--- title: "Topic: Human wave attacks" description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for Human wave attacks." topic_slug: "human-wave-attacks" generated: "true" --- # Topic: Human wave attacks Generated static topic dossier for agents. Use this topic page as a routing and synthesis surface, not as primary evidence for Jiang-spoken claims. Final answers should cite the source reading, transcript segment, source ref, and video timestamp linked below. Human topic page: [/topics/human-wave-attacks/](https://jianglens.com/topics/human-wave-attacks/) Text mirror: [/topics/human-wave-attacks.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/human-wave-attacks.txt) Markdown mirror: [/topics/human-wave-attacks.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/human-wave-attacks.md) Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said. Cite human-readable source readings for generated summaries and lens context; cite transcript and video timestamp links below for Jiang-spoken quotations. Aliases: `attack`, `attacks`, `human-wave-attack` ## What This Topic Covers This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **Human wave attacks** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs. Current focus: Jiang's term for Chinese warfare that throws peasant armies at opponents and replaces them when they die, teaching the Mongols that people are expendable. Most connected source reading: **The World Shatterer**. Nearby topic cluster: China, Mongols, People AS Infinite Resource. ## Extracted Topic Notes - Jiang's term for Chinese warfare that throws peasant armies at opponents and replaces them when they die, teaching the Mongols that people are expendable. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0062`; `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0063` - causal-chain: The Mongols learned to treat people as an infinite resource from long contact with China, where warfare used disposable peasant armies and human-wave attacks. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0061`, `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0062`, `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0063` ## Quoted Transcript Hits 1. **The World Shatterer** / Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer -- 2025-03-18, day precision Timestamp: [1:04:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM&t=3869s) | Transcript: [seg-0062](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/#seg-0062) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0062` Quote: "...and throw it at my opponent again. Okay? It's like human wave attacks. Okay? We call this human wave attacks. This was pioneering in..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) Related lens: [The Borderland Engine](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-borderland-engine/) 2. **The World Shatterer** / Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer -- 2025-03-18, day precision Timestamp: [1:05:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM&t=3924s) | Transcript: [seg-0063](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/#seg-0063) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0063` Quote: "Right? So, if you're the Mongols and you're fighting this enemy and they're just throwing these peasants at you and you're killing them all..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) 3. **The World Shatterer** / Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer -- 2025-03-18, day precision Timestamp: [1:02:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM&t=3778s) | Transcript: [seg-0061](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/#seg-0061) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0061` Quote: "Whereas the Mongols were not curious about the world. They were intent on conquest. And enslaving other people, and exploiting other people. Okay? They..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) 4. **The World Shatterer** / Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer -- 2025-03-18, day precision Timestamp: [55:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM&t=3301s) | Transcript: [seg-0048](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/#seg-0048) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm@transcript:v1#seg-0048` Quote: "...You could massacre them. You could send them off in human wave attacks. It didn't matter because they were an infinite resource. And this..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) Related lens: [The Borderland Engine](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-borderland-engine/#borderland-engine-contempt-breaks-openness) ## Source Readings - [The World Shatterer](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) (glossary, claims) -- 2025-03-18, day precision Source: [Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) Summary: Genghis Khan is not explained by saying the Mongols were uniquely evil. ## Related Topics - [China](https://jianglens.com/topics/china/) - [Mongols](https://jianglens.com/topics/mongols/) - [People AS Infinite Resource](https://jianglens.com/topics/people-as-infinite-resource/) ## Retrieval Notes This file is generated from Jiang Lens episode JSON, semantic tags, glossary terms, source refs, and transcript segment matches. It is not a manually authored canon page. For broader or missing-topic search, use the letter shards under /topics/index/ before falling back to the bulk transcript-search files.