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In 221 B.C., King Yingzheng of Qin completed the great cause of unification, and a new era began.

If we take a closer look, we will find that the order in which Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms was Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi.

What's so important about this order, is it deliberate, or is it natural? If this order is disrupted, will Qin Shi Huang be able to achieve the final victory?

Let's talk.

I have to say that the former Jin State was still very good, and when Jin was "alive", he was powerful and domineering, and Jin Wengong was one of the famous Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons. After the "death" of the Jin Kingdom, it was divided into three countries: Zhao, Wei, and Han, and the three could still become one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and they were powerful.

The Qin State, a large country in the West, was glorious for a while in the Spring and Autumn Period, and only had a high sense of existence in the Qin Mugong period, and at other times, the Qin State was a soy sauce character, and even a marginal country in the early Warring States period.

However, after two incidents, the state of Qin rose rapidly.

First, in 356 BC and 349 BC, Qin Xiaogong reused Shang Yang and made two changes.

It has to be said that although Shang Ying did not have a good result, his reform was extremely successful, making the Qin State prosperous, especially the military reform was very effective, and the Qin State was built into a military machine.

The tiger has fangs, only to get out of the cage.

The second is the decline of the Wei state.

Is there anything between the decline of Wei and the rise of Qin? The stakes are great.

In the early Warring States period, the most powerful country was not Qi, nor Chu, nor Qin, but Wei.

During the period of Wei Wenhou, Wei reused the talent Li Kui and changed the law, and the effect was very prominent. Compared with Li Kui, Shang Ying is only the younger generation of the younger generations, and Shang Ying's reference object and role model is Li Kui.

During the period of Wei Wenhou, Wu Qi, a military genius, also laid a very good foundation for the military strength of Wei. Let's put it this way, this Wu Qi created military brilliance: seventy-six battles with the princes, and sixty-four victories.

This Wu Qi is as famous as the later Bai Qi, and he can be called the "God of War".

In a word, Wei was the most beautiful boy in the early Warring States period, and his strength was not good. The most important thing is that the Wei State controls the land of Cuihan, which jams the throat of the Qin State, so that the Qin State can only develop obscenely in the land of Guanzhong, and it is not easy to go east.

In 343 BC, the famous Battle of Maling took place, Sun Bin defeated Pang Juan, and the vitality of Wei was greatly damaged. In the second year, both Qin and Qi were interested in getting involved in the weak and obese Wei State, so the elite of Qin State took the land of Cuihan controlled by Wei.

This is equivalent to opening the cage for the tiger and giving the tiger a chance to eat people.

Zhao, Wei and Han of the Three Jin Dynasty all bordered the Qin State. They are the anti-Qin shields at the forefront, and Qi, Chu, and Yan are like top gate stakes.

If the Qin State directly fights the Qi State, it will not be easy to destroy the Wei State, and the Yan State will not be able to destroy the whip, and the Chu State will be too strong to defeat both sides.

Therefore, according to the principle of "distant friendship and close attack", the Qin State first destroyed the nearest and weakest Korea in 230 BC; Secondly, in 228 BC, he destroyed the Zhao State, which was greatly damaged after the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan.

The destruction of Zhao and Korea made Wei, one of the Three Jin Dynasty, an isolated island. At this time, the Qi State was a spectator, and the Yan State was not strong, and it was chased and beaten by the Qin State in 226 BC. Although the state of Chu is strong, it is also a mess inside, and it has a certain fear of the state of Qin.

It seems that Wei also resisted the Qin army alone.

As the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, although Wei has not been the boss for many years, Yu Wei is still there, and Qin State can't take it for a while.

What to do? Qin used a trick of "flooding the beam", and as a result, Wei was defeated and surrendered in 225 BC.

From the geographical point of view, if the Qin State wants to achieve unification, it must first destroy the Zhao Wei Han of the Three Jin Dynasty, which directly blocks the eastward advance of the Qin State.

And for the attack order of the Three Jins, it must be, first clean up the weak Han, then clean up the Zhao State, which is greatly injured, and finally clean up the Wei State, which still has a foundation.

