Generally speaking, the proportion of strong men in the population is generally about 20%, and the survey data obtained by Luo Ming's own territory is almost the same.

And it's actually impossible to fully mobilize them:

It's just a matter of fighting a defense battle at the door of your home, and running thousands of miles away, life and death are uncertain, and dangers lurk.

Not only is there a risk of dying in battle, but also facing disease, so it is already an exaggerated proportion for three families to draw one, and Du Fu's writing of "The Stone Entrenchment" has fully reflected the tragic situation.

Even if Luo Ming really made up his mind to do this, it is difficult to say how many people would run away or simply rebel.

Even if the army is sent to suppress it, so that they can't escape, they can't be defeated, and the people still have at least the last way to resist-

Luo Ming heard before that in the Sui Dynasty, in order to avoid being dragged to join the army and encountering the crisis of nine deaths, people would rather cut off their fingers and toes, or even simply cut off a foot or a hand, which is called "blessed hands and feet".

At that time, he could have heard it as an anecdote, but now that he is a ruler, he cannot but be moved by this kind of thing, and take it seriously.

The state is the most ferocious beast, one of the most powerful forces in the world, but it is also full of dangers, and the ruler can only control it without being attacked if he is strong and has a clear mind and a cautious attitude.

To sum up, it also means that if logistics materials are transported completely from the rear, even if there are convenient conditions for water transportation, every 1,000 people sent on an expedition hundreds of kilometers away will require at least 100,000 people under his command.

After becoming a lord, the more he continued to push for institutional reform and actually participated in the war, the more Luo Ming disdained the so-called army of millions.

That's just some people bragging, political propaganda, and scaring the enemy. The layman may not understand the truth, confuse logistics with the actual number of combatants, or simply believe the bluff and braggadocio of others.

For example, if you add up the 1,000-strong expeditionary force and the logistics team of 7,800 people, even if 10,000 people are in the army, the total is called 10,000 troops - although it can fight only one-tenth of it.

And then exaggerate that number a little, even if it is 20,000 troops on land and water.

Doesn't it sound like it's a lot more fashionable all of a sudden? But that's actually what it's all about.

Of course, until the time of Napoleon on earth, it was impossible for armies to rely entirely on transporting grain and grass from the rear to fight, and most of the time they had to plunder along the road.

If you are more elegant, it is called collecting food on the spot and fighting the enemy because of food.

It seems to be a good way, as long as it is not your own territory, it becomes "a thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate", if the robbery is the enemy's territory, it can even be regarded as a weakening of the enemy.

And Luo Ming did not pity outsiders too much, especially those who did not belong to the Duchy of Lothar at all.

If he is really developed, for example, he has successfully conquered the whole world like a joke, and has enough capital, then it is not impossible for him to pay social security to people all over the world.

But now he is still too far from the "attainment of the world and the benefit of the world" in his mind, and it can be said that he is still in the bloody stage of primitive capital accumulation.

Or to put it another way, he is the god of his own county, and it is no problem to help his own "world", but when it comes to other worlds, it is too lenient.

In short, because the food is against the enemy, this seems to be a good way to look at it.

Every time the army grabs one person's rations, it can reduce the fatigue of several or even a dozen people on the logistics line.

And as long as they didn't grab the last bit of food from the locals and starve them to death, then Lockin's conscience would not be so condemned, and even Granty had already expressed her stance that although such things should be avoided as much as possible, she would not object when she had to.

However, there are many problems and constraints associated with this.