The Empire's Shaanxi Province, near Mantes Forest, is a border city called Linsen County. Two guards who charge city gate fees are leaning against the city gate with a spear in their arms.

No wonder these two people are so well-like. This remote county has neither attractive specialties nor more craftsmen's shops. There is nothing but a large area of ​​farmland.

However, it is such a remote and backward place. The entire county originally had only 70,000 to 80,000 people. After the war broke out, because it was far away from surrounding important towns, it can be said that the war could not burn here at all. Therefore, countless people with family members flocked into the county. The population was said to have tripled, reaching more than 200,000 people.

However, not everyone can live in the county.

Just look at the families of powerful people who have been driven to live in the towns and towns, and you can see that the people living in the county now can have a relationship with a powerful person in the dynasty.

Now no one of the residents in the city can offend the city gate soldiers, so the so-called city gate fee is equivalent to not being there.

People in those towns are not fools, and people in the city are all powerful people. Who would run in to find abuse? If you want to set up a street stall, you can set it outside the city gate.

The commercial tax is another system. It is not surprising that the city gate soldiers who can only act like this will be so lifeless.

The soldier on the left wiped his sweat and muttered dissatisfiedly: "This damn weather is November and February, and it's almost winter, why is it still so hot? It's so hot that people are almost steaming!"

Another city gate soldier with his eyes closed beside him sneered: "Don't forget that it rained heavily for two or three months during the Heavenly Condemnation period. According to those old scholars, the clouds in the sky turned into rain and fell down. There were no clouds in the sky blocking the sun, so the weather would inevitably become hot."

"But we don't care whether the weather is hot or not. In fact, as long as we calm our hearts down, we will naturally become cold. This is what is called calmness and naturally become cold. Look at how comfortable I am."

"Bah, don't preach me. I'll have a headache when I hear it, and it'll be even hotter!" The soldiers of the city gate shook their heads: "If I had known that the days in the rear were so boring, I would have gone to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. If I have good luck, I might be an officer now."

"Go to kill the enemy? Hehe, good luck is an officer, so what about bad luck?" The soldier with his eyes closed said disdainfully: "Brother, I said, don't fantasize about these things. In this troubled times, being able to survive is the best ideal. I don't want to pursue any glory and wealth. Being able to survive the troubled times with a family is the best expectation."

"Oh, it's hard. Although we are in the rear and the farmland harvest here is OK, 80% of the farmland harvest is transported to the front line to support the battle, so we can only guard the granary here and go hungry!"

"I won't say this. Anyway, it's good that people can't starve to death. But don't think it's safe to be in the rear. The emperor cannot expand outward, and instead aims at the Mantes Forest. You also know what the result of the Mantes Forest was like during the last expedition. All those who entered the forest died in vain! So, I would rather do it on the front line and be more silent than in the forest." The soldiers of the city gate, covered in sweat, suddenly felt happy.

"Uh, I didn't expect you to have such insights." The city gate soldier with his eyes closed opened his eyes and said in surprise.

The soldiers of the sweating city gate smiled bitterly: "I said I was the corps leader of the Imperial Regular Army. Do you believe it?"

Another city gate soldier laughed and said, "Why don't you believe it? Even my brigade-level logistics commander is guarding the city gate. What's so strange about you, the regiment commander, follow the city gate?"

The two veterans looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

Although they are only middle-aged and experienced, they can get a good job in this troubled times, but they, who have a deep affection for the empire, are not willing to participate in such civil wars at all.

The army was disbanded and the information was abandoned. They were unwilling to reveal their identities and naturally became civilians. If the strong men were not taken away, people of a little age would not have been pulled into the army.

However, then again, neither of them actually believe what the other party said. Troubled times are a good time for soldiers to flourish. How can people in high positions be willing to give up their military posts?

It must have offended high-ranking officials in the army. The other party can't do anything about it, but in the troubled times, they will be killed at any time. If you don't run away, will you wait for death? However, although you know that the other party is lies, you feel that you are much closer to each other and chat with each other.

