For what reason were the 400,000 Zhao troops killed by the Qin army?

At that time, not all of the 400,000 Zhao people captured by the Qin State were troops, and these 400,000 people were large enough that the Qin State had no confidence and did not dare to annex them, because if they rebelled after the annexation, it might have more serious consequences, and if they were not annexed, the food and other materials consumed by 400,000 people every day were also unbearable for the Qin State, so it could be said that it was a helpless move to kill so many people in the end.

At that time, the Qin army and the Zhao army confronted each other, and the food consumption of the two countries was very large, and they could hardly hold on, and after the victory of the Qin army, there was no surplus food to supply the prisoners of war, and the prisoners of war could not be released, so Bai Qi could only kill them.

Because of strategic purposes. In order to make Zhao Jun unable to ease up, the Qin army killed Zhao Jun's young and strong.

The Battle of Changping can be said to be the 500-year-long Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then the most tragic battle in ancient Chinese history. The battle, which ended with the Zhao army being killed by 400,000 Qin troops, is still heart-wrenching. Sima Qian said in the "Historical Records" that Zhao Guo fell for Bai Qi's counter-plan, and used Zhao Kuo to replace the famous general Lian Po to bury Zhao Jun as the main general, leaving the idiom of "talking on paper" for future generations.

No matter what time there is a war, there is a natural advantage in numbers, so many generals lie about the number of troops before the war to threaten the enemy.

For example, in the Battle of Weishui, Fu Jian was known as 800,000 foot horseback. The Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao is also known as 800,000. Chen Youliang is called 600,000.

In fact, in addition to the war, there are only one side of the force, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, and there are exaggerated factors. But the crux of the matter is, were all of these 400,000 people really killed? And are these 400,000 people professional soldiers?

The answer is clearly no. You must know that after the Battle of Changping, if Zhao still has 400,000 professional soldiers alive, Bai Qi will of course frame them, and whether he can achieve the final victory in this war is a big unknown.

If you want to say why, it is because the Qin State at that time, even if the soldiers of the whole country were gathered, there were only 600,000 people. Because in the era of cold weapons, it was obviously very difficult to easily kill the other 400,000 professional soldiers with 600,000 professional soldiers. When Zhao Kuo launched an attack on the Qin army, no one expected that he would fall for Bai Qi's stupid trick and be surrounded for forty-six days.

At the critical juncture, Zhao Kuo organized four troops to break through. As a result, there was no going out. The Qin army rained arrows.

In the fierce battle, Zhao Kuo was hit by dozens of arrows and finally died.

After Zhao's death, Zhao Jun put down ** and surrendered. In order to escape the troubles, except for the restorers, Bai Qi put all 400,000 people in the cave and killed them, the scene was really cruel. The Battle of Changping, which decided the fate of Qin and Zhao, also ended with the victory of the Qin army.

Of course, in addition to intimidating the enemy, another reason is to eat food. In fact, there were only 10 people, but it was reported to 20 people, and after receiving the salary of 10 more people, it went into the general's own pocket. It is not uncommon for many false declarations to be made, resulting in a large discrepancy between the actual number of troops and the number of people on the books.

It is really necessary to kill more than a million people in a lifetime according to the number of ledger monsters. It was equivalent to killing all the young and middle-aged labor force in seven countries at that time, which was obviously unrealistic.

It should be fake. According to the archaeological findings, there are mass graves dug and buried alive in the Changping area, which fully says that the Qin army killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers in the pit is not true.

Historical records are a chronicle in the history of our country, and many of the historical defeats and poems recorded in it are very true. The Qin army was indeed very tyrannical at that time, killing prisoners in the war.

In the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, Bai Qi surrounded 400,000 Zhao soldiers in one fell swoop, and did not rush to attack, but waited until the people were sleepy and tired, and then killed them in one fell swoop.

Conformity thinking, how can I be so unlucky and feel that I have to die and I am not the only one, it takes courage and wisdom to resist, maybe there is a danger in charging into battle with a machine gun outside the circle, and it is good to follow the crowd and simply do it with others,

At that time, the Qin army had the most advanced equipment in ancient times, and their combat effectiveness was very strong. It's not that you don't break through, it's that you can't break through.

After enduring a long period of hunger, there was no strength to resist, and the morale of the army at that time had been greatly disturbed, and the Zhao army had lost its backbone and became a group of lambs to the slaughter.

Because the Qin army tricked the Zhao army, and then shot them all first, and then buried them with soil after death.

The defeat of the Zhao army in the Battle of Changping greatly damaged the vitality of the Zhao State, and there was no longer the strength to resist the Qin army, and the Qin State laid the foundation for the future elimination of the Zhao State because of the victory in the Battle of Changping. The Battle of Changping was caused by the dispute between Qin and Zhao for many years, and finally in 262 BC the two countries broke out the most fierce war, that is, the Battle of Changping, the cause of the Battle of Changping was because the King of Zhao coveted the seventeen cities of Korea, at that time Korea was basically in the bag of the Qin State, the King of Zhao was undoubtedly against the Qin State, the Qin State was already the strongest country among the Seven Kingdoms at that time, watching the Zhao State blatantly snatch the land that he should have gotten was naturally very dissatisfied, so the two countries fought in Changping, known as the Battle of Changping in history.

