"Soldiers, we swear to live and die with Jiang Ting" Yuan Yao cheered up the soldiers under his hands, "Think about it, there are your wives, sons, and fathers and villagers in this city, if we leave, who will protect them, if we leave, they fall into the hands of thieves, then it is really better to live than to die." ”

"Lao Li, right?" Yuan Yao walked to the soldier's side, "I heard that you have a little doll at home." ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, he, his name is Sanwazi" This Lao Li said a little nervously, Sanwazi, it means that the two children in front of him have died young.

"Three babies, three babies are good, Lao Li, if we withdraw today, and we run away today, then your three babies will be stabbed in the chest by these thieves and dig out their hearts, these thieves can eat when they are hungry, Lao Li, do you think your three babies still have a way to live" Yuan Yao asked this Lao Li.

"No" The corners of Lao Li's mouth were bitter, what is worthless in the troubled times is human life, and eating people when he is hungry is not a joke.

"Then do you still want to run," Yuan Yao asked Lao Li.

"I said, our family will either be alive or buried in Jiangting" Lao Li has already shown his will to die.

"No, we have a way to live, as long as we win this battle, as long as we beat these thieves away, we can all live, brothers, think about your wives and daughters, think about your parents, you can't bear to let your parents die under the knife of the thieves, and bear to have your wives and daughters humiliated by the thieves" Yuan Yao shouted loudly.

"Unwilling, unwilling" Those soldiers who have families in the city are all full of hideousness, once people get serious, it is terrible, you don't let Lao Tzu live, the shock is a death, Lao Tzu might as well kill you first.

Yuan Yao looked at the morale of these soldiers and couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart, he was besieged by more than 10,000 thieves below, and it was impossible for the whole army to withdraw, at least he had to lose some abandoned sons after the break, those soldiers with families in the city were the abandoned sons that Yuan Yao wanted to abandon, he aroused their anger, let them fight to the death, and finally retreated with those soldiers who had no family to let go.

"The soldiers will defend the city with me" Zhang Xun took over these high-morale soldiers from Yuan Yao's hands.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, hurry up" Yuan Yao looked at the direction of the granary in the city over there, Yuan Yao insisted on Huang Yi transporting the grain and grass out before retreating.

"Your Majesty, the people, have come spontaneously" Yang Hong's task was completed, he successfully mobilized the people in the city, in fact, there is no need for Yang Hong to say, there are thieves to attack Jiangting, these people are the most afraid, they are afraid of thieves entering the city, afraid that Yuan Yao will give up on them, and now I hear that Yuan Yao wants them to go to the city wall to fight the enemy with him Yuan Yao, these people are a little more at ease, at least this majesty has not abandoned us.

"Okay, put out all the battle flags in the army for me, let the people stand on the city wall with banners, and occupy the city wall" Yuan Yao said to Yang Hong, he wanted to blwart and let these ordinary people go up to the city wall, as for the defense of the city, they can't count on them, what can a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people do

You see an old woman over there, she is still supported up by someone on the city wall, and once the fight starts, she will have to be taken care of, how to do it

Therefore, Yuan Yao only needs them to fill the number, that is, to fill the number indiscriminately, and tell the enemy under the city that we are not without people, we also have so many soldiers and horses, and we still have the city wall, so that you don't move and scare you.

Sure enough, Yuan Yao's strategy was successful, and the dense crowd of human heads and banners on the city wall really made the thieves below commotion.

Soon the thieves in the city began to loosen their mouths, no longer asking the city to surrender, and not to open the city gates and drop their weapons, but as long as the last item is to teach food and grass, they will let you go.

"As long as you hand over the grain and grass" Yuan Yao has a feeling of escaping and ascending to heaven, as long as he doesn't attack the city, as long as he doesn't fight, that's fine. As for food and grass, just send some.

"The king of our family said, teach a thousand stones of grain and grass, and let you go, and no longer attack the city," a representative figure came out of the thieves outside the city and said to Yuan Yaojun above the city.

"Fight, if you don't fight, I raised you" Yuan Yao shouted loudly, the lion opened his mouth, as soon as he came, it was a thousand stones of grain and grass, and it was given to you, and I will drink the northwest wind.

"The king of our family said, 800 stones"

I can still bargain Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment, "Eight hundred stones, if it is taught, then you can only eat four days' rations." "Although I am very aggrieved, but at least I have to live, Yuan Yao was a little moved, and Yuan Yao chose to live in the good life and the life of dependence.

Just as Yuan Yao was about to agree, a voice came from under the city, "Six hundred stones, six hundred stones, it's fine, it's really not good, five hundred stones is fine." ”

"Five hundred stones" Yuan Yao's eyes flashed, it was okay to keep half for himself, Yuan Yao was about to agree, but was stopped by Yuan Yin, a cheap uncle on the side.

"Family master, don't you think there's anything weird in it," Yuan Yin looked at Yuan Yao and said.

"Weird" Yuan Yao didn't understand what Yuan Yin meant.

"Your Majesty, they are thieves, how can they ever talk about morality," Yuan Yin explained to Yuan Yao.

"That's the reason" Yuan Yao nodded, I have seen merchants bargain for business, I have seen old ladies bargain for vegetables, and I have really never seen thieves and bargains, rob you of one million, you say no, then rob you of five hundred thousand.

Is there such a cowardly thief?

"Your Majesty, if you can solve it with money and food, you can solve it with money and food, you can't be verbose with these thieves, and it will change later" Yang Hong said cautiously on the side, these thieves are all deadly, as long as it is something that money can solve, it is not a thing.

Give them and give them to them, it wouldn't be good if you forced these thieves to jump over the wall.

Yuan Yao also nodded, he is also a cautious person, don't overturn in the gutter. After thinking about it, if you give 500 stones, you can still have 500 stones, and you can still be a gangster, and you don't kill them all, so just give it. Let a sleeping dog lie.

"Family master, we only have a total of 1,000 stones, you gave half of it, and there are only 500 stones left" Yuan Yin explained to Yuan Yao, he knew that Yuan Yao would not be able to take out other grains in a short period of time, even if Brother Yuan Shu left a back hand, he would not be able to take it out in a short time, because if he could get it back, of course, he would take it out as soon as possible, and the more grain and grass, the more grain and grass, the more people could be reassured and recruited.

And now there are 1,000 stone of grain and grass, at least it can last for more than ten days and half a month, and if half of it is given, then there will be 500 stone left, plus the order issued by Yuan Yao in order to appease the people's hearts before said to open a warehouse and release grain, so that the people can eat it with an open stomach, so that the grain will be less, and it will not last for a few days. In the end, there is only one way to die.

Yuan Yao was also entangled, listen to Yang Hong's words, more things are better than less, after teaching the five hundred stones of grain and grass, it will change from early death to late death, although the thieves may leave, but without food and grass, they will still starve to death in the end.

But if you listen to Yuan Yin, if these thieves are bluffing, then they still have a way to live, if it is not a bluff, but there are really tens of thousands of thieves who just don't want to attack the city and suffer casualties, then Yuan Yao and others will be miserable, tens of thousands of thieves, no one in the entire city will be spared.

Just when Yuan Yao couldn't make up his mind, suddenly there was a news from there, which directly stunned Yuan Yao.

"Your Majesty, please surrender to the thieves outside the city"