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[quote=GUEST12097,356913]hm lets see, if both troops were fresh when they first meet:
Alexander's forces would never be fresh when facing the Chinese in the final battle since their favorite tactics where always attrition, hit and run, etc...
second the only way to enter China is from desert or mountain/forest.

Alexander's advantage are professional heavy infantry, powerful heavy cavalry, excellent strategist, army good moral.
disadvantage outnumber,inferior technological , and although Alexander was brilliant he was impudent.

China's advantage better weaponry (specially crossbow created in 5th BC)because and much better metallurgy, much superior in number probably even greater than the Persian, and last excellent tacticians too, home terrain advantage.
disadvantage weak regular infantry, not good in moral(not united), weaker cavalry.

my conclusion China wins, because unless you can blitz like the mongols with cavalry in cheer number after thousands of years fighting each other, Alexander's army was much slower and they don't know the chines, and Alexander him self cares about honor so he wouldn't use sneaky strategy's but the Chinese wont care about that and they will use every dirty trick to win (it's call tactics) + home terrain advantage = Alexander facing a surprise attack in a mountain/ rocky terrain probably with lot's of forest (guerrilla ). Crossbow can easily penetrate armor/ shields of that time slaughtering many of Alexis forces, and their cavalry wouldn't respond efficiently because of the terrain. In fact they may even burn Alexander and his army in the forest at night...

even if he tries to face China in desert the Chinese wouldn't do it after one or two battle they will retreat, and wait until He across the desert, exhausted and once again beyond the desert is: mountains and forest so in the end it would be the same.[/quote]

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