(PS: Update Chapter 2 before 11:30 p.m.)

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting hall of Shanhai Town.

Ouyang Shuo presided over the meeting of the Shanhai Town Military and Political Conference, which was attended by Fan Zhongyan, director of the administrative department, Tian Wenjing, director of the material reserve department, Cui Yingyu, director of the finance department, Ge Hongliang, director of the military affairs department, Shi Wansui, commander of the infantry battalion, Zheng Lin Yi of the cavalry battalion, Pei Donglai, commander of the Beihai Fleet, Zhao Sihu, the head of the Shanhai Town Urban Defense Battalion, and Bai Nanpu, the secretary of the meeting.

Before the meeting began, Ouyang Shuo had already asked the clerk Bai Nanpu to inform the participants that the topic of the discussion was how to deal with the siege of the city on May 20 and ensure the smooth promotion of Shanhai Town.

Before discussing specific strategies, Ouyang Shuo first paid attention to the external environment of Shanhai Town.

After Operation Dawn, there was no movement on the side of the nomadic tribe for the time being, whether it was the Khan Meng Ke of the Tianfu tribe or the leader of the Tianfeng tribe, Dari Achi, they were all people who were very deep in the city, and they would not act rashly until they investigated the truth of the matter.

The only change is that the Tianfeng tribe unceremoniously took the ranch of the exterminated Tianlian tribe. For this kind of banditry of the Tianfeng tribe, the Tianfeng tribe was beyond the whip, and only issued a symbolic warning, asking the Tianfeng tribe to return the pasture, and there was no substantive action.

On the side of Beihai Town, with the completion of the formation of the second naval division, the Beihai Fleet took shape.

Pei Donglai resigned from his post as the commander of the naval division and officially assumed the post of commander of the North Sea Fleet. Zhou Feng, the leader of the first squadron of the former naval division battalion, was promoted to the first battalion of the North Sea Fleet. You Fang, the squadron leader of the second squadron of the former naval division battalion, was promoted to the second battalion of the North Sea Fleet. Li Hai, the leader of the third squadron of the former water division battalion, served as Pei Donglai's deputy.

According to Ouyang Shuo's plan, the future North Sea Fleet will be at least the establishment of one corps. At present, the two battalions of the sailors are less than one-fiftieth of the full strength.

The pirate "Black Shark" on Yue'er Island has not followed up since the last time he visited the waters outside Beihai Town and touched a nail. Ouyang Shuo estimated that Blackbeard would not dare to go out again until he figured out the details of Beihai Town.

According to Pei Donglai, although the black shark did not have a large-scale operation, in the waters outside Beihai Town, you can still see ships monitoring from time to time, which should be the black shark's reconnaissance boat, and it seems that the black shark has not given up. Pirates are all good-looking, the last time Blackbeard took advantage of the excitement, but in the end he ended up running away, not to get this face back, how Blackbeard maintained his authority.

Pei Donglai also did not have a passive defense. He resolutely took counter-investigation actions and basically figured out the location of Yue'er Island. Once, using the high-speed assault ability of the Mengchong fighting ship, under a surprise attack, he detained the reconnaissance ship of the Black Shark and learned the basic situation of the Black Shark from the mouth of the captive.

Pei Donglai was full of confidence, and threatened that if the black shark didn't come, it would be enough, and once it came, they would definitely have no return. If it weren't for the lack of troops, Pei Donglai would have wanted to attack the black shark's lair, Yue'er Island.

The external threat was temporarily lifted, and Ouyang Shuo was more confident in dealing with the upcoming siege of the Rogues.

The reason why Ouyang Shuo was confident in defending the attack of the Liukou was the bed crossbow developed by the bow and crossbow division with reference to the "Song Dynasty Bow and Crossbow Manufacturing Technology Manual".

The heavy bed crossbow of the Northern Song Dynasty developed to be composed of three composite bows combined on the bed frame, known as the "three bows and eight cow bed crossbow", the twisted shaft and string need more than 100 people, the arrow "Mugan Tieling", known as "one gun and three sword arrows", the arrows shot are huge like javelins, and the three pieces of iron feathers are like three swords, the range can reach more than 1500 meters, which is one of the farthest range records in the era of cold weapons.

In addition to firing a single giant arrow, the bed crossbow can also fire dozens of arrows at a time, which is called "jackdaw arrows" in the world. During the siege of the city, you can also fire "walking arrows", which are nailed to the city wall in rows, and the siege soldiers can climb up. Therefore, it can be said that the bed crossbow is really a sharp weapon for both offense and defense, and it is the pinnacle of the development of bow and crossbow technology in the Song Dynasty.

The difficulty of manufacturing this kind of mass killing weapon can be imagined. It has been a month and a half since the establishment of the Bow and Crossbow Division. In such a long time, two three-bowed eight-cow monnieri crossbows were made. In addition to the most powerful three-bowed eight-cow bed crossbow, four ordinary bed crossbows were also made.

The aim and firing of the bed crossbow are the responsibility of a special person, and the trigger is pulled by a strong man with a giant axe. The soldier who uses the bed crossbow is a specialized category in the army, called the "bed crossbowman".

From the day of the establishment of the Bow and Crossbow Division, the Military Affairs Department secretly selected and trained bed crossbowmen, a total of 500 people. These five hundred people are in charge of two three-bowed eight-cow bed crossbows and four ordinary bed crossbows.

