Chapter 39 When autumn comes, the empire begins to be in chaos!
As summer turns to autumn, the harvest team organized by Hua Xin has finished harvesting the first season grain, and the second season grain seeds have been sown.
The number of citizens in Longcheng reached 50,000, and Zhou Yunfei decisively recruited the army again.
The First Army led by Xu Sheng had about 10,000 people. All the troops were replaced by new infantry and equipped with a large number of crossbowmen. Moreover, the first batch of 300 crossbows developed were also used by Zhou Yunfei with a stroke of his pen.
It was placed under his account. A small number of cavalry were responsible for necessary patrols, reconnaissance, harassment, and communications. The first army was entirely used for field battles and attacking fortresses. A large number of heavy-armed troops cooperated with light-armed cavalry, and Xu Shengwen was in charge.
Command. This first army can be said to be the seed army for Zhou Yunfei to go south and capture human cities in the future.
The newly formed Second Army is entirely composed of cavalry. The number is about 15,000, and will increase to 20,000 when winter comes. The cavalry of the Second Army fully complies with Zhou Yunfei's requirements, with only
Of the five thousand Yanyun cavalry, the rest were all white horse Yi Cong. The White Horse Yi Cong completely gave up their heavy armor and replaced it with new standard light armor. With the horn bows and short crossbows on their upper bodies, they completely became a light cavalry unit. This unit
The Second Army is fully used for strategic maneuvers and field raids. At the same time, Zhou Yunfei also stipulated that the Second Army must not participate in critical battles unless necessary. The commander is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, and the adjutant is Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi.
There is another aspect to Zhou Yunfei's increase in troops this time. That is, he organized and trained a civilian army for the first time.
The weapons replaced by the troops are distributed to the civilian army being formed. It is also stipulated that as long as they obtain military merit, they can enjoy the treatment of citizens.
Dragon City organized a census a few months ago and issued ID cards. The ID cards held by citizens were all red, while civilians were green and slaves were white. This census not only recorded the population in detail, but also found out
There were a large number of spies from external forces. For these spies, Zhou Yunfei handed them over directly to Chen Jiao and asked him to be executed directly for treason. They even included spies from the Claire family! But Zhou Yunfei didn’t mind, after all, no one left a way for him.
Well. But now that she’s caught, Yuna won’t admit it, so just kill her.
Ever since Longcheng started to form a civilian army, it was like dropping a nuclear bomb in Longcheng. Joining the army can get a citizenship certificate! This sentence is like a drop of water dropped into a pan of oil. In an instant, the entire civilian class is boiling.
Who doesn't want to live a better life?
Therefore, the recruitment quota was quickly reached. This time, a total of 10,000 militiamen were summoned to form the 50th Army, which was later commonly known as the civilian army of the empire.
The organization of these ten thousand people completely adopts the model of the First Army, that is, it is composed entirely of infantry and equipped with a small amount of cavalry. The equipment is all eliminated by the First Army.
The Fifty Army adopts the same training method as the First Army. Its commander is Lü Meng. Its general is Zhou Tai. In terms of personal combat power, Lü Meng may not be as good as the other generals, but Lü Meng is a rare handsome man.
.It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yunfei confidently handed over the 50th Army to his command.
The 50th Army is currently training in full swing. In order to obtain the red citizenship certificate, the soldiers are practicing hard, striving to enter the battlefield as soon as possible and make achievements.
This large-scale recruitment operation also attracted the attention of all parties.
The first person who secretly came to inquire was the envoy from the Claire family. However, Zhou Yunfei and others had already prepared some excuses for this. "Niandong is coming soon, and we are afraid that the people will be attacked. Therefore, we have increased our troops to prepare for any eventuality."
The second prince from the south also sent people to persuade Longcheng again, as did the eldest prince and the fourth prince. However, they were still disappointed. Zhou Yunfei was just polite and perfunctory, without giving any substantive commitment.
In this way, waves of envoys arrived one after another, and then left disappointed.
During this continuous reception, Zhou Yunfei learned a piece of news.
"Quickly find Mr. Zhuge and Mr. Pang Tong, and inform Wen Xiang of Saisi City and Zilong of Acropolis. Just tell me what I said. From the moment you receive the order, the First Army and the Second Army will immediately enter the Second Army.
Level combat readiness. Further orders will be issued later." After the explanation, Zhou Yunfei frowned and looked at the letter in his hand. There were only a few words on it.
"Urgent! The Emperor of the Empire has passed away! Repeat! The Emperor of the Empire has passed away!"
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Far away in the imperial city of the imperial capital, the old emperor still couldn't survive, so he rode a crane back in autumn.
After learning the news, the eldest prince immediately announced that he would summon all civil and military officials to make arrangements for the national funeral. At the same time, the eldest prince announced the "Emperor's Edict" in the palace, naming the second prince as King of Shang, the third prince as King of Music, and the fourth prince as King of Music.
King Wu. Then, the eldest prince announced that he would ascend the throne as emperor after the national mourning.
The second prince, who was far away in the south, issued a notice saying that the old emperor was forced to die by the eldest prince and that he was usurping the throne! He did not recognize the so-called edict and called on the noble lords in the empire to support him in removing the eldest prince and making him the official of the empire!
Along with the second prince's announcement, the third prince also announced in the north that he opposed the eldest prince's usurpation of the throne, and at the same time began to prepare a crusade. The fourth prince did not even bother to make an announcement and just prepared silently.
