Why are the two cities in Tiandan thousands of miles apart? The history of the story is inevitably paradoxical, and it makes sense to talk about the past and the present.

From a military point of view, the unification of Tian Dan is at a loss.

Apart from the fact that the hymn of heroism is a power game in which little people stir up trouble, none of this can explain how a central army in Jimo defeated the Yan army and recovered Qi.

Tian Dan, one word, four words. Then, the land of Qi and more than 70 cities thousands of miles away were recovered.

Yan is the weakest among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, but it is also one of the Seven Heroes. After Yan Zhaowang's reform, it trained a good soldier in northern Hebei. The national strength is rising, the military strength is fierce, and the whole country is deserting troops. With the cooperation of the other four countries, Qi and the Warring States were destroyed.

At this time, only Jimo (now Pingdu, Shandong Province) and Cheng Ju (now Juxian County, Shandong Province) were in the State of Qi, and even the king of Qi was killed.

PS: Warring States Policy? Excerpted from Qi Ce, "Yan Xi will be afraid of punishment, so he will stay in Liaocheng and dare not go back", "One more year, more dead soldiers than Liaocheng". Tian Dan was recovered from Qi, and more than 70 cities in Qi were recovered, but Liaocheng was never captured. Liaocheng Shoujiang of Yan was worried about the prince's suspicion and that he would not kill him after returning home, so he stayed in Qi. The reason why Yan Jun in Liaocheng is the hardest to fight is because these people can't go back to China. Therefore, it can be judged that the Yan State has occupied Liaocheng for a long time, and the Qi State has only two cities, Jimo and Ju, one controlled by Tian Dan and the other by King Qixiang.

Tian Dan's intrigue, the change of generals in Yan State, the fire in Jimo and the defeat of Yan Army are all telling stories rather than making sense. Although the story is wonderful, it can't explain the problem. However, the cost of telling a story is low enough to convince the audience. When you hear it, you believe it, and the story becomes history. But the cost of reasoning is too high. You have to compare the two countries and the two armies, and you have to ask all kinds of details carefully, even combining the people's hearts at that time. The key is to give a logically consistent statement. History books are simply short narratives, and not too many words reveal too much complicated space.

However, we have to ask questions at the truth level, but we can't satisfy the pleasant experience provided by the story. Otherwise, we can't understand the true colors of history. Although the details are overwhelmed, we can still annotate a brief history in the general trend.

To explain why Qi can restore the two cities, we must first explain why Heyan can't break the Jimo peace in five years.

The reason is that Le Yi made three mistakes:

The first mistake was to demobilize the five-nation allied forces after Jixi War.

With the strength of Yan State, it can only be hanged by Qi State, and it is useless for Yan Zhaowang Mingjun and Le Yongba. The Warring States War is a struggle and killing. The more brutal the competition, the more similar the style of play. Therefore, war competition is to fight for national strength, soldiers and cohesion. The so-called famous soldiers and the art of war are either footnotes of strength or mistakes of survivors.

However, Yan was able to destroy Qi, not playing war, but playing diplomacy. However, the premise is that Qi is extremely cooperative, but the king of Qi is a fool and has offended all those who can be offended. The most shameless thing is that he conquered Qin in five countries (Qi, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei) and occupied Song at the same time. So,,, Su Qin, the monarch and the minister formed an iron triangle, organized a five-nation coalition, and had nothing to say, just to fight Qi and him. In 288 BC, the five countries conquered Qin, and in 285 BC, the five countries conquered Qi. Just tell me how King Qi Zhuo plays. In this process, Chu Warring States never showed up, and could have become an ally of Qi, but was offended by Qi Wang. So, in the future, we will sit quietly and watch tigers fight. You Zhongyuan people have deep routines, and we Chu people can't play. When the Five-Power Allied Forces hit the State of Qi hard, the State of Chu quickly reaped the great fruits of Huaibei.

If Yan can't destroy Qi, the five countries will be fine. No famous stars, no subtle art of war, no heroic stories. I am a lot of people, and I am a lot of people who bully you. Thus, in the final battle of Jixi, the five-nation allied forces wiped out the main force of Qi. Qi is not Qin. It needs strength but there is no natural barrier, so after World War I, it opened its doors wide, waiting to be destroyed.

But after the war, Le Yi began to become cunning, thinking that Qi could no longer be a climate. So, he fooled the other four countries away. Of course, people who want to give money and have no money will definitely not leave. Of course, the other four countries are not short-sighted people who are greedy for money. I'll leave if you give me money, which doesn't conform to the logic of the Warring States period at all. However, there is another most important factor, and that is the state of Qin. Qin this guy saw that he has disrupted the condition, hurriedly give three gold. Qi disdained Qin, and Qin's national policy of making friends far away and attacking near did not allow him to plot against Qi. But three golds are different. If Qin Neng kills Sanjin, it won't let him breathe a sigh of relief. During Le Yi's colonization of Qi, the State of Qin punched Sanjin and kicked Chu, defeating other vassal states except Yan. In this way, we can cheat the other four countries and Yan can colonize Qi for five years. This is an opportunity given by history.

