How many troops did the state of Cai have in the Spring and Autumn Period

Cai was one of the twelve great countries of the Spring and Autumn Period, with a population of about 20.3 million. It is ranked ninth in the "Chronology of the Twelve Princes", above Zheng, Yan and Wu. When the territory of Cai was the largest, it reached the northern foot of Dabie Mountain in the south, Yuncheng County in the north, the western border of Anhui Province in the east, and Pingdingshan City in the west, spanning Ru (River) and Huai (River), which made significant contributions to the culture of Huai River and Ru River basin.

Cai Guo, a vassal state in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in Chinese history, the monarch was surnamed Ji and a marquis. After King Wu of Zhou conquered Shang, he named his fifth brother Ji Du to Cai, known as Cai Shudu. Mr. Yang Kuan believes that "Cai" and "sacrifice" have the same ancient pronunciation and are universal.

Uncle Cai's Cai Yuan was in the sacrifice, built in Cai, and the jurisdiction was roughly in the area of Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan.

Cai Guo was still a "small powerhouse" in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and it was possible to gather "hundreds" of military vehicles to go on the expedition, and at this time there were about 20.3 million people. Therefore, it is conceivable that Cai Guo's troops are only tens of thousands.

Cai was still a "small powerhouse" in the early Spring and Autumn period, with a population of about 20.3 million at this time. It can be regarded as the home of a hundred vehicles. It is still possible to send 20,000 or 30,000 troops.

At that time, the Duke of Qi Huan had 30,000 elite expeditionary troops, and it was estimated that there should be less than 3,000 soldiers at that time.

King Chu Ling once said, I have a big city Chen Cai is not a soup for a thousand times... It shows that Cai Guoyuan was originally a country of a thousand times.

All the men in the country who have been Fu are soldiers...

During the Warring States period, the total population of the countries was more than 20 million, including all countries except the Seven Heroes. (Quasi-before the Battle of Changping).

The small countries such as the small Qiangyue country other than the seven Xiongxiong occupy a relatively wide area, which is not much worse than South Korea among the seven Xiongxiong, and the population should be 780,000, as well as Song, Luwei, Zhongshan and other small countries, with a total population of 3 million.

Yan Yanguo is considered to be the weakest of the 7 males, although the territory is not small, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, even the Zhao State after the Battle of Changping can not be beaten, it can be said that it is extremely weak, and the population of 1.5 million is already his limit.

Before the Battle of Zhao Changping, it could be said that Zhao was the strongest period, and he was able to gather 500,000 people to fight the Battle of Changping, plus tens of thousands of troops defending against the northern nomads in Daidi. It can be said that all the people are soldiers, down to the age of 15, up to the age of 50, all those who can fight, and the army accounts for at least one-fifth of the population, maybe one in 40,000. The population is around 2.5 million.

Qi is honest that Qi's territory is a bit small, not much larger than South Korea, but it is densely populated, and the population should be about the same as Zhao's, so he is 2.5 million.

Wei is the most densely populated country among the nations, and it is the backbone of the Six Kingdoms to resist Qin, and the population should be more than that of Zhao, about 3 million.

In the Battle of Changping, Qin Zhaogong invested 600,000 troops, and it can be said that all those who can go to the front line. The army is about the same as that of Zhao, and the population will not be much larger, counting him as 3 million.

The most rubbish country in Han 7 Xiong, before the Battle of Changping, Shangdang had been lost, the territory was limited, and the population should be about the same as that of Yan State, counting him 1.5 million.

Chu 7 Xiong is the country with the largest land area in China, and the other 6 countries together can be equal to him. It's just that the south is vast and sparsely populated, with a population of about 5 million.

Not necessarily. There were too many vassal states in the Spring and Autumn period. The strength of a country depends on the size of the population of that country.

Perhaps, hundreds of thousands of large countries and hundreds of small countries.

Not necessarily, more than tens of thousands, less hundreds.

