Among these countries, Qin was the most thorough one, so Qin naturally became the most powerful country in the middle and late Warring States period. However, although Qin was powerful, it could not dominate the world. For example, Qi, one of the six countries in Shandong, is not as bad as Qin Guoqiang, but it is not necessarily worse. In its heyday, Qi Min can even be called the Eastern and Western emperors together with Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin, which shows the strength of Qi.
Unfortunately, King Qi Qi was arrogant and defiant, and was unanimously dissatisfied by other countries. Finally, under the leadership of Yan Zhaowang, he led the five-nation allied forces to defeat Qi's army. Subsequently, Le Yi attacked with 56 points, and even broke more than 70 cities of Qi, almost destroying Qi. Although after this, Tian Dan used a series of strategies to help Qi restore the country, Qi was not strong until it was destroyed by Qin.
After reading it, do you have any questions: Qi was captured by more than 70 cities and almost perished, so how did Tian Dan restore the country under such circumstances? You know, in the face of absolute strength, all strategies are invalid, and after Yan captured more than 70 cities in Qi, it was almost equivalent to two powerful vassal States. However, Yan Jun was defeated by Tian Chan under such advantages. What happened?
Even more than 70 cities of Qi were broken, and finally fell short, which was restored by Tian Chan.
During the period of the prince of Yan, the prince was bewitched by others and gave the throne to the prime minister. However, the descendants of the Prince of Yan naturally would not want to be taken away from the throne by an outsider, so the two men attacked each other and the State of Yan fell into civil strife.
Civil strife happened in Yan State, and Qi Xuanwang, a state of Qi adjacent to Yan State, got the news soon. Therefore, Qi Xuanwang took the opportunity to help Yan put down the civil strife as an excuse and occupied many lands of Yan. The hatred between Yan Qi was thus forged.
Yan acceded to the throne after the civil strife subsided. After Yan Zhaowang acceded to the throne, he vigorously recruited talented people in an attempt to avenge himself one day. God may have blessed Yan Zhaowang.
Qi Min, king of Qi, ascended the throne, thinking that in the south, Chongqiu defeated Tang Jia, the prime minister of Chu; in the west, Guan Jin defeated Wei and Zhao, and then joined forces with Korea, Zhao and Wei to attack Qin. He also helped Zhao destroy Zhongshan and Song, and expanded his territory 1000 Li. It can be said that Qi reached the peak in his hands.
However, disadvantages also follow. Like Sanjin, Tian Jia of Qi State was established by usurping the throne. Therefore, although there may be some minor frictions between these countries, they are United as a whole. However, with the constant provocation of Qi Min and the demise of Song State, there was no United front between Qi State and Sanjin State.
If nothing else, Song was the commercial center of the world at that time, with considerable wealth, and its geographical position was between Sanjin and Qi. So Qi, Zhao, Han and Wei are all eyeing this land. Now the State of Qi has occupied its own national strength, directly destroyed the State of Song, and harmed the interests of the State of Sanjin.
Therefore, when the governors were called upon to unite to attack the State of Qi, the capital of Sanjin fully agreed. No matter how powerful Qi is, it is impossible to resist the five-nation allied forces, so the Qi army will soon be defeated.
After defeating the Qi army, allied forces from other vassal states returned to China in succession, except Le Yi. It is believed that the main force of the Qi army has been broken and Yan should continue to pursue it. So in five years, more than 70 cities in Qi were broken, leaving only Ju 'an and Jimo.
Seeing that the State of Qi was about to perish, the bad news came from the State of Yan, saying that it was dead. This news is a godsend for Tian Chan of Qi State. He knew that King Yan Hui and Le Yi had been at odds, while Le Yi had never breached Ju 'an and Jimo. At this time, as long as the news of self-reliance spreads, Wang will believe it.
Sure enough, King Yan Hui believed this rumor and sent a riding robber instead of Le Yi. Le Yi was afraid that he would be killed by King Hui of Yan, so he fled the State of Yan. Losing Le Yi's Yan Jun is like losing the backbone and being played by Tian Chan.
In this way, Le Yi managed to occupy Qi and was easily recovered by Tian Chan.
Tian Dan was able to restore the country smoothly.
First, the weakness of Yan's national strength.
The desire to destroy Qi has a long history, but Yan's national strength is too weak, so he had to attack Qi with the help of other governors. Although Yan Zhaowang is a rare monarch in Yan State, Yan State has made great progress under his leadership. However, the strict geographical location doomed it to be unable to develop and grow.
