However, Qi's "soldiers of the five capitals, people of the north" entered the state of Yan in a mighty way, nominally to help the prince ascend to the throne, but actually to destroy Yan. The qi army entered the thistle and attacked the city slightly. Soon, the prince, Confucius and Prince died at the hands of the Qi army on average.
Just as the Qi army was in chaos, the governors of the five countries, led by Qin and Zhao, jointly put pressure on Qi to withdraw from Yan, and finally Qi was forced to withdraw. At the same time, King Wuling of Zhao escorted the son to the throne of Yan State, namely Yan Zhaowang.
After withdrawing troops from Qi, Yan Zhaowang was angry at Qi's humiliation and determined to destroy Qi and take revenge. So, he recruited celebrities from all over the world and helped him develop the Yan State, and entered the Yan State at this time. Since then, after 28 years of hard work, Yan has finally reached the peak of prosperity. So in 284 BC, Yan Zhaowang took Le Yi as the general, United the four countries of Qin, Zhao, Han and Wei, and cut Qi with the allied forces of the five countries, and finally even took seventy cities of Qi, and finally avenged Qi's disorderly Yan.
The above is the story of "Le Yi cutting Qi".
Statue of Le Yi
However, although revenge was taken, in fact, strict revenge not only did not bring further returns to Yan, but also ruined the achievements made by 28 years of hard work. Even for Yan, this kind of revenge put Yan on the road of perdition. If we look at the future world trend, cutting Qi actually benefits the fishermen of Qin. I'm afraid this result was unexpected by Yan Zhaowang and Le Yi.
So, why on earth did Le Yi cut Qi to destroy Yan State, and what was the wedding dress of Qin State like? We only need to discuss this issue from two aspects: the influence of Le Yi's cutting Qi on Yan and Qin.
The situation of Yan State before Le Yi's cutting Qi and the influence of cutting Qi on Yan State.
Yan State is the oldest neutral country among the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, it was named Ji, which is the origin of Yan State.
However, although Yan State was established for more than 700 years, due to geographical restrictions, it was invaded by northern conference semifinals in the Spring and Autumn Period, such as:
In 679 BC, Shanrong invaded and was forced to move the capital.
In 664 BC, Shanrong invaded again. Fortunately, Qi Huangong sent troops to rescue him.
Situation map of warring States period
After entering the Warring States period, although the threat of the northern conference semifinals was temporarily relieved, with the complete collapse of the ritual system, the vassal states abandoned the banner of "benevolence and righteousness" and "respecting the king and rejecting the foreign countries" and turned to the melee stage of attacking and cutting each other. Jin State and Qi State, once guardians of Yan State, have split and ceased to exist, and the other has become a new problem of Yan State. In Qi's view, Yan, once the object of his protection, is now a lamb ready to be slaughtered. Therefore, since the Warring States period, Qi has often sent troops to attack the Yan State, encroaching on the land of the Yan State, in order to strengthen itself, such as:
In 380 BC, the State of Qi conquered Yan and seized Sancho, the State of Yan. Yan asked Sanjin for help, and the Qi army retreated.
In 378 BC, the State of Qi cut down Yan, and the State of Yan again turned to Sanjin for help, and the Qi army retreated.
In 373 BC, Qi Yan fought in Linying, and the Qi army was defeated.
In 355 BC, Qi invaded Yan, Yan defeated Qi, and Qi retreated.
In 333 BC, the State of Qi attacked the State of Yan and captured ten cities of Yan.
From this point of view, during the Warring States period, Qi and Yan were at war all the year round. From several wars between Qi and Yan, it is not difficult to see that in the face of Qi's invasion, Yan almost only had the ability to resist, but not to fight back. Even in many cases, Yan needed help from Sanjin to repel the Qi army, so as to ensure its own peace.
Statue of Le Yi
The weakness of Yan State and the strength of Qi State are the concrete facts of Qi State and Yan State before Le Yi cut Qi.
Even in the twenty-eight years of careful management in Yan Zhaowang, Yan attacked East Lake in the north, and its territory expanded for thousands of miles. Its strength has reached the peak since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it is still no match for Qi. Therefore, Yan decided to unite Qin, Zhao, Wei and Han to cut Qi.
Le Yi led the five-nation allied forces to cut Qi, defeated Qi in the west of Jishui, and wiped out the main force of Qi. At this time, Qi State no longer posed a threat to Yan State. After the war in Jixi, a decision was made, which seemed to let Yan enjoy the fruits of extermination, but in fact, it brought Yan into an irreversible confrontation.
After the war of Jishui, Le Yi saw the collapse of the main force of Qi, and decided to lead the Yan army alone into the hinterland of Qi and destroy Qi. Therefore, he gave Qin and South Korea a large sum of money to allow Wei Jun to seize a large piece of land of the former Song State, Hejian, Zhao Zhanling, which was annexed by Qi. As a result, the four countries all got real benefits. They were very willing to obey Le Yi's orders and stop the war with Qi.