The pattern of Zhaojiabao is a big fort and a small fort, and there is a small fort in it, which is used to produce glass products, and has always been a heavily guarded place.

Under the construction of tens of thousands of displaced people, the city wall was built after more than half a month. It looks very different from the other walls.

Not only the eight protruding corners, but the walls were also poured with cement, and the walls were plastered straight with cement.

It's also in the finishing stages, and it doesn't take so many people anymore. Jiang Rong took most of the people and began to build Anmin Fort. Zhao Yan began to build a defense system.

If the enemy is attacking, how to defend it?

Eight turrets, all made of cement, could accommodate ten musketeers, and the turrets had to have a sufficient supply of ammunition. Cannons are to be erected on three sides, and there are no cannons yet, so Zhao Yan just drew the location of the hypothetical cannons.

Then a network of fire is formed without dead ends.

With such a system, if the enemy attacks the city intensively, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

But this was not enough, and if the enemy continued to storm the fortress despite casualties, some means of preventing the climb would be needed. The most conventional means of climbing is the ladder, which is so the wall that it is difficult to push the ladder down.

Generally, the defenders of the city use a kind of square iron plate, which is covered with spikes under the iron plate, and then hang it with a rope, set up a rolling wooden frame at the head of the city, and then directly put the iron plate down the ladder, and then pull the iron plate back after piercing the climbing enemy.

Well! If you want to have this thing, you have to equip each side with several.

Grenades are also available, and grenades can also develop grenades, although the field effect may not be very effective, but it is still very effective in defensive warfare. After all, condescending and better throwing can make up for the shortcomings of the slow rate of fire of artillery, and it is more effective against fish that slip through the net.

Collisions are dealt with with artillery, and if the artillery does not blow up the collision, there is no problem. After all, the city gate was blown open, and it was still possible to defend behind the city gate.

Generally, the besieging side rarely deals with the city gate, after all, the city gate defender can defend behind the city gate, and the city gate is just a narrow passage, and after often hitting the city gate, it cannot be attacked even after paying a lot of casualties.

In wartime, it is necessary to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels, and the method of preventing the enemy from digging tunnels has long been available, so that people can listen to the sound in the urn and distinguish the position, and then dig back, and directly pour sulfur or water, tunnel warfare can be said to be very cruel.

These defense methods can already be very strict to prevent the enemy from attacking.

But there are still several ways to capture the fortress, the first is to use artillery bombardment, bombarding him with tens of thousands of shells, which can be said to be a stupid method, completely smashed with silver.

The second is the siege, which is siege until it runs out of ammunition and food and surrenders.

The third method is the method of piling up earth, because the walls of the fortress are generally not high, and you can pile up earth all the way forward, pile up a mound of earth that is higher than the city wall, and press it all the way.

With the defenders on high alert, only these three methods can be captured.

The most important thing in the city defense is to be vigilant and reserved, and reinforcements, Zhao Yan summoned the three promoted guards and set clear tasks and assessment standards for them.

In addition to urging the subordinates to train the villagers, the task of guarding the fort is to ensure that there is enough food and ammunition in the fort. Ping said that it was necessary to send people to reconnoiter the perimeter, and once an enemy soldier approached the city, he would immediately enter a defensive state.

In a month's time, Zhaojiabao had perfected all its defenses except for the lack of artillery.

During this month, Zhao Yong and Lin Yi continued to send people to escort back the prisoners captured during the suppression of bandits, and these prisoners were all taken to labor camps, and the number reached more than 3,000, and all of them were young and strong.

These captives were captured and immediately became a new force in the construction of forts.

A labor camp was built outside Zhaojiabao to guard over the bandits. Ordinary bandit minions are to be re-educated through labor for two years before being distributed.

Those bandit leaders and high-level backbones are serious offenders, some of whom have been re-educated through labor for five years or 10 years, and will be convicted according to the seriousness of the circumstances.

At this time, Zhao Yong and Lin Yi also came back, and after a month of suppressing bandits, nearly 30 people were killed. But the harvest was also very rich, and more than 5,000 stone of grain, 30,000 taels of gold and silver, and more than 300 mules and horses were seized.

A total of 15 litters of bandits were exterminated, and more than 1,300 levels were beheaded, which can be said to have plowed all the bandits near the official road from Dengzhou to Laizhou, except for a few more stubborn bandits, the others were eradicated.

"Some are relying on the familiar terrain and retreat into the mountains as soon as they enter the slaughter, while others are occupying dangerous places, and we can only sigh when we lack the ability to attack fortifications." Zhao Yong recounted the situation of the bandits to Zhao Yan.

"Half of the other soldiers who died were killed because they didn't have the cover of the melee class. The other half were killed by the bandits' crossbows, and they also lost their armor. ”

Based on the experience of this crackdown on bandits, Zhao Yan realized many shortcomings. First of all, the melee unit, the general melee unit is the musketeer, after the musketeer shoots, he draws his sword and enters the phalanx, standing beside the pikeman and melee with the approaching enemy.

This time, because the musketeers did not have muskets, they did not take them out, and they suffered a loss. Most of the casualties came in that matchup.

In addition, there is a lack of armor, although the craftsmen under Zhao Yan can make armor, but that kind of armor Zhao Yan is not very attractive. At the same time, because there are not many craftsmen, there is no time to build other things, how can there be time to build armor.

The best armor is naturally plate armor, which was the pinnacle of armor, and then the continuous progress of firearms ended the era of armor.

Plate armor is a kind of armor with the strongest protection ability under the same weight, giving soldiers the lightest armor. It cannot be crafted by manpower, and plate armor must be crafted using a hydraulic forging machine.

In addition, there is a lack of attacking capabilities, and artillery is also in short supply.

After Zhao Yong came back, Wang Wenyue first digested the experience that Zhao Yong had learned in this crackdown on bandits, and then he started.

The second battalion went out to suppress the bandits, and brought with them the musketeers of the battalion.

After a month of building, minus the scrapped marksmanship practice, the number of muskets barely made up to 250. In addition to being armed with muskets, each of these musketeers was armed with a waist knife.

At the same time, Wang Wenyue went to Laizhou to suppress bandits this time, and he also needed to set up another supply depot in Pingdu. According to Zhao Yong's experience in suppressing bandits, those bandits have some food in stock, which is completely enough for the consumption of the team, and they don't need a supply station. But there are advantages to setting up a supply station after all, and there will be a place for supply when you pass through Pingdu in the future.

The supply station was handed over to Zhao Quan to complete, and at present, the Zhao family's 'Jimin Commercial Bank' is spreading throughout Shandong. One is to collect intelligence, the second is to earn silver, and the third is to provide supplies to the army.

At present, there is only a single shop such as a glass shop, which does not sell glass mirrors, but sells all kinds of glassware and handicrafts.

Half of Lin Yi's cavalry battalion followed to suppress the bandits, and the other half was used to escort the caravans.

The number of merchants transporting supplies from the three eastern provinces has gradually increased this month.

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