The standing army of the Eastern Han Dynasty was only a few people, how did it defend the country?

Because of the war in the late Western Han Dynasty, the consumption of military strength, manpower, grain and grass, etc., was not ordinarily large. There will be some small tribes on the border who will come out every once in a while. Not to mention that there are not enough things in his own country, he has to pay money, send grain, cattle, sheep and horses to the landlord Huns on a monthly basis.

Therefore, it is still very difficult to defend the country, but the Eastern Han Dynasty still has advantages, mainly the following two points.

But after all, the Eastern Han Dynasty has its own unique advantagesFirst of all, the Eastern Han Dynasty's Cao Yun technology. Generally speaking, if you look at a war, whether the logistics support has to keep up, and whether the war is good or not depends on whether the logistics are good or not. The logistics can keep up, and the war must be bullish.

The food and drink of the warriors, the tents of the march, and the food and grass of the horses, all were to be transported.

There are two ways to transport these, water transport and land transport. At this time, the water transportation route left by the Qin Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty came in handyWater transportation of grain, a year can be transported by water can be sent tens of thousands of quintals, which is ten times more than the previous Qin Dynasty to transport materials. Grain, tents, grain and grass are on the top, and when the war is fought, the soldiers and horses are full of food and drink, and they are full of fighting energy.

There is also the protective fortress of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Tuncheng. It played a huge role. In the war between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu for the territory of the Western Regions.

The Eastern Han Dynasty is, step by step, a tun city, step by step defense. Tuncheng is all over the Eastern Han City, and it is not a chaotic establishment, these Tuncheng are connected to each other, echoing each other from afar, and the Huns who rushed up again and again were slammed back, so that the Hun army rubbed a nose of ash.

Don't look at the few people in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but rely on the solid TunchengOn the map of the Han Dynasty, like nails, they were fiercely pierced on the territory of the Western Region, so that the Huns could only hold their own territory and did not dare to invade at all.

The Eastern Han Dynasty did not have many standing armies, but they held the city gates, mainly because of their protective fortresses.

It is not an easy task to defend the country, but the Eastern Han Dynasty has a good geographical location and combat methods.

Because they had fortified fortified cities and they had plenty of food, they were able to defend the country even if they had few men.

The defense work of the Eastern Han Dynasty was very good, and the use of Caoyun and Tuncheng to defend the country was very technical.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the state began to set up local garrison battalions, which constituted the main force of the national standing army and were also convenient for overall planning.

Although the standing army is not numerically superior, they are very capable and can be regarded as an elite team, so they can hold the country.

In any major battle, the competition is often the level of logistics. Whether the front-line combat strength is strong or not depends on the lack of logistics to "replenish blood." If the victory of the Western Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu is due to the smooth post road system left by the Qin Dynasty.

Then the important military gift left by the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty is the developed Cao Yun.

That's because the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted a wise military strategy, they guaranteed military rations by water transportation**, and built fortresses on land, so they could do the best defense.

It is because of the role played by the protective pier wheel in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and these tun cities are connected to each other from end to end, echoing each other from afar. The Huns who rushed up were slammed back again and again, making the Hun army rub their noses dusty.

Because the soldiers were recruited by the local governor himself, the soldiers recognized the money and the superiors did not recognize the emperor.