"This ...... How else can that be counted?'

Sima An frowned and looked at Zhao Hongrun, quite unable to accept Zhao Hongrun's "novel" remarks.

After all, he felt that His Royal Highness King Su's words seemed to have a power that was enough to subvert the concepts he had pursued in the past.

"The general doesn't seem convinced?"

It may have been that he noticed Sima An's expression, Zhao Hongrun chuckled and said, "Then speak with facts." …… Let's do the math. ”

"Settle an account?" Sima An's face was full of doubts.

"Yes." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and thought: "Take the more than 400,000 Chu people that this king absorbed from the Chu State last year as an example. …… According to the general's temperament, most of these people will be killed, right? ”

“…… Not. Sima An replied, without refuting it.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked: "Then please ask the general to calculate, kill the 400,000 Chu people, what will happen to the sacrifice of the Dangshan Army?" ”

"Fighting with more than 400,000 Chu people?" Sima An frowned, as if he meant to say, "How could I be stupid and lead 12,500 Dangshan soldiers to clash head-on with 400,000 Chu people?"

It's no wonder, after all, the difference in the number of people on both sides is too big, once those 400,000 Chu people risk their lives, it will definitely be a moment to drown the Dangshan army of only more than 10,000 people.

In the face of absolute numerical superiority, no matter how well-trained and well-equipped the soldiers of the Dangshan Army were, it would be difficult to achieve victory.

After all, it is equivalent to a Dangshan army to kill nearly forty people while protecting himself.

Don't think that the number of forty people is not much, in fact, even the soldiers of the Dangshan Army can only kill three or five enemies per capita in a war.

Because on the battlefield, the two soldiers who are fighting are in a life-and-death situation. Each wants to kill the other and keep themselves alive.

Therefore, no one would consider conserving physical strength, so every time they wielded a weapon, they would exert all their strength, which made the physical exertion of the soldiers on the battlefield particularly serious.

However. Once the physical strength is too exhausted on the battlefield, it means that the soldiers are unable to resist the blow of the next wave of enemy troops.

At this time, it depends on the attitude of the generals commanding the war towards the army under their command.

Take the generals of Chu as an example, there are many generals in Chu who use the lives of their soldiers as consumables, the soldiers of the front team are killed in battle, and the soldiers of the rear team continue to rush forward, purely using human lives to pile up victories, while on the side of the Wei State, it seems that the generals of Bailiba and Sima An. will choose to change the formation of the soldiers, and replace the soldiers of the front team with the soldiers of the rear team, so that the soldiers of the front team can get a precious opportunity to take a breath.

Because of this, after careful calculation, even the infantry of the Dangshan Army on the front line actually did not have much chance to kill the enemy.

Because after they kill a few enemy soldiers, they will be transferred to the rear team due to the change of formation.

From start to finish. If he dies, he will only encounter about three to seven enemy soldiers.

And this is not guaranteed, the soldiers of the Dangshan Army will succeed in killing the enemy every time.

Therefore. In a war, each soldier kills an average of forty people, which is definitely a difficult thing to do, you must know that there are many new soldiers, even trained soldiers, due to a lack of relevant experience. After they went to the battlefield, they were almost always stupid by the atmosphere of the battlefield, holding their weapons at a loss, and the result was that they could not even kill an enemy soldier, but lost their own lives.

This is commonplace.

Only those who have seen the brutality of the battlefield. Even if he does not succeed in killing the enemy on the battlefield, such a soldier can be called a truly qualified soldier.

This is also the reason why Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, hoped to transfer some veterans who had been on the battlefield from the Zhaoling Army, the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army when he formed the "Western Expeditionary Army" a while ago.

After all, for a soldier, regardless of where he is trained, whether he has been on the battlefield or not is the most fundamental reason that determines their chances of survival on the battlefield in the future.

Because after the war since ancient times, the highest chance of survival of recruits is only 30%.

For example, a hundred recruits, after the first battle, there will be at most thirty left, and after the second battle, there may be fifteen left, and after the third battle, there will be about ten left, and these ten people can be called "old pawns".

As for the "good soldiers", there are only one or two of them left in the end of a hundred recruits, which is already a very impressive number.

However, it is advisable to ask the veterans and even elite soldiers who have participated in many wars to see if the total number of enemies he killed in those battles is forty.

The answer is, very little.

This is war, both sides of the fight will send the best soldiers, so don't think that the number of enemies killed is so easy to earn, in fact, there are many veterans who have killed less than ten enemies in their lifetime, and this is already enough capital to show off to others.

The so-called soldiers who can defeat a hundred soldiers cannot be asserted that there are none, but after all, they are just rare examples.

"Note: This is only for the number of enemies killed per capita, if you use a strategy to use the power of nature, such as fire attack, water attack, etc., it is not included."

Therefore, even Sima An did not dare to say that he could lead more than 10,000 Dangshan troops to kill more than 400,000 Chu people.

