alexander only have a small size army,in the warring states,the qin kingdom has more than 1 million soldiers with crossbow and great general like si ma cuo.he conquered the shu kingdom(chengdu,the sichuan province,my hometown)with 100.000 army.he across the qinling mountain (no road )with his army.he is great.can alexander against si ma cuo?
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If Alexander Invade China
- Thread starter simonov
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imo, the Qin army could win by maneuvering, having outnumber Alexander and having a lighter hence faster center (phalanx = powerful but slow center), they can do an envelope; and having superior archery, it would be hard to charge, and counter flanking would be slow against a long line.
the only way i know of, to beat a larger force with superior missile force is to shift your center toward the flank and concentrate on it which would be hard since it would break the phalanx and take time to reform the line.
the calvary charge is the most powerful attack Alexander has, and the only thing i feel can counter it would be poisonous arrows that can kill what would normally just wound you. so i like like to know if poison arrows has been developed and militarized during Qin.
the only way i know of, to beat a larger force with superior missile force is to shift your center toward the flank and concentrate on it which would be hard since it would break the phalanx and take time to reform the line.
the calvary charge is the most powerful attack Alexander has, and the only thing i feel can counter it would be poisonous arrows that can kill what would normally just wound you. so i like like to know if poison arrows has been developed and militarized during Qin.
qin has the largest calvary army in the warring states,a large number of the calvary have crossbow ,bows and spears,so the calvary war will be happen at first.so alexander have no way to charge the crossbow man. one hundred years when qin shi huang conquer the other country,qin has make war with xiong nu(the huns) and win the war.(the great wall have builded after the war).
The following are a chinese crossbow from the Qin dynasty era, which existed before the Han dynasty. It has a range of around 300 meters if shot in the proper trajectory and can have a rate of fire of up to 7 bolts per minute when used by a trained crossbowmen. It easily out-ranges most bows at the time, but has a somewhat slow firing rate.
Tips of bolts are in a thin triangular shape in order to provide the best aerodynamic performance. Of course during that age there is no such a subject as aerodynamics but we can conclude that the Qin army adapted this shape from experiences on the battlefield.
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Tips of bolts are in a thin triangular shape in order to provide the best aerodynamic performance. Of course during that age there is no such a subject as aerodynamics but we can conclude that the Qin army adapted this shape from experiences on the battlefield.
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