When it comes to the expedition of "Span1span Three Kingdoms Romance", hundreds of thousands of troops attacked at every turn. In the Three Great Wars of Guandu Battle, Yuan Shao had 700,000 troops, and Cao Cao of the Battle of Chibi It is also known as an army of one million, and the battle of Liu Bei's Yiling can also produce an army of 700,000. However, these are all exaggerated facts. At that time, the population of Shu was a little more than 700,000. How could men, women and children all go to battle? And how many princes' forces are in history?
The total population of the three countries
Eastern Han The population of the early period was about 50 million according to records, but by the end of the Han Dynasty, the population was reduced to one-fifth due to the war. During the Three Kingdoms period, according to the household registration system of the Han Dynasty, according to the "Three Kingdoms", there are 280,000 households in the state of Shu, with a population of about 90w , and the population of Wu State is about 240w . According to the records of Wei Guo, there are also nearly 450w population, and by this calculation, the population of the three countries is only close to 800w .
However, although all members were soldiers at the time, it was actually quite difficult for the 90w population of Shu to raise 10w soldiers. After Jin Dynasty extinguished Wu, according to statistics, the national population has exceeded 2000w. However, it is inevitable that people who lost and asylum are missing when recording household registration, after all, the basic statistics at that time were not very accurate.
And Ge Jianxiong's "Chinese Population History" speculates that the population of the early years of the Three Kingdoms should be nearly 2000w due to the stable development of the north. When Jin extinguished Wu, the population was 3700w. However, the epidemic situation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the melee between the princes was not as stable as during the period of the Three Kingdoms. I guess that the population is actually 1000w
The power of the princes
In ancient times, because of backward techniques, the data of the population can have large errors. I understand, but the record of the number of troops is one-to-one after all, so there is basically no error. Here I will count the strength of the princes at their peak
1. Yuan Shu, I have written about Yuan Shu before, Yuan Shu is the richest prince in the Three Kingdoms period, he is ranked Huainan, across the three major Zhou, according to the population records of the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the population at his location is 800w, compared with 5000w in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it shows that Yuan Shu's influence is estimated to have one-sixth of the population and troops at that time. While Yuan Shu IV and San Gong, Sun Jian Sun Ce are all his subordinates, Yuan Shu dominates the twelve prefectures at the pinnacle, undoubtedly surpassing 10w, power is actually equivalent to the power of Shu, but it was destroyed by proclaiming emperor. .
2. Liu Biao, as the head of Jingzhou, Liu Biao is naturally very powerful. According to the comparison of the population of 600w in Jingzhou in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Jian went all the way to the south and the riots of Yuan Shu in the early years. In fact, and Jingzhou were already torn apart. However, Jingzhou is not entirely in Liu Biao's hands, but Liu Biao has always been self-contained and organized. It is estimated that Liu Biao's strength is 7-9w.
3. Liu Zhang
Liu Zhang’s military strength is actually clearly recorded.It is the foundation of the Kingdom of Shu that the peak force will not surpass that of the Kingdom of Shu, and until Liu Bei reaches Chengdu, Liu Zhang still has a 3w army. It is predicted that the strength of Liuzhang will be about 6-7w. In fact, the power and strength are slightly weaker than Liu Biao.
4. Yuan Shao
Needless to say, in the early years, the largest prince, the battle of Guandu alone could take out nearly 10w of the army to fight against Cao Cao. After the death of illness, several sons still have a lot of troops to fight against Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao Sanguo Ten The three prefectures dominate the four prefectures, and Yuan Shu’s spanning the three prefectures is still to occupy a little here and a little there. And Yuan Shao’s occupation is real, and Yuan Shao lost nearly 7w men in the battle of Guandu, but his son was behind. There are still about 10w troops, but due to the strength after the civil war between the sons and the battle of Cao Cao Guandu, he is no longer an opponent. It is estimated that Yuan Shao’s men and horses ran away after 15-25w
5. Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an and brought 3,000 men and horses. The opposite of and Dingyuan also lied about the number and fled, but they also ran away after the annexation of the state. , And Dong Zhuo was originally from the Xiliang school, his close associates, Li Yu, Guo Bang, etc. also led nearly 5w people (not including the Xiliang Ma Teng Han Sui school), of course, after entering Luoyang, he mastered the whole country, and naturally the soldiers near the center The horses are also under the management of Dong Zhuo, and it is estimated that Dong Zhuo's soldiers will be around 20w. As for why the combined forces of the princes have nearly 40w but can't beat it, that can only be said to have a ghost.
6. Ma Teng Han Sui
There is nothing to say about it. At the beginning, there were a lot of troops in Xiliang, and these two men are also a real record of the great power of the 10w troops
7. Sun Ce
Sun Ce actually belonged to Yuan Shu at first, because his father was Yuan Shu’s subordinate, and then he took Yuxi to ask Yuan Shu for several thousand soldiers, and then Yuan Shu treated him like a half-stocking. At first, Sun Ce went south in Yangzhou. After defeating many small forces, Liu Yao had a population of nearly 3w after annexation, and Yuan Shu later became the emperor.Immediately draw a clear line, and then share with Cao Cao, , Lv Bu , Liu Biao and others to share Yuan Shu and get a piece of the pie. The historical records record that he received 2w of the remnants of Yuan Shu. Therefore, it is estimated that Sun Ce’s military strength was around 6-8w at that time
8. Gongsun Zan
The great princes who were able to wrestle with Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shao absorbed 10w of troops after annexing Han Fu and Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun Zanxiong In Youzhou, let alone say there should be 5-6w
9. Peak Shu Kingdom
Actually there was a peak in Shu Kingdom. It was when Liu Bei was called the king of Hanzhong. At that time Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong and Guan Yu returned. During the Northern Expedition to Xiangyang, the seven armies were flooded with great power to China. At that time, the Shuhan reached its peak, and even Cao Cao had to move his capital. Sun Quan began to collude with Cao Cao secretly. At that time, Liu Bei was in the thirteenth army, and the population was estimated to be around 15w.
10 Cao Cao's early years
How many people did Cao Cao have in the battle at Guandu? In fact, Cao Cao had 2w soldiers and horses in his early years. Later, he brought the emperor to crusade against Lu Bu, and besieged Yuan Shu, which greatly increased his power. After that, millions of and Qingzhou soldiers surrendered (actually, Qingzhou soldiers have millions of family members of the Yellow Turban Army, including logistics and so on. In fact, it can be used only about 2w), Cao Cao's early power was about 6w.
As for the other Tao Qian , Zhang Lu and Liu Yao are all small princes under 5w, I won't talk about it.
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