Many people gathered around the streets of Blackwater, arguing around the notices on the walls.

"What's written on it?"

"Say what kind of wartime control decree"

"Read it to you"

"From now on, the city will enter the period of war control, and the city will be divided into four major urban districts, east, west, south, and north, and each household shall accept displaced people into the household, one house per household, with a maximum of three people, and the expenses during the period shall be borne by the county guard, and shall be settled after the war, and the per capita food supply shall be as follows......

"All men and women in the city, young and old, should take the initiative to register, and all adult men over the age of 18 and under the age of 55 should report to participate in the drills, and adult women should also participate in the registration ......."

"The people of the city, from the sorcerers to the common people, shall obey the law, and the punishment shall be as follows for those who commit adultery, those who cause trouble, those who collaborate with the enemy and treason, and those who do not obey the controls...... Children are filial to the elderly, and the elders comfort the young, you must do your duty and do what you can......"

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On the city wall, he and the turtle master looked down at the boiling and excited crowd in the city.

"I'm afraid you're going to offend a lot of people by doing this," said the turtle master grinning.

"Hmph, I'll just wait for them," Meng Yun changed into a black middle coat, with a hairband tied on his head, and his temperament changed a lot, as if he was more cold and calm.

There is no way to have too long hair, it can't be turned into killing Matt, and he doesn't want to learn from Jingjian to tie up his hair, it is too troublesome and awkward to tie his hair, so it is easier to wear a hairband.

The war control program was run by him, and the biggest advantage of this plan was that it could take care of more people and ensure that resources could be concentrated against the barbarians, but there were also disadvantages, and the big families would certainly not be happy to do it, and no one wanted to share their excess real estate and food with strangers.

At this moment, a sergeant handed over a bamboo slip, "Report to the general, this is the roster of the big families in the city." ”

"Let's get busy after working hard," Meng Yun took the bamboo slip and nodded at the other party, and did not rush to open it to check, the reason is very simple, he doesn't know how to read.

"Haha, have you been prepared?" The turtle master snatched the bamboo slip, opened it and glanced at it.

"In the time of war control, no one can make trouble out of it, and no one can make mistakes," Meng Yun said.

While speaking, two more scribes trotted to report, "Report to the general, this is the twenty-level military merit system arranged according to your requirements, please take a look." ”

"Give the book to Gongzi Jing to see it, and inform the whole army in his name and me," he didn't even reach out to pick it up this time, the content was all dictated by him, and he knew exactly what was recorded.

"Yes," the two scribes saluted and withdrew.

"What's the use of you getting this?" asked the turtle master by retracting his gaze.

"With the knighthood system, soldiers will fight for themselves, not just thinking about God's will," Meng Yun said, turning to look inside the city.

He couldn't be sure how strong the defenders of the city would be in terms of revenge, but people should at least fight for themselves, and simply blindly following the instructions of the god stick will not create an iron-blooded army.

"Hey, you're too sinister," Master Turtle said in a strange tone.

"This is called planning, do you understand?" Meng Yun said angrily.

"What should I do next?" asked the turtle master with a smile.

"Choose people who are physically fit to reorganize the army, in short, learn how to retreat first," Meng Yun said casually.

"Defeated, are you in the water?" Turtle Master was stunned when he heard this, thinking about defeat and retreat before the battle began, this kind of person is either a fool or a madman.

"What do you know," he knew that the turtle master would want to be crooked, and it was really unexpected.

There is a difference between defeat and defeat, and only those who fail to retreat will be defeated.

He had clearly considered this, and it was important to practice the battle formation, but it was not something he was good at, and it was not a wise choice to go head-on with the barbarian wolf horseman.

Fighting cavalry with light infantry is an idiot who will do this, and when you fight against an opponent who is stronger than you, you have to use some brains and means, after all, he is responsible for the people who choose and follow him.

......

In the evening, Jingjian and the big fat county guard ran to the city gatehouse.

"General Yun, I've seen the twentieth level military merit title, but," Jing Jian stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Meng Yun frowned.

"I'm afraid I don't have the right to reward the title of duke or above," Jingmi said helplessly.

"It's not unexpected at all, but you can rest assured that unless this war lasts for more than twenty years, no one will be able to get a high-class title," Meng Yun suddenly realized, and instantly understood Jingjian's difficulty.

The twenty-level military merit titles are all set up by him with reference to the military merit of the Qin State, the lower four lords are the duke, the upper building, the left car, and the assassin army, the second four lords are the dukes, the superintendents, the royal car, and the comb army, and the second higher four lords are the dukes, and the four higher lords are the dukes, the commanders, the lieutenants, and the iron hunts, and the four higher lords are the dukes, the army, the marquis, and the marquis.

To put it bluntly, it is to reward households for supporting meritorious people, which is equivalent to being assigned to the territory, but no one can achieve the superior title, and the original intention of his establishment is not to let people achieve it.

Below the rank of superior lord can be rewarded with money and grain residences, and no one has ever heard of the reward of the superior title, even if Jing saw that Lao Tzu was not killed by the barbarians, it is estimated that he would not be willing to give this kind of reward.

"That's good, I can be the master of the reward, I just need to report to my father afterwards," Jing Jian breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that he would not let go.

......

When the war control decree was issued, thousands of soldiers were sent to carry out the plan, and county officials were on hand to ensure that the law was implemented as quickly as possible.

If nothing else, within five days, the problem of hunger and cold will be solved, but it will only be a temporary relief, and the food in the city will still not last for ten days.