Suddenly, they heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, looked up and saw four or five horsemen running towards the city gate.

The city gate soldier of the brigade logistics chief observed for a while and said, "It was the county lord and a few powerful boys who went out this morning. Why were he as anxious as attending a funeral?"

"Hey, if they were going to attend the funeral, they would definitely be slow. Now they are not afraid of exhausting their horses. It is probably because they hunted too much in the countryside to arouse public anger, so they ran back like a dog and prepared to summon reinforcements." The soldiers from the Great Wall Gate of the United Army said disdainfully.

The two looked at each other, laughed, and then pretended to be panicked, and looked nervously at the little kids rushing towards the city gate.

The reason why these two guys dared to curse the county lord's son like this is mainly because the families of the powerful and wealthy in the city are not good people, especially the young men who are at the time who do not serve the country but instead hide behind.

These young masters dare not make trouble in the city, but there is no fun place. I don’t know which guy came up with the wrong idea, which makes these kids like to go out to hunt.

Thinking about the identities of these boys, you will know that it is impossible for them to hunt wild animals, so their prey is the young female family hiding among the residents of the towns outside the city.

I searched these guys several times, and there were almost no young female relatives in the surrounding towns, let alone beauty, which also forced these people to stretch their hunting activities further and further.

Although their actions caused chaos in the people, who made violent institutions stand on the side of these powerful people? Moreover, the upper class did not regard the untouchables as human beings, so these riots were suppressed. After several suppressions, the people below had already understood their identity and dared not speak again.

Now there is sudden chaos in the public. It is probably because of these guys that have caused resentment from heaven and earth, otherwise the people's hearts that have already been sank shall not be boiling.

It has been a long time since I saw the civil unrest. I guess how many villages will be wiped out this time? The officers and soldiers who led the team can make another profit.

Two soldiers from the city gate who were born as imperial officers were a little crazy about participating in the upcoming war of extermination. In their opinion, they did not have young and beautiful women, so these guys could not harm them. Of course, they would get along with them if they had the advantage.

You know, this is the key to survival in troubled times.

However, as several people got closer, the faces of the two city gate soldiers also changed.

Why are they both mingled to the level of the corps captain or above? In the heyday of the empire, it almost became an instinct to see people's faces, so they saw the panic expressions on these people at first sight.

This discovery shocked them suddenly. These guys were not unhappy with civil unrest in the past, but every time they ran back, they looked angry and panicked. How could they look like this all panic?

Did the abandoned people of the Mantes Forest unite and run out of the forest?

When the two soldiers at the gate were panicked, the county town in the rear was only two,000 old, weak, disabled and sick city defense troops could not stop them even if they came to the front a thousand strong men!

The young men rushed into the city gate while yelling wildly: "Hurry! Close the city gate!"

The two soldiers from the city gates did not say anything, and immediately closed the city gate without waiting for their superiors to order them. The people who set up stalls outside the city had already been away from the distance when they saw the young people rushing around. When they saw the city gates closed, they of course fled with a loud bang.

I don’t know if these two soldiers at the city gate were qualified. Anyway, they didn’t issue any warning after closing the door, and went straight to greet their boss.

When the boss of the city gate soldiers got the news, while dispatching people and preparing to go to the county lord for information, the houses of those guys, including the county lord's house, suddenly became chaotic.

The county lord, who usually swaggers, greets the servants with a panic look and pulls the carriage and directs the servants to load gold, silver and treasures into the carriage.

What's even more outrageous is that the property was less than half filled. He was usually stingy and separated by a copper plate and made the county lord not have the property in his arms, so he ordered his subordinates to immediately ride out the door and head straight to the east gate of the emperor's capital.

Before the soldiers of the city gate had time to speak, they could only see several carriages flying to the city gate, and without giving any explanation, they directly knocked away two stupid city gate soldiers and rushed out of the city gate and disappeared.

