In the troubled era of the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping became a magnificent strategic decisive battle, and it was also the earliest, largest and most thorough large-scale annihilation war in ancient Chinese military history. Let's travel back in time to the forty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, 260 B.C., when a fascinating historical upheaval was about to take place.
Qin and Zhao were embroiled in a large-scale war as a result of the struggle for the upper party. From the time Qin sent troops to cede Korea to Shangdang to Qin's victory, the whole process took three years. The Battle of Changping only lasted five months, but in this short period of time, the flames of war engulfed the land of Changping, the Qin army and the Zhao army confronted each other fiercely, and a decisive battle was about to begin.
One of the keys to this war was the strategy of the Qin state. Zhao held his ground, and Qin sent spies to spread rumors about Lian Po's surrender, while threatening that Qin was not afraid of Lian Po, and it was Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao Hao, who really worried them. This strategy succeeded in causing a change in the state of Zhao, and Zhao Kuo changed his defensive deployment on the orders of the king of Zhao, changed his generals, and organized an active attack.
At this tense moment, the Qin State secretly appointed the famous general Bai Qi as the commander-in-chief. Bai Qi used exquisite tactics and Zhao Kuo's weakness to rush to win, and finally cut off the Zhao army's grain route by feinting defeat and retreating, luring the enemy army to break away from its position, and dividing and encircling it, so that the Zhao army fell into a desperate situation. This masterful strategy eventually led to the victory of the Qin army, and the victory at the Battle of Changping became a pinnacle in ancient Chinese military history.
After the war, the vitality of the Zhao State was greatly damaged, and the Zhao army was killed by 450,000 people per month, and the aftermath of this war accelerated the process of Qin's unification of China. The Battle of Changping became the final turning point in the history of the Warring States period, marking the irreversible pace of Qin's unification. This war is an epic of swallowing mountains and rivers, and it has created a shocking legend of the times in the torrent of time.
However, the years are merciless, and the traces of war remain under the land. In Hougou Village, Yonglu Township, Gaoping City, Baizhizhuang Village, Sizhuang Town, and Nanwangzhuang Village, Gaoping City, Shanxi Province, we found the remains of the bone pit of the Battle of Changping. These wrecks bear witness to those fierce battles, and also evoke people's thinking and remembrance of history.
The Battle of Changping was not only a war, but also a magnificent historical picture. It teaches us the bitterness of war, but it also enlightens the great dream of reunification. This history, forever engraved in China's memory, has become the pinnacle battle in ancient military history, leading us to a new era.