Bai Biao, the commander of the Qin Army, swung his sharp sword down and chopped at the Chu man who was tied to a wooden stake in front of him... Seeing the head flying three feet high, blood splattered from his neck...
The man's body collapsed instantly, and if it weren't for the wooden stakes still tied up, he would have collapsed on the ground.
Bai Biao looked at the copper sword in his hand with satisfaction and praised: "It is indeed a good sword!"
"I didn't expect that a mere giant Yang could capture such a famous sword..."
All the Qin soldiers cheered, and then kicked over the wooden stake arrogantly.
A certain centurion of the Qin army came forward covered in blood, raised his hands to Bai Biao and said: "Report to thousands of generals - the towns here have been slaughtered by our army!"
Bai Biao nodded with satisfaction.
The town was quite large, with probably over a thousand households - and quite prosperous. Thousands of Qin soldiers have been plundering for so long, but this time they gained the most!
There were nearly a thousand soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, all of them were full of treasures - carrying all kinds of strange trophies in their arms, with a long string of human heads tied around their waists... They all looked happy.
In other words, it seems impossible to guarantee that this village will be 'killed' in such a short period of time.
After all, this town covers a large area and the layout of the houses is complex... there must be many Chu people hiding in it.
But Baibiao didn't care about those fish that slipped through the net, and just waved his hand: "Old rule - burn them all!"
If the fire goes down, this town will turn into white ground.
The countless headless corpses in the city will be burned beyond recognition.
At that time, no one can tell whether the heads of the Qin soldiers are Chu civilians or Chu soldiers... It is a fine tradition of the Qin army to burn down villages and towns and destroy evidence of massacre of civilians for credit.
It is said that at the beginning of Shang Yang's reform, the work of identifying the heads of the Qin army was still very strict-military officials at all levels would count the heads very carefully. Once the fraud was discovered, the entire army would suffer.
But many years have passed since Shang Yang’s reform, and many of the original rules have gone astray——
In today's Qin army, if one level of decapitation is achieved, one may not be promoted to the next level - it is very likely that several heads will be used to obtain promotion.
And generals at all levels also turn a blind eye to the behavior of their soldiers who "kill good people and take credit for their merits" - for example, the white-labeled commander in front of him clearly knows that the soldiers under his command have a Most of them were the heads of civilians in Chu State, and they didn't care about it.
After all, the more heads they take back, the greater their military exploits as a commander will be!
The same goes for the Captain of Ten Thousands.
As a result, the Qin army's beheading ratio was very exaggerated - after winning a battle, the Qin people could often achieve an exaggerated battle loss ratio of 'one to ten' or even 'one to twenty'!
In fact, the top leaders of Qin State also know this situation - there is nothing they can do, they really can't control it.
We can only change "behead one level to get a knighthood" gradually into "behead two levels to get a knighthood" or even more.
In fact, it doesn't matter - as long as the soldiers of the Qin army always win battles and continue to expand the territory of Xianyang - so what if they kill good people and take credit? The senior officials of the Qin State did not hesitate to reward more houses and fields.
The above-mentioned chaos will not be eliminated until "Lü Buwei's New Law Reform" decades later - Lu Buwei overturned Shang Yang's "beheadings based on merit" system, saying that the living population of the enemy country was of little use compared with the piles of bloody heads. Much larger.
Successfully plundering the civilians of the enemy country and bringing them back was a feat even greater than beheading.
From a God's perspective, we can see that before Lu Buwei's revolution, although Qin won many battles, its territory never expanded on a large scale. The few pieces of land gained piecemeal sometimes had to be thrown back.
Even if the Changping War was fought so beautifully, Qin's land and population did not achieve any substantial expansion - the essence was that Qin and Zhao hurt each other, and both sides suffered losses.
At that time, the Qin State implemented Shang Yang's system of "decapitation to judge merit" and Fan Ju's supporting policy of "not only attacking the territory, but also attacking its people".
The killing was so intense that heads were rolling, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
In fact, Qin's war cannot obtain new manpower, and will also cause desperate resistance from the civilians of the six countries - in the security war, Qin's casualties are definitely not small. The country's land area is still fluctuating, and it has never established the foundation of national power to conquer the world with one enemy against six.
After Lu Buwei's innovation, Qin's expansion speed increased to a higher level!
From 250 BC to 241 BC, in just ten years, expansion seemed to have become a very easy and comfortable thing - the Qin army made great strides forward, and the defense lines of the three Jin Dynasties that had fought countless times collapsed like tofu. Three counties were established within the year.
In the next twenty years, the entire world was unified by Qin.
The reason is that Lu Buwei's reforms transformed the image of the Qin army from bloodthirsty and vulgar "brutal tigers and wolves" to a "civilized teacher"; it transformed Qin's national image from a "Xirong barbarian" to an orthodox civilized country in the Central Plains. .
This greatly weakened the will of resistance of the lower-class civilians in the six countries, and at the same time allowed Qin to absorb the population during the war and strengthen itself.
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While the Qin soldiers were happily collecting firewood, a certain Qin army centurion came forward and smiled flatteringly: "General Bai Qian, I heard that General Bai Qi is over there in Yingdu..."
Bai Biao said with a smile on his face: "Yes, General Bai Qi and I belong to the same Bai clan in Xi County, so they are the brothers of this Qian General."
As he spoke, he caressed the bronze sword fondly: "I will give this sword to my clan brother to congratulate him on his great achievements!"
All the soldiers of the Qin army clicked their tongues.
Bai Qi was originally unknown, and he even lost a battle under Xiong Wuliang.
Everyone thought that he was a lucky man who got a high title by "assisting the King of Qin and serving the throne with meritorious service".
In the battle in Yingdu, Bai Qi fully proved his strength!
Thirty thousand exceeds two hundred thousand! The world is shocked!
All kinds of complimentary words came out from the mouths of the Qin army soldiers——
"General Bai Qi swept across Yingdu, it is indeed Bai's style!"
"Just like our captain... the Bai family of Xi County is the heroic clan of the old Qin people!"
"In this battle, Chu will be destroyed!"
"Hmph, the barbarians from Chu State still dare to dominate...it's a joke!"
"The people of Chu are just pigs and dogs under my Da Qin sword! They are only worthy of testing the sword!"
"We, the Qin Dynasty, are sweeping the world! General Sima and General Bai Qi are the two sharp swords of the Qin Dynasty!"
"General Bai Qi is a powerful figure in all countries... Our Qian Chang Bai Biao is also a talented person in the Qin Dynasty!"
"The Bai clan deserves its reputation..."
Bai Biao smiled and accepted everyone's praise.
The Bai family of Xi County is indeed worthy of such praise from the old Qin people.
Chu State can no longer afford to make waves!
First, he was defeated by Guo Wei and lost 300,000 yuan, and then Bai Qi was defeated by Bai Qi and lost 200,000 yuan.
Where are the soldiers left?
The only pity is...that damn Mi Liang kid never appeared on the battlefield!
The Qin Army has been thinking about this head for a long time!
Whatever!
When the Kingdom of Chu falls, drag out that little turtle named Mi Liang and kill him like a chicken... Thinking about that beautiful scene, it's quite festive...
In the distance, there was a rumbling sound, and the earth seemed to be shaking slightly...
Um?
Bai Biao's expression changed!
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