In October of the nineteenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (228 BC), the Qin army led by a famous general Wang Qi was so strong that it took King Zhao prisoner in handan city. Although Zhao Gongzijia established himself as king after fleeing, the State of Zhao was already extinct in name only.
The former land of the Zhao state became the Handan County of the Qin state. At this time, it was only a year since Li Mu was killed.
From the previous 8 years, Zhao Wangqian had just succeeded the zhao state, Yan and Zhao were still fighting, Li Mu was still resisting the Xiongnu on the border north, and Qin Wangzheng also began to blow the trumpet to destroy Zhao.
What happened in the last 8 years of Zhao Guo?
The attitude of the Qin people has changed
For a long time, the Qin people have been inclined to it
"Long-distance and close-range attack"
It is a national policy, but in terms of specific implementation, it is mainly adopted
"Progressive encroachment"
Way, to
"Swallow Han and Destroy Wei"
As the primary goal, Zhao Guo was thus able to avoid his attack.
After the fiasco at the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao was also gradually recovering its national strength and becoming the strongest of the Six Kingdoms. In view of this, the Qin people's plan to prevent "swallowing Korea" was blocked by zhao guo's troops, and they began to target zhao again.
In the seventh year of the reign of The Prince of Qin (240 BC), Meng Xiao sent troops to attack Zhao and Wei, capturing the Long, Gu, and Qingdu of the Zhao state (these three places, located in the northeast of present-day Tang County and Tang County, Hebei), and capturing the Wei state of Ji (in present-day southwest of Weihui, Henan), not only cutting off the connection between Zhao and Wei, but also forming a siege of the Zhao state.
In the ninth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (238 BC), after Yingzheng took over the government, lü Buwei and Yan Yi were eliminated, and he was able to monopolize the power of the Qin state, with Li Si of Chu as the prime minister and Wei Ren as the state lieutenant.
At this time, the State of Qin was extremely powerful, east to central Henan and southern Hebei, west to Gansu and Sichuan, south to Hunan and Hubei, north to Shanxi and Shaanxi, all of which were Qin territory, and the territory of the Qin State was the sum of the six kingdoms.
Therefore, Li Si and Wei Ji suggested bribing the important ministers of the Six Kingdoms with heavy money, and speeding up the pace of the Crusade while dividing the Six Kingdoms.
Yin Zheng listened to the two men's suggestions, and although the fundamental national policy of "long-distance friendship and close attack" has not changed, it has changed from "swallowing Korea and not Wei"
"Rush forward and die"
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In the eleventh year of the reign of King Zheng of Qin (236 BC), Ying Zheng ordered Wang Qi and Huan Yi to attack Zhao, and the fall of the State of Zhao entered the countdown to 8 years.
The war was in danger, and Li Muli turned the tide
In this year, King Qian of Zhao had just succeeded him as the monarch of the State of Zhao.
When the two armies of Wang Qi and Huan Yi came fiercely, it was the time of emptiness within the Zhao Kingdom. At this time, the Zhao army was attacking the Yan state under the leadership of Pang Yan. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to conquer Fuhe (阏和; around present-day Heshun County, Shanxi), 轑阳 (around present-day Zuoquan County, Shanxi), and Yi (around present-day Anyang, Henan), and connected the nine cities.
In order to completely push the State of Zhao into a desperate situation and cut off the support given to the State of Zhao by other countries, Yin Zheng also mobilized the troops of the four counties to attack Chu in the name of "assisting Wei".
In the twelfth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (235 BC), Yingzheng arrived in Henan, and while supervising the army, personally deployed various operations, and ordered Huan Yi to lead the main force of the Qin army to Handan. Huan Yi annihilated 100,000 Zhao troops at Pingyang (平陽, in present-day Ci County, Hebei) and beheaded the main general of the Zhao army.
With the natural danger of the Zhanghe River and the fortification of the Great Wall of Zhao, the Zhao army was able to withstand the offensive of the Qin army, and the Qin army failed to advance north.
In the fourteenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (233 BC), Huan Yi led an army from Shangdang, captured Yi'an (宜安, in present-day Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei), and then drove straight in, finally completing the tactical siege of Handan.
The situation was extremely urgent, and King Qian of Zhao urgently ordered Li Mu to lead his troops and horses south, and granted him the highest military control, so that he could resist Qin and save Zhao.
