Comparison of the forces of the two sides in the Battle of Qiujieting and the Battle of Julu

As follows: Zhang Han's army is at least 200,000 (because there were so many when he surrendered later, see historical records), Wang Li and Shejian's troops are less, and they should not exceed 50,000, because they are all regular troops, and the number of troops in a unit should be between 1-20,000, unlike Zhang Han's subordinates who were all liberated from hard labor. In this way, the total should look at 25-300,000.

Chu Army: It is only known that General Pu, who crossed the river in advance, led an army of 20,000 (see Historical Records), and according to the general ratio of partial divisions (one of the 5 armies), Xiang Yu's entire army should have at least 100,000. In addition, Xiang Liang had already gained 80,000 troops when he established King Chu Huai (historical records), and the number of troops at this time should be only a lot more.

Also, when he came to the Hongmen banquet later, Xiang Yu's army was 400,000 (historical records), that is, the princes' troops were 200,000 (basically the upper limit), so the Chu army was already 200,000 at this time. Therefore, during the Battle of Julu, 100,000 people was the minimum, only a little more.

Comparison of the total forces of the two sides: Camp strength.

Qin army about 400,000.

The rebel army of the princes was about 200,000.

Cause of war: 400,000 Qin troops.

Zhang Han and Wang Li commanded, after defeating Xiang Liang, Zhang Han led 200,000 troops north to attack Zhao, transferred Wang Li's 200,000 Qin troops to the south, besieged Zhao Wang Yu Julu, Zhao Wang then asked for help everywhere, and the battle of Julu also began.

Xiang Yubu: When the princes' armies were all on the sidelines, only Xiang Yu took the initiative to attack, and it was recorded that Xiang Yu led tens of thousands of troops (the mainstream version is 50,000).

The beginning of the battle: Xiang Yu first sent his generals Yingbu and Pu to lead 20,000 people as the vanguard to cross the Yellow River and cut off the grain transportation channel of the Qin army. Then, Xiang Yu personally led all the main forces to cross the river, and the next thing was to smash the pot and scuck the boat.

Battle process: After everything is ready, the two armies will fight a decisive battle, that is, 50,000 against 200,000, completely hard-hitting, Xiang Yu took the lead, nine in and nine out, nine battles and nine victories, and finally broke the Qin army (the princes saw that Xiang Yu's army had the advantage and came to help in the battle).

Summary: The Battle of Julu is a miracle in the history of ancient warfare, but there is not much record of what method Xiang Yu used to defeat the enemy army several times his size. My personal conjecture is that the Qin army did not expect Xiang Yu to dare to dance on the tip of the knife, and dare to drill into their own gaps with such a gap in strength, and to say that Xiang Yu is a first-class tactician, and the purpose of tactics is to maximize the combat effectiveness of the troops, obviously Xiang Yu played very well in this battle.

If you want to ask what tactics it is, I'm afraid you have to ask Xiang Yu himself.

Xiang Yu plus the princes' righteous army totaled 200,000 people, and the main force of the Qin army led by the Qin generals Zhang Han and Wang Lisuo was more than 400,000.

The Battle of Yiting is also called the Battle of YilingErupted in 222 AD, it was a war between Wu (Sun Quan) and Shu Han (Liu Bei) during the Three Kingdoms period, and finally Lu Xun of Wu defeated Liu Bei of the state with fewer victories.

Battle of the Rivers, 383 AD. In the war between the Former Qin and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin army led by Xie An defeated the Former Qin army led by Fu Jian and won.

The Battle of Julu, which took place in 208 BC, was a battle between the Chu army led by Xiang Yu and the Qin Dynasty, and finally Xiang Yu won.

Battle of Julu: 208 BC Qin army vs Chu army (one rebel army).

Battle of Yaoting: 222 AD Han army (Shu Han) vs Wu army (Sun Wu).

Battle of Weishui: 383 AD Jin army (Eastern Jin Dynasty) vs Qin army (former Qin).

The Battle of Huangshui was a battle between the Former Qin and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, probably 380 AD, and the Battle of Julu, between Xiang Yu and Zhang Han, probably 209 BC.

Xiang Yu had 50,000 men, and his direct opponent was the 200,000 men of the Qin general Wang Li (Wang Qian's grandson), in addition to the 200,000 men of the Qin army commander Zhang Han nearby.

The main force of the Qin army was the 200,000 Xingtu army led by Zhang Han under the elite leadership and command of the Guanzhong generals plus the Xingtu after the elimination of the old and weak (the backbone must be the elite of Guanzhong, but the prisoners are indeed suitable as soldiers), and then the 200,000 Great Wall Army led by Wang Li mobilized from the Great Wall defense line.

The main force of the Qin army is 400,000, which can be considered to be elite.

After Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, he commanded the entire Chu army, but Xiang Yu's headquarters was the 30,000 Chu army with 8,000 sons as the core, plus the troops of General Pu and Yingbu, the total number was around 50,000.

But! Or hundreds of thousands of other anti-Qin princes' coalition forces, judging from the 400,000 princes' coalition mentioned in the Hongmen banquet, the total number of these anti-Qin princes' coalition should be around 20 to 300,000.

The reason why Xiang Yu broke through the 400,000 elite Qin army was not that he relied on these 3 to 50,000 Chu troops, it was impossible.

It was Xiang Yu who first destroyed the grain communication between Zhang Han and Wang Li, making it impossible for the two armies to cooperate and help each other, and then Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and led 50,000 Chu soldiers, Wang Li of the Nine Wars and 200,000 Great Wall Legions, nine battles and nine victories, killing and wounding 100,000 Qin troops, basically destroying the organizational structure of the Great Wall Legions, and the ancients lost half of the army, and this legion will inevitably collapse and collapse.

And Zhang Han's 200,000 convict army was stared at by hundreds of thousands of anti-Qin coalition troops, unable to effectively help, and Xiang Yu's movements were too fast, and the time to defeat the Great Wall Army was extremely short, and it was impossible to effectively rescue at all.

After Xiang Yu defeated the Great Wall Army, Zhang Han's prisoner army could be said to be isolated and helpless, and could only be forced to ask Xianyang for help (personal speculation was also applying to retreat to preserve strength), but Zhao Gao did not know the military situation on the front line and rebuked Zhang Han's envoy, so that Zhang Han was afraid of being killed when he returned to Beijing, so he could only surrender to the anti-Qin coalition army led by Xiang Yu in a dilemma.

The terrifying part of the battle of Xiang Yu Julu is that in a short period of time, 50,000 soldiers defeated 200,000 elite legions of the Great Wall, and another manifestation of this feared talent is that in the Battle of Pengcheng in the Chu-Han War, 560,000 Liu Bang's anti-Xiang combined army was completely defeated by Xiang Yu's 30,000 elites.

In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu was broken, but the morale gap between the two sides was very large, and Xiang Yu's army sought to fight instead of garrisoning.

In the Battle of Jieting, Ma Tan's army was originally weaker than Zhang He's, and it was garrisoned, so of course the impact of being surrounded and cut off from water sources was very great.