As long as it is a war, prisoners will inevitably be produced. Now the war is fine. Due to the provisions of the Geneva Convention, the rights and interests of the prisoners are relatively guaranteed. However, in ancient times or before the signing of the convention, the rights of captives were not guaranteed at all. The torture and killing of prisoners was particularly arbitrary. In Chinese history, there were some ruthless people who killed prisoners. You may wish to take a look.
First place, Bai Qi, killed 450,000 soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom
Bai Qi was a famous general of Qin during the Warring States Period, Qin Zhaowang led the Qin army to attack Zhao in 47 years , Confronted Zhao Jun in Changping. Earlier, the leader of Zhao Jun and Qin Jun was the famous warrior Lian Po , but Lian Po was unable to come out, leaving Qin Jun helpless. After the Qin State used inversely , the King of Zhao was disgusted with Lian Po's inaction, and let the famous general in history Zhao Kuo instead of Lian Po, leading to the defeat of the Changping War between Zhao and Qin, 400,000 Zhao Bing surrendered. In order to prevent Zhao soldiers from repeating themselves, Bai Qi made as many as forty-five soldiers before and after killing Zhao soldiers.
It can be said that this is the beginning of the killing of most prisoners in Chinese history, setting a bad precedent, and it is also a stain that cannot be washed away in personal history.
Later, before Bai Qi was killed, he said something, as if he regretted the murder of the prisoners back then, meaning that the murder of the prisoners was unknown, so he himself was killed later and he deserved it!
The mass graves of the Battle of Changping discovered by archaeology
The second place Xiang Yu, killed 200,000 Qin soldiers
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhanghan led his army to surrender Xiang Yu, When Xiang Yu led the troops to Xin'an, some Chu troops retaliated against Qin soldiers who had arbitrarily cursed them in Qindi. This caused Qin soldiers' dissatisfaction and complained privately. Someone secretly reported to Xiang Yu,Xiang Yu discussed with his subordinates tattoo cloth and General Pu about how to deal with the Qin Dynasty's surrender, and finally decided to kill it. The province has many nights and dreams, and it will be troublesome if it rebels! So at night, the Chu army dug a hole and killed all the more than 200,000 surrendered Qin soldiers or buried them alive in the south of Xin'an City. This also caused the people of Qin to hate Xiang Yu very much, and they wanted to take his skin and eat him. Meat.
It can be said that Xiang Yu cannot win the world, and it may also be related to the killing of prisoners. It is not benevolent and lawless.
Third place Song Zheyuan , killed 5000 prisoners in the early Republic of China
In early 1928, Shaanxi Tuhuangdi Party Yukun and the Northwest Army led by Feng Yuxiang formed Liangzi. Later, Feng Yuxiang dispatched Song Zheyuan to take charge of the Yukun Department of the Qing Suppression Party.
This battle started in May 1928 and ended in September. Song Zheyuan’s troops lost more than 6,000 troops. This made Song Zheyuan very angry. Except for Dang Yukun who was killed by random guns, there were more than 2,000 soldiers killed in the party headquarters, and the remaining 5,000 were all captured.
For these 5,000 party captives, some people proposed to include them, and some officers believed that the killing of the prisoners violated military common sense and was inhumane. If the prisoners were killed, they would not be able to do the work of appeasing other bandits and warlords in the future. However, Song Zheyuan still proposed all executions. His reason was that the military discipline of these party captives was particularly lax, and they did a lot of evil, and the people's grievances were very high. Killing these prisoners can not only shock other warlords and bandits who are still resisting, but also comfort the spirits of the soldiers who died in the war. So Song Zheyuan finally decided to execute the sentence, killing all 5,000 prisoners in the form of a broadsword squad.
I don’t know how later historians commented on Song Zheyuan’s killing of prisoners. Some people say that he killed them well. Some people say that the killing of prisoners is unknown. Look, doesn’t Song Zheyuan just have no longevity? He died in his forties! Hey, the world is impermanent, who can say it clearly!
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