The proportion of the Chu State's army has been relatively small since the General's Mansion period, and... it is getting smaller and smaller!
After all, manpower is getting more and more expensive, and the pay and military requirements to maintain the army are also very high.
They are truly capable of foreign wars and are not elites of ordinary defenders. The standing army only has 300,000 troops, and some of them are rotating in the fields. At this time, they have all been mobilized, totaling more than 400,000 troops.
There is also a navy of 80,000...
At this time, 70% of the army was massing towards Jinghu North Road, and the navy was also always preparing to land in the Nanpi area of Jizhou.
If it weren't for the basic rail network across the country, Bai Tu would really not dare to do this - not only would it be a problem of excessive consumption of military supplies, but Bai Tu himself would also have to feel guilty as to whether he would be taken advantage of.
But now that we have wireless intelligence and railway tracks, even if Wei really wants to do so, it cannot be faster than the Chu army can return reinforcements. What's more, because the "hypocrites" are in the middle, it is not that easy for the Wei army to sneak attack Chu.
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If you really think that Chu State has "a small army", you are totally wrong. If you change the algorithm and add up all the official workshops that directly produce military equipment and military equipment, as well as the workshops that cooperate with downstream industries, you will find that "
The Chu army was several times more numerous than Wei!
After all, how heroic is the Wei State? With the technology of the Craftsman Camp, how much money can a single soldier spend?
In terms of equipment, they are just "sophisticated weapons" and "appreciable armor". The cost is higher than Chu's Qi bullet crossbow, but the actual effect is not as good as Chu's!
After all, the cost of infuriating missiles and crossbows is "invisible". After everyone in the civilian population has enough to eat, they even begin to discuss nutrition issues. The infuriating energy accumulated is the combat effectiveness that can be maintained by "luxury" military supplies as logistical support.
Even behind every Ji Zao soldier of the Chu State, there are three or four workshop workers working to produce various types of equipment, ordnance, and military supplies...
This does not include the manpower investment in shipyards and rail cars!
If all are taken into account, I am afraid that one has been drawn out of six and one out of seven. It is also because the Chu State is rich enough and has determined commercial taxes from the source as early as possible, so that it can invest so much in the military without the people feeling too much pressure.
manpower.
This ratio is not far from that of the Wei State. If we consider the huge population of the Chu State, it has already exceeded the combined population of the Puppet Han and the Wei State.
More importantly, the efficiency of Chu State's workshops and the effectiveness of various types of equipment and ordnance...
If you do simple math questions, the weight coefficient of Chu State is far greater than that of Wei State...
If it were really a math problem, the Chu army no longer needed to fight. Their physical strength far exceeded that of the Wei army, but they seemed to have fewer heads.
It's a pity that the struggle for hegemony is not a mathematical problem. After comparing the size, Wei will surrender. What's more, Wei has not yet realized how big the gap is!
Bai Tu was also about to meet Zhuge Liang, who knew a little bit about how big the gap was.
"Zhuge Liang, a common man, pays homage to the King of Chu." Zhuge Liang simply called himself "a common man," obviously not wanting to cause trouble.
"Mr. Zhuge doesn't want to be polite, and he doesn't treat ordinary people as ordinary people. We, Chu, don't care about this." Bai Tu pointedly gestured to Zhuge Liang for the guest chair.
"Thank you, King Chu." Zhuge Liang sat down generously.
If he were to go on a mission on behalf of the Qi State, Zhuge Liang would consider many other things, but now... Liu Bei has been controlled by the Chu State, and the Qi State, or the Han Dynasty, has died, so why bother with all this?
Zhuge Liang naturally followed his own temper...
"When I first came to Xiangyang, I really wanted to see Mr., but unfortunately, due to various reasons, I missed it after all." Bai Tu said with emotion.
This is not a lie. When he first entered Nanjun, although Bai Tu was already one of the strongest princes, it was not yet "the situation has been established". Naturally, he was full of expectations for a capable person like Zhuge Liang.
But now Baitu is no longer very entangled - whether Zhuge Liang is willing to make things clear will not affect the "general trend".
"Thank you, King Chu, for your kindness. Maybe I am too shallow." Zhuge Liang did not deny that he had deliberately left before Bai Tu came to his thatched cottage.
Although I call it "shallow" modestly, my tone is obviously that I will not change my original intention.
"It's actually not too late now, or it's just the right time! When the Chu Kingdom takes over the world, the northern part of the Central Plains will be full of waste, as well as the overseas golden states, the northern desert, the white mountains and black waters in the northeast, and even the Western Regions... all kinds of vast areas
The fertile land needs to be developed, and Mr. Zhuge can show his talents." Bai Tu heard what Zhuge Liang meant, but he still had to follow the procedure and ask.
Zhuge Liang felt that Bai Tu's tone was too loud at first, but after thinking about it carefully, when he was in Hanzhong, he had received the wireless intelligence report from his brother Zhuge Jin - specially shown to him - and he could understand some of Bai Tu's tone.
The “tone” of the picture.
Wireless fine news, Zhenqi locomotive...
The combination of these two is equivalent to "compressing" the governance area, and naturally the "territory" can become larger!
However, Zhuge Liang still shook his head and said: "Thank you very much for the kindness of King Chu. Liang no longer has such intention. For the rest of his life, he only wants to cultivate and study and inherit the family. I sincerely hope that after the great Chu unites the world... it will last for thousands of generations."
Zhuge Liang was not taking the opportunity to flatter him, but was really wishing - after all, it is impossible to expect the Han Dynasty to last forever, so it would be best if Chu could do it.
Otherwise, won’t the people have to suffer again in the future?
Especially since the state of Chu has such a big heart, will the chaos become more serious in the future? Zhuge Liang didn't want to think too much about it, but he just wished Bai Tu could last forever.
"Mr. Zhuge, this is vulgar." Bai Tu explained.
"Does the King of Chu not want to continue the war for eternity?" Zhuge Liang frowned and said - I wish you such a generous blessing, and you still want to fight me?
"How can there be eternal life? I don't know whether the Chu Kingdom can last forever, but thinking about it...80% of it is impossible. But I believe that the people of Chu will get better and better...Why should Mr. Zhuge be conceited? The world is...
The world belongs to the people of the world, why not have more faith in the people of the world." Bai Tu said casually.
Bai Tu also roughly understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts - Zhao Yun and him had passed the Jingbao before.
To put it bluntly, these "great sages" just think too much and treat the people of the world as "ordinary people" all day long. Even if they have good intentions and hope to create eternal peace, their effect will be limited after all.
Zhuge Liang was also frightened by Bai Tu's "big words". The best scholars have always thought about creating a prosperous age and making the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is the so-called ruling the country and bringing peace to the world. They have never heard of relying on the people to do anything.
But considering what the Chu State did, Zhuge Liang did not question whether the King of Chu really thought so.
Of course, Zhuge Liang still doesn't quite believe that Bai Tu really doesn't want to "live forever", and it's impossible for Bai Tu to explain to him that he also has a "chu who fades away in the second generation and becomes a mascot in the third generation".