Ma Fujun Zhao Hao is Zhao Kuo's father, the initial status in the Zhao Kingdom is not high, but by virtue of the victory of the Battle of Fu and the War, the First World War became famous, and since then ranked among the famous generals of the Zhao State and even the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, if we carefully understand Zhao Hao, we will find that he fought a big war in the Battle of Fu and the War in his lifetime, and the result will be left in history.
Many people are more curious, such as Bai Qi, Lian Po and Le Cheng, all of whom have experienced hundreds of battles to rank among famous generals, why is Zhao Hao enough to show off for a lifetime just by relying on the battle of Fu and Fu? In fact, this is really not a coincidence or luck, but a necessity.
Zhao Hao was originally just a small official in Zhao Guo who levied land rent, not a big person, but he had one of the biggest advantages, that is, he dared to do something, and he was quite reasonable, no matter what status of people, he could convince others by reason, and this ability paved the way for him to be reused later.
Just as the so-called opportunities are waiting for those who are prepared, Zhao Hao is the one who is ready to wait for the opportunity to come. During his tenure as a small official who collected land rent, Zhao Hao met a large family that no one dared to mess with, this person was Ping Yuanjun, the younger brother of King Zhao Huiwen, and the rest of the rent collectors did not dare to go to him to collect rent, only Zhao Hao was not afraid of power and rushed up.
As a result, there is no doubt that the housekeepers in the Pingyuan Jun's family refused to pay rent, they felt that Zhao Hao should be the same as the rest of the rent collectors, and casually frightened and left, but Zhao Hao moved his true character and arrested the Pingyuan Jun butler who refused to pay the rent, and finally disposed of 9 people according to law, which had a great impact on Pingyuan Jun.
Pingyuan Jun learned that a small official actually dared to move the soil on his head, and immediately decided to find someone to kill Zhao Suo, and as a result, when he was about to kill Zhao Suo, Zhao Hao said that he had something to say, Pingyuan Jun let Zhao Hou say his thoughts, Zhao Hou finally said the fundamental reason for the disposal of pingyuan jun's housekeeper in the first place, he said that the state has state law, the family has family rules, no rules are not square, if everyone in zhao country does not pay rent like Pingyuan Jun, then Zhao Guo will be finished, Zhao Guo is finished, Zhao Huiwen Wang and PingYuan Jun are finished, why should this be? As a family member, you should be a good example.
Pingyuan Jun was ashamed after listening to Zhao Hao's words, released Zhao Hou on the spot, and recommended it to his brother King Huiwen of Zhao, who promoted Zhao Huiwen to take charge of the taxation of the whole country, and Zhao Hao worked diligently during his term of office, achieved many achievements, and gained the trust of King Huiwen of Zhao, and later entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, allowing him to lead his troops to fight some small-scale battles.
In 271 BC, the warring states minister Fan Ju went to the Qin state and put forward the key strategic idea of "long-distance and close attack" that affected the war in the later period of the Qin state, after having this strategic idea, the Qin state was ready to launch an offensive against the Zhao state, and the Qin general Xiao Yong soon took the three cities of the Zhao state, and King Huiwen of Zhao was worried that the losses would increase, so he negotiated with the qin state, proposed to let his son Gongzi be a proton in the qin state, and exchanged the three cities and pools of Jiao, Wei, and Niuhu for the three cities occupied by the qin state, and the qin state also intended to agree to the request of King Zhao Huiwen at that time. However, It didn't take long for King Huiwen of Zhao to repent and was unwilling to do things according to the agreement, which made King Zhaoxiang of Qin very dissatisfied.
Obviously, the State of Qin could not find an excuse to continue to attack the State of Zhao, and urgently needed a reasonable excuse, and now King Huiwen of Zhao's remorse just gave the State of Qin the best excuse, so King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed King Zhongzhi Huyang to lead a large army to attack the State of Zhao, and the Battle of Fu and Xiang immediately occurred. Fu He was a very important pass for the Zhao state at that time, and once it was attacked by the Qin state, the losses for the Zhao state were immeasurable.
Taking these factors into account, coupled with the fact that King Huiwen of Zhao himself also believed that it was a bit of a loss to violate the agreement, so he decided to hold FuHe, but who should be sent to fight this war, King Huiwen of Zhao fell into deep thought, he first found the famous general Lian Po of the State of Zhao, but unfortunately Lian Po told him that Fu and the distance from the capital was too far away, coupled with the dangerous terrain, even if you go to attack the Qin army, there is no chance of victory, it is better not to go, so as not to lose troops.
King Zhao Huiwen was a little disappointed, but the war was still to be fought, so he asked Le Cheng to discuss, and what Le Cheng said and Lian Po were basically word for word, which made King Zhao Huiwen very disappointed, but he still did not have a dead heart, and he asked Zhao Hao to discuss the war, and what Zhao Hao began to say was similar to lian po, but after saying that, Zhao Hao said another sentence similar to the narrow road to meet the brave to win, giving Zhao Huiwen Wang confidence, and immediately appointed Zhao Hao to lead a large army to Fu and fight.
