Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han was the weakest in strength and the smallest in territory, but I didn't expect that Zhuge Liang could rely on such a weak national strength to always fight against the powerful Cao Wei, and could also bring trouble to Cao Wei many times, which was a rare thing.
Zhuge Liang in order to be able to keep his country, will vigorously develop military strength, Shu Han's army strength is certainly not as strong as Cao Wei, but still have their own characteristics, although the attack can not take Chang'an, but still can resist Cao Wei, to prevent the other side from entering his own territory, he has a secret army, known as the Wudang Flying Army.
This force was one of the most effective armies within the Shu Han Dynasty, and it also accompanied the Shu Han from prosperity to decline.
This army was first formed by zhuge Liang's southern expedition, using local barbarian soldiers to form a private army, in the two Han and Three Kingdoms period, the private army system was generally popular, known as buqu, and many generals had their own subordinates.
Zhuge Liang also did this in order to curb the barbarian forces in southern Shu.
He also spent a lot of money to incorporate a large number of warriors from the Qingqiang and other good-war tribes into the Wudang Flying Army, and gradually this army also had a scale, initially led by Wang Ping, this army greatly weakened the combat strength of the barbarian tribes, and most of the people they could fight were recruited into the army, and it was difficult to start a rebellion.
Wudang Flying Army is an elite army built with the country's financial resources, they are mainly infantry-based, the terrain of Shu Han is relatively special, there is no condition to form a large-scale cavalry army, a large number of barbarians in the Wudang Flying Army, these people are familiar with the local environment, fighting in the mountain jungle such as walking on the ground, their equipment is also quite sophisticated, not only with iron armor, but also equipped with various types of crossbows and arrows.
They are good at shooting enemies with poisonous arrows, and Shu Han's crossbow is also quite famous, and the characteristics of crossbow and arrow combat are reflected in them, moving at high speed in the jungle mountains, and can accurately kill the enemy with arrows.
Wang Ping led this army and fought against the Wei army many times, they repelled many attacks by the Wei army, and also put down rebellions everywhere in the country, becoming Zhuge Liang's right-hand man.
However, the number of times the Flying Army appears in history is quite small, this army is mercenary in nature, because it is mainly barbarian soldiers, it is impossible to form too much, otherwise it is not convenient to control.
Therefore, this army can not undertake too important combat tasks, more often, responsible for defense and other auxiliary tasks, due to the small population of barbarians, the flyless army is also an army that is not easy to replenish, once the losses in the war are too heavy, this army is difficult to reproduce.
During the period of Jiang Wei's reign, the Wudang Flying Army also ushered in its own curtain performance, during the Northern Expedition of Jiang Wei, the Wudang Flying Army was responsible for the rear of his palace, and most of the main forces of this army were killed in the battle with the Wei Army, after which the Wudang Flying Army completely disappeared, although there were some remaining veterans, but there was no specific structure.
It is difficult for the Wudang Flying Army to really change the fate of shu Han, the gap in strength between Wei and Shu is quite obvious, Zhuge Liang has repeatedly northern expeditions, but also only to attack instead of defending, it is difficult to really bring greater losses to the State of Wei, in the heyday of Shu Han, the Wudang Flying Army is still unable to have greater results, it can be seen that although their combat strength is strong, but the strength of other armies of Shu Han can not keep up, they fought with the Wei army alone, the advantage is not great.
After the fall of the Fei Army, the Shu Han regime did not last too long, which was also an expected result, the strength of Shu Han was indeed not enough, and it was not easy to fight against Cao Wei for such a long time.
Zhuge Liang was in power and could not take the Chang'an region, let alone Jiang Wei, the Wudang Flying Army was better at defense, their characteristics combined with the mountainous advantages of the Shu Han region, could bring greater losses to the Cao Wei army that was good at plains combat, but the gap in strength between the two countries was not something they could fill, because the Shu Han did not have too many historical materials to pass down, the information about the Wudang Flying Army was also quite scarce, and they did not have too many deeds recorded.