The backyard of the Yamen at this time.

What are Zhang Baozheng and Hu Dugu talking about?

Next to him were Zhang Hansheng and Wu Dayong.

"Master!"

"Something happened!"

Hu Dugu said to Zhang Bao with a heavy face.

"First of all, it's about the inside of the county government. I heard that a lot of people came a while ago and put the entire county under martial law, but I don't know what happened inside."

"From asking around, it seems that the county guard has been replaced!"

Hu Dugu said to Zhang Bao.

"ah?"

"Isn't the governor of Heyang County Chen Dadao now?"

"Who could that be?"

Zhang Bao was a little surprised.

As the county magistrate, I am considered to be on Chen Dadao's side. If something happens to Chen Dadao, it will not be good for my side.

"impossible!"

"This is impossible!"

"As long as General Fan is still the state pastor, the same thing as before will never happen again."

After hearing what Hu Dugu said, Wu Dayong and Zhang Hansheng on the side shook their heads.

"Keep talking!"

Zhang Bao signaled Hu Dugu to continue.

"Furthermore, Heyang County has been deploying troops frequently from various places recently, and it seems like there is going to be some big move."

"Moreover, many refugees have come over from Liaozhou. In order to escape the disaster of the war, many have already poured into Hezhou. It is estimated that many people will come to our territory in Heyang County before long."

"We originally wanted to continue to inquire about the news, but we met a group of people. They were very powerful and had many masters. They didn't look like ordinary soldiers. In order to prevent being exposed in advance, we came back."

Hu Dugu said to everyone.

After listening to Hu Dugu's words, Zhang Bao and others bowed their heads and remained silent.

So many things have happened recently, but I don’t have a very clear feeling.

Don't know how all this happened.

It's like the darkness before a mountain rain, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Brother Wu, how is the recent recruitment situation?"

"How many troops do we have now?"

Zhang Bao thought for a while and asked Wu Dayong.

"Sir, I'm only over two thousand now."

"We have tried our best to recruit."

Wu Dayong said with some shame.

"Only two thousand in total?"

"Why so little?"

"Didn't those rebels increase their number to more than 10,000 in a short period of time?"

Zhang Bao was very surprised.

During this period of conscription, those who were exempt from the poll tax and could receive military pay should not only be more than 2,000 people!

"Sir, you don't know something."

"There are only so many young men in Sanhe County, and most of those in the previous villages were taken away by the rebels."

"The new recruits now are basically from around the county."

"And their rebel army is not like us, they are just robbing people!"

"We can't use that method!"

Wu Dayong was also very helpless.

After the previous forced conquest by the rebel army, most of the young and middle-aged men were taken away and then extinguished by Zhang Bao...

It is not easy to recruit more than two thousand people from the remaining people.

"All right."

"Two thousand is two thousand!"

"In this way, move the military camp outside the city to station it!"

"Use military settlements as camps, and there will be one military camp for every hundred acres of military settlements!"

Zhang Bao said to Wu Dayong.

"In addition, I need to recruit a team of two hundred archers from among your city defenders, and I want to train them in archery!"

Zhang Bao turned to Zhang Hansheng and said.

"ah?"

"Sir, for such a small matter, you don't need to come in person, right?"

"I'll just train!"

Zhang Hansheng said to Zhang Bao.

"I'm talking about Lao Zhang."

"If Lao Hu and the others hadn't happened to come back today, those two people would have escaped!"

"That arrow of yours was really accurate. It missed my scalp. If we hadn't been familiar with each other, I would have thought you were the other party's spy!"

Zhang Bao joked with a smile.

Zhang Hansheng blushed and said nothing.

no way.

The arrow I shot just now, although I reacted quickly, was really not accurate.

Not to mention the other defenders of the city.

Didn't even respond.

It's time to train.

"It's my lord, I'll make arrangements when I get back."

Zhang Hansheng said very frustrated.

"In addition, Brother Wu, I need one hundred people to be responsible for catapults, one hundred people to be responsible for making traps, and one hundred people to be responsible for investigation!"

"Help me pick out the people. Those in charge of the catapult need to be strong."

"Those responsible for making traps need to be bold and careful."

"Those responsible for investigation need to be smarter."

Zhang Bao said to Wu Dayong.

"ah?"

"Sir, this is the total number of people I have under my command."

"With all your picky behavior taken away, I will have no one left!"

"Besides, it's not an option to spread out such a small number of people."

Wu Dayong was worried.

In the military camps implemented by the county government, soldiers are basically divided into two groups and take turns.

If these people are assigned specific tasks, it means that there are only a few hundred people who can be flexibly mobilized under them.

"You can find a solution if you work together?"

"It's all calculated, and there are only two thousand people in total. We don't need to do anything else. Thousands of people are coming. How about a hard fight?"

"How many rounds can it take?"

"When fighting a war, you can't fight with numbers, you have to use your brains!"

Zhang Bao said speechlessly.

It is already so difficult to recruit soldiers now.
To be continued...