Beginning in 334 BC, Alexander, the king of Macedonia, began his crusade, and after more than 10 years, Alexander destroyed the three ancient civilizations in one fell swoop. It conquered 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.
If Alexander had chosen to continue his crusade and compete with the Great Qin Empire at the same time, who would have won the final victory? The answer is indisputable, Alexander will lose, and he will lose miserably. The reason is very simple, only in terms of troop strength, Alexander's eastern expedition to all the armies totaled tens of thousands of people, to fight against the great Qin millions of male divisions is tantamount to hitting the stone with a pebble, and the Qin army has the most advanced long-range weapon at that time, the crossbow, in the number and quality of the army absolutely crushed Alexander's crusading army.
If Alexander really wanted to step into the territory of Great Qin, he would first have to pass through three nightmare copies, namely the Xiongnu, Yiqu and Xirong. These three forces were all important opponents of the Qin Army at that time, and they were all difficult to deal with. Alexander would not take advantage of the Huns.
You must know that when the Mongol army went to Western Europe, it made the European countries tremble with fear. The Xiongnu and the Mongols were both steppe nomads, and Alexander was expected to be defeated if he wanted to deal with the Huns, let alone flee into the territory of Great Qin for half a step.
Even if Alexander reluctantly passed through these three nightmare copies, he came to the territory of Great Qin to fight against Great Qin. It may be encountered by King Hui of Qin or King Zhao of Qin, both of whom are very capable monarchs of the Qin State. Judging from the level of the commanders of the two sides, the commander of the Qin army may be bai qi who kills the gods. Needless to say, what a famous commander Bai Qi was in history. At that time, the european army combat style was still relatively low-level and relied on brute force, mainly depending on the individual combat ability of the soldier. The commander of the Qin Army had already read military works such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Plans" by heart.
The Qin army was strategically and tactically the most advanced in the world at that time. If Bai Qi saw that the total strength of the opponent was only tens of thousands, it was estimated that he would not bother to fight with it, because the army he led was hundreds of thousands. A skirmish like this can be handled with ease by a deputy.
The biggest combat feature of Alexander's army was to rely on the infantry Macedonian phalanx and attack in a uniform manner, and the main reason why this battle formation was able to kill the four sides was that the opponents were too weak. And the Qin army is a multi-service joint operation, infantry, cavalry, archers, lancers and many other arms cooperate with each other, to deal with this dense phalanx is almost like the existence of a living target, it is estimated that a salvo, Alexander's Macedonian phalanx will be killed in most of the way, and then a few rounds of salvo, the battle is over, there is no need for cavalry and infantry at all.
Let's talk about logistics, the Qin army relies on the strong national strength of Great Qin, and logistics materials can be continuously transported to the front line. Alexander, on the other hand, came thousands of miles away, basically talking about logistical supplies, and relied on rushing and fighting to replenish. Even if the Qin army could not quickly fight the Alexander Crusade Army, as long as it was dragged into a long-term confrontation, the Crusade Army would collapse without a fight.
Alexander's crusading army was far from Great Qin in almost all the conditions of war, and the two sides were not at the same magnitude at all. On the contrary, if the powerful monarchs of ancient China had no longer set their eyes on the land of China, but looked at the whole world, it is estimated that the Mediterranean Sea would have been China's inner lake.
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