Sure enough, I knew that Boss Cao would not be so kind to give Ma Chao a chance to breathe, then Ma Chao is also brain-dead, at this time, even the weak and strong are the right reasons, so I have to run to Lao Cao as a gunman, now it's okay, Hanzhong didn't fight, and the old nest was copied, why bother?

Looking at the latest information sent to him by Huang Zhong, Liu Yi smacked his lips, he was not too surprised by Ma Chao's encounter with Lao Cao's use up, the princes were fighting, it was not just as simple as hard work, but also relying on their brains, Ma Chao obviously failed to find the right path, and now he retreated to Di Dao, which can be regarded as being completely kicked out of this game of princes fighting for hegemony.

Although there are still some soldiers and horses in his hands, they are just rootless wanderers, and if they come out again, if they still choose to go it alone, they can only be regarded as a group of relatively powerful rogues, and the warlords are not counted.

Why bother?

Liu Yi put away the letter, walked out of the shed with his hands on his back, looked at the hot construction site, but was silently thinking in his heart, Ma Chao was defeated, then it was Boss Cao's performance time, Liu Yi was not too worried about Yangpingguan, but it was not easy to say on the Shangyong side, although since Liu Bei's army arrived in Hanzhong, Liu Yi has been running around to engage in construction, but most of them are developing people's livelihood and water conservancy, and the city defense on the Shangyong side has not been improved, and now I don't know if it is too late.

There was a burst of cheers in the distance, Liu Yi looked at it, it is expected that the bridge of thirty zhang will be finally completed after the construction of these days, no wonder the craftsmen will cheer, this kind of suspended bridge of thirty zhang is naturally not a strange thing in the future, but in this era, it is amazing.

There is no load-bearing in the middle, and the load-bearing force in the middle of the bridge is completely distributed to both sides by relying on the brackets, and the height of the bridge is only less than two meters, but the brackets below are full of ten zhang, which perfectly disperses the weight of the center of the bridge to the cliffs on both sides.

"Sir, it's successful, please take a look!" A craftsman came to Liu Yi's side, his expression couldn't hide his joy, this level of bridge was built in their hands, and the sense of accomplishment was even higher than that of a monetary reward.

"Thank you!" Liu Yi looked at the bridge, but also quite emotional, from the design to the start to the completion, nearly 70 meters of the bridge, nearly 1,000 people to work, it took a month to complete, but in Liu Yi's opinion, it is worth building such a bridge.

"If you follow Mr.'s method, don't say thirty zhang, even a hundred zhang bridge can be built!" One of the craftsmen laughed excitedly.

"It's impossible, then this support has to go to the bottom of the cliff, so it's better to build a few pillars directly." When Liu Yi heard this, he shook his head, Baizhang Bridge, the current level is not to think about it, even the thirty zhang bridge in front of him has taken a lot of energy, but the effect is really good.

Perfect Stone Bridge: Vision +35, Extreme Sturdiness +34, Weight Bearing +36, Peaceful Aura +35, Relaxation +37

Not only is the attribute perfect, but the most important thing is that it seems that his experience has also entered the second half of the sixth level with the completion of this bridge, and he has begun to sprint to the seventh level.

"The completion of this bridge, in this meridian road, the problem is completely solved, and the next project needs your efforts, half a year, must be completed within half a year." Liu Yi is not ready to continue to stay in the Meridian Valley, Cao Jun is coming at any time, Liu Yi as the acting Hanzhong Taishou, it is a little wrong to come forward at this time, the more difficult places in the Meridian Valley have been completed, and the rest of the places only need to hire craftsmen, in order to prevent Cao Cao from sending troops to this side again, Liu Yi specially left two schools of soldiers and horses to garrison the main road, in terms of the terrain of the Meridian Valley, it is enough to hold the main road.

"Mr. is leaving?" Several craftsmen exclaimed.

"Well, now that the great enemy of Hanzhong is coming, I can't continue to stay here." Liu Yi nodded, this meridian road has been repaired to this day, and the rest only needs to be done step by step, Liu Yi ordered a few craftsmen as the team leader, when he was not there, he was responsible for supervising the construction work, completing the road as quickly as possible, and setting up a checkpoint at the end, because Xiahou Yuan had died in battle, the checkpoint would start immediately, and the drawings Liu Yi had already drawn, just to be built, and the soldiers and horses of the two schools would be stationed in it.

Only then did several craftsmen remember that Liu Yi was not only a craftsman general, but also shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding the rear for Liu Bei, and immediately bowed to Liu Yi and said: "Sir, rest assured, this place is left to us, with the current progress of the project, within half a year, the Meridian Road will be repaired." ”

After all, it is not the road of the future generations, it needs to be excavated and paved, coupled with Liu Yi's peculiar ability, so that these craftsmen and people can obtain extremely high craftsmanship in a short period of time, and the laying speed is extremely fast.

Early the next morning, after Liu Yi distributed the coins sent from the rear to a group of craftsmen, he arranged for a military general brought from Jingzhou to be responsible for guarding the Meridian Valley, and then he took his guards out of the Meridian Valley and went straight to the direction of Shangyong.

