王离 / Wang Li (Qin)
王离 / Wang Li (Qin) enters the wiki through Qinji 129-2 as the Qin commander whose northern troops block 李良 from moving into Taiyuan. The episode places him at the Jingxing route, where he prevents Li Liang from advancing and forces the Zhao-side commander to reassess his position.
Wang Li’s most important source role is political recruitment. He sends a letter in 胡亥 / 秦二世’s name saying that Li Liang’s earlier surrender to Zhao will not be punished and that returning to Qin can still bring reward. Li Liang does not immediately accept, but the offer becomes the background condition that makes later defection possible.
The page keeps Wang Li source-scoped. In this episode, he is less a battlefield protagonist than a sign that Qin still has coercive and diplomatic reach even while 张楚政权 and restored 赵国 are expanding. His letter turns anti-Qin fragmentation into a recruitment opportunity for Qin.
Qinji 132 moves Wang Li from recruitment pressure into direct siege command. After 章邯 breaks 邯郸, 赵歇 and 张耳 take refuge at 巨鹿. Wang Li surrounds Julu while Zhang Han camps to the south, making Wang Li the immediate encircling force that triggers the Chu relief mission under 宋义, 项羽, and 范增.
Qinji 134 follows Wang Li’s siege to defeat. The source stresses that his army initially has enough troops and supplies because 章邯 keeps a corridor open from 敖仓 toward 巨鹿. Once 英布 and 蒲将军 break that corridor, Wang Li is separated from Zhang Han and loses the logistical position that made the siege hard to relieve.
Xiang Yu then crosses the 漳水, uses 破釜沉舟, and defeats Wang Li’s army after nine engagements. The episode makes Wang Li’s defeat the immediate military result of 巨鹿之战, while the lords’ later submission to Xiang Yu becomes the political result.
Qinji 137 records Wang Li’s loss as part of the news 赵高 keeps from 胡亥 / 秦二世. In this episode’s summary, Wang Li has been captured by 项羽, while 章邯’s remaining army continues losing and requesting reinforcements. Wang Li therefore becomes one of the concrete facts inside Zhao Gao’s 危机信息封锁.
Connections
- 李良 - target of Wang Li’s blockade and recruitment letter.
- 秦国 and 胡亥 / 秦二世 - regime and imperial name used in the letter.
- 武臣, 赵国, and 邯郸 - restored-Zhao context affected by Li Liang’s later defection.
- 巨鹿, 赵歇, 张耳, 章邯, 宋义, and 项羽 - Qinji 132 siege and rescue-Zhao setup.
- Qinji 134, 巨鹿之战, 敖仓, 漳水, and 破釜沉舟 - completed siege defeat after the supply corridor breaks.
- Qinji 137, 赵高, and 危机信息封锁 - captured-general news hidden from Hu Hai.
- 名分羞辱触发叛变 and 反秦阵营诸侯化分裂 - concepts extended by the sequence that begins with Wang Li’s approach.