We all know that the State of Zhao is one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and the State of Zhao can completely confront the State of Zhao at its peak in terms of force. The State of Zhao later built an elite division, which was further enhanced in military strength and occupied a huge advantage in the confrontation with the other princely states in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. It is on this basis that many famous generals appeared in the Zhao Kingdom, such as Zhao Kuo's father Zhao Hao, more such as Li Mu and Lian Po, who were all top famous generals in the Warring States period. With the continuous strength of the Zhao state, it also attracted some soldiers from other princely states to come to the rescue.
However, Zhao Guo seemed to have been under a spell, and after the famous general arrived at Zhao Guo, he no longer had the previous deeds, and finally ended up depressed. There were once four well-known generals who defected to the Zhao Kingdom, and all four of them were well-known warriors before that, but after these four famous generals defected to the Zhao Kingdom, in the end they could not show their grand plans and create a new deed.
Le Yi
Le Yi, who loved to learn since childhood and was familiar with the art of war, his most brilliant achievement was that he once attacked seventy cities and pools in the State of Qi in one fell swoop, almost bringing the State of Qi to the point of subjugation. This kind of achievement was very remarkable for the Yan kingdom at that time. Because the strength of the Yan Kingdom in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States is considered to be the bottom of the existence. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang once compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, which shows that Le Yi was also an admired figure during the Three Kingdoms period.
During the period of Le Yi's conquest of Qi, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao defeated the State of Qi successively, and Le Yi quickly attacked and captured more than 70 cities in one go, ostensibly seeing that the State of Yan was very strong, but in fact many places were secretly rioting, and a slight lack of caution might lead to the Situation of the Yan Army facing the enemy on its back. It was not until later that Le Yi adopted a policy of appeasement, appeased the people, reduced local taxes, and respected customs, that the crisis in the Yan state was lifted.
However, not long after the death of King Yan Zhao, the crown prince Lezi took the throne and was called King Hui of Yan. When King YanHui was crown prince, he was very dissatisfied with Le Yi, because Le Yi did not support him at that time, so after King Yan Hui took the throne, he was constantly provoked by the anti-plot of the State of Qi, so he felt extremely distrustful of Le Yi. Le Yi was leading troops outside, and King Hui of Yan sent someone else to take his place. When Le Yi learned the news, he already knew in his heart that King Hui of Yan had sent someone to replace him and did not trust himself, and Le Yi surrendered to the Zhao state to the west because he was afraid of being killed after returning to the Yan kingdom.
Zhao Guo was also very polite, and gave the place of Guanjin to Le Yi and made him a Prince of Hope. Zhao Guo also had great respect for Le Yi, and also used this to deter Yan and Qi. However, after Le Yi defected to the Zhao Kingdom, he did not do anything. Later, King Hui of Yan invited Le Yi's son Le Jian to the State of Yan and made his son the Prince of Chang. Le Yi also traveled back and forth between Yan and Zhao, and at the same time served as a guest secretary of the two countries. In the end, Le Yi fell ill and died in the Warring States. It can be said that after Le Yi came to Zhao Guo, he did nothing more.
The same is true of the second famous player, Tian Dan. Moreover, Tian Dan and Le Yi were originally hostile relations, before they defected to the Zhao State, the two were the generals of the two hostile states of qi and Yan, Le Yi captured more than 70 cities in the State of Qi, and Tian Dan helped the State of Qi recover more than 70 lost cities, but they all chose to defect to the State of Zhao in the end.
When Tian Dan regained more than 70 cities, he used the "Fire Bull Array". Tian Shan was good at catching fighters, and in the process of recovering the city, Tian Dan ordered the elite troops to ambush the city in order to paralyze the Yan army, and use the elderly, children, and some women to climb the city pool to watch the Yan army. He also sent emissaries to pretend to surrender and send a letter of surrender, so that some rich people used heavy money to bribe the generals of the Yan army and pretended to surrender, just to protect the family from survival. The Yan army, which had been besieging the city for three years, was already homesick and anxious to go home to see his wife and children, and when he saw that the great achievement was about to be completed, he accepted the false surrender of the Qi army. Therefore, their vigilance was relaxed, and the soldiers' hearts all relaxed, not knowing that danger had come.
Tian Dan
Tian Shan saw that the time for counterattack was ripe, so he ordered his generals to gather thousands of cattle, tie weapons to the horns of the cattle, tie reeds poured with oil on the tails of the cattle, and at night, order the reeds on the tails of the cattle to be lit, and the cattle, after feeling the pain, rushed desperately to the enemy's camp, followed by five thousand soldiers of the State of Qi, and the residents of the city cheered even more. The generals of the State of Yan rushed over between the sight of the fire, and their hearts were terrified, and they lost their will to fight in an instant, the soldiers of the State of Qi took the opportunity to counterattack, and the Yan army fled in a panic, and soon drove the Yan army out of the State of Qi and recovered more than 70 cities and pools that the State of Qi had lost. This is the famous "Fire Bull Array" in history.
According to the Warring States Policy, after Tian Dan left the Yan state, he defected to the Zhao state and was given the title of Duping Jun. The State of Zhao exchanged three cities for the State of Qi in exchange for Tian Dan, and in return, Tian Dan also captured three small cities of the State of Yan for the State of Zhao. But it is also strange to say, is it really the cause of the dissatisfaction of the water and soil? After coming to Zhao Guo, Tian Dan, a famous general, could not make a comeback, and there was no longer any record that could be achieved.
Zheng Anping
Another was Zheng Anping, who was a Native of Wei and later assisted Fan Ju in defecting to the Qin State. After the two arrived in the Qin state, Fan Ju was reused by King Zhaoxiang of Qin and was appointed as the prime minister of the Qin state. Zheng Anping also became a general of the Qin state for this reason. But the good days are not long.
The Battle of Handan broke out, and the Qin army besieged handan, the capital of the Zhao state, and could not be attacked for a long time. The following year, Zheng Anping was sent to lead 20,000 troops to reinforce. However, at that time, the Zhao State was rescued by various countries and defeated the Qin State. Zheng Anping was thus forced to surrender to the State of Zhao and was crowned by Zhao Xiaocheng as the Prince of Wuyang. But it is also strange to say that since this famous general came to Zhao Guo, it was like a changed person, until his death, he did nothing, and after his death, the fief was forcibly taken back by Zhao Guo.
Happy to inherit
The last one was named Le Cheng, who was a member of the same ethnic group as Le Yi. He was originally a general of the State of Yan, but later when attacking the State of Zhao, he was defeated by the Zhao army, captured by the State of Zhao, and finally forced to defect to the State of Zhao. King Zhao made him the King of Wuxiang, and Le Cheng became a general of the State of Zhao. Later, after the death of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, King Xiang of Zhao ordered Le Cheng to replace Lian Po's position and reuse it, but Le Cheng's performance was unsatisfactory and slightly mediocre. As a result, Lian Po also went into exile in the State of Wei, and it can be said that letting Le Cheng replace Lian Po was an extremely wrong decision of the King of Zhao.