Donggu Mountain, the commander of the Zhao army.

"There is news from Handan, there is not enough food and grass in the rear, and we must fight a decisive battle with the Qin army." General Zhao Guo said very worriedly.

"Father, it's not that there is no food in Handan City." The lieutenant of the Chinese military academy dared to come out of such a sentence unawares. The captain Hu Dare is the youngest son of the general of Zhao Guo, and Hu Yong, the eldest son of Hu Yong, is defending the city of Ye.

"Is there grain and grass in Handan City? Where does the grain and grass come from? General Zhao asked in surprise.

"The Emperor of Zhao and the clan have hoarded a lot of grain and grass in the mansion of the emperor of the clan, especially in the mansion of the powerful minister Guo Kai, and the grain and grass he has hoarded alone is enough for an army of 100,000 to maintain a year's consumption." The lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, Hu Dang, breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "I am familiar with many generals in the Guo Mansion, and I learned that Guo Kai has been hoarding grain and grass recently, and he is ready to sell it and make a big profit when there is a famine in the Zhao Kingdom. ”

"Don't talk about it anymore. Guo Kai is selfish and stingy, how can he take the lead in donating food to save the country. Besides, the reason why his father was able to take over from the old general Pang Xuan to command Zhao Jun was also because of Guo Kai. Because in Zhao State, no one can offend Guo Kai. The old general Lian Po is highly respected and has made outstanding achievements, and he has not been framed by Guo Kai and fled to other countries, which is the best example. General Zhao sighed sadly.

"Father, the biggest in Zhao is King Zhao. As long as we have the evidence of Guo Kai's crimes, we can bring down Guo Kai. The lieutenant of the Chinese military academy retorted unconvinced.

"Have evidence of Guo Kai's crimes? Guo Kai's ears and eyes are all over the Zhao Kingdom, and even in the palace of King Zhao, there are many ears and eyes. I'm afraid that before you have collected all the incriminating evidence, Guo Kai has already laid out how to deal with us in advance. Come to think of it, Guo Kai has also been a little wary of the old man recently. That's why he sent the old man to take over Yecheng and other places, why didn't he want to get rid of the old man through the Qin army's soldiers. At present, it seems that we can only hope that we can defeat the Qin army in order to get the attention of the king. With the king's trust, we have the opportunity to duel with Guo Kai. General Zhao said helplessly, in fact, he also understood that defeating the Qin army, which was twice as strong, was simply a pipe dream.

"Father, the Qin army is twice as large as our army, not to mention the Qin army's deep ditches and high bases, and sharp armor, how can our army defeat them?" The lieutenant of the Chinese military academy dared to ask in disbelief.

"My Hu family has been deeply favored by the country since the beginning of King Zhao Wuling, and now I can only fight to the death with the Qin army to repay the king's kindness." General Zhao said helplessly, and then looked at his youngest son Hu Dare with loving eyes, "Several grandchildren are young and ignorant. You leave tonight, take refuge in the Chu State, and finally leave a bloodline for the Hu family. ”

"I will send someone to send my relatives and family away, but I will fight to the end with my father and brother, otherwise I will only spend the rest of my life in remorse and shame. How can a manly man be greedy for life and afraid of death! "The lieutenant of the Chinese military academy dared to kneel for a long time, and it was obvious that if the commander did not agree, he would kneel until he died.

"That's it, that's it...... Since you already have the ambition to die, let's fight to the death with the Qin army. General Zhao Guo burst into tears, and finally agreed ruthlessly.

Zhao lost more than 400,000 troops in the Battle of Changping, why is it less than 10 years old, and it is an eastern power?

In the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, Zhao was defeated. After more than a year of fierce fighting, Zhao's more than 400,000 troops were wiped out. After this defeat, Zhao's vitality was greatly damaged, and the elite of the domestic army was exhausted. Judging from the situation at that time, it seems that Zhao is no longer able to compete with other countries for the world. But no one thought that in less than ten years, Zhao would once again become a power in the East. So, how did the already poor and weak Zhao State do it?

Just 9 years after the end of the Battle of Changping, the Yan State sent a large army to attack the Zhao State, and it turned out that the Yan State tried to take advantage of the fire to loot. The envoys of the Yan State found in the Zhao State that the age of the soldiers of the Zhao State varied greatly, ranging from dolls in their teens to veterans with gray beards. Under such circumstances, Yan decided to attack Zhao in a big way. But I never expected that Yan Guo was beaten by Zhao Guo, and Zhao's army was still very strong. Logically speaking, the elite of Zhao's army has long ceased to exist, and Zhao simply doesn't have much strength. In fact, it can only be said that Yan Guo does not understand the actual situation of Zhao Guo.

First of all, Zhao is a country surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, and since the reform of King Wuling of Zhao, the atmosphere of martial arts in Zhao is very strong. This is similar to the Qin state, as for other countries, fighting a war is a matter for the army. Zhao lost more than 400,000 elites in the Battle of Changping, and although the combat effectiveness of the reconstituted troops in the country was not particularly strong, it was still more than enough for a country of Yan's level. Later facts proved that the army of Zhao was indeed strong, and Zhao had a good foundation.

The second is to absorb a large number of Hu people, relying on Zhao's own population is far from enough. When Li Mu was guarding the northern border, he recruited a large number of nomads into the army. Later, a large part of Zhao's more than 200,000 troops were Hu people. The most important thing is that Zhao did not reject these Hu people, and the soldiers of Zhao State were equal to these Hu soldiers, and everyone fought and lived together. Over time, the Hu people also developed that sense of identity with their family and country. In one point, the Central Plains culture is very powerful, and that is assimilation. No matter how fierce the nation is, it will be assimilated in the Central Plains. Of course, how about the Golden Soldiers? What about the Great Liao Kingdom?

