To fight in such a place, the only people who can fight are the timber officers and the boatmen, that is, the infantry and the navy.

Moreover, it doesn’t work from other places, it has to be from Jiangnan.

Sure enough, I heard Gongsun Ao continue to say, "I would like to send out troops from Jiujiang, Kuaiji, Danyang, Yuzhang, Lujiang, and Guiyang counties."

The so-called Dafa refers to sweeping all the men of suitable age into the army. It is an extreme situation in which all the people are soldiers.

As for why Dafa had several counties, it was because of the imbalance of population between the north and the south in Dahan.

The vast majority of the population is actually concentrated in the area north of the river.

Here in Jiangnan, although each county has a large area, its population is very small.

Without a big attack, it would be difficult to gather a strong army.

This does not mean that troops cannot be mobilized from the North, but that the troops in the North are not accustomed to the local environment, and non-combat attrition will be very serious.

Especially at this time, there was no large-scale development in Jiangnan. Not only was the terrain difficult, but there were also a large number of mosquitoes, bacteria, snails, and schistosomiasis. These things would greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in the north.

Li Yunze was silent for a while, and then asked, "How many troops and horses are needed?"

Gongsun Ao gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred thousand!"

The 200,000 he mentioned were soldiers. In order to support these 200,000 soldiers in fighting, especially in places with complex terrain, the number of civilians in the rear who were responsible for logistics work had to be doubled at least.

No wonder Gongsun Ao said he wanted to make a big move. It would be difficult to support an operation of this scale unless all the men in these counties were wiped out.

Historically, Emperor Wu defeated Mitsukoshi and used a large number of northern soldiers.

Although Mitsukoshi was successfully pacified, the losses suffered by the Northern soldiers and civilians were huge.

And this time, in order to capture Mitsukoshi at once, a large number of troops were naturally needed.
Chapter completed!