On the forum, the players had already disclosed the details of the defensive battle in Bangalore.
Bangalore also had tall city walls. The difference was that their city walls were made of compacted loess soil, with only a layer of green bricks on the outside, unlike Shanhai Town, which used all stone.
There were a total of 2,000 soldiers participating in the defense of Bangalore. The number of attacking bandits was about 6,200, more than three times that of the defending troops.
Unlike Shanhai Town, which only had three city gates. Bangalore had four standard city gates, so its defense was much heavier than that of Shanhai Town. The bandits were also cunning. Not only did they surround one gate from three sides, but they also adopted the tactic of feigning attacks from two sides while focusing on one gate.
In the morning, the bandits only launched a probing attack, and the attacks from three sides were equally strong. Divala, the lord of Bangalore, was confused by the bandits' tactics. Taking advantage of the noon truce, he readjusted the defensive deployment of the city walls and arranged the defensive forces on the three sides very evenly.
During the attack in the afternoon, the killing intent of the bandits gradually revealed. On the surface, the number of bandits attacking from three sides was the same as in the morning. There were still more than 2,000 bandits on each side. In fact, taking advantage of the noon truce, the bandits had already reorganized their troops. They divided the ordinary bandits into the east and west sides, and gathered all the elite bandits together to attack the north gate with all their might.
As a result, the north gate was immediately in a state of emergency. By the time Divala discovered the bandit's plot, the battle on all three sides had already begun. If he adjusted the deployment of the army in a hurry, it would give the other party an opportunity. Helpless, Divala could only grit his teeth and persevere, hoping that the north gate could hold on until reinforcements arrived after the siege on the east and west sides were resolved.
Unfortunately, after an afternoon of fierce battle and under the attack of the elite bandits, Bangalore's north gate was ultimately not defended. Once the north gate was breached, the entire town was immediately in a state of emergency due to the chain reaction. Not long after, it was captured by the bandits.
After capturing Bangalore, the bandits did not carry out a massacre. Instead, after looting the town, they swaggered off. This was also the result of the system's intentional arrangement. It left room for the failed territory.
Strictly speaking, Divala's command could be considered to be standard, not making any major mistakes. Unfortunately, in the end, he still couldn't defeat the cunning of the bandits, regretfully failing.
With this failure, Bangalore Town would need at least half a month to regain its vitality.
The two consecutive failures were a wake-up call for all the Lord Tier players. No territory dared to apply for promotion with the hope of getting lucky.
After learning that Bangalore Town had failed, Di Chen's heart sank. He already had a bad premonition. His Handan Town was even weaker than Bangalore Town in terms of defense. How could he have the confidence to win? Di Chen was already regretting his actions this time around. Unfortunately, there was no turning back. Di Chen had no choice but to lead his Handan Town to the very end.
After the defeat of Bangalore, the whole world's attention was focused on Liberty Town in the United States. Jack Dawson, on the other hand, was very confident. He swore that Liberty Town would never repeat the mistakes of Bangalore Town, and that it would definitely seize the honor of being the best county in the world.
In order to show his confidence, Jack also announced that he would arrange for people to broadcast the details of the defense of Liberty Town on the forum the next day, inviting all players to watch.
Ouyang Shuo smiled. The Americans were still so confident. He somewhat admired Jack's confidence. As a lord, he needed to have this kind of aura that could not be ignored.
It seemed that there would really be a good show to watch tomorrow. Since Jack was so confident, he must really have a trump card. This American was no fool.
Ouyang Shuo clearly remembered that in his previous life, the honor of being the best county in the world had been won by Liberty Town. It was just that in terms of time, it should be slightly later.
Perhaps the sudden appearance of Shanhai Town had put a lot of pressure on Jack and the others. After learning that there was a battle mission in the China region, Jack did not hesitate to apply for promotion with the system.
Jack was very clear that once the battle ended, Shanhai Town would definitely apply for promotion with the system. After losing the honor of being the best county in the world, Jack did not want to give up the honor of being the best county in the world.
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On the 19th of May, Ouyang Shuo logged into the game on time.
Early in the morning, the cavalry camp stationed in Friendship Town and Pool Town's City Defense Camp all left their camps and entered the base camp. Although there were two thousand troops stationed at once, the advanced military camp in the city did not seem crowded at all. When the military camp in the city was planned, it was built according to the scale of the future Imperial Guards.
After the two battalions crossed the river, the ferries of the three towns started to move immediately. The carriage office gathered all the boats at the ferries into the city to prevent them from being found by the roving bandits.
This way, unless the roving bandits found out about the defense of Shanhai Town in advance and knew that there was a moat in Shanhai Town, they would not be able to bring a large number of boats. Otherwise, the risk of the roving bandits besieging the north and east gates of Shanhai Town would be eliminated.
While all the battalions were in position, Ouyang Shuo gathered a few generals and held a short military meeting. The main point was to coordinate the distribution of the battalions' defense areas.
