Goguryeo Army VS Rome Army - See civilization as an army II

 (3) Comparison of the organization of the two armies. Goguryeo - There is no record of the organization method of Goguryeo and nothing is known. This is the same for Gojoseon, Buyeo, Baekje, Silla, and Daeshinra before Goryeo, but we will refer to the organization of Goryeo, which was the closest to Goguryeo with existing data and promoted internally and externally to inherit Goguryeo. The minimum unit of Goryeo-gun was 25 people, under the direction of Daejeong, the 9th class of the bell, and the top unit was under the direction of Gyowi (or Owi), the 9th class of 50 people, and on top of it, there were 200 unit units (name: Jeon Ji-so), and five deputy generals gathered. Theorem: 25 people - 50 people (() - 200 people Nangjang Unit - 1,000 people ()) - There is one example that shows the possibility that Goguryeo actually achieved such a detailed organization. In 645, when Tang Tae-jong's mother-in-law captured Liaodongseong Fortress and marched to Ansiseong Fortress, Yeon Gaesomun supported 150,000 troops in the northern and southern regions to the point where Dang Tae-jong jumped up in surprise. At this time, Ko Yeon-soo, the commander of Goguryeo forces, surrenders with 36,800 Goguryeo troops, and Tang Tae-jong Lee Se-min takes 3,500 officer-level warriors out of here and escapes them to the mainland and releases all the rest. (The reason for the release of the remaining 30,000 is that without an officer, it becomes a completely useless army.) 36800335001010.5, which shows that every 10 people had one sergeant-level commander or officer. b. Rome - Rome's organization has changed about three or four times, and I will describe the organization from the expansion period, Marius Reform, to the Caesar Period, and from the heyday of Augustus to the present era. After the Marius Reform, Manipulus, which tied the Caucasian, almost lost its meaning, and the Cohors, led by Tribunus Militum, emerged as the backbone. Two 100 white troops under the command of Captain White (Centurion) gather to form Manipulus, and three Manipulus gather again to form a 600-member cohort under the command of Tribunus Militum. (Manipulus remains in name and has no commander) Ten Cohors gather to form Legatus. It is almost the same after the Augustus military reform, but the six Caucasian Taiwan members of the first cohort of each legion consisted of 160 people, and the remaining 54 Caucasian groups of the second to 10 Caucos consisted of 80 people. Theorem: 80 to 160 Caucasian- 480 to 960 Cohores- 6,000 Corps c. Comprehensive and Remarks - What Roman forces outperform Macedonian and Greek Palanx is that organic tactics were possible by taking the Caucasian as the center and using the Cohorse as the minimum strategic unit, which is incomparably loose compared to Goguryeo. Goguryeo Army, which had one commander in almost every 10 people, would have been able to do much more organic and comprehensive tactics. (4) Comparing the tactics of the two armies. Goguryeo - In fact, there is no record of Goguryeo's own tactics. Let me describe a very standard tactic referring to the disease described above. For now, Gungbyeongdae will be placed on the first line to form a fire net and fire all together to protect our cavalry, while breaking down the enemy's cavalry charge and breaking Yebong Peak to prevent infantry from advancing. When the enemy's central advance began, the archer would retreat behind the ranks of the lieutenant general infantry, shoot until just before the close battle, abandon the bow, and arm yourself with a knife after the shooting. Middle- and long-term cavalry, divided into two sides, would have aimed at the enemy's side and rear, while Gyeonggi soldiers would have moved with mid- and long-term cavalry to disrupt the enemy's side and rear with quick mobility. (If the enemy infantry's power is weak or in terrain, heavy and long-term cavalry may be placed in the center to make a full-scale breakthrough. Or we can send our troops to the enemy's middle and long-term cavalry to confront them.) If the heavy and long-term cavalry succeeds in breaking through the front or rear, the powerful mid and long infantry will follow and completely crush the enemy's camp or break down the enemy's left and right forces will be destroyed quickly. These tactics are the basis of the completely standardized basics, and if you look at the soldiers of Mugyeongchilseo, including the famous Handicraft, Yukdo, Samryak, Owi Gongmun, and many other soldiers written before Goguryeo's fall, are they only gangsters and complicated? Goguryeo was also learning China's sophisticated and exquisite military techniques, and it can be said that it was freely used to the extent that it fought against the Chinese military and won the field. b. Rome - Before the Persian