Chapter 287: What the People Want?

With the issuance of Zhou Dongdong's paper conscription order, and the news of the defeat of the front-line siege army, all of a sudden, in Dazhou, the people of the cities were all in danger, and the people in the army were in danger. Soldiers are arresting people everywhere, not to mention some young and strong youths, even some men in their forties and fifties, as long as they have healthy limbs, they will all be arrested, which is enough to see that Zhou Dongnan is really being forced this time. Anxious.

In comparison, the people of the three cities of Dongjing City, Songshan City, and Songhe City that fell into Luo Ji's hands lived a little more peacefully.

Because for the people of these three cities, after Luo Ji captured the city, the only thing he did was to block the city gates on both sides. Of course, doing so would have an impact on them, but with them Once Da Zhou's soldiers captured the city, it would be a round of burning, killing, looting, and usually bullying men and women in their own land. Compared with the two groups of people, it can be said that the two groups of people are judged against each other.

In this way, after the first few days of anxiety, the people who have realized this are simply living their lives in peace.

However, there is still a bit of trouble when it comes to peace and security. For example, because of the closed city gates, many people have no surplus food at home because they cannot go out of the city to farm and work.

Regarding this matter, Luo Ji acted bluntly. With a big wave of his hand, he ordered people to set up a few cauldrons of porridge in the center of the city. It was not because his Virgin's heart was overflowing, but because once there was a famine in the city, the More troublesome things are bound to happen.

Take their history of the celestial dynasty as an example, how did the Yellow Turban Uprising come about in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty? It's not because of the famine, the peasants have no land to grow and no food to eat. At this time, if a big brother who takes the lead in doing things will come out, won't it be a peasant uprising? That is, from that moment on, the Han Dynasty began to go all the way to the end.

Of course, the situation here is not that exaggerated, but if a gang of unscrupulous people are extremely hungry, it will be very troublesome to do something for him. Luo Ji is not going to deal with such a bad thing. Ye Qingxuan traded it to him before. Grain, he directly filled all the granaries and barracks warehouses in all his cities. At this time, he was not short of grain, so why should he be stingy with that little rice?

At the same time, Luo Ji's action also unexpectedly gave him a good reputation in these three cities. Obviously, he was occupying other people's cities, but inexplicably, he had a feeling of the people's will, which was linked with the previous Zhou Yi, who had just surrendered, and his subordinate soldiers also shouted 'leader benevolence and righteousness' one after another, and their loyalty began to rise. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Back to the topic, after the battle, after four days of rest, the seriously injured soldiers were all sent back to Xiyuan City to recuperate, and the troops that replaced them were the sword and shield troops led by Liu Meng!

Before the war, Luo Ji ordered 60% of the craftsmen in the Ordnance Forging Department to forge the bronze swords with all their strength. Now more than half a month has passed, the bronze swords that have been fully worked out, plus the previous inventory, have made Liu Meng feel short. In a short time, a sword and shield army of more than 700 people was created!

Liu Meng, who had recovered from his injuries, was obviously trying his best to go to the front line this time.

But at present, Luo Ji has encountered a somewhat troublesome thing, that is, the three-bow bed crossbow has no crossbow arrows...

In fact, it is a bit wrong to say that. The heavy crossbow arrows that were shot before will undoubtedly be picked up when the battlefield is cleaned up after the war. After all, every heavy crossbow arrow can be said to be expensive, how can it be true? Disposable items used? Not to mention heavy crossbow arrows, even the arrows shot by the archers and the stone bullets thrown by the slingers can be recycled as much as possible.

However, such armament and equipment can not be reused as long as it is picked up, because the bronze arrows will wear out. The heavy crossbow arrows of the three-bow crossbow are generally used three to five times and should be returned. The Ordnance Forge has been reworked.

In the previous battle, the heavy crossbow arrows were all shot on the siege tower covered with bronze armor plates! One can imagine what the bronze arrow will look like when it hits such a thick bronze armor plate. The part of the arrow is severely damaged. Although it can still be used, its destructive power to the city wall and city gate is already great. decline.

Li Kuo, the general of the defense of Shangyuan City, who noticed this, decided that he would not be able to defend the city. The other side's defense forces had a lot of troops, and there was a city wall to rely on. For a while, this Shangyuan City was really good. Unable to attack, the three big men, Luo Yong, Liu Meng, and Guo Zhen, took turns calling outside the city every day.

On the contrary, Luo Ji was relatively calm, mainly because it was useless to be anxious. After two rounds of siege battles, Li Kuo made it clear that Li Kuo was also a general who was good at defending the city. Under the premise that the bow and crossbow destroy the city walls and city gates, it is obviously too difficult to capture this Shangyuan City just by relying on those cloud ladders.

However, Luo Ji had already ordered the Ordnance Forging Department at the rear to make every effort to produce a batch of heavy crossbow arrows specially designed for the three-bow crossbow. Calculate the time, and it should be delivered in a few days...

He was waiting for heavy crossbow arrows to attack the city, while Li Kuo on the other side was obviously waiting for reinforcements from Zhou Dongnan. Luo Ji knew this, but he didn't panic at all. 5,000 troops, after this series of battles, Zhou Nanzhe's troops in his hands are estimated to have reached more than 8,000.

And counting the more than 2,000 defending troops in Shangyuan City, how many troops can Zhou Dongnan put out? Luo Ji can almost certainly say that the total strength of the regular army in Zhou Dongdong's hands is no more than 4,000 dead now! Maybe even three thousand or so.

After the siege army of Shangyuan City was defeated, Zhou Dongnan, who realized that the situation was not good, was probably forcibly recruiting troops everywhere at this time? However, these soldiers who have not received training and are forced to be recruited, are directly thrown into the battlefield, what else can they do other than send them to death?

But Luo Ji is different. His biggest advantage now is that he swallowed Wang Lucong's civilization before, providing him with a large number of soldiers!

At the beginning, in order to facilitate management, Luo Ji scattered these soldiers and distributed them to the cities under his command. Now, he only needs to recruit these soldiers again. Luo Ji does not know that these soldiers have been accepted. What level of military training, however, is no better than the peasants who were still farming and herding cattle before!