Under the danger of the Zhao state, Li Mu led his army to defeat the Qin army many times, and after the King of Zhao killed Li Mu, the Zhao state immediately perished
After experiencing the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan, the Zhao state was already dilapidated and dying. In 236 BC, the State of Qin took advantage of the war between the State of Zhao and the State of Yan, and wang Qi was the main general to attack the State of Zhao. The rear of the Zhao state was empty, and more than ten cities were captured by Wang Qi, and the Zhao army mainly defended the city, did not take the initiative to attack, and was in a stalemate with the Qin army.
In 234 BC, the Qin army attacked Pingyang and annihilated 100,000 Zhao troops, and the Zhao general Hu Yuan was beheaded by the Qin army. A year later, Huan Yi, the commander of the Qin army, led an army across the Taihang Mountains and into the hinterland of the Zhao state, directly threatening the Capital of the Zhao State, Handan. King Zhao urgently dispatched Li Mu, a general who was defending against the Xiongnu on the northern border, and ordered Li Mu to lead his troops south to resist the Qin army.
Fat War
Li Mu led the main border defense force in the north of the Zhao state to join the Handan garrison in the south, and he believed that the Qin army was currently full of vigor and was not suitable for frontal conflict, so he ordered the construction of a camp and quickly established a defensive line to resist the Qin army's attack. Under Li Mu's orders, faced with the provocation of the Qin army, the Zhao army refused to fight.
Faced with the strong defensive line of the Zhao army, Huan Yi believed that it was not appropriate to attack strongly, and the Qin army's expedition could not fight for a long time, so he had a plan in mind and led the Qin army to attack Feixia, intending to lure the Zhao army out of the rescue to save Feixia, and took the opportunity to set up an ambush to annihilate the main force of the Zhao army. However, Li Mu was superior, he believed that "the enemy attacked and I saved, it is to cause people", is a big taboo for soldiers, and now that the Qin army is attacking Feixia, the Qin army camp will inevitably be empty, so he led the Zhao army to attack and attack the Qin army camp.
The Qin army camp was weak, and because the Zhao army refused to fight for a long time, the Qin army was negligent, Li Mu led the Zhao army to capture the Qin army camp in one fell swoop, and captured all the remaining Qin troops, capturing all the weight of the Qin army.
After occupying the Qin army camp, Li Mu judged that the Qin army would inevitably return to the rescue, so he sent a part of the troops to block the Qin army head-on, and distributed the main force on both wings, forming a pincer-shaped trend against the Qin army. When the main force of the Qin army returned to reinforcements and made direct contact with the Zhao army, the main forces of the Zhao army on both flanks attacked the Qin army on both sides, and the Qin army was defeated. The Zhao army led by Li Mu completely annihilated more than 100,000 Qin troops in the Battle of Fei, and the Qin army commander Huan Yi fled to the Yan state.
Attack Zhao Guo again
A single defeat of the Qin army could not stop the strategic pace of the Qin state to unify the world, and in 232 BC, the Qin state once again attacked the Zhao state. This time, Wang Qi was the main general, and his troops were divided into two routes, one of which was to send troops from Shangdang County, approaching Handan from north to south; the other route was to go north, preparing to cross the Zhangshui River to attack Handan. Li Mu considered that there were Zhangshui and Zhao Great Wall in the south of Handan, which could be defended according to natural dangers, and it was difficult for the Qin army to break through in a short period of time, so he decided to adopt the strategy of "defending the south and attacking the north", and sent Sima Shang to defend the area of the Great Wall in the south of Handan, and personally led his army to the north to resist the Qin army. Under the personal supervision of Li Mu, the Morale of the Zhao army was high, and it attacked and defeated the invading Qin army in the north. After the Qin army on the north road was repelled, the Qin army on the south road also retreated immediately.
Battle of Fango
In 232 BC, the State of Qin launched a third attack on the State of Zhao, with the Northern Route Army attacking Fanwu through the Taihang Mountains, and the Southern Route Army marching from Yi and threatening Handan from the south. Because the Zhao general Li Mu repeatedly built qigong and had the first two victories, in the face of the menacing Qin army, the King of Zhao did not panic, but in this year there was a drought in the Zhao kingdom, the grain harvest was greatly reduced, and the grain reserves of the Zhao state were difficult to support the long-term war. King Qian of Zhao was an incompetent person, and he could only ask Li Mu to fight a quick decision.
Li Mu was also very clear about the current situation of the Zhao state, if he could not defeat the Qin army quickly, the Zhao army's military food reserves were insufficient, and if the grain was raised in a hurry, it might lead to Zhao Guomin's instability. Therefore, Li Mu decided to first repel the enemy attacking from the north with superior troops, and the Qin army attacking from the north and the Zhao army fought in an open field, Li Mu commanded the front, and after a fierce battle, the Qin army on the north road was expelled by the elite division of the Zhao army. Li Mu immediately marched south, the Zhao army was unstoppable, the Qin army in the Zhangshui area heard the news and retreated without a fight, and even the Qin army in Shangdang County retreated one after another, not daring to fight, and the Qin army's attack once again ended in failure.
Tried and tested counter-strategy
The news of the defeat of the Qin army shocked Qin Wang Yingzheng very much, and he could not imagine that Zhao Guo could have such combat strength under the dying struggle. The Qin emperor Immediately summoned the Minister of Qin to discuss countermeasures, and the Minister of Qin believed that although the Zhao army had won a temporary victory, the Zhao army was empty at home, and the logistics supply of the Zhao army was difficult to support a long-term large-scale campaign, and now the Qin state was strong, the Qin army was well supplied, and it could meet the needs of a long-term battle, so it was only necessary to send the Qin army to form a strategic confrontation with the Zhao army, and the Zhao army would soon be dragged down. At the same time, the monarchs and subjects of the State of Qin all believed that the fundamental reason why the State of Zhao was able to win several consecutive battles was that Li Mu could accurately grasp the fighter.
Therefore, the State of Qin sent envoys to Handan with heavy gold to persuade Guo Kai, the chancellor of the State of Zhao. The Envoy of Qin told Guo Kai, "Li Mu has a heavy army in his hands, and defeating the Qin army many times has been greatly valued by the King of Zhao, and if you continue to defeat the Qin army, it may be difficult to ensure your position." Guo Kai listened to Qin's words and accepted bribes, so he spread rumors that Li Mu wanted to rebel. King Zhao listened to the rumors and sent Zhao Onion to replace Li Mu. At that time, the Qin army led by Wang Qi was approaching, and the military situation was urgent, and Li Mu refused the order. King Zhao believed that Li Mu had a disobedient heart, so he sent someone to secretly arrest Li Mu and kill him.
King Zhao's killing of Li Mu was tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall, and soon after, Wang Qi attacked the State of Zhao again, the Zhao army was defeated, the commander of the Zhao army, Zhao Liang, was killed, the Qin army attacked Handan, captured the Zhao king Zhao Qian, and the Zhao state was destroyed.