Su Qin, a military strategist at that time, once described Chu in its heyday as follows: "Chu is also a world power ... in the west, there are Guizhou and Wu Jun, in the east, Zhou Xia and Haiyang (now the southern part of Shandong Peninsula), in the south, Dongting and Cangwu, in the north, Fuyang (now Xunyang, Shaanxi Province), with a place of more than 5,000 miles. ("Songs of the Warring States") A Brief Training of Huainan Zibing praised: "The land of Chu people is surrounded by Yuanxiang in the south, Ying Si in the north, Bashu in the west and Tanhuai in the east. English is like a face, Jianghan is like a pool, the wall is Deng Lin, and cotton is a square city. The mountains are high, the clouds are clear, the valleys are empty, the terrain is convenient, and the soldiers are brave. " Describe Chu's vast territory, rich economy and strong military power to the fullest.
"Twenty-three Years of Zuo Zhuan Gong" recorded the defeat of the Duke of Jin to the State of Chu. At that time, the king of Chu had already treated him with high courtesy. King Chu asked Zhong Er, "Why do you want to repay your son for returning to Japan?" Zhong Er replied: "Zi Fuyu, the king of Chu has everything; Bird hair, fur, ivory, rhino skin, etc. From the state of Chu, those scattered to the state of Jin are just remnants that Chu despises. What can I give in return? " Although Zhong Er's words were diplomatic rhetoric, they objectively reflected the prosperous and rich reality of Chu.
However, it was later destroyed by Guo Qin's tricks. Of course, the Chu people refused to accept it and complained in succession. Why is it said that Qin destroyed six countries and Chu was the most unjust? What's unfair?
First of all, it can be seen from the incident that Qin betrayed the national credit twice and deceived Chu, and Qin became the object of disgust and contempt of the world. Wang Huai died in the state of Qin, and his body was transported back. The Chu people were very sad and hated the shamelessness and meanness of Qin.
Second, the State of Qin took advantage of this opportunity to temporarily destroy the State of Chu through the tactics of hugging thighs and sea of people. The Chu people refused to accept the battle of Lantian, and the Chu army went deep into Guanzhong and approached Xianyang. Unfortunately, the Han and Wei allied forces copied the battle of sand hanging in the back road, and the Qi army obtained the information about the distribution of the Chu army. After the allied forces won the battle of Shagua in Chu, Chu was greatly weakened and the country was divided into three or four parts. Civil strife and riots, the main force of the Chu army later expedition to Yunnan, and take this opportunity to occupy Ying capital.
Chu people have nothing to hide and refuse to accept it. After the war of Cui Sha, Chu was weakened (not related to Qin). The Chu army unilaterally won two victories over Qin Jun, recovered Yanjiang 15 town, and defeated 200,000 Qin Jun in Li Xin.
Qin temporarily destroyed Chu and transferred 600,000 soldiers. Refueling tactics can be described as one step in place, intact, and 600,000 troops have also preserved their strength for one year. This is the most critical.
The third Wei Yang trained Qin people after the political reform. Qin people became slaves, willing to lose their personal dignity and freedom of life, and became the tools and slaves of Qin kings for the world. Chu people are famous for their love of freedom. Chu people have always been used to resisting oppression and pursuing freedom. Chu people are entitled to despise the slavish Qin people.
Fourth, in the process of Qin's powerful unification of the six countries, people with Chu aristocratic blood contributed a lot. Of course, they did not represent the Chu people, but unilaterally represented individuals.
Qibazi is a Chu nobleman who married the royal family of Qin. Later, he mastered the power of Qin State for more than 30 years, and Wei Ran was also an aristocrat of Chu State. Qi Rong, the fourth Yang Jun, also made great contributions to the State of Qin. He is the descendant of his son Bai. Bai is the son of Prince Jian, who originally inherited the throne of Chu and, of course, Chang Pingjun, the country's prime minister for ten years.
The key to the first and second articles is that the State of Qin relied on the sea to embellish, cheat and play tricks, playing tricks to sow discord, so it temporarily destroyed the State of Chu, which caused the tragedy of Wang Huai's tragic death in the State of Qin. Therefore, the Chu people refused to accept Qin and hated Qin, so that when they fought against Qin later, Chu people flocked to the generals to take refuge in Xiang Yu. It was because he re-established the descendants of Chu people that Chen Shengcai rebelled for the first time.