The most powerful emperor grandson of the Tang Dynasty

"But sir, we clearly have..."

"I know what you have. You have the order of the previous caliph, but the previous caliph did not know the difficulties our empire is facing. The Tang army has already attacked from the north and is less than 500 miles away from the capital. Now Marshal Sukhguman can't resist and ordered us to recruit soldiers around the capital, and specifically recruit experienced soldiers like you."

The official in charge of conscription said this directly. He did not want to hide it from the people around him. After all, there was no point in hiding it. According to the information they had obtained, the first batch of refugees would arrive in the royal capital tonight. Although there were many troops blocking them on the road, the number of refugees was too large, and it was impossible to stop them.

There are only two options before them now. One is for General Suheguman to lead his troops and stop the Tang army on the road as soon as possible. The other is to let these refugees run wild. Then, the royal capital will be like other cities in the central and northern parts. When it is exhausted by the harassment of refugees, the Tang army will stand up and attack the city. At that time, they will be able to defeat them with one strike and no one will be able to defend themselves.

After hearing the official say this without any hesitation, the elders in the village understood that no matter what kind of glory you had in the past, and no matter how much freedom the court gave you, those things are useless now. Although the Caliph did not say it explicitly, all your freedoms have been abolished.

The Tang army is already 500 miles north of the capital. Is there any other explanation? This is the best explanation. Either you follow us back to the army, or you will be disobedient. Then you will be labeled as disobedient. Not to mention the 19 young men, but the entire village, you may be treated as slaves. You will either be rewarded to other people who went to the war, or you will be sent directly to the new places conquered by the empire. There are battles every day there, and even experienced fighters cannot survive.

"Sir, when will they leave with you? Can you delay for two days? Let us have a good reunion. I am already this old. If I don't reunite with my son, I may never see him again in this life."

Modira seemed to have aged twenty years in an instant. Although the old man was old, he still had the glory he had on the battlefield, so he would not ask for help easily. The officer in charge of conscription had also heard of his deeds. Seeing Modira like this, he was really unwilling to refuse, but the order from above was still stuck in his heart. If he allowed it, he was afraid that these nineteen people would not be able to be brought to the army.

Even if the whole village was razed to the ground, what would happen? Could the village still produce another nineteen people for itself? I'm afraid it's impossible.

"Yes, but we will also be stationed here today. I hope you can provide us with food in the evening."

After repeated hesitation, perhaps the general also thought about his own future, so he had to agree. However, there are indeed additional conditions. No one can be trusted at this time. You may have made great efforts for the empire in the past, but now you may only have your children and grandchildren in your heart. So in this case, in order to allow you to reunite for one more night, we can only stay here.

After the general finished speaking, more than a hundred soldiers under his command began to set up sentries around. The reason was very simple. If one of the nineteen people ran away, all of them would be responsible. Now, in addition to setting up sentries around, there must be someone standing guard at the door of these nineteen people's homes. Unless you dig a tunnel and leave tonight, you will never be able to leave.

The people in the village now have only one thought, that is, the desert bandits, why haven't they come yet? Now they have only one chance to leave here, that is when the desert bandits come to rob, these people will definitely fight with the desert bandits, that is their chance to leave, even if they go to the desert to be bandits, they can't go north to fight against the Tang army.

This place is relatively close to the royal capital, so we have heard some news about the battlefield a long time ago. When the third prince was fighting against the Tang army, they heard that the Tang army had a rather peculiar weapon, which could not be resisted by the swords, guns, sticks and clubs in their hands. So no matter what excellent tactics we adopt, we can never be the opponent of the Tang army.

Moreover, what the Arab Empire was most proud of was their speed, but people who had come down from the battlefield said that speed was useless in front of the Tang Dynasty army. No matter how fast you rushed, when you encountered the weapons of the Tang Dynasty army, you could only sigh from the sidelines.

Modira had nothing to say. It was already quite difficult for them to give you one night. If you continue to make demands, then you are ignorant. Now you still have the opportunity to reunite, and this is also the privilege of your village. If it were in other villages, there would probably be no such privilege and the people would be taken away on the spot.

Of course, the court has also fully considered that there may be some people with radical personalities who will object on the spot. If you object, we can only say sorry. More than a hundred fully armed soldiers are ready. Once someone objects, perhaps the entire village will be implicated.

The merits were made by you. Now that the empire is in danger, you should stand with the empire. If you rebel at this time, perhaps the whole village will be slaughtered. This is also for others to see, so that all the villages can see clearly that even such merit passbooks cannot be passed, let alone you. Apart from handing over the people honestly, you have no other choice at this time.

The sky gradually darkened, and the village lost its former joy and laughter. All the families gathered in these 19 families, because only their families had people needed by the court. Many people took out their treasures that they were reluctant to eat. These 19 people were going to serve in the army for the whole village. Only when these 19 people followed the army tomorrow, their village could regain its former joy and laughter... (End of this chapter)