How strong was the military strength of the Central Plains during the Three Kingdoms period

In ancient China, the situation during the Three Kingdoms period was very turbulent. If you are familiar with Chinese history, most historical enthusiasts will have heard of the "Yongjia Rebellion", which caused a fatal blow to the Central Plains Dynasty at that time.

At that time, the Western Jin Dynasty was in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the continuous conquest of the unified countries made the national strength of the Western Jin Dynasty extremely empty. At this time, the nomads in the north took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce offensive against Luoyang, Chang'an. The Western Jin Dynasty, which had empty national strength, was admittedly defeated, Luoyang Chang'an soon fell, and the Western Jin Dynasty, which lost Kyoto, had to flee in defeat.

The Western Jin Dynasty, which fled from Kyoto, began to decline and succumbed to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Western Jin Dynasty regime was in a corner of peace.

In the Battle of Guandu in 199, Yuan Shao had about 300,000 troops. Cao Cao is about 200,000. However, due to Cao Cao's enemies on all sides, the garrison and defense pressure was very great, and the army participating in the Battle of Guandu was about 30,000 and Yuan's army was about 100,000.

In the Battle of Chibi in 208, Cao Cao had an army of less than 500,000 and Liu Biao 100,000 in the south. Liu Biao had about 130,000, of which 120,000 surrendered and nominally surrendered Cao's army. Liu Qi and Liu Bei totaled less than 20,000, about 10,000.

Sun Quan has about 150,000, of which 30,000 are in Zhou Yu and 20,000 in Sun Quan's rear army.

In the Battle of Xiangfan in 219, Guan Yu's army totaled 10,000, Cao Ren's army was 10,000, Yu Ban's army was 30,000, and Xu Huang's 12 battalions were 20,000. Guan Yu initially attacked 30,000 troops, staying 10,000, including 10,000 in Nanjun, 1,000 in Yidu, and 3,000 in the remaining two counties. Guan Yu surrounded Xiang and Fan, annihilated 30,000 of the Forbidden Seventh Army, and repelled Xu Huang's army.

There were about 30,000 sneak attack troops in Jiangdong, including 10,000 troops in Lü Meng and 10,000 in Lu Xun's roundabout army.

In the Battle of Yiling in 221, Liu Bei's total strength was about 100,000, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army including the barbarian army was about 50,000. The total strength of Jiangdong is about 200,000, and Lu Xun's army includes about 70,000 reinforcements. In 263, Deng Ai destroyed Shu.

The total strength of Shu was 120,000, of which about 20,000 were annihilated and 10,000 surrendered. Cao Wei had a total army of 500,000, including 30,000 Deng Aijun, 110,000 Zhong Huijun, and 30,000 Zhuge Xu. In 280, Wu was destroyed.

The total strength of the Western Jin Dynasty was 550,000, and the Jiangdong was 230,000. 200,000 on the 6th route of the Wu army.

The specific figures are not easy to say, let's talk about the strategy, let's first say that Wu has the highest per capita GDP, the strategy is mainly based on water warfare, the requirements for equipment are high, there are the best surface combat teams of the three countries, the people's living standards are relatively high, the source of troops is not extensive, there are no territorial claims to foreign countries, the main direction of the enemy is Shu, but Shu and Wu have a certain amount of cooperation in the early stage, and the hostility period is relatively short. Diplomatic relations can be handled well in bilateral or multilateral relations. In summary, the defense is strong and the combat readiness is sufficient.

Wei: The GDP per capita is the lowest, the territory is vast, the population is large, the gap between the rich and the poor is large, and there are many internal contradictions. There are many soldiers, but the quality is poor, the equipment is poor, suitable for the tactics of the sea of people, and has an overwhelming advantage over Wu or Shu in a wide frontal battle.

Foreign relations: Because it is in a period of military contraction dominated by economic development, and at the same time is strategically harassed by Wu Shu or the Wu Shu alliance, fighting on two fronts is not conducive to military attacks. Summary, passive defense, low equipment, poor international relations, but with a strong potential for the development of the economy and military.

Shu State: The per capita GDP is average, the ratio of population to military strength is high, and the strategy is mainly based on military plunder in foreign wars, and the economic contradictions are transferred. The tactics are mainly based on mountain warfare, special warfare, and unrestricted warfare, and can form a local military superiority strike capability against Wei, and often win more than lose.

Summary: The space for economic development is small, the military is active and flexible, and the offensive is used instead of defense, but the high ratio of population to force leads to a long recovery period of the war, and it is not possible to launch a large-scale strategic war with a long time. Diplomacy, to pull Wu to fight Wei.

The total strength of Wei was about 600,000, Shu was more than 100,000, and Wu was about 230,000.

The northern nomads did not dare to go south.

The first fierce general: Guan Yu or Wen Yang, you can choose one yourself. The martial arts of the two of them are one of the few that have been recorded in the official history.

Guan Yu: Yu looked at the good man, rode the horse to be good in the crowd, beheaded it, and Shao Zhu could not be the one, so he relieved the white horse circle. - Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In the midst of all the people, he can cut off the head of the fierce general Yan Liang at once, and he can retreat in these tens of thousands of troops, and no officer can stop him, what is this concept? Guan Yu can be praised by the world as a martial saint, but not just by his virtues. ）

Wen Yang: The duck entered thousands of horses with horses, killing and injuring more than 100 people, but out, so six or seven, chasing and riding dare not force. -- General Knowledge of Information Governance.

With the power of one person, he can cut off more than 100 heads in a single charge, and he is also the head of the ** elite. Judging from the historical materials about the Three Kingdoms, there is really only this one case).

Zhao Yun, because of his superior force, his head is very good.

There are at least 300,000 in Wei and 100,000 in Shu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the relatives were autocratic, the eunuchs were in power, and natural disasters continued. In the first year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the era of war and chaos began for nearly a hundred years.

The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, one of the 24 histories, is written by the historian Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty, which records the biography of Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China, and is one of the "first four histories" with the highest evaluation in the 24 histories.