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After some questioning, Jiang Xiaobai finally got it straight.

Originally, after Jin Soldier's camp was destroyed last night, there were at least three hundred soldiers who had escaped. Other than those who were severely injured and unable to move, most of them only went around in a circle before running to the vicinity of the northern and eastern gates of the Yi Zhou City.

In truth, there were not many Song Soldier on the city wall, because a majority of the people had gathered at the west city. There was even a portion of them who had left the city to rescue Jin Soldier's camp.

As a result, around each city gate, there were only dozens of Song Soldier standing guard.

In the face of the sudden appearance of Jin Soldier, although the city gate would not open, but they did not dare resist, and could only close their eyes and watch as Jin Soldier climbed up the wall.

Because of the injury on his arm, he couldn't climb up, so he came to the north gate. He wanted to find a secluded place to hide for the time being, and when the sun rose he would go inside to find his companions.

It was a pity that he had underestimated his own injuries, and fainted at the Wood Workshop's entrance. If not for Yang Delu's insistence on saving him, he would have been dismembered by Huo Wa long ago.

Jin Soldier did not run, but instead went into the city, which surprised him greatly.

How much chaos would the more than three hundred tiger-like Jin Soldier cause when he entered an almost defenseless city?

Even if the Song Soldier s in the city wanted to resist, they would be unable to do so.

They did not have the advantage in numbers and their combat power was weak. It was likely that the county city had already become the domain of the Golden Man.

This was simply preposterous.

Jiang Xiaobai was enraged, he immediately ordered Huo Wa to keep watch, and decided to go inside the city.

"Master, are you going to the city?" Huo Wa obviously wanted to follow Jiang Xiaobai, and said: "Not now, the city gate hasn't opened yet."

"Why isn't it open yet?"

This was strange. Didn't the city gates open at sunrise and the sun go down? It had been almost two hours since the sun had risen.

"How cowardly!" Huo Wa laughed out loud: "Yesterday, Heavenly Master's father showed off his might outside West City Gate, the officials of the city must have been scared, thus they closed all four gates and treated you like a turtle hiding its head."

Jiang Xiaobai walked to the main entrance and looked in the direction of the city gate which was a few hundred metres away.

As expected, the northern city gates of the Yi Zhou City were securely shut, and there were not many people around the city gates who were preparing to enter.

This was too useless. If no one attacked and there was no enemy within a few kilometers, what was the point of locking down the city?

"I'll go take a look!" Jiang Xiaobai was worried that Jin Soldier, who was in the city, would cause trouble, so he immediately began to prepare.

There were many people that Jiang Xiaobai recognized in the city, and even some that Jin Soldier could recognize him.

Modern clothes could not be worn. After changing Zhuang Chusi's tattered clothes and wearing a tattered bamboo hat to cover his hair, he wore cloth shoes with several holes and a handful of firewood, he looked just like a poor person selling firewood in the city.

After getting Jiang Ni and the rest to wait, Jiang Xiaobai jumped up to split the firewood and walked over unsteadily.

From a distance of over thirty meters, Jiang Xiaobai put down his burden, stood in front of the suspension bridge, and looked towards the direction of the city.

Different from usual, the number of soldiers on the city wall had clearly increased by more than two times, and there were even a few dressed in Jin Soldier's clothing.

It was very obvious that Jin Soldier, who had entered the city, did not receive any attack. Instead, he had merged with the Song Soldier and used a common defensive Yi Zhou City.

There were ten or so people waiting to enter the city and they were all whispering to each other.

"What's going on? The sun is already three rods high, and you're still not opening the door?"

"Didn't you know? Last night, there was a ghost outside the west gate, so you ate a lot of people."

"Really? Then I won't enter the city."

"Don't go, I heard that the ghost only eats Jin Kingdom people, not Song Kingdom people!"

Most of them were picking vegetables and fruits from the fields, while some hunters brought beast skins and other items in preparation to sell in the city.

Most people did not know what had happened outside the western gate, but as long as there was one rumor spreading, the panic would gradually spread. As a result, many people had already left early, leaving behind only those that had to enter the city.

Jiang Xiaobai heard it for a while and felt it was funny. In their descriptions, he had already turned into a green-faced, fanged Ogre King, and many people advocated inviting Monks to do it.

Jiang Xiaobai treated this as a joke and even joined the discussion.

By the time it reached 9: 30 AM, the sun was already high in the sky, but there were still no signs of the city gates opening.

Jiang Xiaobai was a little impatient, he decided to return to his Wood Workshop to wait first and then think of a way.

However, right at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened.

A dozen or so Song Soldier s and yamen runners filed out. Two bailiffs carried a table and placed it near the city gate, and two Song Soldier s pasted a notice on the city wall. Only then did they put down the suspension bridge and let people in.

Jiang Xiaobai followed the crowd and walked closer to the gate. When they neared it, he finally understood that the person behind the table was a tax collector, and that each of them had three big shots and five big ones. They were not allowed to enter without paying.

Towards this kind of fee, Jiang Xiaobai had already done the preparatory work. Inside the worn-out clothes, not only were there over a hundred copper coins, there were also over a hundred silver coins.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaobai took out three bronze coins, and was prepared to deal with them.

However, the bailiff didn't collect any money. Instead, he looked up and down before asking, "Jump?"

Jiang Xiaobai was baffled. Others did not jump, but why do you want me to jump instead?

However, while holding onto the principle that it was better to avoid trouble, Jiang Xiaobai still jumped.

Although Jiang Xiaobai purposely suppressed his strength, he still leaped up by more than a meter this time.

"That's right!" The bailiff's eyes lit up as he asked, "Which village are you from? What's your name? How old are you and who are you from?"

Why are you blabbering so much?

Jiang Xiaobai had no choice but to reply: "I'm Cao Da Niu from Cao family. I'm 22 years old, and I'm the only one in the family!"

"Not bad, you're one. Stand over there!" Then, he raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the wall, saying: "You don't have to sell dried wood, it can't be sold for much money either. Go and be a soldier, you can control your food, and each month you'll be paid a hundred big shots."

"Soldier?"

Only then did Jiang Xiaobai realize that there were actually two big words written on the notice — — Military Recruitment Order!

Below, there were a few lines of small characters, saying something about how bandits had been rampant in the Yi Zhou City recently, and how the government, for the welfare of the people, had proposed to set up a guard team. The guard team looked to be over fifteen, and under forty.

It seemed that Liu County Order was getting nervous and wanted to strengthen his Yi Zhou City.

It's a good thing, but I didn't say I was going to apply.

Jiang Xiaobai immediately said: "I am not a soldier, I am just selling firewood, after I finish selling the firewood, I will return home!"

"Not a soldier?" The bailiff immediately stood up and slapped the table, shouting, "Come on, arrest this bandit!"

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