Dugu Jiali stopped in front, thinking that these people were going to cause trouble, but Long Chen said calmly: "It's okay, I'll come."
Walking to the front, Long Chen asked: "Fellow folks, what do you want?"
A man at the head came out and said, "Sir, we don't mean any harm."
"Our city has been occupied by the Third Patriarch for more than 20 years. The officials changed one after another, and Qianjiang County became the domain of pirates."
"Your Excellency has only been here for a few days and has wiped out all the pirates. We are grateful to you, Your Excellency."
"I heard that you don't have enough soldiers, so we volunteered to join the army to defend the city for you."
Dugu Jiali was surprised. She did not expect that the people would actively ask to join the army to defend the city.
Long Chen was very moved. He didn't expect these people to dare to come forward.
However, Long Chen didn't plan to use them because he didn't know whether these people were sincere or fake, and he couldn't take risks.
"Thank you all, but I have already mobilized troops and horses from surrounding counties. Tens of thousands of troops and horses will enter the city tomorrow."
"If you really want to help, then I'll trouble you to build some barracks and prepare some food."
"Don't worry, I will give you the barracks and food."
Of course what Long Chen said was a lie. There were no soldiers and horses. This was a lie to them. If there were spies from the pirates among them, they could scare them.
The leading man bowed and said, "Sir, we really want to join the army."
Long Chen smiled and said: "I've taken charge of Xinyi. The imperial troops will enter the city tomorrow, so I won't bother you."
The man felt very sorry and said, "Then we will build barracks in the city and prepare food."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Thank you very much!"
The men went back happily and began to build simple houses in the open space in the city.
Dugu Jiali asked: "We are short of people, why don't we use them?"
Long Chen shook his head and said, "I want someone I can trust."
The recruitment of troops this time is not only to defend Qianjiang County, but also the foundation of the Long family's army in the future. Long Chen would rather have a shortage than a surplus.
Dugu Jiali knows how important a soldier's loyalty is. If you can't trust it, you can never use it.
After the arrangements were made, Long Chen returned to the room, sat on the bed, and began to practice cross-legged.
The more battles he fought, the more Long Chen felt that cultivation was too important.
Wuming was just the commander of Jing Tianlie's secret guards, and Long Chen was seriously injured. If he faced Jing Tianlie and Jing Feng, and the father and son attacked him, Long Chen would die.
Adjusting his breathing, Long Chen simultaneously operated the Yin-Cultivation Technique and Hundred Birds Chasing the Phoenix Technique. The martial energy in his body slowly flowed, and a cool feeling in his Dantian slowly flowed throughout his body along his meridians.
This is the medicinal power of Dragon Balls.
Xu Zhi really spent a lot of money, and the effect of Dragon Ball is so miraculous.
The pure martial energy in Long Chen's dantian is condensing, slowly converging into the shape of a flame. This process is originally very slow, but the Dragon Ball seems to have the effect of accelerating it.
Long Chen was immersed in the wonderful feeling of cultivation, and time passed by little by little.
....
When I opened my eyes again, it was already noon the next day.
Long Chen stood up, martial energy circulated in his body, the air in the room suddenly moved, and the paper on the table moved.
Dragon Ball is indeed a magical medicine, one night's practice is worth more than half a year, and Long Chen is now only a layer of window paper away from the Martial Emperor realm.
Dugu Jiali heard the commotion, knocked on the door and came in, saying: "Sir, many people have gathered outside the city. They heard that the pirates are going to invade in a large scale, and they want to go into the city to escape. The general does not dare to make the decision. Please make your decision."
Long Chen quickly left the Governor's Mansion and reached the city wall, where he saw tens of thousands of people outside the east gate.
Dugu Jiali said: "There must be pirates among them, so the general will not dare to open the door."
Of course Long Chen knew about this problem. If pirates invaded and a group of people suddenly appeared inside and cooperated with others, things would be very troublesome.
Long Chen stood on the east gate and shouted to the people below: "Dear fellow villagers, there is going to be a war here soon. It is not safe for you to come in. You go west. There is a farm there. You can live there temporarily and wait.
After the battle, I will give each of you 3 taels of silver to go home."
There is a large farm to the west, which used to be Xu Zhi's property. There are straw huts there for temporary living and food, so temporary settlement is not a problem.
The people shouted below: "Sir, please let us enter the city. We are not safe outside the city. Please."
Other people followed and begged, looking very miserable.
Long Chen couldn't bear it in his heart, but war is like this. If Long Chen is soft-hearted and lets in, the spies will cause trouble inside, Qianjiang County will be breached, and the pirates will definitely massacre the city.
When the time comes, all the hundreds of thousands of people will die. A little impatience will ruin the big plan, and Long Chen will not let go.
"When you go to the farm, I will ensure that you have enough to eat every day and you will never go hungry."
Long Chen asked Dugu Jiali to find local people to lead the way, and those who led the way would be given 50 taels of silver.
If you have money, you will have people, and Dugu Jiali quickly found someone to lead the way.
Long Chen didn't open the door, but tied the leader with a rope and put him down.
Someone led the way, but the county town could not enter, so the people slowly followed to the farms in the west.
After the people left, there were more than 20,000 people left outside the door, including men, women, old and young, including many men.
These men were tall, short, fat and thin, but they had a strong temperament. They held some shovels and forks in their hands, and some held iron spears.
Long Chen was overjoyed and asked: "Are you here to join the army?"
The man below replied: "We heard from the young lady of the Wu family that we are recruiting soldiers here, so we are here."
Long Chen immediately said: "Open the door and let them in!"
The east city gate opened, and Long Chen walked out of the city in person. The man in the lead was a tall man, half a head taller than Long Chen. There were scars on his face, obviously from the battle.
With a pair of big round eyes, thick eyebrows, a high bridge of nose, a square face, a tiger's back, a wolf's waist and a mantis' legs, he looks like a soldier.
"May I have your name?"
Long Chen asked.
The man replied loudly: "Han Ziping."
Long Chen asked: "Are all your family members here?"
Han Ziping looked back and said, "My mother, my mother-in-law, and my little daughter are all here."
Long Chen said happily: "Let's go into the city."
Dugu Jiali immediately asked the soldiers to take her in and settle down. More than 20,000 people entered the city at the same time. Their families lived in the prepared barracks. The people in the city brought the prepared food, and Long Chen sent pots and clothes to ensure that the old man
The children have hot water, food and clothes.
The men who came to seek refuge were very happy to see that their parents, wives and children were well settled.
They didn't expect that Long Chen was so kind to his family members and that they were all willing to follow him.
The Long Family Army has a tradition that the family members of the army are settled by the Long Family, so they have no worries. Even if you die on the battlefield, your family members can live a good life.
Therefore, the Long family's army is not large in number, only one hundred thousand, but it can sweep across the world.
Now that Long Chen is rebuilding the army, he must naturally uphold this tradition.
Long Chen called Han Ziping over and asked, "How many of these people do you know?"
Excluding family members, there are more than 4,000 men who can serve as soldiers.
Han Ziping said: "I don't know many, but I basically know the leader."
