Nanhe City, the city lord's mansion.

Since Lin Ji has taken over the important task of commanding the entire army, the first thing he has to do is to find out how much wealth Lu Wu has.

"How many cavalry can we use?" Lin Ji asked.

He was born as a cavalryman and loved using cavalry the most. This is the first question.

"There are 4,300 cavalry in total, and one thousand of them are the personal guards of my husband and cannot be used." Qiu Tong has been dealing with logistics affairs every day during this period, and he does not have to read the records.

"It's OK, where are the infantry?"

"There are 100,000 permanent troops and 690,000 reserve troops." Qiu Tong said.

The Standing Army is a professional soldier, including county soldiers stationed in the area and regular soldiers used for field battles.

The reserve army is a reserve service, which is two training sessions a month, which can be used to provide labor service, but if there is no war, there will be no salary.

"How many?!

"Lin Ji was incredible.

The number of cavalry is normal.

There are few horses in the south. It would be great to have thousands of cavalry, but what the hell is the number of infantrymen?

With the power of one country, the Wu State had only less than 600,000 people. Lu Wu's side was just Nanhe Prefecture, Wutu Prefecture and most of the Tonghe Prefecture. How could it be that 800,000 people? Are you kidding? This is not the way to do military military force.

Qiutong explained: "My husband has issued a mercy order, and the army can inherit the family business. Whenever there is a dispute, soldiers will give priority to it, and the storage of slaves will be strictly investigated. Therefore, in the three palaces, both men and women, they all actively join the army—"

Under Lu Wu's rule, soldiers are given priority.

Some of Lu Wu's soldiers who had made enough money and retired as wealthy families had conflicts because they competed for profit with local tyrants.

Because Lu Wu soldiers were given priority, these soldiers would not swallow their anger at all.

If you win, you will need money, and if you lose, you will work hard. I have a knife in my hand and a brother behind my back.

If you can't even fight to the death, you can often pull up a group of robes together by just one sentence, which is the government's judgment. At most, you will exil the murderers to the front line to fight against the Chu army. Except for a few people who are extremely guilty, few are severely punished. For these retired outlaws in the army, killing people is just a return to the battlefield again, so what are you afraid of?

What's more, all spoils under Lu Wu's command must be distributed according to the rules. If the spoils are abundant, even ordinary soldiers can make a fortune.

The poor people in the three southern prefectures all regard joining the army as their only chance to turn things around, and wealthy local tycoons dare not fall behind - the villages compete with each other, and soldiers are preferred. If there are no soldiers present, they will lose half of the lawsuit first.

Moreover, under Lu Wu's rule, women can also join the army - women in other countries can also join the army, but they usually cannot serve as regular soldiers - so although they only have three prefectures, the number of registered soldiers is really amazing. These 790,000 people have been selected. Don't want those who are too old, those who are too young, and those who are weak and cannot lift weights.

"Okay, since there are enough troops, how about food, grass and equipment?"

"We have built five warehouses, with a total of 3.47 million stones of grain storage. If we are only considered a standing army, we can supply it for more than three years."

To be honest, Lin Ji was not optimistic about Lu Wu's side. If Lu Jinhe was in charge of the matter, Lin Ji believed that he would be able to do everything and would not make any mistakes in logistics.

But young people like Lu Wu may be very good at fighting, but not many people will focus on logistics, so he is ready to sort out the army from logistics.

Lin Ji was shocked again: "How could there be so many?"

Qiutong had an indescribable pride in her eyes: "My husband is invincible and will be defeated in every battle. Any prisoner is allowed to buy it with food, grass, gold and silver. Every time the husband grafts a city, he will destroy three large households and confiscate their property, food and grass. Since my husband raised his army, he has conquered 31 cities, captured 27 generals above the school lieutenant, and more than 100,000 soldiers and officers. What is the purpose of accumulating these food and grass?"

The three southern states of Chu have sufficient water sources, rice is ripe twice a year, and grain is the largest business. Almost every large household has reserved tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 stones of grain. Without this strength, it is also said that it is impossible for large households to be allowed.

Lu Wu confiscated more than a hundred major families, and his army was very strict and rewarded and punished. Few soldiers dared to attack them.

The confiscated gold, silver and treasures can be discounted and distributed to the soldiers, and the food and grass were collected by Lu Wu, so the food and grass on Lu Wu were really abundant in a short period of time.

"Where are the armor and weapons lost?" Lin Ji was also numb, but he had to ask.

As the commander of the first army, you cannot just be able to command wars. You must be clear about the disposable materials in your hands before you can command the army to fight.

Sometimes, for the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, the ability to allocate materials and plan marches is even more important than the ability to command in front of the battlefield.

"One thousand nine hundred pairs of iron armor, 124,000 pairs of leather armor, ninety-one crossbows, eleven divine arm bows, and a total of 33,000 ordinary crossbows, and more than one million arrows were lost."

"There are also 5,700 horse and ox carriages, which can ensure the capacity is met."

Qiu Tong simply finished speaking at once.

Qiu Tong was in charge of Zhechong Mansion, and used the military to rule the local governments. She forcibly promoted Lu Wu's policy and killed wealthy families, which made the local wealthy families silent. She also had to manage military affairs and logistics, so she was so busy that she hit the back of her head. She knew these data even more clearly than Lu Wu.

"How is the morale of the army?" Lin Ji had never fought such a wealthy battle, but in the era of cold weapons, morale of the army was more important than military preparation.

Qiu Tong opened his five fingers and grabbed one hand down. He grabbed a stack of documents a foot high from under the book, and threw them on the table.

"Yesterday I announced my preparations for war. Today, all the documents sent by various departments are here."

Lin Ji was stunned.

Lin Ji originally thought that what he took over was a mess and needed to be sorted out one by one, but now it seems that Lu Wu has already prepared, but I am afraid that the pursuit is not just a matter of keeping it firmly.

As for how he saw that Lu Wu was ready for this battle?

Lin Ji is at least considered a long-time general in the army.

Who captured the other party's generals, officers and soldiers, and did not ask for gold, silver and wealth, but allowed food and grass to redeem people? Especially in the south, there was no shortage of food and grass.

There are still millions of arrows that can be produced in a day or two? I’m afraid that Lu Wu has already begun to control the relevant workshops and vigorously produce weapons as soon as he captured Nanhe Mansion?

Although Lin Ji didn't know how Lu Wu built the three palaces into an iron barrel in just over two months, which made the soldiers under his command happy when they heard the war, he also knew that with such morale and military preparation, even if the State of Chu mobilized elite border troops, he might not be sure to win.

"Okay, okay, everything is ready, just wait for the Chu army!" Lin Ji's heart surged with great ambitions.

He never thought that he would have a day when the commander's army competed head-on with the State of Chu.

"By the way, where has the general gone?"

"Husband should have arrived at Yuci Mansion at this moment." Qiutong said with a smile.
Chapter completed!