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Chapter 1428 Defending the City (3)

And there is nothing to regret about the houses. The wealthy households have houses in the provincial capital, and they will not have no place to settle down. Anyway, the shops are there, and the gold coins are still coming in.As for the fields, the imperial army fought back, isn't the field still yours?
Since they were willing, the savvy wealthy households immediately expressed that they would do their part to defend the city, donating a batch of food, clothing, medicine and other materials, and also expressed that their houses were used by the troops at will.

Anyway, sooner or later, these things that cannot be taken away will be ruined by bandits. In this case, it is better to sell favors and let them enjoy it for their own soldiers.

The nephews of these wealthy people are not in the city, and they are all living in the provincial capital, so they can leave as soon as they say it.And ordinary wealthy households are unhappy because their nephews have been drafted into the army.

They originally wanted to bribe Zhao Hu to let their nephews leave with them, but Zhao Hu said: "By the way, I think there are not enough strong men defending the city. I plan to conscript men between the ages of 12 and 60 into the army." The words made their faces change drastically, and they retreated in tears under the pulling of other rich people.

As for the supplies necessary for defending the city, Zhao Hu would not be polite, and thanked him for accepting them.

If it weren't for the fact that I was so shy, I'm afraid I would have offered to pay for these supplies long ago. I didn't expect these wealthy households to be so generous.

As for where did Zhao Hu's money go?He came out this time with [-] gold coins, [-] were spent on food for the alliance, and tens of thousands were spent on salaries. The rest, including the wealth collected from the inventory of the alliance headquarters, were all used to buy Livestock raised by the people.

These livestock are equivalent to family members to the poor people. They would rather take the livestock away when they walk by themselves. Zhao Hu had no choice but to spend money to buy them.The hearts of the people are changeable. As soon as they saw Huang Chengcheng's gold coins, the hearts of these people were immediately sold by the master.

After finishing the work of organizing the people, they began to worry about the safety of the road.

With the mentality of being careful and making no big mistakes, Zhao Hu dispatched [-] soldiers who had undergone bloody battles to join the [-] weak and strong troops, and they were all under the jurisdiction of Sun Jie.

Although the city defense lacked a thousand armed forces, the sense of security in the hearts of the people increased sharply when they saw these soldiers with murderous aura all over their bodies.

At the same time, Zhao Hu also spent a lot of money, dispatched a small team from the few cavalry, and escorted them away all the way.With these cavalry, the relocation team will be able to detect the situation from a long distance.

Of course, the rest of the cavalry were sent out to monitor the movement of the bandits. When they realized that half of the bandits had sent into the forest to cut down trees, Zhao Hu gave an order, and the gate to the provincial capital slowly opened.

As soon as the city gate opened, a dozen or so forward cavalry rushed out quickly, followed by [-] heavily armed soldiers to open the way, and then men and strong women surrounded the team of old and young carriages sitting on it, according to the order of the blocks in the city. , lined up out of town.

At the end, five hundred strong men and a dozen cavalry were in charge of the formation, and the other two thousand strong men were concentrated on both sides of the center of the team to escort.

The soldiers in the city were all crowded on the city wall to watch their relatives leave. Everyone was silent, and no one knew whether they would have a chance to reunite with their family members, but at least the safe departure of their family members would give him some comfort. At least no worries.

Among them, the old blacksmiths in the city were in a bad mood, and they were also recruited.There is no way to do this, casting arrows and repairing weapons all need their guidance.As for the young blacksmiths and their apprentices?Those who belonged to the strong men had been recruited long ago.

The people on Zhao Hu's side left the city, and the logging soldiers from Shanyue's side also returned.But what is a little strange is that they did not immediately make siege equipment such as ladders, but instead made fences to surround Shanyue's camp.Looking at them like this, I am afraid they are afraid of a surprise attack in the city.

Since the Shanyue people were logging in the mountains and forests, they inevitably stood tall and looked far away, so it was natural to find that a large number of people evacuated from Jinwen City.

Lei Ming who got this report didn't care. To be honest, they invaded the empire's territory only for the land, and the people on the land didn't care. They used it as slaves or sold it.

Lei Ming inadvertently told this to Tang Feng. Tang Feng looked at the soldiers still on the tower and couldn't help but sigh.The other party evacuated the people but left the troops behind, which shows that they are ready to fight to the death. It seems that the next siege will suffer a lot of losses.

When the night began to fall, countless torches emerged from the mountain forest in batches, and then gathered in the Shanyue camp.

"How did the soldiers react?" Zhao Hu asked Zhou Wen after glancing at the mountain camp in the distance.

