Xie Baoshu thinks that the food is good.

After all, if nothing else, there are monsters to eat.

A soldier does not need a lot of physical strength to fight, how to fight without food. There are many reasons for this, such as low productivity, which directly leads to a low grain harvest and insufficient national grain stocks. To fight a war, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops must be dispatched, and the grain and grass required cannot be estimated. Because the transportation is not convenient, it is quite inky to transport grain and grass. As a necessary resource for fighting a war, grain and grass must be transported carefully and carefully.

From ancient times to the present, the strength of a country is mainly concentrated in military convenience, only a strong military force can ensure the security of the territory, prevent the invasion of outsiders, develop the economy, and become prosperous step by step, but in fact, there is also one of the most important points, if people are overfed, they will be easy to relax, and they will be sleepy, so that it is easy to lose when they really go to the battlefield, so in order to keep them on high vigilance at all times, eating half full is the best choice.

Fighting on the march was a difficult task, the battlefield conditions were harsh, and the food was often hungry and full, and the diet was very irregular. The quality of military rations is also worrying, there is no delicious food supply, and it is already a luxury to be able to eat a mouthful of meat in ordinary times, but there is a kind of meat that soldiers cannot eat at will, what kind of meat is this?

In addition to having strong combat effectiveness, the army must also have sufficient logistical support in order to win the battle. The logistical support of an ace army is also directly proportional to the battle record, and even directly affects the outcome of the war. In ancient warfare, there were no modern military weapons such as tanks, airplanes, and armored vehicles, and they all relied on manpower and war horses to carry out military operations. Therefore, there are high requirements for individual combat ability and teamwork, whether it is a person or a war horse, it is necessary to have sufficient physical strength to fight.

The military rations have flatbread made of wheat, as well as fried bagged millet, these foods are easy to preserve and carry, is the preferred food of the ancient military rations, the army with good conditions, will occasionally open the meat, steam the hot rice, and then with a little pig and mutton, but this is a non-emergency state, after encamping to ensure safety, can eat like this, most of the marching time, the soldiers and nobles are all simple, with flatbread and bags of millet for food.

The battlefield conditions are harsh, and the fighters are fleeting, so fighting a war cannot be done in a step-by-step manner, and improvisation is a compulsory course for every outstanding general. In many wars, the logistics troops can not transport grain and grass to the front line in time because of the bumpy roads or attacked by the enemy, and in the field battlefield that is inaccessible, once the food is cut out, the soldiers can only take local materials and hunt the surrounding animals to satisfy their hunger, and the prey can only be helpless to kill horses to fill their stomachs.

All of the above food is eaten, and at the extreme, they dig up weeds and peel the bark of trees for food. In order to survive, you can eat anything that can be stuffed into your stomach. But there is one food that soldiers cannot and are unwilling to eat, and that is fish, and for a reason.

Fish live in the water, and if they are hunted in the water, the dead fish will turn over their white bellies, and the white fish are an unlucky omen in the army

, representing overturn, defeat. Therefore, the ancients believed that eating a belly-turned fish in the army would lead to bad luck, which was unacceptable to every soldier who wanted to win a battle.

Ordinary soldiers are not eligible to eat fish. In ancient times, fish was a food that could only be eaten by the upper class, and ordinary people were not qualified to eat it at all, and they could not afford to eat fish. Lu Shaogong once gave Confucius a carp when he was young, Confucius was moved to tears, in order to repay Shao Gong's gift, he not only worked harder, but also changed the name of his son to "Kong Carp". It can be seen that not everyone can eat fish and meat in ancient times, and only generals are qualified to eat it in the army.

It's too much trouble to eat fish. We all know that the process of eating fish is very cumbersome, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, the enemy army will not leave the opponent time to eat fish, this side is still eating fish with big eyes, before the fish bones are picked, the enemy army will be killed in front of them, every soldier can not carry a fish with him, while charging and picking thorns. Therefore, fish is not suitable for consumption in the military.