The population is smaller, less than 1 million.

1. Defending the country: The population was about 80-900,000 in the early stage, and in the later period, due to the reduction of the war, there were only about 10,000 people.

Weiguo, the vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, the capital of Chaoge, the first generation of monarchs for the ninth son of King Wen of Zhou, Kang Shufeng. With a total of 907 years before and after the Wei Kingdom and 41 monarchs, it was the longest-surviving vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty and the last country to perish among the many vassal states surnamed Ji.

The territory of the Patriotic State is roughly located in Hebi, Anyang, and Puyang in Henan to the north of the Yellow River, part of Handan and Xingtai in Hebei, and the western part of Liaocheng in Shandong Province and the northern part of Heze. Wei Wugong was once strong, and when King Zhou Ping moved east, Wei Wugong sent troops to help Pingrong.

Confucius traveled to the country for 10 years, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji Zha, the fourth son of King Shoumeng of Wu, praised "the gentleman of Weiduo, his country is not in trouble".

2. Cai State: The population was 20-300,000 in the early stage, and it was defeated in the Chu State at the end of the war, and the population plummeted to only about 10,000 people.

Cai State (1046 BC, 447 BC), a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, built the capital of Cai (now Shangcai County, Henan), and was the first king of Zhou Wu's younger brother Shudu, because Shudu followed Wu Geng to rebel, was exiled to Guo Lin by the Duke of Zhou. After Cai Shudu's death, Zhou Gongdan sealed his son Cai Zhong to Cai and rebuilt the Cai Kingdom.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Cai was often persecuted by the State of Chu. In 531 BC, the state of Chu destroyed the state of Cai. Three years later, the Marquis of Cai Ping returned to China and moved the capital to Xincai (now Xincai County, Henan).

In 506 BC, the state of Cai accompanied the state of Wu to invade Chu and invaded the capital of Ying. In 493 BC, under the persecution of the state of Chu and the help of the state of Wu, the Marquis of Cai Zhao moved his capital to Zhoulai (now Fengtai County, Anhui), called Xia Cai. In 447 BC, the state of Cai was destroyed by the state of Chu.

After King Wu of Zhou conquered Shang, he named his fifth brother Cai Shudu in Cai, and built the capital in Cai (now Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province). Later, it was destroyed twice and forced to move the capital twice, and its sphere of influence was in the area of the border between Henan and Anhui.

3. Chen Guo: Similar to Cai Guo, the initial population was about 20-300,000, and there were only 10,000 people left at the end of the period.

The location where Chen Guo is located was originally the capital of the Taihao Fuxi clan, which was called "the void of Taihao". Chenjing is located in the south of the Yellow River, in the upper reaches of Yingshui, and in the north of Huaishui, which is the land of Huaiyang. Geographically, close to Cai, the neighbors to the north also have the descendants of Xia, Qi, and the descendants of Shang, Song, Chu in the southwest, and Xu in the east.

At the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zheng (the capital of the country was Xinzheng, Henan) moved from the west in the northwest.

From 1046 B.C., when Fu Man was enthroned, to 478 B.C., when Chen Gong was killed by King Chu Hui, Chen lasted for 25 generations, and lasted for 568 years, experiencing two deaths and two restorations.

After the death of Chen Guo, Chen Wan, the son of Chen Guo, was the doctor of Qi State, and his descendants were surnamed Qi Gong in 386 BC, and the history was called Tian Dai Qi.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the country's population statistics were different from those of the Warring States Period, and its population was mostly counted from the countrymen in the cities and the people working on the public fields. Powerful states such as Qi, Jin, and Chu generally had about 40,000 troops in the three armies, while small states such as Wei had about 10,000 people, so it can be inferred that each vassal state should have a maximum of 800,000 and a minimum of 100,000.

