Whether seeking fame or wealth, everyone who came to Qin to see the King of Qin found a tried-and-tested rule: bribe the King of Qin's favorites. This time, Jing Ke found his concubine Meng Jia, brought him a gift worth thousands of gold, and asked him to say something nice in front of the King of Qin. Meng Jia may not know that Jing Ke is an assassin sent by the Yan State. Maybe he already knew it, but he followed the instructions of the King of Qin and followed his plan.
After listening to Meng Jia's introduction, King Qin knew that Jing Ke had come not only to cut off Fan Yuqi's head, but also the map of Dukang of Yan State. This is because King Yan was afraid of King Qin's power, so he was willing to submit to Qin and serve as a prefecture and county of Qin like the princes of Shandong. However, he was also afraid that King Qin would take the opportunity to deal with him, so he sent Jing Ke here.
The King of Qin was very happy about this. He let Jing Ke enjoy the courtesy of nine guests in Xianyang Palace. King Qin put on his court clothes and sat in the court hall, staring straight at the box in Jing Ke's hand. Jing Ke calmly walked to the King of Qin with the box containing Fan Yuqi's head. Everything went smoothly. However, what worried Jing Ke still happened: Qin Wuyang, who was holding the box containing the Dukang map, turned pale, trembled all over, broke out in cold sweat, and felt weak at the feet. He was frightened at first sight. Jing Ke was startled and walked to King Qin's place in a hurry and wisely. At the same time, he smiled at Qin Wuyang to make Qin Wuyang calm down. Then he turned to King Qin and said: "He is a rough man from the wilderness in the north. He has never seen such a big battle. Today he saw the True Dragon Emperor. He was filled with reverence and fear in his heart, and then he was afraid of the emperor's majesty. King Wanwang Don't blame him, let him complete his mission calmly in front of the king." King Qin seemed to notice something, but he just looked around without saying anything, so he asked someone to take the map from Qin Wuyang's hand.
Jing Ke took the map as he was told, and kept thinking about the assassination moves he had rehearsed countless times in the past. At the same time, he was also hesitating, should he kill this person who he had never met before? But soon Fan Yuqi's expectant eyes appeared in Jing Ke's mind. So, Jing Ke slowly unfolded the map, and then saw the dagger in the map. Soon after, Jing Ke grabbed the sleeve of the King of Qin with his left hand, and stabbed him hard with the dagger in his right hand. At this time, reality once again proved that it seemed that Jing Ke's swordsmanship was not very good. Even if the King of Qin had taken precautions at such a close distance, Jing Ke could kill the King of Qin in a flash of lightning and flint. But Jing Ke's dagger still failed. What's even more incredible is that King Qin broke free from Jing Ke and reached out to draw the sword. At this time, history gave Jing Ke another chance. The sword was too long and could not be pulled out. Jing Ke still didn't seize the opportunity, but just chased King Qin and ran around the pillar. If Jing Ke was really a master of swordsmanship, such a farce would be ridiculous.
At this moment, the greatest chaos in history appeared in the Qin State's court. Because the Qin State has long had laws, in order to avoid improper behavior in the court, ministers are not allowed to bring weapons into the palace. Although the guards were armed, they could only wait outside the palace because there was no order from King Qin. When the King of Qin was being chased by Jing Ke and the officials were in chaos, an imperial doctor named Xia Wuji threw the medicine bag he was carrying at Jing Ke. This medicine bag greatly affected Jing Ke and gave King Qin a chance to breathe.
The officials took the opportunity to shout and asked King Qin to put the sword on his back and then pull it out. This time, Jing Ke's poor swordsmanship finally became his fatal point. King Qin pulled out his sword and chopped it down at will, and Jing Ke's left leg was cut off. The seriously injured Jing Ke could only lie on the ground, knowing that his assassination of Qin was doomed to fail. However, the dignity of the swordsman did not allow him to give up, so he shot out the dagger in his hand, but still did not hurt a hair of King Qin. The King of Qin kept slashing with his sword, leaving Jing Ke covered with scars all over his body. The important task of assassinating Qin was declared a complete failure in this incredible farce. But at this time, Jing Ke became calm and calm. He leaned against the pillar, spread his legs, and laughed loudly: "Because I wanted to capture you alive so that you can return the land to the princes, that is why the matter failed."
