It's only been five years since the Battle of Handan, but Zhao almost destroyed Yan with a backhand blow. How did Zhao recover so quickly?

Everyone is familiar with the battle of Changping. Both Qin and Zhao suffered great losses, especially for Zhao at that time, not only the loss of the army, but also the problem of food and grass within Zhao at that time. Later, they experienced the battle of Handan, which also made Zhao's recovery go up in smoke for several years. Later, the prince also wanted to take advantage of Zhao's situation. It seems that this is mainly because Zhao has the following advantages.

First, the complete establishment of the legion

At that time, after the battle of Changping, the main force of Zhao was basically buried in this battle, while the other army was not used. It was not even used in the later battle of Handan. This army may consist of about 200,000 soldiers. As long as it was responsible for defending the Huns at that time, it can be said that this army was very effective. In addition, there was an iron horse left by King Wuling of Zhao. Although the number is small, less than 20 thousand, this cavalry is the strongest at that time. This is Zhao's strength after two battles.

On the other hand, after the five countries cut Qi, Yan occupied Qi for five years, but was later driven out of Qi by Tian Dan, which caused great losses. After 30 years of recovery, the original establishment has also been restored. Of course, as far as Yan's army is concerned, it is not weak. They also have an elite army composed of conference semifinals, and they are well trained.

Second, generals who are familiar with the military.

In the battle of Changping, except Zhao Kuo, other famous soldiers of Zhao did not fall, but in the war against Yan, Lian Po carried the banner, successfully defeated the 600,000 troops of Yan in the battle, captured many generals of Yan, and then hit the capital of Yan all the way. Finally, the prince was forced to choose peace, and Lian Po became Zhao Xiang because of such a war, which can be said to have made great contributions.

After Lian Po, the commander in chief of Zhao was Pang Wen. He was quite old at that time and had excellent combat experience. However, due to the change of generals in Zhao, Yan felt that he had found a breakthrough, that is, he sent veteran drama Xin to lead an army to attack Zhao again. Drama Xin also thinks that Pang Wen is a minor worry, but it is precisely because of his underestimation that he ended up being defeated and killed. As for the generals of Yan, General Li Abuduo, Xi Xin and others are not incompetent generals. It can only be said that Li Abuduo met Lian Po who was stronger than him, but Ju Xin failed because he underestimated the enemy.