It's better to be at home, warm in winter and cool in summer!

Liu Yise shrank in his quilt, holding a bamboo note in one hand and looking at the latest information, feeling a little helpless, the manpower of Xinye City was sent by him to repair the city wall or make crossbow arrows, even if there is spare manpower, it is somewhat unreasonable to build a house or something to satisfy selfish desires at this time.

When the coach is not good at this, he has to lead by example, and he has to share the weal and woe with his subordinates, especially when the environment is relatively bad, there is no reason, but he has to take care of the emotions of his subordinates, which is also the reason why Liu Yi does not like to lead the troops very much, and suffers!

"Tinghou, Tan Malai reported, the three-way army of the Cao army is converging towards Xinye, and there are a large number of Cao troops gathering here in the direction of Wancheng, and the total strength is not less than 50,000!" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi and said with a solemn expression.

"Fifty thousand?" Liu Yi shook his head: "You also underestimate Cao Cao too much." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi puzzled.

"Didn't you notice that Cao Ren's troops are getting bigger and bigger, and the same is true on several other battlefields." Liu Yi sighed, he discovered this problem yesterday when Cao Ren was attacking the city.

According to the information at the beginning, Cao Cao's troops sent three routes, and the three-way army was 10,000 horses, and after fighting for so many days, the two sides suffered losses from each other, but Cao Ren's soldiers and horses were even more.

Of course, it is also possible that the rout troops in other directions were collected by Cao Ren, but according to the intelligence, the main forces of the other two Cao armies did not show a decrease in troops.

In other words, Cao Cao quietly increased troops to the front line through some small means and without Liu Beijun's intelligence officers being able to detect it.

"Cao Cao can mobilize a lot of troops." Liu Yi snapped his fingers and calculated: "Cao Cao is different from us, his family is big, although he has to use the same number of soldiers, but if he is willing to squeeze, he will definitely be able to squeeze out some, for example, Luoyang's soldiers and horses, Xuchang can also draw out some, no matter how far away, Cao Cao can't be transferred in such a short time, but at present, in the entire Nanyang, Cao's soldiers and horses are afraid that there are no less than 100,000." ”

"One hundred thousand?" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi with some shock.

"Cao Cao has already come to Nanyang to prepare, and he must still want to recapture Xiangyang, you don't really think that Nanyang only has those forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses, right?" Liu Yi looked at Liao Hua's surprised look, shook his head and smiled.

Liao Hua's heart sank a little, how many troops did Liu Bei invest in Nanyang? If you come out of Xiangyang, there are only 30,000 when you are full, plus the reinforcements sent from the direction of Shangyong, it would be good to be able to 50,000, as for the farther ones, Liu Bei couldn't transfer them for a while, that is to say, the strength of Cao's army is twice or even more than theirs at the moment.

Although it is said that the number of two armies fighting may not determine the final victory, it is undeniable that the number of them can take advantage of the advantage in many cases.

"What kind of expression is this?" Looking at Liao Hua's appearance, Liu Yi smiled and said, "Don't be like this, we have our advantages." ”

Liao Hua smiled bitterly: "Is Tinghou talking about the location? ”

"This is just one of them, Cao Cao is equivalent to an expedition in Nanyang, and the logistics supply is not even as good as fighting from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, but Cao Cao has been operating here for several months, and the problem of grain and grass is not fatal, or even a problem." Liu Yi shook his head, Nanyang is a good enclave, but this enclave is actually not far away, and Nanyang also has a certain supply capacity, so this problem is not a problem.

"The key is in people's hearts!" Liu Yi narrowed his eyes, he didn't quite understand Pang Tong's plan at first, but after arriving in Nanyang, he understood that Pang Tong didn't think about completely defeating Cao Cao on the frontal battlefield, his purpose was to be the rear of Boss Cao, or the powerful family of Nanyang.

Cao Cao is really unpopular in Nanyang, Xinye Ling ran to Chaoyang, then Li Yuan chose to surrender without saying a word, although Chaoyang is holding on to it for a long time, but Li Yuan chose to surrender so easily, and the Chaoyang army and people have almost no resistance, which is enough to prove how unpopular Cao Cao is in this land.

Looking at Liao Hua's ignorant look, he shook his head and waved his hand: "Let's go down and rest, Cao Jun will not attack tonight, the soldiers and horses of the military marquis will arrive tomorrow, you and get ready!" ”

"Whoa!" Liao Hua bowed and left.

Liu Yi put down the bamboo slip in his hand, wrapped in the quilt and lay down, his mentality has also been trained over the years, the sky is falling, and he can still fall asleep quickly when it is time to sleep.

There was no word all night, and early the next morning, there was news from the sentinel that Guan Yu had led the army to station in Chaoyang, and Wu Ban's soldiers and horses should be able to arrive at noon, in addition to the other three roads of people and horses were also converging towards this side, Guan Ping's men and horses were a little farther away.

The decisive battle has been completed, and Liu Yi immediately ordered people to rush to Xiangyang to inform Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others could come to Xinye as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation.

"Bo Yuan is building a city again?" After Guan Yu arrived in Chaoyang, he ordered Wu Ban to defend the city, and he rushed to Xinye with his men and horses, looking at Xinye, a busy scene, Guan Yu was a little funny, as if Liu Yi every time he fought, the first thing he did after capturing the city was to build a city, and he fought with Cao Ren and Li Dian in Xiangyang at the beginning.

