"Hurry up, collect the grain, the thief army is coming soon." Lin Miao directed the military households under his command to seize the grain as quickly as possible.

Outside Wuchang City, which had been harmed by Zhang Xianzhong, there was not much mature food in the farmland, but Li Guodong would not even leave this little food for Zuo Liangyu. He wanted to harvest all the small amount of food before Zuo Liangyu arrived and let the military households shrink their defense.

There was not much mature food. The military households took a day to harvest all the food on the land in their jurisdiction, leaving only a piece of open space for Zuo Liangyu.

"After the late rice harvest, it is normal to plant winter wheat. Unfortunately, it seems that it is too late to plant this year." Bai Zhengming looked at the barren clearings and sighed.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and repair the military fort." Lin Miao, an officer of the General Banner, came to urge him.

"Sir, can we have time to repair it before the left thief arrives?" Bai Zhengming asked.

"We have to repair it too late. No matter how much fortress inside, we will dig trenches first, pile sandbags on the periphery, and just defend them briefly. We don't need to last long. As long as we can last for a day, my army will come." Lin Miao glared and asked Bai Zhengming to go to work quickly.

The military households became busy, and the original village had already been pushed down and all razed to the ground. Under the command of Baihu and General Banners, the military households dug trenches outside the village, transported the ruins of the knocked houses outside, and simply piled up behind the trenches, forming a wall of earth.

The indigenous people in the village are also busy, and their current lives are closely related to their new husbands. If their husbands die, the pillars of their families will collapse, and the remaining women, children, elderly and weak will not know how to survive.

According to the command of the officers of the hundred households and the general flag officers, the women went to the river to dig sand, loaded the dug sand into the truck, and then transported it back. The transported sand was loaded into the mash bags, and then the men carried the mash bags and piled the mash bags into the shapes of a castle.

"Sir, can these sandbags be piled up simply to stop the thief army?" Bai Zhengming asked worriedly. Although he still had not married a wife, he has often helped Cai to work during this period, helped her family carry water and chop wood, and take care of the elderly. Cai's attitude towards him seemed to have softened a little. As long as he persisted, he could marry a wife.

"My uncle said yes, that's fine!" Lin Miao snorted, "Go to do your work!"

To be honest, Lin Miao was really unsure of how confident these military households were to defend for a day. After all, these military households were Li Zicheng's refugees not long ago. They did not undergo any professional military training, but only received queue training and simple stab training. At most, they could only use spears and fire bird guns. However, Li Guodong had encouraged Lin Miao before: "Don't worry, as long as you know how to use spears, can fire bird guns, and hide in the fortress, you can block the attack of the thieves!"

Lin Miao looked at the simple fortresses piled up with sandbags, and his heart was full of swelling. He knew that the sandbags could defend against shelling, but the sandbags were too low. Once the army of the thief general rushed to the sandbags, could they stop them from climbing the fortress? He felt completely unsure of this.

It was getting dark, and Lin Miao sent several smart and strong military households to watch outside, while the rest returned home to prepare for dinner.

The so-called home is a simple house built with wooden boards and military tents. Although it is simple, those military households who have been bachelors for many years still feel the warmth of home when they return home. After a busy day, the woman has prepared a steaming dinner for him. The whole family sits at the dinner table, talks to the woman, and teases the child.

Bai Zhengming had no home, but Cai called him to his home for dinner.

On the dining table, there were a large pot of dried meat, a pot of fried cabbage, a large bowl of steaming tofu and vegetable soup, and a braised fish. The fish was a big carp caught by Cai himself from the river. The staple food was brown rice, meat, dried tofu, tofu and rice provided by the military households. The family sat together, and the two children did not regard Bai Zhengming as an outsider, which made him feel the warmth of home. Cai's parents-in-law also had a very good impression of Bai Zhengming. The family, without a man, can now rely on the military households to support him, but what about the future?

"Mom, when will you let your uncle be our dad?" asked the ten-year-old daughter.

Cai's face turned red suddenly, and he gently tapped his daughter's little head: "Don't talk nonsense about little girl movies."

The simple sandbag fortifications were all completed in just two days and two nights. After the completion, the military households arranged all the women, children, the elderly and the weak behind the Tucheng and erected a wooden fence on the Tucheng. The foundation of the military fort behind the Tucheng was still under construction, because after the bandits left, the military fort would continue to be built.

During this period, Li Guodong was not idle either. His Wuchang City could be said to be as solid as a rock. There was no need to worry at all. He would not dare to attack Wuchang with a thousand courage from Zuo Liangyu. He wanted to do the defense of every village below. Therefore, during this period, Li Guodong personally took Ye Bushu and Light Cavalry every day to walk around the villages outside the city to inspect the construction progress of simple fortifications.

"The thief army is here!" Han Dashan suddenly shouted, "It's the thief army that will not be taken away at night."

A small-scale light cavalry appeared on the official road to the east, with a small number of people, about a hundred people. Judging from the appearance of those cavalry, Li Guodong knew that they must be Zuo Liangyu's people. The cavalry who came did not dare to approach Li Guodong and the others. From a distance, they saw a team of elite cavalry with distinctive armor. The cavalry of the Left Army turned around and ran away.

"The general and the main force of Li thieves are all in Wuchang City. They have built many military households outside the city, but the military forts of those military households have not been completed yet, and only simple marinated buns are piled up. Beizhi has found out that each military office has food and women, and perhaps there are silver in it." Zuo Jun did not take back to Fankou at night and reported to Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu sneered: "It is not advisable to attack Wuchang Jiancheng. Since the main force of Li thief is huddled in the city, you might as well remove his military offices, kill all the men, and grab all the food and women."

"Sir, when will we set out?" Zuo Menggeng asked.

"Let's leave early tomorrow morning! Make meals at the fourth and start at the fifth! We will leave after capturing a few military offices! Never fight with Li Thief!" Zuo Liangyu gave the order.

The next morning, the Left Army camp in Fankou area lit up a bunch of bonfires, and the soldiers set off fires to cook. After breakfast, before dawn, the Left Army set off in a mighty manner and headed straight for the military households outside Wuchang City.
Chapter completed!