1. Before the war
After the Battle of Changping , the morale of the Qin army was boosted, and Zhao Guo The morale has already declined to the extreme, so prepare to Bai Qi to destroy the Zhao country in one go.
Bai Qi divided the Qin army into three, ordered Wang Yan to lead an army to capture the Pilao (place name) of Zhao State; ordered Sima Terrier to lead an army to the north to capture Taiyuan (now the central area of in Shanxi) ); Bai Qi personally led a large army to attack Handan, the capital of Zhao State.
In October 1948, Qin Fuding Shangdang County . Qin divided the army into two: Wang Yan Attack the skin prison and pull it out; Sima Keng settled Taiyuan.
- " Baiqi Wang Jian Biography "
Qin Jun is divided into three armies. Wu'an Jun owned. General Wang Yan. Attack Zhao Wu'an and Pilao, and pull them out. Sima Terrier settled in Taiyuan in the north, and there are all Han Shangdang. In the first month of the month, the soldiers are over, and the party is reinstated.
——《 Qin Benji 》
In "Bai Qi Wang Jian Biography" and "Qin Ben Ji", there is no mention of Bai Qi's attack on Handan (the former only said that there were two armies, the latter said Bai Qi The reason is that Bai Qi's attack on Handan was stopped by Qin King.
According to "Qin Benji",It was the Zhao State dispatched by Su Dai, who bribed the corresponding Hou of Qin with a lot of money. Fan Ju, by provoking the contradiction between Fan Ju and Bai Qi, let Fan Ju persuade King Zhaoxiang of Qin to take over the land ceded by Han and Zhao. And temporarily stop attacking both countries.
Han and Zhao feared that the Su Dai Houbi would tell the corresponding marquis of Qin: "Does the emperor of Wu'an put his horses and horses to serve his children?" He said, "Of course." He also said, "Will Handan be surrounded?" When Zhao dies, the king of Qin is gone, and the king of Wu'an is the third prince. The army of the king of Wu'an conquered and conquered more than 70 cities, including Yan, Ying, Hanzhong in the south, and the army of the northern bird Zhao Kuo, although Zhou, Zhao, Lu I hope 's achievements will not benefit from this. Now that Zhao has died, the king of Qin will be the king of Wu'an, and the king of Wu'an will be the third prince. Can you be the next one? Although there is no desire to be the next, it is a last resort. Qin tried to attack Han and surrounded Xing. Qiu, trapped in Shangdang, the people of Shangdang have turned to Zhao, the world is not happy to be the people of Qin for a long time. Now that Zhao is defeated, the northern region will enter Yan, the eastern region will enter Qi, and the southern region will enter Han and Wei. How many people have perished. Therefore, it is better to cut them off because of this, because it is not considered to be the merit of Wu’an Jun.” Then answered the marquis and said to the King of Qin: “Qin’s army is labored, please Xu Han and Zhao to cede the land to make peace, and leave the soldiers. "The king listened to it and cut off Han Yuanyong and Zhao Liucheng to make peace.
This, of course, made Bai Qi, who was dedicated to his achievements, very unhappy, causing her to claim that she did not command the subsequent Handan battle , which created conditions for Zhao's victory.
After the Qin state stopped attacking, the state of Zhao quickly recovered, and on the other hand, discussed whether to fulfill the promise and ceded the land. Wang accepted Yu Qing's suggestion and chose to refuse.
Yu Qing's process of persuading King Zhao was very complicated.Due to space limitations, I won't expand it, but Zhao Wang's performance in the process was disappointing, he was indecisive, and the key words that Yu Qing said to him were immediately known by Lou slow, it was really disappointing speechless. (See "Warring States Policy. Qin Attacks Zhao Yu Changping")
Qin Guo was furious when he found out about it. In October 259 BC, he once again sent an army to attack Handan. Because Bai Qi refused to go out, the commander of the front line was 's five masters. Royal Mausoleum.
2. In the early stage of the war
After the war started, Wangling 's victory was not satisfactory. Until the first month of the second year, the King of Qin sent reinforcements to help, and the Qin army was still wiped out five School ( (each "school" 8000-10000 people) ) of the troops.
In the first month of the forty-ninth year, the mausoleum attacked Handan, Shaoli, Qin Yi sent troops to the mausoleum. Ling soldiers died five schools.
