The council chamber in the stockade.

"Fourth brother, let's pick some people from these hungry people." Li Mu proposed.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No, the food is not enough, and if there are some more people, everyone will not be able to eat." And the seeds and the fields have already been planned, and if you add more people, there will be no more seeds for them. ”

Li Mu still strived for it: "You don't need to divide the land for them, just give them some gruel." These people, as long as they are given a bite to eat now, they will agree to any conditions. ”

"What then?" Li Yan asked, "They will definitely think that we are treating them harshly, and the whole team will fall apart." ”

"When the autumn grain is harvested, let's give them seeds and land, isn't that all it takes." Li Mu continued to explain. Li Zhong, on the other hand, remained silent and watched his two brothers arguing.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" ......

A hurried gong sounded. The three brothers glanced at each other, and then they all quickly went out to their respective rooms to get their weapons. By the time they came out with their weapons, the thirty or so soldiers who were training had already assembled. However, the weapons they used for training were spears, bows and arrows, and crossbows.

Li Yan ordered loudly: "Quick, go to the exit!" ”

The soldiers lined up and ran behind Li Yan. Although the footsteps were uneven, their queue did not disperse.

When they came to the exit of the ditch, they saw that the two soldiers standing guard had gone out. One of them had been knocked down and was being beaten by four hungry people, while the other was using his spear as a stick and wielding it with all his might, pushing the surrounding hungry people back.

Behind him, seven or eight hungry people were surrounding the two women, grabbing something. The women screamed in the middle to stop the hungry people from looting.

"Two rows of spears! Archers and crossbowmen are behind! Array! Li Yan ordered loudly.

The soldiers quickly lined up outside the exit of the trench, and the pikemen were not very densely arranged, leaving a gap of one foot between the two to leave a gap for the pikemen behind them, so the two rows of pikemen were staggered.

"Help me, I'm Qiu Niang! Li Gongzi save me! The bread and water in Qiu Niang's arms had all been scrambled by these hungry people and fell to the ground, and she had no intention of protecting these things, but the woman who sold the child was crazy and fought with the hungry people, so that she was also affected. By this time, her hair had long been disrupted, and her clothes had been torn. She saw through the gap in the crowd the soldiers from the stockade coming out, and she shouted.

Li Yan saw that more and more hungry people were gathering here, and knew that he could not delay any longer, and that he had to solve it quickly, otherwise it would take more trouble later. So he immediately ordered: "Second brother, Brother Mu, let's disperse those hungry people and rescue them first!" ”

"Okay!" Li Zhong and Li Mu agreed, and rushed forward with spears.

Li Yan also rushed over with a spear, and the three brothers were very far apart, and they all tacitly used the spear as a stick to open the hungry people who were still surrounding Qiu Niang. Although the sticks in the hands of these hungry people also want to parry, where can they parry? They were all beaten and fell, or flew upside down.

"Wang Renjie! Bring them back! Li Yan came to Wang Renjie, who was still wielding a spear, and ordered loudly.

"Ahh I don't care about you! Wang Renjie didn't look at it, and directly swept the spear towards Li Yan.

Li Yan blocked with a spear and shouted, "Wang Renjie! It's me! ”

At this time, Wang Renjie finally saw Li Yan clearly, so he immediately put away the gun, turned around to help the defeated companion, and asked Qiu Niang and the others to support each other and run towards the entrance.

Li Zhong and Li Mou brandished their spears and drove the homeless people away for a distance before retreating to Li Yan's side. The three of them slowly fell backwards to prevent the hungry people from attacking again.

The little gang of hungry people had already killed two people. At the beginning, one of the two sentinels who came out stabbed one to death, and then they tried desperately to block it before knocking one of them down. But before they could grab the bread, the people in the stockade came out. After this beating, the cakes that had been left on the ground had already been trampled to pieces.

The lean man glanced at Li Yan and the three of them, and then looked at the formation lined up at the entrance, and suddenly shouted, "They have food!" Rush, rush in to eat! ”

His men also shouted loudly, and dispersed, burrowing into the midst of the hungry people, shouting loudly: "There is food in the stockade!" Come on! I opened the village and had a full meal! ”

"The grain in the stockade is piled up in a mountain, open the stockade, and you don't have to flee the famine!"

……

All kinds of shouts rang out in the crowd, there was no gold and silver treasure, and there were no silk women, at this time, the only thing that could stimulate the fighting power of the hungry people was food.

The hungry people, who were still hesitating, began to slowly surround Li Yan and their army after hearing 'there is food'.

The three Li Yan brothers had already retreated to the front of the military formation, Li Zhong looked at the hungry people who were slowly approaching, and asked with some reluctance, "What should I do?" Do you want to kill? ”

Li Mu said sharply: "What can I do if I don't kill?" There are four or five hundred people, and they can't be stopped if they don't kill them. ”

Li Yan frowned and looked at the layers of hungry people. The hungry people, with their red eyes, slowly gathered around them. He ordered: "Second brother, Brother Mu, you two protect the left and right flanks of the military formation, don't let people come." Wang Dejiang, take someone to get the barrel of the gun without the head of the gun, quickly! ”

Li Zhong and Li Mu slowly moved to the two wings of the team with their spears, and with the skills of the two of them, it should be no problem to protect the two wings. And Wang Dejiang quickly ordered someone to get the gun, he has old arms and legs, if he runs by himself, he will delay things.

"There is endless food in the stockade, otherwise they wouldn't be so nervous!"

"Ah, this must be the granary of the government, and it is all grain collected from us!"

"Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

……

The members of the small gang hiding in the middle of the hungry people kept bewitching @, so that the hungry people did not know to be afraid when facing the cold and shining spears, but continued to move slowly towards the military formation firmly.

Maybe these hungry people are too hungry, maybe they are accumulating strength, in short, they are walking very slowly, Wang Dejiang has people get guns, and the hungry people are still more than ten steps away from the military formation.

"Pikeman, change guns!" Li Yan commanded. He couldn't bear to kill these hungry people like this. He could see that these people were not robbers, but just hungry civilians. If they see blood here, they will become robbers.