In Chinese history, each dynasty has had its own powerful army. These armies were a symbol of the dynastic force of the time and a guarantee of rights. So what are the most powerful armies in history?
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there was a popular saying that "the Manchus are dissatisfied with the ten thousand, and the Manchus are invincible." It can be seen how strong the strength of the Manchu Qing Eight Banner Iron Horse was at that time.
In the seventeenth century in East Asia, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were an invincible division that defeated the Ming Dynasty, pacified Korea, fought against Tsarist Russia, and unified China. But after the occupation of the Central Plains, this army declined as rapidly as the Mongol army, and by the second half of the 17th century, the army had basically become a group of useless straw bales. This powerful army, which has only existed for more than 20 years, has also become a flash in the pan in the ancient Chinese military.
Since we are talking about the Eight Banners Iron Horse, let's talk about its fierce enemy at that time, Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Horse. It can be said that in the Ming Dynasty at that time, the Guanning Iron Horse was one of the only armies that could compete with the Eight Banners Iron Horse. Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan was not born as a military general, but a scholarly scholar, and the Ming Dynasty at that time implemented the system of civilian officials leading soldiers, but he was lucky to catch up with Yuan Chonghuan, an unborn military genius.
Yuan Chonghuan
This army, with a total number of only more than 30,000 people, has been galloping on the battlefield for decades, from Liaodong to Beijing, from Beijing to Qinshu, from Qinshu to Yunnan, from Yunnan to Burma, and then from Yunnan to beijing. During this period, this cavalry beheaded the famous Mongol kings, defeated the Eight Banners Protector, assassinated Dolgun, pursued Anderson, pursued Li Zicheng's troops, pursued Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and fought in the Qing court before Wu Sangui died, and Kangxi once forbade the Eight Banners to engage in field battles with them.
Looking forward, look at the predecessors of the Guanning Iron Horse, the Ming Dynasty Qi Family Army. This army, established in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province in the 38th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, initially had a total strength of 4,000 troops, and the main force was the peasants and miners of Yiwu. It is famous for its strict military discipline, professional training level, record of hundreds of battles and hundreds of victories and up to more than 100,000 levels of record, and is a well-known and victorious army in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
This army was originally built only to resist the coastal Wokou army, since its formation, hundreds of battles have not been defeated, since jiajing thirty-eight years of qi family army formed, to the eleventh year of the Wanli calendar Qi Jiguang resigned, the qi family army defeated the total number of enemy troops more than 150,000, which is a very terrible record. After Qi Jiguang's resignation, this army also became the main force of the national defense force in the late Ming Dynasty. This army is also known as "the strongest army in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries".
Speaking of the Qi family army, it will also think of another army, the Yue family army. At that time, Yue Fei's Yue Family Army could be said to be the elite of the army at that time, and the cavalry unit of the Yue Family Army was even more elite among the elite, and this unit represented the essence of the "Yue Family Army". As an anti-Jin force at that time, the Yue family army became an invincible existence in the eyes of the Jin people, so there was a saying that "it is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake the Yue family army".
I don't know if you have heard such a sentence: "The famous master general Mo Zi is imprisoned, and thousands of troops and horses avoid white robes." This is Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army. There is a saying about Chen Qingzhi that describes him, "Ping Thirty-two Cities, Forty-Seven Wars, And No Progress." It can be seen that its ability is outstanding.
This unit, which has always had only more than 7,000 people, has achieved a shocking record. In that year, the 7,000 white-robed army went deep into the territory of Northern Wei alone, defeated Qiu Daqian with 7,000 to 70,000, captured Suiyang, and then defeated Yang Yu, Yuan Xian and 70,000 other troops, and defeated Yuan Tianmu's 300,000 troops, beating Northern Wei's crying father and mother, and successfully attacked the city of Luoyang. There is also the song of "Ping Thirty-two Cities, Forty-Seven Wars, And No Advance".
In history, there are many powerful armies, such as Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding, the Great Qin Million Male Division, the Mongolian Iron Horse, the Han Iron Horse and so on. These armies are brave and good at war, and their military achievements are outstanding.