Capítulo 71: Chapter 35: Internship Volunteer

The early military organization of human civilization consisted of property owners who provided their own weapons, armor, and horses for military service. These politically empowered property owners were known as citizens in the Gumlu Empire and as nationals in the Gusalica Empire.

From this period on, the ability of a commander to inspire the morale of troops became extremely important.

In small-scale scuffles involving less than a dozen people, a silver-tongued leader was less useful than one who led from the front.

But when a thousand people were fighting desperately against another thousand, how to make soldiers willingly follow one into hell became a skill that could determine victory or defeat.

The crudest and simplest method was "money in place, men in place."

But money was not the problem; the lack of money was the problem.

Waging war was burning money, something that military strategists through the ages have repeatedly emphasized as an important consideration.