Zhao Guo was seriously injured in the "Battle of Changping", and even if he won the later "Battle of Handan Defense", he also paid a lot of casualties on the mainland.
Therefore, the Zhao State, which had experienced these two wars, urgently needed to recuperate and recover its vitality, and it was not at all suitable for foreign wars.
However, the change of the situation forced the State of Zhao to enter the war again, and also gave the State of Qin the opportunity to attack Zhao again.
Yan Guo launched several "backstabbings"
In the seventh year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign, just when the "Handan Defense War" began, the Yan state had a "small action":
"Wuyuan ordered Fu Bao, Wang Rong, and Su Zhi to lead the Yan people to oppose Yandi..."
It was it that sowed the seeds of the contradiction between Zhao and Yan. Therefore, zhao guo intended to use troops against the yan state after the "handan defense war" ended.
Chun Shenjun stills
The first state of Zhao sent Yu Qing to the State of Chu to lobby Chunshen Jun to attack Yan, and even wanted to send troops to attack Yan on his own. Although at that time, due to Feng Ji's persuasion, Zhao Guo did not take the initiative to send troops, thus avoiding the depletion of national strength, but the relationship between Zhao and Yan was still not improved, and war could still break out between the two sides.
At the same time, the State of Qin once again attacked the State of Zhao.
Ten years after Zhao Xiaocheng became king, the State of Qin sent troops to attack more than 20 counties of Zhao. Not to be outdone, Zhao Guo sent Le Cheng and Qing She to attack the Qin army and won.
However, at the time of the war between Zhao and Qin, the State of Yan took the opportunity to capture the city of Changcheng of the State of Zhao.
This "backstab" makes the contradiction between Yan zhao and Yan Zhao even greater. However, Zhao Guoshang was committed to dealing with the Qin state and had no intention of launching a war against Yan.
It is conceivable that if the Zhao Kingdom will one day come out empty and is unwilling to endure the stimulation from the Yan Kingdom, then the Zhao-Yan conflict will be difficult to avoid.
Zhao Xiaocheng Wang stills
The Yan kingdom, which "jumped around", was retaliated against
The greater contradiction between Zhao and Yan occurred in the fifteenth year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign.
In this year, The Yan State Minister brought five hundred gold to toast the King of Zhao, and by the way observed the situation in the Zhao Kingdom. After returning to China, he persuaded King Xi of Yan to send troops to attack Zhao on the grounds that "all the strong people of the Zhao clan died in Changping, and they were not strong enough to be strong, but they could be cut down".
However, the Changguo Junlejian (son of the famous general Le Yi) believed that the Zhao state was a country of "four wars, and its people were trained to fight", and it was not appropriate to conquer it.
However, Yan Wangxi finally made a decision: to send troops in two ways to attack the Zhao state.
The State of Zhao was attacked, so it ordered Lian Po and Le Cheng to each lead a force to meet the enemy, although the zhao army troops were smaller than the Yan army due to the losses of the previous war, but they were still able to win by virtue of the martial style cultivated during the zhao wuling king period, and defeated the yan army with a small number of people.
Stills of Zhao Wuling King
As a result, Lian Po was given the title of "Xinping Jun" (信平君), a false state. Subsequently, the Zhao army turned to the offensive, and within two years, Lian Po and Le Cheng besieged the capital of the Yan state twice.
Fisherman's Delight
Although the Zhao state won the war against the Yan state, they were not happy for long. Because of this, the State of Qin sensed that the good opportunity to attack the State of Zhao had come again.
Taking advantage of the war between Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan, the State of Qin sent Meng Xiao to attack Zhao in the eighteenth year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, taking 37 cities including Yuci, Xincheng, and Wolf Meng.
Probably sensing the threat of the State of Qin, the State of Yan proposed to cede five cities to negotiate peace with Zhao and obtain the consent of the State of Zhao.
The following year, the State of Yan proposed to return Ge, Wuyang, and Pingshu to the State of Zhao in exchange for Longdui, Fenmen, and Linle, which had been captured by Zhao.
This move brought the Zhao Yan War to an end.
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After the relaxation of relations with Yan, zhao could finally turn back and concentrate on dealing with the qin state. However, due to the fact that during the Zhao Yan War, the military strength of the State of Zhao also suffered some losses, and the State of Qin took the opportunity to attack the State of Zhao, so that the State of Zhao was always unable to devote itself to reviving its strength, and lost part of the western land, and the situation was becoming increasingly favorable to the State of Qin.
Although in the same year that yan exchanged cities, zhao guo, in response to Xin Lingjun's call to rescue the state of Wei that was attacked by Qin, chased the Qin army back to Hangu Pass and repelled the Qin army, but these only repelled Qin's attack, and failed to seriously damage Qin's vitality, nor did they regain the initiative in the warring states situation from Qin.
Therefore, the threat of the Qin state to the Zhao state still exists.
Stills of Xin Lingjun
After the end of the Zhao Yan War, the State of Qin first used a ruse to force Xin Lingjun, who had the appeal of unity and indulgence, to fade out of the Wei political arena, reducing the possibility of the Six Kingdoms joining forces, and then attacking the State of Zhao in the twentieth year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign and capturing Jinyang.
We all know that Jinyang was the old capital of the early Zhao State, and it was also an important city for the Zhao clan to resist the attacks of the Fan, Zhongxing and Zhi clans earlier, with the title of "Pillar State of Zhao", and the importance of military defense status can be seen.
If the State of Zhao had retained Jinyang, it could send troops from there to cut off the military transport line of the Qin state in southern Shanxi, or it could go east out of the Taihang Mountains to intimidate the rear of the Qin army attacking Handan.
Jinyang City
It can be seen that Jinyang played a very important role in Zhao Guo's resistance to the Qin state.
Then, the loss of Jinyang means that in addition to losing part of the western land, the Zhao state has also lost an important barrier in the western region.
From then on, it would become easier for the State of Qin to attack the State of Zhao.