As we all know, China has bred countless cultures and carried out countless dynastic changes for thousands of years. And the ancient war is particularly cruel, the era of cold weapons everyone likes to use the tactics of the sea of people, which side of the military strength, it is easier to obtain the final victory, just as the so-called one will be a thousand bones, peace is also accumulated by countless lives.
Most of the ancient soldiers were not born very well, so in order to add officials to the knighthood to fight are particularly brave, after the battle are still partial to slaughtering the city, often causing the destruction of life, the people are displaced, but there is a phenomenon, they basically do not kill women under the age of 20 when slaughtering the city, what is going on, what is the role of leaving them?
Ancient wars were frequent, often in the period when the dynasties were about to change, and the forces on all sides killed the red eye in order to compete for territory, even if the lives were destroyed and the blood flowed into rivers, they would slaughter the city. Rulers often recorded few facts in order not to have a negative impact.
The protagonists of the famous slaughtering of the city in ancient Chinese history include Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu who is known as a hero, Temujin, a generation of heavenly arrogance, Cao Cao, and Kublai Khan, who killed the most. Although Bai Qi of the Qin State killed 400,000 Zhao troops, he did not do anything to the people of the Zhao State, and the massacre of civilians was very unspeakable.
Why did ancient wars like slaughtering cities?
First, destroy the other side's living forces
It should be known that in ancient times, people fought wars, and whenever a war came, the imperial court had to go door to door to catch strong men to replenish the source of troops. Even if you are a general and a cow, no matter how proficient you are in the art of war, and there are no soldiers charging for you, isn't that equivalent to no pawns when playing chess? The ancient population was not as large as it is now, and perennial wars often led to a phenomenon - there were few men, so it was very important to eliminate the living forces that the other side could use to resist as much as possible at this time, and it was very humiliating to kill these unarmed people, but it was better than being organized by these people to kill themselves.
Second, grab supplies to ensure logistics
In ancient times, the speed of the supply of materials, sometimes often can not keep up with the speed of consumption of soldiers, soldiers often eat up and down, even so, but also have to fight with the enemy on the battlefield, so the heart of the enemy has long been full of anger, this anger has no reason, when the city is mostly able to grab, can kill, first to ensure their own survival, so it seems that it is really quite cruel, in fact, there is no way, war is so terrible, so people have always advocated peace.
Why doesn't Tucheng kill women under the age of 20? What is the purpose of leaving them behind?
First, the status of women is low, and they are not the key targets of slaughter at all
The identity of ancient women is generally relatively low, can not learn literature and martial arts, do not let go to the battlefield to fight, Hua Mulan for her father to join the army but also to conceal, was found to be punished, the ancient concept of women's education is: women without talent is moral. Therefore, most civilian women want to have no literature, no weapons, and can only live dependent on men, so they do not have their own independent thoughts, and they can hide well when fighting, and they do not pose any threat to these strong soldiers, so they are not the focus of the slaughter at all.
Second, what is the use of leaving these young women behind?
What is the purpose of the ancient war? Basically, it is all for the sake of grabbing territory, robbing women, these women are originally precious wealth, how can they be willing to kill them, especially those under 20 years old who are not yet married and have children, these are the objects that soldiers like, soldiers may be killed by the enemy at any time in the battlefield, they are people who will also be afraid, and they will also have the heart to retreat, so soldiers need to reward and stabilize the hearts of the army, and young female prisoners will often be rewarded as booty to those soldiers and officers who have made military merits, in order to improve their morale. In addition, women also have an important mission - to reproduce offspring, the first can supplement the loss of personnel caused by the war, the second can promote post-war economic development, I believe that smart people can see clearly. So in summary, that's why these women under the age of 20 are left behind.