The Truth of History - Who Says Zhao Kuo Will Only Talk on Paper?

In the "History of Lian Po Lin XiangRu Lie", it is recorded that Zhao Kuo learned the art of war since he was a child, and he could not do anything in the world. It is not difficult to taste the extravagance of war with his father.

When other people's children of the same age are immersed in fun, he is learning the art of war, talking about the art of war, no one is his opponent, even his father, who has experienced hundreds of battles, is willing to bow to the wind.

As the saying goes, practice is the only test of truth. Although Zhao Kuo's military theory foundation was very good, he made a mistake in practice - in the Battle of Changping, 400,000 Zhao troops were killed by the Qin army, resulting in a devastating blow to the Zhao state, and since then it has been in a slump, and the Qin state has since greatly improved its national strength and unified the world.

Later generations also gave a title of "soldier on paper", and this outstanding military theorist was ridiculed by posterity for nearly two thousand years and will continue to be ridiculed.

In fact, Zhao Kuo's talent is not as vulnerable as people think. The Battle of Changping was actually a battle to fight more with less, and in the case of a much smaller number of troops in the Qin State, he changed the defensive strategy of the past and took the initiative to attack, and at this point it can be seen that he has the courage to go beyond ordinary people, not to mention that he also seriously damaged the Qin army.

In the Battle of Changping, the Qin army was able to easily surround the Zhao army, and the Qin army dispatched far more than 600,000 troops, and some scholars estimated that it was more than one million, otherwise it would be impossible to surround and kill the 400,000 Zhao army.

Even so, the Qin army suffered a heavy loss and was severely damaged by the Zhao army. This record, recorded in the "Chronicle of History": After the Battle of Changping, more than half of the Qin soldiers died, and the country was empty. Moreover, this record was achieved when the Zhao Army ran out of food on the 46th.

According to historical data, assuming that the numbers of 450,000 troops sent by the State of Zhao and 600,000 troops of the State of Qin are true, then according to the fact that the State of Zhao was captured by 400,000 people, more than half of the Qin army was eliminated, and the State of Zhao only paid the price of 50,000 people.

If the main general Zhao Kuo is a mediocre talent, then is there a mediocre talent in the world with a battle loss ratio of only 6 to 1?

In that case, if you change to another general, you may lose even worse!