Dusk is still the same, the clouds are like flocculents, and under the red cloud wings, the black magpie hovers over the devastated land, and the smell of blood in the air is disgusting, but there is no way to avoid it all.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao's battle for Nanyang has reached a white-hot point, especially since the beginning of March, Zhang Fei led the soldiers and horses into this battlefield, the disparity between the forces of the two sides is not as great as at the beginning, and Cao's army after more than a month of tragic attack, began to gradually turn from offensive to defensive, and the battle line was gradually advanced from Xinye to the north to the Yuyang and Nieyang lines.

It's not that it can't be defended, it's just that there is no danger to defend, this time Liu Bei marched into Nanyang, but he came to the whole of Nanyang, wasting too many troops in such a dangerous place will only make Cao's army lose faster.

Therefore, when Cao Cao saw that the Jingzhou army was becoming more and more courageous, and the news of the fall of Hefei in the rear came, he decisively transferred his troops and horses back to Wancheng, preparing to block Liu Bei's northward march in this area.

The fierceness of the fighting between the two sides has not meant to weaken since the beginning of the first month.

"Jingle Bell~"

Xinye, as this place has become a supply place for the rear, this is no longer the strategic center of gravity, but Liu Bei's command is blind or in Xinye has not moved, the front line is Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Guan Ping, Zhang Ren, Yang Ren These people are in charge, Liu Bei and Pang Tong, Fa Zheng are in the middle of the strategy, if there is Cao Jun into Xinye at this time, it will not be good.

Listening to the tinkling sound in the workshop, Liu Yi lay comfortably on the recliner, he finally overcame the obsessive-compulsive disorder after entering the master realm, and now as long as he can listen to these sounds every day, his mood is very peaceful.

"Bo Yuan, what do you think?" Pang Tong asked while sitting on the recliner next to Liu Yi.

"What do you say? Louder? The environment was a bit noisy, and Pang Tong chattered a lot before, but Liu Yi didn't hear it too clearly, and he didn't have the heart to listen.

"I said, what do you think?" Pang Tong opened his voice and said.

"Oh, I used to sit and watch, but now I lie down and watch." Liu Yi didn't know how to answer, and he didn't hear what he said in the front of him, and he couldn't say bluntly that he didn't hear it.

"I mean, Jiangdong broke Hefei!" Pang Tong asked.

"How can this be seen? An army of 100,000 attacked a city garrisoned by 7,000 men, and it would be strange if he hadn't broken the city, right? Liu Yi asked rhetorically, what do you think, this battle is impossible to lose, although Cao Cao sent a lot of soldiers and horses, but Hefei plus the reinforcements from Qingxu over, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people, guarding Hefei, according to intelligence, there are only 7,000 people, the sky, even if the Jiangdong Army is not good at land warfare, 100,000 troops plus their own siege equipment, Liu Yi can't think of a reason why Sun Quan will lose, even if it is 100,000 pigs, the wall of Hefei City can be collapsed!

"Go out and talk!" Pang Tong was a little speechless, this thing definitely didn't hear his words just now, stood up, and directly pulled Liu Yi out.

"You can go, don't pull and pull, what kind of system?" Liu Yi reluctantly followed Pang Tong out of the workshop, and said dissatisfied.

"According to the news from Zilong, if it weren't for our army's siege equipment, Sun Quan might not be able to break through Hefei this time." Pang Tong pulled Liu Yi away from the workshop, and then said.

"It's not surprising that people are sometimes really inferior to pigs, at least even if the pig dies thirty percent, where should it run, people can't." Liu Yi said as a matter of course, although it was a little unbelievable, Liu Yi still accepted this statement.

It seems to be a bit of a reason, not to mention three percent, if the loss of one percent can not be dispersed, it can be regarded as elite soldiers, think that in this operation, the Jingzhou army can lose half of it and can still be quite wild to repel the Cao army, this phenomenon, even Pang Tong can't say why, but the performance of the army from Shu is quite normal, and the defeats during this period of time are basically fought by them, including the Hanzhong army brought by Guan Ping before.

"But Sun Quan bought our army's ordnance, and the lord actually agreed?" This is what Pang Tong does not understand the most.

Now that the Jingzhou army can achieve such a big advantage on the battlefield, the armor and weapons made by Liu Yi can account for at least half of the credit, this is Liu Bei's hole card, how can it be sold?

"No problem, I'll let my lord agree." Liu Yi nodded, looked at Pang Tong and said, "Many of the weapons and armor made a few years ago have begun to rust and corrode, why do you keep them?" Sun Quan wants to help him polish it, and he can also earn a sum of military expenses. ”

"Aren't you afraid that the Jiangdong Army is equipped with these armor to fight us?" Pang Tong was puzzled.

