"My lord, what should we do, we only have two hundred guards around us, but there are hundreds of carriages, and there are four or five hundred people here, but they are unarmed and can't fight at all, what should we do. "Mancang is a little anxious, this is not easy to get the grain, it is all to be brought back to the villagers, how can it be snatched away by these thieves, but the escort sergeant is too few, I knew that I should really bring more garrisons with me.

"Otherwise, I'll take someone out and go back to the county to ask Lord Han for help. Mancang asked.

"We are already out of the city for a hundred miles, and even if you do go back and bring reinforcements, it will take at least a few hours, and by then the food will have already been robbed. Ye Shikai said coldly.

"Or, my lord, I will personally lead a team of men and horses, preemptively, and kill the group behind, you lead a large army to wait in place, they are just some rogues, and the guards are carefully selected, and each one is ten when it comes to fighting, and it will definitely win." ”

"Although they are a rabble, they are several times larger than ours, and they are waiting for work, not to mention, if you rush straight over, they must be ready, besides, the guard only reports the visible enemy, and the remaining people lurking, how many of them there are, whether you can win or not. ”

"What is the arrangement of this and that adult? ”

"Everybody, go up that high slope. Ye Shikai pointed to the dirt slope on the side, although it was not high, but it was the only commanding height nearby, where it could overlook the entire forest.

"Well, the people in the back are all following. Mankura commanded Minfu, drove the carriage to the hillside, and also put the guard in charge of monitoring the situation in the rear.

"Command the men to form a circle with the wagons as cover, and then defend them with spears and shields, including the crossbowmen. Ye Shikai ordered, there are hundreds of horse-drawn carts carrying grain here, which can be used, and the weapons are not enough, and the hoes and rakes of the people can also be used.

"My lord, we have no way to retreat now, and if these thieves rush over now, we may not be able to stop them. "Mancang looked around, there was a cliff behind, and there was a road in front, in terms of the soldier's formation, the defender put the position here, it was a desperate situation, if it failed, it was not an inch left

"If we had chosen to flee and dragged so much food just now, we would have been caught up sooner or later, and the thieves would have surrounded and devoured us several times, and then it would have been a desperate situation, on the contrary, we would have set up here and used the advantage of our weapons to resist them. In the past few days when he came to the Qin Dynasty, Ye Shikai also read a lot of "military books", frankly speaking, if these things can be brought back to modern times, they must be national treasure-level antiques, and the most important thing is that there are a lot of formation diagrams in it.

Ye Shikai asked the sergeant and the people to form a circular defensive line, like a hedgehog shrunken into a ball, even the most powerful enemy could not speak.

"We're not going to die. ”

"I don't know, there seem to be a lot of people chasing us behind us. ”

"What, I've heard that these robbers dare to kill even the officers and soldiers, let alone us civilians. ”

"Then what should I do, or hurry up and slip away, and the commission will be gone. ”

"But where are we running now? ”

The people also felt abnormal, and the guards were ready for battle, as if they were facing a great enemy, but they were all honest farmers, and of course they were afraid in the face of swords.

"Don't panic, my general has fought against the wolf clan in the north, and tens of thousands of wolf clans can't help my general, and they also saved General Meng Tian's life in the chaos, with General Ye here, you don't need to panic. Seeing this, Man Cang hurriedly calmed everyone's emotions.

"Since it's a general fighting against the wolf clan, then we don't have to worry about it. ”

"Yes, I have heard of General Ye's fame, he was a subordinate of Captain Han before, he won a hundred battles in the north, and he also fought a few victories in the east county. ”

"Don't panic, with me here, I will ensure everyone's safety. Ye Shikai shouted to everyone, some people among the people had heard of his prestige, as if they had eaten a "reassuring pill", as if they had found a backer all of a sudden, Ye Shikai knew very well that when he was on the battlefield, Meng Tian roared towards the army, and the hundreds of thousands of Qin army troops were like stimulants, and they instantly forgot the fear of death.

"We believe in General Ye. ”

"Folks, these thieves have robbed you of your food, set fire to your houses, and even killed your relatives. Ye Shikai continued.

"These thieves have always burned, killed and looted, and they are extremely hateful, and we are willing to follow General Ye. ”

"yes, it's a big deal to fight with them, and my parents died at their hands. ”

"Yes, they want us to die, and we will never be lambs to the slaughter, General Ye will give me a weapon, and the villagers are willing to fight to the death with you and these thieves. ”

Ye Shikai's words hit everyone's hearts, the thief army is not good to the people on weekdays, but because of the blades in their hands, the people dare not speak out, so they have to swallow this evil breath, and now there are elite sergeants around them to help, and they also have the bottom in their hearts, plus Ye Shikai's words aroused the anger in their hearts, like a flame thrown into dry firewood, which immediately aroused their fighting spirit.

"Mancang, before they come up, you immediately rush out with people and ask for reinforcements in the county. Ye Shikai ordered.

"No, my lord, I'm going to stay and protect you, and didn't you just say that in a few hours, by the time the reinforcements arrived, the food would have been robbed long ago. Man Cang immediately refused, he must not leave Ye Shikai in such a dangerous place, when leaving, he also promised He Linghan to protect Ye Shikai to the death, if he had an accident, how should Man Cang go back and explain.

"It depends on who is in command, and if I am concerned, it is not a problem to hold on for a few hours. Ye Shikai said coldly.

"No, even if we don't want this food, I'm going to keep you safe. ”

"If we don't notify the reinforcements, there's no point in defending here. Ye Shikai changed his words and shouted loudly, "Mancang, I order you to set off immediately and go to the county for help." ”

"This"

"Execute the command. ”

"Wow. ”

Mancang only took two sergeants, and rushed out quickly, Ye Shikai estimated that he would arrive at the county seat in half an hour, and the reinforcements needed at least an hour from assembly to arrival, counting the reserved time, which meant that Ye Shikai needed to block the thief army for two hours before he could be rescued.