The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi wrote in the Taiyuan Bai Family Form Two Paths that his ancestor Bai Qi: After not his crime, he died in DuYou. The Qin people took pity on it and built a temple in Xianyang, which still exists today. He believes that his ancestor Bai Qi was wrongfully killed, and about the death of Bai Qi, everyone has their own opinions. Some believe that Fan Ju is jealous of Xian's ability; some think that King Qin Zhao listened to rumors and gave death to Bai Qi; some think that King Qin Zhao felt that Bai Qi was his uncle's subordinate, did not trust him, and wanted to kill him to control the army; all of these views came from one source: the Battle of Changping.
After the Battle of Changping, why didn't Bai Qi rush to March to Handan, but instead released 240 baby soldiers to let the Zhao state have defenses?
"Soldiers and nobles" have always been admired by generals. Because of the speed, the enemy will be too late to take precautions, so as to grasp the initiative of the war. Chairman Mao believed that the main goal of contention between the two sides in the war was the initiative in the war, and it was precisely under the guidance of this ideology that the Red Army was able to lead the nose of the enemy and win one victory after another.
Yan GuoLeyi took advantage of the fact that the State of Qi was defeated by the coalition forces, and then concentrated his forces to directly attack the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi, and achieved the achievement of "more than seventy cities in one breath", almost destroying the State of Qi.
If Bai Qi replicates Le Yi, it is very easy to succeed. The main enemy forces in front were defeated, and Bai Qi's victory was even greater, because he buried almost all the Zhao army alive. Then the strength of the Yan army was not very good among the princely states, and the combat effectiveness of Qin Zhirui was obvious to all, compared with the Yan army at the time of Le Yi.
Why Bai Qi released 240 Zhao Guo baby soldiers, which also indirectly made Zhao Guo prepare. If it is for deterrence, then directly leading the army to attack Handan, and then putting Zhao Kuo's head on it, is not more effective?
The reason can be found in this report to King Qin Zhao from later Bai, which mentions that "more than half of the Qin pawns died, and the country was empty." Although the Qin state won the Battle of Changping, the Qin army also suffered great losses. It can be seen that Zhao Kuo is not a mediocre talent, but has been hacked for more than 2,000 years.
Let the tired Qin army fight Handan again, the victory rate is not large. So Bai Qi played psychological warfare, and he released 240 Zhao Guo baby soldiers and used their mouths to publicize the strength and horror of the Qin army. He wanted to make Zhao Guo feel afraid, so that Zhao Guo did not even dare to pick up the knife when facing his own soldiers. Then he could take Handan at a small cost.
In the TV series "Lian Cheng Tips", the blood knife old ancestor fought against the four brothers of "Falling Flowers and Flowing Water", and by virtue of the snow mountain advantage, three of them were beaten to death and one crippled, leaving only the intact flower iron dry. At this time, the Blood Knife Ancestor had exhausted his strength, as long as he took a shot at the iron, he could kill the Blood Knife Old Ancestor. At this time, the Blood Knife Old Ancestor pretended to be very fierce, and carried out various intimidations against Hua Tiegan, who was frightened and surrendered under the fear of the Blood Knife Old Ancestor.
Bai Qi's approach is similar to that of the Blood Knife Ancestor, but Bai Qi does not understand human nature in extreme environments. And his future tragedies also stem from this.
The greatest fear is anger
People are afraid to the extreme is anger, and although the result of the Battle of Changping makes Zhao Guo afraid, it also makes Zhao Guo angry. Zhao Guo summoned the frontier army back to Handan and prepared to defend Handan. At the same time, other countries also developed fears about the Qin state, especially the Korean and Wei states next to the Qin state.
