Whose fault was the defeat in the Battle of Changping? Honest? Zhao?

The main reason is that Zhao Kuo talks about the army on paper and has no experience, in addition, the victory of Qin and the defeat of Zhao are also historical inevitability.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with either of them, it can only be said that it is a historical choice. There are two accidents in this, one is that in the three years that Lian Po was stationed in Changping, the Qin army could not advance a single step, but unfortunately at this time King Zhao Huiwen died, and King Zhao Xiaocheng ascended the throne, and the young King Xiaocheng was greatly dissatisfied with Lian Po's strategy of defending and not fighting. The three-year-long confrontation made King Hyocheng restless and gradually lost his stable mentality.

The second is that King Xiaocheng listened to the rumors, and at this time, the spies bought by Fan Ju entered Handan, and the rumors said: Lian Po is old, Changping is about to miss, or Zhao Hao's son Zhao Kuo Zhiyong Shuangquan, if he lets him lead the Qin army, he will be defeated. King Xiaocheng knew that there was such a powerful person in Zhao Guo that he couldn't sit still anymore, so he urgently summoned Zhao Kuo, and the two young and vigorous young people hit it off, so Zhao Kuo stepped onto the stage.

This is a historic mistake in employing people, and there was a chance to change it, but once Lin Xiangru persuaded him to be ill, saying that Zhao Kuo would only talk on paper, and could not compare to Zhao Hao and Lian Po. Once it was Zhao Muxiang who persuaded Zhao Kuo to be arrogant, domineering, selfish and narrow-minded, this kind of person is not worthy of being handsome, if he insists on doing it, Zhao Kuo is derelict in his duties and the Zhao family is irresponsible, but unfortunately the filial piety king has been missed, and youth always has to pay the price. It's just that this price is too heavy, which led to the annihilation of the elite army of Zhao State, and it has not recovered until the death of the country.

The Battle of Changping was a pivotal battle that took place between Qin and Zhao at the end of the Warring States period. In this battle, Qin and Zhao invested a total of nearly one million troops, and finally the battle was led by Zhao Kuo, the general of Zhao State, to take the initiative to attack, fell into the encirclement of the Qin army, and finally failed to break through, Zhao Kuo died in battle, and all the surrendered Zhao troops were killed by Bai Qikeng, and the main force of Zhao State was annihilated.

So in this battle, what is the real reason for the defeat of Zhao?

There were three main reasons for Zhao's defeat: insufficient preparation, lack of clarity in strategic objectives, and a gap in comprehensive national strength.

The first reason for the defeat of Zhao in the Battle of Changping was the lack of preparation, and the cause of the Battle of Changping was the belonging of Shangdang, which was originally neither Zhao nor Qin, but the land of Korea. The Qin State wanted to seize Shangdang County, but South Korea couldn't bear the Qin State, so the Disaster Water East led the Zhao State into the war circle.

Zhao Guo was greedy for the party and sent troops in a hurry, so Zhao Guo did not prepare for a major war to mobilize the main force of the whole country before, and he was not prepared enough for either food reserves or anything. And Qin State is preparing to seize Shangdang, it can be seen that Qin State has been prepared for this battle, Zhao State is hastily dispatching troops, and lack of preparation is the first reason for Zhao's defeat is actually the biggest reason.

The lack of clarity in the strategic purpose is the second reason for the defeat of the Zhao State, and the so-called lack of clarity in the strategic purpose lies in the fact that the opinions of the Zhao State have not been unified and there has always been a debate on how the Battle of Changping should be fought, what it should be, and what kind of goal it should achieve. Zhao did not have a unified opinion on whether to hold on to this battle or attack quickly, whether to unite with other countries to defeat Qin or negotiate peace with Qin, which was actually the sequelae of Zhao's unpreparedness and hasty response. But on the contrary, after the Qin State entered the war with the Zhao State, their strategic purpose was very clear, that is, to eat the main force of the Zhao State, which can be seen from the fact that the Qin State secretly changed Bai Qi to the main commander.

If the Qin State just wants to join the party, then the open and honest change of generals, using the reputation of the famous general, will put pressure on the Zhao State, and when the Zhao State wants to negotiate peace, it will not take that way, and the Qin State has already unified its opinion to eat the main force of the Zhao State.

Of course, in the end, there was a gap in comprehensive national strength, and Zhao finally chose Zhao Kuo to fight quickly, because Zhao's military rations were insufficient. This is the gap in comprehensive national strength, and when Zhao Kuo was surrounded by Bai Qi's army, the reinforcements organized by Zhao State at that time did not pose a real threat to Qin, and Qin State went to Hexi in person at that time, and did his best to recruit men over fifteen years old as an army, which shows that in addition to Changping's army, it was difficult for Zhao to mobilize a large army in a hurry, and Qin State could still mobilize a large army to threaten Zhao State after surrounding the main force of Zhao State, which means that Qin State still has spare strength. The disparity in national strength was the third reason for the defeat of the Battle of Changping.

Personally, I think it is a lack of good generals, Lian Po can only defend, dare not attack, Zhao Kuo talks on paper, lacks actual combat experience, if Zhao has a general who dares to attack and has rich combat experience, he does not dare to say that he can win the Qin State, but at least he can lose both.

The real reason is that there are people who have defected, which led to the defeat of this war, which also brought great losses and damage to other countries.