"Bai Qi led his army to choose the best time to send troops and the route of march, and took the strategic initiative to attack Chu. The Qin army fought alone in Chu, and it can be said that they risked their lives to survive."
"In this battle, Bai Qi took advantage of the fact that the King of Chu's city was not repaired and the frontier preparations were idle. He adopted the tactic of digging out the heart to invade the Chu State. He also used the tactic of breaking water to attack the city to capture Yan City, the capital of the Chu State, and then went eastward along the Yangtze River to penetrate deeper. In the territory of Chu, he captured Ying, the capital of Chu State, burned the ancestral temple and Yiling of Chu State, and won the final victory. In this battle, Qin State obtained a large amount of land from Chu State, and Chu State was forced to move its capital, and its national power was greatly weakened."
"After King Chu Qingxiang moved his capital to Chen, he gathered the armed forces from the east of Chu and only had more than 100,000 troops. Although he recaptured the 15 riverside towns occupied by Qin in the west, he could no longer compete with Qin. After passing through the Qin State After a series of blows, the state of Chu collapsed until it was finally destroyed by Qin."
"In the forty-third year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Bai Qi began to attack South Korea. He captured many cities unstoppably and cut off South Korea's Taihang Road. Shangdang's road to the capital was cut off. Who doesn't know Bai Qi's reputation? Now that they are at his side, the King of Han wants to dedicate Shangdang to Qin so that Qin can stop its troops."
"But at this time, the governor Feng Ting was unwilling to surrender to the Qin Dynasty. Shangdang's road to the outside world had been cut off, and he was no longer a Korean citizen. Qin soldiers were approaching day by day, and South Korea could not rescue them. It would be better to surrender Shangdang to Zhao. , if the State of Zhao accepts it, the State of Qin will be angry and attack the State of Zhao. If the State of Zhao is attacked, it must be close to South Korea. If Han and Zhao join forces, they can resist the State of Qin. When they have an idea, they pay homage to King Zhao."
"If it were another country, he would definitely not dare to take over. However, he is not afraid of Zhao. He mobilized millions of troops to fight. After months and months of attacks, he could not capture a single city. Now he is enjoying the success and has gained seventeen cities. This is a great benefit that cannot be lost. At this opportunity, it is difficult for others to compete with Bai Qi. Lian Po of Zhao is brave and good at fighting and cherishes his soldiers. He is not as good as Bai Qi in field battles, but he is fully capable of defending the city."
"So the State of Zhao took over Shangdang, and the State of Zhao sent Lian Po to lead the army to garrison Changping to prevent Qin from attacking. This cooperation between Zhao and Han became the trigger for the Battle of Changping."
In the forty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the Qin general Wang Lu attacked Han, captured Shangdang, and then attacked Zhao.
"Lian Po, the general of the Zhao State, was very sophisticated and deployed three lines of defense in Changping: the first was the Kongcang Ridge line of defense, the second was the Danhe line of defense, and the third line of defense was the Bailishi Great Wall. Three lines of defense The defense line stretched for tens of miles from east to west, and was dotted and connected to each other. The first encounter between the Qin Army and the Zhao Army took place in the valley to the west of the first line of defense. During the melee, the Qin Army killed the Zhao forwards, broke through Kongcang Ridge, and captured Zhao Guanglang City, an important military frontline town.
"Perhaps Lian Po also saw that the Qin army's offensive was unstoppable. The Zhao army was unfavorable in consecutive battles and suffered heavy losses. Lian Po re-analyzed the situation between the enemy and ourselves, and saw that the terrain was not conducive to the Zhao army, and the Qin army's supply line was much longer than that of the Zhao army. Logistics The protection is more difficult than that of Zhao State, so we are determined to abandon the positions on the west bank of the Dan River that are difficult to defend, and the entire army shrinks to the second line of defense east of the Dan River to build barriers. We are determined to wait for work in an effort to frustrate the Qin army's vigor and hold on to wait for changes."
