Han Hao never expected that Ye Shikai would truly rebel. As the current favorite of Great General Meng Tian, if he continued to stay in the army, he would have boundless prospects. Yet, unexpectedly, he openly rebelled, surprising Han Hao greatly.

"Pass the order, kill all these civilians, leave no one alive." Han Hao drew his sword and shouted loudly.

"Yes." A messenger mounted a fast horse and galloped to the front of the military formation.

"The Lord orders that all civilians be slaughtered on the spot."

"The Lord orders that all civilians be slaughtered on the spot."

The messenger’s voice reached the military formation and also the ears of the civilians...

"Grandpa, did you hear that? Those soldiers seemed to say they’d kill us."

"Yes, I heard it too."

"I heard it too."

The order to massacre spread rapidly, and soon panic set in among the civilians. Any normal person who heard these words wouldn’t just sit and wait for death.

"Villagers, these bastards intend to kill, we must not just sit and wait for death, charge with me." A strong man stood up and shouted loudly.

"Yes, rather than become lambs to the slaughter, let’s fight to the death, we rebel."

"Charge."

Tens of thousands of civilians rushed toward the military formation. They were all innocent civilians, condemned to die by this so-called meteor, but in reality, the killing wasn’t by "fate" but by the apathy of the court. Ye Shikai couldn’t understand why the court would rather believe in a meteor than in these people. Maybe it’s because there wasn’t modern science in that era, Ye Shikai also couldn’t explain it, but the court would never believe. People only believe what they want to believe, ignoring the truth. All he could do was protect these civilians.

"Release arrows." In the military formation, a general shouted loudly, but the archers ahead hesitated to act.

"What are you waiting for, release the arrows now. Those who dare defy orders will be dealt with by military law." The general drew his sword and shouted loudly.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Thousands of arrows descended from the sky like dark clouds, obscuring the sun.

In an instant, hundreds of villagers in the front rows were shot down, the Qin Army’s powerful bows could shoot farther than those of the six states, a weapon sweeping through the six states and resisting the Wolf Clan. These civilians were barehanded, without even a shelter, waiting to be hit, the ones behind raised corpses to shield against the arrow rain.

"Advance the formation, kill them all."

The soldiers in the front row raised shields, the soldiers behind thrust spears forward, advancing step by step, the formation was like a fortification, surrounding the civilians completely, advancing from four directions simultaneously, shrinking inward slowly. The bold men charged but were impaled by spears before hitting the shields.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians were divided into more than twenty sections. Han Hao arranged it this way, fearing they would cause trouble if gathered, so separating them allowed for piecemeal elimination.

In the distance.

"Brothers, this battle may be a death journey, are you afraid?" Ye Shikai, leading five thousand men at the front of the formation, shouted loudly.

"Not afraid."

"Not afraid."

"Not afraid."

"Very well, today we will stir heaven and earth, and rescue all the civilians." Ye Shikai mounted his warhorse, drew his sword, holding a spear with his left hand and a sword with his right, his eyes full of killing intent.

"Willing to follow the General."

"Willing to follow the General."

"Alright, all soldiers hear my order, follow me into battle."

Ye Shikai charged out of the formation on his horse, leading by example, with several deputy generals closely following. Han Hao had dispersed these civilians, allowing for piecemeal elimination, yet also giving Ye Shikai a chance. If the ninety thousand troops formed a single formation, Ye Shikai would find it impossible to break through, facing ninety thousand with five thousand was like crashing an egg into a rock. But now that the ninety thousand troops were dispersed, it gave Ye Shikai a chance to defeat them separately.

Ye Shikai charged into the formation, spearing one person into the air in a blink, tearing a hole in one side, and his five thousand soldiers charged like a wolf pack, killing swiftly.

"Look over there, someone’s rescuing us, villagers, head that way." The surrounded civilians, seeing hope, clutched the lifeline and ran toward Ye Shikai.

"Villagers, there’s a valley five miles east with our people, run that way, quickly." Ye Shikai shouted loudly, some bold villagers rushed forward, joining the "chaos," picking up long spears and knives and charging into the Qin formation. Fortunately, Ye Shikai had his men tie red scarves around their necks earlier to avoid friendly fire.

"Hurry, villagers, run east." The rebellious soldiers also shouted, and the villagers heard clearly and ran east.

"Villagers, the Qin Army slaughters our kin, I, Ye Shikai, have decided to rise up, those willing to join me, take up arms, and let’s rescue the rest."

"Damn these bastards, I am willing to follow General Ye." These civilians had just escaped slaughter, harboring anger, now given a chance for revenge, they chose to fight.

"Doomed anyway, I’ll fight them."

"Villagers, let’s fight them."

"Alright."

Many young and strong civilians picked up weapons, joining Ye Shikai’s force.

"Women, children, and elderly go first, others follow me." Ye Shikai shouted loudly, rushing to the next formation in one fell swoop. Meanwhile, civilians in other formations also noticed the commotion and rushed over.

"Everyone follow me."

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"Lord Han, look over there, a troop is attacking our formation, they intend to rescue the civilians." At the same time, Han Hao also noticed the anomaly, Ye Shikai’s uprising was unexpected. He first sent his elite cavalry to raid the rear formation, aiming to disrupt Han Hao’s army, causing temporary disarray, making it difficult to support the front.

"Quick, dispatch thirty thousand troops on both sides to encircle and eliminate them. Since he wants to rebel, I will destroy him." Han Hao ordered.

"Yes."

"Also, those cavalry harassing us are merely a distraction, no longer concern them, let General Li lead troops to chase down the fleeing civilians." Han Hao saw through Ye Shikai’s strategy, facing tens of thousands of troops, frontal assault was attacking a rock with an egg, so his only way was to defeat them separately. Moreover, since it was a rescue, he surely arranged a retreat path.

"Yes."