Qin Xiaogong and Shang Ying (Wei Ying) took advantage of the war between Wei and Chu, and Hexi's troops were limited, and launched the first rising war.

It would be better if the lost territory in Hexi could be recovered. If you can't recover the land west of the river, you can also take this opportunity to make a small fortune and grab some things back.

Qin Xiaogong and Shang Ying both knew in their hearts: the current Qin State is not yet capable of competing with the Wei State. But! There is no longer any fear of the Wei State.

The current Qin State has smuggled enough copper and other finished products, enough to equip more than 100,000 troops. It's just that! Copper and other metals have been brought back, but weapons have not yet been cast.

The ancient smelting technology was still relatively backward, and the temperature of smelting could not be raised quickly and dissolved quickly. And also! Casting technology is also backward. Even if it is cast, it still needs to be polished. What is particularly troublesome and time-consuming is that it takes a long time to polish a cast weapon into a sharp edge.

In ancient times, it took time to make weapons, just like polishing jade.

So! Although the Qin State smuggled copper and other strategic materials over, it still took a long time to really equip them into the army.

At that time, he bribed the checkpoint officials of the Wei State and was able to smuggle copper and other strategic materials. It is impossible to smuggle weapons directly.

Furthermore! Baekyu didn't have any weapons in his hands.

In any vassal state, the control of weapons is very strict.

Although Baekyu's subordinates have smelting factories and weapons factories, they also have weapons factories. But! He also didn't have the guts to mass-produce and sell it privately.

What do you do with so many weapons? Do you want to rebel? So! You can sneak around and produce small batches, but you can't produce large quantities.

If they could directly transport weapons in, the army of Qin would dare to compete with Wei.

Right now! The Qin State could only make a small fight and make a fortune from the war.

"War! To put it bluntly, it's murder! If you want to weaken the Wei State, you must kill people, kill the soldiers of the Wei State. If Wei has no soldiers, Wei will not be able to jump up. Shang Ying suggested to Qin Xiaogong.

If you have a merciful heart and are reluctant to kill, you will be passive everywhere. Of course! It's not indiscriminate killing. Kill anyone, that's not called killing, it's called slaughter!

Slaughter! It's an act of brute. Treat others as beasts, slaughter them, and leave no one behind.

Killing is for people! There is nothing wrong with killing bad guys and enemies.

The ancients have long seen this, war is an act of necessity, in order to stop the war with war, so that others dare not fight, and are unable to fight. So! The Chinese character "war" is designed as "zhige".

Stop! Stop using Gogo to kill.

As a result, you must not be merciful on the battlefield. You must change your old habits, and if someone else surrenders, you will not kill the prisoner. No! On the battlefield, it's all the enemy. The captive is also an enemy, and if you release him today, he will be placed in the army tomorrow after he returns, and he will be your enemy.

So! In cases where it is possible to kill, it must be killed.

"For example! In the case of the surrender of the whole army, we can consider not killing. But! Be sure to prevent scams. And then! Win over those who can win it over, and those who can't win it over must find a way to deal with ......"

The Qin army of later generations adopted this method to deal with the army of Zhao State. There was no choice but to kill. Otherwise! There was not so much food to feed the captives of the Zhao State. And also! If you let these Zhao soldiers go, wait until they have enough spirits, and then turn back to be your enemy.

If it's a visible danger, why not kill?

This has happened in many major historical events in later generations. Unable to feed the captives, they had to be killed so as not to become a trouble.

Shang Ying told Qin Xiaogong about this, so that Qin Xiaogong let go of his pedantic ideas and not distort "benevolence", which would lead to future troubles. Since it is a war, do not be merciful on the battlefield. Your kindness today did not kill this person, and in the next battle, maybe you will be the ghost of this person's sword.

War! It's so cruel.

So! If you are merciful, you should not go to war, do not participate in war, and do not get involved in war. As long as you are involved in the war, there is no mercy. You are kind to others, and others will not be kind to you.

On the battlefield, as long as it is in the enemy camp, even if the opponent is a brother, father and son, or other close relatives, they are all enemies.

You think that the other party is your own relative, and you can't bear to kill them. But your teammates, they don't talk about that. And also! It's the same with your loved ones, they can't bear to kill you, so they leave you to kill your teammates. Outcome! You've become enemies.

You see a teammate killing your loved one, who do you help?

Your relatives saw their teammates killing you, who did they help?

Help your loved ones kill their teammates?

Then you're betraying the team.

It's the same with your loved ones: help your loved ones kill their teammates? Then he also betrayed the team.

Shang Yang means! On the battlefield, everyone on the other side is an enemy, even if the other party is one's own relatives. If you see a loved one, you can bypass it without killing. But! You must not kill your comrades.

There is no way! The war itself is so merciless.

There is no way! Your loved one is standing in the wrong queue.

If you help a loved one and kill a teammate, so will your loved one, then! You are the enemy on both sides, and you are absolutely dead.

Qin Xiaogong listened and nodded. He did not agree with the laws that Shang Ying was going to promulgate. But! Time waits for no one, and you have to decide.

"In that case! Then enact a reward system, right? Shang Ying urged.

"Hmm!" Qin Xiaogong agreed, picked up the pen, and signed on the bamboo slip handed over by Shang Ying.

Shang Ying didn't stop for a moment, took the bamboo slips and went to the army, and promulgated the war reward system.

Before! It is a reward system for military training and a reward system for the general direction. Right now! It is the "Battlefield Reward System". To put it bluntly, it is the "implementation rules".

The battlefield reward system stipulates: collective combat merits plus team combat merits plus individual combat merits.

Collective merit refers to what reward your army will give if it wins a battle.

What role does your detachment have achieved on the battlefield? And then! Give you the corresponding rewards for your exploits.

Personal merit refers to how many people you have killed on the battlefield and how much role you have played? And then! Give you the corresponding personal credit.

And then below! That is, who will take credit?

In order to prevent personal heroism, or to rob others of their credit, or to take the credit of others. Shang Ying's method is: first record the collective credit, and then the individual credit. No matter how many people you kill, it's your collective credit, and the reward is split equally. When it can be proved to be your personal credit, your personal credit will be credited.

That's it! As long as you kill someone on the battlefield or make a meritorious service, you can get a reward. If you are fortunate enough to be seen, you will be rewarded. The premise is! Merit cannot be disregarded at the expense of the collective.

(End of chapter)