挙きょ兵へい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

raising an army; taking up arms

Refers to the act of mustering military forces, typically in a historical or formal context. Often used with する to mean 'to raise an army'.

• 彼かれは地ち方ほうで挙きょ兵へいした。

  He raised an army in the provinces.

• 挙きょ兵へいの知しらせが都みやこに届とどいた。

  News of the army being raised reached the capital.