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The Battle of Changping (長平之戰) was a military campaign during the Warring States period of ancient China, which took place from 262 BC to 260 BC at Changping (northwest of present-day Gaoping, Shanxi province), between the two strongest military powers, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao. After a bitter two-year stalemate, the ...
The Battle of Changping is ranked among the most lethal military operations in history and the largest battles in history since the combined troops numbered at 1.1 million. The battle reflects a model of total war between states, which countries use all of their human and economic resources into warfare.
King Xiaocheng of Zhao (Chinese: 趙孝成王; r. 265 BCE [1] – 245 BCE [2]), personal name Zhao Dan, was a king of the Zhao state.His reign saw the decline of Zhao military power owing to the catastrophic defeat by the Qin state at the Battle of Changping.
When Lian Po was on the verge of being replaced as overall commander in the Battle of Changping by the much younger and much more inexperienced Zhao Kuo, Lin Xiangru, then already gravely ill, begged King Xiaocheng of Zhao to reconsider the decision. However, his advice was not heeded, and disaster followed. [3]
He was succeeded by his son Zhao Kuo, who was the commander of the catastrophic Battle of Changping. Eventually in 228 BC the state of Zhao was subjugated by the State of Qin . The offspring of Zhao She adopted " Ma " (馬), the first word of the district "Ma Fu", as their surname.
The governor of Shangdang refused to surrender and presented it to Zhao instead. This led to the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao that resulted in a decisive victory for Qin. In 257 BC, the allied forces of Zhao, Wei and Chu managed to hold off Qin at the Battle of Handan, resulting in the first major defeat for Qin since Shang Yang's ...
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In 260 BC, the Qin state inflicts a devastating defeat on the Zhao state at the Battle of Changping. A group of refugees flees from Zhao and settles down in the Lively Valley, an isolated paradise-like world. Two young men, Jing Ke and Fan Wuji, grew up in the valley with their common love interest, Ye Xiaohu.