At this time, King Zhaoxiang of Qin wanted Bai Qi to be able to command the front line, but Bai Qi still refused, so the King of Qin had no choice but to send Wang Yan, who also contributed to the battle of Changping, to lead his troops to Handan.
Soon after the Qin general Zheng Anping came to reinforce with provisions.
Although the Qin army's offensive was temporarily contained, the continuous flow of Qin army made Zhao people see the fear of destroying the country. Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng decided to take his disciples to other countries to ask for help. The under the door volunteered to follow, which is the origin of the idiom "Maosui recommends oneself".
There are two countries that Mr. Pingyuan seeks help from.One is the State of Chu and the other is State of Wei . Despite the twists and turns, both countries finally agreed to the rescue.
3. In the middle of the war
After receiving the promise of the two princes in power in the two countries, Pingyuan returned to Handan and continued to hold on to it. Under Li Tong's suggestion, he organized a death squad to venture out of the city to attack the Qin army, and in one fell swoop the Qin army was defeated. Arrived thirty miles away.
Li Tong, a servant of the Handan family, said to Lord Pingyuan, "Do you not worry about Zhao's death?" It can be said that it is urgent to eat the bones and change the children, and there are hundreds of concubines and concubines. Arrow, and the monarch's utensils are like a bell. If Qin destroys Zhao, you can have this in peace? If you make Zhao complete, why do you have nothing to worry about? Now, Juncheng can order the following to compile the following among the soldiers, divide the merits and do it, and the family has everything. Disperse all the soldiers, and when the soldiers are in danger, Yi Deer." So Prince Pingyuan followed him, and he got three thousand soldiers who dared to die. Li Tong then went to the Qin army with 3,000 people, but the Qin army was only thirty miles away.
Although Wei promised to support Zhao, but he was hesitant. After being threatened by the King of Qin, he ordered the general Jinbi to garrison the army at Wall Ye and wait and see.
The king of Qin sent his messenger to tell the king of Wei , saying: "I attack Zhao, but I will go down at night, but if the princes dare to save Zhao, they have already pulled out Zhao, and they will move their troops to attack them first." Bi, stayed in the army wall Ye, named Save Zhao, and held both ends to wait and see.
Xinling Jun To rescue Zhao Xinqie, he took the time-honored method of "stealing talismans", and let his disciples Zhu Hai killed Jinbi, seized the sword and military power, and rushed to Handan to rescue.
3. Late period of the war
In December 257 BC, Xinling Jun's 80,000 troops joined Chu State Chunshen Jun and the Zhao people who were defending Handan to attack together, finally Defeat the Qin army and relieve the siege of Handan by Qin people .
After Wang Yan's defeat, he led his troops to retreat to Hedong Fencheng (now Houma city north of Shanxi Province).
4. Epilogue
After the war, Junshen Jun returned to China, and Jun Xinling had to stay in Zhao State because he had offended King Wei.
The Battle of Handan is over. After Wang Yan rested beside Fencheng for more than two months, he was attacked by the combined forces of Han, Zhao and Wei. Wang Yan made a preemptive strike, and the coalition was defeated in one fell swoop. After sacrificing 6,000 people, he fled south.
Wang Yan chased all the way to Yellow River , 20,000 coalition troops drowned in the Yellow River in a hurry.
Another Zhao army, when Wang Yan was advancing eastward, cut off Wang Yan's back road and captured Fencheng.
But it was captured again by Wang Yan, who had returned to the division. After that, Wang Yan, who killed the red eye, joined another Qin general Zhang Tang and captured Zhao's new middle city in one fell swoop.
In 256 BC, the combined forces of Han, Wei and Chu attacked Xinzhongcheng, and Wang Yan and Zhang Tang were forced to retreat. Lecheng , Qing She led Zhao's army to break through Zheng Anping's Qin army who stayed behind in Liangcheng of Zhao Guoxin,Zheng Anping was forced to lead 20,000 Qin troops to surrender.
After the war, the King of Qin was ashamed and angry, and vented his anger against Bai Qi, who had refused to fight.
The Battle of Handan severely consumed Qin 's strength, causing the Qin army nearly 200,000 casualties, delaying the Qin's unification of the six kingdoms.
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