"Not bad." When Liao Hua heard this, he nodded with a smile and said: "After Tinghou captured Xinye, he hired a large number of soldiers and civilians to repair the city defense, but if this new city wall can be used, according to Tinghou, it will take at least a month." ”

It's already pretty fast.

Guan Yu nodded when he heard this, he had personally experienced the construction of Xiangyang, and knew that this city wall was more troublesome to build, especially Liu Yi also liked to set up various city guarding mechanisms on the city wall, and a month was already a good speed.

The new city wall is probably less than three zhang high, one zhang higher than the original city wall, Xinye is a small city after all, and the current situation cannot give Liu Yi time to build a higher city wall, but the three-zhang high city wall can already block the enemy army.

Guan Yu quickly found Liu Bei, who was supervising the construction of new broken army crossbows in the Heavenly Workshop, these broken army crossbows were different from the previous broken army crossbows made of rough wood, they were basically made of copper with some elastic wood, and the materials were quite expensive, and they were ready to be erected on the city wall of the new city.

If the broken army crossbow is made of the best materials, the weight is not light, and there is no way to put it wherever you want like the previous broken army crossbow, and after it is generally made, it will be directly fixed on the city wall.

"Congratulations to Bo Yuan, another meritorious service!" Guan Yu looked at Liu Yi, and there was a little more smile on his face, which rarely smiled.

"Before the new field order and the new field captain came to surrender, what is the credit?" Liu Yi said with a smile: "As for the siege of the city, it is the work of Yuan Jian, I dare not be greedy." ”

Liu Yi compared the design drawings, handed over the drawings to the workers, and greeted Guan Yu and said, "How many soldiers and horses are there under the command of the military marquis now?" ”

"Thanks to Bo Yuan's weapons and armor!" The adjutant general who followed Guan Yu said with a smile: "This time, our army has broken through the Cao army five times and beheaded more than 4,000, and our army still has more than 2,400 soldiers!" ”

Speaking of this, many generals present were quite excited and proud, in this battlefield, although the two sides said that each other won and lost, but Guan Yu's team of men and horses was all the way through the thorns and thorns, brave and brave, and after the killing, Cao Jun almost ran when he saw Guan Yu's banner.

Liu Yi nodded, this time the men and horses led by Guan Yu are no less equipped than the one led by Liu Yi, plus the personal leadership of Guan Yu, the combat power is naturally extraordinary, not all of the Cao army they are facing are thousand-person teams, and they have even met with a main force of the Cao army, and the other party who still kills them is not an army.

In the battle of commanding the troops, Guan Yu does have a reason to be proud, this record can be seen from the comparison with Liao Hua's casualty ratio between the two sides, of course, there are also different styles in it, Guan Yu is the kind of general who is more and more brave in battle, with well-equipped and well-trained Xiangyang soldiers, that combat effectiveness, naturally there is no problem.

"This time, the Cao army of Yuyang, Suixian, and Jianyang and the main force of Cao Cao are all converging here, according to the current intelligence, just the Cao army that is known now has 80,000 people!" Liu Yi nodded, and pulled Guan Yu to the hall, where a sand table had been placed, Liu Yi looked at Guan Yu with a solemn expression and said, "In terms of troops, our army is far inferior!" ”

Cao Cao has a lot of soldiers, that is recognized, Liu Bei wants to be equal to Cao Cao on the battlefield of Nanyang, so it is possible to transfer Zhao Yun, Mi Fang, and Wenpin in the rear of Jingzhou, but it is obviously impossible, and only the Shu army can be mobilized at the moment, but it will definitely not be able to catch up for a while.

When Guan Yu heard this, he didn't care: "The rabble, tomorrow I will lead the army to call for battle!" ”

This is also Guan Yu's better way of playing, not to mention that the armor and weapons equipped by the Jingzhou Army are all first-class, even if he suffers a loss in quantity, Guan Yu is also confident that he will kill through the enemy formation, and he will not be able to find the north to kill Cao Jun, this battle is destined to be his Guan Yu's battle of Yang Ming.

"It's fine." Liu Yi thought about it and felt that it was right, Cao Jun had not yet fully assembled, taking advantage of this time, it was indeed good to kill Cao Jun's sharpness, and Liu Yi had been in Liu Bei's army for so many years, Guan Yu was fighting for the first time, and he also wanted to see what kind of ability Guan Erye, who was almost mythical by later generations, looked at Guan Yu's arm and said: "It's just the injury of the prince......

Although it has already passed the hundred days that Hua Tuo said, but during the Three Kingdoms period, there were more generals who died of arrow sores recurrence, and if Guan Yu went to the battlefield and arrow sores recurred, the joke would be big.

"It's been fine for a long time!" Guan Yu waved his arm and exclaimed with some exclamation: "That Hua Tuo is indeed worthy of the name of the divine doctor, I heard that he is now going to the fishing village?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded and said, "I asked him to recruit some disciples from the Fishing Township Academy to pass on that medical skill." ”

"That's great!" Guan Yu touched his beard and nodded: "That Yu will not bother, tomorrow morning, he will raise troops and leave the city!" ”

"I also want to have a princely demeanor in the next place." Liu Yi sent Guan Yu out of the workshop with a smile, and he was really looking forward to Guan Yu's performance on the battlefield tomorrow.