"Under the boast of the soldiers who participated in the battle last time, the soldiers are full of optimism and their morale is very high. Coupled with the hospitality of good wine and meat, some soldiers think that fighting every day is good enough." Zhou Wen laughed. road.

Zhao Hu nodded with a smile. Now the food for the soldiers is better than that of the imperial guards. A few heads of livestock were purchased, and such good wine and meat food was enough to supply nearly [-] soldiers for several months.

Zhao Hu and the rest of his subordinates didn't think about saving money. Anyway, after the training was over, either the garrison division came to rescue them, or they broke through and left by themselves. These supplies were no longer their own.At that time, it will either be given away or burned. In this case, it is better to make yourself cheaper.

"Assemble these guys who think war is wonderful, and let them participate in the second and third rounds of battle." Zhao Hu suddenly issued such an order.

The next day, the Shanyue soldiers did not launch an attack. Apart from continuing to cut down trees, a team of dozens or hundreds of people came out of the forest and entered the Shanyue camp in an endless stream.

"How many Shanyue people have entered the enemy camp so far?" Zhao Hu asked the officer guarding the tower.

"There are 34 shares at night. According to the calculation of the torches, there are about three to 40 people in each share. There are 56 shares from dawn to now, and there are nearly a hundred people in each share." The officer replied immediately.

"Well, that is to say, the other party has increased by about six to seven thousand people?" Zhao Hu said.

"Yes, my lord. Fortunately, the people were sent out yesterday. Otherwise, they would send 3000 people to attack the people. We really don't know what to do." The officer is Zhao Hu's personal guard, and his words are not so restrained.

"Well, that's true. After all, we can't guarantee that these recruits can compete with each other in the wild. If the people are attacked and flee in panic, I'm afraid our soldiers will lose their morale and flee the team to find their relatives. "Zhao Hu nodded and said.

"My lord, what should we do now? Just watch the other party increase the number like this?" Looking at the bandits who still kept appearing, the officer's face was a little dignified.

"Now we can only wait for the enemy to attack the city. Relying on the city can not only train soldiers, but also the most favorable guarantee. If it is in the wild, I am afraid that I don't even have the confidence to defeat the Shanyue soldiers.

"Besides, 2 of us are enough to withstand the onslaught of [-] mountain Yue soldiers. Spread these words so that the soldiers can train with peace of mind." Zhao Hu said.

"Yes." As a trusted officer, of course he followed orders.

In the Shanyue camp, Lei Ming happily looked at these strong men who swarmed in.

It's wonderful, there are so many strong men for nothing, and these strong men have their own weapons, so you just need to send them to the battlefield.But these guys didn't bring any food, and they were going to eat themselves, a big family.

But there was no other way. They sent troops for the face of the mountain regiment, and they had to be responsible for the food anyway. Now they had to send people to hunt and store food in advance, lest there would be more and more strong men behind, and the food would not be consumed enough.

Lei Ming is very aware of the name of his tribe, and it is impossible for the tribesmen within hundreds of miles to send out strong men to help fight. Although his tribe is considered powerful, when will the Shanyue people be afraid of being strong?They all came here because of the famous signboard of the mountain group.

Hehe, by relying on this signboard, I saved myself a lot of trouble. When their strong men are finished, I will annex these small tribes, so that my tribe will grow a lot in no time.

In the past, I was afraid of making trouble for my uncle in the gathering place, so I didn't dare to use the signboard of the mountain group to seek benefits. Now that I have come to the border, the Shangao clan is far away, and I would be an idiot if I didn't want to take advantage of it!While humming a folk song proudly, Lei Ming went to order his men to hunt.

Tang Feng was not as leisurely as Lei Ming. These Shanyue people came here for the face of the mountain group. As the head of the mountain group, he had to talk to them about friendship.After some flattery, the leaders of these small tribes patted their chests excitedly, allowing Tang Feng to easily reorganize their young men.

Although Tang Feng wanted his tribe to gain more benefits, he did not let Lei Ming's people serve as officers of the newly formed army, because this would definitely cause disturbances among the leaders of the small tribe. Tang Feng understood this concern very well.

Tang Feng sent the members of the mountain regiment as officers, and no one has any objection to these heroes of the entire Shanyue tribe as his superiors.

Tang Feng used the signboard of the Mountain Regiment, and immediately made the new troops obey him with all sincerity.

That day, for a whole day and night, the Shanyue people who came to seek refuge did not stop, and the Shanyue soldiers did not launch an attack that day, either busy organizing troops or building siege equipment.

Zhao Hu didn't relax either. The officers raised their whips again and began to train the soldiers. This painful training made the soldiers wish they could go up to the tower to garrison as soon as possible, because only the garrison troops didn't need to receive training.

(End of this chapter)