the First Emperor of Chin vs Alexander the Great of Greece

the chin state / dynasty was known for its ruthlessness and military might. the chin army often defeated enemies that outnumbered them and finally unified china. they were also known for their brutality. after they defeated the state of zhao, some 300,000 surrendered zhao soldiers were buried alive.

alexander the great was also a great conqueror and also won a lot of battles that he was outnumbered.

if they had engaged in fighting a battle in central asia, who would have won? 

alexander 300,000 troops (100,000 greek, 200,000 central asian/middle east/ indian)

consisted of  80,000 greek infantry, 20,000 greek calvary, 200,000 barbarian troops of various kinds

chin 300,000 troops (chin state)

consisted of 200,000 infantry (including heavy, light, and imperial infantry), 60,000 calvary (including heavy, light, and crossbow calvary), 40,000 crossbowmen and seige weapons troops

Edited by Sino Defender

the chin troops were too brutal even huns were afraid of them.

Qin would have won this match -- the Greek tactics were much less advanced and based around the concept of mass collision.

 

It worked quite well for them� Neither the Greeks in general nor Alexander in particular were as doctrinaire as is often stated. 

 

Why is mass collision �less advanced� the Greeks ran up a rather respectable victory total against the Persians and the Carthies with �decisive battle� tactics?

you doubt that because you are not living in that period. i'm sure you would doubt that we can kick east turkistan's ass either if you are not living in 21st century. 

Qin troops were extremely bloodthirsty. Because the Qin dynasty practiced the custom of merit over blood, soldiers can EASILY recieve substantial rewards(money, rank, promotion) as according to the number of enemies they killed. Qin soldiers are supposed to cut off the head of the guy they killed after battle. If one Qin soldier killed only one guy throughout the entire battle his whole family would have the privilege of paying less taxes. If he chopped off enough heads, he may be promoted to captain, lieutenant, etc. However, the practice has its downside because Qin soldiers when running out of enemies to kill, would start killing their own wounded(not that they're supposed to). The Qin soldiers were known to have the best infantry and cavalry out of all the warring states, but they were also known to be poor archers. They were also known to be the best fighters who recieved the most training, and the most bloodthirsty ones at that. However, they are also noted for being undisciplined despite the heavy penalties for disobeying orders(yes, it's because of the system on cutting off heads).

Originally posted by OSMANLI "the chin troops were too brutal even huns were afraid of them." I very much doubt it. O yeah Alexander was Macedonian

You really sure that you doubt that the xiong nus weren't afraid of Qin troops, how about take a look at this,

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7547/expand.html.

go into this site and you'll see it.

best regards, intem