War is something that people don't want to see, but when they are invaded, they will resist as long as they have a little blood. Both ancient and modern, warfare is extremely brutal. When Liu Kanshan fought in the war, he always rushed to be the first.

There has been a saying since ancient times: When a man dies in battle, he will be shrouded in horse leather and returned. People's thinking is very solidified, especially under the education of Confucius's idea of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, they all believe that loyalty is the most important thing in life, even greater than filial piety. For the sake of the emperor, they would rather throw their heads and spill their blood, so when they fought, they rushed forward very violently, just to be loyal.

But there is another purpose of loyalty, which is to gain a good reputation for yourself. There is such a saying in Datang that if anyone's son dies in battle, he can become a pacesetter or even a model in the township. So for the sake of fame, for the sake of the so-called righteousness, and of course, there are also excellent ideas for defending the motherland, so the soldiers rushed forward with death.

There is a saying: there is grain and soldiers, there is no hybrid rice of Yuan Longping's grandfather, there is no chemical fertilizer herbicide, coupled with the drought and floods and other reasons, the people often have no harvest, and it is already good to plant more than a dozen acres of land to feed a family. Especially in times of war, many people will go hungry. Once the country has food, it can recruit soldiers, and these hungry soldiers know that killing the enemy is their only way out, so they will rush forward desperately. If you are lucky, you can kill a few more enemies, and you can also get a reward, and many generals and even emperors are killed from the chaos.

If you run slowly enough, you will not be killed by the enemy, but will be trampled to death by the war horses of your own camp, so you must keep up with the rhythm, once you fall behind, your life is very dangerous. In addition, when fighting, it is not enough to release water in the back, fighting requires momentum, without momentum, if you retreat, the enemy will rush up and cut you, so you must rush forward and make the enemy afraid of you, so that you have a chance to live.

In addition, many armies have decrees that the cowardly will be killed. And to carry out military orders, anyone can,

There is a way to sit together, and once a soldier retreats, then the squad will be beheaded in a row. So as long as anyone wants to retreat, and it's not the enemy who wants to kill you, the other comrades in your team may not be able to tolerate you.

Of course, I personally think that the most important thing is the last point, in fact, the reputation of the reward is not worth mentioning in front of life, and the reason why these soldiers rushed forward like crazy is completely for themselves to survive and survive. War is brutal, and soldiers are threatened not only by the enemy, but also by their own ranks, which also tells us to cherish the hard-won peace of today.

In addition, in the era of cold weapons, war is bloody and violent, all victories rely on the soldiers' hard work, and the soldiers who rush to the front of the team are related to the victory of the entire army.

The soldiers at the forefront of the charge are the soul of the army, and if they fall too quickly, it will affect the morale of the whole team, and the vanguard soldiers usually wear the finest armor, hold shields, and carry spears in their hands. When fighting the enemy, to ensure maximum advantage, although they are at the forefront of the army and are often used as cannon fodder, charging is crucial.

Compared with these soldiers who charge in the front, the soldiers in the back row do not have so much armor on their bodies, and the soldiers in the back row do not even have shields, even so, there are soldiers in the front row to open the way, but the death rate of the soldiers in the back row is higher than that of the charging soldiers, and the so-called cannon fodder should be the soldiers in the back row.

What is the reason for this?

The reason is actually very simple, in the war, in addition to hand-to-hand combat, the role of archers is very important, the bow and arrows shot out become free fall, after a rain of bows and arrows are fired, these arrows will fly to the rear row of the enemy, because the armor of the soldiers in the back row is thin, so they are also the key target of the enemy archers.

In this way, although the soldiers in the front row are dangerous, they are much safer than the soldiers in the back row, so in ancient wars, although the soldiers in the front row charged, there were still many people who were willing to be vanguards, compared to the soldiers in the back row, not only the survival rate was slightly higher, but they would also get more loot, and the heads of the enemy soldiers could be exchanged for money.

