"Let's go! Let's go quickly!"
"The boss! The boss!"
"Dad! Dad! Wuwuwu... I don't want to go with them. Wuwuwu..."
"What are you doing?! Let my mother-in-law and daughter go! You bastards!"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
That afternoon, the entire Heyue City was in chaos.
Soldiers from the Zhao family were everywhere arresting strong men, including those with families. They took away their families in front of others and asked them to sign and take them to defend the city. Those who refused to agree were directly arrested. Let their whole family go to the West on the spot.
Most people had no choice but to agree. Their family members were taken away by the Zhao family. They could only fight for the Zhao family to keep their families safe.
The whole Heyue City was full of scenes of wives and children being scattered. Faced with such a situation, every man with a family had no choice but to go to the city to fight for his life.
The Zhao family is crazy!
Everyone said so.
Because the Zhao family did this not only to the common people, but also to the rich and gentry families in the city.
Those young masters who were usually powerless have all been captured and made into young men. Even if these young men's families use power to suppress them and throw money at them, it is useless. The Zhao family no longer cares about anything but making young men.
Anyone who can wield a knife will go to the battlefield.
Not to mention those young masters, even the elderly members of many families who were not the kind who had difficulty walking were all caught on the city wall!
crazy! crazy!
There were cries and howls everywhere. This time, the Zhao family really treated these powerful, wealthy businessmen and ordinary people, who had a huge gap in the past, on the same level.
Nowadays, on the city wall of Heyue City, you can even see a poor man covered in patches and wearing coarse linen clothes, and a pale and hollowed-out young man in Chinese clothes. They are both holding wooden sticks and trembling. They stood on the top of the city, looking in horror at the scene of the army surrounding the city outside.
Since there were so many people captured, the Zhao family simply could not produce so many weapons, so these people had all kinds of things as weapons.
Outside the city, Li Dingguo watched from a distance as more and more heads appeared on the top of the city. Even though he felt a little strange, he stretched out his hand to the side, and someone immediately sent him a brass telescope.
This is also a specialty of Yunzhou County. Officers in the middle camp and above in Yunzhou County will be equipped with one to facilitate combat.
Taking the telescope, Li Dingguo pointed it at the city wall of Heyue City, and finally saw the detailed scene on the wall through the telescope.
There were indeed a lot of people in the city, but it was a strange sight to see that they all looked frightened, wore different clothes, and even the weapon in their hand was just a rolling pin.
Li Dingguo's head was filled with questions, and he doubtfully replied to Zuo beside him:
"Zuo Hui, look at the top of the city. What is the Zhao family doing? After getting so many people on the city wall, does he still expect to use these people to defend the city?"
Zuo Hui also took his own telescope and looked at it, and then guessed: "I'm afraid that the arrival of the Japanese army will deplete the defenders in the city.
The Zhao family is probably recruiting young men in the city. I even saw a fat-bellied wealthy businessman standing on it with a black iron pot! "
"What? Is there such a thing?"
Li Dingguo was shocked when he heard this, and quickly raised his hand to look through the telescope. Sure enough, on the wall of the boss under the guidance of Zuo Hui, there was a fat soldier wearing a soldier's outer uniform, who was so fat that he was almost a ball. He was holding a big black pot, and he was looking serious. He stood nervously on the top of the city and looked around.
"It's so funny, does the Zhao family want to use this rabble to block our army? It's simply fantastic!"
Seeing this outrageous scene, Li Dingguo immediately laughed.
But Zuo Hui shook his head and said: "I'm afraid the Zhao family has jumped over the wall in a hurry. They are just trying to drain the lake. I don't know the specific situation in the city, but after our battle, I am afraid that at least half of the strong men in the city will be dead." Otherwise.
And although these are just a ragtag group of people, if there are too many of them, it will still have an impact on us.
When we attack the city later, the casualties among the army may be greater than we expected. "
Li Dingguo also frowned when he heard this.
Indeed, Zuo Hui is right.
No matter how small the crowd is, no matter how exhausted the fighting power is, people are people, and one more person is always more advantageous than one less person.
There are so many people, which is one more resistance for their siege party.
Apart from anything else, if one more person throws a stone, maybe the stone will happen to fall on the forehead of one's own soldier?
