Bai Qi, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, has fought on the battlefield for decades, broken countless enemies, and made great contributions to the Qin State, and is known as the "God of Killing". He made great achievements in war, and was named Wu'an Jun by the King of Qin in recognition of his strong achievements. In the Battle of Changping, he defeated the Zhao army, killing more than 400,000 Zhao prisoners in one fell swoop, and completely crushing the national fortunes of Zhao.
Such a general will definitely have a lot of experience in the process of leading troops to fight. Bai Qi loves soldiers like children, eats and lives with the sergeants, and is well versed in the mysteries of using soldiers. In addition, Bai Qi also has a seemingly very strange rule for his subordinates: all the troops who go out to fight are forbidden to eat mutton. Such a strange military regulation has aroused the dissatisfaction and confusion of many soldiers.
Once, someone plucked up the courage to ask Bai Qi in person why he was doing it, but Bai Qi was not angry, but asked the sergeant to walk fifty steps to try. And it was these fifty steps that untied a knot in everyone's hearts, and they suddenly opened their mouths, and they all threw themselves at General Bai Qi's military sense of smell. What's going on?
Bai Qi was born in a noble family, at that time the Qin State was in a period of great expansion, the Shang Dynasty changed the law vigorously changed the entire Great Qin, and the Qin Zhaoxiang King inspired the ideal of encompassing the four seas by force, driving the entire Qin war machine to continuously advance to the Central Plains.
The famous "Twentieth Military Merit System" was born from this period, and its specific content was to require the Qin people to seize everything from the war by their own strength.
Regardless of origin, family background, or resume, as long as they are brave enough to kill the enemy, from princes and nobles to ordinary people, they can strive for a reward from the state.
Bai Qi, who grew up in such an era, exercised his body, Xi weapons, and studied military books under the militaristic education of the Qin State since he was a child, accumulating extremely profound military qualities and becoming an excellent soldier.
He started from the grassroots level, not afraid of death, not afraid of tiredness, and made outstanding achievements from many battles, of course, the Qin State would not live up to such a brave general, and Bai Qi was quickly promoted.
Later, he was appreciated by the prime minister of Qin, and after recommendation, Bai Qi met with the person at the peak of Qin's power: King Zhaoxiang of Qin. searched the world for the sharp blade to strike the enemy, and finally found the sharp weapon that belonged to him.
Under the weight of King Qin, Bai Qi soon came to the battlefield that was really built for him.
At that time, the countries of the Central Plains were eyeing the gradually powerful Qin State, and they did not allow any political force strong enough to threaten their safety in Longxi.
As a result, the eastern countries led by Korea, Zhao, Wei and other states formed an encirclement network against Qin and launched attacks to the west many times, trying to strangle this threat in the cradle.
But after the Shang Dynasty's reform, the Qin State had already been reborn and became a fierce beast. And Bai Qi was the sharpest horn on the forehead of this beast, and under his command, the Qin army, which was already fearless of death, became even more courageous.
According to historical records, Bai Qi, who used soldiers like a god, experienced more than 70 battles before and after, large and small, and never suffered a single defeat, and was indeed a strange man in the world's military history.
In 293 BC, Bai Qi led the army to break the coalition army of the eastern princes, and carried out a unilateral ** against the coalition army with inferior forces, which is known as the Battle of Yique in history. This battle was like a longbow shooting the moon, sweeping all the unstoppable princes of the East into the garbage heap of the losers.
Later, the Shangdang County Incident led Qin to wage a full-scale war with Zhao, which was also one of the powerful princes.
Bai Qi had insight into the overall situation, completely grasped the psychology of Zhao general Zhao Kuo, lured the snake out of the hole to Zhao Jun, cut it seven inches, and killed half of the adult men in the entire Zhao State in the Battle of Changping.
Bai Qi ripped off the national fortunes of Zhao and continued to be above the authority of King Qin, and it was precisely because of this that he was called "God of Killing" by the world.
Bai Qi's legendary victory in a hundred battles is the achievement of his Xi in the art of war, his familiarity with the battle formation, and his roots in the army, and at the same time, it is inseparable from Bai Qi's strict regulations for his soldiers and his own keen military sense.
During a late-night march, some of the stragglers were slow due to their lack of discipline, which made Bai Qi angry and personally went to the army to question the disobedient soldiers, and personally killed the unstable elements of the group in full view. This made everyone in the military formation dare not follow the orders of the white generals.
The reason why Bai Qi is so strict with his soldiers is because he knows in his heart that the enemy will always be more cruel than himself, and every drop of sweat in training can shed less blood in the battle formation.
Compared with those who sit firmly in the Chinese army and talk on paper, Bai Qi is a pragmatic general who roams around the battlefield and fights in battle.
He was on the same front with his own soldiers, and he was jointly responsible for his generals' orders, which made the soldiers follow Bai Qi with all their hearts, because they knew in their hearts that Bai Qi had integrated his life into their army.
Such a god general, coupled with the brave Qin army, is of course invincible, invincible, and invincible.
As a strict commander, Bai Qi formulated extremely detailed military regulations for his troops, and several of them were special regulations that only existed in Bai Qi's army. The most puzzling one is that it is forbidden to eat mutton in the army.
You know, at that time, the entire army of the Qin State did not have a similar Xi to this military rule, that is, the soldiers of other commanders could eat mutton at any time, but he was the only one who did not let his own people eat it. This, of course, angered many soldiers.
In fact, there is a reason for the voice of the military **.
At that time, the state of agricultural development in the Qin State had not yet reached a prosperous state, and the opening of the Silk Road was already a matter of the later Han Dynasty, so the types of food that the people of the Qin State could eat were quite poor. Meat**Limited to beef, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, etc.
