The reason why Qin Zhaoxiang King Ying Ji is a talented and strategic monarch is naturally reflected in many aspects. However, at the moment, he is worried. A great general does not care about the gain or loss of a city or a territory, or the survival of an army or a battalion. What he wants is the victory of the entire war. As a monarch, you must consider the strategic future of the country. At this moment, what King Qin Zhaoxiang needs is a complete victory in the Battle of Changping. Bai Qi is too arrogant. Zhao Jun plus Shangdang Army have 500,000 troops! A shout can cause the earth to collapse, and a wave of war flags can make the sun and moon dim.
Anyone who is a little familiar with the art of war must know: "If you take advantage of danger, you will be defeated internally (Zhao Kuo is in a dangerous place, if you take more risks, Zhao Jun will definitely be unstable); if you take advantage of it, it will be defeated externally (Zhao Jun is in a favorable position) The terrain, while Bai Qi lives on flat ground, if Bai Qi does not use surprise troops, he will be defeated)." This sentence is very reasonable.
At this moment, Zhao Jun has actually lost half of the battle. Whether it is military morale or strategic position, Zhao Jun is in a passive position. It was also at this time that history could truly understand Zhao Kuo. He just lacked training. The first time he independently took charge of the army, he presided over a battle of the century that was related to the fate of two countries and even the entire Warring States period. The first time he independently took charge of the army, he faced off against the best master in the world. In terms of strength, Zhao Kuo is facing tremendous pressure. If it were any other person, he would have collapsed, abandoned his armor, and surrendered long ago. However, Zhao Kuo did not, perhaps out of self-confidence, perhaps out of a pride derived from blood, he would not give in easily. Since the Zhao army could not attack the Qin army's fortress for a while, the Zhao army simply rebuilt the fortress in the Dan Valley, holding on while looking for opportunities to break out.
It is not unreasonable to say that Bai Qi took a strange risk with this move. To make a surprise move, you need to master one word - fast, so that you can catch him by surprise and attack him unprepared. After the two sides faced off for several days, Zhao Kuo finally discovered that although the Zhao army was pinched from the east to the west, there were still some loopholes in the north and south. As long as the Qin army was broken through all the way, Bai Qi would lose everything. There was nothing else to worry about. The most important thing now was to gain time. Zhao Kuo ordered his troops to break out day and night, while Bai Qi kept building the fortress day and night. So, on the Changping battlefield, people saw this scene: Zhao Jun broke through the Qin Army's first barrier, and Bai Qi built another barrier. After changing hands, the war entered a fierce stage. There were rotting corpses of soldiers and broken walls everywhere, a scene of the end of the world.
Changping became a hell in the hearts of soldiers from both countries. Thousands of soldiers buried their bones here every day. It was a fierce battle like a nightmare. The blood dyed the earth red and gathered into rivers. It was so red that it made people feel sad. His eyes were dizzy and his whole body was cold, so later generations named the river Dan River based on the brutality of the battle.
Both sides are thinking, when will this battle end?
Contrary to King Zhao Xiaocheng's passive waiting and inaction, King Qin Zhaoxiang took the initiative to attack and conquered personally, as if he also knew that this must be the battle of Qing Shi Yongming.
Of course, this was not the whim of King Qin Zhaoxiang. He knew that Zhao Kuo's biggest dilemma at the moment was the lack of food, grass, soldiers and horse reinforcements. Therefore, King Qin Zhaoxiang decided to personally go out and come to the encirclement to provide reinforcements. However, King Qin Zhaoxiang also knew that the Qin State had already used all its strength to fight the Zhao army, and the remaining soldiers could only reluctantly cooperate with the diplomatic and political offensive to defend the country. Therefore, King Qin Zhaoxiang handed over all domestic affairs to Fan Ju, and he went to Hanoi, the newly occupied area of Qin State to the south of Shangdang (that is, the area between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River in northeastern Henan) to recruit soldiers and horses: he was given a first-level title, as long as he was over 15 years old. All the men must be recruited to Changping. King Qin Zhaoxiang personally led the newly recruited army from the Taihang Mountains to the north, quickly passing through Wanzi City and Tianjing Pass (in today's Jincheng, Shanxi), and soon arrived at Changping. Nearby. Of course, these recruits will not be responsible for the main battlefield tasks. Some of them will build barriers for Bai Qi and perform encirclement tasks. The other part will go north to insert between Changping and Handan, plunder the Zhao people's food and grass in separate routes, and prevent reinforcements. Bai Qi was worried that he had almost no extra troops. If the Zhao army came to reinforce at this time, the Qin army would turn from active to passive, and would be attacked from both sides by the enemy. But King Qin Zhaoxiang's act of providing help in the snow eliminated his worries.