And Zhao Hongrun seemed to see through Sima Anxin's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The general makes the most favorable estimate. ”

"......" Sima An was a little unhappy with Zhao Hongrun's tone as if he was winning, and said in a deep voice: "The rest ...... Fifty percent. ”

The meaning of this sentence is that Sima An felt that after killing more than 400,000 people, he would probably have about fifty percent of his Dangshan army left.

I have to say that this is definitely the "most favorable estimate", so partial that even Sima An, who is a party, feels a little blushing.

But Zhao Hongrun didn't care at all, after all, he made it clear that he had won.

"Well, more than 400,000 enemies were killed, and 6,000 were self-inflicted...... Hehehe. His incomprehensible laughter embarrassed Sima Abe.

"But it doesn't matter. …… Having said that, this king's side chose the strategy of Huai Rou, and his record was "killing more than 400,000 enemies without losing a single soldier". Then the question comes, the general really thinks. Is the advantage or disadvantage of these two just the self-inflicted damage of the 6,000? Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun shook his head, and said: "No, the difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the two, apart from the self-damage of the six thousand people. It also has to include the more than 400,000 Chu people who were included in my Great Wei. These more than 400,000 people, after returning to our Great Wei, will pay household taxes every year, which can reach tens of millions of dollars. …… Twenty years later, these more than 400,000 people will become 600,000, or even 800,000, 1 million people. There are at least 100,000 or even 200,000 men, which means that my Great Wei can get at least 100,000 soldiers......"

In the following time, Zhao Hongrun calculated to Sima An in detail the "benefits" produced by the more than 400,000 Chu people, and with each calculation, Sima An's brows furrowed.

When he finally came to a clear conclusion that the 400,000 Chu people could support three armies like the Dangshan Army, Sima An held his breath. Silent.

After all, in front of Zhao Hongrun's conclusive and well-organized "evidence", he really had no way to refute it.

The last of the last. Zhao Hongrun said to Sima An sincerely: "General, my Great Wei people only have about 800,000 households, and the number of citizens is about 6 million. And the state of Chu in the south, its citizens are three or four times the size of my Great Wei, do you know what that means? …… This means that if the state of Chu really wants to start a war of annihilation against our Great Wei. Recruiting one out of ten peasants into the army would raise an army of at least two million men. Two million people, what is this concept for my Dawei? This is equivalent to 30% of the people of my Great Wei, and equivalent to more than half of the middle-aged men of my Great Wei. About six to seventy percent...... What's more, if our army is victorious and the Chu army is defeated, the Chu state still has sufficient troops, and even, as long as it takes twenty years, they can recover the losses of this battle; And what if our country is defeated? About 6 to 70 percent of the men in China died in battle, and at that time, how many families of military families who ate military salaries would starve to death? This consequence, let alone 20 years, I am afraid that it may not be able to recover in 100 years. …… If the national population of my Great Wei is also like the Chu State, even if it is at a disadvantage for a while, there is still a way to retreat, on the contrary, once defeated, the country will be ruined, this is the direct impact caused by the size of the national population, and it is also the reason why this king advocates the absorption of foreigners, General, can you understand this? ”

Sima An was silent when he heard this.

Zhao Hongrun has analyzed this truth to this extent, how can he not understand.

But the problem is that if he approves of Zhao Hongrun's concept, it means that his original concept will be subverted, and his unwavering belief in the past will completely collapse.

Of course, this does not mean that Sima An's previous beliefs were wrong, after all, as a great general, he was not wrong to kill foreign enemies and eliminate all forces that might threaten the Wei state.

It's just that he, Sima An, looks at this matter from the standpoint of a 'general', while Zhao Hongrun stands in a higher position and looks at the problem from the perspective of a 'king'.

For a king, the first thing to take is always a gentle strategy, and if you have to use force, it is always the last choice, after all, since ancient times, war "kills a thousand enemies, and loses eight hundred", a wise king will never start a war at every turn, unless there is something else.

For example, the class contradictions of the domestic people are transferred to the contradictions of foreign wars, and the national mood is eased; Or they may not be able to solve the problem through diplomatic means, but only by using force, etc.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun and Sima An's views are actually not wrong, the difference is only that they look at things from different angles.

"I, Great Wei, will recover Sanchuan sooner or later, this king can guarantee to the general. However, this king will choose a softer way to accept the people of Sanchuan into my Wei people, and gradually make them happy and convincing to become a member of my Wei people, just like the Liang people and Zheng ......people hundreds of years ago."

『……』

Sima An glanced at Zhao Hongrun when he heard this.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't believe it, but if it was the King of Su who defeated the State of Chu last year and successfully pulled more than 400,000 Chu people to the State of Wei, Sima An seemed to have a faint illusion that "His Royal Highness King Su can indeed do it".

But at the same time, a sense of loss also floated in Sima An's heart.

That is, a certain ...... Is there no place for it? (To be continued.) )