100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 68

Chapter 75 Zhao Kuo Talks on Paper
——The reality is not the hero in the game, but the dwarf in action. It is better to exercise in practice than to talk.

In the 53rd year of King Zhou Nan (262 BC), the State of Qin sent troops to attack Yewang (now Biyang County, Henan Province) of South Korea.Feng Ting, the prefect of Shangdang, quickly sent an envoy to the state of Zhao to ask for help, willing to surrender seventeen cities including Shangdang to Zhao to jointly resist the state of Qin.The king of Zhao accepted Zhao Sheng's proposal, and sent Lord Pingyuan to lead troops to aid Shangdang. At the same time, he sent general Lian Po to march into Changping, forming horns and echoing each other.

In the 55th year of King Zhou Nan (260 BC), Qin general Wang He captured Shangdang, and the Shangdang defenders were defeated and retreated to Zhao State. Qin army then attacked Changping.Lian Po built a fortress to block the Qin army's offensive, and the two armies were at a stalemate.The Qin army could not advance, so they sent spies to bribe Zhao Guoquan, Guo Kai, with thousands of gold, and spread rumors that Qin was most worried about Zhao Kuo, the son of Ma Fujun Zhao She, as the general.Zhao Wang thought that Lian Po was sticking to Changping and did not fight because he was afraid of the Qin army. He heard the rumors, so he replaced Lian Po and planned to replace him with Zhao Kuo.Lin Xiangru tried his best to dissuade him, thinking that it would be a big mistake; King Zhao refused to listen and insisted on sending Zhao Kuo to replace Lianpo.Zhao Kuo's mother learned that King Zhao wanted to use her son as a general, and also wrote a letter saying that when Zhao She was alive, Zhao Kuo was only talking on paper. If Zhao Guo wants to use him as a general in the future, it must be a disaster for the country.Zhao Wang still didn't listen.Qin Guo heard that Zhao Kuo had replaced Lian Po, and immediately secretly reassigned Lord Wu'an Bai Qi as a general, with Wang Yi as his deputy, and ordered the entire army.
Zhao Kuo took office, replaced Zhao's original generals, changed Lian Po's strategy, and ordered a large-scale attack on the Qin army.The Qin army pretended to be defeated, and at the same time sent two troops to outflank the Zhao army's rear, and then flanked the Zhao army back and forth.Bai Qi sent another 15 cavalry to break through Zhao Jun's original position. Zhao Jun was divided and surrounded, and the food road was cut off.At this time, King Qin personally went to Hebei to conscript men over the age of 40, and all of them drove to Changping to join the war.Zhao Jun was trapped for more than 40 days, ran out of food and aid, killed each other secretly, and used human flesh to satisfy their hunger.Zhao Kuo was forced to personally lead a group of elite soldiers to break through, but was shot to death by the Qin army.The Zhao army collapsed completely, and 240 people surrendered to the Qin army.Qin general Bai Qi was afraid that Zhao Jun would cause chaos, so he released [-] children to Zhao's country, and buried all other soldiers alive.

Wisdom Interpretation:

Many people tend to only talk about wars on paper, talk about things eloquently and eloquently, as if the battlefield is on his desk, but if he is really asked to face real swords and guns, he will be at a loss and magnify his powers at the maximum magnification. Weakness, this is the difference between empty talk and practice. No matter how good the words are, they cannot stand the test of reality. Therefore, when we do things, we must not just take the trend and development status of things for granted.

Succeed in practice, lose in empty talk, give up your own fantasy, do the soil down-to-earth, and let everyone step on themselves into a solid road!
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