On the other hand, Zhao Jun's already stretched supplies of food, grass, soldiers and horses were cut off by the enemy. The crisis of hunger, desperate morale, and the whining of the horses all seemed to indicate that Zhao Jun had no hope.
King Zhao Xiaocheng finally began to worry. He was afraid that once Zhao Kuo was trapped, it would be difficult to escape. You know, the leader of the army was Bai Qi, the god of war. If it were Wang Lu, other countries might lend a helping hand, but Bai Qi would have to consider it carefully. No one would dare to play with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his country.
Some countries even still think that if Qin wins, the five countries can regain their former unity and fight against Qin together. However, if the Zhao army wins, the situation in the world will take a turn for the worse. From now on, the Qin State will be unable to come out of the pass, while the Zhao State will attack everywhere, and the first victims will be Wei, Qi and other countries. From this point of view, it is unwise to support any country before Qin and Zhao have a winner. They don't know that as long as they maintain this neutrality in front of them, they actually constitute a kind of support for Qin. It's just that with this kind of support, after the Qin army wins, they will not be grateful to them, but will regard them as the next target of conquest.
Soon, the reinforcements led by King Qin Zhaoxiang successfully joined Bai Qi's army. Feng Ting's Shangdang troops were also attacked from two sides by the cavalry led by Sima Cuo, Sima Gong and his son, and the reinforcements sent by King Qin Zhaoxiang, and were quickly annihilated. Or captured. Feng Ting himself died in the battle, and all the baggage and food in Daliang Mountain returned to the Qin army. At this point, Zhao Kuo's foreign aid was cut off, all his ambitions were in vain, and he could only fight to the death to break through.
The war has reached this point, and the armies on both sides have tensed up. Especially Zhao Jun, 450,000 people were struggling on the line of life and death. Their psychology had been twisted and crazy; their mood was extremely dull and depressed; their bloodiness erupted again and again in the blood, making the enemy feel as if their livers and gallbladders were split. During the 46 arduous days from the end of July to the beginning of September, the Zhao army never gave up the attack for a single day. Both sides suffered heavy losses. The Zhao army's 250,000 troops were buried underground, and the Qin army's nearly 200,000 troops were buried in the ground.
Zhao Jun had exhausted all the morale he had used, and all that was left was a cry of despair; Zhao Jun had eaten up all the rations he had used, and the fish, shrimp, and vegetation in the river valley had long been swept away like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, leaving only The only option is for the living to eat the dead.
It can be seen from this that the tenacity of Zhao Jun is really extraordinary; it can also be seen that Zhao Kuo is worthy of the title of Ma Fuzi, and his bravery is not inferior to his father at all. It's a pity that he was proud and underestimated the enemy, and used the wrong strategy from the beginning. What's even more pity is that his perhaps correct strategy was used on the wrong opponent. Bai Qi knew that if this son was not eliminated today, if he died in the future, there might be no one in Qin who could resist him. Zhao Kuo's outstanding talent also brought him death.
Zhao Kuo also knew that he had a narrow escape from death this time. As long as they can rush out, the army can survive, they can survive, and even the entire war chess game can be reversed. Therefore, Zhao Kuo decided to make the final fight against the trapped beast. He knew that it was a supreme honor for a general to die on horseback or on the battlefield.
In the last charge, Zhao Kuo divided the remaining Zhao troops into four teams. One of the teams was led by Zhao Kuo himself. This time, Zhao Kuo stood on the coach's chariot and roared towards the enemy. Countless Zhao troops around him surged forward like a tide. All they hoped for was the most basic survival.
