The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 584 Mobilization Before the War
dong dong dong...

The sound of war drums broke the quiet night and woke up the sleeping people from their dreams.

Inside the barracks, the soldier on duty muttered, "This is... the sound of a drum? What kind of drums are you beating in the middle of the night!"

Suddenly, the soldier thought of something, and immediately turned and ran towards the sentry tower.

"Get up...all get up..."

Shouting all the way, the soldier ran up to the sentry tower, picked up the drum hammer and started beating.

The drums in the barracks were loud, and soon someone came out with clothes on, weapons in their hands.

At the Qianhu Office outside the barracks, someone ran in quickly at this moment.

"Master Qianhu, Lord Qianhu... have enemies!"

"Master Qianhu..."

The sound echoed in the yamen, Qianhu Mashan was in a deep sleep, but was still awakened by the sound.

As soon as he heard that there was an enemy attack, Ma Shan's pajamas disappeared immediately, and he came out of the room wearing unlined clothes.

"What happened?" Ma Shan asked angrily.

"My lord, there are enemies coming from the north, and there are quite a few of them..."

"See clearly?"

"Our secret sentry reported that there are at least 5000 people, not far from our county seat!"

5000 people... Hearing this number, Ma Shan was almost scared to death.

Now in the county, there are no more than [-] defenders, and they can't even occupy the city walls. It is difficult to stop these enemy troops.

The most terrible thing is that there is no moat in Yanfeng County, and the enemy can attack the city as soon as they arrive.

After thinking for a while, Ma Shan quickly shouted: "Go to the barracks to send an order, everyone hurry up to the city wall for me, and find a way to strengthen the city defense!"

"Yes!"

After the soldier left, Ma Shan returned to put on his armor while thinking about how to deal with the situation.

Right now, there is still more than an hour before dawn. He only hopes that these enemy troops will not go crazy and come to attack the city in black light.

"The manpower is too small, let the people in the city guard the city together!"

After making such a judgment, when he walked out of the gate, Ma Shan ordered his soldiers: "Go and tell the county magistrate, let him quickly gather the young and strong, the enemy is coming!"

"Yes!"

Calling the young and strong, naturally, the county government must come forward, and the daily work is organized by the county government.

With the fastest speed, Ma Shan came to the North City Gate, where the soldiers had already gathered.

Four hundred people, not many compared to five thousand troops, Ma Shan was very worried at the moment.

Not long after he mentioned Qianhu, this kind of thing happened to him, which made him want to cry.

In the past, under the command of his eldest brother Meng Hai, he only had to follow orders and run errands, but now he has to make up his own mind when facing difficulties.

"The enemy army is coming from the north, but the other gates can't relax their vigilance...

"Every section of the city wall must be guarded..."

"By the way, find something to block the city gate to prevent them from crashing into it..."

For a while, Ma Shan explained everything he could think of.

"That's right... immediately send someone to the county government to report the enemy's situation to Fucheng!"

On the other end, Duan Qingyu was woken up from the bed, and after learning about the situation, he became very calm.

There were [-] enemy troops, and they found out when they reached the county seat. The news was really scary.

Now in Yanfeng County, there are only more than 4000 people inside and outside, and it is extremely difficult to stop the enemy.

Complaining in his heart that the capital's investigation was not effective, Duan Qingyu still had to follow Ma Shan's request and guard the city in a hurry.

The first batch of conscripts were servants in the yamen, and only these people could pass on the government orders of the county government.

"It's not too late, you have to notify each household as soon as possible, let them take what they can, and go to Beicheng to listen to Ma Qianhu's arrangement..."

"Tell them that these bandits are here to rob food and kill people. If we don't want to die, we have to work hard!"

"Go quickly!"

After giving these orders, Duan Qingyu also thought of reporting the situation to the superior yamen by "phone".

So he immediately came to the inner hall of the county yamen, stood in front of a wooden box and dialed.

There was a "beep" sound in the box, but it continued for dozens of seconds, but there was no answer from the other side, and then the phone hung up automatically.

"Why is no one answering?" Duan Qingyu almost died of anger.

So he dialed again, but there was still no sound from the other side.

"Come here, keep calling me until the government office answers, and tell them what's going on here!" Duan Qingyu pointed to the little official at the door.

"Yes!"

After explaining this matter, Duan Qingyu immediately left the county office and participated in the mobilization for the war.

On the streets of the county town, the guards beat gongs and drums and shouted back and forth.

"Old and young men... Hurry up, the thief is coming..."

"Everyone is up, the thieves have come to grab food and kill people..."

"Get up quickly, pick up the thing... and defend our city!"

The shouts continued, and the people in the city woke up one after another from their sleep.

"The head of the house...what are you shouting outside?"

The man who had just left the house ran back, lit the oil lamp and began to put on his clothes. While he was busy, he said, "The thieves are coming outside, let us all defend the city!"

"A thief?"

"You still don't know? I heard a few days ago that those thieves in Beidi County wanted to rob us of our food and planned to send troops against us..."

"I heard that the prince has sent someone to negotiate with them. I thought there would be no war...I didn't expect these thieves to kill them!"

Hearing the head's explanation, the woman on the bed hurriedly got up and said, "You want to grab our food? My mother strangled these bastards to death, and I'll go defend the city with you!"

People who have experienced the end of the world and survived in the wild have more courage and blood than ordinary people, even women.

The man in charge put on his clothes, stopped his wife in the house and said, "Don't worry, stay at home and watch the child, I'll go and have a look first..."

After saying this, the man picked up the long shovel at home and rushed into the wind and snow outside.

At this moment, in the streets and alleys, there are more people like this man running down the street with their "weapons" at home.

In order to protect their own living space, everyone has high morale.

At the north gate, young and strong men arrived one after another, and they were being formed into formation by the officers.

Although the fighting spirit is high, if there is no effective organization, no matter how many people there are, it will be just a rabble.

From learning the news of the enemy's attack to the present, the whole process took only four to 10 minutes, which is already a very fast speed.

At this moment, the gate of the city has been blocked by various things, and after the young and strong are also organized, they are taken to the city wall for defense one after another.

"My lord, all the spare weapons and armor in the arsenal have been brought here!"

"Send it quickly!" Ma Shan said in a deep voice.

From the panic at the beginning, he has calmed down now, especially after the city defense was reinforced.

"My lord, the magistrate Duan is here!"

Ma Shan turned around when he heard Duan Qingyu ask: "Ma Qianhu, how is the situation?"

Ma Shan said in a deep voice, "The enemy army is only ten miles away!"

"Is there any news from the government office?"

Duan Qingyu replied: "I came here to tell you about this matter, the government has already mobilized reinforcements, and has reported to the Privy Council!"

Looking up at the night sky, Ma Shan said solemnly: "That's good, then, it's up to us!"

They still had to hold out on their own until reinforcements arrived.

(End of this chapter)