What's more, looking at the scene on the city wall, Zhao Jiado brought more than just one or two.
At this moment, it seems that the number of defenders on the city wall has almost doubled than at the beginning!
"We can't wait any longer. Even if it's a mob, we can't let the cost continue to increase like this. How are the military preparations now?" Li Dingguo asked immediately.
Zuo Hui immediately replied: "We are almost ready. All kinds of siege weapons have been prepared. All the soldiers in the army have returned to the team. We only need to give the order from you, general, and we can start the siege after defeating the Japanese army!"
"good!"
Li Dingguo nodded and looked at the sun in the sky. There was less than two-quarters of an hour until the appointed time.
He immediately gave the order: "As soon as the hour of announcing to the whole army comes, the military drums will sound! The whole army will attack immediately!"
"Yes! I take my orders!"
…
Li Dingguo's military order was conveyed, and the entire Japanese army began to prepare.
Song Deren and others in the other two directions naturally discovered something strange on the city wall.
The preparations they had just arrived were not sufficient, but there was still half an hour before Chenshi, so it was enough. When the order to attack at Chenshi was issued, the Japanese soldiers immediately accelerated and continued to prepare.
In the city, Zhao Ansheng received a report from the housekeeper Zhao Yi.
"Master, two thousand strong men have been recruited in the city, and their families have all been brought to the vicinity of the clan.
All the strong men were assigned to the four walls.
Now there are at least 7,000 people garrisoned on each city wall. With our former Zhao Jiajun officers serving as officers, Heyue City will definitely be able to firmly defend Heyue City! "
Zhao Ansheng nodded after hearing enough and asked, "How are the supplies for defending the city?"
Zhao Yi's face showed a look of embarrassment and said:
"Master, Heyue City's supplies are limited. The current supplies for defending the city are estimated to be enough for one day if you put them into the four walls.
What we lack most now is weapons. Although there are 7,000 defenders on each city wall, not even a third of them have iron weapons in their hands.
Many people just grabbed whatever they wanted and climbed onto the city wall. "
"Not enough iron? How many blacksmiths are there in the city? Is it too late to ask them to make it now?"
Zhao Ansheng frowned and asked.
Zhao Yi shook his head: "Master, the last time we organized the Zhao Family Army, our Zhao family had already recruited blacksmiths from the entire city, and since then from several nearby counties and cities.
Today we are in no shortage of blacksmiths.
But there are no raw materials.
Our reserves of iron are no longer enough. We have already equipped three thousand Poyun Xuanjia troops.
Now there is no iron left in our hands, and it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Now even if we have a blacksmith, it will not be of any use. "
"No more iron?"
Zhao Ansheng's brows frowned.
At this time, the fifth ancestor of the Zhao family, who had been listening silently and drinking tea silently, spoke up.
“There was no ready-made iron, so all the iron in the city was melted.
In these extraordinary times, weapons manufacturing comes first. "
Zhao Yi and Zhao Ansheng were both stunned when they heard this.
Zhao Ansheng signaled with his eyes, and Zhao Yi immediately raised his hands and asked carefully: "Fifth Patriarch, what do you mean?"
The Fifth Patriarch glanced at him, then looked at Zhao Ansheng beside him, and then snorted coldly: "What's the point? Anyway, people are forced to be strong men, so what does it matter if they also recruit all the iron weapons?" ?”
Now the two of them understood what the Fifth Patriarch meant, and Zhao Ansheng showed a smile on his face.
Dang Ji ordered Zhao Yi: "Just follow what the Fifth Patriarch said and learn as much as possible. Collect the most iron tools as soon as possible and let the blacksmiths make weapons!"
"But... Patriarch, we may not have enough time. The two parties outside the city are about to attack the city."
Don’t you understand that if you can make one more handle, it’s just one handle?
We are now trying to improve our combat effectiveness as much as possible. It is simply unrealistic to produce large quantities now. We can only improve everyone's combat effectiveness little by little.
Do you understand? "
"I understand, little one!"
Zhao Yi suddenly realized and immediately retreated with the order.
Soon, the Zhao family, who had just finished robbing men in the city, started robbing all the iron products in the city.
They want even a hoe!
As long as it's iron, the Song family will take it all away!
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(End of chapter)
