In the long river of world history, in 330 BC Alexander established the first intercontinental empire across Asia, Europe and Africa, in 221 BC, the Eastern Qin State established the first feudal empire with a centralized monarchy, the European Alexander Empire and the Qin Huiwen King existed at the same time, and it is rumored that Alexander led the army to march East China into India by mistake, military and history lovers are all reverie, if the two empires are stronger or weaker?
This article takes you from "The Awakening of All Nations" to combine real history, compare the comprehensive national strength of Alexander's Empire and Qin Empire, and imagine the outcome of Alexander's Crusade and the Qin State.
Alexander the Great
Economy: Alexander Empire Commerce VS Qin Farming handicrafts!
Alexander's empire was formerly known as the Kingdom of Macedonia, which had assisted Persia in invading Greece, the "Greek-Persian War" had damaged the morale of the Greek states, the scuffle between Athens and Sparta had caused The complete decline of Greece, and Macedonia had integrated the centralization of Persian power, Sparta's war readiness and Athenian commercial trade, and became the new guardian of the Greek world with military expansion.
However, the Macedonian kingdom was on the verge of financial collapse, Philip II was indebted to 440 taron gold, ancient Greece was about 25.5 kg per taren, carrying nearly 11,000 kg of gold debt, macedonian taxes could hardly be repaid, if the credibility of the country was declared bankrupt, military expansion was Alexander's only means to transfer domestic contradictions and gain wealth in the short term.
Alexander's Empire
The vast land from West Asia to North Africa was covered by deserts, the regional material and tax guarantees promoted the development of nomadic commerce, Alexander cooperated closely with nomadic merchants, tax relief and gained the support of the people of the conquered areas, merchants and soldiers provided materials to solve heavy problems, intelligence enabled Alexander to accurately grasp the Persian movements, defeated the Persian main force and then destroyed the Persian Empire.
In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved east, the princes of Xianggong of Qin promised Zong Zhou's homeland, the Qin people fought for more than two hundred years to dominate Xirong, were blocked by the overlord Jin State and were self-sufficient, closed and backward so that the Qin State was bullied by the State of Wei, in 359 BC Shang Martin changed the law in the Qin State, established the basic national policy of military and farming, the Shang Jia was regarded as a profit seeker and betrayed the country, and heavy taxes were levied to restrict the commercial development of the Qin State.
Gold reserves
The colleges in "The Awakening of all Nations" are divided into scientific research levels according to the times, in the period of 300 BC, rice and wheat have not been hybridized and improved, there is no fertilizer and agricultural technology support, the average yield per mu does not exceed two hundred catties, and the hard work of cultivating 100 mu is not as good as the merchants trafficking for several months, which sets off the commercial advantages and the disadvantages of farming, while the animal husbandry of alexander's empire is developed, far more stable than the supply of agricultural materials, so that the theory of "having gold without grain" will not appear.
Alexander's empire territory of 3.3 million square kilometers, and Qin Huiwen king's territory of only 300,000 square kilometers, and Alexander inherited the Persian Empire's rich financial reserves, only Persiapolis obtained 120,000 tarrant wealth, silver Tarrant is about equal to 26kg, 3.12 million kilograms of silver or equivalent, the Warring States Seven Heroes can not make up the funds, not to mention the originally poor and experienced the transformation of the law and pain of the Qin state, Alexander's crusade of 334 BC ~ 324 BC, there is no doubt that Alexander's empire economy crushed the Qin state.
Map of the territory of the Qin State
Military: Alexander Empire Famous General VS Qin GuoZong Room and Strategy!
In Awakening of Nations, the commander is the core of the entire army, and at the same time emphasizes the auxiliary role of the general to the commander, and Alexander's famous generals are gathered, such as the black Kreitas repeatedly protecting Alexander, Parminio can carry out Alexander's cavalry intentions, Erigias is head-on to find the weakness of the opponent, and Ptolemy, Seleucus and Antico defeated the generals after Alexander's death to establish a dynasty, and the strongest generals of the same era can work together to be invincible.
