something about the history

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2004)

So many people here have blamed the King of Qin because they believe he ordered his army to kill "400,000 surrendered soldiers from the neighbor state Zhao after one battle, just to crush the morale of other resisting forces."
That is not true.
The battle happened in 260 BC, one year before the King of Qin (259 BC-210 BC) was born in the state of Zhao. So he had nothing to do with that tragedy.
Actually at that time, the 7 states battled with each other. Each state wanted to defeat the other 6 and unite the whole China. So the wars were not only between Qin and the other 6 states but also frequently among the 6 non-Qin states.
In the film the killer finally gave up his plan because he realized that he could not stop the wars by simply killing the King of Qin. The only way to have a peaceful China is to let one state quickly conquer the other states.