Who were the two key figures in the battle of Changping, Lian Po and Tian Lei?
First of all, Lian Po was a famous soldier of Zhao at the end of the Warring States Period, and he, Wang Jian and Li Mu were also called "Four Famous Soldiers of the Warring States Period". In 283 BC, he led an army to crusade against Qi, won a great victory and seized it, and the king of Zhao named him Shangqing. Lian Po is famous for his bravery. In the early stage of the battle of Changping, he successfully resisted Qin Jun by sticking to it. In the nine years of the battle of Changping, he repelled the invasion of Yan, beheaded Li Abuduo, commander-in-chief of Yan, and marched around Yan Dou in March, making the other side cut five cities for peace, so he was appointed as the phase and sealed Ping Jun. When Zhao Mouxiang mourned the king, he went to Wei and Chu successively because of frustration. He lived in Daliang when he ran to Wei, then died of old age in Chu and was buried in Shouchun.
Tian Lei is a famous soldier and representative of a strategist in Qin State. He is another outstanding strategist and commander in chief in China after Sun Wu and Wuqi. He ranks first among the "Four Great Generals of the Warring States" and is good at using troops. He has a good relationship with Qin Li-Chu, and Ran is his half-brother. Leitian fought in the Six Kingdoms during the Qin and Zhao Haoqi periods, and made great contributions to the unification of the Six Kingdoms. The battle of Yi Que defeated the Wei-Han allied forces, captured the capital of Chu, and the battle of Changping dealt a heavy blow to the main force of Zhao, with outstanding military achievements. Tian Lei served as the general of Qin State for more than 30 years, besieged more than 70 cities, wiped out nearly one million enemy troops, and was named Wu Anjun. Unfortunately, in his later years, Bai Qi was given a sword by Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin, to commit suicide.
It can be said that the turning point of the battle of Changping was that Lian Po, the commander-in-chief of Zhao, was replaced, and Zhao Kuo, the replaced commander-in-chief, changed Lian Po's defense policy and took the initiative to attack, which eventually wiped out Zhao's entire army. Then someone must ask: "If Lian Po has not been replaced, he is still in charge of Zhao, can he still create a miracle to destroy Zhao?" . In fact, this question is very difficult to answer. After all, things have happened, and no one can know the hypothetical problem. But here I assume from my own point of view. In fact, even if Lian Po is still in Changping, he still leads Zhao. If Qin cannot be defeated, Ye Zhao will fail.
First of all, we need to know that Lian Po and Tian Lei didn't have any other confrontation before the battle of Changping, that is to say, we can't know who has a better chance of winning. We can only say that Lian Po is good at defense and Tian Lei is good at attack. In the battle of Changping, Zhao Jun led by Lian Po was the defensive side, while Qin Jun was the offensive side. In reality, our impression is that the offensive side lost more troops than the defensive side. However, we should know that the most powerful thing is the Qin crossbow. Among the six countries, Qin Jun's Qin crossbow is the most powerful, and it can shoot as far as 900 meters. So obviously this advantage makes up for the defect that Qin Jun is the attacking party. Don't forget that Zhao, led by Lian Po, is an elite who is good at fighting, not an elite who is good at defending. The consequences can be imagined. Moreover, in the battle of Changping, the forces of Qin and Zhao were not much different, and the soldiers of both countries were elite Qin and Zhao.
Furthermore, in previous wars, the final victory of both sides depends on the quality of soldiers, the supply of food and grass and the wisdom of commanders. In the battle of Changping, if Lian Po was still here, the soldiers and commanders of Qin and Zhao were almost the same in quality, but in the supply of grain and grass, Qin had a much greater advantage than Zhao. In fact, Lian Po was ready to beat Qin Jun first at the beginning of the battle of Changping.
Then wait for the favorable opportunity to attack again, but what he didn't expect was that Qin actually called millions of young people to clear channels and let Qin transport food directly from the water, even faster and smoother than Zhao, who, on the contrary, didn't expect it to become a protracted war at first. Shortly after the war, there was a shortage of food and grass, and Lian Po delayed for two months. However, farming is just around the corner, and the stalemate will lead to Zhao falling into a situation where there is no food to eat. More importantly, Lian Po used Zhao, who was good at fighting, for defense. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he successfully bypassed Zhao's back road and harassed Zhao's route for providing foodstuff, which made Zhao worse and completely lost his initiative. That is to say, Zhao was completely at a disadvantage in logistics, so even if Lian Po could always guard, it would eventually fall into the point where there was no food available, and finally it could only be defeated by Qin.
Therefore, according to the above facts, the conclusion is: No matter who is the commander-in-chief in the battle of Changping, even if Lian Po is the commander-in-chief of Zhao, the only advantage of letting Lian Po continue to be the commander-in-chief of Zhao is that Zhao will not be completely annihilated like commander Zhao Kuo, and Zhao may retain at least 400,000 elites because of the existence of Lian Po. With this 400,000 elite, Zhao will not be wiped out so quickly, and at least it can maintain the national luck for a hundred years.