Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Thinking about this battle of Changping.

The Battle of Changping, a world-class war, was not a war that broke out by accident, nor was it a simple war.

It is a war that will inevitably break out between Qin and Zhao, and it will inevitably break out in Shangdang County. Any game between Qin and Zhao will only make this war inevitably break out in Shangdang County The time when the war broke out is postponed or advanced.

Why do you say that?This is about the geographical location of Shangdang County.

Shangdang County, where Changping is located, is located in the south of the Taihang Mountains running north-south. There are countless branches in this thousand-mile mountain range, and there are many high mountains in it. It is called the "Spine of the World".

It is like a huge, towering super pyramid standing in the north of the Yellow River, guarding the vital points of the Central Plains, easy to defend but difficult to attack.As long as any country occupies it, it can gain a condescending advantage in the process of striving for world hegemony.

The rise of Jin, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, began when the Taihang Mountains were incorporated into the territory of Jin.With the Taihang Mountains as the commanding heights, the Jin State has a topographical advantage over Qi State in the east, Chu State in the south, and Qin State in the west.

Although the Jin State has always had a tradition of civil strife because of the wonderful Liuqing ruling system, but with the Taihang Mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, Jin State can easily resist the invasion of enemy countries even during civil strife.And after the civil strife in Jin State ended, the powerful Jin State army was able to swarm out from the Taihang Mountains to suppress all dissatisfaction in the world.

There are a total of eight east-west roads in the Taihang Mountains for the passage of the army. People collectively call these eight roads "Taihang Eight Xings".The eight Xings are Jundu Xing, Puyin Xing, Feihu Xing, and Jingxing in the Northern Taihang, and Fukou Xing, Baixing, Yangchang Xing, and Zheguan Xing in the Southern Taihang.In addition to a north-south Taihang Xing and an east-west Weihan Passage, there are a total of ten roads available for passage.

As long as you master the entrances and exits of these ten roads, you can completely control the entire Taihang Mountains.

If you control the Taihang Mountains, you control the general trend of the world.

Historically speaking, after the Qin State occupied these ten roads, it took only seven years to complete the great cause of unification cleanly and neatly.

Of course, there are reasons why Qin State is already strong enough to be flattened, but the reason why Qin State was able to flatten it so thoroughly and quickly has a lot to do with the geographical advantage of the Taihang Mountains, the ridge of the world.

The Taihang Mountains are divided into two halves, the north and the south. Now Shangdang County, which Qin and Zhao are fighting for, includes most of the southern Taihang Mountains in its territory.

There are a total of four Xingdao in Shangdang County, one of which is located in the northern Shangdang, called Fukou Xing.

This Fukouxing was also the most critical factor for the young King Zhao Xiaocheng to overcome all opinions and decide to send troops to Shangdang County, which eventually triggered the Battle of Changping.

Fukouxing runs across Nantaihang in Shangdang County. Not far from the east exit is Wu'an, the important town of Zhao State, and further east of Wu'an is Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

The west exit of Fukouxing is the Jinyang Basin, where is located Jinyang City, the base camp of the Zhao family on which the Zhao family made their fortune and established the Zhao State.

Whether it is Jinyang or Handan, it is the core lifeblood of Zhao State.Jinyang and Handan are located on both sides of Taihang Mountain, one east and one west, and Fukouxing is just such a short passage between Jinyang and Handan, which shows the importance of Fukouxing to Zhao State.

As a generation of Mingjun, it is impossible for King Ji of Qin not to be aware of the importance of Fukouxing. In fact, the Battle of Changping is already the second large-scale battle between Qin and Zhao over the control of Fukouxing and even the entire Taihang Mountain. It's war.

As early as nine years ago, Qin Wangji had tried to use Fukouxing's advantage over Zhao State to attack Zhao State, a powerful enemy.

In the great battle nine years ago, the Qin army used South Korea's Shangdang to attack Wu'an, the west gate of Handan, along Fukou Xingdong, and then Qin and Zhao fought a decisive battle in Yanhe.

Zhao Kuo's father, Ma Fujun Zhao She, led the Zhao army to wipe out one hundred thousand Qin troops in this battle, beheading Hu Yang, the most powerful assistant of Wu Anjun Baiqi, who was the second general of Qin at that time, and won a shocking battle that shocked the world. Big win.

This great defeat made Qin Wangji realize that it is very difficult to go around South Korea and attack Zhao Guo. When he was struggling to think about what to do, Fan Sui appeared in front of Qin Wangji at the right time and offered the " strategy.

As a result, the national policy of the Qin State changed. The wise Qin Wangji supported Fan Sui by the four nobles, and the choice of Qin State's goal changed. Fight South Korea first, then take down Shangdang County.

As long as Qin has Shangdang County, especially Beishangdang, the Qin army can go east to attack Wu'an and Handan through Fukouxing at any time, or go west to attack Jinyang, wherever they want.

As far as Zhao Guo is concerned, if Fukou Xing is not used as a passage for the army, Zhao Guo wants to transfer troops from Jinyang and Handan to Jingxing, which is farther north and farther away. The distance to transfer troops from Jingxing is from Fukouxing dispatched more than twice as many troops, and it was too late to provide timely support.

Therefore, Zhao Guo can allow the Beishang Party, which owns Fukouxing, to be owned by South Korea, which is also a member of the Jin Dynasty, but in any case, it cannot tolerate the number one powerful enemy Qin State to obtain this land.