The reason why Zhao Hao dared to allow King Zhao Huiwen to participate in this battle was because Zhao Hao already had a specific plan for this battle, and felt that this plan was implementable, otherwise he would never dare to agree to King Zhao Huiwen, so we can also see that Zhao Hao is actually a talented and low-key person who has been waiting for the opportunity.
Zhao Hao led the Zhao Army out of Handan for more than thirty miles, and did not continue to advance, and the Qin army was nervous at first, but seeing that Zhao Hao's army had already set up camp and did not make any movement, they all thought that Zhao Hao was actually a greedy and afraid of death, so they relaxed their vigilance.
In order to prevent some people in the army from discussing and demoralizing, Zhao Hao specially ordered that private discussions in the army should not be allowed to discuss the war in private, and all violators should be beheaded. At first, everyone did not think so, someone really violated the rules, Zhao Hao did not show any mercy to his subordinates, and beheaded them in front of everyone, and no one dared to discuss the war anymore.
Zhao Hao thus led a large army to camp for 28 days more than thirty miles from Handan, and the Qin army had long ignored Zhao Hao's existence, and at this critical moment, a man named Xu Li under Zhao Hao risked his life to offer a plan to Zhao Hao: At this time, the Qin army completely ignored our existence and attacked Fu He with all its might, as long as we suddenly attacked, occupied a mountain in the north, and used our condescending advantages to fight against the Qin army, we could defeat them.
Zhao Hao had actually been waiting for the opportunity, what Xu Li said was exactly what Zhao Hao wanted, so Zhao Hao seized the opportunity to lead a large army to quickly occupy the northern hills and launch a surprise attack on the Qin army, the Qin army was not prepared at all, it was defeated by Zhao Hao, and the battle between Fu and Fu was thus won.
Zhao Hao became famous in the First World War and was included in the ranks of the famous generals of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, in fact, it was definitely not as simple as relying on luck, and the Battle of Fu and Fu had a huge impact on it, but it was not decisive. In the Battle of Fuhe, the kind of boldness and strategy displayed by Zhao Hao was indeed higher than that of famous generals such as Lian Po and Le Cheng, which was one of the reasons why Zhao Hao was able to become famous.
In the end, relying on his own scheming, calmness and good observation in the war, he won the victory in the battle of Fu and ushered in some turnarounds for the Zhao kingdom, which was the second reason why Zhao Hao could become famous, but the above two reasons were not the decisive factors that finally determined Zhao Hao's fame, because in addition to these reasons, there was a more important reason.
This reason is Zhao Hao's prophecy to his son Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo has been very smart since he was a child, his memory is super good, he has read all kinds of military books, and his analysis is the Tao, even Zhao Hao is often embarrassed by him, he even said that the war is very simple, which makes Zhao Hao pay enough attention to his son.
After Zhao Hao's careful observation of Zhao Kuo, Zhao Hao concluded that Zhao Kuo was just a guy who talked about soldiers on paper, after all, the real battlefield is unpredictable, it is definitely not as simple as the soldier book says, the soldier book is dead, people are alive, and a small mistake on the battlefield may cause irreparable losses.
After making a judgment, Zhao Huo confessed to his wife, if he died in the future, he must not let Zhao Kuo lead the troops to fight, otherwise it would cause immeasurable losses, Zhao Hou's wife remembered Zhao Suo's confession, in the Battle of Changping, King Zhao Huiwen disregarded the advice of everyone and had to remove Lian Po and replace it with Zhao Kuo, at that time Zhao Huo's wife told Zhao Huiwen Wang what Zhao Huo had said, and repeatedly reminded him not to use Zhao Kuo, but unfortunately King Zhao Huiwen was not willing to listen to Zhao Huo's wife's advice at all, and had to ask Zhao Kuo to become the commander-in-chief.
Later results we all know, because of Zhao Kuo's paper talk, the Zhao state was quickly defeated by Bai Qi, and killed 400,000 troops, from then on, the Zhao state no longer has the strength to resist the qin state, can only obediently wait for the end of the unification of the qin state.
After the Battle of Changping, Zhao Hao's prediction became a topic of people's talk, and everyone was solemnly respectful of Zhao Hao's far-sightedness, in the eyes of posterity, Zhao Hao was not only a general who won the victory of Fu and The Battle, but also a strategist and military with great foresight, and his status instantly improved a lot.
Zhao Hao's fame seems to be accidental, in fact, it is inevitable, absolutely not just a battle and a battle can explain his talent, in ancient history, can do like Zhao Hao can lead troops to fight, but also see the future that others can't see, with a strategic vision and thinking different from ordinary people, it is really rare, he is among the famous generals, it is completely deserved!
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