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During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping was the largest strategic decisive battle with the greatest casualties, which completely laid the general direction for the unification of the six kingdoms of the Qin State, and its historical significance was extremely far-reaching.
When it comes to the Battle of Changping, many people will think of Zhao Kuo who "talked on paper" for the first time, thinking that he buried the 450,000 troops of the Zhao State, which made the Zhao State stagnant from then on, and also made Zhao Kuo the laughing stock of the "paper soldiers" from then on.
Many people have said that if King Zhao did not listen to the divisive plan of the Qin State, but continued to reuse the veteran general Lianpo, then the Zhao State would not necessarily lose.
Is this really the case? Now, let's analyze what the Battle of Changping really was, and if King Zhao really continued to reuse Lianpo, what kind of direction would the Battle of Changping take.
At that time, among the seven heroes of the Warring States, zhao guo was the most powerful to resist the qin state, in other words, the zhao state also had the strength to unify China, so the zhao state and the qin state were destined to have a cruel and suspenseful "semi-final".
In 262 BC, the State of Qin attacked Korea, and the imminent fall of Korea would only cut off the land in order to survive, this time they ceded the 17 counties of Shangdang, but Shangdang County Shou Feng Ting was unwilling to surrender to Qin, so they defected to the State of Zhao.
At that time, the monarch of the Zhao state was Zhao Xiaocheng, greedy and stupid, and arrogant and conceited, he could not see whether this was a blessing or a curse, greedily accepted, and as a result, angered the Qin state, and used this as an excuse to start a war against the Zhao state.
In 261 BC, the Qin general Wang Gong led a large army to attack Shangdang, but the Zhao army was defeated, so it had to abandon Shangdang and was forced to request peace with the State of Qin.
Unexpectedly, the State of Qin won the Shangdang and continued to attack the State of Zhao, with the spearhead directed at the Changping region of the State of Zhao.
King Xiaocheng of Zhao sent the veteran general Lian Po out of the horse, but the Zhao army's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Qin state, and after successive defeats, Lian Po decided to take advantage of the geographical advantage and use the "protracted war" to drag down the Qin army.
In fact, it turns out that Lian Po's proposition is correct, the Qin state almost dispatched an army to pour the country, the support supply line is much farther than the Zhao state, and the protracted consumption of the Qin state is indeed unbearable (even after the victory of the Battle of Changping, the Qin state also suffered a three-year famine).
At that time, the reign of the Qin state was the far-sighted King Qin Zhao, who not only knew the people on his side and was also well aware of the merits and hypocrisies of the Zhao monarchs, so he decided to use the "divisive strategy" to send traitors to the Zhao state and spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Qin state was not afraid of Lian Po at all, and rumors that Lian Po would soon surrender, and that the qin state was most afraid of Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao Guo, the military god of the Zhao state.
As a result, the stupid King Xiaocheng of Zhao actually listened to the rumors and, despite the dissuasion of a large number of loyal subjects, insisted on replacing Lao Cheng's heavy and honesty, replacing him with Zhao Kuo, who basically had no actual combat experience and could only talk about soldiers on paper.
Sure enough, Zhao Kuo rushed forward and was lured out by the Qin army and surrounded by division. As soon as King Qin Zhao heard that Zhao Kuo was hooked, he immediately personally sat in the Hanoi region closest to the battlefield in the Qin Kingdom, all the male Ding were advanced to the next level, and the male Ding over 15 years old were sent to Changping, the number of Qin troops was as high as 600,000 at once, and the commander was also changed from Wang Gong to the most terrible butcher - Bai Qi!
In the end, Bai Qi besieged Zhao Kuo's army for 46 days, Zhao Kuo was shot to the death, and 450,000 Zhao troops had to surrender, and the result was that Bai Qi was killed by Bai Qi!
After this battle, the formerly powerful Zhao State lost all its blood and was no longer able to dominate, and became a lamb that was swallowed up by Qin sooner or later.
The Battle of Changping was so turning that for more than two thousand years some people have been questioning: If the Zhao Army did not change the commander halfway and adhered to the strategy of honesty, then what would be the outcome of the Battle of Changping?
In fact, this assumption is mainly to interrogate the superiority and inferiority of the monarchs on both sides, and in order for Lianpo to always be in command, the prerequisite must be that King Zhao Xiaocheng is a person who understands the overall situation and is wise and understanding.
If this is not the case, then even if he is patient for a while and continues to use Lianpo, it will be difficult to persevere to the end. It should be known that this kind of protracted war is not only unbearable for the Qin State, but also the Zhao State cannot be eaten, the Battle of Changping has been fought for three years, and the Handan region has fallen into famine, so King Xiaocheng of Zhao is anxious to make a quick decision, so he will not listen to dissuasion and use Zhao Kuo instead.
Unfortunately, King Zhao Xiaocheng and King Qin Zhao were not on the same level at all, and as the protracted war dragged on longer and longer, the situation in the Zhao kingdom would definitely become more and more tense, and with The ability of Zhao Xiaocheng To become king, it would be impossible to control at all, so Lian Po would be replaced by him sooner or later.
It can be said that the decisive factor in this war is not Lian Po at all, but Zhao Xiaocheng King, and then compare it with the majestic Qin Zhaowang on the other side, in fact, from the very beginning, the Zhao Kingdom was doomed to defeat!
So, does Zhao Guo really have no chance of winning? In fact, it is not necessarily, at least there is still a way to go, that is, while using the strength of the whole country to continue to resist, while sending envoys who can be ministers and persuade the other five countries to unite against Qin.
You must know that in the Battle of Changping, the Qin state has been almost dragged down, as long as the other five countries send large armies to aid Zhao, the Qin state is definitely not an opponent, and can only choose to retreat.
However, The incompetent king of Zhao Xiaocheng could not do this, so zhao guo could only accept the inevitable defeat in the battle of Changping, which had little to do with the use of honesty.