Qin Zhao Changping has been famous for thousands of years in the First World War, achieving the glory of a military general Wu Anjun - Bai Qi, and at the same time, he also infamy of "talking on paper" to a young general for thousands of years. But is history really like that? The defeat in the Battle of Changping is by no means a one-man fault, even if it can be held, the two major super groups of the Warring States Period of Qin and Zhao will inevitably pay a very heavy price for this, and it is inevitable that they will be coveted by other vassal states.

Let's talk about Qin State first:

Since Qin Xiaogong Yingquliang appointed Wei Ying, a native of Wei, as the chief of Zuo Shu, to implement reforms, the Qin State carried out reforms in 359 BC and 350 BC. Its main contents are roughly as follows: 1. In terms of politics, completely abolish the "Shiqing Shilu" system and establish a centralized system of feudal autocracy; 2. Economically, we should abandon wells and fields, open up fields, gradually implement private ownership of land, emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and develop the country's economic foundation; 3. In terms of society, reward ploughing and war, and abolish the hereditary title; The policy of small families was implemented to facilitate the multiplication of the population, and the levy of forced labor and household registration tax was levied. It can be seen from this that the most important thing in the reform of the Qin State was to unify and concentrate the power of the state to the central government, change the problem of the excessive decentralization of slave feudal power, and form a fist in one country. After the death of Xiaogong, although Shang Ying was executed by the aristocratic forces, the system of changing the law was further implemented and developed, and he did not give up halfway. By 261 BC, when the Battle of Changping broke out, it had gone through 99 years of efforts by Xiaogong, Huiwen Wang, Wuwang, and Zhaoxiang King IV, and the Qin State at this time was already a superpower with two major granaries of Bashu and Hanzhong, and nearly 1 million troops.

Let's take a look at Zhao Guo again:

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the Zhao State was not the most powerful in terms of territory, population, and strength. Can't even count the top three, Chu - thousands of miles away, with a million armor, located in the south, the strategic position can be attacked and defended; Qi - occupies the east, the wealth of the country ranks first among the warring states, and the people have enough food; The Wei ironclad infantry (Wei Wushu) dominated the Seven Kingdoms, attacked Zhao several times and even occupied Handan for 3 years; Only Yan, Han's strength is slightly inferior. And Zhao is located at the key point of various countries, which can be described as a land struggle! There are Hulin and Xiongnu in the north, Qiangqi in the east, Wei in the south, and Qin, the country of tigers and wolves in the west. In the face of such a harsh environment, Zhao seemed to have only the power to parry, in fact, it was the same before the reform of the Martial Spirit King.

King Zhao Wuling has great ambitions, extraordinary vision and firm will. After ascending the throne in 307 BC, Lipai and the public agreed to boldly implement the change of customs, and selected and trained elite crossbow cavalry with the "Hufu cavalry shooting" as the starting point, and took the lead in forming a powerful cavalry unit among the six countries, and carried out quite thorough military reform. Breaking the forest in the west, building annoying, destroying Zhongshan in the north, expanding the land for more than 1,000 miles.

Zhao was originally a military country, the people were fierce, advocating strength, generous and sad people, and they were taught the art of war, so they quickly became a northern military power in the middle and late Warring States period after the law change. The speed of its rise was beyond the expectations of the world, and it was enough to make the six countries look sideways. In the middle and late Warring States period, the three great powers of the East (Wei, Qi, and Chu) declined one after another, and when the power of Qin was alone in the world, Zhao was the mainstay, and its role can be described as pivotal. At this time, Zhao State was not only the biggest obstacle for Qin to dominate the world, but also could become Qin's biggest competitor in the world at any time. Moreover, the myth of the invincibility of the Qin army after its self-transformation was destroyed by Zhao's saber in the Battle of Yanhe.

The land of Shangdang also became the flashpoint of the war between Qin and Zhao, the Qin army attacked Korea, Han sought peace, and the land of Shangdang entered the Qin State, the King of Qin was happy to do so, and he could attack Handan in one fell swoop to achieve hegemony, Shangdang County Shou Feng Ting directly dedicated Shangdang County to Zhao State, and it was not easy to get a city, not to mention a county and seventeen counties, plus the land of Shangdang was a barrier for Zhao State It was very important, and King Zhao Huiwen was determined to fight.

