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The number of people a city could handle was limited. If this continued, Fire Bamboo City would surely become overcrowded, which would lead to many problems! Many forces thought that the Fire Bamboo City was simply courting death!

However, Ling Feng was not worried at all. The more people there were, the happier he would be! This was because Fire Bamboo City would become the base at the back of the Bedlam Lands!

In the ancient times of Ling Feng's previous life, the figures of archers could often be seen on the battlefield. They possessed powerful long-range attacks and played a huge role in the defense of the city. If used properly, a team of archers could completely change the course of a war!

Of course, it was not without its drawbacks. First of all, it was the problem of defense. Ancient archers, in order to gain better agility and reduce the burden on the archers, usually didn't wear armor, so the defense of close combat archers was negligible!

Secondly, the actual number of times the archer had attacked was about a hundred steps away from the archer, so the archer could only attack three or four times in a battle.

The cost of each of the thousand archers' arrows in a battle was three to four thousand arrows. This was a huge consumption in the ancient times!

In the end, it was the archers' attack power. Because everyone's strength and accuracy were different, there were only a few godly archers that could pierce through the trees with 100 steps. Therefore, the actual damage and the number of enemies that the archers could kill in a battle was not that great!

Even so, archers held an important position in the ancient battlefield. Some generals even viewed archers as indispensable troops!

And on the Demon God Continent, because there was an abundance of spirit energy, the average life expectancy was more than two hundred. This world's humans were several times stronger than the humans on Earth, so the attack range and killing power of the Demon God Continent's archers were much stronger!

Not just that, but the Divine Demon Continent was an era where cold weapons were the dominant weapon. After countless years of settling down, cold weapons had already been brought to their peak. Just the craftsmanship of the bow was several times stronger than that of Earth!

Archers were more powerful, and their bows were more durable. This made the attacks of the archers of the Fiendgod continent even more terrifying!

Ling Feng had always wanted to create a new archer unit. This was not only because Fire Bamboo City had the advantage of having fire bamboo as its raw material! Furthermore, it was because Ling Feng valued archers and their important role in defending the city!

This was because Ling Feng had implemented a policy of favoring the citizens, giving him wages and treatment that was even better than that of other cities. This led to a large number of young workers rushing to Fire Bamboo City! The excessive population caused the required labour force of Fire Bamboo City to gradually become more saturated!

This was a very dangerous situation. If it was not handled properly, it would definitely cause a series of troubles! Especially these people who had just arrived at Fire Bamboo City. They were young and impulsive! A single mishap could result in irreparable losses!

However, Ling Feng was not worried about this. If Ling Feng wanted to build his archer army, he would already need a large number of people, and the 90,000 strong Blood Wolf Army was simply too little compared to this city that had millions of people.

On this day, in every street and alley of Fire Bamboo City, there was a military recruitment notice posted!

Recruitment in the Bedlam Lands was a very common occurrence. It could be said that every faction needed to go through this process to strengthen themselves and solidify their foundations! However, this conscription announcement had attracted a lot of onlookers. The reason was because of the extremely high treatment given to it!

In the recruitment process of ordinary powers, the military pay would only be enough to keep the families fed. Only the elite troops of the major forces would be able to support their families with a better salary! Thus, in the Bedlam Lands, unless one was forced into a corner, no one would be willing to join the army!

And this time, not only did Ling Feng give each new recruit a considerable amount of pay, they would also receive a food subsidy! Furthermore, families could also receive many benefits, such as half of the taxes, a discount for shopping, the loss of a soldier's family, and so on!

In short, this was better than any job in Fire Bamboo City. This made many people who had already found a job want to join the army!

Ling Feng had already anticipated that this announcement would cause a sensation, so he had set up many recruitment sites in the streets and alleys of Fire Bamboo City!

However, the results were still a bit understated. The enthusiasm of the young recruits had formed a long line at each recruitment point. And as time passed, the length of the lines didn't decrease but instead increased. More and more people were preparing to join the army!

In just three days, there were no less than a hundred thousand people enlisted in the army. According to each person's specialties, these hundred thousand people were divided into many groups, and those with decent strength or those with the cultivation of a demonic god were directly placed into the Blood Wolf Army. Those who were adept in archery were included in the archery army, while those with the talent for investigation were sent into the intelligence network.

"It seems that I have underestimated the effect of this announcement!" Ling Feng looked at the conscription figures for the past three days and said, "It seems that in the next few days, this number will at least double …"

At this time, Lu Tianji said, "Young master, for us to recruit so many soldiers, isn't it a little …"

Seeing that Lu Tianji seemed to want to say something, Ling Feng asked, "What's up?"

"There's not much more that can be gained!" Such a wanton conscription, in addition to having such generous conditions, will put a lot of pressure on the development of Fire Bamboo City. Furthermore, this newly recruited army doesn't actually have a high fighting strength.

"I understand your thoughts!" Ling Feng said, "But now is not the time to take the elite soldiers' route. We have just captured Fire Bamboo City, and although we did not suffer any losses, the challenge we face has only just begun!" If we do not bring out enough strength, we will definitely face a situation where they attack us in groups. At that time, it would be truly not worth it! "

Lu Tianji understood Ling Feng's intentions, but he did not give up and asked, "But, even if they are recruiting without restraint, these recruits don't have much fighting strength?"

Ling Feng smiled mysteriously, and said: "Although these recruits don't have much combat strength right now, as long as they are given an experienced squad leader, these recruits will quickly become a powerful combat strength!" "Our previous Blood Wolf Army always followed the same path as the elite soldiers. Every single soldier of the Blood Wolf Army can fight one against ten!"

"Each of these experienced veterans has the ability to be a captain. As long as they are given a small squad of recruits, these veterans can turn these recruits into real soldiers on the battlefield in a very short amount of time!" Therefore, these recruits only have one leader, and that's a real fight! "

After listening to Ling Feng's analysis, Lu Tianji finally accepted it wholeheartedly. Although Lu Tianji was outstanding in terms of strategy, in terms of a long-term perspective that allowed him to control the overall situation, he was completely incomparable to Ling Feng!

It was because of this reason that Lu Tianji was willing to follow Ling Feng!

In the next few days, Ling Feng would gather the first 10,000 Blood Wolves, and some others that would later join the Blood Wolf Army. Finally, he would select more than 10,000 people, and these would be the squadron leader for the new recruits!

This way, each of them could lead a small team of ten people and form a team of one hundred thousand people. In an extremely short period of time, they could also turn these new recruits into real soldiers! The biggest change here was the archers. This was a type of soldier that came from nothing!

With the support of the powerful resources of Fire Bamboo City, Ling Feng only needed half a month to form more than 30,000 archers, which was enough to form a powerful long-range attack!

And because the material used to make the bow was a high-grade fire bamboo, the archers in Ling Feng's hands were much stronger than ordinary archers. Their lethality had increased by at least 30%! Although there were only a few people left, and the newly formed archers did not have many godly archers, these archers were more than enough to defend the city!

Under Ling Feng's command, besides the main force of the Blood Wolf Army, there was an additional recruit led by an elite member of the original Blood Wolf Army.

At this moment, it could be said that Fire Bamboo City had already built up its defensive capabilities. Even if it was one of the ten great powers who came to attack Fire Bamboo City, Ling Feng was confident that they could defend it!