I don’t know what the King of Qin thought. If he didn’t know the purpose of Jing Ke’s arrival in advance, the King of Qin might admire this man’s courage and feel deeply angry; if he had already heard that Jing Ke was coming to assassinate Qin, then the King of Qin would Apart from laughing at Jing Ke's stupidity or Prince Dan's stupidity, I really can't find any thoughts that correspond to the scene in front of me.
Jing Ke is dead, and the assassination of Qin ended in failure, but Jing Ke has become a model for chivalrous men in all generations of China.
In this incident, the officials also made their own efforts to save the life of King Qin. This is why after the assassination of Qin, the king of Qin rewarded his political contributions. Xia Wuqi was appreciated by the King of Qin for his merits in protecting the emperor.
It is established in the country that the army of King Qin is about to attack the city of Yan. Suddenly, the number of Qin troops in the old areas of Zhao State continued to increase. Wang Jian also began to attack Yan State under the order of King Qin, and soon captured Jicheng (today's Beijing), the capital of Yan State.
The Yan royal family could only lead its elite troops to temporarily avoid the Qin army, fighting and retreating all the way to Xiangping (today's Liaoyang, Liaoning). Naturally, the King of Qin would not let them go. The Qin army, led by the outstanding young general Li Xin, frantically pursued the Yan army. Seeing that the last position of the Yan State was about to be lost, the King of Yan suddenly became an ant on the hot pot.
At this time, Zhao Jia, the acting king, suggested to King Yan that it would be better to kill Prince Dan to appease Qin's anger. King Yan did as he said. Little did he know that what Qin wanted at this time was no longer a person or a country, but the entire world. Although Qin temporarily let Yan go, he turned to attack other countries. But after the Qin Dynasty was initially established, the Qin army destroyed the Yan State, King Xi of Yan was also captured, and the Qin State finally unified the world.
At this time, it had only been five years since Prince Dan's death.
Jing Ke died, Prince Dan died, and the Yan Kingdom also perished, leaving only the legend of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin. Perhaps the most gratifying thing in Jing Ke's life was that he made a good friend - Gao Jianli. After Jing Ke died and the Yan Kingdom was destroyed, Gao Jianli also tried many times to kill the King of Qin to avenge Jing Ke and the Yan Kingdom, but unfortunately he failed and was killed in the end.
Jing Ke failed to assassinate Qin, and the Yan Kingdom perished.
The reason why Qin's attack on Yan was a punitive attack is because under Wei Liao's design, Yan should have been destroyed by the four kingdoms of Korea, Zhao, Wei, and Chu before it was attacked by Qin. Surrender under the iron heel. In order to make Qin retreat, King Yan finally accepted the advice of his ministers, hanged Prince Dan to death, and presented his head to the Qin army, and the Qin army retreated. But the retreat of the Qin army was not to forgive the Yan State, but to be eager to go back and sacrifice the head of the culprit. When the Yan State was finally destroyed, the Qin State did not show mercy at all. However, at this moment, the Yan State's strength was greatly reduced. It was really easy to destroy the Yan State, so the Qin State was not in a hurry. Five years later, the State of Yan was erased from the map of history and transformed into the counties of the State of Qin.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the Qin Dynasty's pro-government, the internal and external conditions for Qin to destroy the six countries and unify the world were already mature. King Qin had the determination to unify the world and the power to look down on the world, and his ambitions were also expanding day by day. In contrast, the internal ruling classes of the six countries are corrupt and incompetent, and natural and man-made disasters have led to increasing poverty among the people. In this way, Qin's unification of the world is no longer just a fantasy. At this time, the Qin State is like a fight between a tiger and several buffaloes to the six eastern countries. If they can work together, they are likely to severely damage the Qin State; if they fight independently and only think about themselves, the Qin State will Will unknowingly complete the grand ambition of unifying the world.
