The two looked down and saw that a barbican structure had been added inside the south gate, but this barbican was different from any they had seen before.
It looked somewhat like the character 'mu', layer upon layer. Inside, there were not only portcullises but also hidden troop bunkers!
The more the two looked, the brighter their eyes became. As veteran generals of the battlefield, they naturally saw the extraordinary aspects of this barbican.
Many cities in the Yan Kingdom also had barbicans, but most were simple in structure, generally semicircular or square.
At this moment, they completely ignored the strangeness of the pen in Jiang Jin's hand, only marveling at her ingenious ideas.
Zhou Sui showed admiration on his face: My lady is truly talented. If this barbican is built, as long as we let the enemy in, we can easily annihilate them within.
Jiang Jin's eyes deepened: Luring the enemy by showing weakness is not a bad idea.
Yao Ji nodded, understanding Jiang Jin's meaning.
They didn't have many soldiers. Although defending a city was much easier than attacking one, with such a vast disparity in military strength, the city falling was only a matter of time.
Since that was the case, it would be better to deliberately show weakness when the time came, making the enemy think they were outmatched, and then swarm in to attack the 'city'. As long as they entered this 'city', then...
Brilliant, truly brilliant!
At this moment, he was suddenly filled with heroic spirit, and his previous worries were mostly gone.
Zhou Sui, however, raised a question: It's just that, with our manpower, I'm afraid this barbican will take quite a long time to build.
Jiang Jin waved her hand: In a few days, the people from Lihua Village and Xingnan Village should arrive, so we'll have more people.
Zhou Sui, you are responsible for the city's defense and security, as well as the daily training of the soldiers. Especially for siege and defense battles, they must be trained as soon as possible.
According to Jiang Jin's guess, the Quzhao people shouldn't discover that Gefeng had been taken by her so quickly, but training the troops brooked no delay.
Although her soldiers had basically all seen blood, there was a lot of strategy involved in attacking and defending a city; it couldn't be done with just blind courage.
Jiang Jin turned to Yao Ji and ordered: Yao Ji, you are responsible for repairing the city walls. Also, send people around to see where there are materials like rocks, clay, and limestone. Right, it's best to ask the people of Gefeng County; they should be more familiar with the vicinity.
Understood. The two quickly left to arrange the relevant matters.
Jiang Jin looked down at the drawing in her hand, suddenly thought of a brilliant idea, and picked up her pen to start sketching rapidly.
My lady. Xia Chanyi and a few other women walked in.
Jiang Jin stopped her pen and looked up: Is everything registered?
Luo Qingci placed a stack of papers in her hand in front of Jiang Jin: Yes, there are a total of 145 households in the city, with a total of 622 people.
Jiang Jin couldn't help but frown. In ancient times, family and blood relations were valued, and to maintain the labor force, families generally did not separate while the parents were alive.
There was no family planning in ancient times, so it was very common for a family to have a dozen or even dozens of people.
Yet in Gefeng City, the average household had less than 5 people.
The answer was obvious. Aside from the households that had died out completely, most of these families were likely missing members.
Sure enough, Feng Qingzhu sighed: Almost every household has had people killed or abducted, as well as those who starved or died of illness. Some families only have one or two people left, alas.
The room fell silent.
After a long time, Jiang Jin took out the paper for making household registers that she had collected from the Liang City warehouse and handed it to Luo Qingci and Feng Qingzhu.
Over the next few days, you all need to make the new household registers for the city's commoners.
Able to receive a task, the few of them were very pleased: Understood.
Unlike Xia Chanyi, they were not martial artists and could not lead or train troops.
Nor were they like Liu Mi, who had a foundation in medicine and was already organizing medicinal herbs in the county magistrate's small pharmacy.
Aside from being able to write and calculate, they seemed to have no other use.
Jiang Jin then instructed Xia Chanyi: Aside from cooperating to maintain order in the city, the primary task for the female soldiers is training. Train together with the male soldiers, and remember to get them trained up as soon as possible.
Xia Chanyi stood up straight: Understood!
Just as the few left, Yun Chengxuan and Mu Zhuo arrived.
Seeing the two coming together, Jiang Jin was a bit surprised: Why are you here?
Yun Chengxuan smiled, revealing his big white teeth: Aunt, I came over as soon as I woke up.
He had a child's temperament and didn't understand the significance of capturing Gefeng. After the battle, he helped move corpses, and then Jiang Jin let him go rest, and he had only just woken up now.
Mu Zhuo was also arranged to live in the military camp. Jiang Jin had specially arranged two rooms for his family, which was considered very preferential treatment for him.
Mu Zhuo hesitated for a moment and said: My lady, I wonder if I might seek an assignment here with you?
He had actually wanted to ask Jiang Jin for a job for a long time, but Jiang Jin had always been very busy, and she hadn't had much use for him before, so it was hard for him to speak up.
Now it was different. Jiang Jin had just occupied Gefeng, and the county city was in need of healers and medicinal herbs. If he didn't show his loyalty now, when would he?
A smile flashed in Jiang Jin's eyes: Alright, it just so happens that the herbs in the county magistrate's small pharmacy need to be organized. Come with me.
Mu Zhuo was overjoyed: Understood.
Yun Chengxuan was unhappy, however, and pouted: Aunt.
Jiang Jin patted his head: Wait for me here, I'll be right back.
Although Yun Chengxuan was unhappy, he also knew Jiang Jin was busy. Seeing her leave, he quickly followed.
The county magistrate's office had a small pharmacy with quite a few medicinal herbs inside, but it was unknown what the Quzhao healers had done to it; it was dirty and messy inside.
When Jiang Jin brought Mu Zhuo to the pharmacy, Suo Qian and Liu Mi were scrubbing the medicine cabinets and organizing the herbs.
Both of them welcomed Mu Zhuo's addition.
Jiang Jin said to Mu Zhuo: I'll take all your medicinal herbs, and I won't take advantage of you. However much they cost is how much I'll pay. Just tally up the price and give it to Dong Si, and let him give you the money.
Mu Zhuo hurriedly bowed and thanked her: Thank you, my lady. But the herbs were transported all the way by your carriage. Without you, let alone these herbs, our whole family might have lost our lives. I will only charge half the cost.
Jiang Jin smiled: Alright, then it would be impolite for me to refuse.
She looked at the three of them: Work together to organize the pharmacy as quickly as possible, and then prepare some conventional trauma medicines, such as hemostatic powder and so on. Once a war starts, these medicines will be consumed very quickly.
The three bowed in salute: Understood!
Jiang Jin thought for a moment and added: The medicinal herbs we have on hand are definitely not enough. After the pharmacy is organized, take some people to the nearby mountains to have a look. If there are herbs, gather them.
Right, if you don't have enough manpower, call Luo Zhong over to help. He should have experience in gathering herbs in the mountains.
Although Suo Qian and Mu Zhuo were healers, they hadn't necessarily ever gone up a mountain to gather herbs.
The few hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Jiang Jin glanced at Suo Qian: You are in charge of the pharmacy. By the way, guide Lady Liu more when you have time.
Liu Mi looked up at Jiang Jin, her eyes feeling a bit hot.
Suo Qian smiled and agreed: Understood.
Just as Jiang Jin and Yun Chengxuan left the pharmacy, Yun Chengxuan couldn't wait to ask: Aunt, where is my treasure?
Jiang Jin couldn't help but find it funny. She searched in her spatial dimension with her mind, found a retro bronze-style one, and pretended to take it out from her chest pocket.
Just as she was about to teach him how to look at it, Chen Xi walked in.
My lady, surprisingly not a single commoner in the city has come forward. The expression on his face was a bit strange.
