Chapter 233: Recruiting Civilians

In the city of Biling Ruhr, Marshal Nasa sat in his study, holding in his hand the edict issued by the wind, the order to attack.

As for why Feng Fudong was in a hurry to use troops, Nasa also knew the reason. After all, the attack on Heigang City meant that King Wuyong was no longer willing to be calm.

With a sigh in his heart, Nasa, who is a loyal minister, does not want the Duchy of Heigang to have internal turmoil. But judging from the current situation in the principality, peace seems impossible.

Shaking his head, Nasa called his lieutenant and ordered the commanders of the legions to come and discuss the matter. According to the order of the wind and the wind, occupy more than half of the territory of the Duchy of Elt as quickly as possible, and push the line to the capital of the Duchy of Elt.

When the commanders of the legions arrived, Nasa took out the edict that did not move the wind and issued a military order directly: "Your Majesty's edict, in the shortest possible time, occupy the Duchy of Elt."

"What!", all the legion commanders were incredulous, and they took the edict one after another to confirm its authenticity, and when they saw it clearly, their faces were full of incredulity.

As far as they know, the strength of the Duchy of Elt is far above them, and if they go out of the city to meet the battle and counterattack the other party, isn't that death!

"Marshal, why did Your Majesty give such an order?".

"If you refuse to defend the city, you still have the strength to fight."

"If you go out of the city to fight, if you raise the strength of the whole country, what is my Heigang afraid of! Alas!".

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"Bang!", the withered palm slapped at the meeting, and shouted: "You are all soldiers of my Heigang Principality, do you know what a military order is! What's more, if you are not sure, do you think the old man will send troops?"

"Alright, let's go down and make arrangements. Two days later, the old man personally went to Gushan City to take command, and the Black Cloud Legion, led by the deputy commander, went to Qushang City."

The deputy commander of the Black Cloud Legion, that is, the adjutant of Marshal Nasa.

When the legion commanders heard Nasa's words, they were full of doubts, but their hearts were much more settled, after all, Nasa was very prestigious in the army.

After the order was given, Marshal Nasa ordered someone to go and ask the lord of the city of Biring Ruhr. When Hersche Hanlu received the news, he put down his busy official duties and hurriedly took a carriage to the marshal's palace where Nassar was.

Hersheh Hanlu got out of the carriage and trotted into the marshal's palace, his slightly chubby figure made him a little out of breath, and when he saw Nasa, he saluted, "Marshal."

"The lord of the castle is here, please take a seat."

Heshe Hanlu was not pretentious, sat down and hurriedly drank a cup of tea, and said, "What does the marshal command?"

With a smile on his wrinkled face, Nasa said: "I invited the city lord to come over this time, I want the city lord to find some civilians to help transport military supplies to Gushan City and Qushang City."

"Transporting supplies?", Hersche Hanlu rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Marshal, I will do it, this is my business, I don't know how many civilians are needed?"

"At least 100,000," Nasa said after a moment of contemplation.

"One hundred thousand?", hearing this number, Hersher Hanlu frowned, gritted his teeth, and said, "Don't worry, Marshal, I'll be ready tomorrow morning."

"If the subordinates have other things to deal with, they won't stay."

As the lord of Ayutthaya, Heshe Hanlu has a busy day, especially in this special time.

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Heshe Hanlu called the Deputy City Lord and several of his staff members to hand over all the affairs of the City Lord's Mansion to them.

Hersher Hanlu himself led the city guards, posted notices in the city, recruited people, and offered a commission of two silver coins a day.

100,000 civilians is not too many for the current Biling Ruhr City, but the number of people who volunteer to participate in the recruitment is up for debate. After all, this is a time of war, and there must be certain risks in transporting military supplies.

More than a dozen recruitment points have been set up in Hesche Hanlu. One of the recruitment sites is in a makeshift camp on the outskirts of the Ruhr city of Biling.

Makeshift camps, all filled with civilians. Most of them came from the border between the two countries, the towns that were breached. I fled here just to survive.

Now don't talk about Biling Ruer City, even the entire Heigang country is in a state of food shortage. Many of these civilians were penniless, living on the few gruels in the City Lord's Mansion every day.

That little gruel, how can you be full.

So, here, a lot of people need money to buy expensive food. In other words, there are many civilians who can be recruited in the temporary resettlement camps.

In the camp with no end in sight, Heshe Hanlu cleared a clearing for the city guards to surround it. One by one the boxes were placed on the open ground, and there were heavy silver coins lying inside, which made the surrounding civilians salivate.

Standing on a silver coin box, Heshe Hanlu grabbed a handful of silver coins, asked his magicians to perform an amplification magic, and then said loudly: "I, the lord of Biling Ruer City, am here today to recruit some people to transport supplies. Those who come to participate in the recruitment, as long as they pass the test, the commission, one silver coin per day".

As he spoke, Heshe Hanlu let the silver coins in his hand slip from between his fingers, and the sound of "boom" slammed into the hearts of these hungry civilians.

Immediately, many civilians ran towards the location of the recruitment point.

There were also some civilians who stayed where they were, their faces a little moved, but also a little worried. After all, there is also a certain danger in transporting supplies.

A civilian asked, "Lord of the city, is it dangerous to transport supplies, and are there any soldiers to protect us?"

"Don't worry, you only need to transport the supplies to Gushan City and Qushang City, and then you can come back. You will go with the army, and there is no danger", Herscher Hanlu said, looking at the civilians who were opening.

"Okay!", the civilian looked at the haggard appearance of his wife and daughter next to him, his heart ached, he gritted his teeth, comforted his family, and walked towards the recruitment point.

The civilians asked questions one by one, and so did Hersche Hanlu. The number of civilians participating in the recruitment also increased with the number of questions and answers.

Seeing the increase in the number of civilians participating in the recruitment, Heshe Hanlu sent some more city guards to help, setting up a few more tables. Even so, the line in front of each table is still very long, like a long dragon.

Every recruited civilian will be paid on the spot for today, that is, a silver coin, which can buy a family of three for a few days' worth of food.

At dusk, braziers and torches are all over the temporary camp, and the recruitment points are still very busy, and 100,000 people are not so easy to recruit.

His eyes were a little red and swollen, and Heshe Hanlu took the recruitment booklet, which was densely packed with names. Looking at the final statistics, Hersche Hanlu's hanging heart relaxed.

Finally able to relax and lay down on the mat, Hersche Hanlu fell asleep without knowing when.

The next day, the noise woke up Hersher Hanlu, and at the first moment, Hersche Hanlu asked the people next to him, "Are there enough people?"

The soldier dressed in the officer's costume walked over and said respectfully: "Report to the city lord, the number of people has been recruited, one hundred and fifty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-six."

"Well, that's good," said Hersche Hanlu with a smile, turning his head to look at the scattered recruits and saying, "Recruit these, stop recruiting, and then take all the recruits to the munitions depot, and make sure they all arrive before lunch."

After arranging the rest, Hershee Hanlu mounted his mount and returned to the city of Heigang to report his life to Marshal Naza.