Zhao State, after the reform of Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu Cavalry Archery during the Warring States Period, has always been the old enemy of Qin, but since the Battle of Changping, after the elite was killed by 400,000, the strength has greatly declined. It's not enough to pose a threat to the Qin State.
Fourteen years after the reign of King Ying, King Qin sent troops to carry out several tentative attacks on Zhao, all of which were repelled by Zhao's famous general Li Mu. Zhao's seemingly stormy regime was temporarily stabilized by Li Mu.
But such frequent wars also bleed Zhao State's weak national strength again and again. In recent years, there has been a serious drought in Zhao State, a large number of grain production has been reduced, and the people's lives are also miserable. Zhao Guoqian was mediocre again, the court was in chaos, and the traitor Guo Kai was reused, making the situation in Zhao State precarious, and the people's hearts were panicked.
However, Li Mu is a difficult problem in front of the Qin army, and it is not impossible to attack at any cost, but this will seriously consume the strength of the Qin army and have a certain impact on other countries in the later stage. Qin had to find a lowest-cost solution to remove this stone that was in the way.
So Wang Jian gave advice to the King of Qin, saying that he could follow the example of South Korea's Nei Shi Teng and buy Li Mu first, if not, he would use a counter-plot to let King Zhao transfer him away from the front line, or kill him.
So the king of Qin sent spies to Zhao to start activities, and after the failure of the rebellion against Li Mu, they bribed Guo Kai, a favorite minister of Zhao Wangqian, and other ministers, so that they framed Li Mu in front of the king of Zhao to surrender to Qin. This Guo Kai has successfully framed Lian Po before, and since ancient times, traitors have been very handy in doing this, and they have basically succeeded, and this time is no exception.
Zhao Wangqian suspiciously sent Zhao Cong and Yan Ju to replace Li Mu's military power, but Li Mu refused to hand over the military power for the sake of Zhao and his brother who was born and died with him. At this time, Zhao Wangqian was convinced that Li Mu was going to rebel. So he was recruited into the palace and killed.
As soon as Li Mu died, the only army that Zhao could count on began to disperse, and the army that had lost its backbone was a plate of scattered sand, and the destruction of Zhao began to enter the countdown.
In the nineteenth year of the reign of King Qin, King Yingzheng of Qin sent Wang Jian to take advantage of the weakest time of Zhao to lead the troops to destroy Zhao State, and the Zhao army at this time was vulnerable in front of Wang Qian, and the Qin army soon surrounded Handan City.
At this time, the other four countries such as Qi and Chu, under the strategy of Yao Jia, a lobbyist of Qin, stood by and watched the crisis of Zhao, and none of them sent troops to rescue Zhao, and watched Zhao be destroyed.
In the battle of Handan, Zhao Gongzijia performed amazingly, he led the clan children and guests to resist, but Zhao Wangqian was mediocre and disheartened, and Gongzijia's efforts were also a drop in the bucket. In the end, it was Guo Kai, as the internal response of the Qin State, who opened the city gate of Handan.
The Qin army successfully took over Handan City, and Zhao Wangqian was captured. In this way, Zhao became another Warring States Seven Heroes who were destroyed after Korea.
After the fall of the Zhao State, Zhao Gongzijia escaped from Handan City in the war, and led hundreds of people from the Zhao clan to flee to Daidi, where he established himself as the king, known as Dai Wang Jia, and continued to collect the remnants of the Zhao State and organize resistance to the Qin State. However, such resistance was like a grasshopper shaking a tree in the face of the powerful Qin State, and it was quickly wiped out.