Chapter 71 Chapter 9 The Temptation of War

In Romance and Storybooks, the ancient war was more of a one-on-one game between the commanders of the two armies, and the soldiers were just free-entry spectators and cheerleaders.If this is the case, there will be no war in the world.Don’t you know, during the First World War, there was a saying among the British folks: “Catch the German king and general and the British governor, put each in a trench, and let the two sides throw bombs at each other, and the two countries will surely negotiate peace within three minutes.” Simplifying the slaying and mutilation of tens of thousands of soldiers into a showdown between two generals, the storyteller and novelist not only save words and ink, but also convey their naive ideal of eliminating soldiers: if the two countries attack each other, how can the soldiers be defeated? sin?And let the rulers and commanders be friends with each other, don't just suffer from the father and son of the people of the world.

However, if the two generals were to be singled out, the soldiers only had to sit on the sidelines. Among the many armies throughout the ages, the soldiers of at least one army would never agree.This army is the division of tigers and wolves, the Great Qin Tiejun. Shang Yang himself admitted that all warriors are the evil of the people.But in his short two decades in power, he has managed to make war a popular favorite.The soldiers of the Qin army had an unusual fanaticism and obsession with war.Beckett waited for Godot, but the people of Qin State waited for war.No battle to win, toss and turn.Hearing Zhan, congratulates each other, Zhan also sings songs in living and eating places.

Shang Yang's secret is very simple. He killed all the hope of the people. The only way out for the people is to fight and kill the enemy and confer titles for meritorious service. Friends who have fought in group fights should have this experience: the two teams fought chaotically, everyone's eyes were red and their heads were empty.After being punched, I don't know who hit it. I punched someone else, and I didn't have time to look at the face of the person who was punched. On the battlefield in ancient times, such problems also appeared.An enemy usually takes several blows before he is finally killed.And these swords are likely to be written by different people.So, which fighter should be credited with killing this enemy?At present, every soldier will rush to promise that he did it by himself.Which is true and which is false?Even if the dead are raised underground, I'm afraid they will not be able to explain clearly.

Therefore, in order to award military merits, it is necessary to establish a concise assessment standard.Qin's solution is: whoever kills will give evidence.You say you killed the enemy, then chop off his head as evidence.As the saying goes: with one head in hand, I have military merits.We can imagine that when the veterans of the Qin State passed on their battlefield experience to the recruits, they would definitely say something like this: "After killing someone, don't forget to behead." It takes hard work to get military merit, and Qin State's rewards for military merit are absolutely unambiguous.Obtaining the title not only means the improvement of social status, but also rich material benefits.Whoever beheads a soldier of the enemy's country will be awarded a rank of title, one hectare of land, nine acres of housing, and one son of a concubine; if he wants to be an official, he will be awarded an official of fifty shi.Merit and reward benefit each other, the greater the military merit, the higher the title, and the greater the privilege.

Precisely because what he wanted was better than the living, and what he hated more than the dead, Qin's soldiers were all fierce and crazy on the battlefield.In this regard, Zhang Yi once made a wonderful and frightening description: the pawns of Shandong, who were armored and armored to fight, the Qin people donated armor and armor to chase the enemy, holding the head on the left and the captive on the right.Husbands of the Qin Dynasty and Shandong soldiers are like Meng Benzhi and cowards. They are aphids by gravity, just like Wu Huozhi and babies.