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Historical war
In the history of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars, there are many very tragic battles, which often cause a large number of casualties and have a very significant impact. In the late Warring States period, Chu and Qi declined one after another, and only Zhao had the strength to stop the unification of Qin. In 262 BC, South Korea wanted to cede Shangdang to Qin, but Shangdang refused to surrender to Qin and surrendered to Zhao privately. Zhao decided to send troops against Shangdang. When the king of Qin heard the news, he flew into a rage and sent troops to crusade against Zhao. The two sides fought fiercely in Changping.

Qin defeated Lian Po, the general of Zhao, and after the defeat, Lian Po adopted the strategy of sticking to it. Qin Jun breached several camps in Lian Po, and the prince of Zhao was very scared when he heard the news. He sent Zhao Kuo instead of Lian Po and transferred all Zhao's troops to Changping front. The state of Qin recruited soldiers and sent experts to take up the post of commander in chief. After the emergency mobilization of Qin and Zhao, more than 600,000 troops of Qin and 450,000 troops of Zhao all gathered in Changping. Because of the relatively small population in ancient times, the scale of the battle of Changping at that time was no less than the war in which tens of millions of people participated in modern times.

The result of the battle of Changping was also very tragic. The Qin and Zhao armies fought for a long time, and finally Qin Jun cut off Zhao's supplies of food and grass. Finally, Zhao Kuo and Zhao led the death squads to death without food and died in chaos. The remaining troops of Zhao surrendered to Qin Jun. Qin Jun killed all the captured Zhao troops. In the battle of Changping, Zhao lost 450,000 people and Qin lost more than half of its military forces. The death toll in this battle is more than some meat grinder battles in later generations.

In addition to the battle of Changping, the battles of Stalingrad and Leningrad in modern war history are also very tragic battles. These two battles lasted for a long time, with millions of casualties, far more tragic than the great battles during World War I. Apart from these two battles, most of the operations on the Pacific islands were also very tragic. Although the casualties of both sides in the Pacific island operations were not as good as those in the European battlefield, the process of the Pacific island operations was very tragic because the Japanese army did not surrender.