What was it like to fight a war in ancient times, and did it work if there were many people fighting

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<> "I believe many netizens have heard of such a saying: Fighting a war is to fight for numbers. Especially in ancient warfare, the greater the number of soldiers, often brought more advantages to the fighting side, after all, "the strength of the number of people is pure".

Ancient people often lined up in battle, so the number of soldiers was also a very important factor affecting the battle situation. However, is it necessarily useful when there are many people in war? In fact, it really can't be said too absolutely, because there have been examples of winning more with less in Chinese history, and although there are few such war examples, they are all very classic.

For example, the war to be talked about below, I believe that if you see it, you will understand such a possibility, that is, sometimes there will be disadvantages when there are many people, such as too many people become a burden, and the impact on a war is fatal.

This war took place in 383 A.D., in which the two sides fought against the Former Qin regime in the north and the Eastern Jin regime in the south. In this war, the former Qin had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, of which there were 300,000 descendants participating in the war alone, and there were another 500,000 troops; On the other hand, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was very weak, with only 80,000 soldiers from the Northern Prefecture. Former Qin fought against the Eastern Jin Dynasty with 10 times the number of troops, and I believe that the first thing that many people thought of was that the Eastern Jin Dynasty would be defeated, but in fact, it was not.

This war is a very famous example in Chinese history of winning more with less, although the former Qin had an absolute advantage, but in the end it was defeated by the seemingly weak Eastern Jin Dynasty, the main force of the descendants was completely annihilated, and the other troops fled and surrendered.

So in this war of disparity in strength, why is there such a shocking reversal? To explain this problem, we have to start with the pre-war preparations of both sides. Although the Former Qin had an army of 800,000, its command class was blind and arrogant, and was quite arbitrary and subjective in various decisions, did not formulate a battle plan according to the actual situation, hastily started the war and stretched the battle line too long, resulting in excessive dispersion of troops, although there were many people, but it became a burden, and there was a lack of coordination between the various parts of the army, and it was finally broken by the Eastern Jin army.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although the troops are small, they are all elite, and the most important thing is internal unity, the upper and lower levels are united in the feast, and the command class is calm and calm in the face of danger, and has set a good example for his subordinates. In addition, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Army also took advantage of the favorable time and place, and various strategies, and finally destroyed the already chaotic Former Qin Army, achieving a classic example of winning more with less.

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