The two armies encountered a great loss when they first met;
First, the Zhao army discovered the Qin army scouts, so they killed several Qin army scouts, but unexpectedly, the Qin army scouts in turn killed the Zhao army's deputy general;
Secondly, in the frontal battle, Wang Yi defeated the Zhao army, captured the second city of the Zhao army, and killed four Zhao army Duwei .
The battle report was posted to Handan, and Zhao Wang became anxious.
Originally, King Zhao Xiaocheng had just succeeded to the throne for more than three years. I saw that Korean actually took the initiative to give the Shangdang area to myself. This is a strategic location. King Zhao was attracted by the immediate interests. In addition, , one of the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, , Pingyuan Jun, , Zhao Sheng also supported the capture of the Seventeen City of Shangdang.
Picture Note: King Zhao Xiaocheng in the film and television drama
King Zhao is actually not stupid either. He asked Zhao Sheng: What should I do if the Qin State sent a fight for nothing?
Zhao Sheng said: It’s white, we have Lian Po. Although Lian Po is not as good as Bai Qi in the field, there is still no problem in defending the city.
King Zhao then made up his mind to accept Shangdang area.
As a result, King Zhao had high hopes for Lian Po was defeated at the beginning. The general was actually killed by the Qin army's scouts, and all four captains were killed...
King Zhao Xiaocheng was so angry that he wanted to lead the army in person, so he called the ministers over to discuss.
result A minister named Lou Chang suggested: It is not good to be in charge of the imperial dynasty in person, so it is better to send someone to Qin to negotiate peace!
Another minister Yu Qing expressed opposition: The reason why Lou Chang wanted to negotiate peace was because he believed that our army would be defeated. But if we take the initiative to seek peace, will Qin State agree? King, think about it, what is the strategy of Qin Jun ? It is definitely going to destroy Zhao State, so why are you talking about?
If you really want to negotiate peace, you should also join forces with Chu and Wei . When the Qin people saw the diplomacy of Zhao and other major powers, they must be worried that we will unite to attack Qin. The peace talks at this time are the real peace talks.
However, King Zhao did not listen to Yu Qing's advice, but followed Lou Chang's advice and directly sent Zheng Zhu to Qin for peace.
After Zheng Zhu arrived in Qin, Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju was overjoyed and directly entertained Zheng Zhu with great fanfare, spreading the news that Zheng Zhu came to Qin for peace all over the world.
Picture Note: Fan Ju in the film and television drama
After receiving this news, King Zhao asked Yu Qing: Look, Fan Ju welcomes our envoys for peace with such a big fantasy, why do you say that Qin will not have a peace talk! What else do you have to say now?
Yu Qing said: According to my opinion, your willingness to seek peace will definitely be out of the question, and Zhao Jun is definitely finished! Fan Ju made the world known about Zheng and Zhu's peace, so Wei and Chu must have thought that Qin and Zhao could not fight. If they wanted to negotiate, they would definitely not send troops to rescue Zhao. When Qin saw that all countries were not ready to save Zhao, they would definitely only want to defeat Zhao and not meet.
Sure enough, the Prime Minister of Qin, Fan Ju, made a big announcement about Zheng Zhu's search for peace, but no matter how it was promoted, he had no plans to negotiate peace.
At this time, Wei, Chu and other countries all believed that since Zhao was preparing to negotiate peace, there was no need to send troops to rescue Zhao.
The scheming Qin deceived Zhao and other countries in the matter of peace talks.
After seeing that no countries were prepared to save Zhao, Qin once again used a plan of distraction and bribed his confidants around King Zhao and said that the Qin people were only afraid of the Zhao She and his father and son who defeated the Qin people in , and were not afraid of Lian Po, who was not afraid of the coward who stayed behind closed doors and dared not fight.
The young King Zhao originally wanted to lead the army and defeat the Qin army and take down Shangdang. Unexpectedly, Lian Po, who had high expectations, failed continuously, and was beaten by the Qin army to stay away. It was so shameful to the people of Zhao.
So he easily fell into the trap and replaced the stubborn Zhao Kuo with the steady veteran Lian Po... Everyone knows what happened next in
. Qin State also secretly sent Bai Qi to teach Zhao Kuo how to lead troops to fight in Changping.
Picture Note: Bai Qi
In fact, the ending of the Battle of Changping was decided long outside the battlefield.
First, the monarch of Zhao, King Zhao Xiaocheng, was forgiving his righteousness when he saw profits, and was greedy for the interests of the Seventeen cities of Shangdang, and was defeated by the South Korea, , the plan to divert the waters and waters north, and believed that Zhao could easily occupy the Shangdang area;
Then King Zhao Xiaocheng failed to correctly judge that the strategic goal of Qin was to unify the six countries. Qin's policy of serving this strategic goal was to "get from far away and attack near", and he thought that Qin and Zhao could easily negotiate, which explained King Zhao Xiaocheng had no idea what the Qin army wanted;
Then King Zhao Xiaocheng was swaying between war and harmony, and wanted to command the army in person. He listened to Lou Chang and wanted to discuss peace. Not only did he not listen to Yu Qing's correct opinions, he also deliberately asked him. Didn't you say that Qin would not have a peace talk? Why do you still have to promote Zhao's envoys to Qin with great fanfare?
Finally, he was defeated by a plan of discord, and Zhao Kuo replaced Lian Po in the last battle.
" Sun Tzu's Art of War " directly says: The man who wins the temple before the battle will be considered more; the man who fails to win the temple before the battle will be considered less. More calculations are better than calculations, but not least calculations are nothing! In the battle of Changping, Zhao Guo lost a lot on temple calculations, both the strategic goal and the determination to war are extremely vague.
Zhao State is greedy for the interests of the Shangdang area, but does not correctly judge the risks behind the interests. It is played by Qin State in terms of war preparations and diplomatic communication.
War is the last method between countries, and an accident will lead to a very tragic ending.
Zhao State was greedy for immediate interests before the war and ignored huge risks; hesitation during war is war or harmony, strategic chaos, ineffective diplomacy; change generals in the battle... It can be said that the Battle of Changping was actually doomed to Zhao State before the war.
In fact, summarizing the reasons for the failure of the Zhao State in Changping, it still has great reference significance even today!
Finally, let’s review the first paragraph of "The Art of War" again: The war is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death. We must observe it.
