NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1606: Lack of labor
The Arab Empire is indeed very powerful, but the long-term foreign wars have left the entire country extremely short of young labor. Some of them stay around the royal capital all year round, so it is not obvious yet. But if all villages recruit troops, this kind of The danger was immediately apparent.
When they saw Modila's eyes, many people around him also glanced over. Our village no longer has young labor force. In the coming competition, it is very likely that it will not be able to sustain, let alone increase production. Even if the robbers come, we don't have enough power to resist.
In the past, bandits would not come to their village. There were so many people with strong fighting abilities in the whole village. Unless the bandit leader was sick, otherwise he came here just to stimulate himself. Their fighting strength was better than that of ordinary villages. Much stronger, what are you doing here?
But now the situation is different. After these nineteen people leave, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least half. Moreover, these people have been rewarded by the court. They fought and robbed outside, and I don’t know how much they got back. Good stuff, so if you want to rob them, it will be much better than an ordinary village.
"Act quickly and find a place to put all the valuable things in your home. If possible, try not to stay in this village. If you have young women at home, go to other villages with strong defenses."
Modila said loudly, the robbers must also know the news here. It spreads from here to the desert very quickly. It will only take two or three days at most. I am afraid that the robbers in the desert will come. By then, you can If you want to run away, I'm afraid you won't be able to outrun the robbers, so before they come, seize the time to move everything that needs to be moved. After the robbers came two or three times, they found that there is no benefit here, so they probably can't. not coming.
Originally, everyone was still grieving, thinking that the men in their family were going to fight against the Tang army and might not be able to come back this time, but now they had no time to grieve and had to take care of the present first. Their men survived on the battlefield, but they were all kidnapped by bandits. That was the biggest joke.
"Son, you must come back alive."
The old man Modila looked at the direction in which the young people in the village were leaving, finally said these words, and then hurried back to work. The rest of his family were also old, weak, sick and disabled, and he was still in front of the government's army. A little face, but no face at all in front of the robber. The robber only values young women and treasures, and does not value anything else.
After the recruiting team left here, they escorted these people to the assembly area in the north of the city. When they arrived near the assembly area, they found that they were surrounded by small groups one after another, and even some acquaintances among them.
"Sambik, why are you here? Your father can't even protect you?"
Sambike is Modila's youngest son. In everyone's opinion, with Modila's ability at that time, it should be no problem to keep his youngest son. But now that Sambique appears here, then only As a result, his father's words no longer worked.
"Look at the appearance of those people, what's the use of my father's words? Nineteen people have come to our village. How many people have come to your village, Raff?"
Sambic had been in the army before, and due to his father's reasons, he was immediately appointed as the squad leader. About fifty people were under his control, and the people on Raf's side happened to be under his command. Although the two grew up together, Raf's status was not that great. He had only served as a guard of the royal city for one year and had never been on a real battlefield, so he could only serve as a ten-man soldier. team leader.
"Your village is quite respectable. Only nineteen people came to your village. You still have some left. Thirty-five people came to our village, ranging from fifteen to forty-five years old. Almost all of them were arrested. Come on, the court still understands that we are all cannon fodder on the battlefield, and the remaining people in your village can be used to defend the royal capital at critical moments. "
Raf's eyes were a little dark. After all, people are different. Take Modila as an example. The main reason is that he is still near the royal capital. Once the army of the Tang Dynasty comes over, this man can still raise an army. , so it is impossible to let him go to the battlefield, but it is different in Raf's village. They are all descendants of ordinary soldiers. The court will not give up unless they are all pushed to the battlefield.
Sangbik also knew this truth and didn't say anything else about this issue at the moment. It seemed that the court was taking some care of it. As a captain of fifty people, he now had to summon all his people to register. As long as After the registration is completed, if anyone leaves again, he will be a deserter in the history of the Arab Empire, and your family members, including yours, must bear corresponding responsibilities.
"Do you really think you will hit the royal capital? Marshal Sukhguman still has a lot of troops, more than 200,000 people. Add in the rest of us, there are more than 300,000 people. Is it possible? Can't they stop the Tang army? They are all three-headed and six-armed. I really don't believe it. Can't the scimitar in my hand drink their blood?"
After completing the registration, Sangbik saw that there was nothing to do, so he sat next to Raf. Now everyone was confused and couldn't remember anything, so they just sat up and chatted. This was the last quiet before the war. Maybe when the next break comes, some people in this circle will never be able to sit up again.
"I don't know how your father taught you. You are still so naive now. You are using a scimitar in your hand. Do you know what the Tang army uses? I heard from the refugees from the north that they used that thing as a cannon. As long as a spherical thing explodes among us, none of these dozen people can survive, including those animals, and they will be killed. And their people are still hundreds of meters away. How do you think we should fight them? Our speed is quite fast, but they don't fight us hand to hand. You can't kill the enemy hundreds of meters away with your scimitar, right?"
Raf pulled Sangbik aside. He couldn't say it in front of so many people. If he said it in front of so many people, you would shake the morale of the army. (End of this chapter)