Bai Qi defeated South Korea and Wei in one battle, not only plundered a large area of land, but also forced South Korea and Wei to surrender to Qin. In addition to the strong military strength of the Qin State, another reason why South Korea and Wei were able to surrender was that the Huai State had passed away.
Since returning from his last expedition to the Western Chu Kingdom, Sun Bin has not been in good health. After all, he was almost sixty years old at the time. With the passing of Sun Bin, the deterrence of Huai State was no longer as strong as before.
Although the Huai Kingdom later gained Le Yi's support, the trust between Le Yi and King Huai was not that strong. This time, the reason why Han and Wei surrendered to Qin was because they were worried about being annexed by Qin.
Usually, countries fight, although there are losses and wins, there are not many battles like annihilation wars. In most cases, although they are defeated, at most half of the soldiers are killed or injured, and about 20 to 30% of the actual deaths, of which there are many They were all injured and fled.
But the annihilation battle is different. This means almost annihilating the opponent.
Bai Qi's textbook annihilation battle made South Korea and Wei tremble with fear, and they had to agree to surrender to Qin. South Korea turned its back on Huai, which made the whole Huai Kingdom very angry. Since Huai once again defeated the six-nation coalition, few countries dared to openly confront Huai. Now that South Korea is backing Huai, the Huai State immediately wants to send troops to punish South Korea.
After Bai Qi defeated Han and Wei, he went south through Zhongtiao Mountain, hoping to capture Shangyang City and capture Hangu Pass. After Huai State noticed Bai Qi's movements, he immediately sent reinforcements to support him.
Wang Xu appointed Le Yi as general and led 200,000 Huai troops to the north.
After hearing that Le Yi led his army to the north, Bai Qi also paid great attention to it. The power of the Huai Kingdom is known to all countries, and its elites dominate the world. Its commander Le Yi is also a famous general in the world. Facing such a powerful opponent, Bai Qi is not afraid at all, and is even eager to try. Although Huai Guo Leyi was strong, Bai Qi was not weaker than others throughout his life.
After Qin Wangji annihilated the Han and Wei coalition forces in the first battle of Bai Qi, he immediately gave Bai Qi the greatest support, and logistics supplies continued to be transported. All the kings of Qin in the past dynasties wanted to seize Hangu Pass in order to go eastward, and he also did not want to give up.
Once the Qin State's farming and warfare system decided to run at full strength, the power it unleashed was extremely powerful. Therefore, although the Qin State only had a population of five million, it also exploded with power that was not weaker than the Huai State.
Wei State, Daliang.
Ever since King Wei Hui lost the land in Hexi, Wei has been defeated by Qin many times. After surrendering to Qin this time, he and South Korea gave up all the cities leading to Shangyang and Hanguguan.
The idea of South Korea and Wei was to divert trouble to the east and let Qin and Huai fight, so that they could get some breathing space. If the Huai State wins, it will submit to Huai; if the Qin State wins, it will submit to Qin.
This is also the norm for small countries living in the cracks between powerful countries. Wei and South Korea have completely lost the opportunity to compete for world hegemony, and talented people from the two countries have also gone to Qin to serve as officials.
When Bai Qi was about to go to war with the Huai State, the Qin State sent a large number of spies and lobbyists to the Huai State to lobby the Huai King. They also spread rumors in the Huai State that Le Yi had a disobedient heart. Le Yi fled from the Yan State back then. He originally had the idea of replacing him, but now that Le Yi has come to Huai State, he cannot be trusted either.
The Qin State not only used a large number of spies to spread rumors, but also sent lobbyists to lobby the Huai State. These people seized on the fact that Le Yi had not accomplished even a single achievement and ascended to a high position as soon as he came to Huai State. This was unfair to other people in Huai State and aroused dissatisfaction among other people in Huai State, and used this to deal with Le Yi.
It would be better if he wanted to cause turmoil in the internal political situation of the Huai Kingdom, incite suspicion and dissatisfaction among the people, so that the Huai Kingdom could not fully support Le Yi, or even cause Huai Wang Xu to distrust Le Yi.
A large number of Qin spies spread rumors in Jinling City, and Qin lobbyists added fuel to the flames. All kinds of rumors spread in Jinling City for a while. Le Yi's son Lejian experienced this situation, and he was worried and worried about his father, even several times. Enter the Huai Palace and explain to King Huai.
King Huai comforted him every time. However, two days later, when Le Jian saw that the rumors had not subsided but intensified, he asked to see King Huai again, but was directly rejected. The change in King Huai's attitude made Lejian worried.
When the Qin State's spies and lobbyists saw this situation, they were greatly encouraged and immediately accelerated the progress to have King Huai change his general before the battle. A large number of Qin spies became more and more active. Qin used bribery and bribery to win over officials and ask them to help.
There was even news that there was a change of generals in the Huai Palace. Just when Qin's spies, lobbyists, and some Huai officials wanted to go further, Jinling City suddenly came under martial law, and then groups of soldiers, led by Yu Linwei, began to capture Qin's spies and lobbyists in the city. customers and officials who accept bribes.
Wang Xu noticed the abnormality as soon as the rumors appeared. He was very aware of the power of three people becoming a tiger, and originally he wanted to directly send out secret guards to solve the problem. He was stopped by Gongzi Yan, who suggested to wait a little longer to allow more spies to emerge from Jinling, and at the same time to clear out the ranks of Huaiguo officials.
Although the Huai Kingdom has always had inspection censors and supervisory departments, the greed and depravity of human nature will continue to erode these. Greed is human nature, and even the Huai Kingdom is not immune. It has been more than two hundred years since the Huai Kingdom moved its capital to Jinling. Under this prosperity, a lot of corruption has also appeared. If he thought that he could sit back and relax with the inspection censor and supervisory department, Zhu Hongwu would not peel off the skin and fill it with grass.
Wang Xu thought about it for a moment, then agreed to Gongzi Yan's plan, and cooperated with him personally. He wrote to Le Yi personally to inform him of the plan, so that he didn't have to worry, and then used the secret guards to search for the spies and bring the Huaiguo officials to Among them, all kinds of corrupt and unstable people were found and dealt with.
Huai State's sudden action caught everyone off guard. A large number of Qin State's spies were picked out by the secret guards, and those lobbyists were also arrested one by one by Huai State. At the same time, Huai State also arrested many officials. There are a lot of officials who are corrupt, use their power for personal gain, sell out intelligence, etc.
At the same time, after arresting these spies, officials, and lobbyists, Huai State also sent officials to refute the rumors to the people, and at the same time explained Lejian, and then sent envoys to take Lejian to see Leyi to reassure him .
A large number of officials with bad records were arrested, and the people of Huai State were very happy. The people hated these people at any time. After clearing out these people, the people immediately believed in the Huai State, and all the rumors about the Qin State were self-defeating.
Qin State sent a large number of spies to spread rumors, which not only did not destabilize the political situation of Huai State, but also helped Huai State clean up its officials.
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