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Just two years after implementing military innovation “Wearing Hu Attire and Shooting from Horseback”, the state of Zhao had forged a formidable cavalry force – swift, agile, and utterly unlike the slow, cumbersome chariot armies of old.
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In 307 BCE, the state of Zhao found itself in a precarious position. To the north lay Yan and the fierce Donghu tribes; to the east roamed the Linhu and Loufan nomads; to the west stood the powerful states of Qin and Han; and right in the heart of Zhao’s territory sat the stubborn…