Sui Xiong had actually been rather shocked when he had first heard about the war's details. He was not concerned with the death tolls as casualties were to be expected in war. All along, during the Cold War, most wars had taken place in terms of pursuits. Well, that was the context that he had understood when he made war games of his own. Thus, Sui Xiong had all always associated war with sorrowful deaths and sadness. However, the extremity and intensity of this war surprised him.
On the side of the aristocrats, they had lost half of their regular soldiers, one-third of their regular soldiers and 20% of their conscripted troops. This was already considered severe. According to Sui Xiong's recollections, most parties would consider surrendering if they had lost about 10% of their overall troops. Even if they were unwilling to do so, they would probably crumble in defeat once this number increased to about 20%.