……

It has been more than half a month since Zhang He seized Jixian and other places with the assistance of Yang Ang, Ma Chao retreated to Di Dao, and there was no news after entering the Qiang realm, for the time being, Ma Chao had no threat to Cao Jun.

"Hasn't there been a message yet?" In Chang'an City, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction after reading the battle report sent by Zhang He, and then asked.

"The road in the Meridian Valley is difficult to travel, it is sparsely populated all year round, and some time ago, the land of Hanchuan was hit by heavy rain, and General Miaocai will inevitably delay the speed of the march." Cheng Yu opened his mouth and said with a smile, the road of Meridian Valley is a miracle soldier, and the real highlight still depends on Cao Cao's main army.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Since Ma Chao is no longer able to send troops to attack and disturb, he ordered Yuan Rang and Jun Yi to immediately send troops to attack Yangping Pass, and ordered Zixiao and Zilian to send troops from Nanyang to attack Hanzhong. ”

"Whoa!" Cheng Yu bowed down and took the order.

……

Although Cao Cao has not moved, but in fact, the deployment of Cao's army has begun to operate secretly long before Ma surpasses the soldiers in Hanzhong, and now Cao Cao has given an order, Zhang He and Xiahoudun, who have occupied Hanyang County, set off from the limit and Yi County at the same time, and the troops are directed at Yangping Pass.

At the same time, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who were stationed in Nanyang, converged in Zhuyang and took the three counties of Shangyong, Fangling and Xixian.

The battle of Yangping Pass, guarded by two generals, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, coupled with the fact that Yangping Pass itself is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and when there are enough soldiers and horses, it is relatively easy to defend.

"Sir, don't worry, Cao Jun is still in the Zhuyang area, three hundred miles away from here, and the road is difficult, it will take ten days to reach here." Meng Da, who was stationed in Shangyong with Liu Feng, smiled at Liu Yi, who came in the starry night, and said, "Since Mr. is here, you might as well meet the gentry in this Shangyong area first." ”

"Both of them are generals, and this soldier is better than me." Liu Yi didn't go to rest, sat on the main seat, looked at Meng Da and shook his head and said: "When Bi Yi knows the principle of impermanence better, Cao Ren and Cao Hong are both famous generals under Cao Cao, and they are well versed in the art of war. ”

If the enemy is willing, put a few false news to confuse the opponent, and at the same time secretly send troops to attack, no matter how normal, then ten days is just a normal marching speed, if it is a rapid march, it may not take so long.

"What the gentleman said is good." Liu Feng nodded, he had fought with Liu Yi, and he was quite convinced of Liu Yi's ability, so he asked at the moment: "I don't know what Mr. thinks, how should our army defend?" ”

"This battle is intended to repel the Cao army and prevent the Cao army from having a chance to attack Hanzhong, the two of you should understand what we are going to do first." Liu Yi looked at the map in front of him, Liu Yi, who was accustomed to watching the terrain in the sand table, although this map was not as bright as at the beginning, but he was still quite unaccustomed: "So starting from Fangling, fortify step by step, don't be afraid of waste, as long as you can hold the two cities this time, save time for the lord, no matter how much preparation is worth it, I want to focus on Fangling and Shangyong, and station checkpoints in various dangers, defend step by step, wear down the enemy's spirit, and can also buy more time for our army to strengthen the city defense." ”

Shangyong and Fangling are both in the main traffic routes, and there are already checkpoints around the city, Liu Yi is ready to build a few more, if he can disperse the Cao army's troops, it is the best, if not, this rubbing defense, Cao Jun's checkpoints are knocked down one by one, and it consumes a lot of time alone.

As for the two cities of Shangyong and Fangling, they must be strengthened, and the main force of Cao's army will be blocked with these two cities.

As for Xixian, it also needs to make some adjustments, although Xixian is relatively remote, but because of this, there are not many garrisons, if the other party regards this as a breakthrough, Shangyong and Fangling counties are likely to be attacked before and after, so Xixian can't be ignored, at least the garrison has to increase, Liu Yi has written back to Nanzheng before setting off from Meridian Valley, and mobilized 5,000 men and horses to garrison Xixian, Shangyong and Fangling, the two cities combined, the garrison is 13,000 people, but the intelligence of Cao's army has not completely returned, Liu Yi didn't know if these people were enough, and the Nanzheng area also needed to keep enough soldiers and horses to prevent Cao's army from emerging from which horns, so it was arranged like this for the time being.

This time, the Cao army sent troops to attack Hanzhong on two routes, and as Liu Yi, who was guarding the rear for Liu Bei, the pressure was naturally the greatest, so he didn't speak so politely at the moment.

"Send more scouts, search for Cao Jun along the way, be sure to know the movements of Cao Jun accurately, and levy a thousand people for me, you two have been here for a long time, you should know the terrain here, draw all the dangerous places on the map, and prepare to build sentry posts in these places." Looking at Liu Feng and Meng Da, Liu Yi didn't care whether the other party agreed with his proposal or not, they now had sufficient troops, instead of guarding the city and waiting for the enemy to fight, it was better to fortify step by step, and use these checkpoints to delay the footsteps of Cao's army.

"Whoa!" Seeing Liu Yi's seriousness, Liu Feng and Meng Da didn't dare to slack off, so they each bowed down and took the order......