The initial battle of the Zhao army was unfavorable, and Lian Po led the main force of the Zhao army of 450,000 to retreat to the north of Changping. From April to July, Wang Qian led the Qin army to storm the Zhao army camp. The two sides fought fiercely, and both the Qin and Zhao armies suffered heavy losses. Six lieutenants and officers of the Zhao army were killed, two important places were lost, and by July, the western camp of the Zhao army was captured by the Qin army. Under the unfavorable shape of several battles, the Zhao army continued to hold the fortifications without fighting. In the previous battle, the Qin army suffered most of the casualties, and the offensive gradually weakened, and the geographical advantage of the Zhao army also became half of each. The war soon entered the phase of confrontation.

King Zhao Huiwen died, Prince Dan succeeded to the throne for King Zhao Xiaowu, far from being able to compare with Lao Tzu, the Qin people saw hope, the Zhao army heavy army group shrunk into a group of stubborn defense, it was difficult to eat for a while, line by line, sent spies in Zhao territory, created rumors, spread public opinion, in order to Zhao army to change generals, replace the experienced, to guard the good Lian Po, so that the Zhao army attacked.

Zhao exchanged Zhao Kuo for Lian Po in August and commanded the whole army. After Zhao Kuo arrived in Changping, he overthrew Lian Po's established plan and prepared for a decisive battle with the Qin army. The Qin army, with Bai Qi as the commander, set up an operational plan to lure the enemy into depth, divide and encircle, actively send reinforcements, and gather and annihilate them. Lure the Zhao army into battle and feint to retreat. Zhao Kuo did not know the truth and reality, and led the main force of the Zhao army to pursue until the Qin army camp, the Qin army dispatched 25,000 chariot and cavalry fast troops, quickly interspersed with the Zhao army from both flanks, controlled the favorable terrain at the mouth of the valley, cut off the Zhao army's retreat, and sent 5,000 cavalry to monitor the remaining troops in the Zhao army's camp. The Qin army thus completed the tight encirclement of the main force of the Zhao army.

In order to prevent the Zhao army from being divided and annihilated, Zhao Kuo ordered the whole army to build barracks and fortifications, unite as one, and stand for help. When the news of the siege of Zhao's army in Changping reached Handan, the Zhao ruling group was deeply shocked and the whole country was shaken. Zhao Guo collected left-behind troops across the country and did his best to rescue Changping. In order to prevent the Zhao army from breaking the siege jointly inside and outside.

King Qin Zhaoxiang personally went to Hanoi to recruit men over the age of 15 to join the army, and formed a reinforcement corps from Hanoi to Danzhu Ridge, in order to get out of the Zhao army's Changping base camp, and then implemented a more far-reaching in-depth encirclement, completely blocking the connection between Handan and Changping.

By the end of September, the Zhao army in Changping was besieged, and the food was cut off for 46 days, and the Zhao army cut the dead corpses, slaughtered war horses, killed and wounded soldiers for food, and the people's hearts were floating and on the verge of despair. Zhao Kuo knew that the shape was critical, and concentrated all the elite troops into four formations, day and night, taking turns to break through. Zhao Kuo led the Zhao soldiers to charge the Qin array, the Qin army fired thousands of crossbows, and Zhao Kuo was hit by dozens of arrows, still shouting forward, fighting and dying.

Shangdang Mountain is rugged and dangerous, and there is a surging Danshui across it.* Shangdang is divided into north and south halves, and the place where the Zhao army was surrounded at that time was on the south bank of Danshui.

Danshui water is fierce, and the Zhao army did not carry a boat with him, it is impossible to swim across, it can be said that the road in the north has been locked by natural obstacles, and other breakthrough routes can be said to be blocked by the mountains of Henghuan, the only route that can march is to storm the Qin army pass, Zhao Guo at that time if he wants to break through, he can only use his own flying cavalry army that is not good at tackling key problems to attack, narrow and long, and there is a dangerous pass that the Qin army is tightly defended with heavy weapons, in the case of no supplies and no reinforcements, this is simply impossible to achieve.

Since it is written in an alternate history, of course there will be no such tragedy, and the Battle of Changping will inevitably be even more tragic and exciting.