As we can see in film and television dramas, prisoners are often escorted by only two people. It's similar in reality. Generally, escorting one prisoner means escorting two prisoners. Then, why didn't the ancients worry about the cruel people running away?
In fact, as long as you understand the ancient escort mode and the special social background at that time, you will understand what is going on!
1. In ancient times, prisoners would wear weapons when transporting vicious people. In order to prevent prisoners from escaping or waiting for opportunities to commit crimes, they often wear weapons. Generally, the most commonly used are wooden shackles and chains.
The design of wooden cangue is that two pieces of wood are cut out with a hole in the middle. When using the wooden cangue, put the two pieces together, so that the head and two hands are stuck on the cangue, and then push on the clip.
The design of this wooden cangue is very sharp. Once a person is in a cangue, there is no power at all, even with great strength, he can't get away. The movable embolus is in the back, and he can't reach it at all.
For some vicious prisoners, they will also be put on shackles and two iron rings will cover their ankles respectively! There is a chain in the middle. This chain is made of pure iron and is very short. The prisoner can't take a big step at all. How can he escape?
If you are escorting multiple prisoners, tie them into a string and contain each other and each other. As long as a person wants to run, it will be chaotic at once. As long as there is nothing wrong with the equipment, the probability of the prisoner escaping is basically equal to zero.
Second, it was difficult for fugitives to survive in ancient times. The grass-roots governance of ancient feudal dynasties was quite in place. Taking the Qin and Wei Dynasties as an example, the grass-roots governance structure of "county and village" was implemented. There are special officials at every level who are responsible for catching thieves and maintaining public order. For example, Liu Bang was born in Tingchang.
Needless to say, counties. Among them, there are three elders, miser and swimmer. Swimmers are officials in charge of public safety. He patrols the security everywhere every day and is also responsible for taking notes. The country is a village, and the person in charge is Li Zheng or Li Kui. He is also responsible for the public security and production of this village.
Pavilion is an organization responsible for public security, catching thieves and maintaining local public security. It is responsible for calling the director of the pavilion. The two pavilions are ten miles apart and patrol around with weapons every day.
The grass-roots governance model after Qin dynasty is roughly the same. In other words, relying on these grass-roots institutions, the feudal dynasty woven a big net. Even if the escaped prisoner escaped, how could he survive without identity and money under such a strict family protection system?
In farming society, people are tightly bound to the land and have poor mobility. A village will not have strangers for decades. When a foreign fugitive came here, he was immediately found, then interrogated and arrested!
In ancient times, a very strict hierarchy was implemented. Except for scholars, hong merchants and government agencies, the rest are not allowed to flow at will, and it is difficult for fugitives to survive.
Third, the ancient kinship system was in the feudal dynasty, which was a kinship system. Generally speaking, if one person breaks the law, the whole family will suffer. For example, Han Xin failed in rebellion and was defeated by the three clans.
Of course, this involvement is an extreme example, but in ancient times, if a prisoner escaped, his family members who stayed at home were often put in prison, interrogated and tortured, and asked to tell them where the prisoner went, whether he had contacted his family and so on.
The prisoner ran away, but he was free, but his wife, children, parents and brothers at home would suffer. For his own reasons, the whole family will be involved. It's not worthwhile to calculate this account!
What's more interesting is that the feudal society can take money to atone, but the family has collected enough money, but you ran away halfway. Isn't this embarrassing?
Or your friends and teachers come forward to do activities, and your case has turned around, but you ran away. Isn't this worse?
It may also be an Amnesty, or even the emperor will change his mind and remember your kindness. You are still halfway, and the pardon has come. Isn't it self-defeating
In fact, exile is not always exile, but also has a fixed number of years. Isn't it good to return home safely after serving your sentence? Do you have to be a wanted fugitive?
Conclusion: Apart from the above reasons, "Xiecha" is a highly professional profession. They have many "despicable means" and "cruel means" to escort the prisoners, and they tortured the prisoners to death along the way, and there was no chance to escape.
For example, wasn't Lin Chong almost killed by two mediocre officers?
It is your responsibility to avoid work. If you run away, they will be severely punished, which concerns their own work. Of course, they will be more careful and won't give you a chance to escape.
Therefore, it is extremely rare for ancient prisoners to escape during escort. It is almost impossible for prisoners in TV dramas to escape easily in reality and real history.