At this time, the Byvost Empire was wandering before the abyss of civil war, and was almost falling apart.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong came quickly after receiving Zhou Yunfei's summons. The three of them discussed secretly in the room all night.
When it was early the next morning, the door opened. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong walked out of the room, looked at each other, nodded slowly, and then walked out of the courtyard.
Zhou Yunfei stood up and moved his stiff body a little. Then he immediately ordered the guards to call the communications troops and said: "Order! Xu Sheng leads the first army to defend Sais City! If the city is lost, ask him to come and see you!"
This was the first time he spoke in such a serious tone. Zhou Yunfei exuded waves of majesty, making the responding soldiers lower their heads and dare not look at him.
"Order! Zhao Yun leads the Second Army and is ready to go to war at any time."
"Order! Lu Meng must complete the training of the 50th Army within the next month!"
"Order! Jushu has adjusted government affairs to wartime preparations since receiving the order."
"Order! Jia Xu will search for potential informants in Longcheng from the moment he receives the order. Once caught, there is no need to report them, they will be dealt with directly!"
"Order! Taishi Ci takes over the defense of Dragon City! Take charge of Dragon City's defense!"
"Order! Send two more teams of Euphorbia soldiers to the Yamaguchi Fortress and tell Li Tong that if there is an emergency, hold on for one day. If not, I will replace him with someone else!"
After finishing speaking in one breath, the soldier repeated it loudly and then immediately went out to inform.
After Xu Sheng received the order, he immediately ordered the first army's level 2 combat readiness to be raised to level 1, and soldiers were not allowed to go out to prepare for the situation.
The same is true for Zhao Yun's Second Army, and Lu Meng's Fifty Army. After receiving the order, the soldiers were extremely excited! It means that once there is a war, they can also go into battle to kill the enemy! Killing the enemy means military merit! Military merit means that
It represents the happy life of the family, and the simple and easy-to-understand principles make them train more desperately!
After receiving the order, Taishi Ci returned to Longcheng from Longgang and began to take over the city guards. At the same time that Li Tong received the order, two teams of Euphorbia soldiers also arrived. Li Tong looked at the soldiers who came to report and said: "
Wenda takes the order, the city is there and the people are there! If the fortress is lost, Wenda will go to see the lord!"
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have one government and one army, and are in charge of the overall situation.
From the moment it received the news of the death of the old emperor, the entire Dragon City began to turn gears, gearing up to prepare for the coming chaos. All efforts were transferred to wartime status, and Dragon City was even more excited.
No one is allowed to go out. The system of entering the city for interrogation is strictly enforced. No one is allowed to leave the city without permission!
At this moment, Ross Continent lost Dragon City.
After everything was taken care of, Zhou Yunfei had time to soothe his stomach.
Eating the millet porridge brought by Diao Chan, Zhou Yunfei temporarily put down his thoughts and started enjoying himself. I'm afraid he won't have time to have such leisure time next month.
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While Zhou Yunfei was enjoying the delicious food, the far north.
In the orc tribe, a batch of simple weapons made by the dwarves are being distributed to the orc warriors.
This time, in order to prepare the orcs to go south with all their strength, a total of 200,000 warriors were prepared! The formation of a large number of armies also brought many problems.
The first is the lack of weapons. The orcs are unable to forge iron weapons and can only rely on a variety of weapons stolen from humans in previous years to arm themselves.
There are a variety of weapons, including knives, swords, axes, and hammers! Unfortunately, these weapons are still too few for the entire orc army! And the most important point is that humans use the weapons they have handy.
It would be very embarrassing in the hands of orcs. Can you imagine an ordinary person going to the battlefield with a dagger to fight against the enemy? The ratio is too weird!
Now that we’ve talked about weapons, let’s talk about equipment.
First of all, you can't use human armor, you can't put it on! It's ridiculous to ask you to wear children's clothing if you can wear it! Secondly, where are there so many armors for you to wear! Even humans themselves can only have a few elite equipment, let alone
Not to mention that the orcs can only steal some iron tools from civilians every year! Therefore, the orcs do not have iron armor, so they have to look for leather armor instead. However, many orcs are unwilling to wear leather armor. They think that the orcs are brave and being injured or killed in battle is the greatest honor!
They often go shirtless when fighting!
Okay, now that we’ve talked about the orcs’ equipment, let’s talk about logistics.
The orc army does not have long-range strikes. Oh, yes, they like to use wooden spears with sharp tips to throw. This is what we commonly call javelins. However, it is obvious that the javelins thrown by the orcs are more powerful and can be thrown harder.
Far. Therefore, this kind of javelin, which is simple to use and easy to make, has become the only long-range attack method for the orcs.
At the same time, even the soldiers could not get all the weapons, let alone the supply of logistics equipment, so the logistics had only one task, which was to provide food and grass.
In order to support the movement south in winter, as early as two years ago, Sol Draka, the great orc leader, together with other orcs, endured the pain of starvation and loss of relatives! Those who are for the future old age of the orcs
, bid farewell to their relatives one after another, and resolutely went up the mountain alone to wait for death! It is the sacrifice of these old orcs, and the food saved bit by bit, that can support the first wave of attacks!
This action will determine the future of the orcs! If it succeeds, the orcs will be able to obtain food to continue! If it fails, all the orcs will starve to death in this cold winter!
A war related to genocide is quietly waiting for the day to come!