There was a sky-high firelight from the distant horizon, but there were still not many people on the streets in Luojing City, and there were more sergeants patrolling with torches.
When the army was attacking the city, a strict curfew system was implemented in the city, just to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to do evil and cause large-scale chaos.
After the new king issued the decree, the garrison in the city took action, which made the streets noisy.
When the watchman holding a gong struck the gong to announce the time, he also shouted about the current recruitment policy and promised a large sum of money. If someone wanted to join the army, he immediately shouted, and a patrol sergeant would come to confirm his identity and strength, and then sign and sign to accompany the army.
After arriving at the camp, someone will naturally organize them and distribute weapons and simple armor.
At this moment, in front of the Ye Mansion, except for the noise coming from far away from time to time, the place was somewhat quiet. The red-scaled halberd guards were standing neatly holding torches. Just when the general lost his patience and was about to let someone break down the door,
Finally someone came out.
"Squeak--" After the door opened, an old man walked out with his servants and servants, facing the general outside the door.
"My lord, this old man is the housekeeper of the mansion. I don't know why he came here late at night." Although the people in the night mansion roughly guessed the purpose of these people's visit, they still asked cautiously.
"Huh, such a delay." The general came forward surrounded by his guards, then took out the imperial edict written by Huang Juan in his hand and began to read it out. The main idea was that all the major families in Luo Jing were obliged to defend the country.
city, and lists the minimum number of people that must come out of each family.
"Your Majesty wants to recruit a thousand people, but... there are so many servants in the night palace to protect the courtyard," the housekeeper said in embarrassment, holding his sweating forehead.
They had previously expected to send about 400-500 people, but if they sent a thousand people, it would drain their family's financial resources.
"There are not enough clansmen to use. Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, the Ye family should also contribute." The general said nonchalantly. He knew that these aristocratic families all like to hoard supplies and hide people secretly.
No matter how honest and low-key everyone looks, if you really take it out, you will definitely surprise others.
As the saying goes, you have all the tricks, but I have the ladder. The thoughts and plans discussed by everyone in the Ye family were already anticipated by the ministers of the court. Who can achieve that position is an easy person.
As a result, the housekeeper couldn't make the decision, so Zhi had to ask someone to quickly notify the owner of the backyard and the upper echelons of the Ye Mansion.
Seeing the servants who delivered the message running so fast, the general looked at him with contempt, snorted coldly, and didn't bother to do anything. He just asked someone to place an incense cauldron half a person's height in front of the house. The incense cauldron was inserted in the middle.
Holding the newly lit incense, if the incense is burned and the house is not ready yet, you will be asked about the sin.
Judging from the burning speed of the incense, it is estimated that it will be burned out within five minutes. It can be said that time is quite tight. After all, there is a bloody battle at the north wall. These Red Scale Halberd Guards are temporarily recruiting troops and they are also facing a lot of pressure.
, there were not enough people at that time, but they personally took the lead. This cannot be solved with money and bribes, it requires hard work.
"Sir, the head of the Ye family is here." Just when the general turned his back, looked at the fire in the distance, and speculated on the situation of the battle there, a personal guard came to him and whispered in his ear.
"Oh." As he said this, the tall general turned around and looked into the courtyard of Ye Mansion. A handsome man in his twenties and thirties led a large group of tribesmen in black clothes toward the door of the mansion.
"My dear Yezhen, I am the current head of the Ye Mansion, and I am the lieutenant general of the Red Scale Army." He behaved appropriately and politely, and walked forward to speak without being humble.
"Exactly." Although he didn't like these people from aristocratic families, at this moment, the general didn't want to make things difficult and went straight to the topic.
"How many people have you mobilized now? Follow them immediately. Don't worry about weapons and armor. The arsenal in Luojing is fully equipped with all kinds of firearms that are easy to operate."
"I have sent people to inform all the rooms in the mansion. The personnel will be summoned soon. I also asked the general to wait a moment, but..."
"Just what?" The general raised his eyebrows as he heard this, as if he was unhappy.
"It's just that our Ye Mansion also needs to leave a small number of people to guard it, otherwise the orphans and widowed mothers will be really uneasy." Ye Zhen said simply.
"Oh, now I am an orphan and a widowed mother, claiming to be weak." He looked at the head of the Ye family coldly. If it was normal, he would not dare to offend such a wealthy family, but today is different. So what if he offends?
They dared to rebel on the spot.
Seeing that the situation was about to reach a deadlock, an old man from Ye Mansion walked out and came to the light of the fire.
"My lord, please calm down. We are all aware of the situation tonight and are extremely anxious. We have no intention of appeasing ourselves to protect ourselves. It's just that the people of Ye Mansion are withering away and they are not as prosperous as other aristocratic families..." As he spoke, behind him
Several servants carried several large boxes forward, and then placed them on the ground with a thud, making a heavy reverberation.
