Wei Wuzu, who played Qin for fifteen years, did not dare to look west. Why did Wuqi quickly weaken after he left?

Wu Qi, whose name is not familiar, was a great strategist, reformer and politician in the early Warring States period, and also a rare ever-victorious general in the history of China. With the support of Wei Wenhou, Wuqi made up his mind to carry out reforms in Wei, and it was he who trained an elite army named Wei Wuzu during the Warring States Period.

The image of "military pawn" is a soldier wearing armor, wearing armor, holding a halberd, hanging an iron sword around his waist, carrying a strong crossbow and 50 crossbows, and carrying three days' rations. Only when he can March continuously 100 miles in half a day can he qualify as a military pawn. But this excellent army was defeated by Chu.

The direct reason is Wu Qi's departure. After Wei Wuhou acceded to the throne, Wuqi's political reform in Wei in recent years touched many people's interests and offended many powerful people. More importantly, Wuqi trained Wei Wuzu as a standing army, and Wuqi was excluded, thus leaving Wei for Chu. The departure of Wuqi made Wei Wuzu lose his soul.

After Wei Wenhou's death, Wei Wuhou, the new heir, fled to Chu for fear of Wuqi. When he arrived in Chu, he trained an elite Chu army in the same way and led them to March to the south. Under the excellent command of Wuqi, the Chu army crossed Liangmen, entered the dense forest, and defeated Wei Jun many times, thus realizing the long-cherished wish of the Chu people to drink horses and the Yellow River for the first time.

Wei Wuzu, who left Wuqi, acted as a soul figure because of the lack of such an excellent general as Xiang Wuqi. Some Wei Wuzu began to miss his exploits and became afraid of death, so Wei Wuzu's strength began to decline gradually. Finally, during the period of Wei Huiwang, Wei Wuzu took part in the Battle of Maling under the leadership of General Pang Juan. Wei Wuzu was completely destroyed by Sun Bin, 100,000 people in Wei Jun became prisoners, and Prince Shen also became a prisoner of the enemy. Since then, Wei has gone to ruin.

What this historical story brings us is that no elite army can exist independently from the country. Only when the national strength is strong, the monarch and ministers are United, and the soldiers are United, can all aspects be positive. However, once the country is in the sinking period, the political darkness, backward system, lax army, social status decline, and combat effectiveness will inevitably decline.