During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the heroes rose together, and wars broke out frequently. Among them, the four most famous generals have three deaths on the battlefield. The Qin general Bai Qi was known as the "White Butcher" for his outstanding military exploits.
He once wiped out 240,000 Wei and Han allied troops in the Battle of Yique, captured 450,000 Zhao soldiers in the Battle of Changping, and executed all 450,000 Zhao soldiers in order to prevent Zhao soldiers from defecting.
Bai Qi fought more than 70 times in his life, captured more than 70 cities, and never tasted defeat. The Battle of Changping, which he commanded, was the first large-scale annihilation battle in history, and no one could beat it.
However, after the Battle of Changping, King Qin Zhao attacked Zhao again and appointed Wang Ling as the commander-in-chief. However, the defeat of the Qin army made King Qin Zhao furious, and Bai Qi mocked it, causing King Zhao to be extremely angry.
King Zhao gave Bai Qi a sword and ordered him to commit suicide. In the wars of the Warring States period, more than 2 million people were killed, half of whom died at the hands of "Ren Tu Baiqi".
Wang Qian, known as the famous general of the Qin State, always requires a lot of manpower and material resources to go on expeditions. However, his military strategy was unparalleled success every time, and he did not have a single record of failure in his life.
In the First Battle of Huachu, he asked Yingzheng for sufficient material resources and manpower, and led an army of 600,000 to the battle. And Xiang Yan of Chu State stuck to the city and did not attack easily.
However, they all used the same tactic - luring the enemy deep and waiting for work. Because Wang Jian has enough material and manpower, he can fight for a long time. And Xiang Yan had no choice but to send troops because of the constant orders of the king of Chu, and was defeated by Wang Qian.
Wang Jian finally captured the capital of Chu and captured the king of Chu. His whole life was fighting for Yingzheng, breaking through Handan of Zhao State, destroying the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Chu, and winning half of the country for Qin.
After destroying the state of Chu, he chose to go home to retire.
Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, with his wisdom and bravery, successfully held Yanmen County and defeated many attacks by the Xiongnu.
He adopted the strategy of luring the enemy deep and outflanking the two flanks, defeated the Xiongnu, killed more than 100,000 horses, and demonstrated the overwhelming superiority of the infantry corps over the cavalry corps.
In addition, he skillfully used the strategy of returning to the offensive and successfully repelled the attack of the Qin army. However, due to being victimized by the anti-plot, Li Mu was finally executed, and the Zhao State also went to extinction.
Lian Po, a famous general of Zhao during the Warring States Period, was named Shangqing for leading an army to attack Qi in 283 BC and winning the victory of Yang Jin. On the eve of the Battle of Changping in 260 BC, he successfully defended and did not suffer much losses.
However, King Zhao was deceived by Bai Qi's discordant scheme, replaced Lian Po, and was replaced by Zhao Kuo, which ultimately led to the fiasco of Zhao. Five years after the Battle of Changping, Yan took advantage of the fact that Zhao had not recovered and launched an attack.
Lian Po was activated again, successfully repelled the invasion of Yan, beheaded the commander of Yan, and forced Yan to cede land and sue for peace.
After Zhao mourned the king's succession, he replaced Lian Po's position, and Lian Po was very angry about this, and led his army to attack Lecheng, who fled.
Lian Po offended the king of Zhao because of this, and began to live on the run, and was eventually reused in the state of Chu, but because he did not have much merit, he died in Shoujin.
On the eve of Qin's unification of the Six Kingdoms, Qin's generals were wise and shrewd, and they knew how to calculate and take advantage of the situation. However, the monarchs of the other six kingdoms were incompetent, and they could not afford to stay away from traitorous ministers, but instead allowed them to occupy high positions.
These monarchs also listened to the rumors and ordered the beheading of many of their generals.
In contrast, the monarchs of the Qin State trusted their generals, especially Qin Shi Huang, who handed over all the 600,000 troops of the whole country to Wang Qian, which undoubtedly gave the Qin State a huge advantage in the process of unifying the six countries.
Therefore, the unification of the six kingdoms by the Qin State was not accidental, but an inevitable result.