During the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family declined and the Central Plains scuffled. Chu took the opportunity to rise in the south, regained the title of king, and annexed the small countries in Jianghan area (including Zhu Nan surnamed Ji) and became the first powerful country in South China at that time. Later, with the efforts of more than ten generations of Chu kings, Chu merged with Hanzhong in the west.
Take Baiyue from the south, borrow from the east to strengthen Yue, occupy Wu's hometown, and annex your country to the north. In the heyday of Chu, there were millions of chariots and thousands of soldiers, and the territory of Fiona Fang was 5,000 miles, which was the highest among the governors at that time.
Although Chu is powerful, Qi and Jin in the north have been strong competitors of Chu for hundreds of years. In order to compete with the Huaxia Kingdom in the north, the State of Chu has maintained a long-term marriage relationship with the State of Qin, which belongs to the Yidi Kingdom.
Therefore, in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period and even the early Warring States Period, Qin Chu and China shared many common political interests. Famous in history? Shen is crying? This story reflects the unusual relationship between Qin Chu at that time. According to (Huainanzi) Volume 20 (Taixun)? He Lu (the King of Wu) attacked Chu, entered Ying in the Fifth World War, and the high government burned millet, broke the Kowloon Bell, flogged King Jingping's tomb and gave up the palace. At this time, Chu was in danger of national subjugation. At this time, Shen, the minister of Chu, came to Qin for help. At first, he was rejected. Shen cried outside the walls of Qin Cheng for seven days and seven nights, and finally touched the state of Qin.
Qin Aigong personally wrote "No Clothes" and sent 500 chariots to build a doctor and a tiger to save Chu. Wu was attacked by Qin Chu, civil strife and the state of Yue. Aside from the exaggerated descriptions in the history books, the main reason why Qin officials and ministers rescued Chu was not Shen's sincerity, but a deeper political interest, namely the marriage and alliance between the two countries. If Chu perishes, Qin will inevitably lose a powerful ally, which is obviously unfavorable to Qin, prompting Qin to send troops.
However, in the late Warring States period, Qin became more powerful after Shang 'an Reform, and began to covet the territories of Kanto countries, including the former close ally Chu. During his stay in Chu Huaiwang, the relationship between Qin Chu was the most tense. Qin not only played with Chu through espionage and diplomatic fraud, but also forcibly detained Chu when it was allied with Qin, causing him to die. These treacherous acts made the people of Chu hate Qin.
It is against this background that Chang Pingjun, a bloody enemy in Qin Chu, spies on Chu. Chang Pingjun is the assistant of the King of Qin Zhuang and the minister of the government of the King of Qin. He was once the prime minister of Qin. As the son of Chu, Chang Pingjun fought against Chen in the rear, repelled him and later became the king of Chu.
Later, at the decision of Ying Zheng, King of Qin, Qin launched a unified war to destroy the six countries. Elite Qin Jun is invincible when attacking five other countries. It was only in the war with Chu that he was defeated. * * * Seven captains were killed. Although the king of Qin later sent 600 thousand troops, he temporarily repelled the main force of the Chu army. However, from Xu Huai in the north to Jiangnan in the south, battles against Qin Jun broke out one after another. Qin Jun's frustration and rebellion in Chu are inseparable from Chang Pingjun's espionage.
It was not until the last king of Chu, Chang Pingjun, died in battle that Chu's struggle against Qin was officially extinguished. However, since then, there has been a saying on the land of Chu:? Although Chu has three households, Qin Bichu is dead! ? Ten years after Chang Pingjun died for his country, the Chen Sheng Uprising broke out in the Chu State where he fought, and he was the first to raise the banner of eliminating Qin. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who finally perished in the State of Qin, were also leaders of the Chu army. No one expected this sentence to really work.