After the defeat of the army, hundreds of thousands of people surrendered to Qin, and Qin Xi was swept away. Zhao died 450,000.
This is a historical event recorded in Sima Qian's "History of Lian Po Lin XiangRu Lie" that in the Battle of Qin and Zhao Changping at the end of the Warring States period, the god of war Bai Qi defeated the Zhao army in one fell swoop and "killed" more than 400,000 pawns (阬: pit fall, kill). #历史 #
In the era of cold weapons, population is an important factor in determining the outcome of war. It is not uncommon for the party that has won the battle to hunt down prisoners of war for the purpose of "destroying the enemy's will to fight, weakening the opponent's war potential, and reducing its own food and grass supply", as well as factors such as the moral character of the general, the discipline of the non-commissioned officer, and the actual battlefield environment.
Chang Yuchun, a famous general of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, was named the Duke of Eguo, posthumously awarded the title of King of Kaiping, with the title of Zhongwu and worthy of the Taimiao Temple. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang commented on him: #明朝人物 #
Counting his pioneering achievements, in ten words, he lived in the seventh and eighth places in the spring.
He is more powerful than the people who fight bravely, and it is like entering no man's land among all the troops. He said that he could "bring 100,000 people", and the army called it "100,000", and its corps was one of the top ten corps in history. Zhu Yuanzhang said that "although he is a famous general in ancient times, he has never had it", and made great military achievements for Daming. #明朝史 | We love history #
However, this famous general was extremely fond of killing and descending, killing all the surrendered soldiers at every turn, and even had a record of slaughtering the city, and was directly given the nickname of "human slaughter". The Ming Tong Jian records:
In May 1660, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and others defeated Chen Youyu at Chizhou,...... Fu Ruibing descended from Jiuhua Mountain,...... Beheaded more than 10,000 people, 3,000 raw birds. Yu Chun said: "This strong brigade, if it does not kill, will be a trouble for the future." "Don't get it, smell it." And when Chun Chun covered up more than half of the killing at night, Taizu ordered the emissaries to return urgently, and told them not to kill them, and they would never return to their hearts. When the messenger returned, only three hundred remained, and when Taizu heard of it, he did not hesitate, but ordered him to protect the generals and soldiers, and forbade those who killed in vain.
Just when Xu Da sent someone to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang Yuchun took advantage of the night to kill only 300 captives, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy when he heard that! There are many such accounts: #历史回眸 #
In November 1661, he often encountered spring soldiers to Changxing. Li Bosheng was afraid of spring and abandoned the camp. Yu Chun pursued and captured more than 5,000 people, and the great ancestor heard about it and was displeased.
Others ran away and did not let go, which was another time to make the boss very unhappy! In the end, no one dared to surrender to him.
There are also times when I often meet spring and listen to greetings without killing. In 1364, Chang Yuchun and others besieged Ganzhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang specifically explained to him that he should not kill in vain. The Biography of Ming Shi Chang Yu Chun records:
Surrounding Ganzhou, Xiong Tianrui could not hold on. Taizu envoy Yu Chun said, "There is no more killing in Kecheng. What good is it to gain the land without the people? "So I encountered Chunjun trenches to trap him." In June, Tianrui fell to the fullest, and did not kill in the face of spring fruits.
When Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this news, he was immediately "overjoyed" and specially sent envoys to pass on the commendations. The Ming Tongjian records Zhu Yuanzhang's praise for Chang Yuchun:
The teacher who gives the benevolent one is invincible, and the non-benevolent one cannot also. Now the general broke the enemy and did not kill, and the victory was given to the general, although Cao Bin was under Jiangnan, why Ghaz! The general can spread the word of virtue, save the living beings, and give a deep dependence! #历史真相 #
Chang Yuchun later participated in the military operations of annihilating Zhang Shicheng in the east, capturing the capital of Yuan, and seizing the Northern Expedition to open the ping, and after more than 100 battles without a single defeat, he was also gradually curing the problem of killing in the course of the battle. In 1369 (the second year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty), Chang Yu was victorious in the Spring Northern Expedition Yuan Army, and on the way back from Kaiping to the south, on August 9, when he was marching to Liuhe River, he suddenly fell ill and died, at the age of forty, and a generation of heroes ended.
Some people believe that it is often the spring that kills too much, the killing is unknown, and the body is punished. In fact, as an ancient soldier, he often encountered the spring horse career, injuries and diseases, and at that time, he was marching outside, living in a fixed place, eating without time, his body had long been overdrawn, and he happened to be infected with wind and cold and unfortunately died suddenly!
References: "History of History", "History of Ming", "Ming Tongjian", etc. The image originated from the Internet and was deleted by the infringing contact.