章 944: Chapter 394 War and Grain Trade_3

In fact, to maintain that army of over a million, both countries had also mobilized quantities of civilian workers, about two to three times that amount, for the transport of military food and supplies to sustain the main camp at the front.

Each of the two countries had five million adult men engaged in the wars on the front lines of Henan and Nanyang, becoming pure consumption units, unable to engage in production.

With such a large-scale war and so many people not engaged in production, one can imagine the pressure on the local production units from the absence of so many in both countries.

Among them, Liang fared a bit better.

The battlefield was in Central State, close to Liang, making it convenient to transport grain and making the supply chain pressure relatively small.

Moreover, a population of eighty million was enough for them to sustain five million non-productive military units.

But it was difficult for Wei Country on the other hand.