Once Qin State has the Beishang Party, then Zhao State will only be beaten passively to Qin State from now on, and there will be no room for active attack.This is determined by geographical conditions, and no one can change this unless mountains and seas can be moved.

So Zhao Guo had to fight, at least the Beishang Party must fight for it.Even if the timeline is pushed forward to the time when Feng Ting led Shangdang County to descend to Zhao and let the present Zhao Dan come to cross, then Zhao Dan must also take down the Beishang Party, otherwise Zhao Guo will not be able to play the game of hegemony rise!

This shows that any traveler who is interested in fighting for world hegemony must first be qualified in geography, otherwise, pray that you can have a system to help you fight.

From this point of view, did King Zhao Xiaocheng who made the decision to accept Shangdang County in history, and Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng who strongly advocated accepting Shangdang County really lost his head at that time?Actually not necessarily.Because in the battle between Yan and Zhi nine years ago, King Zhao Xiaocheng's father Zhao Huiwang also made the same choice when facing the army of Qin State swarming from the south of Taihang Mountain, that is to fight!

Nine years have passed, and the core duo of the Qin State has changed from Qin Wangji and Wei Ran to Qin Wangji and Fan Sui, and Zhao Guo has changed from Zhao Huiwang and Zhao Sheng to Zhao Xiaocheng and Zhao Sheng, but the two countries are competing for power. The determination and will of Shangdang and even to fight for the entire Taihang Mountain have not changed.

This is the so-called century-old national policy, and it will never waver!

Any decision made after referring to the collective wisdom discussion must have its reasons. If you simply use such simple words as stupidity or short-sightedness to generalize the performance of Zhao's leadership before and after the Changping War, it will be unavoidable. It will appear biased, too underestimating the wisdom of the ancients, especially the leadership team that made Zhao Guo so powerful.

Fighting for world supremacy has always been a gamble. Sometimes even if you get the right hand at the right time and choose stud, you may not win, but if you don't stud, you will definitely lose. So do you bet or not?

King Zhao Xiaocheng and Zhao Sheng in history chose to bet on this hand!

They did have a chance of success, because although Qin State was the strongest Qin State in history at that time, Zhao State was also the strongest Zhao State in history!

It's a pity that King Zhao Xiaocheng and Zhao Sheng were not skilled in the end, and lost to stronger opponents Qin Wangji and Fan Wei. The ultimate winner.

But now, it is also a stud situation. Now Zhao Dan has successfully changed the situation of the game by relying on the knowledge brought by his traveler, his familiarity with history, and the memory of Zhao Dan in the two generations. Zhao Guo had the upper hand for the first time in this gamble where the two sides hadn't fully revealed their cards.

As a traverser, Zhao Dan knew very well that Zhao Guo did not have as many bargaining chips as Qin Guo, so if Qin Guo lost this game, he could still have chips to continue betting against Zhao Guo, and if Zhao Guo lost, all the chips would be lost. They were all lost, and there was no room for a comeback.

However, because of Zhao Guo's advantage in the game, now there is a chance to sum up the game.

If Lou Chang's words were followed, then Qin and Zhao would seek peace, and each would suffer a loss. In the end, Zhao would win a little, and Qin's vitality would lose a little.

If you don't follow Lou Chang's advice, then everyone will continue to gamble against each other, the future of the game is uncertain, and the future of the game is uncertain.

History has long been changed here. Even with the blessing of the traveler's knowledge, Zhao Dan can no longer predict the final outcome of the game. This is a very risky choice.

In the main hall of Longtai, all eyes were on Zhao Dan, waiting for the king of Zhao to make the final decision.

Zhao Dan fell silent, countless thoughts appeared alternately in his mind, his face changed from joy to worry, no one could know what this young Zhao Wang, who had only been on the throne for only the sixth year, was thinking about.

After a long time, the young King Zhao raised his head, his face was calm, there was no longer any entanglement or hesitation on his face, his eyes were clear, and his tone of speech was calm but unquestionable.

"The widows are at odds."

Chapter 61

No peace talks, this is Zhao Dan's decision.

This is definitely a very risky and courageous decision.

Zhao Dan made this decision not because he had thought through all the changes and possibilities, but based on his own judgment.

Qin Wangji and Fan Sui, a pair of monarchs and ministers, together with Bai Qi, the God of War commander, these three people are definitely the strongest iron triangle that Qin has established so far. It is undoubtedly a very difficult task to defeat such a powerful opponent.

The reason why Zhao State is able to suppress Qin State and gain an advantage in the overall situation is largely due to the historical knowledge brought by Zhao Dan, a traverser who can be called a "prophet".

If we seek peace now, then when the next game starts, the advantage of Zhao Dan as a "prophet" will be very small, because the history has been changed, and no one knows whether the things that happened in the history books will happen in the future. Don't dare to make a promise.

At that time, it will undoubtedly be more difficult for Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo to continue to fight against the super iron triangle of Qin State, and the odds of winning will undoubtedly be lower than they are now.

So Zhao Dan must take advantage of his historical knowledge to gain an advantage for himself, get enough things in this battle, and win back enough bargaining chips for Zhao Guo, because next time there may not be such opportunity.

It is also a stud, but in history King Zhao Xiaocheng was a disadvantaged stud, and Zhao Dan is now a superior stud, so Zhao Dan thinks that this game is worth a gamble!

Even if it loses in the end, as long as the 45 army is not wiped out in Changping like in history, then Zhao Guo may still have a last chance.