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2023/08/20 18:00
Chinese history bookHistorical Records]describes an episode of Bai Qi, an old general of the Qin dynasty. Historian Susumu Shimazaki says, “At the Battle of Changping, all the 400,000 surrendered soldiers were buried alive because they feared they might revolt if they were not killed.” .
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When King Wu of Qin died, he was succeeded by his half-brother, King Zhaozhao. In the reign of Akio, a military commander named Hakuki Hakuki played an active role. After defeating Han and Wei and capturing many castles, Bai Qi invaded Chu and captured the capital of Huei. As a result, the king of Chu fled east and moved the capital to Chen.
In the 34th year of King Zhao, Bai Qi attacked Wei and killed 130,000 men, and drowned 20,000 soldiers when he fought against Zhao. In 43, he invaded Han, captured 5 castles, and killed 50,000 people.
In the 47th year of King Zhao, the Qin army invaded Zhao territory and confronted the Zhao army at Changping. Commanding the Zhao army was the old general Lian Po Renpa. As Ren Po had suffered many defeats in field battles, he adopted a strategy of firmly defending the earthen castle and not fighting. It was a strategy of waiting for the Qin army to run out of supplies by engaging in a protracted battle.
As soon as the Qin army saw that the Zhao army would not respond to provocations, they changed their strategy. He sent out spies and let them spread a lot of gold and spread rumors. It said, “What Qin fears above all is that the son of the late great commander Zhao Xiao, Zhao Kuo, will become the supreme commander. It was something like, “Wow.”
The king of Zhao was also dissatisfied with Lian Po’s army, which had many fugitives, suffered repeated defeats, and was only defending but not sortieing. I heard rumors just then, so my heart moved. An old retainer who was in a relationship with Lian Po and Guo Jiao said, “The king is trying to use Zhao Guo only for his reputation, but it is useless. Zhao Guo is a student. He objected, saying, “I am a thief, and I cannot take flexible measures.”
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