The servants holding the gold and silver were stunned and stared at me and I looked at you. The city gate official greedily looked at the gold and silver in the servant's arms. He was very taboo and confused and looked at the opening of the east gate.

Just as he was hesitating, the young people who ran back to the same time as the county lord, left most of their wealth and servants, and drove a few carriages and ran away quickly.

Everyone else was still wondering what was going on. Knowing that several small bastards were running back in panic, the city gate official immediately jumped and shouted: "Damn it! Actually..."

In this way, I couldn't say anything later, and the city gate official immediately turned around and ran home.

After a while, everyone discovered that the officials from all the city gates hurriedly took their families and drove away in the carriage.

At this time, people who haven't found something wrong yet are really idiotic.

First of all, the servants of the mansion began to rob property in chaos, but except for some overly greedy, the others grabbed a handful of gold coins and turned around and ran away.

The riots in these mansions and the news that several carriages rushed out of the city gate were immediately learned by the powerful people in the city.

Except for some knowledgeable and determined follow the county lord and the others, the others just sent people out to investigate and disappear, while packing things in a panic.

Most of the noble families in the rear were female relatives, and they were unwilling to leave any property, which made the work cleaner dozens of times slower.

When they decided to make the order of cleaning up, it was too late.

On the city tower of the county town, because the main palace is still there, the city guards who cannot escape and the servants sent by various powerful families are in a similar mood. Kanter is in a state of uneasiness, looking at the horizon over the Mantes Forest.

The people on the city tower suddenly felt the city wall trembling, and then they heard the dull sound of rumbling. Everyone opened their mouths in a daze and stared at the horizon with their eyes tightly on the horizon.

When the muffled thunder became louder and louder, suddenly, a row of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of everyone as if they were coming out of the ground.

This extremely sudden situation immediately collapsed everyone on the city tower to the ground, and the servants of the powerful families were worthy of eating and drinking better than the soldiers. When the soldiers were so shocked that they did not respond, they had already crawled away from the city tower and cried to their master's family.

The commander of the city guard may have seen the world. While using his hands and feet to shoot and beat the soldiers, he shouted, "What are you panic? It's just a thousand cavalrymen. We not only have three thousand people but also have the benefits of the city wall. Don't worry at all! They cheer me up and prepare for battle!"

The soldiers not only did not boost morale, but instead were trembling with trembling all over and could not speak.

With a tiger face, the commander who was like a ruthless killing a few chickens. Suddenly, he found that something was wrong. Why did these guys look outside the city in such shock?

The commander turned his head and saw that half of the sword had been pulled out and fell to the ground with a bang.

This cavalry, which can't be seen at the end of the front, back, left and right, not only brings a great visual impact, but also makes the people who see it lose the desire to resist.

You don’t need to count. Without 30,000 to 40,000 people, you can’t imagine such a shocking scene.

This is a powerful servant rushed to the city tower in a hurry. Before his breath was stable, he showed a arrogant look and shouted in a pretentious manner: "My wife ordered you to defend the city defense. If there is any negligence, my master will definitely take the lives of your whole family!"

All the officers and soldiers present changed their faces.

They knew very well which family this servant was from. His master could indeed destroy his people. Just as the officers and soldiers were gritting their teeth to guard the city wall, the commander of the guard suddenly picked up the sword and chopped the servant who was passing the message without saying a word.

The commander spat and cursed: "I don't look at how many people there are. Just us, this city wall with a high butt is just a matter of guarding! Brothers, these cavalry are probably grassland people. They hate seeing the city that loves you to resist the most. Once the city resists, they will be massacred after the city is broken. So, not for ourselves, but for our family, and surrender to the white flag!"

The soldiers were silent for a moment, and then immediately loudly catered to the commander's words.

For middle-aged men who were forced into the army, hugging their families and lives is the most important thing.
Chapter completed!