In the era of cold weapons, a soldier fought continuously for several hours, and he was exhausted without being hacked to death. Therefore, the general of the unified army must have a rough estimate of the soldier's diet, physical strength and even defecation, and rotate them when necessary. Not to mention, if the soldiers on the battlefield collectively diarrhea, maybe they will really be beaten to "fart and urine stream".
In ancient battlefields, the scene of the commander roaring and then leading tens of thousands of people to charge was generally not seen, because then the army was out of control.
Generally speaking, two groups of people beat each other unorganized and undisciplined, and they can divide the victory and defeat in dozens of minutes. Thousands of people rushed to hedge, and the fight was over for half a day, because the physical strength did not allow it. The famous Battle of Shuishui, 80,000 Jin troops broke 200,000 Qin troops in only half a day.
In ancient times, large armies often killed for days and nights, but not all the soldiers slashed for days and nights with real knives and guns. Instead, the two sides of the battle constantly tested each other, and the various armies took turns to fight, some fighting and some stopping, and after the sky gradually darkened, they would collect the troops, eat and rest well, fight again in Japan, and then engage in some night raids at night, harassing or something. Therefore, site selection and camping is the basic skill of ancient generals. Liu Bei was burned by fire because of his bad choice, and Ma Mo's bad choice was also burned, and he lost the street kiosk.
When the two armies engage, generally the scouts of the two sides clash with each other to investigate the basic situation of the other side's strength, the structure of the arms, and the location of each department. Then according to the deployment of the main generals of the two sides to start the battle, generally the two sides of the forward battalion clash, wait for the second echelon to come up, the forward battalion will have to rest, otherwise they will have to wait for the front soldiers to die before they can contact the enemy army, and when the final forward battalion can not survive, let alone eat and go to the toilet!
When the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty first fought Gardan, first the artillery bombarded, then the muskets fired, then the cavalry charged each other, and finally the infantry pressed up and cut each other, and the mutual fighting between the cavalry and infantry on both sides was not a swarm, and the various departments had a basis for advancing and retreating, rotating with each other, and covering each other. When the cavalry infantry was almost exhausted, the artillery and musketeers who had been rested should have gone into battle, but because the Kaldan army was running out of ammunition, they withdrew.
Therefore, on the battlefield of cold weapons, soldiers will be withdrawn after a period of fighting, and the brother troops will be on top of themselves, drinking water, eating dry food, going to the toilet, slowing down and then entering the battlefield with the orders of the main general, and the maximum combat effectiveness is exploded.
Then some people have doubts, eating and drinking water is no problem, take out dry food and water bags to eat and drink, but what to do when you go to the toilet? Urinating is better to say, is it necessary to solve the problem of poop anytime and anywhere?
In fact, the ancient army also paid great attention to hygiene, because there were too many people in the army, and if they defecated on the ground for a while, their positions were full of dung pits. It not only gives people a huge visual and taste "enjoyment", but also pollutes their own water sources and causes various diseases. So when resting, soldiers have to go to the toilet in the designated place, of course, if it is in the fight during the stomach trouble, then there is a good chance that the pants must be pulled, after all, small lives are important, isn't it?
Another advantage of the concentration of soldiers' feces is the production of biological weapons. The defending party often boils the dung with water to make it into "golden juice"! This poured on the enemy army is called a sour, not only disgusting people, this kind of burn will generally be accompanied by a large area of infection, the ancient medical level is difficult to treat. And the "golden juice" can also be applied to feather arrows, turning them into biological weapons and increasing the lethality rate!
So where does so much feces come from to make "golden juice"? It's all up to your brothers, the number of thousands of people! Therefore, it is particularly important to have soldiers gathered to go to the toilet, otherwise it will take time and effort to collect!
Of course, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, defecating on their own positions, and even throwing away weapons in the name of fighting, and there should also be strange situations of thinning on the spot, that depends on the quality of the troops and the majesty of the main general!
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