Can the Alexander Empire defeat China at that time?

No, China has a good chance of winning. However, this period of history didn't happen, and what can best prove the probability of China's victory at that time is all kinds of unearthed cultural relics in the same period.

1. Chariots Unearthed from the Chu Tomb in Ma 'anzhong, Huaiyang, Henan Province

When Alexander marched eastward, the best way to kill him was the famous "Macedonian phalanx", which was a mixed battle formation supplemented by pike, light cavalry, auxiliary spearmen and bows and arrows. The performance along the way can be called killing demons, especially the battle of adowa Persian Darius' knife-wheel chariot, which almost made the western world bow to its knees.

Different from Persian double-knife, two-wheeled chariot at that time, the chariot in China during the Warring States Period was a four-horse chariot drawn by four horses. Moreover, Persia and even western countries at that time adopted the "neck-tied drive method", that is, tying a belt around the horse's neck. Although the driving is smooth, it greatly limits the breathing movement of the horse.

And China chariots? However, 800 years earlier than in Europe, the yoke hammer driving method was creatively adopted, that is, the two sides of the horse's scapula were used as the stress parts. A horse that breathes freely can naturally run wild. Just look at this one, the speed and impact of the China chariot is far stronger than that of the contemporary western chariots.

Different from Persian double-knife, two-wheeled chariot at that time, the chariot in China during the Warring States Period was a four-horse chariot drawn by four horses. Moreover, Persia and even western countries at that time adopted the "neck-tied drive method", that is, tying a belt around the horse's neck. Although the driving is smooth, it greatly limits the breathing movement of the horse.

And China chariots? However, 800 years earlier than in Europe, the yoke hammer driving method was creatively adopted, that is, the two sides of the horse's scapula were used as the stress parts. A horse that breathes freely can naturally run wild. Just look at this one, the speed and impact of the China chariot is far stronger than that of the contemporary western chariots.

Second, the ironware unearthed from Yanxiadu Tomb in Yixian County, Hebei Province

Yan, as a big country, is obviously weaker than other warring states powers such as Chyi Chin and Chu. However, when the Yanxiadu site in Yixian County, Hebei Province entered the excavation stage, its unearthed cultural relics quickly surprised the world-it didn't look like the strongest Yan State, but the military industry was so powerful!

Its unearthed weapons site covers an area of over 30,000 square meters. There are also three cast iron workshops, the largest of which is170,000 square meters. What shocked archaeologists even more was that Yan's iron smelting industry not only produced iron farm tools, but also produced all kinds of iron weapons. In this war era dominated by bronzes, such a discovery is obviously shocking.

In this site, * * * unearthed 52 iron weapons, including armored swords and 20 copper-iron alloy crossbows. Among them, 15 iron sword is more than 90 cm long, including three steel swords and steel spears. This kind of equipment is made by quenching technology.

When Alexander the Great rumbled to the East, the vassal states of China in the East, as these amazing discoveries proved, had already begun to quietly upgrade their military equipment.

Three, Shanxi Changzhi bronze weapons

Of course, although the iron weapons at the site of Yan State were shocking, when Alexander boomed in, bronze weapons were still the main weapons in all countries of the world, including China.

During the Warring States Period, Changzhi area in Shanxi was once the main battlefield, with many related sites and unearthed weapons. In the 1990s, scholars from the Chinese University of Science and Technology once took a bronze brother and a bronze sword from the Warring States period unearthed in Changzhi, Shanxi, and made a comprehensive investigation through scientific means such as X-ray and microscope observation.

In the early Warring States period, under the irradiation of X-rays, the whole weapon went through more than two thousand years, but there was no trace of fracture. The bronze swords that were also tested were well preserved except for the broken back of the body. Are of high quality that can stand the test of history.

More important is the result of the composition test. In the early Warring States period, the two bronze weapons were composed of bronze and a small amount of iron, so their hardness was stronger than that of bronze equipment in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Extended data:

Alexander Crusader:

334 years ago, King Alexander of Macedonia led an army to attack Persia and began Alexander's eastward expedition. Ten years later, through the battles of Isus, Goga Milla and Jeddah River, Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor and the two river basins. Finally, the Alexander Empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa was built.

Alexander's crusade to the east was a predatory expedition, which caused some destructive damage to Asian civilization, but objectively promoted the contact between the East and the West, and the trade between the two sides became more frequent. Many Greeks immigrated to West Asia, and their lifestyles, customs, languages and characters spread to the East, while the West also absorbed a lot of cultural nutrients from the East.

In this way, Greece and the East gained the opportunity of direct communication and integration.

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