At this moment, Zhu Xiong did not know that his territory had been targeted by the Mongolians.
He was still leading his subjects to build his new territory.
However, even though Zhu Xiong knew that his territory had been discovered by the Mongolians, he was still in a daze.
However, Zhu Rong had made preparations when he first started building his territory.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have transferred 10,000 young men for military training.
They would not specially exchange for training talents.
The 10,000 people that Zhu Xiong transferred basically didn't do any territory construction. They only did one thing.
That was training!
The only pity was that Zhu Xiong did not prepare many weapons, and these young men did not have decent armor.
This was also the reason why Zhu Xiong wanted to exchange for talents like carpenters and blacksmiths.
Another five days passed.
The population of the territory increased by 36,500.
The total population directly exceeded 100,000.
Thus, Zhu Xiong directly transferred another 10,000 men into the army.
The number of troops protecting the territory reached 20,000.
At the same time, 20,000 people were transferred to mine.
Because he had exchanged for talents to find minerals, he had already discovered large iron mines, well salt mines, small gold mines, coal mines, and so on near Zhu Xiong's fief.
Therefore, Zhu Xiong ordered these 20,000 people to start mining.
For this reason, Zhu Xiong exchanged all the 400 points he had accumulated in the past few days for talents.
Iron smelting, salt smelting, alchemy, and a military talent.
Each talent was accompanied by a thousand people to learn.
In fact, if it was possible, Zhu Rong wanted all the subjects in his territory to learn from these talents.
However, Zhu Xiong realized that the ordinary talents he exchanged from the system could only nurture a thousand people at most.
After more than a thousand people, there was no way to nurture talents anymore.
And those who were nurtured could not nurture others.
In terms of ability, he was also one level higher than the system talent.
It seemed that he was restricted by the system.
Just like military talents.
There were only two in Zhu Rong's territory.
Each of these two talents could only command 1,000 troops.
And the subjects they trained could only command seven to eight hundred soldiers at most.
The other talents were the same.
In other words, under the system's restrictions, the disciple would never be able to surpass the master.
Perhaps this was the fundamental difference between the system's subjects and real citizens.
However, this was enough for Zhu Rong.
As the population increased, the division of labor in Zhu Xiong's territory became clearer.
Farming, logging, building houses, mining, salt making, blacksmithing, ironmaking, breeding, alchemy, and so on were all reasonably assigned manpower.
At the same time, Zhu Rong made a reasonable plan according to the division of labor.
It was divided into residential areas, smelting areas, planting areas, breeding areas, industrial areas, storage areas, and so on.
This way, it would be more convenient for management and construction.
In five days, through the unrelenting efforts of the subjects, the army in the territory also had simple weapons in their hands.
Spears, bows and arrows, wooden shields, these ironwood weapons were already in everyone's hands.
In terms of armor, nearly a thousand people were equipped with breastplates.
It could be said that Zhu Xiong's 20,000 soldiers had basically formed a fighting force.
They had also stockpiled a large number of weapons to prepare for the people who would continue to join the army.
After nearly half a month of construction, Zhu Xiong's territory was basically a medium-sized town.
At this moment, Zhu Xiong was already considering whether or not he should build a city wall.
However, before he could take action, a piece of news made his heart beat wildly.
In the territory, in Zhu Rong's newly built mansion.
Zhu Rong looked at Du Yu with a serious expression."
"Are you saying that a large number of Mongolians have appeared around the territory, and they are gathering?”
Du Yu said with certainty,
"Yes, I'm sure."
Zhu Rong frowned. The thing he was most worried about had happened.
Although Zhu Rong knew that this kind of crisis would come sooner or later.
But Zhu Xiong felt that it was still too early.
If only he had another ten days or half a month to build the city.
But now, his territory had no fortifications. It was flat and undefended.
Once the enemy attacked, it would be a huge disaster for their territory.
Zhu Rong was unwilling to let the territory he had built be destroyed just like that.
Zhu Rong looked at Du Yu."
"Do you think we have a chance of winning against these Mongolians?”
Du Yu muttered,
"That depends on how many people they send out. The other side is basically cavalry, and their equipment is much better than ours.”
"If the enemy surpasses five thousand cavalrymen, with our twenty thousand men's combat power and equipment, we won't be able to hold them off.”
Zhu Rong's heart sank.
He knew that Du Yu was not exaggerating.
Although he now had an army of 20,000 people, he had the advantage in numbers.
However, the training was still insufficient. At most, it would only take half a month to train. Some of the subjects had less than half a month to train.
Moreover, their weapons and equipment were also very simple.
If they were from Northern Yuan Royal Court, they would be able to crush them in terms of combat power and weapons.
In addition, the enemies were all cavalry. In this flat area, as long as they charged, it would cause a destructive blow to their side.
Zhu Xiong's mood was somewhat heavy.
However, his mind was spinning as he thought of a countermeasure.
Soon, Zhu Xiong looked at Chen Feng and asked,"
"How many people can we equip with our remaining weapons?”
Chen Feng was a talent in managing the territory, managing all the big and small matters.
Zhu Rong was much clearer about the situation in the territory.
"Your Highness, we still have twenty thousand spears, five thousand bows, and thirty thousand arrows left in our warehouse.”
Zhu Rong nodded and said to Du Yu,"
"Immediately organize twenty-five thousand ordinary citizens and equip them.”
If the quality was not enough, he could only make up for it with quantity.
After equipping 25,000 people, there were 45,000 people in the territory who had weapons and could resist.
In terms of numbers, at least they had the advantage of numbers.
However, this was definitely not enough.
No matter how many people there were, it was useless without any combat strength.
It was fine to scare people, but once they really fought, they would just be sending their heads to the ground.
Moreover, Zhu Xiong was not sure how many enemies would come.
He looked at Du Yu and said,
"Get someone to closely monitor the Mongolians 'every move and estimate how many people they will gather to attack us.”
Du Yu nodded slightly and thought for a moment before saying,
"Your Highness, since the enemy has already discovered our territory, it is very likely that every move in our territory is under the enemy's surveillance.”
"I even suspect that these Mongolians already know that we've discovered them, but they didn't do anything to our people. This means that these Mongolians are determined to get us.”
Du Yu's words made Zhu Rong's heart sink again.
Zhu Xiong suddenly remembered what Song Sheng had said to him.
Never underestimate the scouting abilities of the Mongolians.
Du Yu's suspicion might have become a reality.
If that was the case, this crisis would be really troublesome.
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