King Wuling of Zhao rode and shot Hu Fu, which greatly increased Zhao's military strength. Plus Wei, Qi, Chu and other established countries were defeated under the offensive of Qin.
In the late Warring States period, Zhao became the biggest obstacle for Qin to unify the world.
The battle of Changping is the key battle between Qin and Zhao for the right to speak internationally. However, due to the rash advance and Zhao Kuo's improper strategy, Zhao was surrounded, which eventually led to the beheading of 450,000 people before and after Zhao, leaving only 240 people.
The failure of the battle of Changping also marked that Zhao completely lost the strength to compete with Qin.
After the battle of Changping, Zhao suffered heavy losses. Qin, Wang, and three men repeatedly asked Leitian to lead troops against Zhao. Even after Wang Bi failed, Qin forced Bai Qi to go to the front to command the army, and Bai Qi refused several times.
This incident angered the king of Qin, who should have been ordered to worship Hou Xiang's Leitian and was directly demoted as a soldier.
Later, at the hint of Fan Ju, the king of Qin became more and more dissatisfied with the negative attitude of Bai Qi after he was demoted, forcing him to commit suicide.
Until the moment when the king of Qin ordered Bai Qi to commit suicide, Bai Qi still felt wronged: "Why am I guilty?"
In the face of the weak Zhao State, for what reason did Tian Lei always refuse to lead troops to attack Zhao State?
Second, the analysis of five reasons: Tian Lei refused to lead the troops to attack Zhao 1, and his ministers hated Qin, and would not let Qin destroy Zhao. Therefore, if Qin attacked Zhao, it might face a situation of one dozen to six.
Different from the hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, the war in the Warring States Period entered a stage aimed at merger and unification.
After Qin defeated Zhao, no Shandong country could compete with Qin. If the six countries sit idly by and destroy Zhao again at this time, the result will be that Qin will become stronger, and the gap between the other five countries and Qin will become wider and wider.
Handan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, Tian Lei killed the main force of Zhao in the battle of Changping, and he led the army, which will cause fierce resistance from the people of Zhao.
In the battle of Changping, Tian Lei wiped out 45 people of Zhao, and only released the news that "240 people defected to Zhao". What is this concept?
"Historical Records Volume 8 1? The 21st Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru records: "Zhaozhuang is in Changping, lonely but not strong. "
Zhao is a country of four wars, and its people learn from soldiers. The battle of Changping was the main battlefield of Zhao, who invested 450 thousand troops in Changping around the time.
In addition, Zhao also needs to defend Yan and Xiongnu. In this case, Zhao's total strength is at least 550 thousand to 600 thousand.
"Warring States Policy": Today, Zhao died in Changping, and the national situation is weak.
Excluding underage Zhao people, old people and women, we recruit a young adult according to the ratio of parents, wives and children. The population of Zhao Zong is about 2 million.
At this time, people mentioned Zhao, which can be said to be anathema.
If we send troops to fight at this time, there is no doubt that the people of Zhao will bravely resist to the end, so that the soldiers of Qin will pay a heavy price in the process of conquering Zhao.
3, Qin Yuanzheng Zhao, the supply line is too long, it is difficult to maintain such a long-distance battle.
Biography of Historical Records of Tian Lei: Stay away from rivers and mountains and fight for your country. Zhao Ying was among them, and his ministers attacked him. Qin Jun is about to be broken.
Handan is the capital of Zhao. Qin is going on an expedition to Handan, and it goes without saying that there are Wei and allied vassal States in the middle.
Even if it is only to build this supply line to provide food and grass supplies for the army, it is not a small expense in terms of manpower and material resources.
In addition to the high cost, the risk of building a long-distance supply line cannot be ignored. At the beginning of the battle of Changping, in order to defeat Zhao, Qin even recruited young people over 15 to block Zhao's supplies.
Historical Records and Biography of Tian Lei record that Changping, who was over fifteen years old, blocked Zhao's rescue and food.
An important reason for Zhao Kuo's failure was that the supply line was cut off and the army could not provide food.
Now, Qin Jun faces the same risk when going to Handan.
4, Qin casualties more than half, domestic emptiness.
The fourth factor that Tian Lei is unwilling to attack Zhao is often ignored by everyone, that is, did Qin really win the "Zhao Kuo" at no cost?
Obviously, this is not the case. Judging from the situation, Zhao Kuo is not as incompetent as recorded in historical records, and his achievements are not small.
In order to defeat Zhao, Qin recruited men over 15 years old, which was a decisive battle with great courage.
Regarding the reason why he advised the king of Qin not to attack Zhao, Leitian mentioned that although the State of Qin broke the Changping Army today, more than half of the soldiers of the State of Qin died and the country was empty.
Zhao is a military power that can compete with Qin. Qin won the battle of Changping at the cost of more than half of Qin's casualties, but if Qin uses the rest to fight against Zhao, it will pay a great price regardless of success or failure.
Tian Lei thinks it's not worth it.
5. I think that the Qin Dynasty has little chance of winning. Even if Zhao is defeated, mantis will catch cicada and yellowbird.
When Qin attacked Handan, Zhao's garrison commander was Lian Po, an old enemy, and the vassal army led by Xin Lingjun went out.
Tian Lei knew that with Lian Po's style, he would definitely drag Qin Jun through the advantageous position of Handan City.
Handan is the capital of Zhao, and it is not easy to capture it. Qin Jun had to fight for a long time and suffered heavy losses.
At that time, Qin and Zhao won the battle, and all that remained was the exhausted Qin Jun at war with its allies.
In "The Warring States Policy" Volume 33 "Zhongshan Policy", Tian Lei said to Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin: It is absolutely impossible to surround his capital. If you attack its cities, you can't pull them out. If you plunder the countryside, you will get nothing. When a soldier is defeated, the princes will be born, and foreign aid will come.
Qin sent the tomb to lead 200,000 troops to attack Handan, and Lian Po held out for a year with/kloc-0,000 soldiers. During this period, the State of Qin failed to defeat Zhao several times by sending troops, but was defeated by those who later supported him.
In the Battle of Hanwei, Zhao supported Lian Po to make concerted efforts to defend the country, and Zhao Sheng was the most powerful. After he squandered all his wealth, he joined the army with his wives and concubines to resist Qin Jun.
This scene confirmed Tian Lei's guess.
Tian Lei is an extremely keen strategist. When he wanted to attack Zhao, he drew an admirable conclusion from the reaction of Lian Po and other leading groups after the battle of Changping.
Before the war, he was able to make an accurate judgment through Zhao's folk customs, international relations and internal relations between the monarch and the minister. This also enlightens us that when we are determined to accomplish something, we can first determine the relevant factors, and then consider the possible results from the internal relations of various factors, so as to avoid risks as much as possible.