The battle of Changping and the battle of Handan in history are both very famous, but Qin wiped out Zhao in the battle of Changping and defeated this battle. However, in the later battle of Handan, Qin was defeated by Zhao. Why is this? Why do the same opponents and different campaigns have different results?
After losing 450,000 troops in the battle of Changping, Zhao miraculously resisted the attack of Qin in the subsequent battle of Handan. The Battle of Handan was one of the few major failures of Qin State. Why did Zhao resist the thunderbolt of Qin when it was in danger? There are several main reasons:
1, and the infighting with leitian made Qin lose the best chance to destroy Zhao.
After the battle of Changping, if you take advantage of the situation, I'm afraid Zhao is the first of the seven chivalrous men. However, because Fan Ju, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, was jealous of Bai Qi's contribution, he stopped Bai Qi's March and made Qin lose the best opportunity to destroy Zhao. It was not until a year later that Qin launched the Battle of Handan again, but after a year of preparation, Zhao's garrison strength has been greatly increased.
In addition, Tian Lei refused to take part in the war because of the contradiction with Fan Ju, which made the State of Qin lose one of its best generals. And Fan Ju took the opportunity to put his cronies Zheng Anping in the army. Zheng Anping had no command ability, but finally he was defeated and surrendered to Zhao. Therefore, the bad relationship between Fan and Bai is one of the reasons for not winning.
2. Zhao's militaristic system of "all the people are soldiers" makes him still have considerable strength after being hit hard.
Because King Wuling of Zhao carried out the reform policy of "Khufu riding and shooting", after losing 450,000 people, Zhao was still able to assemble a strong force to defend the capital within one year. Although Zhao has no strength to fight back, the defenders are not weak. In the absence of reinforcements, Zhao persisted for nearly three years and won enough time for the rescue of the princes.
3. Xinlingjun's stealing symbols to save Zhao is the key reason for Handan's salvation.
The gain and loss of Handan is not only related to the survival of Zhao, but also to the fate of the six eastern countries. In view of the fact that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, eastern countries have sent troops to help. The most important thing is that Wei sent troops. When hesitating, Xin decisively stole the operator to save Zhao and led 80 thousand soldiers to save Zhao. At the same time, Qi and Chu also sent reinforcements. Under the joint counterattack of vassal reinforcements, Qin Jun finally gave in and failed. Zheng Anping, a close confidant, led 20 thousand to surrender, the siege of Handan was solved, and Zhao escaped.