When I came back from Mi Fang, it was already the third watch.

There is no hatred in this world for no reason, Mi Fang's betrayal of Liu Bei in history is obviously not just impulsive, but has already accumulated enough emotions, in this matter, Guan Yu is obviously responsible for most of it.

Liu Yi closed his eyes, although he drank too much, but unlike others, Liu Yi's performance after drinking too much was that his mind became clearer, but his emotions were much more excited than usual, he drank too much, and his performance was that he couldn't sleep.

The best way to resolve the contradiction is to turn Mi Fang away, and it is best to turn it back into. Du, change someone to be the Taishou of this Nanjun, but he is also a member of one party, a feudal official, not to mention whether Mi Fang himself is willing or not, how can Liu Yi be able to transfer an official of this level?

Lu Su reported illness, Lu Meng temporarily took the position of governor, this is an obvious signal, Lu Meng is a hawk under Sun Quan who supports the capture of Jingzhou, but he shows that he is weaker than Lu Sudu, which is more terrible than shouting and shouting to kill when he comes up, and he wants to attack Jingxiang, at least Guan Yu is not aware of Lu Meng's hostility at the moment.

However, according to the current situation, if Guan Yu does not attack Xiangyang, Jiangdong will definitely not do it for the time being, fate is fair, giving Jiangdong the opportunity to capture Nanjun, and also giving Liu Bei a chance, if Guan Yu is stable and does not shoot easily, Jiangdong will not easily tear his face, and Cao Cao will not be able to attack Hanzhong for a long time, and the pressure from the rear will definitely be great, and he will have to retreat.

It's a pity that this is just if, Guan Yu is already actively preparing to attack Xiangyang at the moment, and he can't be persuaded by positive persuasion, and what he can do now is only to remedy it.

The next day, Chen Ergou came to Jiangling with several guards to find Liu Yi, before Liu Yi sent someone to send a letter to Zhao Yun, hoping that Zhao Yun could send Chen Ergou back to him for a few days.

The few Jianglings sent out from Liu Yi, such as Liu Sandao and Chen Ergou, are not talents, but their martial arts are really good, and they basically don't make mistakes in military affairs, it is difficult to be alone, but being a deputy general is quite easy to use, and Chen Ergou is quite used under Zhao Yun.

This time Liu Yi asked for someone, Zhao Yun was still a little reluctant, and he used it too easily, but Liu Yi opened his mouth, and he couldn't stop him, so he directly sent Chen Ergou back.

"Sir!" I haven't seen him for several years, but now that Chen Ergou saw Liu Yi again, he was also quite excited, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"It's just in time, there are some things that need to be done." Seeing Chen Ergou, Liu Yi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly.

"Sir, please command." Chen Ergou hurriedly said solemnly.

"I will let you stay in Gangneung and listen to the tune under Mi Fang." Liu Yi looked at Chen Ergou and said.

"Mifu Jun...... It's Taishou, not a general......" Chen Ergou was a little confused.

"For the time being, he is the lieutenant of Jiangling County." Liu Yi thought about it, he couldn't manage too high an official, but if he was the county lieutenant of Jiangling, he still had a way to move, whether it was Guan Yu or Mi Fang, he would give himself this face.

"Whoa!" Chen Ergou was a little reluctant in his heart, after all, he mixed well under Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also valued him quite a lot, and now he was transferred to Mi Fang's hands, although the position of county lieutenant was higher than that of him as a military marquis under Zhao Yun, but the connections or something had to be re-established, but Liu Yi opened his mouth now, and he couldn't refuse.

"Help me keep an eye on Fu Shiren." Liu Yi didn't notice Chen Ergou's dissatisfaction, and carefully considered: "I always feel that there is something wrong with this person, and it is best to secretly send someone to inquire about Fu Shiren's past." ”

"It's not...... Sir, then why don't you just let me go to Fu Shiren's command? Chen Ergou looked at Liu Yi in amazement.

"I don't have much intersection with Fu Shiren, if I directly place you under that Fu Shiren, it will inevitably make him suspicious." Liu Yi shook his head and said, "What you need to pay attention to is mainly the contact between Fu Shiren and Mi Fang. ”

"If that Fu Shiren is in contact with Mi Fujun...... Chen Ergou is clever, as soon as Liu Yi said it, he understood a little, and looked at Liu Yi and said.

"Don't act rashly, just report it to me." Liu Yi shook his head and said.

"Whoa!" Chen Ergou heard the words and agreed, he could hear it, Liu Yi transferred himself to Jiangling this time, obviously it was not as simple as a simple order.

Chen Ergou used to be Liu Yi's guard, and now Liu Yi wants to transfer Chen Ergou to Jiangling as a county lieutenant, although there is some meaning to use public affairs for personal gain, but now Mi Fang has regarded Liu Yi as a confidant, this kind of trivial matter will naturally not save Liu Yi's face, and Chen Ergou is Liu Yi's person, Mi Fang feels that he can also be regarded as his own person, so he agreed without hesitation.

In the next few days, the wind and waves in Jiangling were calm, Mi Fang began to arrange boats to transport iron ingots, bamboo and wood, and some coins in the direction of the fishing village, which was considered to be Mi Fang's funding for Liu Yi, and now his official rank is extremely high, but the situation is somewhat isolated and marginalized.

