Chapter 1332: Prisoner Army
Qin Dynasty, the next day.
"Ye Shi Chang, Ye Shi Chang, you wake up. In a daze, Ye Shikai faintly felt that someone was calling his name, and when he opened his eyes, Li Tunchang was standing in front of him.
"What time is it? Ye Shikai hurriedly asked.
"It's just past the hour, and Ye Shichang is a little tired because of the fierce battle last night. Commander Li Tun and a few sergeants helped Ye Shikai put on his armor, and everyone slowly walked out of the cave.
"Ye Shichang, this year is a bumper harvest year, the grain and grass for the autumn harvest have just arrived, there are more than 1,000 stones, and now the villagers are outside, and even the three elders are here. Li Tunchang's face was happy, one, last night they defeated the strong with the weak, and kept the granary, two, the ancient grain is too important for the people or the army, and can even be described as "strategic materials", if there is no food, there will be civil strife, fighting, countless people will die of famine, war, this year is a bumper harvest, which means that after paying taxes, you can also leave a lot of food.
"yes, let's go out and have a look. Ye Shikai took his weapon and walked out, thousands of villagers had gathered outside, the ancients valued agriculture because it was a major event related to life, so the autumn harvest was also the day they paid the most attention to.
"Look, it's Ye Shichang here. There was a shout from someone in the crowd, and when everyone saw Ye Shikai, they rushed up one after another.
"Ye Shichang's protection of the granary is equivalent to saving all the villagers of Sheung Shui Village, please accept the collective villagers of Sheung Shui Village. One of the old men walked up to Ye Shikai, excited, and wanted to make a big salute.
"What are you doing, old man. Ye Shikai hurriedly helped the old man up, to be exact, the old man in front of him should be more than 2,000 years older than him, if he makes a big gift, Ye Shikai shouldn't lose his life.
"Third Elder, this time it is thanks to Ye Shichang's command, otherwise, so many of our young children in Shangshui Village would have died at the hands of thieves. Li Tunchang said, Ye Shikai then understood that the old man in front of him was the "three elders" in the village, that is, the respected people in the village, which was equivalent to the "village head".
"These are my responsibilities, and besides, these grains are the lifeblood of the village, how can I give them up casually. Ye Shikai quickly changed the topic, "Since the villagers are here, let's hurry up and finish counting the grain and send it to the warehouse." ”
"yes, let's get to work. ”
Hearing of this year's bumper harvest, the villagers were very happy, and they counted the grain and packed it into grain bags and sent it to the cave.
"Ye Gongzi. ”
"Ling'er. When Ye Shikai saw the comer, he immediately walked up, and there was a beautiful girl standing in the crowd, it was He Linghan.
"Ye Gongzi, are you hurt? When He Linghan saw Ye Shikai, his complexion suddenly changed, and at this time Ye Shikai found that his armor was still stained with blood, and the blood stains had not even dried completely.
"Don't worry, it's the blood of those robbers, I'm fine. Ye Shikai hurriedly explained.
"Ye Gongzi's incident last night has spread in the village, it was you who took fifty or sixty sergeants to resist the attacks of hundreds of robbers, and also kept the granary of the village, and now, you are the big hero in the village. The corners of He Linghan's mouth raised slightly, it was very good-looking, Ye Shikai suddenly felt a little embarrassed, this feeling was like the shyness of falling in love, but Ye Shikai thought that he had passed that age, perhaps because he had traveled to this era, which made him feel something else.
"This ...... It's nothing, and if I hadn't used this cave, I'd be out of luck. Ye Shikai smiled bitterly.
"Yo, the two of them are here to fall in love. At this time, Shangguan Jian appeared out of nowhere, walked to the two of them, He Linghan turned his head violently, and his pretty face was as red as a ripe apple.
"Shangguan Baijun. ”
"Okay, it's all your own people, don't be so restrained, you and Lao Ye are the same, you call me Shangguan. Shangguan Jian waved his hand.
"You're smiling like that, isn't there any good news? Ye Shikai said angrily.
"Of course, last night's matter of you, the county knows, Lord Han has promoted you to the head of the tun, and the title of military merit has also been promoted, now you are "not more", I didn't expect your kid to come here is smooth, I enlisted in the army for three years, you achieved it in a few days. Shangguan Jian threw a token to Ye Shikai, which was the token of the tun chief.
"Who keeps me in bad luck. "Think about it, since Ye Shikai came to the Qin Dynasty, how many robbers have he encountered, and this time he played even bigger, and almost lost his life.
"No sergeant wants to fight but doesn't have a chance, you can be content. ”
"By the way, I was promoted to Tun Chang so quickly, so what about the people under my command, where can we draw so many people in Shangshui Village. Ye Shikai knows very well that there are already many young people in the village who have served as conscripts, and the remaining young people, fathers, old women, and children have to do farm work, it can be said that there are no "idlers" in the whole village, and fifty people are drawn at once, and Shangshui Village can't pump so many people at all.
"Ahem, Lao Ye, what about those people under you, they are not the young children of our Shangshui Village, they are...... It was the robbers from last night. ”
"What. Ye Shikai couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and even began to wonder if he had heard it wrong.
"Lao Ye, don't get excited. Shangguan Jian hurriedly explained, "You don't understand the difference between wartime and peacetime, now the front line needs a large number of personnel, replenishing soldiers, escorting food, grass and ordnance, all of which require people, so every time there is wartime, even the people in prison will be released and used as a source of soldiers to go to the front line." ”
Ye Shikai didn't say anything, in fact, he also knew that if the front line was tight, these prisoners would definitely have to be put into the battlefield as a new force, otherwise staying in the prison would not only have no effect, but also use food to feed them, moreover, most of these prisoners are young and middle-aged, if they are released and trained, they will have strong combat power.
Ye Shikai can understand that this is ancient after all, but he didn't expect it to be so sudden, the robber who was caught in prison by him last night was about to become his subordinate.
"Lord Han also knows your difficulties, so he also gave you some privileges, originally the ten people under your command were all promoted to captains, and a few strong martial arts were promoted to chiefs, and they were awarded the title of military merit, with them, it is much easier for you to manage these prisoner army. ”
"Okay. Ye Shikai reluctantly accepted this errand, he was not worried that these prisoners would rebel after joining the army, this was a capital crime, no one dared to touch it easily, but he didn't think about how to manage it.
"That's good, in the afternoon, the village and the county storekeeper will come to count and take away the grain, and we may have to accompany us at that time, so you hurry up and prepare. "I want to talk about "The President's Wife of the Personal Soldier King" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~ I want to talk about "The President's Wife of the Personal Soldier King" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~