History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
The winner is the king and the loser is the coward, and since ancient times, there has been no mercy on the battlefield of war. Once defeated in the war, it means death, in ancient times the defeated side is called the prisoner, the fate of the captives is generally very miserable, the fate of the male captives is generally directly executed, because if there is a living mouth, it is not guaranteed that they will retaliate in the future, in the past men as long as they take up arms can go to the battlefield. If there are male captives, there will be female captives, and will the female captives be treated directly?
Women in the previous status is very low, there is no ability to resist, treatment of them will not be directly executed, but will not make them feel better, the treatment of female prisoners will generally use the following 4 methods, it seems that how to feel so cruel, let's take a look at it.
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The first is that the captured women will become slaves, they generally return to the royal family or some powerful people to work, for life as slaves, this method of disposal in the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties period is more, the beard generally has no freedom, but also depends on the face of the person, then these female captives become slaves then the status is very low, if you look good will be used by the master of the family to trade, even if you are favored by the owner of the family, it is no chance, at most can only be regarded as a personal servant.
The second will send these female prisoners to the barracks to provide some services for the soldiers, which is much more miserable than the first, these soldiers will not only punch and kick them, but also let them serve themselves every day, basically the women who go are rarely alive, it is simply torture, the women of the old society were more conservative in their thinking, and they were not psychologically acceptable to stay with some big masters every day.
The third is to give these female captives as an item to the court officials or to the harem, but this situation is very rare, only those who are very good-looking have the opportunity to enter the harem to serve the lady, and the double gifts to the court officials or meritorious generals also enter their homes to be servants, and the status is also very low.
What does it mean that the last of the most inhumane, called marching companionship, means? In ancient times, this situation occurred between the Xianbei and The Xianbei people, and the new army war would last for a very long time, and the materials would be very scarce, and when the grain they brought was not enough to fill their stomachs, the soldiers would cook and eat these female captives directly, because in their eyes, the prisoners of these defeated nations were no different from livestock, and it sounded very cruel, so that the inhuman famous tribes would not survive for long, and sure enough, they would soon perish.