The Shang king had about a thousand soldiers and would personally lead them into battle. Armies ranged in size from 3,000 soldiers to 13,000. King Wu of Zhou led an army of around 50,000 soldiers.
The first chariots appear at the end of the Shang dynasty, around 1200 BC, during the reign of Wu Ding. The Shang king maintained a force of about a thousand troops at his capital and would ...