After discussion, it was decided that Shanhai Town's City Defense Camp would be in charge of the west gate defense area, Pool Town's City Defense Camp's four companies, excluding the cavalry company, would be in charge of the north gate defense area, and 500 reserve troops would be in charge of the east gate defense area.
The cavalry battalion and the cavalry company from Pool Town's City Defense Camp would be deployed at the west gate as a mobile force, ready to attack at any time.
As for the two infantry battalions of the west camp, the first infantry battalion and two companies from the second infantry battalion, they would be deployed at the west gate wall to assist Shanhai Town's City Defense Camp in defense. The remaining three companies from the second infantry battalion would be deployed at the north gate wall to assist Pool Town's City Defense Camp in defense.
It could be seen that the west gate would be the main area of defense, with a total of 1,800 people deployed. Furthermore, the killing weapons, the Three Bows Eight Bulls Bed Crossbow and the Fierce Fire Oil Cabinet, were deployed at the west gate.
In comparison, the north gate's defense was slightly weaker, with only 700 people deployed.
Firstly, the space outside the north gate was limited. Secondly, with the protection of the moat, even if the roving bandits wanted to play any tricks and cross the moat, the gains would not make up for the losses. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was very assured.
Apart from this, the first battalion of the North Sea Fleet would also leave Shanhai Town's pier tomorrow morning, heading to the Friendship River in the north to assist in the defense of the north gate. If the roving bandits wanted to attack through the waterway, then they had the wrong idea. The North Sea Fleet would definitely give them a head-on attack.
As for the east gate, he believed that the roving bandits wouldn't be so stupid as to make such a huge detour just to attack the east gate. If that was really the case, he believed that the 500 reserve troops deployed would be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrived. Furthermore, the outer area of the east gate was completely divided into two by the moat. It was a dead land, and it was really not suitable for the siege troops.
The only weakness of the east gate was the worry that the enemy would attack from the sea, pass through the canyon, and then land on land. If they were even more perverted, they could use small warships to land on land and directly go up the moat, driving the warships to the foot of the east city wall. Then, they would use the warships as cover and use bows and arrows to counterattack the city guards.
This kind of situation was almost impossible. The second battalion of the North Sea Fleet deployed at North Sea Town wasn't just for decoration. They firmly guarded the estuary, and if they wanted to pass through the canyon, they would have to break through the North Sea Fleet's defensive line.
At this time, the benefits of Ouyang Shuo's careful choice of building the village could be seen. With the back of the mountain range, there was no need to worry about the rear, and the problem of Shanhai Town's defense in the south was completely solved. A large river surrounded the north and east sides of Shanhai Town, which was equivalent to removing the threat on the east side and greatly weakening the threat on the north side.
It was precisely because of such a unique advantage that Shanhai Town could deploy a large number of troops at the west gate.
Starting at ten in the morning, the residents of the various settlements outside the city were led by the administrative office's officials to arrange everyone's food and accommodation. All the residents were temporarily settled in the residential areas of the city and distributed to various households. The residents of the city were responsible for their food and accommodation. The finance department had a special financial subsidy for each household.
This arrangement prevented these migrants from setting up tents in the city, which would affect the city's security and increase the difficulty of the Public Order Department's management. Secondly, it was also convenient to monitor the migrants and prevent roving bandits from mingling among the migrants.
Yesterday afternoon, the administrative office had already explained very clearly to each household that the residents of the city had the responsibility of monitoring them. Once they discovered any abnormalities, they should immediately report to the Public Order Department. Those who did not report would be transferred to the Disciplinary Bureau for punishment.
Ouyang Shuo was making full use of the power of the masses to prevent the infiltration of roving bandits to the greatest extent.
At three in the afternoon, the last batch of residents of the settlement entered the city. The military office immediately ordered to seal all the major city gates. All personnel were only allowed to enter and not leave.
At four in the afternoon, North Sea Town sent over the first half of May's profits from the Northern Sunset Salt Field.
In late April, a large number of captives of the Swift Wind Tribe were sent to the Northern Sunset Salt Field. The Northern Sunset Salt Field had been expanded to the largest scale of ten thousand mu. Therefore, in just the first half of the month, the Northern Sunset Salt Field achieved a net profit of 3,600 gold coins, which was equivalent to the entire month of April's profit.
It cost 250 gold coins to change professions for 100 cavalrymen and 200 infantrymen.
Ouyang Shuo intercepted 2,000 gold coins and injected the remaining 1,350 gold coins into the Bank of the Four Seas. With the expansion of the territory and the opening of branches in the three major subsidiary territories, the Bank of the Four Seas' reserves were already a bit stretched. If it wasn't for the finance department transferring the support funds through the Bank of the Four Seas, they would have long been unable to maintain it.
At five in the afternoon, good news finally came from the weapons workshop. After two days and one night of overtime, the weapons workshop had finally built two Fierce Fire Oil Tanks. These two Fierce Fire Oil Tanks were arranged by Ouyang Shuo at the west gate. (To be continued.)
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