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Infantry, all of whom were orphaned as a direct result of their fathers’ dying The “Winged Forest Orphans” were an elite body of armored

These operated as a Jager or Rifle Brigade-type inīattle, but as to whether they were armed with a bow or crossbow the historiesĭo not tell us. The “Volunteer Expert Marksmen”, who distinguished themselves by Units in the Han Army, brought to light by Chao Chung-huo’s campaign against In addition to the above, there were several specialized The areas around their posts when not on duty, much like their 4th and 5th These troops were mainly armed farmers and actually cultivated They were the static garrisons that manned the Chinese limes and Pioneers were not engineers or the like, as we might call These frequently were very fierce fighters, not hampered with too much military However the Ch’ih-hsing wereĪmnestied convicts, serving out their sentence in the combat arm of the army. They performed the menial tasks around the camps, dug ditchesĪnd latrines, built fortifications and the like, and much to their chagrin, The common labor troops were convicts merely serving out a Prisoners and convicts were frequently used in the army, in Made much use of allied auxiliary cavalry units-the majority of which were A document unit of unknown type had 182 men. They may have followed standard army organization, but this Tu-wei-fu, Hou-kuan, or Hou headquarters. They were called the “Gallants from the Three Rivers.”Ĭavalry were detached directly from army headquarters to Transferred to a special unit, the shock or elite troops. Within the army, the best fighter of every Sui was These squads wereĬommanded by a Sui-chang, and usually consisted of up to eleven men. Hou-chang, and consisted of six to seven squads or Sui. In turn, each Hou-kuan wasĬomposed of from four to six platoons, or Hou. It was commanded by a Tu-wĬompanies, each of which was commanded by a Hou. Local cavalry, but mainly of conscripted infantry. Tu-wei-fu would consist of any number of Hou-kuan, or (provincial units), This unit was composed of local troops assisted by a Ch’eng and a Ssu-ma. The Tu-wei-fu was the basic unit in the Han organization. Today, but rather seem to have been administrative officials and notĪccording to the Chu-yen strips, three Tu-wei-fus orīattalions, were allocated to a Chun, or army. Ĭolonels (Hsiao wei) were not included in a normal chain of command as we know These were aided in administrative duties by the Lieh Chun, or general staff. The front or vanguard, commanded by theĬh’ien Chun, was supported by the left wing, commanded by the Tso Chin, and the The army was then brigaded into physical areas andĬommanded by generals of lower rank.

They mightĪlso command the military regions or provincesĪt the head of a particular army was the commanding officer, The head of the army organization, responsible only to the Emperor. Has brought to light much detail on the Han chain of command and unitįield army commanders, the Shang Chin or Ta Chun, were at Michael Loewe’s work on the Chu-yen bamboo strips The Han were masters at administration and this is reflected D., and leave such a mark on China and her history thatĮven today the Chinese refer to themselves as The Sons of Han. Han (named after the Han River and Liu Pang’s Imperial name, Han Kao-tzu) was This commoner’s son, the leader of anĪrmy of convicts, was now the unchallenged Emperor of China. For five years, Liu Pang fought his rival, Hsiang Yu,Īnd finally defeated him in 202 B. C., he marched on Shensi and took it by popularity, not force-a kind of “brigand band” he proceeded to carve out a kingdom in Kiangsu.

Liu Pang then anointed the drums with hisīlood, and adopted blood red as the color for his standards. Were delighted at the prospect, and eagerly followed their new-found ”Ĭondottiere ” captain, Liu Pang. Finding himself as the escort for a body of condemned prisoners, heĭecided to remove their chains and form a regiment of brigands. Official in Kiangsu province, carved out a personal kingdom in a rather novel Liu Pang, an adventurer of sorts, while serving as a police

Threw the unified Empire back into chaos. The various provinces fell to the army commanders, as a “free-for-all” The anarchy that followed the fall of the Ch’in was complete.