On the plain, a lonely city, looking at the past from a distance, anyone can see the meaning of the depression here.

The gates were closed, and on the rammed earth walls, shadowy figures were moving.

This place is the city of Zhao State.

The news that the Qin army was about to crush the border made this place an empty city.

No, in addition to the soldiers of Zhao Guo who defended the city, there was also a place in the city where there were still people.

This place is a library, at this time it was rumored that the army of Qin was about to attack Zhao, and the people of Shencheng had already fled, and only these library disciples remained.

The disciples of the library are all dressed in red and have been practicing calligraphy with all their hearts.

These are the scholars of Zhao in Shancheng, and they firmly believe that as long as the writing of Zhao is still inherited and the culture of Zhao is still inherited, then Zhao will not perish.

At this time, the Qin State had become dominant, and none of the remaining six countries could confront it alone.

Speaking of which, Zhao Guo has also been wide before.

At the beginning of the Zhao state, the northeast bordered Donghu and Yan, Zhongshan and Qi in the east, Wei, Wei and Han in the south, Loufu and Linhu in the north, and Han and Wei in the west.

The huge span makes Zhao State present the characteristics of the Southern Han Dynasty and Northern Hu, and the surrounding strong neighbors are around, and there is a Zhongshan country near the national capital Handan, and the country seems to be fragmented.

So for a long time, the development of Zhao was very difficult. Specifically, it was either the countries that brought troops to attack, or instigated the Zhongshan envoys to stumble until the era of King Wuling of Zhao.

King Zhao Wuling's greatest achievement is "Hufu riding and shooting", since "one country, two systems" is not easy to use, then it is simply all good.

The effect of this was the rapid expansion of Zhao's strength, and in the late Warring States period, when the eastern countries were generally sluggish, Zhao suddenly became Qin's most powerful opponent.

After the Hufu cavalry and archery reform had extremely effective results, King Wuling of Zhao made a decisive attack and began the war of annihilation against Zhongshan.

King Wuling of Zhao poured all the strength of the whole country, and finally eliminated Zhongshan in 296 BC, completing the connection between the mainland and the enclave, and expanding the territory in a large area.

After the destruction of Zhongshan, King Wuling of Zhao made persistent efforts and took the initiative to attack the Linhu, Donghu and other tribes in the north, educated the nomads in the north fiercely, seized the Hetao area, set up Yunzhong and Yanmen counties, and expanded his power to the Hetao area in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

The elimination of Zhongshan doubled the territory of Zhao, greatly increased its strength, and made it a powerful eastern power. "Warring States Policy" has a cloud: "The place of Zhongshan is 500 miles, Zhao is good at it, he is famous, and the world can not harm him." ”

At that time, the Wei State was taken to Hexi by the Qin State, and was exhausted in the years of war; South Korea is getting smaller and smaller under the squeeze of various countries; Qi and Yan were fighting each other, while Chu was beaten by Qin, and the chaotic international environment gave Zhao a chance to dominate.

With the strategic vision of King Wuling of Zhao, it is natural to see that the Qin State will become the great enemy on the road to hegemony of the Zhao State.

At that time, although the Qin State had already undergone the Shang Dynasty Reform and its national strength was flourishing, its military strength was still quite different from that of Zhao at this time.

Zhao turned his guns and drove the main force of Zhao to the northwest border, constantly squeezing the living space of Qin, and at the same time asking for land and resources to the north, and building the Great Wall around Handan to the south for defense.

After this change, Zhao gained enough strategic depth, and the management of Yunzhong and Yanmen made Zhao a sharp sword hanging over Qin's head.

It's a pity that at this time, King Zhao Wuling's brain was pumping, and he was in the prime of life, so he actually gave the throne to his son.

And this son is not a son-in-law, but the son of a favorite concubine, He, as a son-in-law who has not made a huge mistake, what do you make your son-in-law think? What do the subjects of Zhao think?

The tragedy is inevitable, and in the end, a generation of male lords starved to death in the Dune Palace, which is regrettable, and the hegemony of Zhao has since faded.