Large-scale wars often begin after the two armies are ready to line up, of course, the kind of situation of going out to fight alone often does not happen, and the small soldiers who go out of the battle are to call for war, not to go to the opposite general and then kill the opposite general to end the war, and the main thing is to increase their own morale and destroy the prestige of others. In fact, except for the one who rode out on horseback to call the battle, there is also the fact that the first row of the war carrying the flag should be easier to remember, because they seem to have nothing to do except carry the flag in the battle.

In fact, it is not as we think, the soldiers who carry the banner mainly have the following functions:

Drums, gongs, and gongs are called the "three officials" of the ancient army, that is, an important command role, and the clear banner can play a role in guiding the direction and guiding the army to charge.

Those who hold the flag are all strong men, the flag is in the people, and the flag is dead. Except for can

Enough to guide the direction of the army, but also play the role of supporting the field, a large number of flags look like a rainbow, the number of soldiers is wide, can deter the enemy, at the same time the commander can know where his own front line is advancing according to the position of the flag, the fierce situation of the battle, if the flag of their own set up less and less, it proves that the enemy has the advantage, and it is necessary to adjust the combat deployment in time.

In the chaotic battle scenes, it can also play a role in distinguishing friend from foe to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops, and in order to better distinguish between friend and foe, some flags will also be written with the name of the country. Han Xin in the battle of breaking Zhao, he had led two thousand light cavalry to carry the military flag of the Han army, after the Zhao army was dispatched by his own plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, he led the army to attack the Zhao army camp, pulled out the Zhao army flag, and planted the military flag with the Han Dynasty written on it.

There is a kind of flag called "Lingqi", which plays an important role in directing and mobilizing the direction of the army's charge. After seeing the commander giving orders, the flag-carrying soldiers will run in the designated direction with the flag, and the other soldiers will also follow the flag-carrying soldiers, so as to maintain the formation and always obey the instructions from above.

From the above, it can be seen that the soldier carrying the flag is very important, but in order to carry the flag to preserve his physical strength, the soldier is not equipped with other weapons, why didn't the enemy kill him first?

Because of the importance of the flag, the soldiers of the entire army will focus on protecting him every time he charges, so that the soldiers carrying the flag are not so vulnerable to attack.

War is accompanied by the continuous development of human beings, and in the ancient era of cold weapons, war was based on the number of people. But today's technology is advanced enough, and war has changed the way of fighting. In the period of cold weapons, cavalry was a highly mobile class. In ancient wars, they were all lined up in formation, which was a way of warfare.

In ancient times, the warring sides lined up with each other, and in such a situation, they collided, squeezed, and collided with each other. After the warring sides lined up, they began to send a vanguard attack, and this is the battle of the generals. After that, the soldiers of both sides would fight, and in such a situation, the soldiers in the first row of the charge would surely die.

War is undoubtedly cruel, and cavalry can be said to be a sharp weapon in war. The soldiers in the first row must have been hit the hardest, especially when the cavalry stormed the formation. Secondly, when the cavalry of the two sides fought, the casualties of the cavalry were also very large. Whoever is in the first row will be subjected to severe impact, which will cause the first row of soldiers to die.

So why would the soldiers be willing to be in the first row? The soldiers in the first row were certain to die, was this randomly arranged or was there a requirement? During the battle, the two warring sides would constantly fight with the generals, and after many rounds on both sides, the soldiers began to attack. For the soldiers in the first row, it is not something that can be done casually.

Generally speaking, the military literacy of soldiers is not the same, and in such a situation, the generals arrange soldiers differently. Based on the experience of the war, one came to the conclusion that elite veterans who were well-equipped and experienced in combat were placed in the front row. In such a situation, the war is won

The rate can be greatly improved. The soldiers thus arranged in the first row are very elite and powerful.