However, although this opportunity is rare, it also has problems. In other words, Yan and the Warring States could not destroy Qi by themselves. Because Yan is too small and Qi is too big to digest a Qi. At that time, the problem was not serious, because Qi had been beaten and could only fight but could not fight back.

It's a bit too much to say this mistake, mainly because he wants to explain a problem clearly, that is, why no one pays attention to the suppression of the Song Dynasty and the Yan Dynasty.

Le Yi's second mistake was to divide his troops to attack Cheng Ju and Jimo. But these two places are not easy to fight because of their strong strength. The five capitals of Qi are Lintong, Pinglu, Afghanistan, Jimo and Ju. All the Qi conquered, and all the five countries sent troops. When the State of Qi destroyed Yan, it was the main force of Wudu and Yanji border guards, and Wudu soldiers were of course the hardest trump card. Therefore, the five cities are not simple five cities, but the five military regions of Qi, where a heavily armed group can appear.

So let's briefly summarize the situation at that time: Although Le Yi occupied more than 70 cities in Qi, there were only two cities in Qi, Jimo and Ju, but these two cities possessed two-fifths of Qi's military strength. Although the State of Qi is broken, Jimohe is definitely stronger, because the defeated Qi army will also run here.

At this time, Chu had sent troops to help Qi, and Chu soldiers entered Jucheng. However, Chu is not a benevolent gentleman. At this time, the State of Qi was badly beaten by hordes, and the king of Chu at the front killed King Qi Zhuo. But it doesn't matter. Later, Cheng Ju's father established King Qixiang. Whether King Xiang of Qi is good or bad depends on the fact that Qi can no longer be a monarch worse than King Qi, who is the bottom line of a bad king.

You Le Yi tied Jimo and Cheng Ju together to fight, but you can't fight either one. Why can't the Yanjun troops in the whole country fight down? The reason is that it accounts for more than 70 cities in Qi, and all cities have to send troops to guard them, but Yan itself is not strong enough. But the remaining two cities in Qi can concentrate at least two-fifths of Qi's troops. So, if we fight together, we can't fight at all.

Le Yi's third mistake was to export order before the violence ended. If Yan wants to annex Qi, it must export order, otherwise it can't establish rule. Therefore, after encountering resistance, Le Yi slowed down its attack on Jimo and Cheng Ju, and began to cooperate with Qi Xin. After five years of governing Qi, Le Yi's main job was not to attack the city but to transform the people, and the specific operation was to export order. This idea is right, but the problem is that Qi has never died. There are not only two powerful cities, but also a new monarch. This is the export of incomplete violence, and Le Yi has dug a hole for himself.

Then, we will discuss how Tian Dan restored Qi. To put it simply, it is impossible for the two cities to recover Qi. But the actual history is not that simple at all.

Taking advantage of the demise of the Five Kingdoms, it can be said that the State of Chu seized the land of Huaibei, which was a great gain. But will Chu keep his feet on the ground next? It is out of the question. Neither Qin nor Sanjin participated in the dispute between Yan and Qi, but Chu was completely ignored. In 284 BC, Cheng Ju, king of Qi, was killed and the army of Chu was driven out of Qi. In 280 BC, the State of Qin began to torture the State of Chu, but the State of Chu ceded the northern Han Dynasty to the monk Yong, so Qin Chu stopped fighting and the State of Qin went to torture Sanjin. Until 279 BC, the state of Yan changed generals and Tian Chan was restored.

In other words, from 284 BC to 280 BC, there was no problem in Chu State. It was not until 279 BC that Qin began to torture Chu again. At this time, it was a great torment and directly occupied the capital of Chu. Moreover, the Warring States is a world of great struggle, and no one will waste their time. Therefore, Chu not only has the time but also the ability to intervene in the dispute between Yan and Qi, and the key is motivation. The border between Chu and Qi is an enemy of Chu and Qi, and the neighboring countries are enemies. But Chu would rather face a weak Qi State than a brand-new Yan and Qi Warring States. This is intolerable to Chu. Therefore, the State of Chu must have provided material help to Tian Dan and King Qi Xiang. Chu can not send troops, but it must provide food, money and trench, and will not watch Yan completely annex Qi.

Therefore, the elimination of Le Yi is not a purely military issue, nor is the restoration of Tian Chan a purely military issue, nor is it a contest between the two countries' comprehensive national strength. We must regard the Warring States period as a complex and treacherous network. Otherwise, many war problems cannot be explained at all.

Another is to combine the background of the times at that time, that is, the people's hearts. This is the most important question.

Qin Shihuang conquered the six countries, but the Daqin Empire died short-lived. Chen Sheng and Guangwu shouted, and the six countries were restored. The peasant army of Chen Sheng and Guangwu does not exist. What is the reason?

