History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Within ten years, the Qin emperor destroyed the six kingdoms of Qi Chuyan, Han, Zhao, and Wei, enabling China to achieve the first unification, and established the Qin Dynasty as emperor, known as Qin Shi Huang in history. In the conquest to destroy the other six countries, it can be said that there are many dangers and obstacles, and there are many countries with strong strength, and there are also countries that have sworn to resist to the death. However, the country that made the Qin state most dangerous and the most difficult to fight was not the Chu state that used 600,000 troops to attack at that time, but this country, the Zhao state!
Although when the Qin state destroyed Chu, it mobilized an army of 600,000 people, almost the strength of the country, and it took two years to win the victory. However, the State of Qin during this period had already destroyed the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei. It can be said that it was already the hegemon at that time, and it was only a matter of time before the world was unified. It was only the war before the destruction of Chu that was the main factor that determined the future of the Qin State, and before that, the Zhao State made the Qin State a headache and fought very hard. You must know that if you lose at that stage, you may not only be unable to achieve the great cause of reunification, but you may put yourself in it and lead to the destruction of the country.
The State of Zhao was located near the Taihang Mountains, the country was strong and strong, and its military strength was initially the first of the six eastern kingdoms, resisting Qin for nearly a hundred years, and there were victories and defeats for each other. If the State of Qin wanted to unify the world in the east, the first thing it encountered was the State of Zhao. The source of Zhao Guo's combat strength since Zhao Wuling King Hufu riding and shooting is still the Hufu riding shooting made by Zhao Wuling King before, making the Zhao army's combat effectiveness extremely strong. And the four famous generals of the Warring States: Bai Qi, Wang Qi, Li Mu, and Lian Po, Zhao Guo accounted for two.
Moreover, Qin and Zhao were from the same source, and there were militant genes flowing in their veins. If the Seven Heroes of the Warring States are most likely to unify the world, it may only be the State of Zhao or the State of Qin! When the State of Qin broke Zhao, King Zhaoxiang of Qin personally went to the front line and mobilized nearly 600,000 soldiers and civilians, all men over the age of 15, to fight, cutting off the rescue and food routes of the Zhao army. The most absolute thing is that the Qin State uses the reward of killing the enemy to obtain a knighthood, no matter your birth status, as long as you have merit on the battlefield, you can be awarded. This is a considerable temptation for the common people, in order to change the fate of the Glorious Ancestors, it is not necessary to kill the enemy.
A battle of Changping lasted for a month and a half, and Qin Zhao's casualty ratio was three to two. In fact, the Casualties of the Qin Army were even heavier, but the Zhao Army's rescue grain route was blocked, and more than a month of war left them without food. In the end, the lord general Zhao Kuo led the crowd to break through, but he was shot and killed! Once the main general died, the Zhao army was in chaos and could only surrender, so there was a story of Bai Qi slaughtering 400,000 troops. This battle of the Zhao Kingdom can be said to be the life and death battle of the Qin State, either you die or I die. The war is like this, there is only one victor, and this time the Qin state has won! This also means that Qin Tongtian has taken the most solid step.
Therefore, the most difficult thing for Qin to destroy the Six Kingdoms was to attack the State of Zhao, rather than the State of Chu, which used 600,000 troops to attack. What do you think?