Why did Bai Qi bury 400,000 Zhao troops alive in the Battle of Changping? 100

Updated on history 2024-06-04
34 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    This is a problem left over from history, at that time, the Zhao army was much more numerous than the Qin State, and the Zhao army was directly killed, so that the six countries could be unified.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    In the Battle of Changping, the biggest reason for burying 400,000 Zhao troops alive was that they could not solve the grain and grass!

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Murderous and deterrent at the same time.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The Battle of Changping killed 400,000 Zhao troops in Baiqikeng:

    First of all, this is due to the situation during the Warring States period. At that time, war was no longer a ceremonial battle in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it became the norm to kill people in the city, kill people, and destroy the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent. During this period, large-scale war killings were dictated by the times.

    Secondly, Bai Qi personally advocates killing. Bai Qi is known as the slaughter of people, killing the gods, only from the "Historical Records" records, in Bai Qi's life to kill the Six Kingdoms soldiers as many as one million, such as the battle with Han Wei Yique beheaded 240,000, large-scale killing of the enemy army is Bai Qi's consistent practice.

    Third, the objective conditions at that time, the "Historical Records" mentioned that before Bai Qikeng killed the Zhao army, it was mentioned that the people of Shangdang County were unwilling to surrender to the Qin State, and the Zhao army repeatedly. In this way, it is difficult for these captives to be transformed into the combat effectiveness of the Qin army. And if they are put back, they will soon become a strong army, and the sacrifice of more than half of the Qin army's casualties will be meaningless.

    If they are not released, such a huge number will undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the logistics of the Qin State after the war.

    In the end, Bai Qi chose the most inhumane way to kill and surrender to the pawns. But this move also brought a shadow to his psychology, and before he was later given death by the king of Qin, he sighed for a long time, not understanding that he had great merit, but he was given death. Later, when I thought of the 400,000 Zhao soldiers I had killed, I sighed, I deserved to die and committed suicide calmly.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Release, let the tiger return to the mountain, raise, raise the tiger for trouble,

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    In ancient times, almost war became a commonplace thing, because in order to compete for territory, there were few peace negotiations, and the winners and losers were decided in the form of war. And it is said that when the victorious side cleans up the battlefield, it will catch a lot of prisoners, and in ancient times people were very brutal, but whenever they caught prisoners, they would not leave them alive, because they were afraid that they would rebel, but if the prisoners were small, they would be killed one by one, but when there were many people, the victors would bury these people alive.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Because Bai Qi must weaken the vitality of Zhao to the greatest extent. Moreover, Bai Qi did not have enough military rations to feed the 400,000 Zhao army prisoners at that time, and he was worried that these people would resist. Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, Bai Qi had to bury 400,000 Zhao troops alive.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Because they simply can't keep so many captives. It was also impossible to spend so much food to feed the captives of the hostile country, so they were buried alive.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Another reason is the military merit system.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    After ancient wars, there were special troops to bury the bodies of the opposing soldiers.

    Secondly, 400,000 is untrue for Zhao Guo.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    First of all, it is extremely unlikely that Zhao sent 400,000 troops in the Battle of Changping, which may be a common exaggeration in the writings of the ancients, when the total population of Zhao should have been no more than two million, and it was already the limit to be able to mobilize 100,000 troops.

    Second, the Qin army did kill prisoners, mainly to minimize the enemy's war potential and deter other princes. Zhao was the strongest military among the six countries at that time, and the Qin people had always been very jealous of it, and Zhao did completely decline after the First Battle of Changping.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    First, the Qin army's own food and grass were tight, and they couldn't afford to raise so many prisoners, and once the Zhao army was let go, it would be a fierce battle once it was reorganized.

    Second, the Battle of Changping has been fought for more than a year, and the Qin army is also very large, and the soldiers need to vent their hatred. Coupled with the military merit system of the Qin State, these Zhao troops are not enemies of the sky in the eyes of the Qin army, but also Huang Chengcheng's gold.

    Third, intimidation. In fact, Bai Qi still left 268 half-year-old children unkilled. Let them go back and report the news to fight the will of the Zhao people. However, judging from the battle of Handan, the effect backfired.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    If you have no food, you will be put back to the enemy. The war between the two sides is to weaken the enemy country to the greatest extent, so that's it.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Destroying the enemy's living forces, changing the absolute strength of both sides, and the lack of food and grass to meet the food and drink of the captives, and at the same time there are too many prisoners to manage and cannot be released, for the sake of victory is also a solution.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    After that, the reason why Bai Qi wanted to kill 400,000 Zhao soldiers was that if they were put back, they would become rebels against the Qin State again. The main army, the second Qin state, also did not have a large amount of grain to feed these soldiers.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    can't raise it, Qin's own food is not enough to eat, and it can't be put back, and if you put it back, people can pick it up and continue to fight.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    There is no surplus food for the prisoners of war, and releasing the prisoners of war is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountains, and bringing the prisoners of war back to replenish the army will bring instability. That's why prisoners of war are killed.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    The Battle of Changping took place in the Warring States Period, during this period the Qin Dynasty had begun to unify the annexation war of the six countries, Zhao was also the last country that had the ability to fight with the Qin State, it was not impossible to annex the Qin State, both sides used the national strength of the whole country, to participate in this war, roughly Qin used 650,000 troops, Zhao used 450,000 troops, but according to my analysis, it should only be a lot more, and many logistics personnel were not counted in it.

