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The old butler explained: "This place is only two hundred miles away from the Duke Lord's Guqi City, and the Lord of the City here is still the nephew of the Duke and has always been under the care of the Lord. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info [update fast,The website page is refreshing,There are few ads,,I like this kind of website the most,Be sure to praise] What's more, at this time, Her Royal Highness the princess is here, I think all the reinforcements don't dare to rush over quickly, these five days are already a very conservative estimate. ”

Fang Ruitao nodded, originally he had no bottom in his heart, but if he only held on for five days, he was a little sure.

"There is such a huge disparity in the number of troops, it is difficult to defend even for five days. Xiao Jinchen said hurriedly.

Fang Ruitao waved his hand to stop Xiao Jinchen from continuing: "Second brother doesn't need to be like this, you haven't seen your eldest brother's kung fu guarding the city, let you have a good look at it today." ”

Fang Ruitao said to the old housekeeper: "You go and disperse the troops, explain the situation to everyone door to door, and let all the strong men gather." It is necessary to explain to them in detail that even if the horse bandits come, they will not be able to escape, so it is better to stick to the city and try not to let any resistance appear in the city. And you have gathered all the carpenters of the city for me, and I will be of other use. ”

Hearing Fang Ruitao's instructions, the old housekeeper immediately turned around and went to arrange, before he went out, Fang Ruitao added: "By the way, contact me with the grassland mercenary group in addition, and say that Fang Ruitao wants to discuss some things with them." [See the latest chapter of the book]"

At this time, the city lord was dead, and Fang Ruitao, who was the highest-ranking soldier, became the principal in Gurma City, and at this time he sat in the lobby with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was waiting for something to read.

After a while, the sound of footsteps came from far and near, and Fang Ruitao slowly opened his eyes. A middle-aged man in a black power suit and a heroic coat walked in quickly. His face is thin but shrewd and capable, his whole body muscles are tense, and his intimidating eyes reveal a wild momentum, and he looks like a person who has been in a position for a long time.

When this person walked into the room, Fang Ruitao immediately felt a strong momentum, according to his estimates, this person had already stepped into the threshold of the grandmaster level with half a foot. Narrowing his eyes, Fang Ruitao looked at the middle-aged man, only to see him walk to a place twenty meters away from Fang Ruitao, and immediately bowed down and saluted: "In Xia Yue Zhen, the head of the grassland mercenary regiment was summoned to come and thank you for your magnanimous kindness to the personnel of our regiment yesterday." ”

As soon as Yue Zhen said this, a smile appeared on Fang Ruitao's face, it seemed that the other party already knew his thoughts on this trip. Fang Ruitao was not hypocritical, he smiled and said: "Head Yue is too polite, everyone is just drinking and fighting, and it will be over when the wine wakes up, so there is no need to go through such a big effort." I also asked the head of the regiment to come this time to ask for something, and I hope that the head of the regiment will not refuse. "For this kind of person, Fang Ruitao has seen a lot in the palace at the beginning, which of those famous ministers and generals is a fuel-efficient lamp, he has seen a lot of this kind of thing, Yue Zhen is just a pediatrician.

"This ...... The Prairie Mercenary Regiment is capable, and it will definitely go all out. Yue Zhen smiled bitterly, Fang Ruitao said that this is the point, if he refuses again, it will be a little too much, after all, the people do not fight with the officials, and even if his mercenary group is strong, it is only a civilian army.

Fang Ruitao nodded and said, "I don't know how many people in the grassland mercenary group are in the city now. ”

Yue Zhen said: "The mercenary group naturally makes a living by going out on missions, and there are only some people on vacation in the city. The empire stipulates that the size of the mercenary group shall not exceed five hundred, and our grassland mercenary group is only three hundred people, and there are only more than eighty people in the city at this time. ”

"More than eighty? It's a little less, but it's useful. Fang Ruitao touched his chin and asked: "As the largest mercenary group in Gurma City, the grassland mercenary group should have some appeal, I want to ask you to appeal in the city, so that all the mercenary groups and ** mercenaries in those cities are concentrated, I want to hire them to defend the city." ”

"Isn't it a conscription?" Yue Zhen raised his head in surprise, the official has never been so easy to speak, every time he recruits mercenaries to defend the city, he doesn't care if he dies, and he has to pay for the burial of the pension in the regiment, all those mercenary groups are very resistant to helping the country defend the city.

Fang Ruitao nodded and said, "What you said is right, it's employment." As mercenaries, you are hired by others, and now I will hire you to defend the city, and I declare in advance that all mercenaries will be calculated according to the head, each person will earn ten gold coins per day, and once injured, an additional fifty gold coins will be paid for nutrition, and those who die in battle will be buried by the state and have a pension of two hundred gold coins. Fang Ruitao directly threw out quite generous conditions, anyway, he is guarding the city for others, this promise will naturally be fulfilled, when he guards the city, it is too late for people to thank him, and he will not complain about these small amounts of money at all.

"Such a high salary?" Yue Zhen raised his head in surprise and said: "The mercenaries are all living by licking blood with knives, who would be afraid of dying in battle, if there is really such a high remuneration, I believe that the mercenaries in the city will immediately gather here without publicity." ”

Hearing Yue Zhen's answer, Fang Ruitao nodded with satisfaction, what he wanted was this effect, as long as there were these mercenaries with rich combat experience, mixing them with the strong men, it could make up for the lack of experience of the strong men, and it could also play a role in stabilizing morale.

"Your Excellency, we are here. Sending Yue Zhen away, four big men soon walked into the lobby. The four of them looked very respectful, and immediately saluted as soon as they entered.

Fang Ruitao nodded and said, "What are the changes in the soldiers under your command, and how are the preparations for defending the city?" The four people in front of Fang Ruitao are the four captains who control the three thousand infantry, and the most important thing for him at this time is naturally to grasp the situation of the army, if the army is chaotic, he will not be able to defend the city.

"Lord Fang, please rest assured, we can fully control the troops, and I believe there will be no problems. These captains were obviously taken care of by the old housekeeper in advance, and the other party Ruitao was very respectful. Fang Ruitao nodded and said, "It's okay, your task is to guard the four gates separately, I will send people to support you if you really fight, and come to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow at noon to get new weapons." ”

"New weapons?" the four captains looked at each other, but immediately agreed. Looking at the four captains who were gradually moving away, Fang Ruitao sighed and said, "It's really tiring to defend the city by yourself, it's time to go and see those carpenters and strong men." ”

For those strong men, Fang Ruitao naturally encouraged them, and at the same time asked them to collect crockpots, stove ashes and oil in the city, for these things, if the people who lived in Luoyu City naturally knew their use, and now even if these people didn't know what to use, Fang Ruitao didn't bother to explain to them, and when they used them, they would naturally know.

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