Qin did not destroy Zhao after the Battle of Changping, what is the explanation? with a loss of 1,000 soldiers, self-destruction of 800
In July, Lian Po was deposed, and Zhao Kuo took over as general. Qin besieged Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo led the army to surrender, Qin killed Zhao Kuo more than 400,000 people, Qin King regretted not listening to Zhao Bao's plan, so there was a Changping change.
Sengoku is changing.
It can be said that the turmoil caused by the princes' struggle for hegemony is incomparable to later generations, when the monarchs and ministers ruled each other, and the Central Plains once became a small"All over the world"。
Wars between nations, wars of ideas between people, conflicts between new ideas and old systems will become a history that cannot be ignored.
The general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and the troubled times of the Warring States period are actually laying the foundation, this burden is of course borne by the Qin State, but at the beginning of the Warring States Period, the Wei State was the most outstanding, but it did not seize the opportunity and became the second-rate of the Warring States Period, and was finally destroyed by the Qin State.
In the middle of the Warring States period, the four kingdoms of Qin, Qi, Chu, and Zhao stood side by side, and the Qin state already had unrivaled strength. In the middle and late Warring States period, Qin's advantages were more obvious, and the only one who could still compete with Qin was Zhao.
However, the strength of the state of Zhao"Weak"In the army alone, the army suffered heavy losses, and the recovery of the Zhao state would be difficult, and the Qin state fully saw this and launched the unprecedentedly tragic Battle of Changping during the Warring States period.
The battle was fatal for Chao Cuo, and according to Sima Qian's account, the Battle of Changping"More than 400,000 soldiers, all with holes", that is, more than 400,000 young and middle-aged people were killed and injured.
The hedgehog also told King Yan that the strong men of the Zhao clan had all died in Changping, and their orphans did not have enough strength to attack them.
After the Battle of Changping, Zhao was paralyzed due to the loss of his elite, how did he protect himself and survive for more than 30 years? After the Battle of Changping, the state of Zhao was paralyzed, why didn't the state of Qin take the opportunity to destroy Zhao?
Let's take a closer look.
Defeat 1,000 enemies, and lose 800 yourself.
Although Qin defeated Changping's army, more than half of Qin's soldiers were killed or wounded, and the land was empty. Historical Records - Biography of Bai Qi Wang Jian Lie.
Many people, looking at this history, will always be attracted by the number of deaths in the Zhao State, but the Qin State in this battle, the loss is not small, for the Qin State, the battle of a thousand people lost eight hundred enemies, according to the above quotation, it can be seen that after the Battle of Changping, the Qin State was inside"Emptiness"up.
The number of dead and wounded of the Qin army is not recorded in detail in the history books, but later generations speculate that the Qin army that left at that time was about 600,000 people. King Zhaoxiang of Qin mobilized young people from all over the country to participate in the Battle of Changping, and even personally recruited soldiers for Bai Qi.
According to the "Historical Records - The Biography of Bai Qi Wang Jian Lie", the king of Qin heard that Zhao was short of grain, so he went to Hanoi to give everyone an official, and instructed them to go to Changping when they were over fifteen years old to cut off the grain of Zhao.
Even if Bai Qi is a genius of Tianzong and takes advantage of the terrain, it is unrealistic to want to block the 400,000 Zhao army in his pocket if the number of people is not dominant, after all, this is the era of cold weapons, there is no **, only rely on cold weapons, if the number of people is not dominant, such a large-scale siege is more difficult than ascending to the sky.
The generals were divided, and the chief executive and ministers were disappointed.
The king of Qin ordered him to go and invite, but he could not go; The king of Qin asked Yinghou to invite, but Wu Anjun refused on the grounds that he was sick.
After the Battle of Changping, did Qin have a chance to destroy Zhao? Yes, after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi surrounded Handan, he did not give Zhao Guo a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, this is the best time to destroy Zhao State, Bai Qi can see it clearly than anyone else, but strong enemies often come from within, not opponents, this time it was the strong enemy within Qin that prevented Bai Qi from destroying Zhao.
