Alexander's greatness is almost impossible to describe in words. In contrast, Xiang Yu is good at fighting, Han Xin is good at tactics, and Liu Bang is good at grand strategy, but Alexander seems to have all three - "History of Western Strategic Thought".
Alexander the Great was the most prestigious military commander in European history, ranking first among the four military commanders (Hannibal Baca, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon), who unified Greece, swept through the Middle East, wiped out the Persian Empire, occupied Egypt without a single soldier, and marched east to the Indus Valley.
Among the four ancient civilizations, Alexander laid down three, leaving only ancient China, so what will happen to Alexander's attack on ancient China? The netizens' comments were surprisingly consistent.
Alexander studied under Aristotle in his early years, received a Greek cultural education from an early age, dreamed of conquering the world one day, followed his father on a campaign at the age of 16, and began to command the Macedonian phalanx at the age of 18, achieving brilliant military results.
After Alexander ascended the throne, Macedonia's national strength was in short supply, and he urgently needed a war to help him get out of a predicament, no doubt threatening Illyria in northwestern Macedonia, becoming a source of revenue, and the rebellions in Athens and Thebes further consolidated his power, and this war also laid the foundation for his crusade.
Alexander's crusade was directed at ancient China, at least he wanted to expedition to China, with the "Macedonian phalanx" Alexander invincible, relying on an army of 50,000 people, took down 100,000 mercenaries in Persia, he continued the crusade, through the Hindu Kush Mountains, into the Middle East, he wanted to march all the way to ancient China, but Alexander was attracted by the rich Indus Valley, he led his troops to invade the upper reaches of the Indus River.
In 326 BC, Alexander's expeditionary army entered the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent and reached the Hidas Pest River, Alexander fought a battle with the kingdom of Borus, killing 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, but Alexander's side was also heavily wounded, the soldiers were tired of war, the army was even more epidemic, continuing the crusade, only the whole army would be destroyed, Alexander chose to withdraw and returned to Babylon.
Alexander's army was so strong, if it did not go the wrong way, what would happen to ancient China?
In 326 BC, China was still in the Warring States period, there were not many wars in this year, two years ago Zhang Yi forced the State of Wei to cede the fifteen counties of Shangjun (northern Shaanxi) to the Qin State, occupying the Yellow River Natural Danger, and had not expanded abroad for several years.
However, at this time, the rest of the princely states were waiting for an opportunity to move, because Zhao Suhou died of illness, and his son Yong took the throne, that is, the later King Wuling of Zhao, and once Zhao Suhou died, the central plains countries saw an opportunity and took the elite divisions of tens of thousands of people to the Zhao kingdom to attend the funeral.
Nominally to mourn Zhao Suhou, in fact, he wants to join forces, the monarchs of various countries will ally in Longmen, each of them is fighting for allies, such as the Zhao state united with Korea, the union of the two countries is very normal, after all, there is a layer of blood relations, the State of Wei also united with the State of Qi. This period saw a climax of vertical and horizontal.
At this time, there had not yet been a five-state attack on Qin, Bai Qi pit to kill the Zhao army, the power of all countries was still in a peak period, at this time the Qin state and the State of Qi, the State of Wei were the strongest, the State of Yan was the weakest, although the strength was weak, but each country had a certain number of mercenaries.
As far as the military strength of various countries is concerned, you can refer to around 330 BC, because the "History of Su QinLie" has some records of the army of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the State of Yan: with hundreds of thousands of armor, the Yan State is sparsely populated, the population is about 1.6 million, there are not many troops that can be mobilized, and it is about 400,000 soldiers who can be mobilized.
Zhao Guo: With hundreds of thousands of armor, Zhao Guo was pit killed by 400,000 Zhao troops in the later period, which was a serious injury to Yuan Qi, which is enough to prove that Zhao Guo's army should be above this number, speculating that it is 600,000 people.
Although South Korea is in the Central Plains, it does not use many troops, I am afraid it is only 300,000.
Wei Guo: 200,000 warriors, 200,000 Cangtou, 200,000 fighters, 100,000 disciples. The State of Wei had always been powerful in the early days, and it should be no problem to mobilize 700,000 troops.
Qi Guo: With a million armor, the State of Qi is the last to come, the strength of the troops is strong, even if there is no million male divisions, it should not be weaker than the State of Wei, there are about 700,000 people.
Chu State: Chu State is an agricultural country, it can mobilize not many troops, with a peak population of 5 million, Chu State should be able to mobilize 250,000 to 300,000 people
Qin State: The army of the State of Qin is almost the same as that of the State of Zhao, and the maximum mobilizable army is about 600,000.
At this time, there were many strategists in various countries, and they liked to engage in alliances, even if the seven heroes of the Warring States did not unite, they also had hundreds of thousands of troops, if Alexander's army was not damaged, the strength of the troops was about 50,000, although the Macedonian phalanx might disrupt a certain war situation, but the countries should not suffer too much loss.
If the Seven Nations allied to attack Alexander, then it would face nearly 4 million elites, all of which were soldiers who could be mobilized at any time, plus those soldiers and logistics that were filled in wartime, and the number of soldiers from all over the world would probably increase dramatically.
However, Alexander went abroad on an expedition, there was no logistical supply, the soldiers died and were a little less wounded, if they happened to enter ancient China, I am afraid that there would be no return, and the reason why the Warring States Seven Heroes fought was nothing more than to compete for territory, an army of unknown origin, naturally will cause them to be curious, if the Warring States Seven Heroes find that there is a wider land outside, I am afraid that the pattern of the world will change.
Alexander with 50,000 elite soldiers can step on the ancient civilization of the Three Kingdoms, if millions of troops are to march west, it is enough to make the world tremble, then the Warring States Seven Heroes will not need to fight for a small part of the Central Plains, the monarchs of various countries take out a world map, the Qin State ceded a piece, the State of Qi ceded a piece...
Alexander took the wrong road to attack India to a certain extent to "protect" the process of European civilization, in fact, whether the Warring States Seven Heroes can defeat Alexander, from the Western Han Dynasty, a Northern Xiongnu can be seen, the Northern Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty, they could only move west, the result was the collapse of the Roman Empire.
In Western forums, they also hypothesized that alexander entered the Qin state, but the conclusions were surprisingly consistent.
The first conclusion is that the State of Macedonia will face a great catastrophe.
The second conclusion is that Chinese civilization is an ancient country, and if the ancient Han people raised an army to attack Western civilization, Western civilization would be replaced by the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
The third conclusion is that if Alexander did, then the territory of the Warring States Seven Would expand into the Mediterranean region.
It is a pity that Alexander did not send a map of the world to the Warring States Seven Heroes.