time travel system

Chapter 186 Conscription Order

After some questioning, Jiang Xiaobai finally figured it out.

It turned out that after the Jinbing camp was destroyed last night, at least 300 soldiers escaped from it. Except for those who were seriously injured and unable to walk, most of them just went around in a circle, and then ran to the north gate and east gate of Yizhou City up.

In fact, there were not many Song soldiers on the city wall at all, because most of them gathered in the west city, and some even went out of the city to fight the fire in the Jin soldiers camp.

Therefore, around the gate of each city, there are only dozens of Song soldiers on duty.

Facing the sudden appearance of the golden soldiers, although the city gate would not open, they did not dare to resist. They could only turn a blind eye to the golden soldiers climbing the city wall.

But Pu Yan was unable to climb because of an arm injury, so he came near the North City Gate, intending to find a secluded place to take refuge temporarily, and when the city gate opened at dawn, he went in to find his companions.

It's a pity that he underestimated his injury too much, and passed out at the door of the woodwork workshop. If Yang Delu hadn't insisted on saving people, he would have been torn to pieces by Huowa's sword.

Jin Bing didn't run away, but went into the city, which surprised Jiang Xiaobai.

More than 300 golden soldiers like wolves and tigers, entering a city that is hardly fortified, how much chaos will it cause?

I'm afraid that even if the Song soldiers in the city wanted to resist, they would be powerless.

Their numbers are not dominant at all, and their combat effectiveness is weak. It is estimated that the county seat has now become the world of Jinren.

This is simply unreasonable.

Jiang Xiaobai got angry, and immediately ordered Huo Wa to guard Pu Yan, and decided to go to the city by himself.

"Master, do you want to go into the city?" Huo Wa obviously wanted to follow Jiang Xiaobai, and said, "Not now, the city gate hasn't opened yet."

"Why isn't it open yet?"

This is strange, isn't the city gate opened at sunrise and closed at sunset? It's almost two hours since the sun came out now.

"Be timid!" Huo Wa laughed loudly and said, "Master showed his might outside the west city gate yesterday, and the officials and masters in the city must have been frightened, so the four gates were closed tightly, and they behaved like a coward."

Jiang Xiaobai walked to the gate and looked in the direction of the city gate hundreds of meters away.

Sure enough, the north gate of Yizhou City was tightly closed, and there were not even many people who were about to enter the city near the gate.

This is too useless, no one is attacking, and the enemy cannot be seen within a few kilometers, what kind of city gate is closed!

"I'll go over and have a look!" Jiang Xiaobai was worried that the golden soldiers in the city would make trouble, so he immediately started to prepare.

There are many people Jiang Xiaobai knows in the city, and even Jin Bing may recognize him, so Jiang Xiaobai decided to make a private visit on a micro-service.

I can't wear modern clothes, so I changed into Zhuang Chusi's rotten clothes, wore a battered bamboo hat to cover up my haircut, put on cloth shoes with several holes in them, and matched it with a load of firewood. He looked like a poor man who went to the city to sell firewood.

Asking Jiang Ni and the others to wait here, Jiang Xiaobai walked over while chopping firewood.

With a distance of more than 30 meters, Jiang Xiaobai put down his burden, stood in front of the suspension bridge, and looked up towards the city.

Unlike usual, there were more than twice as many soldiers on the city wall, and there were even a few of them wearing golden soldier costumes.

Obviously, the Jin soldiers who entered the city were not attacked. Instead, they joined forces with the Song soldiers to jointly defend Yizhou City.

There were a dozen or so people waiting to enter the city nearby, all discussing in low voices.

"What's the matter, the sun is three poles high, why don't you open the door?"

"Don't you know, there were ghosts outside the west city gate last night, and a lot of people were eaten?"

"Really, then I won't go to the city."

"Don't go, I heard that ghost only eats Jin people, not Song people!"

Those who came were all the nearby villagers, and most of them were carrying vegetables and fruits produced in the crop fields. There were also hunters who brought animal skins and other things, preparing to go to the city to sell them.

Most people don't know what happened outside the west city gate, but as long as there is one person spreading rumors, panic will gradually spread, so many people went back home early, and those who stayed were those who had to go to the city .

Jiang Xiaobai listened for a while, and found it very funny. In their description, he had become a green-faced and fang-toothed ogre. Many people advocated asking monks and Taoists to do it.

Jiang Xiaobai took this as a joke and even joined the discussion.

When the time came around 09:30, the sun was already very strong, but there was still no sign of the city gate opening.

Jiang Xiaobai was a little impatient, and planned to go back to the woodworking workshop and wait for a while before trying to figure out a solution.

However, at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened.

More than a dozen Song soldiers and yamen servants filed out. Two yamen servants carried a table and placed it near the city gate. Two Song soldiers posted a notice on the city wall before lowering the suspension bridge to let people in.

Jiang Xiaobai walked in with the crowd, and when he was approaching Chengmen, he finally figured out that the people behind that table collected the city tax, three big boys for each person, and five big boys for the carriage. If you give money, you will not be allowed to enter.

For this charge, Jiang Xiaobai has done preparation work. Inside the worn clothes, there are not only more than 100 copper coins, but also more than 100 taels of silver.

So Jiang Xiaobai took out three copper coins and prepared to pass the test.

But the yamen servant who collected the city tax did not collect the money, but looked it up and down, and asked, "Jump?"

Jiang Xiaobai didn't know why, no one else danced, why did he let me dance?

However, with the principle that more things are worse than less things, Jiang Xiaobai still jumped.

Although Jiang Xiaobai deliberately suppressed his strength, this time he still jumped more than one meter high on the spot.

"That's right!" The yamen servant's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "Which village are you from, what's your name, how old are you, and who else is in your family?"

Why so much nonsense?
Jiang Xiaobai had no choice but to answer: "Caojiaao, my name is Cao Daniu, I am 22 years old, and I am the only one in the family!"

"Yes, you count as one, stand over there!" The yamen servant recorded Jiang Xiaobai's name on a roster with a brush, then raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the wall, and said, "There is no need to sell dry firewood, and I can't sell it." For a few dollars, go to the army and take care of food and shelter, and you can still receive a hundred sons' military pay every month."

"A soldier?"

Only then did Jiang Xiaobai notice that there were three large characters written on the notice—conscription order!

There are also a few lines of small words below, saying that bandits in Yizhou City have been rampant recently and have harmed the village. The government is thinking about the well-being of the people and plans to set up a guard team. Men who are over 15 years old and under 40 years old and in good health are welcome to sign up and so on.

It seemed that County Magistrate Liu was nervous and wanted to strengthen the guards of Yizhou City.

It's a good thing, but I didn't say I want to be recruited. Aren't you a young man?
Jiang Xiaobai said quickly: "I'm not a soldier, I'm just a firewood seller, and I'll go home when the firewood is sold out!"

"Not a soldier?" The yamen servant immediately stood up, slapped the table, and shouted: "Come on, arrest this bandit for me!"

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