The true history of Qin death squads

In 1974 March, Qin Shihuang was to be delivered from oppression of Terracotta Army in Lintong County of Shaanxi Province, the Qin army squads because of its large size, true to life likeness, Terracotta Army is known as the eighth wonder of the world. Recently, some archaeological experts put forward a puzzling phenomenon, Terracotta Army soldiers no one Dai Toukui, is what causes the punch in the war the front-line soldiers and generals did not wear a helmet? Qin to unified six countries, why even the helmet will not give soldiers with?
Some of the soldiers of the Terracotta Army are wearing a cap, according to archaeological staff confirmed, this is a linen scarf. The officer like wearing leather do plate shaped hat. More soldiers put the hair on the head, rolled into a bun. But both the soldiers and officers, Qin are not wearing a helmet. What is the reason for this is the shortage of military expenditure, or some other unknown secret?
Professor Xu Weimin of the Qin and Han Dynasties history experts say: in my opinion, the state of Qin is a worship of force of the nation, this is like Japan advocating Bushido, is the spirit of a people.
"Historical records" said: Qin, take a million. Mean millions of wearing armor forces, here also only refers to a suit of armor, but not including helmets, different arms armor is different, basically the armor to be leather, very simple, all of these is to show the martial spirit of their. The martial spirit from other works can feel. Hanfeizi is great thinker in the Warring States period, he recorded the first contact with the Qin people in their own writings feelings. He said, Qin people hear to fight, just stomp barebacked, can scarcely wait, there is no life......
When a famous lobbyist this description of the battlefield: Qin Qin squads they head barebacked, bravely forward, the six countries of the army and the Qin compared, like egg stone...... They left hand carrying a head, right under the arm with the prisoners, to kill his opponent...... Not only such, Sima Qian also recorded in the "records of the historian": the battlefield of the Qin actually topless barebacked, simply even only armor also take off.
Since the worship of force, why not wear a helmet to better protect themselves? Professor Xu said, not wearing a helmet to show bravery on the battlefield momentum, can overwhelm the enemy. The two reform and Shang Yang are on the reform of the army, the two most important is: "laws, formulate involve law, with felony misdemeanor; military awards, prohibit private bucket, issued by military reward twenty grade system."
These Provisions are Qin soldiers must fight heroically on the battlefield, and it is the battlefield made military soldiers can add knight. Professor Xu said, Shang Yang states: Qin Qin soldiers as the enemy death squads won a head, can obtain the title level, Tian Zhaiyi and servants number. Head more beheaded, obtained the title is higher.
As long as the war play well can be knighted, a knighting have some land, some of the house, then, the entire life fighting the hook. This is Shang Yang's famous military knighting system. If a soldier scored two of the enemy head on the battlefield, he did the prisoner's parents can immediately become a free man. If his wife is a slave, can also be converted to civilian.
For the importance of family inheritance Chinese, military glory is can pass the son. If the father died in the war, his achievement can be recorded in the son on the head. One person got medals, all can benefit. Sealed into the grand, which is the main driving force of Qin soldiers can bravely against the enemy on the battlefield. According to historical records, when the Qin until unified six countries, a total of about 1600000 people killed by the enemy.
But according to the reasons for head knighted, are there any other reasons that cause the national worship of force the issue, Professor Xu explained, Qin Qin and Qin armed squads, closely related to the whole development process, the state of Qin was originally located in a small country of the east coast, but due to the extrusion of other countries, was forced to migrate the west. And the Central Plains countries have put the Qin as the Rong family, is also the minority to treat, very little of it, think it is an uncivilized nation. Can say, the state of Qin is to survive and develop in a very difficult environment.
In addition it also with its geographical environment relationship. Because the West Qin is located by nomads, closer, but also can be said to be developed in these nomadic surrounded, and nomads much good at hunting of Qin immediately, this influence is relatively large, so that may form, influenced by advocating force of the national spirit.
History experts An Zuozhang also think, Qin advocating force, the development of the nation is to have a close relationship. Because the west is located in the Qin Qin, death squads have been central states as remote country, did not participate in the Central Plains states in the spring and Autumn period of the union, because contemptuous of the Qin state, called the Northwest barbarians. Therefore, the state of Qin has been the national policy is to reward farming, agricultural development, there is a very important is to strengthen the training of troops. If things go on like this, the formation of the state of Qin force advocating the spirit of.