"The weapons of ten years ago are the same as those of today?" Liu Yi was a little amused: "Didn't you find that the weapons produced by the workshop today are sharper than those in the past?" Bow and arrow have a longer range? ”

"If you go back to the furnace and rebuild, there will be a lot of wear and tear, but sell it to Sun Quan, and then exchange a large number of materials and money from Jiangdong, our army can use better equipment, during this time I am still worried about money, Sun Quan will send money, why not?" Liu Yi stretched his muscles and bones, thinking in his heart that this time he would spend a lot of money to hire masters to build a batch of weapons, all of them ironclad, not too much, to equip 3,000 people, and put them on the battlefield, it would be almost indestructible!

"Is it really different?" Pang Tong quickly understood, looked at Liu Yi and said.

"Ten years ago and today, it's really different." Liu Yi nodded seriously and said, ten years ago, his skill level had not reached five, and the attribute gain was at least twenty different, how could it be the same?

"If this is the case, it can make up for the lack of land warfare of the Wu army." Pang Tong said with a smile: "I can't defeat our army, but I can compete with Cao's army, but there are not many weapons ten years ago?" ”

Now Liu Bei can be regarded as wealthy, but ten years ago, the Battle of Chibi was not over, and Liu Bei at that time relied on the help of Liu Qi and Sun Quan to live, how many weapons could he have?

"I'm going to take a few disciples and give Sun Quan weapons, just so that they can practice." Liu Yi has already thought about it, and now he wants to climb to the next realm on his own, and it is not easy to have a system, so it is better to recruit a few disciples and open a few more projects, won't this experience come?

"Artisan?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi and said.

"Or else?" Liu Yi nodded.

"Like you?" Pang Tong asked.

"Specialization is the same, such as casting weapons, or engaging in construction design, as well as tailors, masons, carpenters, and carvings, you can only do the same." Liu Yi shook his head: "You know, people like me are rare in a thousand years. ”

"Yes." Pang Tong nodded, if there are a few more talents like Liu Yi, it will not be easy for Liu Bei to have today's momentum.

"Then you have a ...... strategy and art of war" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi and frowned, he felt that Liu Yi was actually qualified to accept a disciple in this regard.

"Don't make a fuss, what is my strategy?" Liu Yi shook his head, now he does have this qualification, but craftsmen, recruit a few people with a foundation, it is very easy to cultivate, after giving money, it is okay to stock, but if you cultivate a successor, it will take a lot of effort and time, with this time, it is better to go home and take the child to walk the dog.

Besides, I am afraid that for a long time in the future, he will stay away from the political center and go to Nanzhong to develop, and it is estimated that those family lords will not give their own children to Liu Yi to bring.

The two walked all the way back to the government office, Liu Bei and Fa Zheng were not here today, Liu Yi and Pang Tong were not in a hurry, they each sat down and talked about something.

"Is it possible for Sun Quan to hit Shouchun?" Liu Yi suddenly asked.

If you take Shouchun, the whole Yangzhou will be regarded as Sun Quan's world, and then Sun Quan will be Yangzhou Mu and not just the lord of Jiangdong, the current Jiangdong is not the later Jiangnan, except for those counties with relatively concentrated populations, other places are basically undeveloped areas, with great potential, Liu Yi estimates that if Sun Quan can live two or three hundred years old, and concentrate on development, he can almost develop the current territory two or three times, and the population, materials and so on.

"Difficult!" Pang Tong shook his head: "Hefei is already the limit, even if you can hit Shouchun, you can't hold it, and that Zhang Liao and others are not easy people, although your siege equipment is powerful, it is not unbreakable." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong in surprise, his siege equipment was so easy to break? Immediately asked, "How are you going to break it?" ”

"If I am Zhang Liao, ambush along the way, Cao Cao has a lot of cavalry, as long as I use it well, I can burn all those siege equipment before they arrive!" Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi and said with a smile: "When you arrive in the plains, do you think that the Jiangdong Army can stop the Cao Army's elite cavalry?" ”

Although there are also waterways, the waterways over there are much smaller, not to mention bows and arrows, and the soldiers on both sides of the bank can be poked with spears, and the larger ships can be directly grounded.

"That's right!" Liu Yi nodded when he heard this, when he arrived in the plains, his troops would not be too small, did he still point to the same as in Hefei, obediently waiting for you to run to attack the city?

Sun Quan made such a mistake before, and was killed by Zhang Liao's 800 elite soldiers, and now Sun Quan should also be aware of this problem, and it is estimated that Sun Quan should now take Hefei as the center, establish a new defense belt, and digest the gains of this battle.

"It's better to let that Sun Quan earn it, and at this moment, we have to help him drag Cao Jun." Liu Yi shook his head and sighed: "In case he comes back and bites me and waits......"

"If Sun Quan is defeated in this battle, it is indeed possible, but now that Sun Quan has broken through Hefei, he will not covet our army again, but hope that our army can occupy Nanyang, so that if Cao's army attacks Hefei, then our army can send troops directly from Nanyang to deter Cao's rear, so that Cao's army can not care about each other, but if he comes to attack at this time, it will occupy Jingzhou, and it will be difficult to hold." Pang Tong said with a smile.

Next, before new changes take place in the situation in the world, the two families will enter a honeymoon period, just like when the Battle of Chibi was just fought, as for how long it can last, it depends on the future development of both sides.