Xie Li subconsciously shouted, but in a flash he realized his disobedience, and lowered his voice again: "General Zhonglang, it is best not to use the civilians in the city at this time. They can naturally see the intensive dispatch of troops and generals later, and they can definitely guess that something big has happened. If they are recruited to build the city now, Xie Li is afraid that there will be greater unrest."

"You mean, the people in the city will use this as a guide and riots in groups?"

Xie Li nodded slightly, and he could also feel the mood of the people in the city.

The Qin army's siege of the city was not the only one who suffered damage to its livelihood. It can be said that the city, from the high gates of the aristocratic families to the silkworm farmers and fishermen, were affected to varying degrees.

Especially the people of the lower class like themselves were trapped here before they could catch up with the harvest. After more than two months, the grain storage will basically be exhausted. It is a time of sorrow. If they know that the city wall collapses and Xiangyang is in danger, they are afraid of comforting them, let alone requisitioning them at this time.

"Captain Zhonglang has other idle forces? Are there no engineering troops in the city building?"

Xie Li couldn't help asking, in fact, he knew that the troops in the city were very nervous now. Faced with a 100,000 army, the six thousand Jin soldiers in the city were not enough.

Sure enough, Zhu Xu frowned and shook his head.

"The engineers were put into the city two months ago, leaving only less than twenty old, weak, sick and disabled."

Just as I was about to say something else, I heard a rushing step outside the door getting closer and closer, and then the knock on the door "Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong!" immediately rang out.

The sentry that came in was the sentry that had just arrived.

"Reply...Report to the General of the Central Army, Qin army...The Qin army has set up a hundred warships on the Han River, and it seems...it seems to be going to attack the city in large numbers."

"I understand, go back and continue to monitor."

Zhu Xu's plain command.

The sentry was still panicked. Although he admired the determination and courage of the Zhonglang General Taishan collapsed in front of him, he was also wondering why the Zhonglang General did not ask him in detail about the opponent's troops and configuration.

Zhu Xu slowly stood up and smiled bitterly: "I thought of today, but I didn't think of it as it is now."

Then he turned to Xie Li and said, "Xie Li, I don't have time to discuss it anymore. The city wall guards cannot be used, and the people in the city cannot be used. This is how." Zhu Xu took off his dagger and put it in Xie Li's hand, and then said, "You can go to my mansion in the city to find my mother Han. There should be nearly a hundred works there. Usually, as a guardian, the city wall is important at such a crisis. You are fully responsible for building the wall, and there must be no mistakes!"

Then he left a sentence "Get off quickly", Zhu Xu got up and went out, summoning the captains of various departments to go.

As the residence of the highest general in Xiangyang, Zhu Mansion is well known.

Xie Li came to the gate of Zhu's mansion with a dagger.

But before I could tell the purpose of the trip, two ring-headed knives were placed in front of me.

"Boy! What is the intention of going to Zhu's Mansion with weapons in hand?!!"

Xie Li had no time to explain to them, so he directly raised the dagger to the two guards and said, "This is the order of General Zhonglang. I will come to the mansion to find Mrs. Han and tell me if there is any important matter. Take me into the mansion quickly and do not delay!"

The two guards then realized that it was the head of the family's short dagger, hurriedly put away the sword, and said repeatedly: "I offend you so much, please follow me..."

In the backyard of Zhu Mansion, an old woman in her sixties was taking care of the seedlings in front of her.

This person is the mother of Zhu Xu, Han. Although he is so old now, his body is very strong.

The seedlings in front of me are as many as one acre of land, but Han still feels that there are too few.

Since Xiangyang was surrounded, she had the foresight and decisiveness to pull out the melon seedlings here and replace them with the current seedlings.

The most consumed city war is food and grass. She is in the family of military generals, so she naturally knows this simple truth.

But I had no choice but to plant it, Grain Rain had already passed, so the growth of the seedlings was not very good.

Logically speaking, it is naturally not her turn to work hard for such rough work. But if she is left to do nothing in the mansion and lie down except eating, it would be even more uncomfortable than death.

So whenever she has free time, Han came here to take care of her, which is of course one of the reasons why she is strong.

"Lady Han, General Han sent someone to tell me something important."

Not far away, there was a guard at the door who made a loud report.

Only then did Han put down the hoe in his hand, pat the soil on his body, and quickly walked out of the field.

When Xie Li saw the Han family walking from a distance, he couldn't help but sigh: The difference between the wealthy family of this era and the people at the bottom is too big. From the difference between Mrs. Han and Grandma Zhao, it can be clearly seen that the two are of the same age, one is as vigorous as flying, and the other is in their twilight years.

"What's the point?"

Mrs. Han asked straight to the point.

"A part of the northern city wall was washed away by heavy rain. The Qin army saw it and wanted to attack a gap. Now the army has gathered. The soldiers cannot be drawn out from the city, and there are no engineers in the city. The General of the Central Army asked Mrs. Han to take the central government to build the city."

Xie Li said a few words concisely, and Mrs. Han was shocked after hearing this.

Tell her directly that the threat faced by Xiangyang this time is much greater than the sneak attack the night before.

Xie Li knew that this news was a bolt from the blue no matter who was in the city. It was just that the situation was urgent and there was no time to delay it, so he continued: "I would like to ask the old lady to quickly summon the mansion's headquarters. I will go to the examination room to find the examination order to prepare the city for materials."

After saying that, he bowed slightly and retreated directly.

After all, Han had seen many big scenes. After Xie Li finished speaking, he calmed down and started to give instructions. Then he quickly walked towards the front yard of the mansion, preparing to summon more available people.

The inner city of Xiangyang is not very big, and it didn't take long for Xie Li to come to the examination room. He explained Zhu Xu's order in a few words and asked him to prepare the materials, and then rushed to the army to find the remaining twenty cities-building engineers.

At this time, all the soldiers who could fight in the army were above the city, leaving only the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and doing nothing in their own camp.

As military households, they have no such saying that they have retired. The father dies and the son inherits the father's business. Even if they are old, just like now, they have no combat capabilities, they will have to be changed to logistics troops and continue to serve in the army.

Although it is difficult for them to build the rammed earth plate, fortunately they still have experience and can guide Zhu Xumen to do this. Otherwise, the solidity of the earth city built up by a group of outsiders in a hurry would be unimaginable.

Finally contacted all the necessary matters. Xie Li looked at the Zhu Mansion and was rushing toward the Zhu Mansion and finally showed some satisfied smile.

But the next moment, Xie Li's eyes stagnated. Behind those troops, Mrs. Han was actually carrying countless maids and maids in the mansion.

From a distance, it was actually huge.

"The efficiency of building a city is a little higher now."

Xie Li murmured to himself...

At this time, the dull drumbeat sounded on the Han River outside the city.
Chapter completed!