If the order is changed, it will be replaced to clean up the Wei State first, if it can't be taken for a while, Han Zhao will add fuel to the Wei State, and the Qin State may return disappointed, first cut its wings, and then attack the stronger Wei State, this operation is very slippery, there is nothing wrong.

If the order is out of order, the difficulty will increase considerably.

After cleaning up the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, the Qin State directly faced the three kingdoms of Yan, Qi, and Chu, in the northeast, east, and south directions.

At this time, the Yan Kingdom had been driven to the land of Liaodong, so there was nothing to worry about.

At this time, the Qin State needs to face a choice: between the Chu State and the Qi State, who will attack first? Both Chu and Qi are big powers, and if they unite, Qin may not be able to win, so the first step must be to stabilize one of them.

Qin's strategy has always been: to make Qi a spectator and see himself destroy the other five kingdoms.

Therefore, the Qin State has been doing work outside the war, constantly bribing the queen's brother Hou Sheng. This man is capable, and he is in a high position, and he is in control of the government. This determined that the Qi State could only sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, even if the Qin State attacked the other five countries, it would be indifferent.

In this way, when the five kingdoms jointly attacked Qin in 241 BC, the state of Qi became a spectator.

When the Three Kingdoms of the Three Jin Dynasty were destroyed, the State of Qi was still a spectator.

By 224 BC, when Qin attacked Chu, Qi was still a spectator.

As a result, after Qin arranged for Li Xin and Wang Jian to attack Chu on a large scale twice, in 223 BC, an army of 600,000 led by Wang Jian annihilated Chu.

There were only the last two countries left, and the Qin State did not hesitate to continue to pursue and attack the Yan State.

In 226 BC, the Yan Kingdom was **, and the King of Yan and the crown prince Dan fled to Liaodong. Seeing that only the remnants of the Yan State remained, the Qin State turned its head and began to attack the Wei and Chu States.

Pursued by Wang Ben, the son of Wang Qian, in 222 BC, Yan Wangxi was captured. At this point, Yan Guo is "finished" and can receive a boxed lunch.

Under the persuasion of Qin, Qi has always had a wrong judgment: it is okay to watch a play, and in the end, it is listed as the two major powers in the east and west along with Qin.

In fact, the side of the couch will not tolerate others sleeping soundly!

The other five countries were all wiped out, and it was finally the turn of the Qi country. For the Qin State, which had been honed in war for a long time, the Qi State was somewhat weak, lacking war acumen and superb military management ability.

Qi placed 400,000 troops in the west to prevent the attack of Qin, but unexpectedly, the elite of Qin was killed from the north under the leadership of Wang Ben, and Qi was in chaos, and finally abandoned the city and surrendered in 221 BC.

Let's look back at the process of Qin's unification of the six countries, the order is really important, first destroy the three Jin and three kingdoms, this is the stumbling block of Qin's east, these three countries are not destroyed, and there is no way to talk about unification. And in order to destroy these three kingdoms, Qin did a lot of work in Qi and made Qi a spectator. Zhao Wei and Hanzhong, first destroy the weakest Korea, then destroy the Zhao State that was greatly injured, and finally destroy the Wei State, this order is also very reasonable.

Among the two countries of Qi and Chu, will Chu be destroyed first or Qi first? Of course, it is the state of Chu, and if the state of Chu is destroyed, the state of Qi may not do it. But if Qi is destroyed, the State of Chu will definitely make a move. As for the Yan Kingdom, it makes sense to put it in the penultimate to extinguish, and only after destroying the Yan Kingdom can you send a surprise army to destroy the Qi Kingdom from the north to the south.

From the point of view of Qin's unification of the six countries, it is still Qin's chess master, and it is considered a last resort, and the use of "long-distance friendship and close attack" is perfect. Of course, the success of the Qin State in the end was not only due to strategy, but also due to the fact that they had the most powerful army, advanced armaments, and a large number of logistical resources. Of course, we can't ignore the commander of Qin Shi Huang!