A short and long few days passed by when the soldiers and civilians of Wuwei County were constantly strengthening the city defense and working overtime to produce city defense supplies. On the morning of this day, after receiving a report from his subordinates, Zhuang Fudi came to the east wall of Wuwei County. Holding a pergola in the distance, he saw a golden wolf's head flag hunting in the wind, and the Turkic army finally bypassed the front defense line and rushed to the outskirts of Wuwei County.

"Have all the inhabitants outside the city been evacuated into the city?" Zhuang Fudi turned his head and asked Li Wen on the side.

"Rest assured, Chief of Staff. From last night to this morning, my men did nothing, and all the people in the vicinity were mobilized to either move west to a safer place, or directly into the nearest Wuwei County. The Turks outside the city were now left with villages without a grain of grain and towns with no one in sight, and if they wanted to plunder the grain and grass from us, they would have made a mistake this time. After Li Wen heard Zhuang Fudi's question, he smiled and touched his beard that he had finally grown, and said to Zhuang Fudi.

"Well, Master Li, I am naturally relieved, this matter is just to make sure that nothing goes wrong. Now that Master Li has said that everything is done, then the next thing is to think about how to resist the attack of the Turks. After Zhuang Fudi nodded at Li Wen, he turned his gaze to the Turkic camp in the distance and said with some concern.

"yes, that's all that remains for the hardest question. In any case, Wuwei County must not be lost. As long as it is defended, it will definitely be passed down as a classic defensive battle case in the textbooks of our military academy, and it will be widely recited. And we have already done what should be done, as the saying goes, it is in people to make things happen, and it is in heaven to make things happen. We can't solve the problem if we are worried here now, so it is better to go back to our respective positions and do our own work, so that even if we lose, we have no regrets, right? Many farmers who used to live in the countryside are now crowded into Wuwei County, and there are still many things that need to be solved by me, the county guard. I won't be here to accompany Lord Zhuang to observe the enemy's situation. I hope that this trick put up by Lord Zhuang can be implemented smoothly, and I will leave first. Li Wen looked at Zhuang Fudi's appearance that was different from the past, and he looked worried at this time. He didn't want to stay in the city any longer, so he shrugged his shoulders and said to Zhuang Fu Di Shili.

"To borrow Lord Li's auspicious words, Lord Li has been working hard day and night these days for the peace of Wuwei County. After the war, we must get together. I think that when I first came to our Wuwei County, if it weren't for the help of Lord Li, I am afraid that I would have been struggling at this time, so I could still arrange such a large formation and make a bold bet with the Turks. Zhuang Fudi returned the gift to Li Wen, and then said to Li Wen with a smile.

After sending Li Wen away, Zhuang Fudi looked at the Turkic army that was slowly approaching the city wall. A rough count shows that the Turks bypassed the defense line and attacked more than 20,000 troops to the west. Even if all the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in Wuwei County are added together, the Turks on the opposite side are more than twice the army defending the city. Thinking of this, Zhuang Fudi turned his head to look at the soldiers who were still abiding by their posts in the city, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Who knows how many of these people will survive after this battle? But then Zhuang Fudi saw the piles of clay pots piled up on the side of the city wall, and remembered some small gifts he had prepared for the Turks, which was a little relieved of the worries in his heart, hoping that the fire oil of the garrison of the Great Wall would leave a deep impression on the Turks. Although these soldiers on the city wall were not as elite as the troops fighting on the front line, at least Zhuang Fudi did not see the slightest cowardice on their faces. This made the pride in Zhuang Fudi's chest stir again, so Zhuang Fudi climbed to a relatively high place in the city, waved his hand at the soldiers in the city and said:

"Brothers! Boys! I heard that the Turks were defeated by our brothers who were guarding the front. For our brothers on the front line, it can be said that they fled from the wind, and the information from the front line told me that in the battle not long ago on the front line, the Turks were killed and wounded countless times. When the rout, even the injured cattle trampled on each other. It was a chaotic scene. It's just that these Turks have a very good face, and they don't know who gave them the courage, and they feel that they have lost face on the defenders we have placed on the front line, so they should find a way to get back this field. Isn't it, it's eyeing our Wuwei County. They think that all the elite troops in our Wuwei County are now deployed on the front line, and they think that the people defending the city in Wuwei County are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they think that as long as their army arrives, they can attack Wuwei Jun County with a little effort, plundering everything they want, including recovering their face! But alas, these Turks do not understand what we are saying, otherwise I must have spoken to them and told them how much I sympathize with them. I sympathize with them for having met such a commander who knows no military affairs, and dared to lead his soldiers deep into our hinterland and attack this fortified city at our feet when the front line was defeated. I hope they must be mentally prepared before attacking, and be ready to be completely wiped out by my bravest warriors south of the Great Wall, thousands of miles away from their homeland! ”

Seeing that there was a lot more eagerness in the eyes of the soldiers on the city wall, Zhuang Fudi cleared his throat and continued while the iron was hot: "Young men! Cheer up! Death will come eventually, but definitely not today. Today the Grim Reaper wants to take not our lives, but the lives of those Turks who do not know the depths! Later, when the war is together, you will listen to my commands. When you have repelled the Turkic attack, you will all become heroes who have been sung in poetry for thousands of years. I remembered it all: without my order for a while, even if the sky fell, I was not allowed to move the jars around me. I won't emphasize much about how serious the consequences of disobedience are in our Western Regions Army. After all, many of you have been in the army for many years longer than I do, and I can tolerate you occasionally going out of line, but not today. The only thing you can do today is to fight the enemy and do what you are told, not only for the sake of Wuwei County, not only for the sake of the Governor, but also for yourselves to see the sunrise tomorrow and reunite with your family after the war! ”

(End of chapter)