Within Bingzhou itself, there had initially been some discontent.
To risk the entire populace of Bingzhou for the sake of six thousand men felt, especially to those unaffected, like reckless militarism.
However, once the contents of the Council of the School of Government were spread throughout the Royal Court of Beiye by the court diarists, every single household in Bingzhou quietly began slaughtering their livestock to make dried rations. They prepared provisions, weapons, and clothing, and sent their husbands and sons off to the military camps.
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