Ouyang Shuo specially chose a name for these five hundred troops, called the Shenji Battalion. The Shenji Battalion is a special unit in charge of firearms in the Ming Dynasty army, and it is one of the three major battalions of the Beijing Praetorian Guard. And the three-bowed eight-cow bed crossbow is equivalent to a cannon in firearms, which shows his expectations for this army.

The battalion leader selected by the Military Affairs Administration for the Shenji Battalion is named Wang Yuanfeng, 26 years old, and is a junior military general. In terms of force, Wang Yuanfeng may not even be able to compare with the seventh-order elite soldiers, but in terms of familiarity with the bed crossbow, no one in the army can match. This person is not only well aware of the structure of the bed crossbow, but also has a very terrifying precision specialty, and is the best choice to command the three-bow and eight-cow bed crossbow.

[Name]: Wang Yuanfeng (Silver Level)

[Identity]: Shanhai Town's Shenji Camp is positive

[Profession]: Junior general

[Loyalty]: 85 points

[Commander]: 40 [Force]: 25 [Intelligence]: 20 [Politics]: 15

[Features]: Accurate (improve the aiming accuracy of the instrument by 50%)

[Exercise]: Not yet

[Equipment]: Tang knife, leather armor

[Evaluation]: He has served in the official army, and is good at manipulating all kinds of equipment, especially large equipment such as bed crossbows.

Of course, relying on the bed crossbow and the Shenji battalion alone will not be able to stop the attack of the rogues.

According to the information disclosed by the previous life lord player, the number of rogues who attacked should be around six thousand. The type of rogue will be flexibly dispatched according to the different regions where the territory is located, and it is possible to rogue bandits, bandits, bandits, or water bandits. In the case of Shanhai Town, it should be a combination of rogues and water bandits.

All the troops in Shanhai Town, counting the Shenji Battalion and the Wolf Mountain Garrison Battalion, are only 5,000 people in total. The Wolf Mountain garrison cannot be mobilized, one is limited in combat power, and the other is to guard against the surprise attacks of other mountain barbarian tribes. Again, the North Sea Fleet could not be pressed on all fronts, at least one battalion should be left. Otherwise, once the Black Shark's reconnaissance vessel detects the anomaly, there is a high chance of being raided.

On the Friendship side, the cavalry battalion could barely withdraw to its base camp temporarily. But the city defense battalion must remain, otherwise, it will be an empty city. Ouyang Shuo didn't have the confidence that he could completely hide from the old fox of Dari Achi. After being transferred out of the cavalry battalion, Dariachi would definitely send someone to reconnoitre, and if he found that there were no defenders in the city, then the old fox would definitely not miss the opportunity.

The city defense battalion in Shui Shui Town can be transferred back to the base camp to participate in the defense. No threat has been found on the Eastern Front for the time being, and in a day, you can still rest assured. On the Shanman's side, since the extermination of the Wind Tribe, calm has been restored, and there is no change for the time being.

In this way, the army that can really be mobilized, excluding the Shenji Battalion, is just 3,000 people, only half of the attacking rogue, and this is still on the premise of making up for the 300 soldiers killed in the Battle of Zhuolu.

In the battle of Zhuolu, Shanhai Town killed 100 cavalry, 150 sword and shield soldiers, and 50 archers. Cavalry is good to say, directly transferred from the reserves.

Sword and shield soldiers and archers are more troublesome, and they need to be selected from the mountain barbarian tribes. To train an archer, you can't do it without a foundation, you can only choose soldiers from among the hunters of the mountain barbarian tribes.

In desperation, Ouyang Shuo could only adopt Ge Hongliang's suggestion and directly transfer 200 people from the Wolf Mountain garrison battalion to supplement the dead troops. Then two hundred newcomers from various tribes were transferred to the Wolf Mountain garrison camp. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the army is ensured, and there is no need to worry about whether to transfer the Wolf Mountain garrison battalion to participate in the defense.

To make matters worse, the North Sea Fleet could only operate in the waters, and the cavalry battalions were not suitable for defending the city and could only serve as a mobile strategic reserve. Therefore, the people who can really participate in the defense of the city, that is, the two battalions of infantry and the two city defense battalions, a total of only 2,000 people.

Of the 2,000 men defending the city, only 700 were crossbowmen, which was another disadvantage.

With the heritage of Shanhai Town, it is difficult to deploy. It can be seen from this that how difficult it is to be promoted to a first-class county. In previous lives, many lords did not dare to apply immediately when they met the application conditions, and only after they were fully prepared would they apply to the system.

Under the current circumstances, if you want to sharpen your guns on the battlefield, it will not work to temporarily expand the army.

The ratio of military and civilians in Shanhai Town has far exceeded the bottom line of one out of ten, reaching an astonishing one out of five. If the army is expanded again, it will be tantamount to drying up the river and fishing. Let's not talk about the pressure on finances after the military expansion. More importantly, after a large number of young and middle-aged people are recruited into the army, it is an invisible squeeze on the territorial labor force. This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to the emerging industries.

Therefore, after the military affairs director Ge Hongliang put forward a proposal to expand the army, it was immediately resolutely opposed by Fan Zhongyan, director of the Administration Bureau, and Cui Yingyu, director of the Finance Department.

Ouyang Shuo held the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, and vetoed the proposal of the Military Affairs Administration.

One is that there are not enough soldiers. If the army is expanded, it will have to lower the requirements for the evaluation of soldiers. This is unacceptable to Ouyang Shuo, and it is inconsistent with the elite army policy he has always pursued.

Second, even if the army is expanded now, these recruits are of low rank and have not experienced any actual combat, so it is conceivable what kind of performance they will have in the face of such a bloody battle as defending the city. (To be continued.) )