The generals of the Chu State are absent from the list, and the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States regret not being able to do so, what is the explanation?
The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, these vassal states can be said to be indisputable at that time"Heroes"。
But the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Warring States Seven Heroes are not the same, the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons refer to five people, and the Warring States Seven Heroes refer to the seven vassal states.
Although"Spring and Autumn Five"It refers to people, but how can it be hegemonic if it is not backed by a strong state? Therefore, with"Spring and Autumn Five"It is also appropriate to refer to the vassal states that represent the overlord.
There are different theories in history about who the Spring and Autumn Five Heons were, and if I'm not mistaken, there are two versions in the Chinese textbook: one is the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Song Xiang, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the Duke of Qin Mu, and the King of Chuzhuang, and the other is the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the King of Chuzhuang, the King of Wu, and the King of Yue, Goujian.
These two sentences actually have their own truth, but in the first sentence, Song Xianggong can't really be talking about hegemony, and in the second sentence, He Lu and Gou Jian did not dominate the entire Central Plains, but were actually fighting with several other famous people.
As far as the Warring States period is concerned, these Spring and Autumn overlords are very famous, but among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, there are only three families of Qi, Qin, and Chu, but the legacy of the Yin people may indeed be the case, and the three families are all Seven Heroes of the Warring States, although they are also divided into three.
Among these vassal states, the vastness of the state of Chu has always been recognized.
Why did the State of Chu have the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, but there were no Chu generals on the list of famous generals? Could it be that the state of Chu only relied on its vast territory and abundant crops?
There are indeed famous generals in the state of Chu, but the list of famous generals in later generations has ignored them, and the author of this article will tell you about the famous generals of the state of Chu.
1st place wu qi
Speaking of this name, many people will say that Wu Qi is not trapped in Wei Wu's feet, and he defeated the Qin people to be famous, how can he be a famous general Chu State, in fact, Wu Qi is this authentic Wei person, if you follow it"Nationality"From the point of view, then he can only be called the famous general Wei State.
However, at that time, when people did not have citizenship rights, and Wu Qi did not serve the Wei State in his life, if he used his own money to try to inquire about the official position of the Wei State at that time, it was still"Pure"Because of Wu Qi"The daughter is gone"It's also Wu Qi"The daughter is gone"There was also no reason to get an official position.
Wu Qi may have been the first professional bureaucrat in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he was loyal to the three monarchs as soon as he became loyal to them, and it was only when he arrived in the Chu State that he found a sense of belonging and obtained the coveted one"Pheasant"bit, person"Pheasant"。The change in his thinking in the state of Chu is the reason why Wu Qi is remembered by future generations, and it is also the reason why Wu Qi is called a native of the state of Chu.
Since Wu Qi was listed as a famous general of the Chu State, of course, he couldn't talk about changing the law. Wu Qi led the Chu army and proved himself again"will be reconciled"defeated the Wei State, which served him during the Chu period and was the strongest at that time, and laid the foundation for the strength of the Chu State. Wu Qi was not inferior to the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, and even surpassed them. Wu Qi was not inferior to the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, and even surpassed them.
Second place: Yang Jing.
In addition to the Xiong royal family, the Chu State also has the Qu family, the Jing family, the Zhao family, the Zi family, the Xiang family and other big families, and Jing Yang is one of the generals of the Jing family, and of course he is among the best among the generals of the Chu State.
When the king of Chu Xiang, the four kingdoms of Qi, Han and Wei attacked Yan together, Chu felt that it was advantageous and sent Jingyang to save Yan, Jingyang happily accepted the order, so he thought about it carefully, and felt that he could not embarrass them, so he bypassed the front, attacked the east and attacked the west, did not save Yan, and attacked Yongqiu, the hinterland of Wei, first, this is Sun Bin's"Siege Wei to save Zhao"plan. This is Sun Bin's"Siege Wei to save Zhao"Scheme?
In this way, the alliance of the three kingdoms that attacked Yan was also scattered, because Wei could not afford to lose Yongqiu, so they withdrew their troops, and the other two countries saw that the boss of Wei retreated, and of course they also withdrew their troops. However, when Wei and Qi saw Chu interfering, they were furious and wanted to surround the Chu army led by Jin Yangjun and let them go and never return.
Faced with this situation, Jingyang did not panic, because Wei and Qi saw the contradiction between the two countries, so he used a strategy to make Qi and Wei suspicious of each other, which led to the collapse of the Qi and Wei coalition armies, and Qi led the army to leave, and Wei's army could only flee overnight because it lost its help.
Third place: Zhaoyang.
Zhaoyang and Jingyang are the same, this is also an authentic local general of the Chu State, the judge of the Chu State, the pillar, he can sit in this position, not because he relies on the strength of his family, but because he has his own strength, especially since he has fought two beautiful battles.
By the Warring States Period, the powerful Yue State had perished in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was still regarded as a centipede, and after King Wu Jiang ascended the throne, he began to blindly open up to the outside world, and even became the pioneer of the Chu State at that time.
The Chu State exterminated the team Yue Wang Goujian gave up on himself and did not blindly believe and was not polite, they sent people to lead the troops to fight, and the person sent was Zhaoyang, how Zhaoyang fought is not particularly important, the important thing is that after this war, the Yue State will be destroyed, and the Yue State will become the chassis of the Chu State, the national strength of the Chu State will be strengthened, and Zhaoyang cannot miss this war.
Later, Zhaoyang led his troops to attack Wei and conquered Xiangling and other eight provinces. In ancient military history, the battle had a profound impact and was called"Battle of Xiangling of Chu and Wei"After this battle, Zhaoyang's prestige shocked the other vassal states, and the king of Chu even gave Zhaoyang the inheritance of Chu and a jewel, but later this jewel disappeared in Zhaoyang's hands and later reappeared in Zhao. It is said that Qin Shi Huang temporarily sealed it as a state seal.
The fourth Xiangtan.
I think everyone has heard of the name Xiang Yan, if you haven't heard of it, it doesn't matter, then his grandson, everyone must have heard of it, is the Chu general of the Xiang family, the descendant of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, of course, Xiang Shaolong is not their Xiang family.
When Xiang Yan shocked the world, when the Qin State sent Li Xin and Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 to destroy the Chu State, Xiang Yan became more and more courageous, led the army to defeat the Qin general Li Xin, broke through the two camps of the Qin State, and killed the seven commanders of the Qin State, so that the Qin State suffered the first defeat since the War of Annihilation.
Qin Shi Huang then ordered Wang Jian to lead all the ** to attack the state of Chu, which was fighting the Qin army with all its might. At that time, Xiang Yan was still the chief general of the Chu army, but Wang Jian was not Li Xin, and Wang Jian was too cunning and surprised, which led to the defeat of the Chu army, and Xiang Yan committed suicide after the defeat.
Since then, there is no suspense about Qin annihilating Chu, although Xiang Yan has never been able to defeat Wang Qian, but Xiang Yan can fight in front of Wang Qian, and the deceptiveness of the war also lies in the power of surprise victory.
Make a judgment. Why are the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period on the list of famous generals of the Chu State, but there are no famous generals of the Chu State on the list of famous generals? It is true that there are no famous generals in the Chu State, but they are not just"Jokers"。
At that time, the north of the Yangtze River was the core area of the Central Plains, and there were constant wars, and compared with the generals who participated in countless battles north of the Yangtze River, they naturally had fewer opportunities to appear in the history books, so their fame was not so great.
What are your thoughts on this?