Why did Qin annihilate the Five Kingdoms and Qi sit idly by?

BecauseIn the past, the other five countries had attacked the Qi State, and the Qi State was unwilling to help them, and at that time, the internal affairs of Qi State were chaotic, and many ** were bought by Qin State, plusQin and Qi were on good terms, and Qi was reluctant to send troops to help other countries.

During the Warring States Period, the Qin State once destroyed 5 countries before hitting the idea of the Qi State, and the Qi State was also very soft, seeing that after the Qin State destroyed so many countries, it did not come to the aid of those countries, and finally surrendered after hitting its own head. Many people are puzzled about the surrender of Qi State, Qi State and Qin State can be said to be the same bigwig-level countries, the two powers of the East and West mean that these two countries, why did they not resist in the end?

In fact, the State of Qi has the ability to pull other countries when the Qin State attacks the other 5 countries, and even if he does this, it is very likely that the momentum of the Qin Dynasty's external expansion will be curbed, but he still did not do it after all, and even chose to stand by coldly when Qin destroyed the other 5 countriesSeeing that the other five countries were wiped out one after another, the Qi State did not fluctuate at all, and even wanted to surrender.

Qi State does not make a move, it is actually very simple to help other countries, because the other 5 countries have united to beat Qi State to the blood, almost wiped out the entire Qi State, and in the end Qi State can help them, it is strange, plus at that time, Qin State also understood that Qi State's national strength is also good, out of the policy of distant friendship and close attack, befriended Qi State, and also sent a lot of spies to buy Qi State's **, it can be said that most of Qi State's ** was basically bought by Qin State later, soWhen the Qin State sent troops to attack other countries, the Qi State would definitely not make a move, and would even ask the Qin State if it needed help.

There are three main points:

The first point is that Qi has grievances with the other five countries, at first Qi was the first to agree to the alliance, but later it was attacked by the five countries;

The second point is that he is in a relatively chaotic period, and if he sends troops at this time, he will definitely be exploited by others to protect himself;

The third point is that in the later period, the strength of the Qin State increased dramatically in the later period, while the Qi State was not so powerful, and did not dare to manage it, and it did not have the strength to manage it.

First of all, since the Battle of Jixi, in 283 BC, when it was heavily damaged by the Yan army, the strength of the Qi State has not recovered, and it has not been able to participate in the struggle between the Eastern countries and the Qin State. At the same time, Qi believed that it had no common border with Qin, so it would not be attacked by Qin, and Qin also adopted the policy of distant friendship and close attack, so that Qi had always adopted a neutral attitude, plus Qi Prime Minister Housheng was bought by Qin, advocated an alliance with Qin, and completely did not defend Qin, and the king of Qi also completely listened to Housheng's words.

How could Qi not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, but at that time, the Qi country was very chaotic, and he was powerless and could only watch the other countries around him be wiped out one by one.

This is a strategic deception brought about by the policy of long-distance relations and close attacks. The State of Qi wanted nothing more than to use the power of the State of Qin to obtain the benefits of dividing China.

is too busy to take care of himself, his ability is not enough, and he has a disagreement with other countries.

It should be afraid, compared to the Qin State at that time, it was very powerful, afraid of retaliation!

During the reign of King Qi, the state of Qi was invaded by the five kingdoms due to the annexation of the Song state, and the country's strength was greatly reduced. After the Qin army conquered the Yan State, they were stationed in the hometown of the Yan State, that is, to the north of the Qi State.

The Qin army made a feint to attack the western part of the Qi state, attracting the main force of the Qi army to be stationed in the west. And Wang Jian led the Qin army of Yandi to the south and went straight to Linzi, the capital of Qi, and the king of Qi surrendered without a fight, and the Qi country perished.

Here's why:

After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, the national strength of Qi declined a lot, and at this time, King Xiang of Song wanted to follow the example of Duke Huan of Qi to develop a grand hegemony, so he sent troops to compete with the State of Chu.

At this time, the national strength of the state of Chu was very strong, it was the heyday, and when it was found that someone was invading, it immediately sent troops to meet it, and finally King Xiang of Song was defeated, and he almost lost his life, resulting in the original allies of Qi eventually becoming the allies of Chu.

In the end, due to the Jin and Chu hegemony in the Central Plains, many other small countries took the opportunity to rise, and after years of war and constant land changes, the situation also changed dramatically, and the original hundreds of small countries gradually became centered on seven large countries, and the Spring and Autumn Period also ended.

Due to the continuous conquest, the national strength of other countries has declined, and only Wei is dominant, and it has begun to gradually dominate the Central Plains.

This situation lasted for a long time, but then the Shang Dynasty changed the law and made the Qin state stronger, first advancing eastward, defeating the Three Jins, and forcing the Wei to cede all of its lands west of the river.

In 286 BCE, Qi defeated the Song in order to expand its power, and its actions also unnerved the rest of the world.