Daqin quickly disintegrated because of the heart of the six countries; Chen Sheng can't be king because of the heart of the six countries. The people of the six countries only recognize the king of the six countries, neither the Emperor Daqin nor Chen Guang.

In 22 1 year BC, the first emperor unified the six countries. And sixty years ago? Sixty years ago, this man was stronger inside. Here it is necessary to explain what logic is in the hearts of ancient people. Simply put, it is how people all over the world treat loyalty.

We illustrate this problem through a story. Because you can't explore the hearts of the ancients by analogy with the hearts of modern people.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Mu Zi, the general of Jin State, led an army to besiege the Drum State. The drum kingdom cannot be defeated, so the drum people will surrender to the city. However, Mu Zi of Bank of China disagreed, and asked the drummers to guard the city and welcome the Jin Army. What is the reason for the unreasonable behavior of China Bank Mu Zi Branch? Surrender is not good. We must attack this city. What the hell was he thinking?

The reason: If the drummers surrender, they must reach an agreement with the son of China Bank. Accepting the city and agreeing to their deal is to associate with traitors; Accepting the city but rejecting their deal is a breach of faith. Whatever you do is a moral dilemma. This is the so-called "non-jun ceremony". I'm sorry, jun.

This is the logic of China Bank Zimu, so there is no China Bank Zimu in Drum Kingdom? Of course, this man is Li Su, and the truth he spoke really revealed the underlying logic of the ancients.

Mu Zi, the bank of China, captured the Drum Kingdom, and then established a new monarch for the Drum Kingdom, warning the people of the Drum Kingdom to help the new monarch well. After that, the Bank of China took the original monarch of the drum country to drum the kite and prepared to return to Jin. At this time, the minister of Drum Kingdom Shali rewelding insisted on taking his men to the State of Jin as prisoners. Mu Zi of Bank of China questioned Su Shali: The drum country is still there, and it has a new monarch. Why don't you, the minister of drum kingdom, stay and assist the new king in governing drum kingdom? Why do you have to follow the drums and kites? Sally rewelding said:

This sentence means that my loyalty is to the monarch of the drum country, not to the drum land. Since ancient times, there has never been only a monarch and a minister, and there is no local minister. "I am a minister, I have no second thoughts. Death by committing a crime is the ancient method. I gave myself to the monarch, Gu Er, and the kite as my minister, so there would be no second thoughts. My name has been recorded by the monarch, so I must repay death with death. This is the ancient method.

From Li's answer, we can infer the deep logic of the ancients. Elite scholar-officials are loyal to the monarch rather than the land, that is, loyal to the people rather than the land. Therefore, Tian Dan's loyalty logic in Qi is loyalty to the monarch and the king of Qi, not to Qi. This is a scholar-bureaucrat What about ordinary people? They are loyal to the family of Qi, not the land of Qi.

In ancient people's minds, loyalty to the monarch and loyalty to the country are not the same thing, but separate, and loyalty to the monarch is stronger than loyalty to the country. This logic is definitely not absolute. In the future, loyalty to the monarch is not as good as loyalty to the country. Especially after Mencius' view gained the upper hand. But as far as the people of Qi at that time were concerned, they were more loyal to the monarch of Qi than to the land of Qi. Therefore, Yan occupied the land of Qi, exporting both violence and order, but it was still impossible to turn Qi into Yan, because it could never conquer the hearts of Qi people.

In this way, Tian Dan's restoration of Qi, as long as the siege of Jimo's riding and robbing headquarters is broken, can trigger the recovery war of more than 70 cities in Qi. The reason is this popular logic, which is the foundation of the revival of Qi's twin cities.

Final summary:

The Warring States War is a tenacious battle, and the strength has the final say. Yan's strength can not only swallow Qi, but also destroy Qi.

The relationship between the Warring States is complex, and there are various alliances besides the war, so Le Yi, which concentrates the power of the five countries, can be wiped out.

But Le Yi can't turn Qi into Yan. Although there are only two cities in Qi, these two cities can provide at least two-fifths of Qi's military strength. In addition to strength, others are not allowed.

In the process of destroying and transforming Qi, Le Yi dissolved the five-nation allied forces strategically, pulled a bow from left to right tactically, and ended the violent output ahead of schedule by means. This is a mistake made by Le Yi.

Chu's intervention is indispensable for the survival of Qi and other vassal states. This is the logic of chaotic competition. Qin and Sanjin were ignored, because these four countries were also watching each other.

An external support for the restoration of Qi is Chu, but the key is the logic of a human heart. Qi people are loyal to Qi Tian Jia, not Qi land. Therefore, it is useless for Yan to occupy the land of Qi by exporting violence and order, because it can't change the people's hearts of Qi.

However, Tian Dan can lift the siege of Jimo and defeat its troops, thus triggering a thousand miles of war. As the people of Qi wished, the Yanjun could only return to China in a mess.