"It is not possible to keep, nor is it to retreat; What do you say? ”

"General, I feel that we should strictly enforce the military orders of the lord; Although our army is insufficient, there are many Han sons and daughters in this Shangqi city;

They had suffered under Sijon in the past, and now that we have freed them from the clutches of Sijon, it is time for them to do something. ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... We can recruit some village soldiers from these rescued people, and although they can't fight the Xirong army head-on after simple training, they can still help carry some things and transport the wounded; Besides, this is also allowed by the lord. ”

……

Everyone was gossiping, and you and I were discussing fiercely.

"Bang!" Sun Guoqing slapped the bookcase in front of him and said, "Don't make any noise." ”

Everyone immediately shut up and looked at Sun Guoqing together.

"One sentence from the east and one sentence from the west, just one sentence to the point." Sun Guoqing said: "The general ordered that recruitment offices be set up in various parts of the city immediately, and those who are willing to join our Yongjun army will be given settling-in allowances and compensation in accordance with the regulations of our army. ”

"No! Obey the general's orders. The officers answered.

"Zheng Guoyi, lead a group of men and horses to guard in the direction of Chengzhou, and choose a suitable ambush point."

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

The rest of the tribes immediately scattered and attacked, uniting with the local Han people to capture or exterminate all the Xirong people in the Shangtai Valley; You are allowed to complete this matter before sunset tomorrow, and those who violate the order will be severely punished. ”

"We obey."

"The following captains and brigade commanders have come to claim the ...... of their respective jurisdictions"

After arranging everything, in just half an hour, the 1,000 cavalry of the Yongjun army split up and slaughtered all the villages and towns in the Shangqi Valley, of course, their butcher's knives were aimed at the Xirong people and all the rebels.

At this time, the Yongjun army only had more than 500 troops in Shangtai City, and with this little force, not to mention that someone came to attack the city, even if there was a little riot in the city, Sun Guoqing could not suppress it.

"Bell, bell, bell......" A gong sounded in Shangqi City.

"All the sons and daughters of the Han family in the city moved to assemble in front of the South City Tower."

"All the sons and daughters of the Han family in the city moved to assemble in front of the South City Tower."

……

A group of sergeants, shouting as they beat the gong.

In a private house in the east of the city.

A ragged woman held the child in her arms, stopped the man who was about to walk out of the house and said, "Daddy, you can't go out, who knows what the soldiers are doing, if they kill you, how will you let us live!" ”

"If they really wanted to kill someone, they would have broken in a long time ago, how could they go through so much trouble, don't worry! I'll be fine. The man comforted the woman and said, "Don't forget, your man knows how to do it." ”

"What can you do with your crops!" The woman wept.

"Don't cry, it's okay, take care of Bao'er at home." The man continued to comfort the woman, and then said to the child in the woman's arms, "Bao'er, do you know that you have to listen to your mother when your father is away?" ”

"Got it, Dad." The child was immature.

Before the man went to the South City Tower, he was actually forced to make a helpless choice, because the man knew that he could only be affected if he went, and if he didn't go to be known by the army outside, they would probably be wiped out, and no one in their family would survive at that time, so the man chose to go to the South City Gate Tower with a certain death heart.

When the man walked out of the gate of his house and closed the door, he found that there were already people on the empty street, and they were all neighbors who knew each other.

"Brother Ji, you also came out." A skinny half-sized boy just walked out of the door and said after seeing the man.

"Little third son, let's go together!"

"Good! Brother Ji. The little third son was very excited.

"Ji Ling, my old man is such a little son, the old man is here to ask you." The thin father of the third son bowed to Ji Ling.

"Uncle Yu, rest assured, as long as I, Ji Ling, am alive, I will definitely take care of the third son."

"Thank you, old man."

The people everywhere in the city are similar to Ji Ling's situation, many men are crying bitterly when they leave the house, of course, some people don't come out, after all, many people don't want to take this risk, and some people's fathers, sons, uncles and uncles are seven or eight people together, as the saying goes, how bold people are!

An hour later, the south gate downstairs was already overcrowded, but there were still people from all over the city who kept rushing here, Sun Guoqing stood on the city gate tower and looked down at the chaotic crowd below.

"Collectively shout, let everyone be silent." Sun Guoqing ordered.

More than 100 soldiers stood on the tower of the city gate and shouted in unison: "Quiet, quiet." ”

But how could the voices of more than 100 people suppress the noise of nearly 10,000 people! The people downstairs at the city gate were still chatting with each other.

"Sound the gong!"

"Bell, bell, bell......"

The sound of a loud gong rang out in all directions, and the crowd underground gradually quieted down.

After everyone quieted down, Sun Guoqing took a wooden loudspeaker and shouted to the crowd below: "The Han brothers in Shangqi City, the contemptible person is Sun Guoqing, the general under the command of King Yong of Great Qi, today he was ordered by His Royal Highness King Yong to defeat Shangqi City, and the general now declares that from now on you are no longer slaves, but the people of my Great Qi." ”

"European ...... Good, good, good ......"

"The general is noble, the general is wise......"

After a burst of shouting, the people gradually fell silent.

Sun Guoqing continued: "But brothers, there is something I want to tell you bluntly; Although the general led the army to take Shangtai City in a surprise attack, our army is now seriously insufficient;

And the Xirong army may fight back at any time, once the city of Shangqi is broken, you are likely to become their slaves again, and your wives and children will also be humiliated, are you willing to live like that again? ”

"Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling ......," the people below the city shouted in unison.

"Okay, they're all bloody men." Sun Guoqing continued: "In order to keep Shangtai City and protect your family, the brothers have decided to recruit a group of township soldiers from among you, and all those who join the army will be given ten taels of silver to settle in;

After joining the army, there will be compensation every day, and if you make war achievements in wartime, there will be another reward, and after the complete defeat of the Xirong army, the recruited township soldiers will be disbanded, of course, if there are those who are willing to participate in our Yongjun army, they will all be welcomed. ”

After Sun Guoqing finished speaking, there was a long queue at the registration office downstairs in the city, as long as he reported his name and home address, he could receive a settlement fee of ten taels of silver on the spot, for these people, ten taels of silver is not a small amount, and Sun Guoqing prepared more than 100,000 taels of silver for this recruitment.

Those who sign up for the township soldiers, in addition to receiving a settling-in fee of ten taels of silver, each person can also receive a leather armor, a scimitar or a spear, and some who know kung fu can also receive iron armor; These weapons and armor were naturally found by Sun Guoqing from the Cangcheng in Shangtai, and they were all Xirong's armaments.