Many people like to say that the Qin state has the killing god Bai Qi, the wise general Sima Que, the veteran general Wang Qi, Meng Xiao, etc., this kind of Q-style answer that gathers all the famous generals of the Qin state only exists in theory, and the names owned by King Qin Huiwen when he was king of Qin Huiwen will be recorded from the "History of Qin Benji" that Qin Huiwen Wang's foreign conquests rely on Li Li Disease (The half-brother of King Huiwen of Qin), Gongsun Yan and Gan Mao, all of whom are stronger in internal politics than military command, thanks to the qin military merit system to inspire and decline with the nations and repeatedly defeat opponents.
"Awakening of all nations" information and setting is extremely rigorous, the mutual restraint of the arms is formulated as "cavalry restraint archers, archers restrain infantry, infantry restraint cavalry", saddles are perfected in the Eastern Han Dynasty, stirrups are formed during the Sui Dynasty, the combination of the two enhances the power and durability of cavalry, so that cavalry leaps to "the strongest class of cold weapons", in 300 BC cavalry by legs to maintain stability, can not confront the infantry head-on to avoid falling off the horse, so the cavalry is only an auxiliary branch of the Macedonian phalanx.
Alexander's Macedonian phalanx, Philip II stole the martial Spartan, after the "Greek-Polish War" actual combat test and hundreds of years of perfection, 6.3 meters of spear to resist the impact of cavalry, shields make it difficult for bows and arrows to kill in a large range, it is difficult to stab the enemy infantry in the front, when the enemy is tired of counterattacking, the short sword is used, the Macedonian cavalry follows the pursuit and is completely annihilated, even if it knows its tactical characteristics, it is still difficult to crack and defeat Alexander, after all, the exquisite coordination and organizational ability is difficult to replicate.
Macedonian phalanx
The core of the Shang martingale transformation method is called "war to stop the war" or "war dividend", in 364 BC, Qin Xiangong led an army to attack Wei to retake Hexi, using land and titles to stimulate the Qin people's desire for war, Qin Huiwen needed to prepare his own weapons and grain to reduce the burden of the country, the cost of armor was expensive and the consumption of physical energy slowed down the speed of snatching the spoils of war, so the Qin soldiers gave up the protective measures of armor and shields, and used the fierce and death-defying frontal charge to make the six eastern kingdoms terrified.
The "Macedonian phalanx" is like a hedgehog-like high defense, "Qin Ruishi" infantry is difficult to get close to the bow and arrow casualties are limited, don't look at Alexander's eastern crusade only led 30,000 troops, and King Qin Huiwen when the whole people were recruited up to 400,000 troops, but the Qin State Hexi needed to garrison about 100,000 troops to guard against the Wei state, the first confrontation will never mobilize up to 100,000, Alexander will have the opportunity to completely annihilate the Qin army in the first battle, and then encroach or defeat the elite of the Qin state, as long as the "Battle of Gaogamira" level is maintained, Alexander will surely lock in the victory.
Introduction to the Barracks of Awakening of Nations
Roundup: Alexander's empire blended Greek civilization with Persian wealth, making the military power more dominant than qin ruishi!
The rise of the Kingdom of Macedonia for a hundred years is not as long as the Qin state, but Alexander will be the Greek civilization, Egypt's wealth, Persian territory and strategic materials integrated and utilized, so that Alexander's empire technology and military reached the strongest of the times, and the Qin State during the Qin Huiwen King, Zhou Li has long been covered by the Qin State's own culture, the whole people are soldiers mean that military discipline is difficult to guarantee, if Alexander the Great crusades to the Qin State, the military is very likely to defeat the Qin State during the change of law.
However, as mentioned earlier, the commercial taxation of the Qin state is limited, it is difficult to support the consumption of Alexander's army, Macedonia is not good at governing the agricultural areas, and the military strength is small, it is difficult to deter the Qin people to resist, the strong neighbor Wei state will inevitably take the opportunity to recover the old land in Hexi, the gap between culture and faith needs time to change, but Alexander needs to return to Persia to consolidate his rule over Europe, and it is likely that he will conclude a covenant like the Indian Kingdom of Borus, and recognize the military victory of Alexander's empire and declare the end.
Bibliography: Chronicles of Alexander the Great: The Faith of Conquest.
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