Understand the military merit system, there are a few heads on the neck, and it is not enough for the other party to cut off.
If it was during the Warring States Period, playing dead on the battlefield against the Qin State, then this was simply sending warmth. During the Warring States Period, the state of Qin was in the west, poor and destitute, and for a long time, it was only self-preservation, and going east could only stay in the mind of the king of Qin.
The military merit system of killing and cutting makes the enemy fake death into real death
During the period of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying entered Qin, helped Qin complete its transformation, and forged a tiger and wolf army for Qin. He abolished the system of Shiqing Shilu and introduced the system of twenty-two military meritorious officers.
Since then, Qin's internal fighting has basically disappeared, and all his strength has been used on the battlefield.
"秦人捐甲徒裎以趋敌,左挈人头,右挟生虏。"——《战国策·韩策》
This sentence was recorded in the Warring States Policy, in which the soldiers of the Qin State were bare-chested, carrying the enemy's head with their left hand and pulling the prisoner opposite with their right hand, they rushed forward without stopping.
This kind of battle scene, please make up for it yourself.
Dare to ask, who dares to lie down and pretend to be dead in the battle against the Qin army? As long as they lie down, fake death will become real death.
The military merit system of the Qin state lasted until the fall of the Qin state, and it was also used as a reference by other countries. In the process of implementation, a series of problems have also emerged, such as the practice of cutting off the head while fighting, which is really inconvenient, and then affects the efficiency of the operation.
By extension, soldiers don't cut off their heads while fighting, they also have a clear division of labor. Most of the soldiers of the Qin State were 5 people in a team, and 20 soldiers were in a team, including 75 combat personnel and 25 logistics personnel.
When they were in battle, those 25 would take on the responsibility of harvesting heads. Therefore, the scene seen by the enemy bare-chested, holding a human head in his left hand and holding a prisoner in his right hand is real.
As mentioned above, the practice of military merit was borrowed by other countries, and the disadvantages of cutting off the head were also highlighted, and later it became the left ear. This practice has greatly reduced the labor load of the troops and also improved the combat efficiency of the army.
Through this description, many people must have figured out why they can't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead.
There are limitations to how you fight
In ancient times, battles were mainly based on formations and cavalry assaults. The soldiers in the front row were holding shields and short knives, and with the long ges in the back row, the soldiers were tightly attached to each other, and they wrestled with the front row of the opponent step by step.
While wrestling, the soldiers holding Changge in the rear will attack the opponent through their shields. The routines of both sides are similar, so the mortality rate of the soldiers in the front row is extremely high.
As long as it was in this process, the soldiers in the front row of the opposing side could not withstand the attack of the other side, resulting in the front row being broken, and basically the battle was declared a failure.
At this time, the victorious side will rely on the soldiers in the front row to start advancing towards the opponent, and the opponent who loses the front row will lose the support that can resist damage.
Relying only on the attack of distant soldiers will not be able to gain a foothold at all. And the team with the front row of soldiers, the output environment is simply too good. So in this case, how to play dead?
Even if there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they are small combat units, so the question is, when is it more economical to play dead? The simple explanation is that there is no need to install in the front row, and there is no need to install in the back row.
The front-row soldier is simply to absorb damage. If you fight for one more minute, you will gain an output environment for your side for one minute. The soldier who stumbled and fell was not poked to death by the opponent with a long ge, but was also trampled to death by the soldier.
Therefore, maintaining combat effectiveness is the best option.
The soldiers in the back row are the output positions, and there is no need to fall down and play dead. Just imagine, the brothers around are desperately outout, and the brothers in front of them absorb tons of damage for themselves, and they fall to the ground with a bang?
In addition to this, there are two kinds of times. First: Pursuing the enemy; that was the time of decapitation and meritorious service, and it is estimated that at that time, I hated my parents for not giving me two more legs, running slower than others and losing the opportunity for meritorious service.
Second: when you are being pursued by the enemy, at this time, you also complain that your parents did not give you more legs. Running slow and falling down and pretending to be dead? This seems to be a good practice, but when the enemy comes to cut off his ears, can he hold back his silence?
As long as it is a call, it is not a one-size-fits-all end, so it is more economical to run away obediently.
What is the best outcome of playing dead
The best result of pretending to be dead is to leave a whole corpse. Other than that, I can't think of a better situation.
You must know that after a battle is over, the victorious side has to clean up the battlefield, and cleaning the battlefield needs to complete two things: (1) treat your own wounded and count your own dead; (2) mend the knife, cut off the ears or head, calculate the opponent's battle damage, and collect the resources that can be used; (3) dispose of the corpses of both sides;
If you are found by your teammates in a good way, you will basically be punished as a deserter, and the crime of killing your head is inevitable. If it is discovered by the opposing soldiers, the biggest possibility is that it will be mended, and it depends on the opponent's preference to cut off the head and ears.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the soldiers also had to dispose of the corpses. Generally, it will be disposed of by mass burial. Pick a suitable place and bury the dead together, and the dead will be thrown into the pit as a corpse and buried. Fake death becomes real death.
postscript
To sum up, it can be concluded that playing dead on the battlefield is a very cost-effective thing. Not only did he lose the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but he would be trampled to death by his teammates, or he would be mended or beheaded by the enemy.
So, don't play dead, just kill the enemy desperately.