing?

What was Qin doing during the War of the Five Kingdoms? In fact, the Qin State did the most correct thing again, that is, it participated in the battle of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qi, and the Qin State was still the main force, and everyone knows the final outcome, the Qi State was destroyed until the country was destroyed, and the treasures of the city were looted.

Therefore, at that time, while developing the economy in its own country, the Qin State helped other countries crusade against the Qi State, which was the core of what the Qin State did at that time.

So many people also asked, at that time, it seemed that this Yan State should be the biggest winner, with the most plundered cities and treasures, but why did the Qin State become the biggest winner in the end?

In fact, this is the case, Qi is actually far away from Qin, but it has always been a big stumbling block on the way to Qin's unification of the country, Qin once fought with Qi, but in the end Qin lost it, so it was a bit of a stumbling block for Qi.

Fortunately, there was this incident of the battle of the five countries to destroy Qi, of course the Qin State would not give up such a good opportunity, and sent a large number of troops to help eliminate the Qi State in the past, and the core idea was to get rid of the big stumbling block on the road to unifying the country, and to destroy the country or not to destroy the country, but to weaken the strength of the Qi State must be done.

Everyone has also seen the final ending, that is, the Qin State has unified the whole country, and the Qin State has become the final winner, how did the Qin State do it? Because Qin has goals, judges the situation, and has plans and strategies.

<><The Five Kingdoms are in full swing

1.Introduction to the event.

The Five Kingdoms of Qi refers to the five kingdoms of Qin, Han Zhao, Wei, and Yan, under the leadership of Yan and Le Yi as the main general, to attack a war against Qi. As the most powerful country at that time, the State of Qi often oppressed other countries, and the vassal states suffered for a long time. In this war, Le Yi led the five-nation alliance and defeated 72 cities of Qi in one go.

Frightened, King Min of Qi immediately fled from Linzi City, and successively went to Weiguo, Dankudan, Zou and Lu, and was embarrassed.

2.Background to the event.

In the middle of the Warring States Period, with the completion of the successive changes of several major powers, the original situation of Wei State being the sole hegemony of the State was completely ended, and the Qi State became the strongest country in the East. The formation of the Five-Power Alliance was not to start a war, but the strong behavior of Qi made the outbreak of war inevitable. The state of Qi had encroached on the lands of the Yan State and had threatened other vassal states.

In order to safeguard their respective interests, the five-nation alliance decided to start a war and attack the Qi country.

3.Sequence of events.

The armies of the five countries went to attack the state of Qi. When the king of Qi heard the news, he personally led the main force of the Qi army to meet the west of Jishui. The two armies met, and the Five Kingdoms Bench Rising Coalition launched a fierce attack on the Qi army.

King Qi was defeated and led the remnants of his army to flee back to Linzi, the capital of Qi. Le Yi sent back the armies of the princes who had participated in the war from afar, and planned to personally lead the Yan army to attack Linzi and destroy Qi in one fell swoop. When the king of Qi saw that the lonely city of Linzi was difficult to defend, he fled to Juyi and held on to the city.

Qi Jiangtian Dan skillfully used the counter-plot to separate Yan Hui Wang and Le Yi. After King Yan Hui replaced Le Yi, the Yan army, which had changed generals in battle, suffered a heavy defeat and lost the occupied land of Qi.

4.Profound significance.

After the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, the powerful Qi State no longer existed, although it was finally restored, but at this time, the Qi State was no longer the opponent of the Qin State, it seemed that the Five Kingdoms were defeating Qi, and the five countries all got the benefits and lifted the threat of the Qi State, but it was the Qin State that got the most benefits, because at this time the Warring States was already the only strong Qin State, and it was only a matter of time before it unified China.