An army of hundreds of thousands can be drawn out in an instant!

The benefit of this is obvious - it saves the country's cost of raising troops.

Even many small countries with a population of less than one million can mobilize 100,000 or even 200,000 troops at critical moments.

Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious - the conscription system will have a skill advance before going to war... and it cannot be used to fight at any time.

Moreover, compared with the off-duty professional army, the combat effectiveness of the garrison soldiers is also much inferior——

The tens of thousands of Wei soldiers back then were able to defeat Qin's 500,000-strong army; but now the Quyang New Army under Xiong Wuliang is able to fight astonishingly against the Qin Army, which has the reputation of being a "tiger and wolf" and has made other countries change their minds.

The battle loss ratio.

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At this moment, there happened to be 20,000 to 30,000 new Qin soldiers gathered in the Lantian camp, and they were being reorganized and trained in the camp.

This is a coincidence - winter is the season when everything stops, and logically there will be no soldier training.

But this winter is an exception - a sudden war broke out between Qin and Chu, causing Wei and South Korea to gear up... Empress Dowager Xuan had already issued an order for general mobilization in order to deal with the possible invasion of the Wei-Korean coalition forces in the coming spring.

This "general mobilization" includes raising military rations and recruiting civilian men. Of course, it also includes raising troops and training to prepare for war.

Of course, the people of Qin were very reluctant to serve in the cold winter... But they had no choice but to bring dry food, family swords, and war horses if they had horses... and came to Lantian Camp honestly.

They don't even dare to complain publicly.

Qin law stipulates very clearly that it is a crime of beheading for common people to discuss state affairs arbitrarily.

In short, the Lantian Camp this winter is not as cold as usual... More than 27,000 men from the Qin Kingdom who were recruited are training here in full swing... completely unaware of the coming danger!

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Chapter completed!