Why didn't Qi go to the rescue in the Battle of Changping? We have to start with Le Yi's breaking of Qi.

In 26 BC, the most important battle in the last years of the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping, came to a close. This battle related to the fate of Qin and Zhao, the two most powerful princes at that time, ended in Qin's disastrous victory and Zhao's disastrous defeat. From 262 BC, Qin and Zhao fought for the Party, and in September 26 BC, 2, Zhao troops were killed in vain. The battle of Changping lasted for nearly three years, and Qin and Zhao continued to add weight to the balance, and finally millions of troops fought each other.

however, it is strange that Zhao, as a barrier for the six Shandong countries to resist the Qin State, did not send troops to rescue them in such a fierce war, and even Yuan Jun was refused to borrow grain from Qi State.

after the battle of Changping, the state of Zhao was badly weakened, and it was no longer able to protect other countries. Although the state of Qin suffered heavy casualties, it was a great victory, and it was possible to invade the east and destroy the country at any time. At this time, all countries were awake and understood the truth that their lips were dead and their teeth were cold, so they sent troops to save Zhao in the subsequent battle of Handan, but Qi, as a big country in Shandong, still chose to stay out of it and refused to help Zhao.

for what reason did the state of qi sit back and watch Zhao, who was guarding its western gate, perish? Most people will immediately think that Qin's strategy of "going far and attacking near" has worked. Qi's "doing Qin Jin" did not dare to send troops to support Zhao, but the king who was in charge of Qi was not a mediocrity. It should be understood that after Qin's "near" was attacked, Qi became a new "near" and it was bound to fight Qin sooner or later. In that case, why did Qi still choose not? This may start with the break of Qi in Le Yi in those days.

the original state of qi was very powerful, and it was not weaker than the state of Qin. Both of them were once called the Eastern and Western Emperors, each dominating the other. From Qi Weiwang defeated Wei in the Battle of Maling and took over the hegemony, to the early stage of King Qi Min, Qi joined forces with Korea and Wei to break through the Hangu Pass of Qin, and maintained its status as a super power for decades.

However, it flourished and declined. Under the strong temptation of Su Qin, the mediator of the Yan State, King Qi made enemies everywhere, and greedily swallowed the Song State, the "land of wealth gathering in the world", which made Qi quickly become the target of public criticism. Finally, under the call of Yan Zhaowang and Le Yi, five countries, namely, Korea, Zhao, Wei, Qin and Yan, sent troops to cut Qi, and defeated the Qi army in Jixi. After that, the Yan army alone attacked the capital Linzi of Qi, sweeping 7 cities of Qi, and Qi was almost destroyed.

King Qi Min fled. After repeatedly hitting a wall in Wei, Zou, Lu and other places, he fled to Jucheng, where he was killed by the general of Chu, Naoya, in an extremely cruel way, and the flourishing State of Qi began to go to ruin.

At the most dangerous time of Qi State, Tian Dan, a magical hero, miraculously recreated Qi State by relying on the two small towns of Jimo and Jucheng. This is the famous "Tian Dan regains Qi". After the reconstruction, Qi was devastated by the war, and the people's livelihood was ruined. It was the weakest time. If there was another war, it would be difficult to cope.

Fortunately, no country has been the bad guy, except Zhao. In 274 BC, Yan Zhou, the general of the State of Zhao, led an army to attack the State of Qi, and captured Changcheng and Gaotang of the State of Qi. In 271 BC, Lin Xiangru, Zhao Xiang, led an army to attack the State of Qi, and withdrew after attacking Pingyi.

When Qi was the most powerful state, Zhao participated in the five-nation conquest of Qi. When Qi needed peace most, it was Zhao, known as the Shandong barrier, who was not the tiger and the wolf. This made Qi not feel cold, and how could he send troops to rescue him.

In fact, apart from its own strength, the most important thing that Qin was able to attack and destroy the six countries one by one was that the six countries had never really been united. Even if they attacked Qin five times with vigorous unity, it was rare that when the six countries were United, they were always found by Qin in the seemingly firm alliance and resolved one by one. As King Huiwen of Qin said, "There are different princes, and even chickens can't stop at their perch."

For Qi, a tiger thousands of miles away from Qin is terrible, but it won't hurt itself immediately after all. However, Sanjin, Yan and Chu are wolves around them, and if they are careless, they may be bitten off. If you think about it this way, you can understand why Qi will sit back and watch the five countries perish.