Bai Qi annihilated about 1.65 million of the six ** teams in his lifetime; Li Mu fought against the Xiongnu and defeated the Qin army several times, which can be described as invincible; Lian Po led the Zhao army to attack Qi Bayan, invincible, and could be called the general of the Pillar State; Wang Jian made great achievements in war, and he unified the six countries in Yingzheng, and his military achievements were the greatest. These four generals have commanded large-scale battles many times, and they have their own strengths in tactics, and they can all achieve the effect of invincibility, so they are called the four famous generals of the Warring States. However, none of these four famous generals, except for Wang Qian, died well. Since becoming a partial general in 283 BC, Wang Jian has gone through four dynasties, destroyed the three Jin and swept the Chu State, and has been invincible and has made outstanding achievements. At that time, Bai Qi committed suicide because he resisted the king's order and refused to kill Zhao; And Wang Jian was ordered to worship the general, but he did not hesitate. He had a very good relationship with Fan Sui of Xiangguo when King Zhaoxiang, Cai Ze of Xiangguo when King Xiaowen, Lü Buwei of Xiangguo when King Zhuangxiang, and Changshi Li Si of King Yingzheng of Qin. His son Wang Ben is also a famous general of the Qin State, and both father and son have heavy troops and are famous. As we all know, in ancient times, many people with high merit did not end well. However, Wang Jian was able to enjoy his old age in peace, and even his descendants were able to control hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Great Qin. So, why was Wang Jian able to avoid the ending of "rabbit dead dog cooking"? What is his relationship with Ying Zheng? What outstanding contributions did his descendants make to Great Qin? 
The low-key and sleek Wang QianWang Qian, a native of Dongxiang in Pinyang, was good at talking about military affairs when he was young. When he was young, Wang Jian followed Bai Qi, Sima Cuo and others to recruit the Three Jin Dynasty several times, and accumulated a lot of war experience. After Bai Qi was forced to commit suicide, the famous generals of Qin withered, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin promoted Wang Jian to a general and entrusted him with important tasks. After the death of King Qin Zhaoxiang, Wang Jian continued to be loyal to King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang, which can be described as conscientious. In his time, royal power was supreme. The so-called "under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister" is its specific portrayal. Absolute obedience to the king's orders is the highest standard and basic requirement of feudal society for the morality of courtiers. As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, Wang Jian is relatively low-key, sleek, scheming, and only obeys the king's orders, and never forms a party for personal gain. Although he had a very good personal relationship with Fan Sui, Cai Ze, and Lü Buwei, he rarely talked about "King Qin" in private with others. Therefore, the courtiers in the court and the central government respected him very much, and it was difficult to hear the criticism of others. Therefore, there were frequent open and secret battles in the court, swords and swords, and blood splashed on the curtain, but Wang Jian was still able to sweep himself and did not get involved in those gangs that fought against the king's order. In 247 BC, Ying Zheng, who was only thirteen years old, ascended the throne as King of Qin. Because he was too young, the power of the Qin State at that time was in the hands of Lü Buwei and the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji. Later, Empress Dowager Zhao also found a mistress and held the power of Qin with her. As his own son, Ying Zheng, although he is the king of Qin, can only watch the power of Qin fall. 
When Yingzheng was most unwilling, he summoned Wang Jian to serve by his side. His intention in doing this was to promote Wang Qian, who lacked a backer but had outstanding talents, in order to achieve the purpose of cultivating cronies and using them for himself in the future. In 239 BC, Ying Zheng's younger brother Cheng Chan defected on the way to conquer the Zhao State, which gave Ying Zheng the opportunity to regain power. He handed over the heavy task of executing Cheng Chan to Wang Qian, who he trusted. On the other hand, Wang Qian, although he promised to become a thief, he tried his best to keep him safe. However, after Ying Zheng's order was issued, he did not hesitate to force Cheng Cheng to commit suicide. Just like Wang Jian said: "As a minister, only by faithfully carrying out the will of the king, how can there be the slightest disobedience." Therefore, my heart is exhausted, and my strength is out, your life and death are all determined by the king, and I can no longer do anything. It can be seen that Wang Jian showed loyalty to the monarch far above anything. A year later, with the help of Wang Qian, Ying Zheng, who had been enduring for many years, seized the opportunity of Chang Yu's rebellion and took him down in one fell swoop. then forced Lü Buwei to commit suicide, and even his biological mother Zhao Ji was imprisoned by him. Since then, Ying Zheng has completely grasped the power of the Qin State. And Wang Jian also got ahead and became a military general trained by Yingzheng. 