Liu Yi was not idle, under the escort of Zhou Cang, went to Xiangyang, observed the city defense of Xiangyang, collected some data on the city wall, although he came to Xiangyang back then, but Liu Yi at that time, the ability is not as big as it is now, the defense of Fancheng because Liu Yi personally designed, can still figure it out, but the city defense situation of Xiangyang, Liu Yi does not know anything, this time he promised to help Guan Yu make siege equipment, although the siege wall can not be done, but the ladder, siege hammer, catapult, Liu Yi has already had a draft here, and now he has the data to do it, It's not too difficult.

Liu Yi didn't plan to participate in the battle of Xiangyang, so he was only going to make a few templates, and then hire craftsmen to continue to do it according to the template, the effect would not be too bad, siege ships, catapults, wells, ladders and battering rams, according to the scale of Xiangyang City, each of these things should be at least 300 frames, Liu Yi wanted to delay as much time as possible, so he only hired a hundred craftsmen, if these things are done, it will take at least three months, and the time can be delayed until summer.

If Guan Yu doesn't leave, Jiangdong may not dare to come in like this, three months is enough to do a lot of things.

Outside the city, in the Jingzhou school field.

"Put~"

With Liu Yi's order, the soldier in charge of the operation immediately pulled the rope, the taut belt suddenly relaxed, and the stone bullet was thrown far away after a short acceleration.

"Boom~"

One hundred and forty paces away, the makeshift earthen wall was shattered by stone bullets.

Liu Yi looked at this scene and thought silently, the catapult with perfect workmanship: range +39, sturdy +39, accuracy +36, movement speed +38

A catapult of this kind of attributes, there should be no problem in attacking the city, Liu Yi had specially studied Cao Jun's thunderbolt when he was in Shuzhong, even after improvement, the range was less than 100 steps, and the distance of about 140 steps was far beyond the range of the thunderbolt.

"Good!" Guan Yu on the side narrowed his eyes and shouted loudly: "With this thing, why worry about Xiangyang not breaking!?" ”

"Xiangyang City is strong, a few catapults alone are not enough to break through Xiangyang." Liu Yi shook his head and said, "Junhou try this cloud ladder." ”

Liu Yi took Guan Yu to the edge of the ladder, pointed to the ladder and said: "This operation is not difficult, half of the ladder is fixed, half is folded, can reduce the area, easy to push, there is a lock at the chassis, push to the enemy city, can be quickly fixed, no one needs to help each other, in addition, you can adjust this half of the escalator according to the height of the city wall through the rope, you can also adjust the angle, so that the engineering soldiers can avoid the shooting of the defender's bow and arrow, the ladder is a carriage, can carry people, there are baffles around it, and you can directly enter the battle under the city, The body does not need to be pushed by people, and the wheels are made in the car, and as long as the soldiers inside walk on it, the body can automatically move forward, which can reduce casualties when rushing the city. ”

Liu Yi said, while ordering the soldiers to operate, there is no city wall here, so the bucket arch is used instead of demonstrate, most of the carriage is occupied by rollers, the car can only accommodate six people, six people keep walking, can drive the vehicle to walk, but it can only be used here, if it is used as a vehicle to transport materials, it is not as fast as the ox cart and horse-drawn carriage, and the consumption of force is too great, if you simply hurry, it is better to walk faster, and people walk more in the car than outside.

However, Rao has a lot of shortcomings in Liu Yi's opinion, and in Guan Yu's eyes, he is already a miraculous skill, so there is no need to send troops to push the ladder and protect the soldiers of the cart, these people are the easiest to target in siege warfare.

The effect of the well is similar, and it can also be moved by the rollers inside, but it is not as exaggerated as that done in Shuzhong, but on the basis of the normal well, a ladder is set up to facilitate climbing, and once it is close to the city wall, the soldiers below can also quickly rush up to the city through the well.

However, there are also shortcomings, it is still afraid of fire, Zhang Ren used this to burn Liu Yi's test products, not only wells, ladders, catapults and rushing cars are afraid of fire, the four siege equipment, if they are wrapped in iron sheets and animal skins, it is a lot of consumption, and it is not necessary, Zhang Ren was faced with one at the beginning, and now Liu Yi is ready to equip Guan Yu's army with thousands of siege equipment, even if one or two are burned by the defenders, it is impossible to burn them all.

With these engineering equipment, it should be able to make up for Guan Yu's lack of troops, as for crushing, it is impossible, in the era of cold weapons, when the level of the two sides is about the same, it is difficult to crush.

Since there was no way to persuade Guan Yu to give up attacking Xiangyang, Liu Yi's two preparations, one was to hope that Guan Yu could attack Xiangyang in a very short time, and the other was to prepare in the rear, ready to face Jiangdong at any time.

"Junhou, these things are all done, it will take at least three months, I will leave the drawings, and I have hired a hundred craftsmen, and they will do it, and the effect will not be bad, the matter of the armor, I have discussed with Brother Zifang, the iron ingots and other materials have been sent to Yueyang, and I will set off for the next tomorrow to return, and I will make the armor, bows and arrows required by the five thousand soldiers before the prince sends out the army."

"Then there is Lao Boyuan to bother, if this battle can be won, Boyuan should be the first to remember!" Guan Yu was in a good mood, patted Liu Yi's shoulder and smiled.

"It is the prince and the soldiers of the three armies who are charging into battle, and they are only responsible for building equipment, and they dare not be greedy for merit." Liu Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said, even if there is merit, it is impossible to be promoted in a short period of time, at most some money will be rewarded, Liu Yi is not short of money now, it is better to share these merits with a group of soldiers.

Guan Yu didn't say much, but he wrote down this favor.