What do you think might have happened if Asoka approved of the slaughter on the battlefield during his wars of conquest?

Is Asoka had approved of the slaughter, many would be dead and his kingdom would have had a lot more enemies

If kalinga war, Ashoka was the ancient emperor of India. After ascending the throne, Ashoka fought the famous Kalinga war. Though Ashoka won the war buy the death and destruction caused by the war greatly changed the political and physical life of Ashoka. He declared Buddhism as the state religion and stopped hunting and eating meat and abandoned the life of luxury ...