“You crash a moped in China, you kill 80 of em without even trying.”
*-Bill Burr*
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European wars be like
Count Graf Friedrich-Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich Otto Leopold von und zu Schwarzenberg-Hohenlohe-Lichtenstein-Sigmaringen und Wittelsbach zu Habsburg-Lothringen wage war against Count Louis-Philippe Charles Henri Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine François Xavier Auguste de Bourbon-Orléans-Montpensier-Valois-Anjou-Berry-Condé-Conti-Guise-Lorraine-Rohan-Montmorency-La Rochefoucauld-Noailles-Sully et de Saint-Simon
Because the latter pigs ate the others harvest last summer, So the former raise a army of 15 knights and 200 men at arms fought the latter 10 knights and 200 peasants and Jacob the friar
The battle was long and hard but Count Graf Friedrich-Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich Otto Leopold von und zu Schwarzenberg-Hohenlohe-Lichtenstein-Sigmaringen und Wittelsbach zu Habsburg-Lothringen was victorious
It was a very important event in European history which led to 200 people given sainthood, new laws where made and at least 300 other versions of the Christian fate was made, this battle change the course of European and world history for centuries to come
Note: most casualties in the war was cause by Dysentery and hunger
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It’s things like this that explain why the Qin dynasty only lasted 15 years
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“Cineas I want some glory and power”- Pyrrhus
Cineas holding roof tile – “Pyrrhus we have glory and power at home”
Glory and power at home -> some mountains and goats
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There’s a difference though:
Qin can replenish manpower very easily. It’s also possible that many Ancient Chinese sources exaggerated the numbers.
Pyrrhus absolutely could not replenish his manpower.
Extremely brutal wars that wipe out entire cultures worth of Chinese people
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Me when I’m in “hyperinflating the number” competition and my opponent is chinese chronicles :
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Qin generally weren’t the ones losing troops.
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Tau warfare vs. Guard warfare.
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Someone commented about these chinese comically big numbers is that those weren’t only the number of soldiers alone, but also the men dealing with logistics, supplies and other factors needed to field the soldiers themselves.
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Chinese battle numbers are massively inflated, historically speaking. Odds are only 5 dudes were killed and 10 more injured, but first the court chroniclers tried to make it seem like a glorious victory in a hard fought battle and inflated it to 5000, and then the next dynasty’s historians wanted to make the previous dynasty look bad and inflated it to 50,000 to make them look like they wasted lives, and then another guy made a mistake when copying the records because the characters for 50,000 and 500,000 look similar
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Russian generals in 2026 be like
Ordinary ancient Chinese history.
“You crash a moped in China, you kill 80 of em without even trying.”
*-Bill Burr*
Colovian fur helm
European wars be like
Count Graf Friedrich-Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich Otto Leopold von und zu Schwarzenberg-Hohenlohe-Lichtenstein-Sigmaringen und Wittelsbach zu Habsburg-Lothringen wage war against Count Louis-Philippe Charles Henri Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine François Xavier Auguste de Bourbon-Orléans-Montpensier-Valois-Anjou-Berry-Condé-Conti-Guise-Lorraine-Rohan-Montmorency-La Rochefoucauld-Noailles-Sully et de Saint-Simon
Because the latter pigs ate the others harvest last summer, So the former raise a army of 15 knights and 200 men at arms fought the latter 10 knights and 200 peasants and Jacob the friar
The battle was long and hard but Count Graf Friedrich-Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich Otto Leopold von und zu Schwarzenberg-Hohenlohe-Lichtenstein-Sigmaringen und Wittelsbach zu Habsburg-Lothringen was victorious
It was a very important event in European history which led to 200 people given sainthood, new laws where made and at least 300 other versions of the Christian fate was made, this battle change the course of European and world history for centuries to come
Note: most casualties in the war was cause by Dysentery and hunger
It’s things like this that explain why the Qin dynasty only lasted 15 years
“Cineas I want some glory and power”- Pyrrhus
Cineas holding roof tile – “Pyrrhus we have glory and power at home”
Glory and power at home -> some mountains and goats
There’s a difference though:
Qin can replenish manpower very easily. It’s also possible that many Ancient Chinese sources exaggerated the numbers.
Pyrrhus absolutely could not replenish his manpower.
[This is what a true decisive victory for Qin looks like](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Changping?wprov=sfla1)
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Why is China so cursed?
Extreme population rates throughout its history
Extremely brutal wars that wipe out entire cultures worth of Chinese people
Me when I’m in “hyperinflating the number” competition and my opponent is chinese chronicles :
Qin generally weren’t the ones losing troops.
Tau warfare vs. Guard warfare.
Someone commented about these chinese comically big numbers is that those weren’t only the number of soldiers alone, but also the men dealing with logistics, supplies and other factors needed to field the soldiers themselves.
Chinese battle numbers are massively inflated, historically speaking. Odds are only 5 dudes were killed and 10 more injured, but first the court chroniclers tried to make it seem like a glorious victory in a hard fought battle and inflated it to 5000, and then the next dynasty’s historians wanted to make the previous dynasty look bad and inflated it to 50,000 to make them look like they wasted lives, and then another guy made a mistake when copying the records because the characters for 50,000 and 500,000 look similar