Chu Huaiwang obviously suffered the loss of Yi Cheung. Why did he get tricked into Qin by Zhao Haoqi of Qin?

Speaking of Chu Huaiwang, the general impression in everyone's mind is usually like this. First, Chu Huaiwang was cheated by Zhang Yi of Qin State, and then Zhao Haoqi of Qin State cheated Qin State and was imprisoned in Qin State until his death. In the face of such Chu Huaiwang, I'm afraid everyone will think that he is really stupid.

But in fact, the real history is not like this. First of all, influenced by various literary works, many of us think that Chu Huaiwang was cheated twice in a short time, but in fact, there was an interval of nearly thirteen years. That is to say, thirteen years have passed since Chu Huaiwang was deceived by Yi Cheung, and then by Zhao Haoqi of Qin State to Qin State.

According to historical records, Chu Huaiwang was cheated by Zhang Yi in 3 12 BC. At that time, Zhang Yi of Qin cheated Chu Huaiwang and took the land ceded by Qin to Chu as his own. As a result, after agreeing to break diplomatic relations with Qi, Qin only ceded 60 Li to Chu. Chu Huaiwang became angry from embarrassment and sent troops to attack the State of Qin. As a result, Andy breached Danyang. Later, Chu Huaiwang called the national army, launched an attack, and then suffered a fiasco in Lantian.

Judging from this record, Chu Huaiwang is stupid. He was deceived by Zhang Yi's sweet words. The problem is that we look at it this way because we know the result later. If we don't know the result, who can say that Chu Huaiwang's choice must be wrong?

Because, in the background at that time, the break-off between countries was simply a piece of waste paper. As soon as everyone breaks off the front foot, the back foot may be closed again immediately. There are too many such examples.

In other words, breaking off diplomatic relations with Qi has no substantial influence on Chu. Because today we can break off diplomatic relations with Qi, but tomorrow we can immediately send envoys to form an alliance with Qi again. And Qi, based on its own interests, naturally won't refuse to form an alliance with Chu. In fact, after being deceived by Qin, Qi and Chu quickly re-established their alliance.

Therefore, based on the interests, if he agrees to break off diplomatic relations with Qi, he can let Qin cede 600 miles of land to himself. Why not? Because it doesn't do any harm to Chu Huaiwang. After he got the territory of Qin State, he could make an alliance with Qi State at any time. Anyway, the initiative is in your own hands.

Moreover, based on the consideration, at that time, Qin had just conquered Bashu area, and its control was very limited, and Bashu area was next to Chu, so Qin needed to show kindness temporarily to prevent Chu from taking the opportunity to attack Bashu area. In this context, it is normal for Qin to form an alliance with Chu and cede a part of Bashu land near Chu to Chu.

It is out of these two considerations that Chu Huaiwang agreed to Yi Cheung's request. As a result, in the end, Chu Huaiwang was cheated and only got 6 miles of land. Of course, if things stop there, Chu has no substantial damage, because although he broke off diplomatic relations with Qi, he can form an alliance with Qi again if he wants. In other words, Chu not only lost nothing, but also got sixty miles of land from Qin.

The problem is that such a result will really make people lose face, but also feel that they can seize the land of Bashu, so they decided to send troops to Qin State and seize the territory of Qin State by force. But what I didn't expect was that Chu was defeated by Qin, which made Chu Huaiwang stumble.

However, this somersault is really nothing for Chu Huaiwang, because seven years later, Chu Huaiwang wiped out Yue in one fell swoop, brought wuyue into the territory of Chu, and achieved unprecedented prosperity. In a sense, if Chu Huaiwang died at this time, I believe everyone will admit that Chu Huaiwang was a very great monarch. Because, is a Chu State that has not included wuyue in its territory still considered a Chu State?

In the face of the rise of Chu, the State of Qin had to return what it had taken from the State of Chu, provided, of course, that the State of Chu could no longer attack the State of Qin with Qi. Chu Huaiwang is naturally willing to accept this.

At this point, Chu should be under the leadership of Chu Huaiwang, reaching the subversive state of Chu. Because, in the east, he brought the land of wuyue into the territory, and in the west, he recovered the lost land from Qin without bloodshed.

Unfortunately, the power of Chu aroused the fear of other eastern countries, so Qi, Wei and Han joined forces to attack Chu under the pretext of treachery. In this case, I had to ask Qin for help, so I sent a prince to Qin as a hostage, and Qin soon sent troops. When Qi Weihan saw that Qin had sent troops, he had to stop fighting temporarily.

So far, it is hard to say that Chu Huaiwang is stupid. Only one year later, Prince I, who was taken hostage in the State of Qin, secretly fled back to the State of Chu. So the State of Qin attacked Chu on this ground, and Qi Weihan saw that Qin Chu had broken, and they also rushed to rob Chu in troubled waters.

Faced with the siege of Qin, Qi, Wei and South Korea, Chu was naturally overwhelmed, so he had to make peace with Qi and expressed his willingness to give the prince to Qi as a hostage, hoping that Qi could help him. At this time, Qi saw that Chu was disabled and Qin had greatly expanded, so if Chu was really disabled, it would only benefit Qin, so Qi agreed to form an alliance with Chu.

The problem is that at this time, Qin jumped out and said that he would re-ally with Chu, that he would return the eight cities captured by Qin to Chu, and invited him to meet with Wu Guan. In this context, it is natural to have a dialogue with Qin.

Of course, the result of Chu Huaiwang's trip was that he was detained by the State of Qin. The problem is that if Chu Huaiwang didn't go, future generations would think that Chu Huaiwang was timid when talking about this period of history. In a word, Qin took the initiative to negotiate, but Chu Huaiwang dared not go, and even foolishly ran to form an alliance with Qi. In the end, Qi and Chu were all destroyed by the State of Qin, which was really stupid. In a word, it is possible if Chu Huaiwang is willing to hold peace talks with Qin.