Thirty thousand real war-ready soldiers are not a small number, even in the Daxia Dynasty.
Even if only half of these are war soldiers who can eat their fill, and then only half of those are well-trained house servant-level soldiers who can wear armor.
In the current Daxia, it's still quite a significant number.
Don't be fooled by stories that often talk about armies of tens of thousands.
Even the major camps with outward numbers of tens of thousands of soldiers.
But those accustomed to warfare know that the majority of these are just show.
The ones truly willing to fight and kill are always an extremely small minority. If these few elite are gone, no matter how many remain, they are just useless fodder being herded.
Among the over hundred thousand bandits plundering across several states, those who are truly formidable and capable of fighting number less than a thousand riders.