Since then, the powerful Qi State has not existed, resulting in a situation where the Qin State is dominant.

After the defeat, the national strength of Qi has been greatly reduced, and it has gradually faded out of people's field of vision, although it was subsequently restored, its impact on the war situation has become minimal, and it has basically lost the qualification to dominate the Central Plains.

The general situation in the late Warring States period is already very clear, the Qin State is dominant, and its comprehensive military strength is no longer something that any other vassal state can contend with. Subsequently, the vassal states were destroyed one after another, why was Qi the last vassal state to be destroyed? I think there are a few reasons for this:

First of all, the geographical location of Qi was special, and Qi was located on the present-day Shandong Peninsula at that time, with the sea in the east. In terms of geographical location, Qin Guojiang is far away in the southwest, far away from Qi State. How could the Qin State leave its neighbors around it and attack the Qi State at the expense of the near and far?

Therefore, under the strategy of Qin's distant and close attack, division and disintegration, Qi was taken as the last target of attack. This is one of the reasons. <>

Secondly, during the period of King Min of Qi, the State of Yan colluded with various countries to attack Qi, and the State of Qi was almost destroyed because of this, and King Min of Qi was still killing the State of Chu in the process of fleeing south. Therefore, when the Qin State launched a unification war, the Qi State could not let go of the grievances with other countries, and always maintained a neutral posture, and even made friends with the Qin State. With such an "ally", how could the Qin State destroy it first?

Even when the Qin State broke Zhao and destroyed the Yan State, the Qi State was still unmoved. The lips were cold and the teeth were cold, and in the end, when the Qin State destroyed the Chu State, and then opened its mouth to the former "ally" Qi State, it was too late to regret it!

Su Shi said in the Theory of the Six Kingdoms:"The Six Kingdoms were shattered, the non-soldiers were disadvantaged, the war was not good, and the disadvantage was to bribe Qin. "Although the State of Qi is the last to perish, but it is inevitable that the fate of destruction, if the six countries put aside their grievances and work together to contain the Qin State, which is stronger and which is weaker is not known.

Moreover, Qi and Qin have a marriage relationship, and if Qi wants to attack Qin, the territory of Qi is very long, and the army has huge losses!

During the Warring States Period, the most famous thing was that it was a combination of vertical and horizontal, Qin and Qi did not border, and the two countries had no conflict of interest, so it was normal for them to form an alliance, and Qin was attacked by the five countries, and Qi naturally would not sit idly by.

Because in the eyes of the Qi State, the biggest threat is the Song State, so in this kind of scuffle, other countries have no time to take care of this side.

Qi did not participate in the attack on Qin, firstly, because the goals of various countries were not the same, and the coalition forces were watching each other, and secondly, Qi and Qin were far apart, even if they captured Qin, the benefits to Qi were not great, so Qi did not attack Qin together.

When the Five Kingdoms attacked the Qin State, the main reason why they were still sending it was because he felt that the Song Dynasty was a threat.

I felt that the Five Kingdoms were attacking the Qin State, and the king of the Qi State was blind, and felt that this was a good opportunity to annex the Song State, but who knew that it violated the interests of other countries and was besieged.

Because the Song State is a threat to the Qi State, if you don't take the opportunity to crusade, there will be trouble.

For the sake of immediate interests, attacking Qin cannot get much benefit!

Because for the Qi State at that time, they felt that the Qin State was not that much of a threat to them, so they would do so.

Because when the five countries attacked Qin, the five countries had their own ghosts, and they were all playing their own small calculations, and once they found that it was unprofitable, they would withdraw their troops to protect themselves. And because the Qi State attacked the Song Dynasty before and destroyed the Song State, the small country was afraid that it would destroy the country, and the big country had the promised benefits of the Qin State, so they united as one, and the Qin State was good at fighting, so attacking the Qi State once made the Qi State unable to turn over, and the national strength was greatly reduced.

Qin relied on Hangu Pass, while Qi did not have such a terrain.

Among the Seven Kingdoms, the strength of the Qi State was the strongest, and the Qin State attacked the Qi State more than once, and the end was a failure, so in the end, the Qin State changed its strategic direction to attack the other six countries first, and then attacked the Qi State with the strongest strength.

Answer: Because Qi was a very strong vassal state at that time, Qin fought several times, all of which ended in failure. Moreover, they were far apart, and after attacking the other six countries, they finally cleaned up the Qi country.

Because there was an alliance between the two countries, and Qi was a big country in the east, it was destined to be the most difficult piece of hard bones, so the Qin State would be put to the end.

First of all, the state of Qi has been the most powerful country since the Spring and Autumn period. And to the east is the sea. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Qin State must first destroy the small countries and accumulate enough soldiers, horses, grain and grass before they dare to compete with the Qi State.

The state of Qi is relatively strong in terms of military strength, and it is also relatively large. If it is fought first, it will create a situation where it unites with other countries to fight itself, so it is the last.