Zhao Kuo found that his subordinates actually had two warriors with such excellent martial arts qualifications. He taught his family's martial arts to these two people without telling them.

After these two people obtained the Zhao family's unique skills, their martial arts made great progress. In Zhao Kuo's view, their martial arts were chasing their fathers. With their protection, they could open and close their talents on the battlefield and fully display their talents!

Moreover, these two people were also grateful and loyal to Zhao Kuo, which gave Zhao Kuo the confidence to lead the way on the battlefield.

After his father Zhao She was born, Zhao Kuo took these two warriors as personal guards. After a period of running-in, the three of them cooperated to form an iron triangle. They had unparalleled combat power on the battlefield and were no problem in charge!

Just when Zhao Kuo was eager to try and wanted to prove himself on the battlefield, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came quietly!

Since Shang Yang's reforms, Qin State has become increasingly powerful and implemented the policy of "close attacks and far-reaching diplomatic relations". It launched five wars against neighboring South Korea, occupying South Korea's Shaoqu, Gaoping, Xingcheng, Nanyang and other places, completely isolated and closed the road between South Korea and Shangdang.

Faced with the aggressive Qin State, the weak South Korea was unable to support it. After sending people to ask for reinforcements from other countries, they had no choice but to seek peace.

In the 54th year of King Nan of Zhou (261 BC), South Korea agreed to ced the seventeen cities of Shangdang County to seek peace.

Shangdang County in South Korea is the border of Zhao, Wei and Han, and the terrain is conspicuous, which is the most important strategic location of Jin.

Once the Qin State occupied Shangdang County, it would pose a huge threat to Zhao, Wei and Han, especially to Zhao State. It would threaten the Zhao State's capital Handan in the near future, and it could cut off the connection between Zhao State and the northern Dai County, Yanmen County, Yunzhong County and other regions in the far range.

There was a lot of controversy within South Korea about the cedes of Shangdang County. Sure enough, after the order from the King of Han handed over Shangdang County was passed to Shangdang County, the governor of Shangdang County, Jin Mou, actually disobeyed the order.

King Han had no choice but to send general Feng Ting to replace the former Shangdang County Magistrate, and then hand over Shangdang County to Qin.

As a result, after Feng Ting arrived at Shangdang, he made a stronger attitude than the former Shangdang County Governor Jin Mou and vowed to hand over to Shangdang County to the death.

Not only that, Feng Ting inspires the soldiers and said: "Shangdang County would rather give it to Zhao State for free than Qin State. Doing so can divert Qin State's attack!"

After receiving the response from most people, Feng Ting sent someone to contact Zhao State and asked Zhao State to send troops to take over the 17 cities of Shangdang County, South Korea.

The fat meat was delivered to Zhao State's mouth, but can it be eaten? Do you dare to eat it? For King Xiaocheng of Zhao, it was a big problem, and the Zhao State court began a heated discussion.

Those who oppose the objection were led by Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao. He believed that the Koreans' move was an attempt to pass on the Qin disaster to Zhao. Zhao's strength was not enough to fight against Qin and could not cause any trouble.

The one who favored the acceptance of Shangdang County was Zhao Sheng, the fourth prince of the Warring States Period. Needless to say, the strategic significance of Shangdang County to Zhao State is self-evident.

The seventeen cities of Shangdang were obtained without any effort, which made Pingyuan Jun feel that this was a gift from God to the people of Zhao.

King Xiaocheng of Zhao was also very interested in expanding territory and was unable to withstand the temptation. He decided to grab food from the tiger's mouth and send someone to take over Shangdang County, South Korea.

The cooked duck flew away and Qin State, whose peaches were shot by Zhao State, was secretly happy, but also showed the anger he deserved!

The Qin military even made a tough statement and vowed to take back Shangdang County to the death! Qin, which had long been disliked by Zhao, brazenly launched a war against Han and Zhao at the same time.

Qin sent a group of troops to attack Han Guo and Lin, threatening Han Du Zheng, and preventing Han from uniting with Zhao.

The main army of the Qin army, led by general Wang He, took Shangdang County directly.

In Shangdang County, Qin and Zhao countries, the largest war in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was launched.

The Qin army was angry and the offensive was very strong, and it quickly occupied some areas of Shangdang.

The chief general of the Zhao army was Lian Po, who deserved to be a famous general of a generation. Although the initial battle was unfavorable, the Zhao army did not suffer much loss because Lian Po was in good command.

According to the strength comparison between the enemy and us, Lian Po chose strategic defense, relying on favorable terrain, building a fortress and not being able to stand firm, and preparing to wait for the effort to exhaust the Qin army.

The two sides were in a stalemate in the Changping area and entered a stalemate. The Qin army was too long to tie the supply line and the stalemate was very unfavorable to them. They always wanted to fight a field battle and quickly win, but Lian Po just couldn't stand it.

After the war began, Zhao State was famous. Although Zhao She was born, Lian Po, Li Mu, Tian Dan and others gathered together, and Zhao Kuo had nothing to do.

However, a long-term stalemate is a severe test for the psychology of those who are superior to both sides.

The first thing that could not hold back was King Xiaocheng of Zhao. In order to end the war quickly, he summoned all the famous generals from all over the country and took the initiative to attack the Zhao army and debated the outcome of the battle situation in Changping. In fact, it was to deduce the battle situation.

As the son of the famous general Zhao She, Zhao Kuo was "no one in the world to be the one who could win!" and was naturally invited.

Zhao Kuo did not disappoint his eternal reputation of "talking about war on paper". The combat ideas he proposed refuted many famous generals and were unanimously recognized by everyone.

But war has never been a simple military confrontation, it is just a continuation of politics, and it is a competition of the country's economic strength!

Although Zhao Kuo won the debate, his war ideas were not adopted, because the Zhao court was fiercely debated not how to fight, but the issue of war and harmony.

On the issue of war and peace, Zhao Minister Yu Qing and other pro-war factions believed that in the current stalemate between the two sides, proposing peace talks to Qin would be equivalent to venting their enthusiasm first, and the initiative would fall into the hands of Qin and peace talks could not be negotiated.

Ministers such as Lou Chang believed that they should negotiate peace directly with Qin. When the two sides were in a stalemate, some people suggested that what they should do was to send people to bring generous gifts to Chu and Wei to negotiate, and the three countries worked together to resist Qin.

If Chu and Wei Ruo sent troops to attack, the main force of Qin was trapped by the Zhao army, which would inevitably cause a fatal blow to Qin. The situation of the entire war will inevitably undergo fundamental changes, and Zhao will also win without a fight.

King Xiaocheng of Zhao was originally an irresponsible person. He accepted Shangdang County, which was to be greedy for the benefits of the fisherman...

Who knew that the current situation was achieved, and the Battle of Changping could be said to be gambled on the national destiny of Zhao and Qin, and King Xiaocheng of Zhao did not have the courage to negotiate peace! Therefore, he chose to negotiate peace.

King Xiaocheng of Zhao directly sent an envoy Zheng Zhu to Qin to negotiate peace. The bottom line that King Xiaocheng of Zhao gave him was: Shangdang County could be given to Qin, but not all, even if a small city was left, it would be fine, which was also evidence that King Xiaocheng of Zhao had expanded his territory.
Chapter completed!