The reason for the failure of the Battle of Changping of Zhao State 1, the strength of the general was far inferior to that of the general of Qin.

Because the Qin State has the god of war Bai Qi, the famous general is only Lian Po, Lian Po's offensive ability is far inferior to Bai Qi, so the original plan of the country is that if the Qin army attacks over, it will be mainly defended, in the Battle of Changping, Zhao has two defenders, the first is Lian Po, the second guard is Zhao Kuo, Ying Lian Po in command, fought many defeats (because of his age and lack of ability, it is not a problem of ability), so the guard was replaced by Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo's actual combat experience is almost zero, so Zhao Guo has lost half of the general's comparison.

2. Insufficient preparation for war.

In the Battle of Changping, Qin first cut off Zhao's grain and grass roads, and there was almost no supply to Zhao in the Battle of Changping, and the national generals Lian Po and Zhao Kuo did not solve the problem of grain and grass supply well, which led to the Zhao army being at a disadvantage in the face of the Qin army's war of attrition.

3. The military is not in harmony.

In the Battle of Changping, Lian Po and Zhao Kuo's claims. In fact, there is a difference, Lian Po mainly defensive, and Zhao Kuo advocated attacking, so it led to the army could not be unified, and he was hesitant to make decisions, and a series of failures in the Battle of Changping led the spirit of the people of Zhao Guoren to collapse, and when the general Zhao Kuo was shot to death, the Zhao army still had more than 400,000 people, and even resisted and did not directly choose to surrender. <>

The results of the Battle of Changping and the impact of the Battle of Changping have ended with the annihilation of the entire army of Zhao, and the Qin State was also heavy in this battle, but the results achieved were worth it, so the victory of the battle will be the strongest country except Qin at that time There is no possibility of rising again (the Battle of Changping Zhao State is almost the whole army attack), and from then on Zhao State can only be slaughtered.

The Qin army used the power of the whole country to kill 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping, annihilating the main force of the Zhao army in one fell swoop.

Zhao Kuo, the general of Zhao State, could only talk on paper and was arrogant, and the Qin army took advantage of this and used stratagem to bury Zhao's army alive.

So, here we have a doubt, that is, the number of Zhao troops captured by the Qin army is huge, reaching as many as 400,000. It is unbelievable that so many prisoners of war were all buried alive by the Qin army. Even if Zhao Jun resisted a little, it would not have ended up like this.

So, what's going on?

And when Zhao Kuo took over the army, he changed Lian Po's tactics and turned defense into offense. Zhao Jun held a desperate attitude and fought with Qin Jun. Who knew that after a hard battle, Zhao Jun still failed.

Not only did the main general Zhao Kuo die on the battlefield, but his entire army became prisoners. At this time, the whole army of Zhao Jun was depressed, and they had lost the psychology of resistance, and some only had the psychology of resignation.

In addition, the Qin army guarded the Zhao army prisoners closely, and the Zhao army was originally surrounded by the Qin army, and the Qin army would definitely completely disarm them when they surrendered. How can a group of defenseless hungry and powerless people resist the living, heavily armed people? Therefore, there were no conditions for resistance at all, and it was impossible for the Zhao army to be captured even if they wanted to resist.

As a captive, all you want is to live. And when the Qin army came out to capture the Zhao army, he must have made a promise to them to live. In this way, the lucky Zhao army captives will definitely not resist.

And when they face the moment before death, when they realize that they have been deceived, it is too late to say anything.

However, Bai Qi was eventually punished for his evil deeds. After this, all the Warring States knew about the brutality of the Qin army. As a result, the Qin army suffered a crushing defeat due to the desperate resistance of Zhao and other vassal states. And Bai Qi was also implicated because of this, and was finally killed by King Qin Zhao.

It was not that the Zhao army did not resist, but that it could not be countered at all, and the military strength of the Qin army at that time was far greater than that of the Zhao state. After a period of resistance, he will be beaten to death by the Qin army.

First of all, there was an absolute disparity in strength at that time, and the number of the Qin army was more than ten times that of the Zhao army. Then Qin Jun had prepared a special pit in advance, and Zhao Jun could only watch himself being buried alive.

There's no way to resist. At that time, Zhao State did not have the strength to jump in front of the Qin army at all. And they were all stupid by Qin Jun's move.

The Zhao army must have resisted at that time, but the Qin army crushed the Zhao army in terms of numbers and materials, so the Zhao army's resistance was useless at all.

Pit to kill hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers, first of all, the Qin soldiers must occupy an absolute advantage in numbers, and digging a pit is also a technical job, after all, this big pit should also be a big project.

Changping Zhao 450,000, Qin 600,000, during the confrontation Zhao was at a disadvantage, even so still Qin lost nearly half (300,000), presumably Zhao's loss should not be lower than this number, then the Zhao army that really fought to the end and surrendered may be at most 100,000 or less, how can there be a legendary pit to kill hundreds of thousands.

After surrendering, all the ** were collected, and they were not given food, and then they were told to dig pits and work as coolies. Wait for the strength to run out and then pit and kill, and Zhao Jun is no longer able to fight.

The Battle of Changping Qin pit killed the Zhao army prisoners is true, although the number of people killed in the pit is not necessarily 400,000 people, but it will not be much worse, there is a book called "The Battle of Changping - A Study of the Largest Battle in Ancient China" is worth seeing.