Written in front: In the late Warring States period, only the State of Zhao could compete with the State of Qin. The Battle of Changping caused the Zhao state to be greatly injured and depressed, and it no longer had the strength to compete with the qin state. However, the fiasco of the Battle of Changping was not only the reason why the Qin State found out that Zhao Kuo would only talk on paper, but also spread rumors in the Zhao State. Before the Armageddon, Zhao Kuo's mother had foreseen the outcome of the battle, and if King Xiaocheng of Zhao could listen to Zhao's mother's advice, perhaps the outcome of the battle could be reversed, and history needed to be rewritten.
There is no mother in the world who does not want her son to be able to make a meritorious career and become famous in the world, and Zhao Kuo's mother is no exception.
It should be said that after receiving the appointment of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, seeing that his son could inherit the cause of his father (Zhao Hao, a famous general of the Zhao kingdom), and also being trusted by the monarch, there was an opportunity to make the Zhao family raise their eyebrows again, and Zhao Kuo's mother was still very proud in her heart.
However, looking at his words and deeds, Zhao Kuo's various signs before receiving the appointment gave Zhao Mu an ominous premonition. For the sake of Zhao Guo, but also for the sake of her son, Zhao Mother, who was in pain, decided to go to King Xiaocheng of Zhao to take back her life.
Mother Zhao thanked King Xiaocheng of Zhao for his care for the Zhao family, but also put forward the suggestion of "including the unavoidable". Mother Zhao methodically pointed out several reasons.
First, when Zhao Kuo's father Zhao Hao was a general, he used his own feng lu to support dozens of strategists, and there were hundreds of close friends he interacted with, and the property rewarded to him by the king and the clan, he did not take anything, all of them were given to the generals and scholars in the army, and everyone around him admired him and obeyed his command.
Second, once Zhao Hao accepted King Zhao's appointment to fight wars, he no longer cared about family affairs and devoted himself to preparing military affairs and studying the war situation.
But now, the Great King, you have appointed Zhao Kuo as a great general, he only has theory and no practical combat experience, and it makes me very worried to replace the famous general Lian Po with combat experience on the front line. But my son's behavior before the expedition was really too different from his father.'s
The money and silk you gave him to motivate him to win the war were hidden when he returned home, rather than sharing them with others; he did not prepare for military affairs or study the war situation, but went out every day to find suitable fields and houses to buy to expand his private property.
The difference between my son and his father is not only a superficial difference in behavior, but a discrepancy in his inner goals, and his mind is not on fighting, so how can he win? Or I hope that the king can take back his life.
Zhao Xiaocheng Wang Pingsu was well aware that Zhao Kuo was familiar with the art of war, and with the blessing of the Qin people spreading rumors that they were "only afraid of Zhao Kuo", they did not listen to Zhao Mother's words in their ears and hearts. He still insisted on his decision: I have already decided on this matter, and you old man will not have to bother anymore.
As a result, Zhao Kuo, who could only talk on paper, went to the front to replace the command of the famous general Lianpo; and the opponent he encountered was the invincible and murderous "human slaughter" of the Qin State!
The results are well known: Zhao Kuo was killed in battle, 300,000 soldiers were buried alive and the entire army was destroyed, and the Zhao state has since declined.
Written in the back (purely personal ignorance, with teachers and friends): In fact, Mother Zhao has pointed out that the most fundamental reason for Zhao Kuo's fiasco is not the use of soldiers on paper, but the focus on selfishness, the inability to make full use of resources to unite and mobilize all the forces that can be used around, the most core point is that the heart is distracted, and the mind is absent-minded!
Now Xiao Kai recorded Liu Xiang's "Zhao General's Mother" and shared it with his teachers and friends.
