Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Wartime Conscription (Part 2)

Aslan rushed out of Billy City all the way, and said while riding his horse.

"The six lords who attacked the Melo area retreated at the same time, but they didn't let it go. Instead, they gathered all their troops to Jimmy Town. Obviously, they were planning to rely on their superior forces to fight us on the banks of the Meili River."

"I was careless this time." Aslan said angrily.

Arthur was silent, he also realized the seriousness of the matter.

The coalition army composed of six lords' troops, at least five or six thousand troops.

Gao Wen, who was confronting them at this time, had at most seven or eight hundred troops on hand.

With ten times the strength of his own, even if the Melo army is elite, Arthur still lacks confidence.

History has proved countless times that quantitative changes are enough to cause qualitative changes.

Otherwise, the human race would not have become the ruler of Sino Continent.

In addition to being good at using tools and learning, the human race is the huge population base.

It was dawn, and Aslan had already appeared in the monitoring range of the outpost outside Melo Town.

Because of the war with the lord of the Billy area, the security of the outpost was very strict, and no soldiers dared to be lazy. They were in groups of two, and four people took turns to guard the post.

Seeing that it was the lord who came back, the soldiers at the outpost quickly lit up white smoke.

The black wolf smoke represents the enemy's invasion, and the white smoke is swearing the lord's return.

Seeing the white smoke outside the town of Melo, Wilson and Essien both breathed a sigh of relief.

The lord is back, and so is their backbone.

Aslan was driving fast all the way, the smile on his face was no longer there, so he turned a blind eye to the leaders who saluted him on the road.

But all the citizens took it for granted that if such a serious incident happened in the territory, the lord could still greet them with a smile on his face, so they should be worried.

As soon as he entered the city lord's mansion, Aslan threw the whip on the table and asked solemnly.

"Tell me about the current situation?"

Essien immediately stood up and said, "Reliable news has come that the six lords have assembled 5,000 soldiers and horses, and this number is still increasing."

"Moreover, the four lords who are somewhat related to the six lords have also begun to mobilize troops on a large scale."

Essien's last words made Aslan's eyes widen.

This is something that has never happened before.

Is it the butterfly effect?

But Aslan didn't panic, instead he quickly calmed down.

"How many soldiers in the new barracks can go to battle?" Aslan asked calmly.

"Four hundred Melo troops, six hundred city defense troops." Wilson said decisively.

Aslan estimated the strength at hand.

If all the troops were put together, there would only be more than 2,000 troops. As for the construction of the corps, Aslan did not intend to let them participate in the battle.

Not to mention insufficient combat training, and being too old, the combat effectiveness that can be displayed on the battlefield is really limited.

In the era of cold weapons, the physical strength and combat experience gained in war.

The soldiers of the Construction Corps did not go to the battlefield, so naturally they had no combat experience at all, and their physical strength became even worse as they got older.

"How is the situation at the front?" Aslan asked again.

"This is the latest battle report!" Wilson handed the battle report to Aslan.

Aslan watched the battle report sent by Gao Wen very calmly, with a serious expression on his face.

The coalition forces of the lords in the Billy area have gathered more than 5,000 people, and they may cross the river at any time, but they don't have so many boats and cannot cross the river on a large scale, so they dare not cross the river for the time being, fearing that the number of troops crossing the river is too small, and they will be caught by the people on the river bank. The Melo army was eaten.

It's just that they are already logging and building ships, and they will soon be overwhelmed by troops.

Aslan picked up the quill and wrote a date on it, along with a tactical plan.

Relying on the terrain advantage to prevent them from crossing the river, as long as it takes another week, he will lead the reinforcements to support.

That's right! It will take Aslan a week. He needs to mass-produce the Merlot war crossbow, so that the new recruits of the city defense army can get familiar with it as soon as possible.

Five consecutive bed crossbows.

"Conscript immediately, military experience is preferred, and train recruits one by one, how much can they train?" Aslan no longer cared about what would happen to undertrained soldiers on the battlefield.

After all, many soldiers under the lord's command are also farmers on weekdays, and they only raise weapons in wartime.

Essien and Wilson quickly conveyed the decree, and after a while, a conscription notice was posted on the bulletin board outside the city lord's mansion.

It's just that unlike other lords' compulsory conscription, it is forcibly distributed to each family.

The conscription notice in Melo Town is voluntary, and it also explained the dangerous situation that Melo Town is facing at this time, especially the danger that soldiers who join the army will inevitably face.

The civil servant of the city lord's mansion read the content of the announcement, but the sound became weaker as he read it.

He felt that the lord must be crazy to issue such a conscription announcement. It is strange that someone is willing to serve as a soldier.

The onlookers were silent for a while, and they were caught in a dilemma.

On the one hand, he wants to help the lord, but on the other hand, he is afraid that he will die in battle this time.

The balcony door on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion opened, and Aslan in military uniform came out.

"It's hard for our town of Merlot to be what it is today, but some people don't want to see us live a good life. In their eyes, our Merlot area is their back garden, and the Merlot people are their slaves by nature. The lord's army is overwhelming, and there is no way I can retreat."

Aslan said this, he was silent, only the consequences, he didn't say anything, but quietly looked at the people below.

He hoped that the people below would awaken the bloodliness of the nation and the sense of honor of the country.

"My lord! What will happen if you are defeated?"

Suddenly someone asked.

For just a moment, everyone's eyes were on Aslan, and they all wanted to know, what would the lord do in such a situation?

"I will lead the soldiers of the Melo army to fight to the end? I swear to live and die with Melo town." Aslan said firmly.

He really wanted to complain, even if he was defeated, the six lords would not dare to hurt him.

"Swear to follow the lord!"

The elders in Merlot Town were the first to realize it. They were mainly the original residents of the original Wood Village and Merlot Town. Almost every family had someone who joined the army. They accepted the patriotism of the knights every day and admired Aslan's thoughts.

Referred to as brainwashing, under its influence, the ideological consciousness of these families is also higher than that of other newly arrived people.

"Without the lord, we would not be where we are now, fighting for Melo."

Those who chanted such slogans were basically the middle class in Melo Town. They already had a stable income and their days were getting better every day. Once Melo Town was breached, everything they owned might be snatched away by other lords.

They have vested interests. Compared with other people, they must firmly stand on the same front with Aslan.