In 2 19 BC, the Qin dynasty launched three wars against Baiyue, which was collectively called the Lingnan Three Signs by Qin Shihuang. In this battle, Qin Shihuang incorporated the land of Lingnan into the territory of Qin State, but Tu Youyou, the head coach, finally died. So what is the background of this battle of Qin attacking Baiyue? What's the impact?
The Historical Background of the Battle of Qin Attacking Baiyue
In the Qin Dynasty, the southeast coastal area was called the land of Baiyue, and the ethnic minorities living here were called Ren Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because of its lush foliage, it is called Baiyue. Baiyue is generally divided into East Vietnam (also known as East Europe or Europe Vietnam), Fujian Vietnam, South Vietnam and Western Europe. Dongyue lives in the Oujiang River Basin in southern Zhejiang, with Wenzhou as the center. The sphere of influence of Fujian and Vietnam is centered on Fuzhou, Fujian today.
South Vietnam is distributed in the southern, northern and western regions of Guangdong today; Xi 'ou is active in southwest Guangdong and southwest Guangxi. Baiyue lives in a region with mild climate, abundant rainfall, rich products and vast territory. However, due to the distance between mountains and rivers, far away from the Central Plains, until the Qin Dynasty, they still lived a quite primitive life, and their social development lagged far behind the Central Plains.
Even before the Six Kingdoms perished, Qin Shihuang (259 BC-2 10 BC) had taken Baiyue as the object of conquest. Shortly after the end of the United War, Qin Shihuang sent Wei Tusui to lead 500,000 troops to attack Baiyue. In view of the scattered residence of Baiyue ministries, Qin Jun adopted the action policy of dividing the troops into multiple ways and then uniting to attack the enemy.
Qin Jun * * * is divided into five roads: all the way to the east in Jiangxi, capturing Dongou and Fujian and Vietnam; The middle route 2 takes South Vietnam, passes through Nanchang today, and Dayuling enters northern Guangdong. The second route passes through Changsha today and goes straight to Panyu by riding Tian Ling. The other two roads entered Guangxi to attack Ou, all the way through Mengzhuling into this county, and all the way through Yuechengling into this Guilin. (1) The first road in Qin Jun went smoothly. Troops entered the customs, settled Dong 'ou and Fujian-Vietnam areas, and established Minzhong County.
The other four routes are located in high mountains and dangerous roads, and rivers crisscross. It is extremely difficult to March and deliver rations. In addition, the various departments of Baiyue stubbornly resisted and failed to win for three years. Later, the Qin Dynasty dug a canal in the northern part of Xing 'an, Guangxi, which solved the problem of rations transportation and enabled Qin Jun to March smoothly. Qin Jun's Third Route Army, led by head coach Wei Tusui himself, will go south from Changsha Yizhang.
In the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), Wei Tusui's army entered Qujiang area in Lechang, and was attacked by the Vietnamese army at night, and Wei Tusui died. Later Qin Shihuang sent a large number of reinforcements. After hard struggle, he finally conquered South Vietnam and Ou, where Qin established three counties: Nanhai, Guilin and. From then on, Hainan in the east and Huxiang in the north belonged to the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
The influence of the battle of Qin attacking Baiyue
In any case, the war also promoted the integration of the Chinese nation. Although ethnic integration often goes through a brutal war, Qin Jun has brought advanced production technology, which laid the foundation for the development and construction of Guangdong and Guangxi.