Lu Yuan prepared to recruit another 100,000 people in the country and train five new Forbidden Armies.
Now, Chu State's various standing armies only amount to 490,000, just barely meeting the basic defensive needs in this age of great contention.
It's a situation of having enough for defense but not enough for offense.
Like this expedition to Hanzhong, besides the local garrison troops in Xichuan and Xiangyang counties, the Chu Central Government could only deploy 60,000 troops for the war, including 20,000 naval forces.
This strength naturally left Lu Yuan feeling unsatisfied.
However, due to financial constraints, Chu State could not afford to maintain a large army before.
Even if the army was insufficient, there was no way around it.
But now, with the 100 million taels of silver backed by the Snow Plains Nomads, military expenses are no longer a problem.
Recruiting 100,000 new soldiers is nothing, even recruiting 500,000 would be affordable for Chu State.
