Why did Bai Qi pit and kill Zhao Guo's troops?

The age of the Battle of Changping was from 262 BC to 260 BC, this battle was fought by the strength of Great Qin, recruiting sixteen to sixty men in the country, and the 600,000 troops were already the limit of Great Qin, it was impossible to collect another 400,000 pawns, and there were not so many troops to guard. It is impossible to put it back, so that the battle of Changping is equivalent to a white fight, Zhao Guo did not hurt his bones, he could fight again, and pit killing was the best choice.

Due to various reasons such as the book burning pit Confucianism (around 213 BC) and the chu-Han war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there are very few historical records left, and the most complete historical record of this period is the "History of Ma Qian" of the Taishi Company, and the "Lü Shi Chunqiu" is simply mentioned, if the Zhao army has 450,000 (the record is that 50,000 died in battle, and 400,000 were killed after surrender), then how many Qin troops should there be? Scholars believe that there are more than Zhao Jun. But there is a contradiction here, because after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi told the King of Qin that more than half of the Qin army died in the Battle of Changping. If the Qin army slightly surpassed the Zhao army by 500,000, more than half of the dead would die 250,000. Do you think about it: The Qin army, which has always occupied the battlefield advantage, was killed five times as many soldiers in the battle as the Zhao army? Do you believe it? It's impossible. Therefore, the real combat troops of the Zhao Army are only a quarter of the total number (because there are still three-quarters of the civilians), that is, about 110,000. When the Zhao army was finally cut off and surrendered, more than 300,000 civilians accompanying the army were naturally captured. How to distinguish between civilians and soldiers? Soldiers and civilian husbands are men, but soldiers are generally strong men, the proportion of old and weak men is large, colleague soldiers have to go through a long period of military training, combat experience and combat skills are very high, and civilian husbands have not undergone any combat training. However, why did Bai Qi want to kill the people together? First, to lighten the burden of the Qin state, second, to weaken the Zhao state, and third, to shock the world, so that the nations did not dare to attack Qin.

Therefore, Bai Qi pit killed Zhao Soldiers + Minfu = 400,000 people, of which there were roughly 60,000 soldiers (11-5 = 60,000). It is impossible to know whether the 110,000 Zhao army included the Shangdang County troops that had been classified into the Zhao State, or how many they were. If there are 30,000 troops in Shangdang County, then zhao jun only has 80,000 from Handan. In fact, it is quite reliable to say that Zhao Jun only has 80,000, and to say that Zhao Jun has 450,000 is basically nonsense.

It can be said with certainty that the Battle of Changping pit Zhao 450,000 is false, you think about how big a pit the pit 450,000 people have to dig, in the white is divided into troops to surround the Zhao army, how can it be driven to a piece of The Zhao army at once, the Zhao army will not resist, at least 700,000 troops to suppress it, the Qin state was a country in Guanzhong at that time There were not so many soldiers, in the person said that Qin Zhaowang heard that the pit Zhao 450,000 strong soldiers sent Bai Qi, Meng Wu, Wang Qian to destroy Zhao, none of them wanted to go, then what is the reason, who does not know to pick up cheap, There is a person who went for 3 years and could not destroy Zhao what is the reason, can only explain that the destruction of Zhao 450,000 people is to be in front of King Zhao, good luck,