Chapter 616: Entering the City
Following the large army into this border city, Zhou Xu's eyes swept over the surrounding walls and could easily see that the other party already had the technology to make bricks and had also developed cement.
This will undoubtedly greatly improve the strength and stability of the wall. If there were no three-bow crossbow, it would not be so easy for them to break into the city with the limited force they have at hand.
"Go, send a soldier on horseback to the garrison camp to bring the logistics troops over, and have the accompanying craftsmen repair this city gate. Before that, set up barricades outside the city just in case."
The method of using three-bow crossbows to directly blow up the city gate and capture this border city did allow them to largely eliminate the opponent's city defense advantage and severely suppress the opponent's morale, ultimately allowing them to capture the city with an astonishing efficiency.
But on the other hand, subsequent troubles also arise.
For them, whose status had changed from attacker to defender, the lack of a city gate in this city was undoubtedly a very troublesome thing.
If the opposing troops become ruthless and turn back after integrating their troops, then this blown-up city gate will become the weakness of the city and must be repaired as soon as possible.
Shi Lei, who has been in charge of the mountainous area for many years, was not particularly clear about the city, so after entering the city, Zhou Xu took over the main work and started to make overall arrangements.
At this time, Drogo and Silk, who had gone to check the other three city walls, just returned.
After confirming the news and learning that the garrisons on the other three city walls had all been evacuated, Zhou Xu was much calmer than Drogo and his men.
"This saves a lot of trouble."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu mobilized his soldiers to take over the city defense work.
Since the enemy garrison had already evacuated, it was easy for them to take over at this time.
"In addition, arrange several patrol teams to patrol the city streets day and night to prevent the citizens from causing any trouble."
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused, as if he had a new idea.
"When patrolling, you can shout something, just say that our Great Zhou is a benevolent army, and as long as they behave themselves, we do not intend to harm any civilians. In addition, harboring defeated soldiers is a serious crime, and once discovered, they will be severely punished. On the contrary, those who discover defeated soldiers and report them in time will be rewarded heavily!"
"At the same time, for those defeated soldiers, tell them to surrender voluntarily and they can be given a lighter sentence and save their lives. If they resist stubbornly, they will die!"
At that time, the defenders in the city fled in all directions, and Zhou Xu was almost 100% sure that some of the defeated enemy soldiers must have hidden in the city.
If these enemy soldiers are not dealt with, they may bring him trouble at any time.
He wasn't sure these calls would have any effect, but it was better than nothing, and besides, they wouldn't lose anything by calling out, right?
According to Zhou Xu's military strength, patrol teams were quickly formed and shouted messages on every street in the city.
During this time, the soldiers in charge of taking prisoners of war had finished counting the number of people.
"Reporting to the king, the number of prisoners of war taken into custody this time has been counted. There are a total of ninety-seven."
It is estimated that there were only two to three hundred soldiers stationed at this side of the city gate. Many of them lost their will to fight and fled after being defeated. It is considered good to be able to capture ninety-seven prisoners of war.
"There should be facilities similar to prison cells in this city. We can temporarily lock them up there and wait for the next energy channel to open. Then we can take them back and do hard labor."
Ever since Shi Lei completed his exploration of the mountainous areas, there were no more primitive tribes for them to recruit populations. In addition, many of the original hard laborers in the past two years were converted into formal citizens because of their good performance. The cheap labor force within their Great Zhou was becoming less and less every day.
It’s pretty good to be able to catch a batch nowadays.
"Of course, before that, let the interrogation department conduct the interrogation first to see if they can get any information out of him."
Almost at the same time as they made these arrangements, they had discovered the enemy's arsenal where they stored military equipment.
At that time, they led the way by rushing into the city with cavalry, from launching the attack to blowing up the city gates, and then to the cavalry charging in. Before that, the other side probably would not have thought that their city would fall in such a short time.
This also resulted in the retreating garrison having no time to deal with the arsenal.
Or maybe they were only concerned about escaping and had forgotten everything else.
Using a shield to smash the copper lock on top, Zhou Xu pushed open the thick door of the armory and took the lead to walk in, then frowned unconsciously.
The guy who is usually in charge of managing the armory must have been lazy. When he took a look at it, he felt that the things in it were all piled up randomly and looked messy.
I picked up a piece of armor piled on the side. It was not heavy in my hand and there was no need to think about it. It was the same wooden armor worn by the soldiers before.
In addition, wherever Zhou Xu's eyes swept, he could see a lot of weapons such as bows and arrows, shields, swords, and spears.
"My lord, we have finished counting everything. There are 731 sets of wooden armor, 471 shields, and 397 swords..."
Listening to the report, Zhou Xu nodded secretly.
[Although wooden armor is not strong enough, it is cheap to manufacture, so the enemy has stockpiled a large amount of wooden armor so that the soldiers can replace the wooden armor in time after it is damaged. In comparison, the number of other weapons and equipment is not that large.]
To be honest, Zhou Xu didn't care much about these equipment.
After all, the equipment specifications of their Great Zhou are obviously higher than these.
If it falls into his hands, it will most likely be sent back to be melted down and the materials extracted, but no matter what, it is also a resource income.
When they launched the attack, it was already almost three o'clock in the afternoon. The sky was gradually getting darker, and after the other side withdrew, it seemed that they did not intend to take immediate action.
During this time, Zhou Xu did not forget to ask about the situation in the city. The citizens still kept their doors and windows closed and did not leave their homes.
Zhou Xu didn't care about this. After all, they were new arrivals. As long as the citizens didn't cause trouble, he wouldn't bother to care.
After arranging the patrol and night duty, Zhou Xu went to bed early.
At the same time, in a house in the city, a wooden sliding window was gently pushed open, and then a hand came out from deep inside the window and released a pigeon.
The pigeon flapped its wings and quickly disappeared into the night.
No one noticed this small movement.
Or even if they noticed, no one would suspect it...
(End of this chapter)
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