Chapter 6 In the second quarter, the Qin army attacked Zhao Wang and changed generals

When King Zhao heard the news that the Qin army was advancing eastward, he sent the famous general Lian Po to lead an army to Changping to resist the Qin army's attack.Qin is strong and Zhao is weak, the Qin army is good for quick decisive battles, and the Zhao army is good for protracted wars.Based on this characteristic, Lian Po decided to stick to the danger and refused to fight, even if the Qin army challenged him, he would not accept the challenge;This claim is correct.Lian Po persisted in Changping for three years.However, the fatuous King Zhao thought that Lian Po was timid to fight, and repeatedly blamed Lian Po.Seeing that the war was protracted and Changping could not be conquered, the King of Qin adopted Fan Sui's divorce plan and sent people to Handan to bribe the people around King Zhao with a thousand gold gifts, and spread rumors saying: "Lian Po is old and easy to deal with. And he is about to surrender! Qin Guo is most afraid of Zhao Kuo." After hearing this, King Zhao decided to recall Lian Po and send Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po as commander.

Zhao Kuo was the son of Zhao She, a famous general of Zhao State.Zhao Kuo read a lot of military books from his father since he was a child, and learned the whole set of military art. He was able to speak clearly about the principles of fighting with soldiers. He thought he was the best in the world.But Zhao She knew his son: he could only talk in rhetoric and had no real ability.Zhao She once said to his wife: "War is a matter of life and death, but Zhao Kuo said it so easily. In the future, Zhao Kuo will not need Zhao Kuo to lead the army; if he is used as a general, he must be the one who kills the Zhao army. "But this time King Zhao is really going to use Zhao Kuo as a general.Prime Minister Lin Xiangru strongly opposed it.He said to King Zhao: "Zhao Kuo can only read his father's military books, but he can't use them flexibly in practice. How can he be a general?" .Zhao Kuo's mother also wrote to King Zhao, advising him not to appoint Zhao Kuo as a general, so as not to delay the state affairs.She also said to the king of Zhao, "Zhao She is a general and gets along very well with his subordinates. All the rewards he gets are distributed to military officials and scholar-bureaucrats. After he is ordered, he doesn't care about family affairs. Now what about Zhao Kuo? He was domineering when he was ordered. No one dared to look up at him, the princes and generals; he took all the gold and silk rewards from the king home and bought fields and houses. How can he compare with his father? The king must never let him lead the army to fight.” (Ibid. Book) Zhao Wang knew nothing about using soldiers to fight. He said to Zhao Kuo's mother: "Don't worry about it, I have made up my mind."

Zhao Kuo put on the commander's seal, led Zhao's reinforcements, and came to Changping in a mighty way, replacing Lian Po as the general of the Zhao army.As soon as he arrived at the front line, he immediately changed Lian Po's set of military regulations and orders, changed generals, removed Lian Po's defensive deployment, and ordered the troops to prepare for an attack, in an attempt to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop and take back Shangdang.