Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, after offering a humble apology, things are not so good!

The story of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru is too familiar to many people. From the idiom stories I read when I was a child to the text "Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru" I learned when I grew up, we know that Lian Po offered Lin Xiangru a humble apology, and they finally put aside their differences and protected Zhao. But after that? Idiom stories don't tell us, and Chinese texts don't tell us. Let me talk about it.

Before telling the story, let's review and apologize. This happened in Zhao at the end of the Warring States period, when Qin had risen to become a big country. During the reign of Zhao Huiwen, Lin Xiangru was originally a guest of honor of Miao Xian, the eunuch leader of Zhao, with a humble position. On one occasion, Qin wanted to exchange 15 cities with Zhao, and Miao Xian recommended Lin Xiangru to Zhao. Guo Qin didn't want to give up the city, but wanted to get the piece of Choi directly with his bare hands. Lin Xiangru, relying on his own wisdom and courage, kept Zhao from losing his ideal city, and returned it to Zhao intact.

In fact, it is not necessarily a good thing for Zhao to return to Zhao's house intact. It is unwise for Zhao to offend Qin for a piece of jade. After Qin attacked Zhao, it captured Shicheng. A year later, he attacked Zhao and killed 20 thousand people in Zhao.

Later, in Mianchi, the king of Zhao met the king of Qin. The king of Qin told him to play the piano, but the king of Zhao dared not. The History of Qin records that the king of Qin and the king of Zhao drank together and made him play musical instruments. Lin Xiangru also forced the king of Qin to play the piano and historians to write.

Because of Lin Xiangru's contribution to these two things, he was named Shangqing by King Hui, and his position was higher than that of Lian Po. Lian Po thought he captured the city for Zhao as a military commander, but he didn't get Shangqing's position. Why did Lin Xiangru get this position with only one breath? Also said to see Lin Xiangru must humiliate him, Lin Xiangru also ignored him. Whenever he goes to court, he avoids it, and when he goes out, he will avoid it. Lin Xiangru can't stand it any longer. I think Lin Xiangru is afraid of Lian Po. Lin Xiang said, I am not afraid of the king of Qin. Will I be afraid of him? I have been patient again and again because only by uniting with him did Qin dare not attack Zhao. Hearing this, Lian Po found himself narrow-minded, so he took off his coat and went to Lin Xiangru to plead guilty. Lin Xiangru didn't whip him with thorns, but they became good friends.

These are probably the contents of offering a humble apology. In historical records, Sima Qian highly praised Lin Xiangru, believing that Lin Xiangru was fearless and courageous in times of crisis. It is wise not to lose the enemy in diplomacy; It is a noble character not to argue with Lian Po.

However, relying on them, Zhao Can can only seek temporary stability. After Zhao Haoqi Huiwen died, everything changed …

After the death of Zhao Haoqi Huiwen, he was succeeded by Zhao Haoqi Huiwen's second son, known as Zhao Haoqi Cheng Xiao. Zhao Haoqi Cheng Xiao is a very greedy king. Qin attacked South Korea, cutting off the connection between Shangdang County and the capital of South Korea. The situation in Shangdang County was very critical, but the county magistrate was unwilling to surrender to the State of Qin, so he sent messengers to dedicate the map of Shangdang to Zhao.

Before that, Zhao Haoqi Cheng Xiao had a dream. He dreamed that he was wearing a gorgeous dress with different colors on both sides. He still sat on the dragon and rode a dragonfly to the sky, but he fell down before he could fly high. After falling, he saw a mountain full of gold and jade. The fortune teller said it was not a good sign. He rode a dragon to the sky, but he fell down before he could fly to the sky, symbolizing his lack of strength. Seeing a mountain of gold and jade symbolizes that he has a lot of troubles.

However, Zhao Wang did not take this divination result seriously. He was overjoyed when the angel of the Party presented 17 cities. He didn't consider what Qin would do if he got 65,438+07 cities. The city that Qin worked so hard to lay was taken advantage of by Zhao.

