What was combat like during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280)?

by MrBuddles

I can imagine what combat looked like for Roman, hoplite, or medieval armies; but I only have a vague idea of combat during the Three Kingdoms period.

  • What type of equipment would be the most common for soldiers?
  • What is the army composition (levies, semi-professional, professional)?
  • In general, are tactics going to resemble anything similar to Roman/Medieval, or are they significantly different?
  • Are there any good and affordable English language books for this?
RiceandBeansandChees

An excellent answer by u/aniMayor is available here that may answer some of your questions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/79svdl/reading_the_three_kingdoms_one_gets_the_obviously/