Wang Jian with great achievementsWang Qian's battle of "testing the waters" in the Yingzheng Dynasty soon came quickly with Yingzheng's expansion ambitions. At that time, Wang Jian was ordered to lead his troops to attack Zhao's Yanhe. In this battle, Wang Jian fully demonstrated his outstanding military talent and captured nine cities of Zhao in one fell swoop, which impressed Yingzheng. And 7 years later, the Neshi Teng soldiers sent a letter to Guguan, eliminating the weakest Korea, opening the passage for Qin to go east. As the most relied on and trusted general of Yingzheng, the heavy task of eliminating Zhao Guo, the strong man in the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States", fell on Wang Qian's head. At that time, Wang Jian sent troops from the county, went down to the well, echoed with Yang Duan and the army, and prepared to destroy Zhao in one fell swoop, but met Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, and the two sides held each other for more than a year without winning or losing. Wang Jian was very anxious about this, so he presented a counter-plan to Yingzheng. Soon after, Ying Zheng sent someone to Zhao State to bribe Guo Kai, the prime minister who loved money like his life, and Guo Kai spoke ill of Li Mu in front of King Zhao, which eventually led to Li Mu being killed by King Zhao, and Zhao Cong succeeded him as the main general. After Li Mu's death, Wang Jian was like a bamboo, defeated the Zhao army, and killed the Zhao army's commander Zhao Cong, captured the capital of Zhao State, Handan, captured Zhao Wang Qian, and the original land of Zhao State was incorporated into Qin land and became Qin County. 
In the process of confrontation between Wang Jian and Zhao, the Qin general Li Xin had already led the army to approach the border of Yan, although Yan Wangxi was panicked, but he did not dare to confront the Qin army, Yan Prince Dan made an astonishing move, he sent Jing Ke to Xianyang to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, but ultimately failed, Yingzheng was furious, and sent him to reinforce Li Xin shortly after Wang Jian destroyed Zhao. At that time, Yan Wangxi and Zhao Jia, the acting king, formed a coalition army, led by the prince Dan of Yan, but they were defeated by the Yishui River where they bid farewell to Jingke. Although Neshi Teng was the first general to help Yingzheng eliminate a country, South Korea was too small and limited in its ability after all. Wang Jian is different, but he eliminated Zhao State, one of the most powerful countries in the Six Kingdoms, such a feat is still unique in the history of Qin, not to mention that Zhao is still Qin's century-old enemy. Therefore, Wang Qian's exploits were infinitely magnified, and he became the first general of the Qin State. However, after Wang Jian eliminated the Zhao State, Ying Zheng had some faint worries about him, and he was afraid that Wang Jian would gradually grow in the army and eventually threaten his dominance. Therefore, just when Wang Jian was preparing to go to Liaodong and wipe out the Yan State, Ying Zheng ordered him to withdraw to the country and let him go to attack the Wei State. On the surface, Yingzheng withdrew Wang Jian because Yan Wangxi gave him the head of his son Prince Dan, allowing his anger to be vented. In fact, Ying Zheng was worried that Wang Jian would eliminate the Yan State after eliminating the Zhao State. In this way, Wang Jian will destroy two countries alone, and his prestige will be greatly increased, which Yingzheng does not want to see. Interestingly, after Wang Jian returned to China, Yingzheng did not let him go to Wei, but let his son Wang Ben serve as the commander and march into the Liang. Ying Zheng's arrangement revealed that he was wary of Wang Qian. However, he was very careful in his work, and in order to appease Wang Qian's emotions, he asked his son to attack Wei, and said that Wang Jian was tired from the war, so he could take the opportunity to rest. 
At that time, Wei still had 400,000 troops, although it was not an elite division, but it should not be underestimated, Ying Zheng thought that Wang Ben might not be able to win it smoothly, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Ben actually led the Yellow River and the water of the chasm to irrigate Daliang City, and finally forced the King of Wei to fake out of the city and surrender, and Wei perished. Soon after the elimination of Wei, Ying Zheng began to look for a candidate for the commander of the Chu State. Ying Zheng understood that this battle with the Chu State would directly determine whether the Qin State could unify the world. As long as the Chu State can be destroyed, the remaining Qi State is not a cause for concern at all. But the question is, how much national strength does the Qin State need to expend, and how many soldiers and horses do it need to dispatch to successfully destroy the Chu State? When Ying Zheng raised this question, the generals of the Qin State at that time gave two completely different answers. One is headed by Wang Jian and believes that at least 600,000 soldiers and horses are needed; The other is headed by the general Li Xin, who believes that only 200,000 soldiers and horses are enough. The difference between the two is as much as three times. And after consideration, Ying Zheng chose Li Xin. Ying Zheng didn't want Wang Jian to continue to be the commander, so after listening to Li Xin's advice, he said to Wang Qian: "It seems that General Wang is old, and he is so timid to Chu State, or General Li is braver." After speaking, Ying Zheng ordered Li Xin to be appointed as the commander-in-chief, and led Meng Tian and others to send 200,000 troops to attack Chu. At this time, Wang Jian already realized that Yingzheng had a sense of distrust of him. Therefore, soon after, he simply retreated from the rapids on the grounds of illness. Ying Zheng also pushed the boat along the river, agreed to Wang Qian's resignation, and relieved him of military power. 
