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Liu Bei
Can anyone tell me the number of soldiers in each dynasty, you can just estimate. Thanks! biggrin.gif
General_Zhaoyun
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
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.
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