NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1604 The preferential treatment is gone
"But sir, we clearly have..."
"I know what you have. You have the orders of the previous generation of caliphs, but the previous generation of caliphs didn't know the difficulties our empire faced. The Tang army has come from the north, less than five hundred miles away from the royal capital. Now Su He Grand Marshal Guman couldn't resist and ordered us to recruit troops around the royal capital, especially experienced soldiers like you."
The official in charge of recruiting said this directly. He didn't want to hide it from the people around him. After all, there was no point in hiding it. According to the information they received, the first batch of refugees would arrive in the capital tonight. Although there were many troops Block them on the road, but there are so many refugees that it is impossible to block them.
Now there are only two ways in front of them. One way is for General Sukhguman to lead the army and seize the time to block the Tang army on the road. The other way is to let these refugees wander around. Then the royal capital and Like other cities in the central and northern parts of the country, when they were exhausted by the harassment of refugees, the Tang army also stepped forward to attack the city. At that time, the attack was accurate and no one could defend it.
Hearing the official say this without hesitation, the old people in the village also understood that no matter what glory you had before, no matter how much freedom the court gave you, those things are of no use now. Although the Caliph did not say it explicitly, all your freedoms have been abolished.
There are Tang troops five hundred miles north of the royal capital. Is there any other easy explanation? This is the best explanation. Either you follow us and return to the army, or you people are disobedient and disrespectful. When the time comes, I will leave you with a name of disobedience, let alone nineteen young people, including the entire village. Everyone here, including those inside, may be treated as slaves and either be rewarded to other people who go on the expedition, or you may be sent directly to the newly conquered areas of the empire. There are battles there every day, and no matter how experienced the combatants are, they cannot survive. .
"Sir, when will they leave with you? Can you postpone it for two days? Let us have a good reunion. I have already reached this age. If I don't reunite with my son, I may never see him again in this life. ”
Modila instantly seemed to have aged twenty years. Although the old man was older, he still had the glory of the battlefield, so he easily asked for help. The official in charge of recruiting had also heard about his deeds and saw Modila is like this. He really doesn't want to refuse, but the order from above is still stuck in his heart. If he is allowed, I am afraid that these nineteen people will not be able to bring them to the army.
Even if the entire village is razed to the ground by then, what will happen? Could this village be able to conjure another nineteen people for itself? I'm afraid it's impossible.
"Yes, but we are stationed here today, and we hope you can provide us with food for the night."
After repeated hesitation, the general may have thought about his future, so he could only agree, but there were indeed conditions attached. No one can believe it at this time. You may have made great efforts for the empire in the past, but Now you may only have your children and grandchildren in your heart, so under such circumstances, in order to reunite you for one more night, we can only stay here.
After the general finished speaking, more than a hundred of his soldiers began to set up sentries around. The reason was very simple. If one of the nineteen people escaped, then they would all be responsible. Now, in addition to setting up sentries around In addition to the guard posts, there must be one person standing guard at the door of the homes of these nineteen people. Unless you dig a tunnel to leave tonight, otherwise you will never be able to leave.
The people in the village have only one thought now, and that is the bandits in the desert. Why haven't they come yet? Now they only have one chance to leave here, and that is when the robbers in the desert come to rob. These people will definitely fight with the robbers in the desert. At that time, it is their chance to leave, even if it is to go to the desert as a pawn. Even a bandit cannot go north to fight the Tang army.
This place is relatively close to the royal capital, so they have heard some news about the battlefield. When the third prince fought against the Tang army, they heard that the Tang army had a rather strange weapon. That weapon was not at all The swords, guns and clubs in our hands can resist, so no matter what excellent tactics we adopt, we cannot be an opponent of the Tang army.
And what the Arab Empire is most proud of is their speed, but people who came off the battlefield said that speed is of little use in front of the Tang army. No matter how fast you rush, but when you encounter the Datang army, When using weapons, you can only sigh from the sidelines.
Modila has nothing to say. It is not easy for people to give you one night. If you continue to ask for it, you are ignorant. Now you are still Having the opportunity to reunite is also a privilege in your village. If it were another village, it would probably not have such a privilege, and the person would have to be taken away on the spot.
Of course, the court has also fully considered that there may be some radical people who will object on the spot. If you object, then we can only say we are sorry. More than a hundred fully armed soldiers are ready. If anyone objects, If so, maybe everyone in the village would be involved.
You have made the contributions. Now that the empire is in danger, you should stand with the empire. If you rebel at this time, perhaps the whole village will be slaughtered. This is also for others to see, so that all the villages can see clearly that even such a merit passbook cannot be passed, let alone you. You have no other choice at this time except to hand over the people honestly.
The sky gradually darkened, and the village lost its past laughter and joy. All the families gathered in these 19 families, because only their families had people needed by the court. Many people took out the treasures that they were reluctant to eat at home. These 19 people were going to serve as soldiers for the whole village. Only when these 19 people followed the army tomorrow, their village could restore its past laughter... (End of this chapter)