The Battle of Changping is known as the decisive battle that decided the fate of the Warring States Period. At that time, the Qin State abused South Korea for a long time, and intermittently abused the Yan State. The Wei State was the main enemy of the Qin State, so it would be beaten violently from time to time. When the fighting is severe, the main beams of the capital will be surrounded. The Chu State was originally very peaceful, but accidentally, it was beaten by the Qin State and had to move its capital. Therefore, the Zhao State was the only country that could fight Qin independently on the frontal battlefield.
Therefore, the Qin State paid unprecedented attention to the Battle of Changping. Of course, this does not mean that the Zhao people did not pay attention to it, but due to the limitations of the times, the Zhao State at that time had quite a bit of an attitude towards war or peace with the Qin State. Wobbly. Especially when Lian Po fought against Qin for three years, the national power of Qin and Zhao declined. King Zhao Xiaocheng tried to negotiate peace with Qin, regardless of their thoughts at the time. It was later proven that this negotiation made Qi, Wei and other countries doubtful. During Zhao's food shortage, he was not even willing to lend them food. In addition, Lian Po suffered a large number of casualties in his last battle, which led to King Zhao changing his generals before the battle.
In contrast, Qin's attitude was much more determined. Due to its relatively strong national power, they had higher requirements for victory. However, in September 60 BC, Qin also squeezed out the last drop of blood.
King Qin Zhaoxiang personally sat in Hanoi and recruited men over the age of 15 from all over the country to go to Changping for the decisive battle.
We can meet each other. This is basically a battle for the national destiny of two countries. The loser... better pray not to fail. In fact, for 10 years after the victory in the Battle of Changping, Qin State had no large-scale military operations.
When the war progressed to this moment, both Qin and Zhao felt unprecedented pressure. The soldiers recruited by King Zhaoxiang, who could only be called militia, blocked the front line from Gaoping to Shangdang, and Zhao was also recruited nationwide. Zhao Kuo's transport team was blocked at Danzhu Ridge. After this front was completed, Zhao Kuo's troops never received military rations again.
At this time, no one knew whether the messenger could pass through such a blockade.
"The envoy of King Zhao." These five words gave hope to the Zhao soldiers who had begun to run out of food. A small school hurried over. After seeing Huang Xuan's forged document, he said: "Please follow I come."
Huang Xuan looked along and saw that the morale of the Zhao army was still good. According to history, they completely collapsed after being without food for 49 days. In many materials, people claimed as if they had seen it with their own eyes. After the food was cut off, the Zhao army was full of people. The tragedy of cannibalism, they said, was that the strong soldiers first united to eat the old and weak soldiers, and then ate each other with red eyes.
But the fact is that the most elite part of this army was divided into four echelons by Zhao Kuo, and they continued to attack Qin's defense line. Until the 49th day, Zhao Kuo was shot to death by random arrows in the final attack. Zhao Kuo's military Only then surrendered.
From this point of view, Zhao Kuo is not as bad as imagined. As a general, even a failed general, his troops surrendered only after he was killed. He died on the front line of the charge, and in When he was alive, he could always maintain a strong fighting spirit in desperate situations.
However, it failed after all.
Zhao Jun's camp was built on the north slope, and several groups of soldiers wearing armor were guarding nearby. Zhao Kuo's father, Zhao She, was also a famous general, and it was said that he was very loved by the soldiers, and his troops were naturally left behind. Gave it to my son.
The primary school commander stopped Huang Xuan from looking around, handed him over to the soldiers outside the tent, and went into the tent to report alone.
Cries of killing could still be heard not far away. In the last period, Bai Qi spared no expense in casualties, used light troops, and continuously attacked the Zhao army's defense line in the form of death squads to exhaust his division. At the same time, the Qin army at the entrance of the valley , also suffered the attack of the Zhao army. According to subsequent statistics, the losses of the Qin army also exceeded 100,000.
If the Zhao people were busy eating themselves now, they would have been made dumplings by Bai Qi. What's more, there are enough corpses on the battlefield. In a few days, the Zhao people can use them.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Huang Xuan heard the sparse sounds in the tent and stood up straight. Dian Wei next to him always stood like a javelin, looking at the people around him without anger or authority. Zhao Bing.
Zhao Kuo is a fair-faced, slender young man. His hair has not been combed for many days and has become messy, but compared to the soldiers around him, he is already in heaven and earth. This famous military theorist had a pair of sharp eyes—the sharpness was beyond Huang Xuan's expectation. Even in his mother, he could not see such insightful eyes.
