Little Meng City

Description
Little Meng City had a population of over two hundred thousand people. It was the biggest city for several hundred miles.

Out of these two hundred thousand people, only a few thousand were permanent residents of the city. The rest were barbarian hunters like the group led by Zhang Hu, rogues, and all sorts of traders. There were even some on the run killers, bandits, thieves, conmen, and scoundrels.

It was surrounded by three feet tall wall built of rammed earth. It also had a low city gate, a big flag could be seen twisting lifelessly on a pole on top of the said city gate, and a few languished guards stood in front of the gate. A desolate place, that was the first impression of Little Meng City.

Origin
Meng Mountain was rich in resources that no one could neglect. Therefore, the Lu Kingdom, which ruled the land that Meng Mountain was on, specifically built a city at its perimeter as the hub for the collection and distribution of resources. No only this, as the Lu Kingdom frequently suffered attacks from barbarians near Meng Mountain, having a city built there could be considered the first line of defense. So, when those barbarians attacked again, Little Meng City would be able to alert the Lu Kingdom to the threat. Even if they couldn’t hold up the attack, they would still buy the Lu Kingdom some time.

Because of this tough situation, there were barely fifty thousand permanent residents in Little Meng City, but there were more than two hundred thousand floating residents, who were earning their living there. Not only that, there were three battalions of soldiers, Heaven, Earth, and Mortal, which grouped into twelve companies with a total of eight thousand warriors that were stationed here permanently.

An army of eight thousand soldiers... For any other prosperous city in the Lu Kingdom, this would be a strange arrangement.