Why did Qin Shi Huang give full power to Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo with the 700,000 army?

Qin Shi Huang. This man is highly regarded in history, and in addition to his personal ability, he attaches great importance to talent and gives full trust to his generals, which is very commendable. When Qin attacked Chu for the first time, Qin Shi Huang asked his generals, Li Xin.

It is believed that only 200,000 people are needed to defeat the state of Chu.

But Wang Qian. insisted that it must be 600,000, Qin Shi Huang did not distrust Wang Qian, but the capital in his hand was estimated to be more than 600,000, how much, and at that time, the world was undecided, and strong enemies were waiting, Qin Shi Huang was not willing to bet all the capital in his hand at one time. The choice of Li Xin to go to Chu for the first time is not because he does not trust Wang Qian, but because he needs to spend 600,000 to solve the problem that can be solved with 200,000 yuan, this reason is in it.

And there is another problem, if the army of Chu is defeated by 200,000 soldiers, this loss can be borne by Qin, and if it is defeated by 600,000 troops, then Qin itself will fall into a huge crisis, which Qin Shi Huang must consider.

And let it be. and Zhao Tuo set out to conquer Baiyue.

At this time, Qin had already dominated the world, and the 700,000 Qin army fought against the primitiveness of Baiyue, just like Mount Tai pressing the top, there was almost no risk of defeat, and most of the 700,000 troops were civilians. They were made up of the old Qin people, who were loyal supporters of Qin Shi Huang, and in addition to fighting wars, they also had a mission, which was to intermarry with the local natives of Baiyue, live together, and assimilate them.

Another reason is that Qin Shi Huang has more capital in his hands, it turns out that Qin is only the northwest corner of the world, and now he owns the whole world, the people under his rule, and the army that can sign up for enlistment, all of which are in the millions.

Finally, the commander of the army, Zhao Tuo, began to follow Qin Shi Huang at the age of 19, and was deeply respected and won the government.

He has the grace of knowing him, and he is also eager to make contributions, Qin Shi Huang has enough trust in him!

Qin Shi Huang has always trusted Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan, and these two people followed Qin Shi Huang to the north and south when they were teenagers, so Qin Shi Huang trusted the two of them very much. That's why he handed over the 700,000 army to Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo.

Qin Shi Huang's suspicious personality is known to all of us, and military power is a very important decision, because Qin Shi Huang is worried that if he hands over full military power this time, his subordinates will rebel. After that, he dispelled this doubt, and the destruction of Chu had to be carried out, so he handed over the military power to Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo.

In ancient times, although the generals who had made meritorious contributions were reliable, they all had merit, and the emperor was afraid that they would support their own troops and rebel, and handed over to people like Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan who had no military talent, even if they rebelled, they would be easily defeated.

Because Qin Shi Huang handed over this army to Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo only to attack Nanyue and develop Lingnan to stabilize the frontier, and also issued a death order that no matter what happened in the Central Plains, he could not go north, and he could not stand still when the Central Plains was in crisis, and probably only these two people could do it (

Qin Shi Huang had a premonition before his death, so he wrote two secret decrees on the occasion of his death, respectively to the Qin army of South Vietnam and the Qin army of the Great Wall in the north to order them to hold the land until the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang asked Zhao Tuo to stick to the three counties of the South China Sea, even if the Central Plains was in turmoil, he resolutely did not raise troops to go north, because once the troops of the three counties of the South China Sea were mobilized to quell the war, the three armies of the South China Sea would completely lose the land of the South China Sea.

The first Lingnan Battle Qin Shi Huang slaughtered Ju in the past, but died in battle, and later Qin Shi Huang sent Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo to fight while stationing, and fighting while stationing, so the Qin army was directly stationed there after winning the battle. It should be that Qin Shi Huang sent Zhao Tuo over at that time to let him educate the people there to recuperate, which is also one of the possible reasons why Zhao Tuo did not move when the Qin Dynasty fell.

Because Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan are worthy of Qin Shi Huang's trust, even if they rebel, they can't have much churn.

First of all, these two people were Qin Shi Huang's henchmen, and to a certain extent, these two people flattered Qin Shi Huang in various ways, which made Qin Shi Huang trust them very much.

This is because these two people deceived Qin Shi Huang's trust, and then led an army of 700,000 to the south to become independent.

Zhao Tuo was valued by Qin Shi Huang at the age of nineteen, and Qin Shi Huang also accompanied Zhao Tuo on his tour, and Qin Shi Huang should have trusted them very much.

I don't think Zhao Tuo really wants to go back to the army to rescue the Qin Empire. 1, from the outbreak of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising in 209 BC to Liu Bang's invasion of Xianyang in 206 BC, there were only 3 years in total. The fate of Qin was determined by the battle of Julu in 208 BC, this time was even shorter, only 2 years, there is no record that the 2nd did not order Zhao Tuo to lead the Lingnan Qin army to the north to rescue, even if the 2nd saw the defeat of Julu, he urgently ordered Zhao Tuo to reinforce, from the level of transportation at that time, ordered from Xianyang to Guangzhou, in Zhao Tuo was ready to set off north to reach the Guanzhong area for rescue, 2 years was not enough time.