Speaking of which, in Huang Xuan's imagination, this should belong to Lian Po, not Zhao Kuo's eyes.
The only thing that shows that this is a young master is the belt hook Zhao Kuo hangs on his waist leather. The hook is very short, like a bird's beak, and has a cylindrical lower end.
Noticing Huang Xuan's gaze, Zhao Kuo took it off with a smile and said: "In the past, Duke Huan of Qi used it to dodge an arrow." He smiled softly as he spoke, raised it high, and pointed it at the surrounding soldiers. He said: "With the blessing of my king, I will be able to severely damage the Qin army today."
"Severe damage to the Qin army!"
"Severe damage to the Qin army!"
As the hook was thrown far away, Zhao Jun burst out with a loud shout. Zhao Kuo smiled and waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please come in. We will welcome you."
Huang Xuan was startled, but was gently held down by Dian Wei. He then smiled and said, "General, please go first."
The general of the Zhao army was not polite and walked into the tent boldly. Huang Xuan sighed. It seemed that the reputation of King Zhao was really not that good.
Zhao Kuoju sat in the main seat in the tent, and the other generals stood on both sides. The Zhao army had just been surrounded and still maintained a minimum posture.
Seeing that Zhao Kuo wanted to speak first, Huang Xuan smiled mockingly, threw the documents and letters on his body on the table and said: "General, I am not actually from Zhao, but a businessman from Qi."
Lorraine can be said to be the best simultaneous interpreter in the next tens of thousands of years. Almost as soon as Huang Xuan said this, everyone present changed their expressions at the same time, and even the excited general drew his sword directly.
The relationship between Zhao and Qi was acceptable, but the Qi people pretended to be the envoys of King Zhao. "He has a heart that can be killed," someone immediately shouted.
Dian Wei glared angrily and blocked several people with swords in front of Huang Xuan. Zhao Kuo's eyes twitched slightly and said: "Who are you?"
"I am indeed the envoy of King Zhao." Huang Xuan first eased the atmosphere, and then said: "General, does he know who the general opposite is?"
"Could it be that it's not Wang Lu?" Zhao Kuo reacted immediately.
"Does Wang Lu have such momentum?" Neither Wang Lu nor Bai Qi had any perceptual knowledge. What he knew was just the analysis of modern people, so he just said according to the script: "Three years In a confrontation, has the Qin army ever been so cunning? How can Wang Lu have the courage to march forward and kill thousands of soldiers
Although Zhao Kuo was defeated in one battle, creating the largest annihilation battle in the history of the Warring States Period, in theory, Comrade Sima Qian also said, "In theory, Zhao Kuo is unbeatable." Therefore, this person is at least a national defense official. The university professor stared at Huang Xuan clearly and said, "Is it Bai Qi?"
Only Bai Qi is the ever-victorious general of the contemporary Qin State, and his reputation is very bad.
The King of Qin was very aware of the intimidating power of his Lord Wu An, so he declared, "Whoever dares to say that Lord Wu An is the commander will die."
Zhao Kuo may not even know about this until his death.
But as an excellent theorist, he had reason to find doubts in it - if he had the energy to study it carefully during the period when he was arguing with other military officials, commanding and deploying, distributing military rations, and deciding to break out.
Huang Xuan nodded silently, his face serious and unpretentious.
"You have false words." Huang Xuan heard this sentence clearly. He shook his head solemnly and said: "The King of Qin has arrived in Hanoi, and the road from Handan to here is no longer the same."
"What about the army rations?"
Huang Xuan shook his head.
Zhao Kuo's face could almost be described as earth-colored, which is a sign of poor heart and spleen function. It seems that his quality of life is very problematic these days. In modern terms, it is sub-healthy.
Zhao Kuo glanced at the officer beside him and said, "Does King Zhao have an order?"
Huang Xuan still shook his head. This was not in line with the plan. He looked at Zhao Kuo and said, "I need the general's order to report to King Zhao and inform him of the situation here. If there is a chance, I will come back."
A general asked distrustfully: "Since the blockade is so tight, how did you get through the Danshui line?"
"There are hundreds of people coming with me, and maybe others will come." Huang Xuan's face was calm, but he was smiling in his heart.
"That's all." Zhao Kuo waved his hand exhausted. Zhao Jun's only hope at present is to attack both inside and outside to break the blockade. If so, it is even possible to keep a considerable number of Qin people in Shangdang County.
However, when Huang Xuan ruthlessly shattered this hope, Zhao Kuo's desire for victory suddenly faded. He was not even willing to think about the consequences if this main force of Zhao was surrounded and annihilated by Qin. (To be continued)