What war happened before the Battle of Changping?

1. The battle between Yan and Zhi

The battle between Yan and Zhi refers to the forty-sixth year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty (269 BC). Zhao She, the famous general of Zhao State, led his army in Lan. With (now Heshun, Shanxi), he defeated the Qin army in a raid.

In 270 BC, Qin attacked Zhao and surrounded Zhao's important town of Yanyu (today's Heshun, Shanxi). Zhao She, the general of Zhao, led his army to rescue Zhao. He made a surprising plan and finally won a war that was originally unwinnable.

2. The Battle of Changping

The Qin State led its army to fight against the Zhao State army in the Changping area of ??Zhao State (now northwest of Gaoping City, Jincheng, Shanxi Province). The Battle of Changping took place from May to October 260 BC.

A large-scale war broke out between Qin and Zhao due to the competition for Shangdang. It took three years from the time Qin sent troops to cede Korea to Shangdang until Qin won. The Battle of Changping only lasted 5 months. Zhao Jun was finally defeated and Qin won and occupied Changping. In this battle, the Japanese beheaded and killed about 450,000 Zhao Jun.

3. The Battle of Handan is also called the Battle of Handan

259 BC (the fifty-sixth year of King Nan of Zhou) to 257 BC (the fifty-eighth year of King Nan of Zhou) A city offensive and defensive battle between Qin and the allied forces of Zhao, Wei, and Chu in Handan, the capital of Zhao (today's Handan City, Hebei Province).

4. Battle of Pingyang

Yuwen Yong decided to connect the Turks to the north and the Chen Dynasty to the south, and took advantage of Chen's capture of the Huainan region of the Northern Qi Dynasty to launch a war to destroy the Northern Qi Dynasty. The war lasted for 3 years, and the major battles included: the Battle of Heyin, the Battle of Pingyang and the Battle of Ye.

5. Battle of Fanwu

The Battle of Fanwu was the last major victory achieved by Zhao during the battle between Qin and Zhao. Li Mu's accurate judgment of the enemy's situation before the battle was the main reason for victory in this battle. However, Zhao State was unable to fight anymore, so this battle was only a defeat and failed to encircle and annihilate the Qin army.