The third is that Zhao retains a perfect command system, and other countries are all one capital, and Zhao actually has three. In addition to the nominal capital Handan, the old capital of Jinyang and the important town of Daijun in the north also had certain command functions. Later, the Qin army occupied Handan, and the remnants of Zhao re-established power in Daijun. Therefore, it is very difficult to completely destroy the command system of Zhao State. The later Ming Dynasty was similar to only a little, in addition to Beijing and Nanjing, there was also a central capital, Fengyang. After Li Zicheng conquered the Beijing Division, the Fu King Zhu Yousong was immediately able to rebuild the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing.

The fourth is that after the fiasco of Zhao Guochangping, there is still a strong combat power!

Regarding the Battle of Changping, the well-known description is that Zhao Kuo was unable to command, which led to the defeat of the Zhao army. After the war, more than 400,000 soldiers of Zhao were killed. However, in fact, more than 200,000 Zhao troops were killed in battle, and more than 200,000 people were executed who surrendered after the death of the generals. The Qin army on the opposite side also suffered more than 20 thousand casualties. According to Sima Qian's records, after this battle, "more than half of the Qin soldiers died, and the country was empty". Even the Qin State is "empty", and the situation of the Zhao State will only be worse than this. At that time, Zhao Kuo took the liberty of leading the army to battle, but he was also forced to do so. If there was any flaw in the Zhao army at that time, it was logistics. In the later stages of the Battle of Changping, the monarch of Zhao had sent people to the still wealthy Qi State to pray for food aid, but unfortunately the Qi State did not allow it. In desperation, the front-line army, which was already almost out of food, had to go out to face the battle.

If the Zhao army could defeat the Qin army in a continuous head-to-head confrontation, why did Lian Po still bear the infamy and stand out of the wilderness? It is not that the Zhao army does not have this combat effectiveness, but that the Zhao State does not have such national strength to support the army's long-term frontal combat. It can only be said that Zhao lost at the beginning, and lost in national strength and logistics. But the soldiers of Zhao State stubbornly carried it with their own will. Of course, this is not to overturn the case for Zhao Kuo. After all, what he was carrying at that time was the family foundation accumulated by Zhao Guo for more than 200 years.

But even if the main force is finished, Zhao Guo is not empty. In 258 BC, that is, two years after the Battle of Changping, the Qin State sent a total of 550,000 troops to besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao State. Under the command of Lian Po, Pingyuan Jun and others, more than 280,000 troops of the combined forces of Zhao, Wei and Chu defeated the Qin army under the city. In this battle, the coalition forces killed and wounded more than 400,000 Qin troops, and in one fell swoop wiped out the casualty ratio of the Battle of Changping.

If it weren't for the strict administrative system of the Qin State and the national policy of "ploughing and warfare" set by Shang Ying, it would have been difficult to recover from the two major wars in succession. A few years later, Zhao Guo ushered in a chance to fight back. In 241 B.C., the five-nation coalition led by Zhao State, totaling more than one million people, marched west to conquer Qin, which was the Battle of Weiyu. If the coalition forces in this battle are tightly combined, then history will be rewritten. However, history does not allow for the assumption that after this war, the six eastern countries were really powerless to resist Qin.

Zhao has these advantages, which is enough to ensure that Zhao also has the strength of a strong country. But in the Battle of Changping, Zhao lost more than 400,000 elites after all, which could not be made up for no matter what. In fact, after the Battle of Changping, the trend of Qin's unification of the world has basically formed. In the following decades, the six eastern kingdoms counterattacked the Qin state several times, but to no avail. The Qin state has an absolute advantage in terms of manpower and material resources, and the unification of the Qin state is only a matter of time. Of course, Qin's own system also had many problems, and the later collapse of Qin's state had a lot to do with it.

Yecheng, the city guard.

"Last night, my father sent a dead soldier to risk his life to cross the blockade of the Qin army and send a message." Yecheng guard general Hu Yong looked at several captains under his command and said.

"I wonder what the big marshal has planned? Now Yecheng is strictly defended, and there is no fear of the Qin army attacking the city. However, there is a lack of food and grass in the city, and I am afraid that before the Qin army attacks the city, we will starve to death first. The lieutenant general of the city guard asked impatiently.

Yecheng has 50,000 elite soldiers, plus 3,000 ink people and tens of thousands of young people to help defend the city. Even the Qin army only besieged but did not attack.

"The Zhao State is short of food, and the king has ordered his father to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army." Yecheng guard Hu Yong hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth.

"What? Decisive battle with the Qin army? The lieutenant general defending the city was shocked, and the rest of the lieutenants immediately buzzed when they heard it.

The commander of the Qin army.

"Generals, there is a secret report from Handan. The Zhao army is short of food and grass, and it is very likely that the general of Zhao will take the risk of sending troops. The commander of the Qin State, Huan Qi, was overjoyed, it can be said that he was majestic, and thought: Finally, it is the turn of the old man to take charge of the army, and he must leave his name in history.

"Boss, since the Zhao army is short of food and grass, it is best for our army to hold out and consume the enemy army." Adjutant General Yang Duanhe suggested.

The rest of the Qin generals naturally echoed the voice.

"Well, Ben Shuai also has this intention. Wait until the Zhao army is exhausted, and our army will attack with all its might. The commander of the Qin State, Huan Qi, naturally didn't want to fight with the Zhao army, who was eager to fight, and agreed.