Qin Jun is the winner of the bloodiest and highest-level military competition in the history of China. Before Qin unified China, the total strength of the vassal states once reached 5.5 million! He is the undisputed champion of destroying the enemy in quantity and quality.

The Han army wiped out the seven kingdoms, defeated the invincible enemy like overlord in one fell swoop, and established a great man. In its heyday, the Han army wiped out the powerful Xiongnu, Weizhen Western Region and Nanping Vietnam. The military strength is superior to the Roman Empire in quantity and comparative record, and it can be ranked second.

The War between the Western Han Dynasty and Xiongnu

The establishment of the Roman legion

The basic tactical organization of ancient Roman army was squad, which was equivalent to company in modern army. Each team consists of two teams of 100 people, which is equivalent to two platoons now. The 100-member team was originally 100, but later it was changed to 60 to 80 people. The brigade is equivalent to the current battalion, consisting of 450 to 570 people, including a team of 30 cavalry. The cavalry in the brigade rarely fight against the brigade, but unite themselves to form a larger cavalry team.

The Roman legion is equivalent to a division in the modern army. It consists of 65,438+00 brigades, with about 4,500 to 5,000 soldiers, including 300 cavalry. Every Roman legion was equipped with a joint legion (Roman Republic period). The two have the same organizational system, but the cavalry of the joint army usually has 600 people. The organizational system of the Joint Legion is different from that of the Roman Legion. It was a strategy adopted by ancient Rome to support the Roman legion with about the same number of joint forces. The largest official establishment of the joint forces is the brigade. But at least in Caesar's time, the organizational system of the United Legion was as formal as that of the Roman Legion.

Together, the Roman Legion and the United Legion are equivalent to a modern army, with about 9000 to 10000 people, including about 900 cavalry. Two Roman legions and two joint legions form a field army, which is called the group army under the command of the consul, and is commanded by one of the two Roman consuls. The group army commanded by each consul usually has 18000 to 20000 people, and the front line is about 2500 meters wide; The entire group army combat formation covers an area of about 600,000 square meters, which is about three times that of the ancient Greek phalanx formation.

During the period of Augustus, the first emperor of ancient Rome, the 10000 Roman Guard was retained to maintain domestic security, and all 25 legions of the army were scattered on the border. To this end, a set of high-quality road network has been built, so that the army can quickly move from one area to another when threatened by external forces.

There were two major battles between the Roman legion and the Macedonian phalanx. One was the Battle of Sinosefara in the northeast of Greece in BC 197, and each side invested about 26,000 troops. One was the battle of Pidtner in the third Macedonian War on June 22nd, BC 168, and both sides invested about 32,000 troops. The Roman legion won both battles.

The Tang dynasty had an amazing prosperity for a hundred years, and the record of destroying Turks was not bad, so it was the third place.

Song Jun's nemesis looked around. It is not easy to have such achievements in resisting foreign enemies when the emperor is incompetent. In fact, the economy of the Song Dynasty is still relatively developed, so don't belittle it too much, ranking fourth.

The Ming army's ability is average, and it is also firmly bound by eunuchs, and there is almost no decent record. The only bright spot is the navy of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's voyage to the West, and Xiamen and Fujian navies successively defeated the European powers such as the Netherlands and Portugal. Ranked fifth.

The Qing army took advantage of the civil strife in Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui and China to get a big bargain. At the peak, the Qing army was even beaten out of the water by Yuan Chonghuan, and its master was killed. He was the only founder of the dynasty who was defeated in the war. In the middle and late period, the Eight Banners were pampered and their combat effectiveness was weakened. In modern times, the later period brought unprecedented humiliation to China in its 5000-year history, which was also the last time.

China's military strength has been declining from the peak of the Qin Dynasty, with each generation getting worse.

At present, China's strength even dares not move. What is the use of ranking before the exam?