In addition, the smelting and weapon manufacturing in the city also need to be restored as soon as possible, even if Guan Chengzi and his party ask for assistance and transport weapons and food back, it will take at least half a month, this is still considering going north from the border, if they go to the capital of Xia Kingdom, it is estimated that it will take a month.

Whether or not you can ask for reinforcements from the Xia State is not considered first, and the food and weapons have to be transported back, the Xia Kingdom will not fail to understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and Guan Chengzi will not fail to understand the priority.

......

During this period, he had conceived of making firearms, but failed to find the best materials to match.

Firearms can't be done, but the bow and crossbow are still very easy to design, in fact, the principle of the bow and crossbow is very simple, the bow and arrow are fixed and the trigger device is added, and the system is tentatively set as a light crossbow and a pedal crossbow.

Equipping a bow and crossbow was not something he came up with on a whim.

The bow and crossbow have a long range and great power, and it is easier to aim than a bow and arrow, mainly because it can be quickly mastered by ordinary people without deliberate training, and it is a sharp weapon for infantry to deal with cavalry.

There are more than 20,000 soldiers in the county, more than ninety percent of them are recruits, some of them have never touched their weapons, and everyone's arm strength is also different, so it is unrealistic to expect recruits to become marksmen quickly.

The pedal crossbow can solve this problem, the arm strength is not enough to make up the leg strength, and there is no need to deliberately practice aiming, just shoot where you want.

Of course, with only the bow and crossbow, he thought that he could deal with the barbarian wolf horse, and he almost fooled himself, he needed a sharp weapon that could deal with the black wolf, the triangular copper thistle.

This is a kind of spike that is thrown into the ground, no matter what angle it lands, there is an upward spike, and in ancient times someone used thistle against cavalry.

Compared with iron, the hardness of copper is not enough, but fortunately, the wolf is not a horse, the soles of the wolf's feet are meat pads, and the spikes of copper tribulus terrestris do not need to be too long, just three centimeters.

The production of old-style armor is cumbersome, and the process is too difficult.

The infantry armor that he transformed mainly protects the upper body, which is much simpler than the old armor, but even so, the armor maker is still a little stretched.

It is true that the armor is a defensive equipment, but it can only be used when it is launched, and at the moment it is mainly to defend the city, and the most important thing is the bow and crossbow and the copper thistle, and the armor has to be put aside.

Bows, crossbows, smelting weapons, and thistles, there are only three things on the surface, but tens of thousands of people are needed to ensure a stable production, and in this case, it is certainly not possible to rely on men alone.

Women's physical strength is definitely not as good as men's, but that doesn't mean that there is nothing to do, logistics can still be done, workshops to cast weapons, make arrows, etc.

In addition to the 30,000 defenders, more than 30,000 old people and children, and 10,000 people to maintain the operation of the city, the remaining 100,000 people are busy doing two things, casting weapons and strengthening the city walls.

In order to improve production efficiency, the assembly line operations were moved by him.

......

For the past few days, his nerves have been on high tension, but his personal abilities are limited, and he needs a helper to share the tasks for him.

Jingjian is responsible for the operation of the city, and to put it bluntly, it is to distribute rations, maintain law and order in the city and other miscellaneous tasks, these tasks seem to be messy, but they are the most important people's livelihood issues.

The county guard is a big fat man, with a timid personality and loves to shoot horses, but after all, he still has some ability, the world is in chaos like this, and this goods can still sit firmly in the county guard position, which explains the problem, so after careful consideration, he decided to hand over the equipment logistics to the county guard, that is, let this goods supervise the smelting and production of weapons.

In any case, the grain must not be handed over to this goods.

In times of war, food is the most precious commodity, and this kind of person is not suitable for a job with oil and water.

......

The population of 170,000 in Blackwater City is like a train, all he did was to build a railroad track, and if the train has rails, it can run automatically, and the city can operate normally if it has rules.

On the tower of the city gate, he didn't close his eyes for five days and five nights, and he felt sleepy to death tonight.

Drove away the last of the clerks, lay down and fell asleep.

When he gets up tomorrow, he will have to worry about training and food.

At this moment, a soldier entered the house with porridge, "General, eat something and then sleep." ”

"Don't eat it," Meng Yun said as he lay down and didn't get up.

"Rice porridge for you to put by the fire, and then you will eat it when you are hungry," the soldier put down the porridge and turned to leave.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped the soldier, "Do you know how many war horses are there in the county town?"

The barbarian army is all wolf cavalry, and if there is no cavalry in the county defenders, even if there is a chance to counterattack in the future, they can't catch up with the wolf cavalry of the barbarians, and there is still no way to defeat the other party, which is equivalent to making the other party invincible at the beginning.

"Two thousand," the soldier said.

"Only two thousand?" Meng Yun frowned and fell into thought.

Two thousand horses is too little, even if one person and one horse, there are only two thousand cavalry.

The barbarian army outside Blackwater City has 90,000 cavalry, not to mention the national capital where the battle situation is unknown, in the face of the huge barbarian wolf cavalry regiment, not to mention only 2,000 war horses, even 20,000 is not enough.

"It would be better to advise the general to give up the cavalry," the soldier guessed his thoughts.

"Why?" Meng Yun looked up puzzled.

"When a horse smells a black wolf, it becomes restless, and if it fights, it will cause trouble for itself," the soldier explained.

"Is there such a thing?" he really didn't expect this situation, after the war horse has undergone special training, it is not afraid of swords and swords, but the fear of natural enemies is an instinctive reaction, this instinct is like a person eating, it cannot be changed at all.

How can this be played? Isn't it just passively beaten?

"There are lessons from the past......