Listening to the crisp echo of the collision inside the box, the sergeants present all changed a bit. Then the box was opened, revealing the golden light inside, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
These two boxes were stacked with golden bird and dragon dishes made by the dynasty. They were shaped like shrunken bowls and contained fine and beautiful swimming dragons engraved by Xu Rusheng. Now they exude a charming halo under the firelight.
The breath of the dragon's veins coming from it is also extremely pure. It is the original work of the dynasty, not a counterfeit from some remote place.
In such a large box, there are probably as many as 100,000 gold dishes stacked up, which is equivalent to about one billion copper coins. It is a huge amount of money that no one present can earn in a few lifetimes.
"We also know the great righteousness, but the family members in our family are declining, and we cannot make up the number of people. We can only make up for it with cheap and despicable money, so that you can use it to recruit more talents and bravery to strengthen the defense force of the city.
I hope you will forgive me." The old man's voice was full of sincerity and compassion, and he burst into tears. As he spoke, many of the tribesmen behind him shed tears and felt uncomfortable.
Although the general knew that these must have elements of acting, he looked at the gold dishes on the side and couldn't look away.
Everyone has desires, even him. Why joining the army is just to find a future. He comes from a poor family, and even if he is promoted to a general and earns a lot of money, it will not be enough after it is distributed to many juniors who need support.
There is not much left, and now facing this huge wealth that he will never be able to obtain in several lifetimes, even this normally well-disciplined general can't help but breathe heavily.
He closed his eyes for a moment, took a deep breath, and then opened them. He looked at the soldiers behind him and on the side. When he saw that their eyes were about to sparkle with fire, he knew that if he didn't accept it today, he might not accept it in the future.
I want to continue sitting in this position.
Moreover, we are about to face a big war, which is the time to recruit people. If this leads to mutiny and resentment in the camp, big problems may arise on the battlefield.
Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing one's parents. Although this statement is indeed tacky, sometimes it is particularly close to the truth. Everyone wants to live a good life, and live a better and more comfortable life. So, why can't the lucky person today be himself?
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Thousands of thoughts ran through his mind, and the general convinced himself instantly.
He glanced at the soldiers beside him and said, "You guys, go and do an inventory."
"Since the Ye Mansion understands the righteousness so well, we have to consider it carefully..." Seeing the general's agreement, the sergeants behind him were also ecstatic. Even if they couldn't get all of it, each of them would be given even ten pieces.
The gold dish is also a huge sum of money.
Time passed quickly, and after burning two sticks of incense, the team that gathered people finally left Yefu's house, and they were followed by more than 300 Yefu's servants and guards, but these people were very powerful.
They are ordinary, and at first glance they look like selected cannon fodder.
Seeing the general leaving with a long team, everyone in Ye Mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief, but many people immediately felt heartbroken. After all, this money was a huge drain on Ye Mansion's vitality.
"Don't feel bad. Saving your life is the most important thing. Alas..." the old man in the mansion comforted everyone, and then directed his servants to close the door again, and the interior continued to prepare for future transfers.
Within Luojing, there are also aristocratic families like Yefu who are willing to spend huge sums of money to protect their people, but more aristocratic families still want to rely on their past connections in the court or the military to escape such responsibilities, or to use the manpower in the mansion
If it's not enough, you either have to force the superiors of the Red Scale Halberd Guards to come forward before they are willing to open the door, or you insist on dragging them, and most of them are not very cooperative.
Seeing the flames of war at the north wall gradually spreading into the city, and even in the night sky in Luojing, one could see dragonriders from both sides fighting and killing each other. The red-scaled halberd guards who were responsible for recruiting finally couldn't bear to become anxious and violent.
Some aristocratic families who were stubborn and stubborn and refused to help others had their doors smashed open. Then all the red-scaled halberd guards entered the mansion, directly forcibly recruited the people in the mansion, cleaned up the property in the house, and smashed everything. If there was still resistance, they would even directly attack them on the spot.
Kill.
Although these aristocratic families usually have extensive connections, the guards in the mansion are still no match for the elite regular army of the dynasty. Moreover, the Red Scale Halberd Guards are well-resourced and well-equipped. Now, under the tough and cold methods, many aristocratic families have hurriedly woke up.
, knowing the ruthlessness among them, gradually cooperated.
As a result, the operation gradually went smoothly. In just a few hours, more than 100,000 newly recruited combatants, led by veterans of the city's garrison, began to equip weapons and went to various intersection strongholds under the north wall to continuously reinforce the defense.
Lay out arrow towers and high-rise buildings.
