Now people say that Russia is a fighting nation, and in the eyes of the editor, China is the real fighting nation. From ancient times to the present, our country has not experienced hundreds of years, there will inevitably be a change of dynasty, accompanied by a sea of corpses and blood, especially in some war-torn years. In addition to the relative weakness of the late Qing Dynasty, China was recognized in the West as one of the world's top powers in every other historical period, and in the eyes of Westerners, there were four very famous military commanders in European history: Alexander, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon. Alexander, also known as Alexander the Great, was the king of the Macedonian Empire. What would happen if Alexander's army hit China? The answers of Chinese and foreign netizens are surprisingly consistent!
It is undeniable that Alexander the Great was a military genius, who was in the ranks at a young age, not only heroic and good at war, but also particularly outstanding in command, and had a royal spirit in itself, Alexander became the heir of the empire at the age of twenty, and then he pacified the people, and at the same time killed the political enemies with whom he was enemies, and since then he has been single-mindedly expanding outward. Beginning in 334 BC, which lasted ten years, and after thrilling battles such as the Battle of Issus, the Battle of Gaugamela, and the Battle of the Jeddasp River, Alexander conquered large areas of land including Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Two Rivers Valley. The Empire of Alexander was eventually established across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa.
So foreign netizens have opened their minds to imagine: if Alexander's army hits China, how will history evolve?
Let's look at what China was going through at that time. At that time, the land of Huaxia was in the Warring States period of heroes, during this period, there were powerful princely states in the land of China, the countries attacked each other, the war was continuous, if Alexander hit China at this time, then the first thing he faced was the Qin state that was changing the law and trying to become stronger.
So foreign netizens have made up their minds about this collision of things that did not happen. But the conclusions reached were surprisingly consistent.
Netizen 1: First of all, the disparity in military strength. At that time, Alexander's arrival in India was about 50,000 troops, and the Qin state had just undergone the Shang Martingale Transformation Law at this time, and its national strength had been greatly improved, and the number of troops that could be mobilized could easily reach 500,000. The numerical advantage can be easily hung.
Netizen 2: The gap in weapons. The technology of the Macedonian kingdom could only forge pig iron, which was extremely brittle so that most of the weapons were short and wide. At that time, the Warring States army had popularized the long sword, and the forging technology was extremely exquisite, referring to the Yue King sword.
Netizen 3: Demographic defects. China's population density is much greater than that of Europe. The Greek army of 50,000 men was only the size of a medium-sized national army during the Spring and Autumn period in China.
It can be seen that in terms of objective data comparison and situation judgment, foreign netizens are still relatively rational. Although history does not give an answer, I believe that we have already given a clear answer in our hearts.