The state of Zhao was created by a legendary king known as King Wu following the partition of Jin. Zhao has always been fighting against the other warring states and is a power to be reckoned with as their Three Great Heavens have fought the Six Great Generals of Qin on multiple occasions in the past.
Zhao gains the Wei region of Hanyou by conquest sometime close to Ren Pa's defection to Wei.
A large scale battle occurred between Great General Ren Pa and Gaku Jou due to Ren Pa's refusal of the king's decree to strip him of his rank. Ren Pa's 8,000 men won against Gaku Jou's 50,000, the latter forced to yield to Ren Pa who spared his life. Ren Pa went to Wei to seek asylum and was welcomed by its king Kei Bin.
Zhao holds a grudge against Qin because of the horrors they suffered at Chouhei, 19 years before the story, where many of their surrendered soldiers were slaughtered by being buried alive by Qin forces. 400,000 Zhao men were buried alive by Haku Ki of Qin's Six Great Generals at Chouhei and their male relatives later formed into troops led by General Man Goku.
The state of Zhao sent an army of 120,000 troops to invade Qin which was currently occupied with conquering cities in the weak state of Han. The army was led by Houken and several notable generals, two of which, led the initial invasion force to conquer the Qin border cities of Baou and Bayou. The Zhao retreated after killing the last living member of the Six Great Generals of Qin as that was their main reason for invading Qin.
An incident brought about by Ryo Fui forced the Zhao king to send Riboku to Qin which led to an alliance between the two states.
After the Qin took over the region of Sanyou, Zhao attacks the state of Yan with 100,000 troops. In 242 BC, General Geki Shin is defeated by Zhao General Hou Ken who captures 20,000 Yan soldiers as prisoners.
Not much is known about the culture of Zhao but given how they are surrounded by hostile states to the south, east, and west, they require a formidable army and a decently large population to recruit from to hold their enemies at bay. In addition, due to constant raids from the Northern Horseman Tribes to the north, they are forced to develop advanced cavalry tactics to confront them.
The state has a monarchy and the current king of Zhao was Tou Jou, a deviant with a twisted personality. After being crowned king in his youth, one of his first orders was to strip the famous great general Ren Pa of his rank and title due to hating him for speaking out against him.
The Zhao Military is organized from top to bottom by; Great Generals, Generals, 1000-man commanders, 300-man commanders, 100-man commanders and finally Go's (five-man units).
Its strength is in its cavalry which is considered to be the best in all of China and was pioneered by Zhao King, Bu Rei.
Ri Boku vs. Qin (Ou Sen), 120,000 vs 88,000: winner - Qin, price - the elite echelon of commanders such as Chou Ga Ryuu, Gyou'un, Gaku Ei, Kin Mou, and Earl Kou are killed.
Shun Sui Ju vs. Qin (Yo Tan Wa), 100,000+ vs 60,000: winner - Qin, price - the death of the entire royal Quanrong family and the Quanrong people swearing loyality to Yo Tan Wa.
Ei Sei was born in Zhao and lived there until the age of 9 as a political hostage before escaping to Qin and becoming its crown prince at the age of 13. During his time in Zhao, he was hated by its people who would viciously abused him to their anger towards the massacre of Chouhei.
King Burei once snuck into the Qin capital of Kanyou to personally pay his respects to their King, Sho of Qin.
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