Chapter 5 Chapter 2 The Battle of Qin and Zhao Changping

The Qin State was originally located in the area around what is now Shaanxi Province, and it was a relatively backward country.In the middle of the 4th century BC, Qin Xiaogong appointed Shang Yang to carry out reforms, and the country became richer and stronger day by day.After that, Qin State often sent troops to attack the eastern countries. By the end of the 3rd century BC, Qin State had become the most powerful feudal country among the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period". In 262 BC, King Zhao of Qin adopted Fan Sui's strategy of "making friends from afar and attacking closely", and sent troops to capture Yewang (now Qinyang County, Henan Province) in South Korea, cutting South Korea into two sections.King Han Huan was afraid of further attacks from Qin State, so he planned to dedicate Shangdang County (now Changzhi City, Shanxi Province) to Qin State and seek peace from Qin State.However, Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang County in South Korea, had another strategy: he advocated dedicating Shangdang County to Zhao State, so that Qin State's troops could be directed to Zhao State, so as to reduce Qin State's military pressure on South Korea; On the one hand, we can use this to form a good relationship with Zhao, and Han and Zhao can unite to resist the attack of Qin soldiers.So Feng Ting sent people to the state of Zhao. King Zhao Xiaocheng thought that getting Shangdang County without any difficulty was a great bargain that could not be found anywhere, so he happily sent people to take it.As soon as the king of Qin saw that the fat on his lips was about to be snatched away, of course he refused to do it, so he sent Wang Lu (He He) to lead the army to attack Shangdang.The Zhao army stationed in Shangdang had very few troops, unable to withstand the attack of the Qin army, and was forced to retreat to Changping (now northwest of Gaoping County, Shanxi Province) for defense.