During the Warring States period, there were constant struggles between various princely states, among which the struggle between the Qin state and the Zhao state was the most fierce, the Qin state experienced the Shang martingale transformation of the soldiers bravely killed the enemy and wanted to rely on military merit to be a marquis, and the Zhao state after the reform of the Zhao Wuling King", "Hu costume riding and shooting", almost achieved the effect of the whole people as soldiers, so the military strength of the two countries was very strong.
Zhao Guo's military strength was strong
After King Zhaoxiang of Qin pacified the Yiqu and other tribes in the north, he began to invade the territory of the Three Jins, whether it was to attack Korea or the State of Wei, it was invincible, but only when it encountered the State of Zhao, it would always suffer defeat, and the cavalry troops of the State of Zhao were very strong, even the well-trained Qin army was not their opponent.
This is also the reason why the State of Qin often had princes sent to the State of Zhao as hostages, it was because the State of Zhao was strong in military strength at that time, and the State of Qin had no choice but to send protons in order to stabilize the State of Zhao to annex other countries.
Zhao Hao became famous
In addition to the well-known Lian Po and Li Mu, Zhao Guo also had a brave general whose talent and ability were not below Lian Po, this person was Ma Fujun Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao was born poor, originally just a tenant official, and once again collected rent to provoke Pingyuan Jun's domestic servants, and he impartially enforced the law and arrested the domestic servants.
As a result, Pingyuan Jun angrily confronted him, Zhao Hao persuaded him with his three inches of incorruptible tongue, PingYuan Jun lamented his integrity and talent, so he introduced him to the King of Zhao, and after some conversation, the King of Zhao admired him very much, so he made him a general and took charge of the military power with Lian Po.
Zhao Hao broke the Qin army
At that time, the Qin army attacked zhao's neighboring korea, because it was too close to the border of the zhao state, so the king of Zhao wanted to send an army to the rescue, he first thought of Lianpo, but Lianpo said that the road was difficult and dangerous, and he did not want to lead a large army to rescue Korea, king Zhao asked Zhao Hao with the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and as a result, Zhao Hao said that "the narrow road meets the brave one wins" and asked for troops.
In the subsequent battles, Zhao Hao used a lot of tactics that the Qin army expected, and soon defeated the Qin army and won the victory in the Battle of Fuhe, which defeated the Qin army's vigor and made Zhao Hao famous, his position in the Zhao state was similar to that of Lian Po and Lin, and the Qin army was also very afraid of him, and for many years did not dare to provoke Guguan.
Zhao Hao did not trust Zhao Kuo before his death
Although Zhao Hao tried his best to cultivate his son Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo's final performance disappointed him very much, so before he died, he once said a sentence: "Soldiers, death is also the place, and Kuo yi said it." If Zhao does not include it, if it is necessary, those who break Zhao will also include it. This means that the soldiers fight and forget their lives and die, but Zhao Kuo said it very easily, if Zhao Kuo does not do the General of the Zhao State, it does not matter, if he must be appointed as a general, then the Zhao State will be defeated and destroyed because of him.
Later, during the Battle of Changping, King Zhao listened to rumors and wanted to appoint Zhao Kuo as a general, and Zhao Kuo's mother relayed this passage to King Zhao, but king Zhao did not listen to his advice, which eventually led to the fiasco of Changping of the State of Zhao.
brief summary
Zhao Hao not only has a very outstanding strategic level of martial arts, but also understands that people are a rare talent, if it were not for his untimely death, I believe that the Battle of Changping might have to be rewritten, after all, in addition to Zhao Kuo, who was on paper, Lian Po, who could have a battle with the Qin army at that time, was also old, and was scared by the powerful offensive of the Qin army, and there was more than enough defense against the Qin army but the offensive ability was insufficient, if zhao hao was replaced, there might be different results.