The most trusted person of King Qin Zhaoxiang is Fan Ju, not Bai Qi, Bai Qi besieged Handan, and found the Zongheng family Su Dai Fan Ju for Zhao State, Bai Qi's move to threaten Fan Ju to come to power and make meritorious contributions directly hit Fan Ju's heart, so Fan Ju hurriedly persuaded King Qin Zhaoxiang to withdraw on the grounds that the Qin army was tired.
On the one hand, he wanted to succeed in destroying the country, and on the other hand, he was worried that the Shandong Princes would raise troops to attack him. King Qin Zhaoxiang listened to Fan Ju's advice, adopted his opinion, and ordered Bai Qi to retreat. Hearing the order to retreat, thousands of alpacas flew out of Bai Qi's heart, but Bai Qi still obeyed the order, because he believed that obeying the orders of the King of Qin was the professional ethics of a soldier.
After this retreat, it was not easy for Qin to destroy Zhao, the people of Zhao turned their grief and anger into strength, forming a common enemy, the princes of Shandong were afraid of them, and the alliance to join forces to resist Qin reappeared, and most importantly, the garrison of Zhao returned to Handan, history has proved this, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin could not destroy Zhao again in his life.
Li Mu was a warrior who resisted Qin and supported Zhao.
Zhao Guo made Li Mu a general, attacked the Qin army in Yi'an, defeated the Qin army, and killed the Qin general Huan Qi. Li Mu was appointed as Wu Anjun. In three years, Qin attacked Pangeng, Li Mu broke the Qin army, and went south to Han Wei. Historical Records - Lian Po Lin is like a biography.
After talking about the Qin State, let's take a look at the Zhao State. After the Battle of Changping, the elite of Zhao State was lost, how did they save themselves and prolong their lives for more than 30 years? In fact, it was because Li Mu, the last good general at the end of the Warring States Period, saved the Zhao State from the brink of destruction, but he finally had the intention to kill the thief, but he was unable to return to the sky.
While fighting for the Central Plains, Li Mu maintained the northern defense line of the Central Plains civilization circle and eliminated the threat of the Xiongnu to the Central Plains; Li Mu's garrison ensured that the Xiongnu did not dare to go south for decades.
After the Battle of Changping, Zhao was in danger, and he sent Li Mu and his party back to Handan, so that Zhao could repel Qin's attacks again and again. It can be said that Li Muzai and Zhao Guocun; Li Mu died, and Zhao Guo died.
Among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Wang Jian who later destroyed Zhao was not his opponent. Otherwise, why did Wang Jian make a conspiracy to send spies to slander Li Mu, let Zhao destroy his Great Wall, and then send troops to attack Zhao State?
The state of Qin paralyzed the state of Zhao in the Battle of Changping, so why not take the opportunity to destroy the state of Zhao? In fact, if Fan Ju hadn't stabbed him in the back, Bai Qi would have been able to make immortal achievements. However, even if Bai Qi wins Handan, can he succeed in destroying Zhao?
And he can't, because during the Warring States Period, he didn't have time to fight a war to destroy the country, although the Shandong princes were not strong, but they were not on the verge of collapse, if the princes united to deal with the Qin State, the Qin State would still not be able to eat and walk around, but would fall into the swamp and become the target of the public.
Moreover, after Bai Qi besieged Handan, Zhao Wangqian and other Zhao clansmen had already withdrawn from Handan, and even if Bai Qi captured the capital, they could make a comeback with the support of the Shandong princes.
So why did Qin Shi Huang attack the Six Kingdoms during the period, it may be like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, that is because after the princes were eroded during the period of King Qin Zhaoxiang, Li Shimin Lu Buwei ** focused on economic development, during the period of Qin Shi Huang, the Six Kingdoms of Shandong were very weak, and the Qin State was very strong.
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