    We all know that in the end, it was the Qin State that won, and the Qin State used the method of luring the enemy to go deep and cut off the grain route to induce Zhao Kuo to take the initiative, and sure enough, Zhao Kuo launched an attack. In the end, the Zhao army was divided and surrounded by the Qin army, and the Qin army suffered countless casualties, not less than the Zhao army, but in the end, the commander of the Zhao army died, and the Zhao army lost its commander and the 400,000 troops ran out of food for a month, and did not succeed in breaking through, and finally claimed that the 400,000 troops surrendered.

    From a practical point of view, it is unrealistic to say that all 400,000 troops were killed. We know that the Zhao army used a total of 450,000 troops, and the Qin army also killed and wounded more than half, we can see that it is equivalent to 50,000 dead in the Zhao army and half of the Qin army, which is impossible, so at least the Qin army should not capture 400,000 people, it should be about 200,000 people, which makes sense.

    And we can see that even if the Qin army captured 200,000 people, 450,000 minus 200,000, a reduction of 250,000, and the Qin army's ** is far greater than the Zhao army, it can be seen how fierce the Zhao army's army is, even in the case of siege and food shortage, it can still be devastating to the Qin army Zhao Cheng, it can be seen how strong the Zhao army is, but it is a pity that the national strength of the Zhao State is insufficient, the grain and grass are unsustainable, and the five countries have lost their determination to persist in fighting against the Qin State, isolated, and finally failed.

    We know that the captured Zhao army was killed by the pit, and a total of about 200,000 were captured according to the above algorithm, so the Qin army should have killed about 200,000 Zhao troops in the battle of Changping, far from the 400,000 mentioned in the title, so it is not right to bury 400,000 people alive in the battle of Changping, we should have our own judgment, but the specific number of people killed in the pit may not be completely confirmed.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    History records that Bai Qi killed Zhao Jun, who was close to 40w, but there is no exact record of burying 40w people alive, so it should not be buried alive.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    In the Battle of Changping, there were about 450,000 soldiers in the Zhao state, while the Qin state was about 650,000; ** The situation is that the entire army of the Zhao State was annihilated, while the Qin State was about 20-250,000, and from the perspective of the number of people participating in the battle, the number of casualties of the Zhao army was really more than 400,000.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    According to historical records, the number of Zhao troops killed by Bai Qi is 400,000, but the number is too exaggerated, and there may not be so many people.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    It should be a bit exaggerated, because the army of Zhao was completely annihilated. Burying people alive is real. But this number may not be so certain.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    It is difficult to say that this is the case in the books, and many of them were buried in the pits after being beheaded.

    The Qin army also left a few thousand people behind, allowing them to spread the lie that the Qin army was invincible.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    According to history, the number of Zhao soldiers killed by Bai Qi is 400,000, so Bai Qi's killing of 400,000 Zhao troops should be true.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    It should be said that Zhao Jun who killed 40w, not buried alive, how difficult it is for so many people to be buried alive. Historical records do record that Bai Qi killed Zhao Jun, who was close to 40w.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    According to historical records, there are indeed more than 400,000 people, but the specific estimates will vary, after all, it is already history. Now there is no way to verify the real number.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    We all know that no matter what kind of war, sacrifice cannot be avoided The original text of the historical materials is "blackmail and killing", and later generations directly understand it as "pit killing" - Bai Qi buried 400,000 Zhao troops alive. In fact, in addition to the meaning of burying alive, the "阬" in the text also has the meaning of designing a frame-up. Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers at the beginning, and there were **, shooting, and burying them alive, not just burying them alive, after all, burying all 400,000 people alive in ancient times with low productivity is a very huge project, and it is difficult to complete.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    It should be a bit exaggerated, the population of the Zhao army is very large, and the annihilation of the Zhao army is true, but the real did not get 400,000 people.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    The Battle of Changping is actually not a glorious victory, it belongs to killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, he is famous because Bai Qikeng killed 40w to surrender the army, in fact, think about it, if Bai Qi's army was not met with stubborn resistance, where did he come from so much resentment pit to kill 40w people.

