Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1724 Not a good move

After Gao Yu took the order, without any hesitation, he quickly went to work on recruiting soldiers and horses.

The entire Wangcheng is actually a bit overcrowded nowadays, and many people from other places have poured into the Wangcheng.

And after these people came to Wangcheng, their lives were not so comfortable and comfortable, because they came here from other places, they have nothing, even if they are rich, but in this case, the prices of many things have increased , Whether they are eating or staying, they need a lot of money.

So, how long can the little money they bring support them to live in Wangcheng?
Many of these people are already on the verge of collapse. The reason why they have not broken the law is because the time has not yet come.

If after a period of time, they really want to run around for their livelihood, then they must do some things like chicken and dog robbery.

Gao Yu was very familiar with the situation in Wangcheng, so in his opinion, as long as these people were given some military pay and enough to eat, then there should be no problem asking them to serve as soldiers and fight.

So, after returning, Gao Yu ordered his people to recruit soldiers and horses in the royal city. As long as they are willing to serve as soldiers, they will be paid and have enough food.

After his people got the order, they began to recruit soldiers and horses in the royal city and some other cities.

However, they recruited for several days in a row, but they only recruited three or two thousand soldiers and horses. Such a small number of soldiers and horses is not particularly small, but it is definitely not too many.

After learning about these situations, Gao Yu's eyes froze.

"What's going on, Goguryeo needs a lot of soldiers and horses now, and you have only recruited so much in the past few days?"

Gao Yu was very angry, and the others looked at each other very nervously.

"Tell me what's going on."

Soon, a person stood up and said, "Master Gao, although those people said that they lived in no fixed place in the royal city, and even hadn't eaten for a while, but when they heard about being a soldier, they flinched."

Immediately afterwards, another person stood up and said, "Lord Gao, those people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they don't want to be soldiers."

Hearing that these people were greedy for life and afraid of death, Gao Yu couldn't believe it.

Of course, everyone is afraid of death, he knows this, but in this situation, even if those people are afraid of death, they will go all out for their country, right?

Are these people really just out of fear of death?
Gao Yu waved these people away, and then, he brought two of his men and came to the king's city in plain clothes. He wanted to personally inquire and see why these people were unwilling to serve as soldiers to defend their homeland.

You must know that if the royal city of Goguryeo is broken, even if the Tang army does not have the habit of killing and surrendering or massacring the city, it is obviously impossible for the common people to live well under the oppression of the Tang army.

Moreover, as a commoner of Goguryeo, it is also a very honorable thing to die for the country in between, right?

He was very puzzled, and if he wanted to recruit soldiers and horses, he had to find a way to find out the root cause.

Today's Koguryo Royal City can be said to be a bit panicked, and under such circumstances, the people naturally cannot calm down, and it is naturally a bit embarrassing for them to take them at home and wait.

Anyone who has a little money wants to go to a teahouse, a restaurant or something, find a place to sit down, and inquire about the news. Even if they don’t have money, they will go to places with a lot of people and listen to the battle between Goguryeo and Tang Jun. Case.

After Gao Yu left the mansion, he went directly to the largest restaurant in the Koguryo King City.

When I came in, the business of the restaurant was not good, and there were people drinking everywhere. However, for many people, drinking was second, chatting and inquiring about news were the most important.

Gao Yu paid for a seat, and sat down to drink with two of his subordinates. Beside him, a group of people were chatting, and the conversation was lively.

"We Goguryeo and the Tang Army fought well. It can be said that we won a good victory. You don't know that the wind and thunder formation I highly encouraged is very powerful. The Tang Army can't break it at all."

"Really, my Goguryeo's wind and thunder array is really so powerful?"

"That's right, if it wasn't for the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, Qin Tian might have been killed by us."

"Hey, it's so powerful. It seems that there is no problem for us Goguryeo to repel the Tang army."

"That's right, that's right, but now we in Goguryeo still need soldiers and horses. Otherwise, it's really hard to say what the final result will be. The conditions for recruiting soldiers in the imperial court are very good. You people don't have much to do on weekdays. Why? Won't you join the army?"

"That's right, second child, you are strong and strong, and you usually do nothing about it, now you have a chance to show your ambitions, why don't you go?"

The person who became the second child was a slightly dark-skinned man. After being questioned, he smiled wryly and said: "I also want to be a soldier. If I become a soldier, I will get paid and have enough to eat." , maybe I can be a general, but you all know this kind of war, you may lose your life at any time, my second child's life is nothing, but my elder brother left early, and there are two old people at home I need to take care of them, if I leave, what will they do if I don’t come back?”

Saying that, the second child couldn't help but sighed.

When people live in this world, they will have many concerns. When people have concerns in their hearts, when doing many things, they must be afraid.

After the second child said this, the others couldn't help sighing. In the whole restaurant, there must be quite a few people who have the same concern as the second child.

The crowd kept talking, because there were many people who could not join the army because of various circumstances, and Gao Yu could hear each of them very clearly. After he finished listening, why didn't these people I am willing to serve as a soldier and defend my country, so I already have some understanding.

After understanding, Gao Yu didn't sigh or even sympathize because of their situation, he just showed a slight smile.

In fact, many times, people like them don't care about the life and death of these people at all, and they don't care about the concerns of these people. They can't empathize with them, and they are only happy because they understand something.

In other words, they found the root cause of some problems and thought of solutions to some problems.

For example, the current Gao Yu, he smiled slightly because he felt that he had a way to make these people serve as soldiers and fight to the death for their own country.

"go back."

Gao Yu got up and left. Inside the restaurant, those people were still talking non-stop. They had some unspeakable sadness.

(End of this chapter)