After Li Mu arrived in Yi'an, he ordered that he could not hold out, aiming to exhaust the enemy and win.
When Huan Yi saw such a scene, he thought of the Battle of Changping and wanted to use the method of Bai Qi to deal with Zhao Kuo to deal with Li Mu.
Therefore, Huan Yi ordered a division of troops to attack Feixia (fathito) (in the area of present-day western Jinzhou, Hebei), with the intention of inducing Li Mu to send troops to reinforce Feixia so that he could ambush Li Mu on his march.
Huan Yi's wishful thinking was wrong, and Li Mu was not Zhao Kuo. Li Mu's general Zhao Onion suggested sending troops to reinforce Feixia, but Li Mu also refused. Li Mu believes that the opposite should be done. Since Huan Yi wanted to seduce him, he must have already taken the main force of the Qin army out of the nest, and if the Zhao army took this opportunity to attack the Qin army's remaining army in Yi'an, it would surely be successful in one battle.
Taking advantage of the lack of preparation of the Qin army, Li Mu attacked the Yi'an camp of the Qin army, captured all the Qin troops who remained, and even captured many heavy grains and grasses.
Huan Yi was stunned, he had not yet succeeded under the fat, and he was busy leading his army to rescue him. Li Mu faced the enemy head-on with a weak army, and the elite main force was placed on both flanks. After a confrontation, the two flanks of the Zhao army were exhausted, forming a pincer-shaped offensive against the main force of Huan Yi's Qin army.
In this battle, all 100,000 people of the main force of the Qin army led by Huan Yi were annihilated. The state of Qin suffered a rare annihilation blow, and Li Mu saved the State of Zhao from decline and was awarded the title of Wu Anjun for his merits.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of king Zheng of Qin (232 BC), Yingzheng ordered two large armies to attack Zhao. One route went north, crossing the Zhangshui River to force Handan; the other took Fanwu (in present-day southern Pingshan, Hebei) and then went south, and the two armies attacked from north to south.
Li Mu took
"Defending the South and Attacking the North, Breaking Through Each"
The tactics made Sima Shang use the barrier of Zhangshui and the Great Wall of Zhao to hold the southern line, and personally led a large army to the north. Li Mu broke the Qin army on the north road at Fanwu, and then quickly went south to join Sima Shang and then repelled the Qin army on the south road.
After this battle, the Qin army did not attack Zhao for three years. Due to the heavy losses in the early stage, the Zhao Army was no longer able to take the initiative to attack, and could only stick to self-protection.
It can be said that without Li Mu, the time of Zhao Guo's demise may be several years earlier. Li Mu was known for his efforts to resist the Xiongnu, and coupled with his efforts to turn the tide in these last years, he also achieved the prestige of "one of the four famous generals of the Warring States".
Guo Kai was jealous of Xian's ability, and King Zhao dug his own grave
Although Qin Zhao had not fought for three years, the Zhao kingdom was not peaceful inside and out.
In the sixteenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (231 BC), an earthquake occurred in the Zhao Dynasty.
In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (230 BC), famine broke out in the territory of the Zhao State.
When the State of Qin attacked Korea, Han Feizi personally entered Qin and persuaded Yingzheng to destroy Qi and Zhao first, and then seek the land of Korea. Han Feizi said this in order to win a breathing space for South Korea, but Eun Jung saw through his thoughts and did not accept his words.
In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (230 BC), Han Wang An was captured, and Korea became the first of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States to receive a box lunch.
In the eighteenth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (229 BC), the Qin army besieged Wei, and the destruction of Wei was just around the corner. At this time, the State of Zhao was deeply affected by famine, and hunger was everywhere in the Zhao territory, so the Qin army put the plan to attack Wei on hold for the time being and quickly gathered troops to attack Zhao.
Yin Zheng ordered that the army should still be divided into two routes, with Wang Qi leading the troops of Shangdi (in present-day Suide, Shaanxi) and Qiang troops to attack Jingxing (井陉, in present-day western Jingxing, Hebei), and Yang Duanhe and Hanoi's troops to attack Handan.
King Zhao ordered Li Mu and Sima Shang to divide their forces and refuse. Wang Qi and Li Mu were both famous generals of the Warring States, which should have been a protracted battle to be enjoyed, but the duel between the two famous generals was soon over.
