At three o'clock in the afternoon, Shanhai Town Council Hall.
Ouyang Shuo presided over the military and political meeting of Shanhai Township, attended by Director of Administration Fan Zhongyan, Director of Material Reserves Tian Wenjing, Director of Finance Cui Yingyou, Director of Military Affairs Ge Hongliang, Commander of the Infantry Battalion Shi Wansui, Cavalry Battalion Zheng Lin Yi, Beihai Fleet Commander-in-chief Pei Donglai and Shanhai Town's urban defense battalion commander Zhao Sihu, secretary Bai Nanpu was in charge of the minutes of the meeting.
Before the meeting started, Ouyang Shuo had asked the clerk, Bai Nanpu, to inform the participants that the topic of discussion was how to deal with the rogue attack on May 20th 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 the dawn operation, there was no movement from the nomadic tribe for the time being. Whether it was the Khan Mengke of the Tianji tribe or the leader of the Tianfeng tribe, Dari Achi, they were all very deep in the city. Before investigating the truth of the matter, , will not act rashly.
The only change was that the Tianfeng tribe unceremoniously took over the pastures of the exterminated Tianlian tribe. The Tianqi Tribe could not do anything to deal with this banditry by the Tianfeng Tribe. They only issued a symbolic warning and asked the Tianfeng Tribe to return the pasture, but did not take any substantive action.
In Beihai Town, with the completion of the second naval battalion, the Beihai Fleet took shape.
Pei Donglai resigned from his post as commander of the Navy and officially became the commander of the Beihai Fleet. Zhou Feng, the former captain of the First Squadron of the Naval Division Battalion, was promoted to be the commander of the First Battalion of the Beihai Fleet. You Fang, the former squadron commander of the Second Squadron of the Naval Division Battalion, was promoted to the second battalion commander of the Beihai Fleet. Li Hai, the captain of the third squadron of the former Navy Battalion, served as Pei Donglai's deputy.
According to Ouyang Shuo's plan, the future North Sea Fleet will at least consist of a legion. The current two naval battalions are less than one-fiftieth of their full size.
The pirate "Black Shark" on Yue'er Island has never made any follow-up actions since the last time he visited the outer waters of Beihai Town and encountered a setback. Ouyang Shuo reckoned that Blackbeard would not dare to go out again until he found out the details of Beihai Town.
According to Pei Donglai, although the Black Shark did not take any large-scale actions, you can still see ships watching from time to time in the outer waters of Beihai Town. It should be the Black Shark's scouting ship. It seems that the Black Shark has not given up. Pirates always have a good face. The last time Blackbeard came here on a whim, he fled in the end. If he doesn't get his face back, how will Blackbeard maintain his authority.
Pei Donglai didn't defend passively either. He decisively took anti-reconnaissance actions and basically figured out the location of Yue'er Island. Even once, using the high-speed assault capability of the Mengchong battleship, under the surprise attack, the Black Shark's scouting ship was detained, and the basic situation of the Black Shark was learned from the mouth of the captive.
Pei Donglai was full of confidence, threatening that it would be fine if the black shark didn't come, and that if the black shark did come, they would never return. If it wasn't for the lack of troops, Pei Donglai would have wanted to attack the Black Shark's lair—Yue'er Island.
With the external threats lifted for the time being, Ouyang Shuo is more confident in dealing with the coming rogues attacking the city.
The reason why Ouyang Shuo is confident in defending against the bandits' attack is that his biggest trump card is the bed crossbow developed by the Bow and Crossbow Division referring to the "Song Dynasty Bow and Crossbow Manufacturing Technical Manual".
The heavy-duty bed crossbow in the Northern Song Dynasty developed to be composed of three composite bows combined on the bed frame, known as "three bows and eight cow bed crossbows". "One gun and three swords and arrows", the arrows shot are as huge as javelins, and the three iron feathers are like three swords, with a range of more than 1,500 meters, which is one of the longest range records in the cold weapon era.
In addition to firing a single giant arrow, the bed crossbow can also fire dozens of arrows at a time, which is called "Jackdaw Arrow" by the world. When besieging the city, you can also shoot "treading arrows", which are nailed to the city wall in rows, so that 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 crossbow technology in the Song Dynasty to the extreme.
It is conceivable how difficult it is to manufacture this kind of big killer. It has been a month and a half since the establishment of the Crossbow Division. After such a long time, two three-bow and eight-cow bed crossbows were produced. In addition to the most powerful three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbow, four ordinary bed crossbows were produced.
The aiming and firing of the bed crossbow must be performed by a special person, and a Hercules needs to use a giant ax to pull the trigger. Soldiers who use bed crossbows are a special category in the army, called "bed crossbowmen".
Since the establishment of the Bow and Crossbow Division, the Military Affairs Department has been secretly selecting and training bed crossbowmen, a total of 500 people. These five hundred people were responsible for two three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbows and four ordinary bed crossbows.
Ouyang Shuo specially chose a name for the 500-member army, called Shenji Camp. The Shenji Battalion is a special unit in the Ming Dynasty army that is in charge of firearms. It is one of the three major battalions of the Imperial Guards in the capital. And the three bows and eight bull bed crossbows are equivalent to cannons among firearms. From this we can see his expectations for this army.