After that, the rising Qin State beat the Zhao State to a mess with a Battle of Changping, and the Battle of Handan almost destroyed the Zhao State.

Although in the end, with the help of reinforcements from Wei and Chu, the Qin army was defeated, and Zhao saved his life.

But since then, the state of Zhao has been declining day by day, and there is no possibility of competing with Qin for hegemony.

By this time, the people of Zhao had been afraid of Qin for a long time, and before the Qin army came, all the people of Shancheng had fled.

I no longer see the scene of the battle of Handan, when the army and people of the whole city worked together to fight to the death.

The state of Zhao is in complete decline.

At this time, the other two families that were both in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, the two kingdoms of Han and Wei, were in a somewhat inferior situation compared to the Zhao Kingdom.

One of the three Jin Dynasty, the State of Wei, like the State of Zhao, at the beginning of the Warring States Period, had a scattered territory and was located in the land of the four wars in the Central Plains, and if it was not careful, it would face the danger of losing the country.

However, Wei was the first country to change the law to become strong during the Warring States period, Li Kui changed the law, Wu Qi reorganized the army, and the name of Wei Wushu resounded throughout the countries, and the power was unparalleled for a while.

Wei became the first powerful and powerful country at the beginning of the Warring States period.

It's a pity that in the Battle of Maling, Wei Wushu was ambushed by the Qi army, the main general Pang Juan was killed in battle, the Wei State declined, and Wei Wushu's vitality was greatly damaged, and his prestige was no longer there.

Later, the Qin general Bai Qi defeated the Wei and Han coalition forces in Yique, beheaded 240,000, and the Wei Wushu lost everything, and since then he has completely withdrawn from the historical stage, and the Wei State has been completely reduced to a fish belly since then.

As for Korea, which is also one of the Three Jin Dynasty, because it is located in the Central Plains, Korea is surrounded by Wei, Qi, Chu and Qin, and there is no room for development at all, and the land is also the smallest of the seven countries.

The country is small and weak, and at its peak, it only maintained that the princes were free from aggression for more than ten years, and if they wanted to expand outward, the surrounding countries would teach Korea how to behave.

If it weren't for the fact that the major powers need a strategic buffer zone, and South Korea has always taken holding on to the strongest country as a national policy and doing its duty as a horse boy, otherwise, South Korea would have been wiped out by the other six warring countries.

The Qi State, which is located in the east and once dominated the countries for a long time, is now basically only an empty shell, although it has strong national strength, but the people live a prosperous and comfortable life, and they are generally war-weary.

Located in the south, with a huge territory and the capital of an overlord, the state of Chu has been a lost dog and a dry bone in the grave under the continuous invasion of the Qin state.

The Yan Kingdom, located in the north, has always been on the edge of the countries, and they cannot be counted on as they are weak and far away from the Central Plains.

This time, the army of Qin State pressed the border, and Zhao State was bound to be unable to resist, and the six countries of Kwantung lost a lot of strength in attacking each other for many years.

Zhao Guo, it's dangerous!

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Outside the city, a huge army was marching here, and the dark clouds were overwhelming, and the entire city seemed to be a little darker.

Countless black-clad and heavily armed sergeants were slowly marching in, and the uniform pace and the sound of the friction of weapons and armor could be clearly heard in the city several miles away.

The galloping cavalry is like a black stream, waving the flag, the solemn military appearance, and the fluttering black dragon flag, all revealing a solemnity.

Walking a few hundred meters away from the city, a general in the Qin army array waved his hand, and the entire army stopped solemnly.

The army dispersed, and countless soldiers with crossbow arrows and strong bows in their hands came to the front of the formation.

Many more horrific ballistas were pushed out.

With the officer's order, all the crossbowmen drew their bows and arrows, aiming at the city in front of them.

And the soldiers of Zhao State in the city, in the face of these actions of the Qin army, no one dared to make any changes.

"Shoot!"

With an order from the Qin army's array, the sound of bangzi sounded in the bow and crossbow arrow array, and with a snatch, a dark cloud rose from the Qin army's array.

"Wind! Wind! Wind! Gale! ”