After the [Battle of Hewai] in 247 BC, King Zhuangxiang died in Qin, and Sei, who was only 13 years old, took the throne. This is the future Qin Shi Huang. Since he was still young, Prime Minister Lu Buwei was in charge of government affairs instead.
In 243 B.C., Shinryo-kun and Ankio, who supported Wei, died, and Qin did not overlook the chaos in Wei.
In 242 B.C., with Meng Lu as general, he immediately invaded Wei. He seized twenty castles, including Sanyo and Yokyu, and established the eastern district there. Thus, the state of Qin bordered with the state of Qi.
Around this time, China began to move around the Qin state. The difference in national power was such that other countries could not beat Qin on their own. Chu is the leader, and Shushin-kun is the general.
Battle of Kankokukan
In 241 B.C., under such circumstances, the joint army was established again. It is a joint army of five nations of Han, Wei, Zhao, Yan, and Chu.
Shunshin was originally a campaigner, but his talent was recognized by King Xiang of Chu, and he came to serve Chu. Around this time, during the reign of King Koretsuo, the son of King Jang, he was appointed Reiin.
The five-koku team first recaptures Juryo, which was once the territory of Zhao, from Qin and heads for Hakodani. For Qin, Hakodani Seki was a checkpoint that played an important role in preventing invasion from the east, and it was a key point that the Gassho army had to defeat.
On the other hand, the Gassho army sent a detached corps from the south separately from the main army, and was trying to approach the state capital of Qin, Xianyang. Zhao’s captain, Pang Hoen, who led the four armies of Zhao, Chu, Wei, and Yan, attacked Qin’s Sai in conjunction with the attack on Hakodani by the Gassho army.
In this way, Qin fell into a desperate situation, but the gassho army struggled in front of the Qin army, which desperately tried to intercept at Hakoya-seki. As time passed, the Qin army gradually pushed back, and in the end, the combined army was forced to retreat.
Also, the detachment unit that was attacking the moat was unable to drop the moat and withdrew in the middle.
In this way, the battle of Hakoya-seki ended with the defeat of the joint army, and the Gassho-gun was never formed after that.
In addition, Pang Huan invaded Qi, which had an alliance with Qin, and captured Rao’an.
Shunshin’s Fall
After the Battle of Hakoya, Shunshin-kun was held responsible for all the defeats of the joint forces, and Shunshin-kun lost King Gaol’s confidence and gradually became shunned.
Shunshin had a mistress, the sister of a man named Li Yuan, who was a guest of Zhao. A concubine is not what we now call a legal wife, but something like a mistress who takes care of life. When her concubine becomes pregnant with her child, he is tricked by her.
If you give me to the king and I become a son, your son will be king and Chu will be yours.
This was Lee Yuan’s idea to take advantage of the fact that King Gaoyeol had no children at the time. By this time, Shunshin, who had grown old, was overwhelmed by greed and decided to follow this plan.
Li Yuan’s younger sister safely gave birth to a boy, and Li Yuan steadily rose to become the queen’s older brother. However, Shunshin never saw the light of day.
In 237 BC, when King Gayeol died of illness, Chunsun’s son succeeded him as king.This is Yuuou. However, Shunshin was killed by an assassin sent by Ri Yuan. Shunshin-kun’s last moments are so pathetic.
