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Qin Xiaogong occupied the dangerous terrain of Xiaoshan and Hangu Pass, and owned the land of Yongzhou. The monarchs and ministers firmly guarded it, so as to have a glimpse of the power of the Zhou royal family. ), with the intention of sweeping the world, conquering Kyushu, sweeping across the four seas, and the ambition to occupy remote places in all directions. At that time, (someone) Shang Jun assisted him, established laws and regulations internally, promoted farming and weaving, and built defensive and offensive equipment; externally, he implemented the strategy of connecting and balancing, causing the princes of Shandong to fight among themselves. In this way, the Qin people easily captured the land beyond Xihe.
After Xiaogong's death, King Huiwen, King Wu, and King Zhaoxiang (successively) inherited the existing foundation and followed the strategies of the previous generations, attacking Hanzhong to the south, annexing Ba and Shu to the west, and annexing Ba and Shu to the east. Fertile land, occupy key counties to the north. The princes were frightened and held meetings to form alliances and seek ways to weaken Qin. He did not skimp on rare and valuable utensils and fertile and fertile land, and used them to attract outstanding talents from all over the world to form a vertical alliance and form one body. At this time, the state of Qi had Lord Mengchang, the state of Zhao had Lord Pingyuan, the state of Chu had Lord Chunshen, and the state of Wei had Lord Xinling. These four princes were all sensible, resourceful, sincere and trustworthy, generous to others, and respectful to the virtuous. (They) defeated Qin's Lian Heng strategy by agreeing to unite, and defeated Han, Han, and Han. The troops of Wei, Yan, Chu, Qi, Zhao, Song, Wei, and Zhongshan formed a coalition. At this time, the scholars of the Six Kingdoms including Ning Yue, Xu Shang, Su Qin, Du He and others made suggestions for them. Qi Ming, Zhou Zui, Chen Zhen, Zhao Hua, Lou Su, Zhai Jing, Su Li, Le Yi and others (for Countries) communicated their opinions, and Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Dai Tuo, Ni Liang, Wang Liao, Tian Ji, Lian Po, Zhao She and others led their armies. They once marched to Hangu Pass to attack Qin with ten times the land of Qin and millions of troops. The people of Qin opened and closed the gates to lure the enemy deeper, but the armies of the nine kingdoms hesitated and did not dare to enter the pass. The people of Qin did not lose an arrow, but the princes of the world were already in a desperate situation. As a result, the treaty was dissolved, and the various vassal states competed to cede land to bribe Qin. Qin had enough power to take advantage of its opponents' weaknesses to subdue them and pursue the defeated soldiers. Millions of defeated soldiers lay dead on the road, blood flowed (into rivers), and the big shield could float. (The people of Qin) relied on this favorable situation to seize the land of the world and (re)divide the areas of mountains and rivers. Strong countries voluntarily surrendered, while weak countries went to Qin (on time) to pay homage. When King Xiaowen and King Zhuang Xiang succeeded to the throne, their rule was not long, and there were no major events in Qin.
By the time of the First Emperor, he had greatly developed the achievements of the previous six generations of monarchs. He wielded a long whip to control the whole of China, wiped out the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty and other vassal states, and ascended to the most noble throne. He came to rule the world from the throne, used various instruments of torture to persecute the people of the country, and frightened the world with his majesty. Taking the land of Baiyue to the south, they divided it into Guilin County and Xiang County. The king of Baiyue lowered his head, tied a rope around his neck, and left his life to the control of Qin's subordinate officials. So he sent Meng Tian to the north to build the Great Wall and guard the border, and drove back the Xiongnu for more than 700 miles. The Hu people did not dare to come to the south to graze their cattle, and the warriors did not dare to draw their bows and shoot arrows in revenge. Then he abolished the governance of the ancient emperors and burned the works of various schools of thought to make the people stupid; he destroyed the famous cities and killed the heroes; he collected all the weapons of the world and concentrated them in Xianyang, removing the blades and The arrows were used to cast twelve golden figures in order to weaken the resistance of the people. Then he set foot on Huashan Mountain to build the city wall, borrowing the Yellow River as a moat. There was a city wall hundreds of millions of feet high on the top, and an immeasurable abyss below as a solid (defense). Good generals armed with powerful crossbows guarded key places, reliable officials and elite soldiers armed with sharp weapons questioned passers-by. The world has been stabilized, and the First Emperor believed that the dangerous terrain of Guanzhong and the thousands of miles of copper and iron walls were the foundation of the emperor for generations to come.
After the death of the First Emperor, his remaining power (still) shocked remote areas. However, Chen She was just a boy from a poor family who used broken urns for windows and straw ropes for door hinges. He was a gangster and a slave. He was (later) a pawn who was moved to guard the border. Virtues like Confucius and Mo Zhai were not as wealthy as Tao Zhu and Yidun. (He) stood in the ranks of the garrison soldiers, suddenly rose up from the fields, led the exhausted soldiers, commanded a team of several hundred people, turned around to attack Qin, cut down trees as weapons, and raised Bamboo poles served as flags, and people from all over the world gathered like clouds, responding to him like echoes, carrying food, and following him like shadows. The heroes east of Mount Laoshan then rose up together and wiped out Qin's family.
It can be concluded that the Qin Dynasty that dominated the world was not weak (unable to resist). The terrain of Yongzhou, the dangers of Weishan Mountain and Hangu Pass were still the same as before. Chen She's status is no more noble than that of the kings of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, Song, Wei, and Zhongshan; the hoe stick is no sharper than the hook, halberd, and spear; The ability) is not stronger than the troops of the Nine Kingdoms; (as for) the foresight and the strategy of marching and using troops, (Chen She) is not as good as the generals and advisers of the Nine Kingdoms. But those with good conditions fail and those with poor conditions succeed. Their achievements are completely opposite. Why? If we compare the length and size of the Shandong countries with Chen She, and measure their power, there will be a world of difference.
However, Qin relied on its mere territory to develop into a powerful country with tens of thousands of troops and chariots, attracting the princes of the eight states to come to worship it. It has a history of more than a hundred years; As a palace wall, a garrison destroyed the Seven Temples of the Emperor in an attack. The princes, emperors and grandsons all died at the hands of others and were ridiculed by the world. What is the reason? Just because you don't practice benevolence and righteousness, the offensive and defensive situation has changed.