The status of ploughing cattle at that time was extremely high, as the pillar of agricultural production, was protected by the laws of the Qin State, but anyone who killed ploughing cattle and ate meat was punished with the same crime as murder, and was beheaded.
Small poultry such as chickens and ducks are difficult to carry, easy to run away and be damaged, and will only drag down the logistics system of the entire Qin army when marching and fighting, so they are not considered for military rations, and only after occasionally breaking the city, chickens and ducks will be eaten by the soldiers of the Qin army.
The rest was pork, a meat that was easy to marinate and store, and was often processed into air-dried and cured meat to serve as dry food to meet the ration needs of the Qin army's large-scale military movements.
There was simply no leftover pork to cook fresh for the soldiers. As a result, there was almost no fresh pork that the Qin army could eat at that time.
And sheep, as a rare large domestic animal that can accompany the army, is a rare fresh meat for the Qin army. The climate and vegetation conditions in the northwest are extremely suitable for sheep breeding, and many of the Qin soldiers were herders.
The soldiers of the Qin army have always had a soft spot for fatty and fragrant mutton. After all, no one can refuse to eat a fragrant hand-grabbed mutton on the ground after unloading their armor and collecting the troops.
Therefore, Bai Qi's military regulations prohibiting his subordinates from eating mutton made the whole army angry.
There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below. You are one foot tall, and I am one foot tall, although Bai Qi explicitly forbids it, some of the soldiers under his command will still secretly kill sheep and eat meat.
Under the leadership of this group of people, quite a number of soldiers of the Qin army began to secretly disobey Bai Qi's general, you don't let me eat, I will eat it secretly.
After the Qin army under Bai Qi captured the city, the first thing some soldiers thought of was not to set up camp, but to drive the herd in the city, and they could use these cattle, sheep and pigs to eat.
After a capture of the enemy camp, the Qin army returned to the city with a load of booty, and soon arrived at the meal, and the camp was filled with bursts of rich aroma of mutton soup. Bai Qi, who ate and lived with the soldiers, naturally smelled it.
Bai Qi understood in his heart that in fact, it was helpless for these soldiers to eat so secretly, after all, the Qin army at that time had frequent combat operations, and high-intensity marching and training had a strong physical drain, and the mutton was delicious and replenished physical fitness.
But if such a flagrant disobedience to military orders is not punished immediately, then where will the face of the commander be placed?
The prestige of the general's leadership is the basis for the execution of combat orders in the camp, and if he does not do something to maintain his prestige, then he will not rise in vain, but a mediocre general who is no different from Zhao Kuo's generation. After all, Bai Qi's prestige in the army was established because of his clear rewards and punishments.
Bai Qi immediately ordered the whole army to assemble, but he did not do anything substantial to punish the soldiers who ate mutton.
Just when some people thought that Bai Qi regretted the military regulations prohibiting the consumption of mutton, Bai Qi was not in a hurry and let the sergeants who stole the mutton stand together.
The soldiers were afraid that Bai Qi would kill them for violating the general's order, so few people dared to admit that they had disobeyed the military order to eat mutton.
Bai Qi was not angry at those who disobeyed the mutton ban, but the cowardly behavior of the soldiers under his command who dared not do anything made him angry. He intimidated the crowd and said, "Don't let me find out one by one." ”
So some people were forced to stand up by the majesty of General Bai Qi and confessed to stealing mutton. But some of them were still unconvinced. Anyway, disobeying military orders is death, and asking more is also death, so it is better to question this "good general" who does not let the soldiers satisfy their appetites in person.
Anyway, the comrades-in-arms in the army have also had a long-standing grudge against this unreasonable general order, so it is better to use the voices of everyone to avenge themselves. A soldier who stood up plucked up his courage and raised his head to ask Bai Qi, "Why don't you let the whole army eat mutton?"”
After hearing this person's rude questioning, Bai Qi did not show the slightest anger, but said calmly and confidently: "You can walk fifty steps in front of the military formation." The questioning soldier did not dare to disobey, but took fifty steps forward, and stood there, waiting for the general's dispatch.
When everyone thought that Bai Qi was about to use the sword to regulate military discipline and start killing, he suddenly asked everyone to focus on it: "All the soldiers and smell the smell of this person." ”
Suddenly, everyone really understood Bai Qi's good intentions. It turned out that the mutton was not only delicious, but also the smell of mutton was also very strong, and it lingered on the soldier who had just eaten the mutton for a long time, and it could even be smelled at a distance of fifty paces away from the soldiers.
The smell of mutton on a person's body is already so obvious, if the whole army eats mutton, this is enough to expose the position of the whole army on the battlefield. War is ever-changing, and the slightest mistake can affect the whole situation.
At this time, the whole army was convinced. Originally, many people thought that his general order to ban the consumption of mutton was a harsh rebuke and torture for the soldiers, but the real reason was for the information security of the army!
The soldiers felt guilty for the idea that they had secretly hated General Bai Qi in their hearts. With such a commander with subordinates in his heart and a keen sense of war, every soldier is willing to give his life to his command.
After that, Bai Qi's whole army worked wholeheartedly to fight in the north and south, and no one dared to disobey Bai Qi's general order. Because they know that all of Bai Qi's considerations and military regulations must have his own careful considerations.
It is this kind of unconditional trust from the soldiers that has made Bai Qi a success. Under his leadership, the Qin army smashed all the enemies in front of them like a tiger and a leopard descending from the mountain.
It can be said that without the decisive killing and strict military regulations, there would be no legendary cause of the future Qin Wang Yingzheng unifying Liuhe. The hegemony of the great unification of China's rivers and mountains has advanced for decades under the impetus of Bai Qi alone.
Under the sharp blade of Bai Qi, the Qin State walked step by step towards the throne of the male lord who dominated the Quartet.