In 228 BC, under the huge Handan City, there was no place for the Zhao people to stand. In their view, this is not human life, but a piece of fertile land, which is the praise of the elders in their hometown after returning home.

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In 228 BC, under the huge Handan City, there was no place for the Zhao people to gain a foothold. Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops stared covetously at the defenders on the city wall. In their view, this is not human life, but a piece of fertile land, which is the praise of the elders in their hometown after returning home.

King Zhao standing on the city wall naturally had a look of death on his face. He understood that he had no room for overturning . These hundreds of thousands of Qin troops will be able to break through Handan City, their last homeland, in just a few days. His fate will be the same as Korean king and others, die or become a slave.

The demise of Zhao Guo was actually beyond many people’s expectations. The State of Zhao is destined to perish, but the speed of its demise is too alarming.

As a veteran military power, the first country in the Central Plains to develop cavalry tactics, Zhao Guo's strength is definitely qualified. In addition, Zhao Guo also has two people: Li Mu and Lian Po. The abilities of these two people are enough to keep Zhao Guo alive for more than ten years, right?

However, the magic of history often makes people unprepared.

Under the premise of the entry of powerful enemies, King Zhao was stunned and actually dismissed Lian Po and Li Mu one after another. This behavior of self-destructing the Great Wall made the Zhao people quite angry at the time.

In addition to being resentful towards King Zhao, these Zhao people also placed their anger on another person - Guo Kai. How did this person who was not well-known among the public become the collective resentment of the Zhao people? ? What kind of evil deeds did he do?

Guo Kai: Helping Qin to destroy Zhao, a generation of treacherous officials

Now, let us take a closer look at this famous treacherous official, the great hero of Qin State who conquered Zhao State - Guo Kai.

The number one traitorous official in the Zhao Kingdom may be from a noble family, or he may be from a poor background. There is no information about his early life, and no one has told his story.

This person, seemed to be suddenly dropped from the sky. The same who brought disaster to Zhao State appeared quite suddenly in everyone's field of vision. Then, as soon as he took action, Zhao Guo suffered losses, the government and the public were turbulent, and Zhao Guo's general Lian Po could never return to Zhao Guo, which caused regret in the hearts of many people.

What did Guo Kai do? To prevent Lian Po, who has a high status and reputation, from returning to Zhao?

Lian Po in his later years was quite pitiful. As a veteran general, he naturally has a sense of arrogance in his heart. Throughout Lian Po's life, the only person who frustrated him was Lin Xiangru. If it were placed in other countries, such veterans who had made outstanding contributions to the country would naturally be enshrined and treated as treasures.

However, the treatment Lian Po received in Zhao State was quite interesting.

In 251 BC, Lian Po and young general Lecheng led the Zhao army to go on an expedition and faced the Yan army . In this battle, Lian Po showed outstanding commanding ability and defeated the Yan army. It won't be long before he will achieve an epic victory.

However, at this critical moment, King Zhao showed his ability to stretch his hips as always. He was moved by the slander and decided to temporarily change his generals and take back Lian Po's military power.

Lian Po is a person with a high morale. The previous Changping Battle also had a rash change of generals, which led to hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops being cheated. Now, King Zhao is going to do the trick of temporarily changing generals again. If you encounter this kind of thing too many times, anyone will feel dissatisfied.

In anger, Lian Po simply abandoned everything in Zhao State and defected to Wei State. When he arrived in the Wei area, relying on his reputation, his quality of life did not decline much. However, King Wei of was afraid that Lian Po had Zhao Guo's heart in mind, so he never gave him military power.

By coincidence, at this time, the State of Zhao was threatened by the State of Qin. King Zhao thought, there is no general in the country, who can fight against the Qin army? After much thought, finally decided to recall Lian Po and let Lian Po fight against the Qin army.

At this time, Guo Kai began to reveal his own methods for the first time. He bribed King Zhao's envoy to visit Lian Po and asked him to speak ill of Lian Po.

This messenger is also a fool. When he sees the money, he feels that he should help the buyer with all his efforts. Therefore, one sentence and three last words became the last impression King Zhao had on Lian Po.

Lian Po is gone, but the war still has to be fought, right? King Zhao thought for a long time and finally decided on a candidate: Li Mu. Although transferring Li Mu back would make the border unstable, it is better than losing the country and dying, right?

As soon as Li Mu arrived at the front line, the situation got better. Let’s not say that he is victorious in every battle, but at least the Zhao army can make the invading Qin army no longer so arrogant. The destruction of Zhao State in three months was only on paper. It seems that everything is getting better?

If this were really the case, perhaps Li Mu's ending would not be so outrageous.

Li Mu’s opponent Wang Jian understands that defeating Li Mu must not be done in a hurry, but must be calculated slowly. Since it's difficult on the frontal battlefield, try the side approach. As long as you can defeat the opponent, no matter how much you pay, there is nothing worth hesitating about. After all, the world is big and human life is the biggest thing.

Wang Jian took a sideways approach, which was to bribe Guo Kai with a lot of money and let Guo Kai give a few "good words" to the Qin army. This Guo Kai is also outrageous. He is incapable of defeating Zhao Jun, but he still deceives King Zhao, and asks him to kill Li Mu and take back his military power.

If it were another country, such a strategy would probably not succeed. What's more, there are lessons learned from the Battle of Changping. How stupid do you have to be to be fooled again?

Don’t mention it, there really are such fools. This is the character of King Zhao's family. Their ancestor King Zhao Wuling can be said to be a smart man, but when it comes to King Zhao's generation, this IQ is simply too low, not too low.

Guo Kai simply captured King Zhao’s little thoughts perfectly. His words made King Zhao give up thinking and take back Li Mu's military power.

Judging from the results, Zhao's last resistance was not defeated on the battlefield. Their defeats were all due to their own people's plans, treacherous ministers and cowardly kings.

For this reason, the children of Zhao State always harbor resentment towards Qin State.

Conclusion: Guo Kai’s ending

Of course, Guo Kai, the treacherous minister, did not have a good ending. After doing these things, no one wants to forgive Guo Kai. Even Wang Jian, who used Guo Kai, sneered at Guo Kai.

According to some people's predictions, Guo Kai's ending, was likely to die at the hands of Qin Shihuang, which can be regarded as deserved.