You may wonder why Bowser is able to capture and garrison every castle, tower, and fortress between his castle and Peach's and kidnap Peach on a semi-regular basis, but it makes a lot more sense when you realize that the entire standing military of the Mushroom Kingdom consists of 13 individuals: two (2) Italian plumbers from Brooklyn, nine (9) mushroom people, one (1) small omnivorous therapod dinosaur, and Princess Peach herself.
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@DL_Draco_Rex well the Toads are technically guards, but as Super Mario Advance 4 shows in the intro, they’re basically useless.

So the point stands.

@CM30 I mean, my count does include SOME Toads (Toad, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad, Toadette, Captain Toad, and the rest of the Toad Brigade (Bank Toad, Hint Toad, Mail Toad, and Yellow Toad (because there are two different reoccurring Toads known only as "Yellow Toad"))). And frankly, I think I'm being very fucking generous by including some of those.