Liu Bei
Mar 24 2006, 06:15 PM
Can anyone tell me the number of soldiers in each dynasty, you can just estimate. Thanks!
General_Zhaoyun
Mar 24 2006, 07:52 PM
Each dynasty might vary, but the average estimate of total troops for each dynasty is about 1-2 million (esp. Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, Qing).
The dynasty should be able to mass at least 700,000 troops.
Zuo Zongtang
Mar 24 2006, 08:14 PM
Right before the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-45, there were about 1.7 million troops in service. Most of them poor quality. By 1945, 3 million were in service. A year later, the number dropped to 2.6 million.