Changping Battle , Warring States history enters the second half.
Qin State dominant, Shandong Six Kingdoms are all weak, Qin State unified China and sent troops to the six countries, which has been put on the agenda by Qin Wangzheng . After all, the temptation to establish immortal achievements is irresistible to Qin Wangzheng.
However, Qin Wangzheng ignored a person, who can be said to be the biggest stumbling block on the Qin Dynasty's road to conquering the six kingdoms.
He is Zhao Guo Li Mu . According to historical records, "The Later Qin attacked Zhao again, Li Mu refused it again". It can be seen that Li Mu, a victorious general who had no defeat in his life, should not be underestimated.
Let’s first see how powerful Li Mu is -
1. Self-raised funds to form Border Army
Since ancient times, military pay has been the basis for the existence of a force, and Central government must be the provider of huge military pay. The rule of
is not working for Li Mu. He doesn't want Zhao Wang a cent, and raises funds for Zhao to form an invincible border army.
The prerequisite for all this is that Li Mu requires that the border defense affairs be decided by himself, which is a bit like the later military garrison system. The military garrison and border residents work together to carry out production and jointly invest in the army to protect their own homes.
Of course, this is something that is undesirable for Zhao State, whose country is declining, and the border people who have been persecuted by Huns also fully support this. After all, compared to being robbed by the Huns, the "protection fee" paid to Li Mu is simply not worth mentioning.
Just like that, Li Mu proposed, and the border army of Zhao, King Zhao and Li Mu agreed unanimously, Zhao State's border army was established.
2. Create Great Wall Intelligence System to restrain the Huns
Zhao army, whose combat effectiveness has been no worse than that of the Huns.
However, the Huns all soldiers come and go like the wind, while the Zhao people mainly work in agriculture, which cannot be compared in terms of mobility.
So Li Mu began to establish the earliest intelligence system. Based on Zhao Great Wall , we established beacon tower to convey information, ensuring that every time the Huns went south, Li Mu could get the information as soon as possible, and immediately ordered the people and soldiers to retreat to the city with cattle and sheep and other valuables.
Over time, the Huns faced Li Mu without any benefit, and they all scolded Li Mu for being a turtle that dared not fight, but Li Mu didn't care. Li Mu paralyzed the Huns for several years, so he completely relaxed his vigilance. Then he used a large number of cattle and sheep as bait and pretended to be defeated as a means to lure the Huns' 100,000 main army and complete a beautiful annihilation.
3. Reversal of the decline in the battle of Changping broke the Qin army
When Li Mu broke the Huns in the northern border, the strong Qin defeated the Zhao army in Changping, and finally ended up killing 400,000 Zhao army.
You should know that these 400,000 Zhao troops are almost all young and middle-aged people in Zhao State, which means that Zhao State will have no soldiers available for a period of time.
Fortunately, there is Li Mu's border army, this special army independent of the Zhao system.
In 233 BC, the Qin army attacked Zhao State again, winning consecutive battles and approaching the capital of Zhao State Handan. In desperation, King Zhao ordered Li Mu to lead the border troops to support and resist the Qin army. Faced with the crisis in Handan, Li Mu immediately rushed south and met the Qin army in the area of Yi'an . He thought that the two armies would be particularly jealous and start a war immediately. However, when facing the powerful Qin, Li Mu played the policy of dealing with the Huns, building a fortress to defend Yi'an.
Facing Li Mu who could not stand, the Qin army was extremely anxious and had to turn to attack the Feixia area near Yi'an, intending to lure Li Mu to fight. Li Mu took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to attack the Qin army's base and break the Qin army. Then he designed an ambush to attack the main force of the Qin army under Feixia. As a result, the Qin army's 100,000 elite troops were defeated by Li Mu, successfully curbing the momentum of the strong Qin advancing eastward. The result of this war was described in "Records of the Grand Historian" as: the great defeat of the Qin army.
King Zhao destroyed the Great Wall, and Qin will eventually unify -
No matter how fierce Li Mu is, it is just a victory at the military level. The advantages of Qin's comprehensive national strength are incomparable to the six Shandong countries. Qin Shihuang Under Ying Zheng's great talent and strategy, it is inevitable to unify the six kingdoms. In 229 BC, King Qin Ying Zheng sent Wang Jian to attack Zhao State.
Wang Jian was a famous general of Qin and had great military achievements. He knew Li Mu's power well and knew that to destroy Zhao, he would defeat Li Mu first. However, Wang Jian was unwilling to challenge Li Mu head-on, because when fighting with Li Mu, no matter whether he defeated or lost, the Qin army would suffer heavy casualties, and once he was defeated, it would inevitably affect his reputation.
So Qin State bribed Guo Kai, the favorite minister of King Zhao, who had slandered Lian Po , preventing Lian Po from returning to Zhao State. It was Guo Kai's specialty. So, Guo Kai falsely accused Li Mu and Sima Shang and wanted to rebel. King Zhao believed in the slander, arrested Li Mu while he was unprepared, and killed him on false charges. It is a pity that a generation of famous generals ended up like this.
Three months after Li Mu's death, Wang Jian attacked Zhao State fiercely, and Zhao State was destroyed.