The soldiers who stand in the first row are elite, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to stand in the first row. Not having enough combat power will certainly not be able to stand in the first row. In ancient times, armies fought with elite soldiers in the first row. The history books record that "Xuan recruited brave people, and several people such as Pengcheng Liu Gaozhi..... Chang led the elite as the striker, invincible, and was called the Beifu soldier. ”

In history, the Beifu soldiers were very powerful, which changed the way of warfare in later generations. Secondly, it is also recorded in the history books that "the brave man of the Han people is the former army, and the name is 'Hit the Life Lang'." ”

It can be seen that in ancient times, when soldiers fought wars, the soldiers who could stand in the first row were all strong in combat. They have all seen the world.

When the war broke out, these people would certainly not be deserters. This is particularly important. In ancient wars, it was relatively rare for the two sides to really fight, like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which depicts a large number of soldiers fighting, which is rare in history. Most of the battles between the two sides were fought with bows and crossbows. Engagements are usually preceded by long-range shooting with a bow and crossbow.

There are many ways to fight, most of which are fought by stratagem, and it is rare in history that two sides have fought on a large scale in one place. For the most part, the damage taken by soldiers comes primarily from ranged weapons such as bows and crossbows. This is also the greatest threat to soldiers in the ancient era of cold weapons. Historically, the range of the bow and crossbow was very long.

In the face of long-range weapons, all that both sides have to do is take defensive measures. At this time, the test is the defensive measures of the soldiers on both sides, and many soldiers will wear armor. However, heavy armor will have an impact on the soldier's dexterity. When fighting, both sides will line up in battle, and these formations are very powerful.

The more famous formations include the Macedonian phalanx, the Swiss phalanx, etc., through which the enemy army can be encircled or designed. When the two sides are evenly matched, it depends on the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the first row, and in such a situation, the soldiers will bravely move forward to kill the enemy. From another point of view, the two sides are evenly matched and equivalent to a fight to the death.

But elite soldiers are not born, they are all trained by continuous training. It is human nature to be afraid of death, and if elite veterans are faced with a certain death situation, they may also weigh the pros and cons and have the idea of escaping. In such a situation, it is particularly important to have clear rewards and punishments. At the same time, it is also necessary to have strict military discipline, otherwise it will be very serious to disturb the morale of the army.

The items that rewarded and punished soldiers in different dynasties and dynasties were different. During the Qin Dynasty, he won the first rank of the enemy's armor and added a knight. It was similar to this during the Ming Dynasty.

The Tang army beheaded a first-class reward of thirty silver, which was definitely a lot of wealth at that time. The soldiers standing in the first row have a higher probability of being beheaded, so in order to prevent others from stealing the credit, the soldiers in the first row must be desperate to kill the enemy.

However, they knew that they would die, so why did they rush to get on for two reasons:

The need for military generals to arrange their troops. Fighting a war is not a fight, fighting is to be arranged according to the formation, in battle

During the fight, it is also necessary to keep the formation not chaotic, and the order of the soldiers is different for different formations.

Therefore, many soldiers can't say, leader, I'm afraid of death, I don't dare to stand in the first row, generally speaking, those who disobey military orders will be beheaded directly in front of the formation.

In addition, after the war started, the army generally had an inspection team to enforce the law, and the inspection team had the right to kill the fleeing soldiers, so they would die in military law if they did not die before the battle, and they would not necessarily die if they rushed forward, so the soldiers in the first row would rush to the top without their lives.

Ancient soldiers went to the battlefield, on the one hand, to protect their families and defend the country, and on the other hand, to kill more enemies and make war exploits.

Therefore, the soldiers in the first row are undoubtedly the first to get the moon near the water, after all, they are the closest to the enemy, the opportunity for meritorious service is the greatest, they are most likely to be the first to climb the enemy's tower, or kill the enemy's senior generals, this kind of military merit is more rewarded.

Driven by huge interests, the soldiers in the first row will brave the rain of bullets and bullets to rush up, and you will definitely rush to get on it, one is the strict military law, and the other is the reward after meritorious service, these two reasons make the soldiers in the first row rush to charge even if they know that they are dead.

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