Chapter V: Conscription

Throwing the half-left short axe on the ground, stirring up a large cloud of dust, Ma Shen asked the scar man casually, "Do you still want to make money?"

"Well, my lord, I don't think I'm fit to make money right now. The scar man immediately collapsed his face, it was too dangerous to follow this adult to do things, the injury from that ambush has not healed yet, and he was afraid that he would lose his life if he made money.

"Rest assured, this opportunity to make money is safe. Ma Shen comforted him with a smile, and didn't give Scar Man a chance to refuse, but Ma Shen didn't lie to him, the job he arranged for him this time was definitely very safe, and it was also suitable for him, if you want to keep Harrenhal, you need to have soldiers, and there may be deserters after having soldiers, so you need a ruthless Warlord to supervise, and Scar Man is a good candidate.

Time was pressing, these broken ordnance could be disposed of later, the most important thing now was to recruit soldiers, close the door, and prepare to meet the Lannister army, Ma Shen walked to the side of the weapon box, carried a box of spears, and involuntarily placed them on the shoulder of the scar man, and at the same time carried a box of spears himself.

"Let's go, I'll talk to you on the way later. Ma Shen, who was carrying the box, nodded his face to the door of the armory, and walked towards the door with a relaxed step.

"Got it, my lord," Scar Man replied helplessly, adjusting the box weighing on his shoulder.

As soon as he left the armory carrying the box, Ma Shen saw Zhou Shijie walking briskly from the Burning King Tower: "Boss, I found a raven in a room, and there is a note on it, it should have just flown over, I think you should be useful." ”

"Show me. Ma Shen put the box on his shoulder on the ground, took the note in Zhou Shijie's hand, and saw that the paper read: Rushing City is surrounded by monarch killers, please rescue quickly!

This should be a letter of help from Rushing City, it seems that they have been fighting with the monarch killers, and they don't know the situation of Duke Tywin's army all the way, after reading it, Ma Shen simply tore up the note a few times and threw it under the bridge, at present, the news is known by himself, and letting others know is only to increase the annoyance, and then pointed to the armory gate to Zhou Shijie: "You also go to the armory to carry a box out, and the province will run one more time later." ”

King's Landing has a population of 500,000, and as the most majestic castle in the Seven Kingdoms, there must be 50,000 civilians living in Harrenhal, so it is easy to recruit 745 young men.

As for the method of recruiting soldiers, it was very simple, he found a room near the Burning King Tower, Ma Shen kicked open the door, because it was noon, the people in the house were eating, and immediately saw a stranger who broke into the house.

"Who are you, what do you want to do!" A middle-aged man hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop his wife and children behind him, and looked at the three strangers who suddenly broke into the house in a bit of a panic, two of them looked very strange and dressed strangely.

Following the man's line of sight, Ma Shen looked down at the shirt he was wearing, it was quite handsome, but it was a little out of place, and it didn't match the style of other people, so change it next time.

Just thinking about it, the scar man behind him stepped forward and asked softly in Ma Shen's ear, "This person is a little old, should we?"

The scar man who already knew Ma Shen's thoughts on the road is now boiling with blood all over his body, with the huge city wall of Harrenhal in front of him, how can he miss such a good opportunity to make a name for himself, of course, the scar man also has some careful thoughts of his own in his heart, even if he can't hold it at that time, it doesn't matter if the Lannister army invades the city, such a big castle, no one can find it in a corner to hide.

"Yes, why not. Ma Shen looked up and down at the middle-aged man in front of him, the hand that stood in front of the woman and the child had a thick heavy callus, he should often do heavy work, his strength was good, and he was panicked when he saw his three strangers breaking in.

Although his wife and children all rely on him to support the family, it is a little uncomfortable to force him to become a soldier, but he can't help it, at most let him do the logistics work of a safe point.

Holding the hilt of the sword, Ma Shen slowly walked up to the middle-aged man, "You... What are you going to do?!" The middle-aged man tightly protected his wife and children behind him.

"You can call me the Wolf Slayer, the champion of the first martial arts tournament, entrusted by Lady Ha'an to help her defend Harrenhal. Ma Shen's face was calm, and he said word by word, the Lady He'an, who "entrusted herself with guarding Harrenhal", died not long after fleeing for her life, and she didn't have to worry about someone coming to debunk her statement.

