During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the three branches of Han Zhao and Wei were recognized by contemporary historians as a watershed event between the two stages of the "Spring and Autumn" and "Warring States" periods. There is no doubt about this, so naturally there are corresponding watershed events in the two stages of "Spring and Autumn" and "Warring States".
Let's talk about the watershed event of opinion in the "Warring States" period. Although there was already a clear difference between the dominance of the Qin state in the middle of the Warring States period, at that time we only came to a conclusion after reading the history books. In other words, in the Seven Warring States, such as the State of Zhao, the State of Chu, the State of Qi, and other countries, they did not think that they were any worse than the State of Qin, and it was true that the strength of several of their countries was still very strong.
In fact, the "Battle of Changping", the Battle of Changping, has become a watershed event in the Warring States period of the Qin State. There had never been such a large-scale war on our Chinese land before this war, and in the closed world at that time, this war was probably the largest war in the world!
Before the Battle of Changping, although the Qin state and the Zhao state were very difficult to deal with, they both weighed each other's strength. In other words, they can negotiate some things between countries. After this war, the two countries are dead.
In order to complete the great cause of unification proposed by King Zhaoxiang of Qin as soon as possible, coupled with the prevention of the resurgence of the Zhao kingdom. At that time, Bai Qi, a general of the Qin state who was famous in the world at that time, had just finished the "Battle of Changping" and proposed to King Zhaoxiang of Qin a plan to "destroy Zhao".
That is, taking advantage of the great victory of the Qin army, taking advantage of the victory to pursue the Yellow Dragon and let the Zhao State disappear into the world of the Warring States from then on. However, at this time, although King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a powerful overlord, he hesitated at this time, and finally made the opposite choice to Bai Qi, which also gave Zhao Guo the opportunity to survive.
The "Battle of Changping" is also a term that people will never forget in the history of military warfare on the mainland, and behind this term is also hidden the great collision of blood and tears between Qin and Zhao more than two thousand years ago. Even the skeletons of soldiers who died in this war are still not excavated in the land of Shanxi today. After the end of the great war, in order not to let the Qin army be dragged down, the great general Bai Qi issued a very heavy order - more than 400,000 surrendered Zhao troops on the pit. At that time, the princely states under the heavens were probably a panic.
In the end, more than two hundred and forty Zhao soldiers who returned to the Zhao Kingdom were also the people who baiqi put back to report the letter, and their age was only more than ten years old, in other words, these two hundred and forty Zhao Soldiers were still just children, which showed that zhao Guo was also a bloody capital at that time. Zhao Guo pressed all his own capital.
After the news reached Handan City, the Zhao state was in an uproar, and the king of Zhao was paralyzed for a while. This was the root of King Zhao's life, his last dependent, and his heart was also full of five flavors and grains, thinking that he was going to become the king of this subjugated country.
From another point of view, these two hundred and forty soldiers also swore their strength to the princely states of the world on behalf of the Qin state. Although the Zhao people were very hostile to the Qin state, from then on, what the Qin army did in the Battle of Changping would become a shadow that could never be erased in the hearts of the Zhao people.
Although King Zhaoxiang of Qin did not take Bai Qi's advice to destroy the State of Zhao. But such a military strike will probably be very effective in any era. The name of the Qin Army's "Tiger and Wolf Division" was even more dazzling at this moment, making everyone in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong feel frightened. Maybe you will mention the Chu State and the Qi State, but I can only say that at that time, every family had a difficult scripture to read!