召集民兵 meaning in English

call to arms

He gave orders for the militiamen to assemble out of the villages , and to be armed ; and wrote a letter to the commander - in - chief , in which he informed him of his intention to remain at bleak hills to the last and to defend himself , leaving it to his discretion to take steps or not for the defence of bleak hills , where he said one of the oldest russian generals would be taken prisoner or die
他下令从各乡召集民兵并把他们都武装起来，同时又给总司令写了一封信，告诉他，自己已决定留下来保卫童山并坚持到底，至于总司令是否设法保卫童山，保卫俄国最老的将军之一可能被俘或者被打死的地方，请总司令自行定夺，同时也向家里的人宣布，他绝不离开童山。