However, what greeted them was not the dawn of life, but the haze of death. In the Qin army's camp, they were already well prepared: at the front were the shield soldiers, followed closely by three rows of Qin's most powerful crossbowmen. The Zhao army that swarmed forward was unable to defeat the rain-like shooting of three rows of crossbowmen, and they fell one after another. The one in front fell down, and the one behind pushed up. I don’t know how long this heroic scene lasted, and all that was left were arrows and mountains of corpses.
However, Zhao Jun no longer cares about all this. Either you die or I die, there is no third option. Soon, Zhao Jun rushed to within a hundred steps of the Qin Army's camp, stepping on the corpses of his companions, and met the Qin Army at hand-to-hand combat.
The Qin army's halberd was 2.8 meters long, its beryllium was 3.5 meters long, and its spear was 7 meters long. During combat, soldiers with different weapons work together to protect each other. Their impact and protection are impeccable. Although the Zhao soldiers fought bravely, they still suffered heavy casualties in the face of such a terrifying war machine. Many days of hunger and embarrassment reduced the Zhao army's combat effectiveness by an unknown amount. Under the ruthless stranglehold of the army, it turned into a wisp of blue smoke and drifted towards the Netherworld Ghost Mansion.
The Qin army was completely shocked at this time. They had never seen such a tenacious team. If it were the armies of other countries, they would have surrendered long ago. After being besieged for 46 days without any support from soldiers, horses, food and grass, Zhao Jun was probably the only one who could attack the Qin Army and cause huge damage to the Qin Army. Faced with Zhao Jun's crazy actions, many Qin troops even thought of giving up.
However, at this time, God threw his favor towards the Qin army. At this time, the Qin Army's light cavalry and chariot combat troops destroyed Feng Ting's party army and then attacked, pressing the balance of victory heavily towards the Qin Army. In an instant, they heard the thunderous sound of hoofbeats, and the ground began to shake; and then they saw the dark cavalry and chariot troops sweeping in from the two wings of the Zhao army. The chariots were like the wind and the horses were like lightning. The loess all over the sky was rolled up, and the entire battlefield was covered by the yellow clouds, as if to prevent God from seeing how cruel, cruel, and inhumane his people were.
The Qin army's cavalry was one step ahead of the chariots, and took the lead to come within a hundred steps of the Zhao army. They took out their crossbows and fired wildly at those Zhao soldiers who were caught off guard. Soon, thousands of people fell into a pool of blood forever. Immediately afterwards, the chariot arrived. The Qin army on the chariot used the speed of the chariot to quickly pierce Zhao Jun's armor with sharp spears. They turned to the next target before they had time to pull it out; the cavalry also ignored life and death, drew out their swords and charged frantically. Zhao Jun's military formation. Sure enough, Zhao's army was in chaos, and the soldiers began to flee. But as long as Zhao Kuo is still alive, there is a glimmer of a chance to create a miracle in their hearts.
Facing Zhao Jun's retreat, Bai Qi was extremely happy. But all he wants now is Zhao Kuo's life. As a sharp arrow quickly pierced the sky, Zhao Kuo fell heavily to the ground, and at the same time, the hearts of all the soldiers of the Zhao army fell heavily to the ground.
Zhao Kuo was unwilling to give in. As long as he was given one more chance, he could become a famous general. It's a pity that Bai Qi strangled him in the cradle when he led an army alone for the first time. A young and dream-filled life turned into a wisp of smoke, and all that was left in the historical slips were four shameful characters - talk on paper. .
Everything was drowned in this endless sorrow, and the war was frozen at the moment Zhao Kuo fell, and the curtain of the Changping War slowly fell.
Bai Qi told the leaderless Zhao army that as long as they surrendered, the Qin army could save their lives. So, exhausted, they put down the only weapons in their hands.
Bai Qi stood on the bloody battlefield, looking up to the sky and roaring. He won this pinnacle battle. No matter how many enemy soldiers died, Bai Qi faced them coldly. He knew that on the battlefield, either you die or I die, and survival of the fittest is the right way. For the future of Qin, he had to do one last thing - trap and kill.
