In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is a very famous battle - Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army!
What happened to guan yu's "flooded seventh army" of a generation? What does this so-called "Seventh Army" refer to? How many people are there in this "Seventh Army"?
It is said that Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, and Cao Cao specially ordered the general Ban to be the general of Zhengnan, and Pound de to be the vanguard, commanding the Seven Roads Army, and going to save Fancheng in the starry night.
As a result, Cao Jun not only did not win, but was flooded by Guan Yu's Seventh Army, and Yu Ban and Pound De were also captured by Guan Yu one after another!
Therefore, the "seven armies" mentioned here refers to the seven armies led by Ban and Pound, and these seven armies, each of which is likely to have its own commander.
So, how many people are there in these seven armies?
According to the Zhou Li, "There are 2,500 men in the army. The Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven. There are three armies of the princely states, two armies of the sub-kingdoms, and one army of the small countries. ”
This sentence is easy to understand, that is, in ancient times, there was an army for every 12,500 people, the Tianzi had 6 armies, the larger princely states had 3 armies, the medium princely states had 2 armies, and the small princely states had only 1 army.
According to the Zhou Li, the six armies commanded by Zhou Tianzi in ancient times had about 75,000 people, and the seventh army had about 87,500 people.
But some scholars don't think so either! They believe that the "Seven Armies" in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" does not refer to seven troops, and the so-called "seven" refers to a general reference, and there are not necessarily so many armies.
Moreover, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is only a historical novel, and after all, the novel is not equivalent to the correct history, so the "Seven Armies" theory should also be doubted.
In fact, the term "Seven Armies" does not only appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but in ancient Chinese history, Li Jing, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, successfully used the "Seven Armies".
In the book "The Law of Guarding the Gong soldiers" edited by Li Jing, there is a clear record of the establishment of the Tang Army! Li Jing founded the "Seven Armies" system for the Tang Army to fight.
The "seven armies" were: the Central Army, the Right Wing Forward Army, the Right Wing Right Army, the Right Yu Hou Army, the Left Yu Hou Army, the Left Wing Left Army, and the Left Wing Rear Army.
According to the "Tongdian Bing I", Li Jing, the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, said in the "Art of War": "The generals went out on a campaign and gave about 20,000 troops, that is, they were divided into seven armies. If or less, temporarily more fixed. ”
As we all know, the book "Tongdian" records the changes in the Chinese canon system from the Yellow Emperor to the Tang Xuanzong period.
The author of the book, Du You, was a famous politician and historian of the Tang Dynasty. The book was compiled in the seventeenth year of Emperor Dezong of Tang's reign, and the author's record of Li Jing's use of the "Seven Armies" is still relatively high.
So you see, although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is only a novel, it is filled with a lot of useful knowledge, and this knowledge is also very worthy of our serious study, which can not only expand our knowledge reserves, but also make us smart.
Especially for our children, we should take a good look at the "Four Masterpieces" and learn the useful knowledge inside!
Interested readers, it is recommended to start a set to learn it!
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