Conscription had begun.
It wasn't just the city's laborers. Over the past few days, even Martial Artists with official standing from the various great families had been conscripted, one after another, to help defend the city.
The Thief Soldiers were powerful. It was clear that the city's defenders and the Government Office's Martial Artists alone could not hold them off.
According to the intelligence Liu Zheng had received, among the Rebel Army currently besieging Xiahe County Town, there were over ten Qi Sensing Martial Masters alone.
To say nothing of the Bone Forging and Marrow Transformation Martial Artists, whose numbers were even greater.
With such strength, if the enemy truly attacked without regard for casualties, Xiahe County would be utterly indefensible.
And as the County Magistrate of Xiahe County, Liu Zheng didn't dare to abandon the city and flee.
Now, he could only bite the bullet and muster every available force within the city for its defense.