Phew, it turned out that it was not a robber, and he had heard the name of this wolf slayer himself, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down a little, "I'm a carpenter, I don't know what I can do for adults?"

"To defend Harrenhal, I need you to join my army. "It's good to have the identity of a knight, and your words carry a lot of weight, and many things others will believe you because of your knighthood.

"But I'm just a carpenter, my lord" Hearing that he was going to be a soldier, the middle-aged man hurriedly wanted to refuse politely.

Hearing the middle-aged man's refusal, Ma Shen's eyes suddenly turned cold: "I don't care if you are a carpenter or a blacksmith, if you refuse to accept the call, then you are a deserter, and you will be punished as a deserter." ”

"Have mercy on me, my lord, my wife and children need to be taken care of by me. The middle-aged man fell to his knees with weak legs and pleaded with Ma Shen.

"If you follow my orders, I'll let you do the logistics, just repair weapons and stuff, but if you don't obey... Ma Shen looked at the middle-aged man expressionlessly, "You definitely won't live long, because I will put you at the front." ”

"Okay, good, my lord, I'm obedient, I'll listen to whatever you say. After Ma Shen's coercion and temptation, the middle-aged man nodded again and again.

There is no harm without comparison, and when you compare logistics with the most dangerous front, the middle-aged man immediately becomes much more obedient.

Since the first soldier has been recruited, the second is not far away, and there is no time for him to tell his wife and children about the pain of parting, and he is not going to guard the Great Wall, Ma Shen directly pulled the middle-aged man out of the door and handed him a spear, the spear only needs to remember one word: thorn, compared with the two-handed giant sword, it is more suitable for novices.

"Thank you. Thank you, my lord" The middle-aged man trembled and took the spear, seeing his timid appearance, Ma Shen sighed, embarrassed and useful, but the recruits are like this, and it will be much better after experiencing more wars, with such a tall city wall in front of it, it is the best time to train the recruits.

"Let's go, the next one" Ma Shen greeted, and walked with three people to the next family, in the continent of Westeros, where the nobles have ruled for thousands of years, ordinary civilians do not have the courage to refuse the recruitment of nobles, and they almost never meet those who are not afraid of death and refuse to be drafted.

Although it was very smooth, it didn't take long for Ma Shen to feel that it was too inefficient to recruit such a family in the past, so Ma Shen divided the recruitment team into two ways, one scar man, one way himself, as for Zhou Shijie, this guy can't understand English and can't speak English, and his current role is to stare at others with his eyes wide open, and nothing else is useful.

An hour later, Ma Shen was lucky enough to recruit an old man, who was not like an ordinary civilian, who had served as a guard at Harrenhal when he was young, and had even participated in many battles in the Usurper Wars, so he could be said to have been through a hundred battles.

Hearing that Ma Shen was entrusted by Lady Hean to defend Harrenhal against the Lannister army, this old soldier named Jeffs slapped his thigh, put on the armor placed in the hall and took the initiative to come to the door, and even his son volunteered to join the army in his place was slapped back by him.

"Will you close the gates of Harrenhal?" With the help of a veteran, Ma Shen saved a little effort, and many things did not have to be done himself.

"Of course, I can close any door, and I have even closed the door of the Queen's room. Jeffs followed behind Ma Shen in armor and looked at the poorly equipped temporary soldiers around him with a disdainful expression, "Tut-tut, I really didn't expect that the largest and most majestic castle in the Seven Kingdoms would now be defended by these useless guys." ”

"Who's to say it isn't. Ma Shen sighed with the old soldier, and then his expression became serious, "Jeffs, I need you to take 20 soldiers to close the city gate now, can you do it?"

"What if some people won't let them close?"

Ma Shen knew that Jeffs was talking about some dignitaries who were about to flee for their lives: "Then they must be the moles of the Lannisters, killed and confiscated all their property." ”

"As you wish, sir, this is very much to my appetite, hahahaha" Jeffs, who had long been unhappy with the unscrupulous profiteers, took the order excitedly.