If Wang Qi is a sharp spear, Li Mu is a strong shield. Li Mu adopted
"Tough walls, tired enemies to win"
The method of warfare ignored several challenges of the Qin army. Wang Qi attacked many times, but failed to break through Li Mu's barrier.
Therefore, Wang Qi thought of a person, Guo Kai, a traitorous minister of the Zhao Kingdom.
There is a joke that says: "The four famous generals of the Warring States, He Zu Daoya?" Guo Kai alone killed two of them. In fact, it is. Guo Kai was jealous of Xian's ability, first so that Lian Po could not return to Zhao, and at this time he would blackmail Li Mu.
Wang Qi used a counter-plot to infiltrate Handan and bribe Guo Kai with heavy money, saying: "Li Mu has already made peace with us, and when the day of breaking Zhao, we will give him the Dai Commandery." ”
Guo Kai was a generation of traitors, and King Qian of Zhao was not much better, and it could also be seen from his nickname "Youmiao" that this was a dark prince.
What about a traitor and a gentleman, even if there are good generals? Guo Kai betrayed the country and sought glory, and Zhao Wangqian fully cooperated. So soon after, King Qian of Zhao ordered Zhao Liang and Yan Ju to replace Li Mu and Sima Shang, and both armies changed their main generals.
Li Mu was killed, Sima Shang was deposed, and King Zhao moved this to be regarded as self-destruction of the Great Wall and self-excavation of graves.
In March of the nineteenth year of the reign of King Zheng of Qin (228 BC), the Qin army began to attack the Zhao army, Zhao Onion was beheaded, and Yan Ju fled. In October, the city of Handan was destroyed, King Qian of Zhao was captured, and Yin Zheng exiled him in the mountains of Fangling (in present-day Fang County, Hubei).
The praise of "Landscape and Water" is the last sad song of Zhao Guo
Qin and Zhao were both surnamed Ying, but they were actually of the same ancestry, and their ancestor was Fei Lian, a general under the King of Shang.
During the reign of King Mu of Zhou, the descendants of the descendant of the surname Ofe drove for King Mu of Zhou, and for his meritorious efforts in suppressing the rebellion, he was given a fief in Zhao Cheng (in present-day Hongdong, Shanxi). This is it
Zhao Guo branch: Fei Lian - Ji Sheng - Meng Zeng - Heng Father - Father Creation.
During the reign of King Xiao of Zhou, Fei Zi, a descendant of the surname Ofe, raised horses for Zhou Tianzi and was given a fief in Qin (present-day Tianshui, Gansu) for his merits. This is it
Branch of the Qin State: Fei Lian - Evil Lai - Female Defense - Pangao - Taiji - Da Luo - Fei Zi.
After hundreds of years of continuation, Qin and Zhao inevitably had to attack each other for the sake of chasing the deer world. In fact, this is an inevitability of historical development.
At the end of the Warring States period, the Qin people "fought for the sixth generation of Yu Lie", as long as they did not come out of the dark king, sweeping the Eight Wastes was a sure thing. And since Zhao Xiaocheng became king, the Zhao State has been three consecutive monarchs who have done almost nothing, how can it match the Qin State?
Zhao Guo did not lack loyal and good generals, and Lian Po and Li Mu were even listed among the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States", so xiongcai either went into exile or was killed, and the court was full of Guo Kai and the like, how could it not be lamented?
In the last 8 years of the Zhao Kingdom, during the reign of the Lord of the Inner Darkness, the traitorous courtiers were in charge, the foreign soldiers were weak and weak, they could not protect themselves, and they encountered natural disasters such as earthquakes and famines, which can really be regarded as "how unlucky and how to come".
According to legend, after King Qian of Zhao was exiled to the mountains, he composed the sad song of "Landscape and Water" because he missed his hometown.
Let's take the lament of a subjugated monarch as the final song of Zhao Guo on the stage of history.
"Landscape" - Zhao Qian
Fangshan is the palace, and the depressed water is the pulp;
Don't smell the tune of the piano, but smell the soup of flowing water!
The water is merciless, and it can still lead to the Han River;
The Lord of the Ten Thousand Multipliers, the Dream of The Hometown!
Husband who makes Yu and this? It's a rumor!
The good ministers are drowned, and the society is destroyed;
Yu can't hear it! Dare to complain about the King of Qin?