2.Qin began to carry out a war of conquest of 100,000 Qin troops in South Vietnam in 219 BC, and it was not until 214 that South Vietnam was basically pacified, and in 208 BC, only a short period of six years, I think, the Qin army has not yet gained a foothold in South Vietnam, and if the main force of the Qin army is transferred back to the north at this time, it may not even be able to have the territory of South Vietnam. Upstairs said.

It's good to be able to protect yourself, only 100,000 troops dare to compete with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang and others? I don't think that's right. Judging from the fact that Gaozu, Wen, and Emperor Jing all took the initiative to compromise with Zhao Tuo, and Gaohou could not even pass a pass when he attacked South Vietnam, there is absolutely no problem with self-preservation.

Although Zhao Tuo's Qin army was only 100,000 people, these 100,000 people would definitely not be the quality of the 300,000 prisoner Qin army led by Zhang Han. Since Qin Shi Huang would have chosen these 100,000 people to go south to South Vietnam, which was still an absolutely barren land at that time. It can already be shown that this Qin army must be the elite of the elites who participated in Qin's annexation of the Six Kingdoms.

Putting aside the geographical background at that time, if this Qin army fought against the 200,000 Xiang Yu Liu Bang army, it would not be difficult to win. It's just that because of the initial occupation of the Lingnan region, there is no time to take care of anything else, and there is no north. Otherwise, even for Zhao Tuo's private purposes, it is very possible to go north to the Central Plains to grab the chessboard with the peasant army.

Therefore, I think that Zhao Tuo did not go north to save Qin, mainly because of the above two reasons.

Zhao Tuo's army was 50 thousand, not 100,000.

Zhao Tuo didn't save Qin, the first reason was Ren Huan's advice before his death, many people are tasked with some kind of secret edict of the first emperor, it seems impossible from here, if there is a secret edict, Ren Huan will not say so

The second is Zhao Tuo's selfishness, Zhao Tuo was originally a native of Zhao State, and the royal family of Zhao State is inextricably linked, and the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, not to mention the tyranny of the Qin Emperor at that time, Zhao Tuo also suffered a lot, must have a grudge, and has no good impression of Qin. And no one dared to say it again.

Zhao Tuo's experience. Zhao Tuo (c. 240 BC - 137 BC), also known as Emperor Wu of Nanyue, a native of Zhending County, Hengshan County, Longchuan Ling of the South China Sea of the Qin Dynasty, and the founder of the Nanyue Kingdom. Originally a general of the Qin Dynasty, he and Ren Huan went south to attack Baiyue.

During the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo seized Lingnan and established the Nanyue State.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Tuo implemented the policy of "Harmony and Baiyue", introduced the farming technology and advanced culture of the Central Plains, and at the same time introduced foreign culture and maritime culture to Lingnan, so that the Lingnan region entered the era of agricultural civilization from backward slash-and-burn farming. He reigned from the third year of Han Gaozu (204 BC) to the fourth year of Jianyuan (137 BC).

After the Great Qin was destroyed, Zhao Tuo, who was in Lingnan, took out the edict of Qin Shi Huang, which read:No matter what happens, the 500,000 Qin troops must be stationed in Lingnan for generations and must not be withdrawn.

This arrangement of Qin Shi Huang directly led to a gap in the strength of the national Ying, and after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, the rebel armies in various places responded to the call. At this time, Zhang Han, a general with military power in the DPRK, had to urgently organize the 700,000 prisoners in Lishan into an army to suppress them. The army composed of prisoners was nothing more than a rabble, and there were heroes like Xiang Yu in the rebel army, who were unable to prevent the rebel army from attacking Xianyang, and the tragedy of the death of Daqin II could not be avoided.

All the mighty divisions of Great Qin have gone? After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he believed that the country had settled down, no one could shake it, and there were still hidden dangers in the frontierTherefore, Pai Mengtian led an army of 300,000 to garrison the northern border to prevent the Xiongnu from attacking; Zhao Tuo was ordered to lead 500,000 troops to garrison Lingnan. The order on the edict was to let Zhao Tuo and 500,000 Qin troops be stationed here for generations, and no matter what happened in the Central Plains, they were not allowed to withdraw their troops.

Therefore, when the Central Plains rebel army rose up, the main forces of the Qin State were all on the frontier, and they could not come back to Wanzhou to rescue. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Tuo did two things at that timeThe first is to kill all the ** appointed by the Qin Dynasty in Lingnan and replace them with their own cronies; The second is to block all passages to the north and cut off contact with the Central Plains. Zhao Tuo's heart has been revealed, he wants to support the army and respect himself.

Zhao Tuo severed ties with Qin, established himself as king in the land of Nanban, established the Nanyue Kingdom, and became the martial king of Nanyue himself. This dynasty lasted for more than eighty years before it was finally annexed by the Han dynasty.