The battalion official selected by the Military Affairs Administration for the Shenji Battalion was Wang Yuanfeng, a twenty-six-year-old junior general. In terms of force, Wang Yuanfeng might not even be able to match the elite soldiers of the seventh rank, but in terms of familiarity with the bed crossbow, no one in the army can match. This person not only has a clear understanding of the structure of the bed crossbow, but also has a very terrifying precision specialty, and is the best candidate to command the three bows and eight cow bed crossbows.
[Name]: Wang Yuanfeng (Silver Level)
[Identity]: Shenji Yingzheng of Shanhai Town
[Occupation]: Junior General
[Loyalty]: 85 points
[Commander]: 40 [Force]: 25 [Intelligence]: 20 [Politics]: 15
[Specialty]: Accurate (improve the aiming accuracy of equipment by 50%)
[Cultivation method]: None
[Equipment]: Tang knife, leather armor
[Comment]: He used to serve in the army and is good at manipulating all kinds of equipment, especially large equipment such as bed crossbows.
Of course, relying solely on the Bed Crossbow and the Shenji Battalion would not be able to stop the bandits from attacking.
According to the information disclosed by the lord player in the previous life, there should be around 6,000 rogues attacking. The types of rogues will be flexibly dispatched according to the region where the territory is located. Rogues, bandits, bandits, or water bandits are all possible. In the case of Shanhai Town, it should be a combination of rogue bandits and water bandits.
All the troops in Shanhai Town, counting the Shenji Battalion and the Langshan Garrison Battalion together, only had a total of 5,000 troops. The Langshan garrison battalion cannot be mobilized. One is that its combat power is limited, and the other is to guard against surprise attacks from other mountain tribes. The North Sea Fleet also cannot press on the whole line, at least one battalion must be left. Otherwise, once an abnormality is discovered by the Black Shark's detection ship, it is very likely to be attacked.
On the side of Friendship Town, the cavalry battalion can barely withdraw to the base camp temporarily. But the city defense battalion had to stay, otherwise, it would be an empty city. Ouyang Shuo didn't have the confidence to completely hide that old fox from Dari Achi. After being transferred from the cavalry battalion, Dari Achi will definitely send people to investigate. If it is found that there are no defenders in the city, then this old fox will never miss the opportunity.
The city defense battalion in Shuishui town can be transferred back to the base camp to participate in the defense. No threat has been found on the Eastern Front yet, so you can rest assured in a day. On the Shanman side, since the eradication of the Haifeng tribe, calm has returned, and there has been no change for the time being.
Calculated in this way, the army that can really be mobilized, excluding the Shenji Battalion, is exactly 3,000 people, only half of the attacking bandits, and this is on the premise of making up for the 300 soldiers who died in the Battle of Zhuolu.
In the Battle of Zhuolu, Shanhai Town killed 100 cavalry, 150 sword and shield soldiers, and 50 archers. The cavalry is easy to say, directly transferred from the reserve.
Sword and shield soldiers and archers are more troublesome and need to be selected from the mountain tribe. To train an archer, it is impossible to have no foundation. You can only choose soldiers from among the hunters of the mountain tribe.
In desperation, Ouyang Shuo could only adopt Ge Hongliang's suggestion, and directly transferred two hundred people from the Langshan garrison battalion to supplement the fallen troops. Then, 200 newcomers were drawn from various tribes and added to the Langshan garrison camp. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the army is guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about whether to transfer the Langshan garrison battalion to participate in the defense.
To make matters worse, the North Sea Fleet can only fight in waters, and the cavalry battalion is not suitable for defending the city, and can only be used as a mobile strategic reserve force. Therefore, those who can really participate in the defense of the city are the two infantry battalions and the two city defense battalions, with a total of only 2,000 people.
Among the 2,000 people defending the city, there were only 700 crossbowmen, which was another unfavorable factor.
With the background of Shanhai Town, it is difficult to deploy it. This shows how difficult it is to be promoted to a first-level county seat. In the previous life, many lords did not dare to apply immediately when they met the application requirements, and only applied to the system after they were fully prepared.
Under the current situation, it is not feasible to temporarily expand the army if you want to sharpen your guns.
The military-to-civilian ratio in Shanhai Town has far exceeded the bottom line of one in ten draws, reaching an astonishing one in five draws. If the army is expanded again, it will be tantamount to fishing in a dry marsh. Not to mention 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 labor force of the territory. This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to various industries that are emerging.
Therefore, after Ge Hongliang, Director of Military Affairs, proposed military expansion, he was immediately opposed by Fan Zhongyan, Director of Administration, and Cui Yingyou, Director of Finance.
Ouyang Shuo vetoed the proposal of the Military Affairs Administration with the principle of preferring lack over abuse.
One is short of soldiers. If the army is expanded, the requirements for the assessment of soldiers will have to be lowered. This is unacceptable to Ouyang Shuo, and it is inconsistent with the elite soldier policy he has always followed.
The second is that even if the army is expanding now, these recruits are low in rank and have not experienced any actual combat. It is conceivable how they will behave in the face of a bloody battle like defending the city.