In ancient times, joining the army was a way for ordinary people to reach the peak of their lives, and beheading the enemy was the simplest and most basic way to obtain military merit. But the battlefield is changing rapidly, and beheading is not always so easy, so it needs the help of teammates. In the state of Qin, where soldiers are most keen on beheading, there is a rule that a group of soldiers who are still alive after being killed will be punished. If there are a corresponding number of enemy heads, they can be exempted from punishment, which makes people in the class shield each other.
Although it is simple and convenient to calculate military achievements with enemy heads, it is easy to cause controversy and false positives. Although there are corresponding laws and measures in every dynasty and generation, the phenomenon of killing civilians and friendly troops and lying about military achievements still exists. In history, there are examples of soldiers being defeated by the enemy in order to get the head of the enemy.
Therefore, the later dynasties did not calculate military feats separately, but more calculated collective feats, which was also to make those archers and commanders get the credit they deserved. And when the whole gets outstanding credit, every soldier will get corresponding rewards and the integrity of the army will be better.
Qi Jiguang's army has a similar method. Every class has one of the tactics invented by Qi Jiguang? Tool man? . This tool man is in the safest position in combat. Whenever a teammate kills an enemy, he will cut off his head and put it away. Finally, everyone will have a place in the army. Although it is not so detailed in other armies, there are also people who specialize in cutting off their heads, and the military merits are often divided up by everyone.
It is said that Genghis Khan took great pains to prevent the dead soldiers from leaving the whole body, so that those who took back the whole body of their comrades could inherit his wife and children.