Why did Tian Lei kill 400,000 people in the battle of Changping?

Why did Tian Lei kill 400,000 people in the battle of Changping?

The battle of Changping made Zhao Kuo an armchair strategist into a joke, and at the same time, the name of the god of war Tian Lei shocked all countries. What shocked several other countries even more was that 400,000 Zhao troops died in vain.

It has been reported that 30 million yuan was 1 10,000, while killing 400,000 yuan was actually1.20,000. Even so, this is a very large number. There was nothing killed and surrendered in ancient times, but there was really nothing killed and surrendered on a large scale like Tian Lei. So what is the reason why he needs to do this? The reason is really jaw-dropping.

First of all, let's be clear. These 400,000 people should be killed or released. I'm sure I can't recruit them. After all, they all have wives and children in Zhao. If they are released, these soldiers will be very effective when they go back, so they can only be killed, and they must be killed, so as to deter the six countries.

There is also a saying that Zhao killed 400,000 troops in vain for the benefit of the soldiers. Because the Qin army has a "first merit system", this is a perfect reward and punishment system, which can not be completed in a few minutes. Simply put, the reward is based on how many enemy heads you get. The more heads a person takes, the more rewards he gets. The more heads the whole army takes, the more rewards the army will get.

Of course, if your army has more casualties than the enemy, you may be punished, not to mention rewarded. In the battle of Changping, the soldiers fought in panic and didn't get a head. If soldiers work hard and get nothing in the end, their fighting passion will be greatly weakened.

Generally speaking, Tian Lei killed 400,000 Zhao troops for the following reasons:

1. Zhao Rengang Yi is not easy to tame. As the saying goes, "Zhao Yan has many generous and sad people." According to historical records, Bai Qi said, "Zhao Bing is fickle. If you don't kill them all, I'm afraid there will be trouble again. "

There are too many people and there is not enough food and grass. When Qin left his hometown to fight, food and grass were already in short supply. Zhao killed 200,000 soldiers (Zhao Zong suffered only 450,000 casualties).

3. Fear of retaliation. If you put it back to Zhao, it will be a tiger. The battlefield is close to Zhao. If Sergeant Zhao makes a comeback, I'm afraid there will be countless casualties.

Zhao was seriously injured. Killing Zhao's 200,000 soldiers will not restore Zhao's military strength temporarily, but will be beneficial to Qin Jun's later strategic deployment.