Although these newly recruited personnel have extremely poor fighting will and can hardly withstand the pressure as the backbone, they can still manage to do such things as auxiliary personnel, setting up defense lines, occupying key points, and shooting from long distances with firearms. If it really doesn't work anymore,
, these people can also be used as cannon fodder to slow down the enemy's attack speed and buy time for subsequent reinforcements and line repairs.
At this moment, at the north wall of Luojing.
Looking down from the high night sky, the entire Luojing looks like a huge square. The wide and neat streets divide the buildings in the city into vague grids. In the middle of the city, there is a towering palace wall and a magnificent palace.
In the inner city of the palace, there are high towers at the four corners, which can overlook the four directions.
In the middle of the night, some lights were faintly visible on the originally dark land, converging on the square shape of Zhongmo Lake. This was the night scene of Luojing, with thousands of lights and vast water stretching for dozens of miles, and it could not be seen to the end.
But now, the northerly area is particularly brighter than other areas. From time to time, extremely beautiful fires bloom in it, dispersing the night and illuminating it. Dots of fiery red stars float up from the ground, carrying the sounds of killing and explosions.
To the distant night sky.
Zhuo Feng was riding on the back of a giant black and blue dragon, overlooking the huge city below that was shrouded in flames of war and slaughter. The flames below were reflected in his black eyes, shaking and bright.
Looking at the defense line that was gradually breaking through at the gap in the city wall, the general who commanded the Beifu Army raised the gilded phoenix wing in his hand high and waved it down in the cold night sky.
"Kill——" The voice was short and powerful.
Then, one by one, the giant blue and black dragons flapped their wings and swooped down from the sky with a roaring sound. The originally blue and black scales turned white and transparent under the light of the fire.
Below, the two sides who were originally fighting fiercely only heard the heart-warming roar of the dragon above their heads, and then a fierce high-altitude cold air blew past. Even if they stood on the battlefield full of fire, they couldn't help but feel chilled. They were originally burning.
The flames and rising smoke also shrunk in the cold air, suppressing parts of them.
The Jinjia Julong Army, which was fighting fiercely with the Beifu Army, didn't know what was happening, but saw the cold breath sweeping over them, and then turned into stiff ice withers, falling in the cold wind and turning into broken pieces.
Relying on the sudden descent of the Northern Cold Iron Dragon Riders to clear the way, the pressure on the Beifu Army that had entered the city was relieved. They immediately started to move forward and followed closely, gradually expanding the area they occupied in the city, no longer limited to the gap in the north wall.
Small area.
These elite sergeants wearing silver scale armor and snow-white cloaks were holding strong shields and long knives. They quickly rushed to intersections and broke through the defense lines of some unprepared defenders. The Dragon Army soldiers with powerful firearms were also there.
Forced into close combat in the chaos, he became extremely embarrassed.
As the Golden Armored Dragon Army stationed in Luojing, it has always been the emperor's confidant, and it also has the most advanced and excellent firearms in the dynasty. Unfortunately, it can only be used to defend the city and fight in the streets, which greatly limits the application of many powerful firearms.
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"Damn it, never mind!"
In the chaos of the battle, a lieutenant of the Dragon Army watched as the soldiers around him were cut down one by one, while the silver-scaled and white-armored Beifu troops rushed in layer by layer, showing determination and unwillingness to die. Then, regardless of the pain, he
He kicked away the Beifu Army soldiers in front of him, blocked the long knife chopped from the air with his right arm, then took a few steps forward and came to the place where firearms were piled up on one side of the intersection.
A few seconds later, a dazzling flash of light burst out, flames surged into the surrounding alleys and streets, and smoke rose tens of meters high in the night sky, and then the loud noise spread throughout Luojing.
Under such an explosion, not only the attacking Beifu army and the soldiers defending the city, but also dozens of closed houses in the surrounding areas were reduced to a sea of fire and ruins, with endless wailing sounds.
After this loud noise, as if a signal was sent, various violent sounds and dazzling firelights began to sound on the front lines of the battle in the city.
Faced with the huge pressure of the attack, the golden armored dragon troops in the city did not care about hurting innocent people with their firearms. Various rocket carriages like honeycombs were ignited, and thousands of dazzling arrows were fired with shrill whistles.
Open the atmosphere, leaving a long afterimage trail in the night sky, and then explode with a bang.
Some of these exploding arrows fell on the heads of the attacking Beifu Army soldiers, and some rushed into the homes of ordinary people. All kinds of frightened and wailing screams were intertwined with the killings and explosions at night, which brought great joy to the blossoming Luo Jing.
Add a layer of compassion.
Dynasties rise and fall, world affairs change, and the people always shed tears.