Is Zhao Kuo really an armchair strategist? Or a misunderstanding of history?

Let me tell you a joke first. There was no paper in the Warring States period. The most primitive paper was born in the Western Han Dynasty, so I really don't know where to start with the idiom "on paper"!

Of course, I don't want to be a leverage. Paper is not important. What matters is the defeat in the battle of Changping, the cauldron of Zhao Si's fifty thousand troops, and whether Zhao Kuo should come back!

The answer is yes! Zhao Kuo, as the head coach of Zhao Fang in the battle of Changping, was defeated by Zhao, and was completely annihilated. He must be responsible! This is a responsibility that a coach must bear!

However, we can't draw a conclusion from this that Zhao Kuo is an incompetent person who is too ambitious and an armchair strategist!

Why do you say that? Let's talk about the battle of Changping first!

According to legend, at the end of the Warring States period, a military conflict broke out between Qin and Zhao for taking part in the Party. This military confrontation, on the surface, is a field battle. In fact, Qin and Zhao, the two most powerful countries at the end of the Warring States period, are fighting for hegemony!

This is a contest of national strength, and Zhao is at a disadvantage! At that time, the state of Qin was concerned with the four major grain producing areas of China, Sichuan, Jianghan and Hedong. And Zhao, nothing more than Taiyuan basin, plus Handan, can't compete with Qin in logistics!

Generally, in the face of such a situation, the most important thing for the disadvantaged party to win is to take the initiative and seek a decisive battle! Moreover, Zhao Jun is good at fighting, so fighting is even more important. But who would have thought that the Qin people were so fierce? Zhao Jun, who fought in Shangdang, was losing ground!

Because of the defeat, Zhao Can can only take passive defensive measures, relying on the city to stop Qin Jun's footsteps! However, Zhao has no family and Qin is well-off, so it is not the way to go on for a long time!

This would be a problem. You can't fight, but you can't win!

The key point is that Wang Zhao's diplomacy can be said to be very bad. There was no helper at that time. First of all, Wei and Korea in the Sanjin period were frightened by Qin, and Chu had always been doing nothing, enjoying it. As for the greatest help to Qi, I hate Zhao Ceng's participation in cutting Qi in Le Yi. At the same time, the king of Qi has no ambition and doesn't want to get into trouble. So at that time, Zhao borrowed grain from Qi, but Qi didn't give it. At the same time, Yan made friends with Qin.

Faced with such a difficult situation of internal troubles and foreign invasion, there are only two ways before the prince of Zhao, either to vote or to fight, and the struggle to join the party has come to an end.

For the prince of Zhao, surrender is impossible. At least it's the strongest in the east, and the boss of Sanjin will fight!

But who will be sent to fight? Lian Po obviously can't. He has lost many battles before. We must find the person who won the Qin Army Award! Zhao defeated only one general, namely Zhao She, king of Ma Su, but Zhao She was already dead.

However, people have sons. As the saying goes, like a tiger father, like a dog, Ma Fujun's son has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he has made great achievements (Sima Qian's Historical Records: "Zhao Kuo studied the art of war when he was young, and when it comes to military affairs, the power of the world is not as good as that of the world." )

And at that time, it was spread everywhere that Qin people were afraid of Zhao Kuo! Plus, the child's surname is Zhao, but he belongs to the family. Don't worry!

So the prince of Zhao replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo!

It's a no-no for a strategist to change coaches at the cold feet, not to mention replacing the famous Lian Po with a young Zhao Kuo, not to mention whether the morale of the army will be turbulent, and even whether Zhao Kuo can be persuaded is a problem.

It is against this background that Zhao Kuo appeared! He is well aware of the purpose of Zhao Wang's visit. He needs to take the initiative to defeat Chang Wangbi and make a quick decision!

However, Zhao Kuo didn't expect that his opponent would not finish, but kill God. Himself was framed from the beginning, Qin Jun would have set an ambush, waiting for him to drill inside!

Sure enough, Zhao Kuo's army was surrounded by Tian Lei, and finally it was wiped out!

This is the general process of the battle of Changping! It is worth mentioning that although Zhao Kuo was defeated, he became a sinner of Zhao. However, as a general, Zhao Kuo performed well in front of a generation of God of War, Leitian, and his own army was at a relative disadvantage.

Historically, Zhao Jun chose to surrender after 46 days without food, but failed many times. Zhao Kuo, the head coach, died. It is conceivable that Zhao Kuo's prestige in the army is not low! This is even harder for a new young coach!

And he can lead the army to fight without food for 46 days, which shows that his will and ability to organize and manage the army are good.

Moreover, Zhao was wiped out in the battle of Changping, and Qin suffered nearly 200 thousand casualties (some say 300 thousand), that is, more than 600 thousand casualties on both sides.

So although Zhao Kuo is not a military genius, he is definitely not as incompetent as most people think. As the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops, fighting Tian Lei for more than a month is not something that ordinary people can do!