    According to historical records, in the First Battle of Changping, the Qin army died more than 30w. In fact, in the Battle of Changping, the Qin army won a miserable victory, and it was close to the Zhao army. Bai Qi said that although the Qin army won in Changping, more than half of them died.

    According to my speculation, the course of the war was as follows: first, Wang Yu defeated Lian Po's 450,000 troops in a field battle with 600,000 troops. Lian Po retreated to the barrier.

    Although Wang Ji captured the west base through a strong attack, he himself was also miserable and could no longer capture the east base. At this stage, the Qin army lost 200,000 and the Zhao army 50,000. Then Bai Qi attacked Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo rashly attacked, and was cut off and surrounded by Bai Qi; The king of Qin mobilized another 100,000 troops from the rear.

    The Qin army surrounded 400,000 with 500,000, and the Zhao army fought back desperately. By the time of Zhao Kuo's death, the Qin army was more than 10 thousand, and the Zhao army was 200,000. The rest of the Zhao army surrendered and was killed.

    On the whole, the Qin army lost more than 300,000 troops, accounting for half of the total 700,000 troops, so Bai Qi has such a statement. If Lian Po had been leading the troops, it would be difficult to say the real result. The Qin army was unfavorable in the first battle, the forward front was lost, and more than 30,000 soldiers were lost, and two captains were broken.

    Wang Ling led 200,000 Qin troops to retreat. King Qin Zhao asked Bai Qi to destroy Zhao, Bai Qi said, after the end of the Battle of Changping, the morale of the Qin army was flourishing, the whole country of Zhao was in a panic, and a battle could be determined. King Qin Zhao did not listen, he had to attack Handan, 100,000 troops were reduced but 50,000 were not captured, the Qin army urgently recruited 100,000 new soldiers, and sent Wang Ling to lead the army of 260,000 to attack Zhao again (new soldiers need to be recruited, it can be seen that the Qin army lost a lot of losses in the Battle of Changping), Xinling Jun led the six-nation alliance army to attack the Qin army from behind, the Qin army was defeated, and the loss of 100,000 soldiers appeared, and then there was a situation where a Qin army surrendered to Zhao, which shows the rapid decline of Qin's power.

    One before and one after, Qin and Zhao declined. The world is once again out of a situation where the heroes stand side by side. However, Qin's decline was military, and its powerful economy was still functioning, so it went east again ten years later.

    And after the heavy defeat of the Battle of Changping, the state of Zhao never recovered, and finally did not block the wheel of history.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    50,000, after all, the tactical division of 25,000, Zhao Kuo can't break through, and occupies a favorable location, Zhao Jun is hungry and fighting, saying that more than half of the elite casualties refer to the elite special forces, which is only tens of thousands, and why the Zhao State cannot be destroyed after the fight is because the King of Qin did not make up his mind at that time and the pressure of various countries at that time. There are a lot of disparaging and cheap people on the Internet who say that Zhao State can't afford it, but that's just wishful thinking, Zhao Guo treats Qin State and the labor expedition of the Qin State to face the attitude of various countries towards Qin at that time. Qin Guo was even more tormented, otherwise he would not have replaced Lian Po with a plan, and Lian Po's defense line was not leaky.

    There is also the damn sense of security of King Zhao, after all, more than 40 tens of thousands of people have been handed over to one person for a few years, and I am afraid that there will be two hearts, and Li Mu will not be the same.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    Detailed data is not available. However, the Qin army believed that it had lost more than half, and with a 600,000-strong army, it should have lost nearly 300,000. In addition, this loss was not caused by the killing of 420,000 Zhao troops, but the consequence of Zhao Kuo's active attack.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    About 200,000, plus 600,000 troops such as logistics troops, more than half of the dead and wounded.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    It's a prisoner of war, and you won't have any losses. Personally, I admire Bai Qi, killing gods, so many people died in this Warring States era, and he killed a large part of them.

  34. Anonymous users2024-01-09

    Answer: At least 50,000 people. plus no less than 200,000 people. There are no exact figures in history.

    1.Battle of Changping, the strength of both sides: Qin State: 100,000 elite troops, about 300,000 people. Zhao Guo: There are 110,000 elite troops and about 340,000 people.

    2.In the Battle of Chibi, Cao's army claimed to be a million soldiers, but in fact, it was not 800,000 but about 200,000. As a result of the Battle of Changping, Zhao Jungu was annihilated, and Qin also died more than half, that is, about one million deaths on both sides.

    3.Qin also killed more than half of them: at least 50,000. plus no less than 200,000 people. There are no exact figures in history.

    4.The pit killing of 420,000 Zhao troops was carried out later, and there were many people.

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