The next day, Li Ming found Sheng Xian and explained to him his intention to move the defense.

"Shift? Although it is a solution, but the fortifications on the mountain will definitely not be perfect, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Thieves will be the first to attack you at that time! Sheng Xian looked at the map, and then said a little worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, we will build fortifications on the mountain, and the baggage troops will be temporarily transformed into sappers, and more than 1,800 people will go all out to build them, so we can build the fortifications to the maximum!" Li Ming said with a smile, of course he wouldn't say the real reason for the shift, which was a bit hurtful and angry.

"Okay, I'll allocate a batch of food to you, and then your pressure will be greater than ours, and the consumption of food will definitely not be low!" Sheng Xian saw that Li Ming insisted, and it was not easy to say anything more, so he immediately agreed and made a promise.

It's just that when he returned to the yamen and said that he wanted to allocate a batch of grain to Li Ming, Xu Gong refused. only said that since Li Ming wants to move his defense, then everyone should guard their own way. Moreover, the enemy may not focus on attacking Wu County, they can only defend to the death, but Li Ming can retreat as needed.

The implication is that Li Ming can run away at any time, so why waste food on them?

"Remember, I'm the Taishou!" Sheng Xian saw Xu Gong playing tricks, so he directly moved out of his identity.

"Now it is we soldiers who are guarding the safety of Wu County! If the adults are really not afraid of the cold of the soldiers, then you can do it yourself! Xu Gong directly spread his hands, looking like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

"Well, we don't need much food and grass ourselves. Sheng Taishou must not have a problem with the morale here, but don't spoil the harmony for us! Li Ming immediately stepped forward and said.

"This ...... Alas...... "Sheng Xian is also helpless, Xu Gong now holds the military power, and the entire defense of Wu County is in his hands." Even if he is too guarded, he has to be afraid of three points.

The Yellow Turban Thieves had not yet arrived, and the army quickly moved into the mountains and forests, and when they cleaned up the barracks, the generals of Wu County did not mock, and remarks similar to 'the Huiji army planned to flee when they saw that the situation was not good' were everywhere.

"X's, if no one specifically promotes this, I won't believe it!" Li Ming couldn't help but be angry when he heard such remarks, this speed was too fast, and it was already known to the whole city in less than half a day, and no one publicized him and didn't believe it.

"It seems that Xu Gong intends to further seize power, and I don't know if it's good or bad......" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but be a little worried. Xu Gong's talents are mediocre, but he is arrogant and pretentious. This kind of person guards the city, and it is no wonder if there is no accident.

A lot of trees on the periphery of the mountain forest have been cut down, and Wu County also needs a lot of stones and logs to defend the city, and I saw a lot of them when I entered the city before. It seems that these logs and stones were collected here.

"Occupy the high ground and build fortifications at once!" There is no need for Li Ming to talk nonsense, and the generals under his command have given orders one after another. The sappers drove up the mountain, and the baggage soldiers quickly put themselves into work after transporting the supplies.

It took half a day for the large army to arrive at the predetermined location, and special soldiers began to hunt and clear the vegetation around the stronghold. In this way, you don't have to worry about the enemy's sneak attack, and you don't have to worry about fire attack.

"The water source is abundant, we are here upstream of the water source, and we don't have to worry about the enemy destroying the water source!" Tai Shici came to report.

"The basic base and barracks have been built and expanded!" Zulang came to report.

"The stables have been built, and the horses have been dispersed to rest!" Xu Huang came to report.

After spending more than a day, the entire camp has been completely built, and a large number of stones and logs have been collected, even if the enemy dares to come, 30,000 or 40,000 people will definitely be able to let them come and go!

"The enemy army has taken Wuxi and is advancing in the direction of Wu County!" In the afternoon of the next day, a soldier from Wu County came to report.

"So fast? It's less than a day! Li Ming couldn't help but marvel, thinking that Wuxi could support it for at least a day or two.

"The enemy attacked the city with 50,000 coerced people, and the Wuxi County Order held on to the end and was martyred!" The soldier replied.

Li Ming almost thought of the thirty or forty thousand refugees who were constantly charging towards the city wall under the drive of the sword soldiers. They themselves were innocent people, but under the threat of swords, they continued to charge towards the city wall, and after not knowing how many people were killed and wounded, they finally attacked the city wall and helped the thieves to seize the county seat of Wuxi County.

"Lord Commander has ordered that among the thieves, there are no innocent people, and anyone who dares to attack the city can be killed!" At the same time, the soldier explained the order from Xu Gong, which also meant that Xu Gong had quickly replaced Sheng Xian as the supreme commander in one day.

"Got it!" Li Ming replied coldly to express his dissatisfaction, the latter was just a pawn, so naturally he wouldn't say anything, and after passing Xu Gong's words, he took his leave and left. If it's too late to go back, you won't be able to go back.

A day later, on the horizon, a group of black-pressed beings slowly approached this side. It was very unpleasant, from a distance it looked like a pair of ants swimming there, and on closer inspection, it looked like a swarm of flies and maggots wriggling there.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and I saw at least sixty or seventy thousand people, slowly moving in front like walking corpses. They were followed by a group of soldiers in armor, forcing the crowd to walk in front with swords.

"It's really ironic, sixty or seventy thousand people, who can still arrange the blades behind them, can risk death to charge the city in front. Generally speaking, in order to survive, shouldn't you turn around and kill those yellow turban thieves? Li Ming couldn't help but feel heartache, he seemed to think of the group of refugees outside Yangzhai back then.

"The people are ignorant, they don't think about it, they don't think of it. Besides, the lord and the lord, most of the people in front are old and weak, but the children and female dependents are in the back. The Yellow Turban Thieves promised to reunite their families as soon as they captured the city, and if they did, the refugees would naturally have no choice but to attack the city. Even if there are some thorns, they can be easily eliminated.

The Yellow Turban thieves like the family the most, and when there is a family, then the men and the elderly have to go out to help them attack the city. And the longer they are not saved, the longer they stay with the Yellow Turban thieves, these people will slowly transform into a thief army, and even become the main force. Zhang Zhao knew the inside story very well, so he came forward to explain.

I see, so the group of refugees in Yang Zhai in the past did not listen to his advice, probably because of this reason. On the one hand, freedom and family, and on the other hand, the warnings of the imperial court that were of little practical use, they naturally knew how to choose.

"My lord, the enemy seems to have discovered our stronghold, and sent 20,000 civilians and 10,000 thieves to attack us!" Huang Zhong came to report.

"Lord, how do you fight?" Xiao Yao and others also stepped forward one after another.

"Zibu, these 20,000 people shouldn't have joined the Yellow Turban Thief, right?" Li Ming asked.

"Their family is behind the Yellow Turban Thieves, and even if they are contained, they may fight for their families and us at any time!" Zhang Zhao probably guessed Li Ming's thoughts and immediately admonished.

Even if they are innocent, killing them is arguably the best way to deal with them. Ci is not in charge of the army, this is not a joke!

"Get ready for battle!" Li Ming gritted his teeth and immediately gave an order.