Chapter 630: The Last Struggle

At the same time, since Huangsha City was determined to switch to a defensive position after capturing the border city on the opposite side, Zhou Xu and his men were undoubtedly mentally prepared to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.

No matter what the other party was planning to do at the moment, they would just continue to do their own things and ignore him.

The energy channel was opened before, and along with the transfer of population, the first batch of logistical supplies was also delivered.

This first batch of materials was mainly food supplies, which was arranged from the beginning. They were mainly worried that the opposing army would besiege the city and cut off their supply lines, so they planned to stockpile a certain amount of food in the city just in case.

During this period, only a week had passed since the first batch of people were sent away, and the number of people queuing up for porridge was increasing.

Apparently, there are more and more people in Huangsha City, and their homes are running out of surplus food.

This is normal. Huangsha City itself does not have much grain production capacity. The food that feeds the entire city on weekdays is basically transported from the major grain-producing cities in the rear.

Now that the city has been captured by Zhou Xu and his men, the gates on all sides are closed and the city has entered a state of war readiness. The food in the city will only become less and less.

In fact, in recent days there has been a situation in the city where there is not enough porridge to go around at porridge stalls.

This situation was quickly reported to Zhou Xu.

Listening to the report, Zhou Xu frowned slightly. In fact, this was not the first time they faced this problem. In just one week, he had increased the amount of grain used for making porridge twice.

Now faced with the problem of not having enough porridge to share again, Zhou Xu took a look at the current food reserves in the city’s granary and immediately refused.

"We will no longer increase the food input for distributing porridge. For us, the most important thing is to ensure that the soldiers in the army have enough food to maintain their combat effectiveness."

Zhou Xu doesn't think he is a bad person. Under normal circumstances, if people are in trouble, he will definitely save them if he can, but he is definitely not a pushover.

The supply of food will definitely give priority to the soldiers in their own troops.

As for the people in Huangsha City, it is impossible for him to ensure that everyone can have a bowl of porridge for every meal.

He set up four porridge stalls and distributed porridge twice a day, morning and evening. He has already done the most he can. If you can't get it once or twice, you can still get it once three, four, or five times, right?

In the current situation, it is good enough to be able to survive.

Under this premise, the registration offices set up next to the porridge stalls are now packed with people queuing up to register every day.

Obviously, these people who were slow to realize have already realized that there is no way to survive by defending this city. If they want to survive, the best way right now is to sign up to go to the territory of Da Zhou.

And this is actually one of Zhou Xu's goals.

He would not force people to immigrate, but he did not mind letting them face the reality and make the decision themselves.

This reality has made some people who had previously regretted not going there regretful.

Now for them, it is no longer as simple as re-registering.

But even if they signed up, they would only be the last batch to go! When they thought of this, they wanted to slap themselves twice.

Zhou Xu obviously didn't care about this, or it could even be said that no one cared.

It's hard to find a three-legged frog, but aren't there people with two legs everywhere? Those

who were selected to go to the Great Zhou in the first batch can only be said to have certain advantages in their work, but they are not indispensable.

If the Great Zhou is compared to a huge precision machine, then the ordinary people of the Second Star are simply the countless screws and gears on this machine.

Are these screws and gears important? Yes!

Without these screws and gears, the machine cannot be assembled.

However, there are many screws and gears. If one breaks, you can just replace it with another one. They are not irreplaceable, so don't take yourself too seriously.

The frequency of opening the energy channel here is relatively high. It can be opened about three times in a month.

Due to the continuous increase in the number of applicants, Zhou Xu had basically no chance to rest during this period.

Amidst the busy work, ten days passed in the blink of an eye for Zhou Xu.

The list of the second batch of transfers had already been confirmed, and like the first batch, it also consisted of 300 people.

Apparently no one regretted it this time, so after everyone was checked according to the list, they were immediately sent away as soon as the energy channel was opened.

Unlike the first list which was mainly composed of farmers, the types of work in the second list were much more complicated.

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Previously, due to the type of work, the Tieshan Mine in Tieshan Village didn't recruit even one person. This time, they can directly leave one hundred people for them to speed up the mining efficiency of the iron ore.

At the same time, Li Ce, who was on an expedition to the ratman territory, has destroyed four ratman nests in succession since he set out on the expedition.

After he razed the fourth underground ratman nest, Li Ce could feel relatively clearly that the ratmen, who had originally adopted the strategy of gathering their troops and preserving their combat effectiveness, had begun to use harassment and consumption tactics against him.

From this move, it is not difficult to see that the Rat People have begun to change their strategy. At the same time, we can also boldly guess that the Rat People have no way to retreat! The more at this time, the more stable Li Ce behaves. He grasps the other party's mentality and will never give the Rat People any opportunity to take advantage of.

Li Ce's calmness made Soros, the deputy commander of this army, look at him sideways.

In fact, during this process, Soros wanted to launch a direct attack several times, but Li Ce was not moved at all, making every step of their front-line army as steady as a rock.

Lizardmen and ratmen are sworn enemies. Even a smart Soros sometimes gets carried away and makes impulsive decisions.

But Li Ce is different. He has no hatred towards the rat people in essence. Therefore, he can be largely unaffected by this factor, thus maintaining a calmer mind, thinking about the other party's actions, and then figuring out how to respond.

As the enemy, Li Ce's response was impeccable. Every time he resolved the harassment attacks from their ratmen troops, he put pressure on the Claws.

In recent times, with the gradual advance of the Lizardman army, Claw's mood has become more and more violent.

But when the violent mood subsided, it was replaced by a deep feeling of powerlessness, which almost dragged him into the abyss of despair.

Facing such an opponent, the current situation left him with no hope of a comeback.

To be honest, since the great battle on the border where the rat army was almost wiped out, all the subsequent actions of the Claws were just a last-ditch struggle in Li Ce's opinion! (End of this chapter)