Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 622 The Way Is Different

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 becoming more and more expensive, and the military salaries and military supplies required to maintain the army are also very high.

The army's standing army only has 30 elites who can truly fight foreign wars and are not ordinary defenders. Some of them are rotating in the fields. At this time, they have all been mobilized, totaling more than [-].

There is also a navy of [-]...

At this time, [-]% of the army was gathering on Jinghu North Road, and the navy was always ready 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.

However, now that we have wireless intelligence and railway tracks, even if Wei really wants to do so, it is impossible to return reinforcements faster than the Chu army. What's more, because the "hypocrites" are in the middle, it is not that easy for the Wei army to sneak attack Chu. .

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 the infuriating crossbow is "invisible". After everyone in the civilian population has enough to eat, they even start to discuss nutrition issues. The infuriating energy accumulated is the combat effectiveness that can only 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 still does not include the manpower investment in shipyards and railway inflatable cars!

If all are taken into account, I am afraid that one has been drawn out of six or one out of seven. It is 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. of 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 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 would no longer need 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, the Wei State will surrender. What's more, the Wei State 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 is not polite, and he is not talking about being a common man or a common man. We, Chu, don't care about this." Bai Tu gestured directly to Zhuge Liang for the guest chair.

"Thank you, King Chu." Zhuge Liang sat down generously.

If he were to go on an envoy on behalf of Qi, Zhuge Liang would consider many other things, but now... Liu Bei has been controlled by Chu, and Qi, 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 he modestly calls it "shallow", his tone is obviously that he has not changed his original intention.

"It's actually not too late now, or it's just right! 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 deserts, the white mountains and black waters of 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 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 the King of Chu. Liang has no 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 Chu State has such a big heart, will the chaos become more serious in the future?Zhuge Liang didn't want to think too much, he just wished Bai Tu could last forever.

"Mr. Zhuge, this is vulgar." Bai Tu explained.

"Don't you think the King of Chu doesn't want the war to last forever?" 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... probably not possible. 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 confidence in the people of the world." Bai Tu said casually.

Bai Tu also roughly understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts - Zhao Yun had passed the Jingbao with him before.

To put it bluntly, these "great sages" just think too much and treat everyone in 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 world 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 thinking about what Chu had done, 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 still has a mascot that "fades away from the second generation of Chu and passes through the third generation of Chu." Long Term Goal……

(End of this chapter)