Take geographical location as an example. There are Hu people in the north of Yan State, powerful Zhao State in the west and powerful Qi State in the south, so there is no room for development at all. During the Warring States period, the productive forces were underdeveloped and the grain output was not high. Yan is located in a bitter and cold place in the north, and the temperature is also low, which means that Yan people need more food to supplement their calories.
If the land is insufficient, the population of Yan will will not be able to come up, nor will a corresponding number of soldiers. And food is insufficient, Yan can't support large-scale war consumption.
Le Yi also knew this, so he didn't rush to wipe it out completely. Moreover, every time Le Yi invades a city, it will reduce local taxes and abolish tyranny, so as to conquer people's hearts. Otherwise, it will take Le Yi five years to conquer more than 70 cities in Qi. You know, the main force of Qi has been wiped out by the five-nation allied forces.
It is precisely because Yan's national strength is weak that it is so easy to spit out the fruits of victory. If the Yan state has enough troops, the cities under the control of the Yan army will not be so easily separated from the control of the Yan state.
Second, the internal contradictions of Yan State.
During the Warring States period, the death of the old king and the accession of the new king were never trivial matters. Because the new king's accession to the throne means not only the alternation of power, but also the reshuffle of power, and those old ministers who are reused by the old king are likely to be eliminated in this power reshuffle. For example, Shang Yang of the State of Qin, who made great contributions to the State of Qin, was also very powerful during the Qin Xiaogong period. However, just after Qin Xiaogong's death, Shang Yang was labeled as a rebel and was finally executed. Another example is Wu Qi of Chu State. When the king of Chu was alive, Wu Qi was appointed as Ling Yin (Ling Yin was the highest official position of Chu State, equivalent to the prime minister of later generations). As a result, Wang Gang of Chu died, and Wuqi was killed by the old nobles.
Yan Zhaowang is no exception. Just after Yan Zhaowang's death, Yan Huiwang and Le Yi clashed. There are two reasons:
The first reason is that in the period, the power was extremely great and was reused, which led to the contradiction with Yan. We don't know what is the contradiction with Yan, but judging from the contradiction with Yan, Tian Dan knows that the contradiction between them should be considerable. Otherwise, Tian Chan wouldn't know about such internal affairs of Yan State (Tian Chan is a distant relative of Qi State, and before the restoration of Tian Chan, his status was very low and unimportant), and he also successfully used double spies.
The second reason is that Yan's army is in his hands, and most of Qi's land is in his hands, which makes Yan very afraid. This reason is more real. Heroes never die well since ancient times, not to mention Le Yi, a famous soldier with military power. Yan's fear is understandable. When trying to seize the opportunity to destroy Zhao, Yan Zhaowang refused, which may be the reason.
Third, riding and robbing is incompetent
No matter how many reasons, if Le Yi's riding robbery was a valiant soldier, Yan Jun would not have failed. In the final analysis, it is because of the incompetence of riding a robbery. The incompetence of riding robbery is mainly reflected in the following two aspects:
The first aspect is that the idea of riding robbery is too simple to understand Tian Dan's plot. After Tian Dan drove Le Yi away, he was not sure to defeat Yan Jun, so he adopted a new tactic. Tian Chan first sent a rumor in Yan Barracks, saying that Qi people were most afraid of having their noses cut off and their ancestral graves dug. If Yan Jun threatens these two punishments, jimo city's soldiers and civilians will have no fighting spirit and surrender in Kaesong. As Tian Chan expected, Yan Jun did it. As a result of Yan Jun's actions, the morale of the people of Qi was greatly improved, and they United and tried to avenge themselves. Riding and robbing as the commander-in-chief of the Yan army, these actions of the Yan army must have been approved by him. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that he is simple-minded.
The second aspect is that the commander-in-chief is incompetent and unable to control the whole army. As for the restoration of Tian Dan, I think everyone has heard of the Fire Bull Array. However, in fact, the power of the fire bull array is not as great as imagined. Yan Jun was defeated by the Fire Bull Array because he had never seen the Fire Bull Array. But the situation on the battlefield is changing, and it is normal for new things to appear. At this time, a qualified commander in chief is very important. Whether the soldiers' panic can be stopped in time and whether the soldiers' morale can be inspired becomes the key to measure whether a commander-in-chief is qualified. It's a pity that Riding Robber is not such a commander-in-chief, otherwise the Yan army would not be defeated by the Qi army in the case of dominant forces.
Concluding remarks
Tian Dan, with the help of the soldiers in Jimo City, was indeed a great star who was able to defeat the Yan Army in full swing. Yan's failure is not only Yan's loss, but also Yan's loss.