There are many famous generals in the history of Yan State, including Qin Kai, who expanded his territory for thousands of miles, Le Yi who helped Yan take revenge, Le Cheng who strongly resisted Qin, and the city quilt who drew with Yuan Da, the fierce general of Qi State, twice, and a drama Xin who helped Yan revivenation. Among these famous generals, the most well-known is none other than Le Yi!
Le Yi. Le Yi was originally a person from Zhongshan Kingdom, but later King Wuling of Zhao destroyed Zhongshan Kingdom, and Le Yi became a person of Zhao Kingdom. When he was young, Le Yi was smart and studious, especially in the art of war, and was later recommended to enter the Zhao State as an official, and won the trust of King Wuling of Zhao. However, after the "Dune Rebellion" of Zhao, King Wuling of Zhao was besieged and starved to death, and Le Yi was not trusted by his successor King Zhao, and went to Wei in frustration.
On this occasion, King Yan Zhao of Yan State recruited wise men from all over the world, and his reputation spread far and wide. Later, Le Yi sent an envoy to Yan as an envoy of Wei, and King Yan Zhao heard that Le Yi was talented and treated him with a guest, which further strengthened Le Yi's heart to enter Yan. Finally, under the warm invitation of King Yan Zhao, Le Yi finally accepted King Yan Zhao's invitation.
King Yan Zhao is recruiting.
After entering Yan, Le Yi won the trust of King Yan Zhao, and ordered him to assist the Yan State with Ji Xin, Zou Yan and others who later entered Yan, and changed the law to enrich the country. At that time, there was a feud in the Yan State, that is, the Eastern Overlord Qi State, and King Yan Zhao entrusted Le Yi, Ju Xin, Zou Yan and others with important tasks, just for the rejuvenation of the country, hoping to take revenge on the Qi State one day.
In this way, with the efforts of Le Yi and others, the national strength of Yan has increased greatly and has become stronger and stronger, coupled with the nomadic tribes such as Donghu and Gaoyi in the north who were expelled to the west of the Liao River by Qin Kai, a famous general of Yan State, Yan has reached its peak in terms of territory and national strength. It is said that "everything is ready, only the east wind is owed", Le Yi waited for King Yan Zhao to give an order to break Qi for revenge.
In 287 B.C., the arrogant King of Qi sent troops to destroy the Song State under the discord of Su Qin, breaking the balance of the vassal states. The two armies met in the west of Jishui, Le Yi personally went to the former enemy, led the coalition army to attack, and the Qi army that hastily met the enemy was defeated, and the king of Qi led the remnants of the army to retreat to the capital Linzi.
Le Yi broke Qi. However, at this time, King Yan Zhao was carried away by the victory ahead, and regardless of the famous general Ji Xin's suggestion to force Qi to cede land and sue for peace, he insisted that Le Yi lead the Yan army to continue to attack Qi. Le Yi really lived up to his trust, leading the Yan army all the way to Linzi, the capital of Qi, and the king of Qi fled to Juyi. Under a fierce attack, Le Yi successfully took Linzi, plundered all the treasures and belongings of the Qi Kingdom, and transported them back to the Yan Kingdom. King Yan Zhao was overjoyed and ordered Le Yi to continue to attack the remaining capitals of Qi until the destruction of Qi. Le Yi led the Yan army to fight for more than five years, sweeping the entire Qi country, and the eastern overlord Qi country finally only had two cities, Ju and Mo. The unprecedented strength made the whole country of Yan boiling, and King Yan Zhao became one of the seven heroes of the Warring States.
Stills of King Yan Zhao.
But the good times didn't last long, Le Yi besieged the two cities of Ju and Mo without attacking, trying to fundamentally disintegrate the Qi State through the policy of subduing the people's hearts, which gave the Qi State a chance to breathe and counterattack. In 279 BC, King Yan Zhao still failed to see the moment when Le Yi completely destroyed the Qi Kingdom, and died of illness, and the Prince of Yan Le Zi succeeded to the throne as King Yan Hui. Tian Dan, a famous general of Qi State, took the opportunity to separate Yan Hui King Yu Le Yi and spread rumors: "The reason why Le Yi did not destroy the two cities of Qi and Mo was because Le Yi wanted to stay in Qi and take the opportunity to be king!."King Yan Hui, who already had a grudge against Le Yi, believed it and sent a general to replace Le Yi and ordered him to be recalled to Yan. Le Yi knew that King Yan Hui had bad intentions and was worried that he would be killed after returning to Yan Kingdom, so he took advantage of the night to go to Zhao Kingdom. Tian Dan saw that the discord plan worked, and once again used the strategy to confuse the Yan army, and defeated the Yan army led by the cavalry robber in Jimo City, and the cavalry robbery was also killed in this battle. Immediately afterwards, Tian Dan led the anti-Yan people in various places to fight and win successive battles, chased the Yan army to the north of the Yellow River, successfully recovered all the lost territory, and successfully restored the country.
Tiandan was restored. And Le Yi, who went to Zhao State, not only was not snubbed, but was respected and favored by King Zhao, and gave Le Yi Guanjin City of Zhao State and named him the prince of Wang.
King Yan Hui, who had lost his troops and lost his generals, only woke up at this time that he had made a big mistake, and sent someone to Zhao with a letter to apologize to Le Yi, and said that he was deceived by the left and right, and sent the cavalry to replace him in order to let Le Yi return to China to repair, so that he could discuss the plan with him. However, Le Yi did not see King Yan Hui's sincere repentance, and instead blamed him for treachery and abandonment of Yan Kingdom, which was worthy of King Yan Zhao's deep friendship. At this time, Le Yi was already disheartened with King Yan Hui, and in the face of his unreasonable accusations, he insisted on not returning to Yan until he died in Zhao State.
Le Yi. It is said that King Yan Hui takes the belly of the villain with the heart of a gentleman, and should not have a grudge against Le Yi, if he can let go of the grudge in his heart, the monarch and the minister are united, the Qi country will be completely destroyed, and the Yan country will inevitably rewrite history. Then, history could not repeat itself, and a generation of famous generals Le Yi, full of ambitions, was finally drowned in the resentment and suspicion of King Yanhui.