The above is only the total number of Yang Guang's various armies, excluding the number of troops invested by Koguryo. If counted together, the number of participants in the whole campaign will not be less than1500,000. Some people are skeptical about this record.
As recorded in The Three Kingdoms of Wei Zhi, when a thief's file is broken, one is regarded as ten. What do you mean? It is normal to exaggerate the results of ancient wars ten times. This is also the reason why millions of battles often occur in the history of China. In fact, the actual mobilized troops in most wars are not up to the recorded number. Through the general situation of national strength and population at that time, we can roughly calculate whether it is exaggerated and how much it is exaggerated.
According to Sui Shu? Volume 29:? Dafan county has 190 counties, 1255 counties, 8907546 households and 46 19956 population. In addition, since the opening of the Sui Dynasty, several big warehouse provinces have accumulated a large amount of grain, which can support the consumption of large-scale wars. It was not difficult for Yang Guang to organize a million troops in the Sui Dynasty, and the mobilization rate was 2%. Plus the rear suppliers, double. The mobilization rate is 4%, so this record is quite reliable. Completely within a reasonable range.
There are many great battles recorded in history, but the number of participants is often exaggerated. The battle of Changping is the most famous, but also the most controversial. Moreover, the battle of Changping is not a battle. It includes the early Shangdang campaign stage, the Lian Po garrison stage and the melee stage between Zhao Kuo and Tian Lei. It lasted more than three years and the locations were scattered. Strength is also slowly accumulated in batches. Even if these battles are counted as a war, the number of participants is still far less than that of Yang Goguryeo, not to mention the fact that the actual number of participants in the battle of Changping is very suspicious.
Before the battle of Changping, the combined population of Qin and Zhao was just over 6 million, and even the combined population of the seven countries was less than half of the total population of Yang Guangye in Sui Dynasty. Except for the elderly, children, women, people with diseases and disabilities, and people engaged in special industries, there cannot be millions of combatants between the two countries. At the level of productivity at that time, it was definitely not possible to recruit 1 million people from a total population of more than 6 million to fight for three years. According to the total population of 7 million in the two countries, the mobilization rate has reached 14%, which is not to mention the logistics force behind. According to the statement that the number of feeders is doubled, the mobilization rate is 28%. It was seven times that of Yang Koguryo in Sui Dynasty.