What were the surnames of the monarchs of Lu, Wei, Zheng, Chen, and Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period? .Spring and Autumn Princes Duke: .The small country (Wei, Huo, etc.) that was annexed by the Jin State had the surname Duo Ji, and the royal family came out of the Yue Kingdom and was passed on as the Warring States Princes Zhao.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were a total of 2 million to 5 million people in the country, and these small countries were estimated to be tens of thousands. At that time, the Spring and Autumn 5 tyrants were only a few hundred thousand people.

For example, if you have 3,000 soldiers, 100 cars, 3 people in 100 cars, that is, an army of 3,300 people, and during the Warring States period, the soldiers were drawn out of five, which was about 50,000 to 100,000 people.

Hundreds of thousands, such as the Warring States Seven Heroes, with a population of about 3 to 5 million.

The defense of the country is quite large, with more than 100,000 people.

Who knows, if you want to say how many troops were during the Warring States Period, maybe someone can answer you, after all, how much can be roughly seen in the history books, and the Warring States is estimated to be 300w at most All the troops.

But if you want to say that the total strength of the Spring and Autumn Period really doesn't know, first of all, there were many small countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and many books will not record them. Second, the level of economic and agricultural development in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was estimated to be smaller than that of the Warring States Period, so the population and economy at that time were not large, and the number of troops was certainly not as large as that of the Warring States, but there were many victories in other countries, so I estimate that even if there were no Warring States with more troops, it would be at most even.

Between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.

A typical example is the battle between Qin and Zhao during the Warring States Period, Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper, and the Qin general Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 Zhao troops.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the strength of various countries was weak, and the strength of the five hegemons was barely more than 100,000, and it was difficult to say that many small countries were weak, and the weak ones were generally 4,5 thousand.

It is worth noting that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the total population was only in the early 10 million, and coupled with the division of princes, there were not many troops in each country.

Let's talk about South Korea first, South Korea is the weakest, and its national strength is the weakest of the seven countries, with a military strength of between 15 and 350,000.

Yan State, second only to South Korea's weak country in national strength, has a military strength of about 15 to 370,000.

Wei State, Wei State was the strongest in the early Warring States period, but Wei State was very blind in foreign policy and had no long-term strategic intentions, so it declined in the middle and late period of King Wei Hui, with a military strength of about 200,000 to 300,000.

Zhao State, Zhao State in the middle of the Warring States period by Zhao Wuling King launched Hufu cavalry shooting, the national strength increased greatly, second only to Qin, before the Battle of Changping between 400,000 and 600,000 troops, after the Battle of Changping, the available force is about 230,000 to 300,000.

Chu State, Chu State has the largest territory, and the national strength is also in the top three, after Bai Qi captured the Chu capital, the king of Chu moved the capital, and the national strength was greatly weakened, but the people of this country are fierce, about 400,000 to 550,000.

Qi State, the big country of the old capital, after the Six Kingdoms invaded Qi, the elite was basically wiped out, and later the Qi State did not develop the military, only the domestic economy, so to Qin to destroy Qi, Qi did not resist, and the army was 200,000 to 250,000.

Qin State, the rising superpower in the Warring States Period, before the filial piety of the law, the Qin State had a little capital to compete for hegemony, after the formal change of filial piety, the national strength is like the sky, the military strength in the early Warring States period is about 300,000 to 500,000, and later in the late Warring States period, the scale of the war for hegemony is getting bigger and bigger, the Qin State began to be a soldier, 16 to 50 years old all joined the army, the strength of the army is about 60 to 1 million.

The Warring States period is relatively large, the age is far away, and it is very difficult to count. Combined with the estimates of Su Qin when he spoke of the princes and the speculation, we can estimate the strength of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in the 4th century BC, Qin is estimated to be close to one million, Chu is estimated to be more than 1 million, Wei is estimated at 30,400,000, Korea is estimated at about 300,000, Zhao is estimated at 50,600,000, Qi is estimated at 60,700,000, and Yan is estimated at 40,500,000