Shang Dynasty Military
The Shang military was around from 1600BC – 1046BC. They had many chariots and the chariots held 3 people, an archer, a warrior and a driver. The Shang emperor would take up to 5000 soldiers out to battle but if he thought that there was a very serious matter like invasion he could take up to 13,000 soldiers combined between archers and warriors. The soldiers were armed with stone or bronze weapons including spears, pole-axes, long handled dagger-axes and simple bows. As protection they used shields and occasionally wore bronze or leather helmets.
Zhou Dynasty Military
The Zhou military was around from 1045BC – 256BC. The Zhou military conquered the Shang military. The Zhou emperor had 2 Zhou armies the “Six Armies of the west” and “The Eight Armies of Changzhou”.