That's why, Ge Shouguan Ming, who led the army of 100,000 imperial soldiers, was the last batch of war army that the court could put together after selling everything.
It is impossible to form a new large army within three or five years, or even within ten years.
On the one hand, there is no silver, and on the other hand, there are no more eligible soldiers to be found.
The court's nine counties, Jianan, Southsea, Yulin, Jiuzhen, Dongting, Xichuan, and Guangling, are either trapped by bandits, engulfed in war, or newly attached, resulting in heavy casualties, local production disruption, and inability to provide soldiers and money.
That is why the only place that can still provide money and food for the court now is its core territory, Linhai County and Yuzhang Prefecture.
These two counties have provided seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and countless supplies for the court, helping maintain the current situation.
