| 释义 |
- Weapons
- Troop strength
- See also
{{Short desc|Armies throughout Chinese military history}}{{Unreferenced||date=February 2011}}{{Cleanup|reason=This article is a bare minimum, even if all of the armies listed are historically accurate. Needs much, much more information, and of course formatting and especially bibliography.|date=February 2011}}The Imperial Chinese Army was the ground force of the military of Imperial China. The army varied in size over the years and weakened towards the end of the Imperial rule over China. Weapons{{expand-section|date=May 2018}}- Chariots
- Bow or crossbow - Shang Dynasty
- Cannons - gunpowder was first used during the Zhou Dynasty
- Chinese armour
Troop strengthtroop strength of 574,732 men in the Early Tianbao era. Troops of the Northern Song | year | troops |
|---|
| 968~976 | 378,000 | | 995~997 | 666,000 | | 1017~1021 | 912,000 | | 1041~1048 | 1,257,000 | | 1063~1067 | 1,602,000 |
- Yuan dynasty - mostly from the Mongol Empire with a strength of 250,000 men.
- Ming dynasty
| year | troop |
|---|
| 1392 | 1,249,310 | | 1449 | 3,258,173 | | 1569 | 3,138,300 |
- Qing dynasty
- Eight Banners
- Green Standard Army
- Imperial Guards Brigade
- Ever Victorious Army
- Wuwei Corps
- New Army
- Beiyang Army
- Lion Regiment
- Tiger Regiment
- Manchu Dragons
See also{{Portal|History of Imperial China}}{{China-hist-stub}}{{China-mil-stub}} 1 : Military history of Imperial China |