Historical figures Today we are going to talk about a general of Zhao during the Warring States Period, the protagonist of the war on paper, and a general who is infamy. That's right, he is Zhao Kuo.
Secondly, let's look at the national conditions of Qin and Zhao. After the Qin State experienced the Shang Dynasty reform, it was no longer a barbarian land that people despised at will, and even survival was a problem. It is a powerful country that can compete with the powerful Qi and Chu countries and even crush one head. At this time, although the rest of the countries began to change the law one after another, it was a pity that they were far less thorough than the Qin State. For example, our protagonist Zhao Guo is obviously a shortcoming in terms of productivity and economy, although his military strength is very strong, he can't play it well at all. Moreover, at that time, King Zhao Huiwen had just died, and the replaced King Zhao Xiaocheng was ignorant of the world and could not make up his mind. Whether it was a war or a war and he didn't think about it at all, he sent someone to find Qin to sue for peace, but failed. However, the rest of the countries thought that Zhao and Qin had formed an alliance, so the alliance was destroyed, and Lian Heng began to take effect, successfully isolating Zhao. Therefore, this made the originally poor Zhao Guo even worse.
Again, let's take a look at the situation at that time. At first, Zhao Guo used the veteran Lian Po to meet the enemy, obviously Lian Po has strong analytical ability, and only after experiencing a small defeat for the first time, he understood that Qin Guo was strong, and he could only hold on to consume the other party. Because the Qin State was an expedition at that time, the rate of consumption of grain and grass was indeed theoretically faster than that of the Zhao army. It's a pity, even though it is on its own territory, because Zhao's economy is too low, in the long run, it will definitely be Zhao that can't survive first, or Zhao is about to be unable to afford it. Therefore, judging from this situation, Zhao must change generals, especially a general who mainly attacks and does not defend.
After talking about the situation at the time, let's take a look at what kind of character Zhao Kuo is, he is the son of Zhao Hao, a famous general of Zhao State, who has been familiar with his father's military books since he was a child, and he can also talk about the art of war. It is not in vain that the tiger father has no dog, and he does have the ability to take charge of the whole army when he grows up. Among the young generation of generals of the Zhao State at that time, there was no stronger than him. It can be said that replacing him in battle was Zhao Guo's greatest hope for a turnaround at that time.
So if he is strong, why is he still defeated? The main reason is that the main general of the Qin army was secretly replaced by the original new general Wang Di to the killing god Bai Qi, just like playing a game with a powerful sailor meeting a host who won the championship. Although Zhao Kuo has some talents of his own, his combat experience is far inferior to Bai Qi. Moreover, when he went out on the expedition before, what he said to King Zhao was that he could win steadily, and if he met Bai Qi, he needed to think about the strategy a lot. That is to say, he is not presumptuous, but he is indeed self-aware. In addition, although Zhao Kuo is the son of a famous general, the Battle of Changping is his first battle after all, even if Zhao Hao himself is reincarnated, it is impossible for him to face the war between the two countries with the strength of the whole country at the beginning, nor can he directly fight the final boss as soon as the novice village comes out.
Then let's take a look at the battle of Changping, at first he won with his own planning, although it was only a test of him by the Qin army, but it was indeed won. And even after Zhao Kuozhong's plan, the Zhao army still held out for forty-six days, and finally led the elite troops to break through and was shot to death by the Qin army, which can be regarded as a qualified general.
Most of the information in this article comes from the historical records and the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and my analysis, welcome everyone in the comment area**, don't spray if you don't like it, thank you.