In 262 BC, the king of Zhao sent troops to take over the Party. Two years later, the State of Qin sent people to attack the Party, and the Prince of Zhao sent Lian Po to lead more than 200,000 troops to help. When Lian Po arrived, Shangdang had been occupied, and Zhao and Qin were evenly matched. After a few months, Zhao couldn't resist, and Lian Po changed his strategy and couldn't hold on any longer. Qin Jun was a little unhappy about it. What should I do? This stalemate is not the way. Premier Qin came up with an idea. He sent someone to declare to Zhao: "Lian Po is very easy to deal with, and he is most afraid of Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, the boy." Zhao Wang Ben was dissatisfied with Lian Po's failure to stick to it, so he was cheated by Qin and sent Zhao Kuo instead of Lian Po. I heard that Zhao had changed his coach, and for the sake of safety, he secretly sent a replacement for Wang Bi.

Zhao Kuo's knowledge of the art of war is so strong that even his father Zhao She can't pass the exam, but his father doesn't think he has the ability to be a good general. When Zhao proposed to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, the mothers of Lin Xiangru and Zhao Kuo, who were seriously ill, advised Zhao not to do so. Lin Xiangru thinks that Zhao Kuo is just an armchair strategist and has no experience in leading troops to fight. It is unwise to change Lian Po rashly.

Zhao Kuo replaced Lian Po, immediately changed Lian Po's strategy, organized troops to attack Qin Jun, pretended to fail, Zhao Kuo pursued Qin Jun to the fortress, and Tian Lei made an army assault the rear of Zhao, made an army insert into the middle of Zhao, split Zhao in two, and sent troops to cut off the route for providing foodstuff for Zhao.

The strength of both sides reached 400 thousand in World War I. Qin Jun couldn't destroy Zhao in one fell swoop, so he surrounded Zhao and slowly nibbled away. When the King of Qin heard that the grain route of Zhao was broken, he immediately recruited soldiers in Hanoi to transport grain and trench, blocking the way for other countries to support Zhao. Zhao was trapped for 46 days. In these 46 days, Zhao Kuo organized many breakthroughs without success. At the end of the war, people killed each other, and Zhao Kuo was killed by Qin Jun in a breakout. Zhao lost his coach and suffered heavy casualties, so he had to surrender to Qin Jun. Afraid of Zhao's trial and error, he ordered all 400,000 Zhao to be buried alive, and only some young soldiers were released.

The battle of Changping can be said to be a battle related to the trend of the Warring States. After this war, the six countries have no strength to fight back, and it is only a matter of time before Qin is unified …

Lin Xiangru probably died during the battle of Changping, and Lian Po was also reused after the battle of Changping. When he died, Lian Po was ostracized by Zhao and defected to Wei. After being besieged by Qin for many times, Zhao remembered the benefits of Lian Po and wanted to reuse him, so he sent an envoy to Lian Po. Lian Po ate a bucket of rice in front of him, 10 Jin of meat, and put on armor to show that it can still be used. However, the envoy was bought off by the enemies of Lian Po. When he came back, he said to the prince of Zhao, "Lian Po is old, but he has a good appetite, but he sits with me. No, the prince of Zhao thought that Lian Po was old, so he didn't hire him again. Later, he moved to Chu, but he was not reused all his life until he died.

@ Swordsman wandered between Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, and sang a song "General Peace" for us, but Zhao's fate has not changed. The Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru seems to tell us that Zhao was defeated by Qin, because the monarch was unknown and the generals were not wise, and Zhao coveted the city, so Zhao Kuo, who was only an armchair strategist, was used, and Zhao was devastated. But I think even Lian Po can be forced to stick to it when facing Qin Jun. This is no longer a simple general problem. Zhao Kuo can insist on not eating, drinking or eating grass for 46 days, which is not really an armchair strategist. War depends on comprehensive national strength, not one person!