invasion of Greece, the Persian looked down on the Greek army because the number of cavalry was very small, they didn't know how to use it, they were infantry-oriented, and all the tactics were left-wing tactics to overpower the right-wing, which could not be defended with shields. (In fact, it was only twice that the Persian army lost to the Greek Army in Marathon and the Battle of Platai, and the Greek army was not significantly inferior to the Persian army in numbers in those two battles. Temistocles also gave up resistance on the ground and completely gave up Athens City.) Rome was not much different from Greece, but the organization was more subdivided and relatively organic, and the lieutenant general infantry was divided into three rows, Hastati, Principes, and Triarii. I didn't know how to use siege operations using cavalry such as chasing. After Hannibal and Scipio, they finally opened their eyes to a bypass operation using cavalry mobility, but failed to utilize the cavalry's breakthrough power because they did not know the stirrup until the end and did not use the mid- to long-term cavalry. The basic tactics of the Roman army are as follows. When the first-line alarmists (Velites) start a neck-and-neck race, such as throwing a spear and flying an arrow, and the lieutenant general infantry begins to advance, the alarm escapes between the ranks of the lieutenant general infantry and is located in the rear. Once Hastati, located at the forefront of the Lieutenant General Infantry Corps, approaches about 20m, he throws a throwing spear and deploys a hundred troops with a knife, and Prinquipez, the best player, is put back on the front in time. If Prinquipez, the backbone and elite of the corps, does not win or allies are pushed back, veteran Triari will form a dense formation with a spear to secure allies, Hastati and Principes will step back between the Triari ranks and launch a full counterattack with Triari. When the enemy begins to lose, the alert returns to the battle line and pursues the enemy with the cavalry. c. Comprehensive and Remark - The Roman army faced only the same soldiers as alarmists, heavy infantry, cavalry, cavalry, and cavalry, and overall, it was not comprehensive with organic tactics. (Except for Alexandros), the middle army, and the right army. In other words, inefficient tactics were used by dismantling the battle of artists in a bad sense, such as fighting the same soldiers, losing infantry, and winning the cavalry, making the overall division of victory and defeat ambiguous. There is an anecdote that explains the strategy of our grandchild (maybe Son Bin) to compete with the opponent's middle horse, our middle horse against the opponent's hippo, and our hippo against the opponent's upper horse in the king's horse race. If these organic comprehensive tactics were used in the East, including China and Goguryeo, Greece, Rome and the West remained at a childish level, where detailed matches were blurred and overall matches were blurred without a clear scenario. Only Alexandros will be free from this criticism, and the so-called "genius master," Piroz, Hannibal, Scipio, and Caesar, were better, but they are only rudimentary steps compared to the more detailed and complex oriental military methods. Perhaps if an ordinary general from ancient Eastern times went to the West, he would have become another "genius master", and if the "genius master" from ancient Western times went to the East, he would only be a commander of the regiment. 3. Conclusion - I would like to point out once again that Rome's national power and civilization level were exaggerated, and I would like to emphasize that Goguryeo was not only a country with strong military power, but another brilliant Eastern civilization country in contrast to China.

As explained in the introduction, the level of an army in a country soon becomes a measure of the level of civilization, and as compared in the above text, Goguryeo troops overwhelmed Roman troops in almost every way. Of course, it is true that there is a big difference of 300 years, but considering that Roman civilization was the heyday of the West before modern times and that it does not discuss the victory or defeat of wars or battles, it objectively proves that Goguryeo's civilization is at the top of pre-modern Western civilization. However, it was reduced and accepted because there was a bigger force called China right next to it, and it was not recognized properly because there were not many records left until now and we had poor history education, but if you faithfully enter the data, you will see the above results. I want to try to make the day come when I can know Goguryeo accurately and clearly enough to extinguish the burning light of intellectual desire for Goguryeo, which I will realize its greatness the more I know it.