"I'll take the rest of the people to camp in the village to prevent the bandits, and if there's danger here, I'll send signal arrows. Shangguan Jian finally instructed, originally there were only twenty sergeants stationed here, and they were replaced by two chiefs in turn, but now it is an "eventful autumn", this cave granary, more related to the lives of more than 1,000 people in Shangshui Village, Shangguan Jian did not dare to relax at all, and let Li Tunchang take his people to stay here to garrison, a total of fifty or sixty people, but even so, Shangguan Jian still can't rest assured, so he transferred Ye Shikai over.

In fact, if the granary is really destroyed, the people of Shangshui Village will starve for the winter, but if they can't meet the amount of grain and grass required by the county, the people of the entire village will be punished.

The smell of the impending war has filled the air, the people are panicking, the army is moving to the front line, the rear will naturally be empty, those robbers and robbers will take this opportunity to go to some villages to burn and loot, or attack some warehouses, seize grain, horses and ordnance, if it weren't for Shangguan Jian having to stay in the village to garrison, he really wanted to stay here with Ye Shikai.

"Chief Li Tun, if you feel unhappy, Ye is willing to obey orders. After Shangguan Jian left, Ye Shikai also seemed to see that the previous tun chief was a little displeased, how could there be a tun chief who had to listen to Shi Chang's orders, there was a clear hierarchy in the Great Qin army, and it was a matter of course to obey the commander's orders.

"Ye Shichang, I obeyed the military orders of the hundred generals, since the order has been given, Li is naturally ordered to obey Ye Shichang's orders, and there is no second word. Li Tun Chang said, "What's more, on the martial arts field that day, Ye Shichang and Shangguan Baijiang fought fiercely for more than 200 rounds, and their martial arts were strong, and the brothers all admired Ye Shichang." ”

"This granary is an important place in the village, and we must guard it with all our strength to prevent anyone from destroying it. Li Tunchang replied.

"Then there are the brothers of Lao. Ye Shikai walked out of the cave and carefully checked the terrain here, Hanoi County is located in the north, relatively dry, but easy to ignite fire, but because it is stored in the cave, it does not encounter open flames, and generally will not catch fire, in other words, if it is not deliberately done by someone, this cave granary is very safe.

The cave is on higher ground, if it can be built again, it is enough to become a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this is not necessary at all, Shangshui Village is just a village, the geographical location is not important, and with the people in the village, it is impossible to build a fortress, outside this cave granary, there are only a few wooden walls, and a lookout, there are some bows and arrows, but there are not many of them, after all, it is only a garrison, and the sophistication of the ordnance and the border guards cannot be compared.

"Ye Shichang, banditry has been rampant recently, so you should pay more attention at night. When night fell, Li Tunchang led his soldiers to patrol near the cave, as if he was worried that Ye Shikai was inexperienced, so he specially walked over and reminded him.

"Chief Li Tun, there have always been so many robbers near Sheung Shui Village. Ye Shikai asked suddenly.

"Alas, Ye Shichang doesn't know, in fact, there were no bandits within a radius of twenty miles in Shangshui Village before, but in recent years, there have been continuous harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, extremely heavy taxes and forced labor, coupled with the strict Qin law, forcing many people to fall into the grass, at the beginning, the number was not large, and there were still people in the county to exterminate it, and later, the situation became more and more serious, bandits were rampant, and they could only choose to form a guard team in the village. Li Tunchang looked around and saw that no one was listening nearby, so he said to Ye Shikai.

"Ye Shichang, you can't just say these words, if you let your superiors hear them, you will suffer. ”

"I understand, Li Tunchang is relieved. Ye Shikai naturally knew what "people's words are terrifying", so he had to keep a low profile, but he didn't expect that even the officers in the Qin army thought so, which shows that this tax has been high to a certain extent.

Three hours passed in a blink of an eye, Ye Shikai sat in the cave, faintly sleepy, it was already early in the morning, he had no internal strength, and he seemed to be a little unaccustomed to the water and soil here in the past few days, which made his spirit a little "sluggish".

"Oh no, someone attacked the granary. Suddenly, there was a shout outside the door, and Ye Shikai's spirit suddenly lifted up, took the bronze sword on the table, and immediately ran out.

"Something happened. As soon as Ye Shikai came out of the cave, he saw several sergeants looking around in panic.

Bang.

Suddenly, a sergeant fell from the lookout above and landed beside him, Ye Shikai hurriedly stepped forward, a sharp arrow pierced the sergeant's chest, put his finger in front of his nose, and there was no breath.

"Well, a group of robbers are approaching us, as if trying to destroy the granary. A sergeant hurried over and shouted.

"Chief Li Tun, Chief Li Tun. Ye Shikai shouted loudly, why did Li Tunchang and his sergeants disappear, Ye Shikai was quite anxious, there were only about 20 people around him, and the robbers didn't know how far away they were.

"Hey, I'm here. Suddenly, an officer quickly ran to Ye Shikai's side, and with the help of the moonlight, he looked at it, it was Li Tunchang, but his armor and helmet were already stained with blood, as if he had just fought.

"Chief Li Tun, what's going on. ”

"It's a few cottages nearby, teaming up to attack my grain depot, and I'm leading people outside to stop it. Li Tunchang hurriedly explained that he had already hung colors on his body, and it seemed that the situation was not optimistic.

Ye Shikai ascended the lookout, and outside the wooden wall, hundreds of people were gathered, dressed in tatters, holding spears and big knives, a few with crossbows, and some with sickles and hoes.

Although their equipment was in tatters, they numbered a large number of men, and there were only sixty or seventy sergeants guarding the granaries, and their combat strength was not high, so they did suffer a loss in battle.

"Li Tunchang, let everyone enter the wooden wall. Ye Shikai immediately ordered.

"Wow. ”

"Come on, find something heavy to block the wooden door. ”

"Wow. ”

"Wow. ”

Ye Shikai asked the crossbowmen to walk up to the wooden wall and shoot these bandits with arrows, and made the wooden door tightly blocked, making it difficult for the robbers outside to enter for a while.

Ye Shikai hurriedly took out his crossbow, lit the signal arrow, and shot it into the air, the sharp sound and the light of the fire in the dark night were enough for the reinforcements in the distance to see.

"Come with me. Ye Shikai asked the remaining sergeants to line up in a defensive formation, the sergeant with the shield was in the outermost layer, the sergeant with the spear was in the back, and the crossbowman was in the innermost, although the wooden wall was solid, it could not stop the burning of the flames, so it was difficult to resist just relying on the wooden wall to defend.

"Hey, they're burning wooden doors. When Li Tunchang saw the wooden walls and doors that were gradually burning, he panicked.

"Everyone, retreat into the cave. Ye Shikai looked at the narrow hole, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought of countermeasures.