Chapter Twenty-Three: The Defense Plan of Yoder Town (Part I)
"No food? impossible, with the grain production of the Hamp Great Plains, there should be a lot of grain reserves in Yode Town. Merial couldn't help but lose her voice.
Ron couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, the residents of this city had reached the point of killing war horses and eating meat, if the food problem could not be solved, then there would be no need to wait for the enemy to attack, and it would fall apart internally.
"How could it not be? The troops stationed here directly transported most of the food in the city when they evacuated, saying that we should also retreat by ourselves as unarmed civilians. Saiana bit her lower lip: "We are all natives of Yode, how can we leave our homeland? And on the Great Plains, how can so many people here retreat? Once we are targeted by the enemy's cavalry, it is like a haystack on the training ground!"
Merial slammed her fist on the table, her fists clenched tightly, the backs of her hands pale from the exertion.
"Which stupid donkey is the city guard here?" Meria's voice was a little hoarse, "When I meet with the higher-ups again, I will definitely impeach this waste!"
"That's an internal matter for your military, and now I need you to answer our previous questions. Meria's voice was a little higher.
The meeting room suddenly fell silent, only the sound of heavy breathing on both sides, revealing their not very calm mood at the moment.
"Ahem, I see, you're all a little concerned and messed up. β
Suddenly, Ron coughed lightly twice, and the eyes of the other three suddenly fell on him.
"You're all a bit of a bull, and the main question at the moment is how to survive a possible attack by the Beru, how to ensure the safety of the people and soldiers of this city, not who must be in charge. As far as commanding the troops is concerned, Merial and I have been fighting together all the way, even in the face of the Belu troops, which are much higher in number than us, Merial can also make the team defend and counterattack in an orderly manner, Meria's ability is undoubted, Miss Saiyana can organize everyone to defend themselves when the army is withdrawn and there is no city defense, although I don't know the specific situation of Yode Town, but Miss Saiyana's appeal here is naturally undoubted, so if you want me to say, just the two of you command together, it's really not good, just let Meria command the original troopsγ β
Meria glanced at Ron with some surprise, the situation in Yoder Town was a little unexpected to them, as the defeated generals who retreated without a fight, they were originally the party that was at fault, and it happened to appear in this sensitive period again, Ron's words also made him suddenly sober up.
Saiana and Brandon glanced at each other and clapped their hands gently.
"What Lord Ron said makes sense, we were a little excited just now, we are also Noah's compatriots, and what we are doing at this time should not be suspicion and infighting. Saiana said as she bowed to Meria, "Lord Meria, I hope you don't take it to heart about what happened just now. β
"It's okay, our army, this time it's really a big problem. Merial sat back in her seat, "What is the situation in Yode Town like now, I need to know. β
"Specifics?" Seyana raised her eyebrows, apparently a somewhat general word that made it difficult for her to answer for a moment.
"The population, the number of city guards, the production of food, and the housing of the city, etc. Meria said: "These are things that need to be counted in wartime." β
Saiana's pretty face flushed, and she touched her head: "These, we really haven't counted, after all, this kind of thing is not what we usually do." There is only food, which we have just recently distributed evenly among everyone, and it is only enough for four or five days. β
"Evenly divided?" Meria and Ron exclaimed at the same time.
"Ahh
Merial couldn't help but reach out and rub her face, "Ron, tell them about it." β
A wry smile appeared on Ron's face: "Miss Saiana, your ideas and motives are good, but in times of war, materials such as food or drinking water must be strictly controlled by the government, or controlled by the rulers, and then distributed after obtaining specific statistics. β
"That's something I didn't think of before. Saiana's face suddenly turned pale, looking at her appearance, she was still half as strong as before, like a little girl who had made a mistake.
"Forget it, I can't blame you guys, if you want to blame it, blame the runaway waste before. Meria paced back and forth in the conference room, "Now that it has been issued, it is impossible to take it back, and in the past two days, while strengthening our garrison, we must find a way to find food outside the city." How many people are there in the city defense force you have organized now?"
"There are more than 30 archers, and there are about 100 others who can use weapons proficiently, adding up to nearly 200 people. Saiana said.
"Two hundred?"
Meria's brows furrowed, and the troops he brought with him, how could these city defense troops, which were less than 300 men, resist the army of the Berus? If it was only a scout force, it would be fine, but if the army came to attack, then the tragedy of Hamp City would be repeated here.
"Well, Miss Saiana, my soldiers have just made a long journey, and have encountered some fighting along the way, and now I want them to rest a little longer, and you can arrange for some men to dig more pits outside the moat outside the city, and I will have the soldiers gather some planks, sharpen them and make spikes, and when the traps are dug, bury the spikes. In this way, whether it is the enemy's cavalry or infantry, it can play a certain role. β
"Leave it to me, Uncle Blanton, and you can take someone to get it at once, I think there is no better thing at digging traps than our Hamp hunters. β
Ron's brain is also running at high speed, in his previous life, he has also been exposed to a lot of games and movies and television works of war in the Cold Weapon Age, but now, he has really become the party defending the city.
In fact, in his talent system, there are many large-scale killing ninjutsu, such as the fire extinguishing in the fire escape, the storm dance, the water dragon bullet in the water escape, the spiral shuriken in the wind escape, etc., but these are very late talents.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a dull, loud roar suddenly sounded outside the lord's mansion, and even the table in the conference room trembled slightly, and the blinds made a rattling sound.
"Trebuchet?"
Merial and Saiana hurriedly rushed to the window, and they could clearly see a puff of black smoke rising from the rain in the city not far away.
Soon, hurried footsteps sounded on the stairs.
"Miss Saiana, Lord Officer, something has happened!" a young man with a saber at his waist, dressed roughly, "just now the porcelain kiln in the east of the city suddenly exploded, and the workers in the porcelain kiln were all injured. β
"Quick, you lead the way!"
"Porcelain kiln explosion?" Ron's eyes lit up suddenly, a term slowly emerged in his mind, his mind was as calm as his, and his heart was beating wildly because of excitement at this moment.
"Is it gunpowder?"