"Empty talk can only mislead the country, and only by doing hard work can we rejuvenate the country."
If a person has only learned the theoretical knowledge in books and has never practiced it, then we often describe this person as a paper soldier. So what really happened in the Battle of Changping? Why did Zhao Kuo fall into the trap of the Qin Army so easily, was it because Zhao Kuo was very good at cheating? Next, I will interpret what happened at that time.
At the end of the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago, the Qin state launched a war to sweep through the six kingdoms in order to unify the six kingdoms. The State of Qin and the State of Zhao were deadlocked over the Shangdang region and fought a major war in Changping. At the beginning, the Qin army and the Zhao army were not separated, and at that time, the minister of the Qin state came up with a brilliant plan--the distancing plan. He bribed the ministers of the State of Zhao to provoke the relationship between King Zhao and the general Lian Po of the State of Zhao.
After the gap between King Zhao and Lian Po became suspicious of each other, he bought off the chancellor of the State of Zhao and asked him to advise King Zhao to remove Lian Po. Then he sent a lot of traitors to the State of Zhao to spread rumors everywhere: "The State of Qin is afraid of Zhao Kuo, not Lianpo, if the King of Zhao asks Zhao Kuo to lead the army to fight and replace Lianpo, then the Qin army will flee in the wind and dare not fight with one." In this way, King Zhao replaced the famous general Lian Po with Zhao Kuo.
As a result, the 450,000 troops of the State of Zhao followed Zhao Kuo and became victims, and this battle also achieved the name of killing the gods in vain. So why did Zhao Kuo take such a risk and choose to go out of the city to fight the Qin army? Is Zhao Kuo so good at cheating? At that time, everyone knew that this battle was of great importance, and once defeated, the Qin state would be unstoppable.
So didn't Zhao Kuo see this? Why be so presumptuous? In fact, this was not the case, at that time, the Supply of the Zhao Army was seriously insufficient, and it was difficult to maintain a long-term war. Therefore, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to fight a battle against the Qin army. The reason for this situation is that it starts with the Shang martingale transformation law, and many countries in the Warring States period have successively implemented the policy of changing the law and trying to strengthen it.
But most of them are not very thorough, just short-term variations. After the death of the ruler who supported them, the new ruler did not support their policy of reform, so many measures were gradually abolished. Thus the shadow of the old system was left behind, and only the State of Qin completely completed the transformation and quickly flourished.
Why is the martingale transformation method so thorough? The reason was because after the death of Duke Mu of Qin, although the new ruler executed Shang Martin. However, he also acknowledged that the Shang martingale transformation method was indeed very conducive to the strength of the Qin state, so he retained most of the change policy. Moreover, the Shang martingale transformation method advocates rewarding farming warfare, which on the one hand can expand domestic production, make agriculture develop by leaps and bounds, and provide sufficient material basis for the Qin army's long-term combat.
On the other hand, the military merit system is adopted, and the common people can change their political origins and become the ruling class by killing the enemy on the battlefield. This made the Qin people, who were already very brave and good at war, even more courageous in killing the enemy on the battlefield. In addition, at that time, the Qin State ruled the area of the present-day Chengdu Plain, which was known as the country of Tianfu, had good natural conditions, and the grain output was much higher than that of other regions, which could provide sufficient grain and grass support for the Qin army.
Therefore, at the time of the Battle of Changping, the Qin state had a steady stream of grain and grass to maintain a protracted battle. On the one hand, the warring areas were far from the main grain producing areas of the Zhao state, which was inconvenient for transportation; on the other hand, the grain production of the Zhao state was far inferior to that of the Qin state. Coupled with the large population of the Zhao State, it led to a serious shortage of grain and grass during the war. If the protracted battle continues, then the Zhao state will be completely defeated due to insufficient grain and grass.
Therefore, in desperation, Zhao Kuo had to choose to take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle with the Qin army outside the city. In addition, there was another reason, Zhao Kuo was the first time to lead the army to fight, and he was eager to establish a relatively successful military industry to establish his prestige in the army. I want to make a name for myself with this battle, and I hope that the soldiers will be able to convince him to move closer to him.
Because the domestic political situation in Zhao Guo at that time was relatively complicated, there were many political forces. On the one hand, the forces are the traditional aristocratic political forces headed by Zhao Sheng, the Prince of the Xiang Plain, and on the other hand, the new forces represented by Lian Po Lin Xiangru. Zhao Kuo was anxious to use this war to compete with Lian Po for military command. In addition, Zhao Kuo's defeat was not only because of his recklessness, but mainly because his opponent was too strong.
There is a cloud in Sun Tzu's Art of War: "Soldiers are not tired of deception."
The original battle against Lian Po was an ordinary general of the Qin State. And when the Qin State's divisive plan succeeded, they heard that Zhao Kuo had replaced Lian Po and fought against the Qin State, and immediately unknowingly replaced the commander with the killing god Bai Qi. A fledgling boy, against a famous player who has been famous for a long time, the results can be imagined. It can be seen from this that Zhao Kuo's failure is by no means accidental.
epilogue:
Although: "On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I definitely know that this matter must be done." "But we can't fully say that Zhao Kuo is on paper. Because the first war he fought, and the only war, the battle was against the head of the four famous generals of the Warring States at that time, and the fiasco was inevitable. History has not left Zhao Kuo time to grow up at all, so although Zhao Kuo is a soldier on paper, we cannot think that he has no military talent.