If Ye Shikai truly raises an army to "rebel," regardless of whether he can save these civilians, he and his subordinates will become "traitors." Moreover, with a hundred thousand troops right beside them, if a fight does break out, no matter how skillful Ye Shikai's command, his twenty thousand men are destined to suffer heavy losses, and their families would also be implicated by their actions.
Ye Shikai certainly wants to save lives, but he also has to consider his twenty thousand men under him. If he goes to "rebel" without consulting them, wouldn't it be like betting the lives of the soldiers and their families? Ye Shikai won't do such a thing.
"Old Ye, when do you think those troops will arrive?" Shangguan Jian asked.
