What are the most powerful armies in Chinese history?

Tiger and leopard riding. It is Cao Cao's elite unit with extremely strong combat effectiveness. "Book of Wei" says: "The tiger and leopard cavalry under the command of Chun are all the best in the world, and they may be replaced by a hundred people." It can be seen that the members of this unit are all selected from a hundred. To exaggerate, a person who can serve as a general in the ordinary army is just an ordinary soldier in "Tiger and Leopard Riding". In the 9th year of Jian'an (204 AD), he killed Yuan Tan on the battlefield in the Battle of Nanpi; then in the 12th year of Jian'an (207 AD), during the northern expedition to Wuhuan, he beheaded the Wuhuan Shanyu Ta on the battlefield. Dun's head; in the 13th year of Jian'an (208 AD), Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Changbanpo; in the 16th year of Jian'an (211 AD), the Kansai Army led by Ma Chao was defeated; in the 23rd year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was defeated. In 218 AD, I defeated Wu Lan.

The Wudang Feijun was a powerful force formed by Zhuge Liang after conquering Nanzhong and using local ethnic minority soldiers. It made great contributions to Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition. The first commander-in-chief of the Wudang Fei Army was Wang Ping, and the last commander-in-chief was Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi took the lead and was eventually killed in battle with Wudang Feijun.

The Trap Camp was a unique force at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was small in number but extremely brave in combat. Its commander was Gao Shun, Lu Bu's general. Known as Gao Shun, "he commanded more than 700 soldiers, named Thousands, and their armors were all well-equipped and well-organized. Every attack they made was invincible, and they were called 'trapped camp'". There are only more than 700 people in the whole army, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and they are well-equipped.

Xuanjia Army, "Zizhi Tongjian" records about the Xuanjia Army: "The people of the Qin Dynasty selected more than a thousand elite cavalry, all dressed in black armor, and divided them into left and right teams, including Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, and Yuchi. Jingde and Zhai Changsun were divided into generals. In each battle, Shimin was led by Commander Xuanjia as the vanguard. He took advantage of the opportunity to attack and destroyed everything in his direction. In the battle of Hulao in Tang Xia, Li Shimin led thousands of Tang troops and hundreds of thousands. The Xia army faced off, including 3,500 "Xuanjia troops". Li Shimin once used 1,000 Xuanjia troops to defeat Wang Shichong and captured more than 6,000 people. In the battle of Hulao Pass, which decided the ownership of the world, Dou Jiande led more than 100,000 elite troops. To support Wang Shichong, Li Shimin only used 3,500 elite Xuanjia soldiers as the vanguard to reinforce Hulao Pass. As a result, Dou Jiande's army was defeated by more than 100,000 men. Dou Jiande only led a few hundred cavalry to escape.

The Beifu Army was defeated in the early years of Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the second year of Taiyuan (377), due to the strength of the former Qin Dynasty, the imperial court asked general Xuan Jianwu to control the north. Recruiting strong troops, Xu (governing Jingkou) and Yan (governing Guangling) refugee commanders enlisted in the army one after another. Xie Xuan joined the army with Liu Laozhi, often leading the elite as the vanguard. He led the governor of Xuzhou and held Jingkou. The Eastern Jin Dynasty called Jingkou "Beifu", so this army was called the Beifu Army. It was an elite cavalry unit commanded by Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Yuejia Army is the most powerful, and his "Beiwei Army" is the elite of the elite. This army represents the essence of the "Yuejia Army". Due to its outstanding military exploits, the Beiwei Army ranks among the five elite troops in ancient China. One.

The Qixue Army is an army personally formed by Genghis Khan. The Qixue Army is mainly composed of meritorious sons such as nobles and generals. Every ordinary Qixue Army soldier has an ordinary soldier. The salary and military rank of the generals, their commanders were the "Four Heroes" of the early Yuan Dynasty: Mu Huali, Chi Laowen, Bo Hu, and Bo Shu, who were also named the "Four Qing Xue". The Qing Xue army had strict discipline. , and also enjoys extraordinary privileges. The status of an ordinary Qixue soldier is even higher than that of a Qianhu official (in fact, it is not under his control, but directly under Genghis Khan). This Qixue army maintained the rule of Genghis Khan and built the Mongol Empire. The basis of rule.

The Guan Ning Cavalry was a cavalry unit formed in the late Ming Dynasty with a small number of troops but very strong combat effectiveness. It was the most elite unit in the late Ming Dynasty and could compete head-on with the Eight Banners Army of Hou Jin Dynasty. (Three armies in the late Ming Dynasty).