Korea and the State of Wei believed that Old Qin had buried all the troops that Old Zhao had surrendered. If Old Zhao was destroyed by Old Qin, then wouldn't it be himself next? At that time, his fate may be even worse than that of Old Zhao. He was usually good to Old Qin, and as a result, Old Qin still had to destroy himself, how could he endure this. They spent a lot of money to send Su Dai to the Qin State to lobby Fan Ju, hoping to prevent the Qin State from capturing Handan. If not, he would have to send troops to support Zhao Guo. This was also when the Zhao state of Handan was besieged later, asking the State of Wei to send troops, and the King of Wei agreed to it at the beginning. But there was not enough pressure, and the sustained effect of anger was limited, and later qin guo threatened, and the king of Wei instigated it again. This made Xin Lingjun of the State of Wei very angry, because his sister was the wife of Pingyuan Jun of the State of Zhao. Therefore, there is the story of Xin Lingjun stealing the charm to save Zhao.
Fan Ju and Qin Zhaowang said that Qin Zhaowang was also in trouble. Many people think that Qin Zhaowang's decision-making at this time is unclear, but in fact, Qin Zhaowang has a number in mind. In the Battle of Changping, the loss of the Qin State and the King of Qin Zhao were also in the eyes. If you can take Handan, naturally there will be no problem. If it can't be taken, then the Qin state will lose a lot.
In the game of thrones, the politician's first choice is stability. It is better to collect it when it is good, let Zhao Guo cut the land to make compensation, and do not have to spend troops, is this not good? Based on such a consideration of seeking stability, King Qin Zhaowang chose to let Bai Qi withdraw his army and negotiate with zhao guo. Such a decision may make us regret it now, but as a mature politician, such a decision is no problem. When looking at the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang vetoed Wei Yan's "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" and Li Shimin rejected Li Daozong's adventure plan when he marched on Goguryeo three times, and it is not difficult for us to understand King Qin Zhao.
If things were to proceed according to King Qin Zhao's vision, then there would be no later moths. However, Zhao Guo was very angry, and the army was buried alive and had to cut the land. Zhao Guo simply let go, the city pool is not given to the Qin State, but to the Qi State, I am not happy, the Qin State do not think.
Originally, King Qin Zhao was waiting to receive the city pool, but as a result, Zhao Guo gave the city to someone else. This made King Qin Zhao how to endure, which was equivalent to the Qin State paying a huge price, and as a result, it was tricked by the Zhao State, and the duck in hand flew. If he didn't show it, he would have become the laughing stock of the Six Kingdoms. Also, if Zhao Guo did this, and Qin Guo did not say it, then other countries did the same, when will Qin Guo be able to unify the world?
Therefore, King Qin Zhao had to fight Zhao Guo to find the field. From a military point of view, Bai Qi believed that it would be unfavorable to fight Handan at this time. Because the Battle of Changping was a war between the qin and zhao states. And this time it was the Qin state against the Zhao state and the qi state, and even other countries could be involved in dealing with the qin state. From a military point of view, there is nothing wrong with it, but the military is in the service of politics, and it should not be publicly publicized.
If the Qin State can win, Bai Qi will naturally be fine, and it will also set off the greatness of King Qin Zhao. And if the State of Qin loses, it will naturally be a tragedy to rise up in vain.
Bai Qi's death made Wang Qi understand that as a general, he must not only understand the military, but also understand politics
Bai Qi's death made many people in the Qin State feel sorry for him, and also made another Qin general, Wang Qi, understand that he also had to study politics. Therefore, later, when Wang Qi encountered the problem of disagreement between Fa Chu and Qin Shi Huang, he did not carry it to the end like Bai Qi, but went down the steps of Qin Shi Huang. At the same time, he also asked Qin Shi Huang for money to reassure him.
Wang Qi also understood that the extreme fear of people was anger, so when he led 600,000 troops to attack the Chu state, he was not in a hurry to fight the Chu army. Because the Chu state was on the verge of annihilation at this time, the soldiers were all angry, and even if they had 600,000 troops, they would not necessarily be able to gain benefits.
He told the soldiers to rest and not fight the Chu army. Over time, the anger value of the Chu army has also been declining. In the end, Wang Qi saw the opportunity and took the Chu state in a wave of regimental battles.
It can be said that Bai Qi's mistakes have made Wang Qi.