"At that time, the general of the Qin army was Wang Lu. He really had no way to defend Lian Po. In other words, facing this kind of defense, no one could use it. The two sides had to fight for national strength and supplies!"
"Judging from the tactical purpose of holding on, Lian Po was successful. No matter how hard the Qin army attacked, they could not break through the Danhe defense line. The Qin and Zhao armies formed a confrontation. The war lasted for three years, and the Qin army lost troops and generals."
"The first stage of the Changping War was a three-year war of attrition."
"In the Battle of Changping, Lian Po's strategy was to hold on, and the difference in military strength between Zhao and Qin was not very big, but this also caused a problem. The food and grass for both sides was astronomical every day, and they also had to lose to Qin. Both the Qin State and Zhao State were very powerful. If some other small countries had starved to death, Qin State was anxious. At this time, Fan Ju, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, launched a counterintuitive plan. He bribed the ministers of Zhao State and secretly said that they were honest. They spoke badly of Zhao Kuo, and Qin's spies in Zhao State also used force. They praised Zhao Kuo, suppressed Lian Po, and spread rumors."
"At this time, great heroes of the Qin State also appeared..."
"This countermeasure is indeed effective. Zhao State cannot continue to support the strategic stalemate. Zhao State's grain output is only one-third of Qin State. The war lasted for three years and the huge consumption of 200,000 troops made Zhao State's economic strength weak. Zhao She's weakness was completely exposed, and he was even more eager to end the war. In addition, Zhao She defeated the Qin army in a battle with Yu, which made Zhao Guo feel lucky. If he concentrated his forces to fight to the death, Qin might not be invincible, so he changed his strategy of holding on. Coupled with the rumors about Lian Po, Lian Po was directly replaced by Zhao Kuo, the "paper strategist"."
"While Zhao State changed its generals to fight against the Qin army, King Qin Zhaoxiang also secretly sent Wu'an Jun Bai Qi as general to lead the army on the front line."
Xu Da: You haven’t fought a single battle, so you go to the battlefield like this?
Liu Che: This countermeasure worked well because the general was replaced by a "paper talk" guy because of rumors.
Qin Shihuang: This Lian Po is indeed a ruthless person, what a pity!
Cao Cao: Rumors stop only for the wise. King Zhao is really not smart. I even said that I like wives. Look at my subordinates, none of them will believe it.
Liu Bei: Haha!
Yuan Shao: Haha!
Dian Wei: My lord, didn’t you say you wanted to see Zhou Yu’s wife?
Zhou Yu: Thief Cao, wait for me!
Cao Cao:......
"After the Qin Dynasty changed the commander to Bai Qi, he also ordered the news to be kept strictly confidential. Therefore, in Zhao Kuo's eyes, the Qin army commander at the moment was still Wang Lu. The reason why Zhao Kuo called it "paper talk" was because he had only seen According to the military book, this is my first time on the battlefield, and I will only fight according to King Zhao Xiaocheng’s ideas. It is made of hard steel. As soon as it came into contact, the Qin army was defeated, which made Zhao Kuo very happy."
"This is a newbie who just came out of the novice village and wanted to fight the boss, so he was in tragedy. All the Kuchazi was deceived by Bai Qi."
"Bai Qi led the Qin army to run all the way, looking extremely cowardly, while Zhao Kuo took advantage of the victory to pursue him. He pursued desperately, but was led to the mountains by Bai Qi. However, after the reform of Zhao State, he relied on his subordinates Elite cavalry, but in the mountains, the advantages of cavalry are undoubtedly not played out. The result is obvious. Bai Qi won a great victory. Zhao Kuo was also desperate and was pierced by thousands of arrows by the Qin army. In this battle, 200,000 enemies were killed and 400,000 were captured. Zhao Jun!"
"But here, Bai Qi encountered the problem of his life, that is, how to deal with the surrender of 400,000 Zhao troops?"
"The 400,000 captured troops have not consumed much food and grass for three years. They can't even feed the Qin army themselves, let alone the prisoners. So what should we do with these 400,000 captured troops?"