Wang Qian's wisdomOn the other hand, Li Xin also achieved some victories at first, defeating Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State. However, in order to save the mother country of Chu, the minister of Qin, Changping Jun, actually launched a rebellion behind Li Xin's army, and then Xiang Yan also launched an attack on Li Xin, and finally defeated Li Xin, and the 200,000 Qin army was almost wiped out. It can be said that in the process of unifying the world, this is the only large-scale failure. In the end, in order to realize the grand wish of unifying the six countries, Yingzheng decided to take the risk of appointing Wang Qian. Interestingly, Wang Jian was in his hometown at the time, and in order to express his sincerity, Yingzheng personally ran to find Wang Jian and said to him: "I didn't listen to you at the beginning, which led to the defeat of Chu, and now the Chu army is preparing to attack Qin, although you are sick, do you want to see death and not save you?" Although Wang Jian was reluctant to go out of the mountain, it can be seen that Yingzheng had a resolute attitude, and he did not disobey orders like Bai Qi. At that time, after Wang Jian came to Xianyang, Yingzheng really gathered 600,000 troops for him, which was almost all the troops that Qin could get his hands on at that time. Of course, Wang Jian also knew that Ying Zheng was very worried about himself. As the saying goes, the bird hides the bow, and the rabbit dies and the dog cooks. Prior to this, several famous generals of the Warring States did not end well, such as Qin Zhibaiqi, Zhao Zhilianpo, and Li Mu. Although he had an army of 600,000 in his hands, Wang Jian not only had to consider the issue of destroying Chu, but also how to protect himself and his family after the destruction of Chu. Therefore, just a few days before the expedition, Wang Jian suddenly made a request to Ying Zheng, asking Ying Zheng to reward him with land and a house, and Ying Zheng did not hesitate to approve his request in order to appease him. 
But what Ying Zheng didn't expect was that Wang Jian then asked Ying Zheng for rewards several times, with a lot of names, one time saying that it was for his son, and another time saying that he wanted it for his grandson, which made Ying Zheng very irritable, but he had to give it. After all of Wang Qian's demands were met, he led his army to the battle. Someone asked him why he was so greedy, and he smiled and said to the man, King Qin didn't trust me in the first place, and now he has given me all the troops in the country, if I don't show greed, won't King Qin worry about my rebellion? It turned out that Wang Jian did this to show Ying Zheng that he wanted nothing but money, so as to dispel his vigilance. Even so, Ying Zheng did not completely let down his guard against Wang Qian. In the army of the Chu State, Ying Zheng sent his henchman Meng Wu as a deputy general to follow Wang Jian on the expedition. Meng Wu's mission was to assist Wang Jian on the one hand, and to monitor Wang Jian on the other hand, and to control a part of the military power to minimize the risk. After Wang Jian set out on the expedition, he found that the situation was not favorable to the Qin army, so he did not come out of the wall for a year. The 600,000-strong army has not fought outside for more than a year, which makes Yingzheng feel a little anxious. However, he couldn't help it, after all, he had no other way but to choose to trust Wang Qian. Fortunately, Wang Jian found a fighter plane and took down the Chu State and the surrounding Baiyue in one fell swoop, and then the class returned to the dynasty, and Yingzheng's hanging heart fell. After destroying the Chu State, Wang Jian alone destroyed the two countries, not counting the Yan State that was beaten "half to death" by him, so Ying Zheng didn't dare to use him anymore no matter what. So, in the subsequent battles of Yan and Qi, Yingzheng used Wang Ben. In this way, Wang Ben alone destroyed the Three Kingdoms, and the Wang father and son together destroyed the Five Kingdoms, which can be said to be in the limelight for a while, and the momentum of great merit and high shock. 
However, after the success. 81-year-old Wang Jian was seriously ill, and once again made a wise decision, and retired bravely with his son Wang Ben, returning to his hometown to live a farming life, in order to protect the family. Therefore, from the day Yingzheng unified the country, Wang Jian and Wang Ben and his son disappeared from the stage of history. And this is also in line with Ying Zheng's needs, after all, Wang Jian is alive, and Ying Zheng is uneasy. In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Qian's grandson Wang Li once again became the general of the Qin army. He succeeded Meng Tian, who was unjustly killed, in charge of the 200,000 army in the north, and went south to Julu to besiege and annihilate the descendants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms. Unfortunately, on the Julu battlefield, Wang Li met the brave and warlike Xiang Yu and Yingbu, and all the 200,000 elite Qin troops were killed, and Wang Li was also defeated and captured, and died with hatred. Therefore, when the news of Wang Li's defeat of Julu reached Xianyang. Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, who has never put the "righteous army" in his eyes, is in chaos. For him, Wang Li was the last line of defense to guard the foundation of the Qin State. However, Wang Li's military attainments were far inferior to those of his grandfather, Wang Qian. If Wang Jian is still alive, even Xiang Yu may not be able to win, let alone enter Xianyang. After all, Wang Jian will make detailed considerations before the war and will not fight uncertain battles. Steady and steady, step by step, with static braking, preemptive strike, seemingly plain techniques, but tricks to defeat the enemy, for Xiang Yu, who is known for his "bravery", the suppressive is very large.