The wind whistled across the lake, and on the clear lake, circles of ripples rippled back and forth, and wolf smoke rose from the sky, spreading from farther places to not far away.

Yonghong looked at the familiar Dianchi Lake from afar, but now it has changed hands, and his heart is quite unpleasant, that defeat was lost too quickly, and he learned that Liu Yi's soldiers and horses had entered the boundary of Jianning, and began to gather people and horses to attack the city with Liu Yi, but the total time used by this kind of arrow was not much, so that he gave birth to a kind of Liu Yi just seized the opportunity, and when he came back, he would also use this trick.

It's just that reality is often different from fantasy, whether it is Liu Yi or Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong or even the deceased Cao Cao, before a war starts, they will make enough preparations, such as the transportation of money and food, such as the collection of intelligence, and refine it to the approximate level and behavior of each core character to speculate on the habits and mentality of the other party, and then formulate a strategy, and will never count things to death, there is always no shortage of accidents in this world.

Therefore, when Yonghong was ready to use his own way to govern his body, what he saw were dangerous outposts, compact Minggang secret posts and beacon towers, his troops had not yet entered Jianning, the wolf smoke had begun to burn, and when he urged the soldiers and horses to rush to Dianchi, he felt that he should not come.

"Brother Zhengli, do you still want to fight?" Gao Ding rode his horse to Yonghong's side, looked at the wolf smoke, and was a little speechless in his heart, why was he in a hurry all the way?

Yonghong glanced behind him, the fatigue on the faces of the soldiers of the three armies could not be hidden, and he sighed silently and said, "Retreat ten miles to the village." ”

Today's siege was a bit reluctant, and the other party didn't give himself a chance to take advantage of the situation, and at the same time, it also made Yonghong understand how careless he was at the beginning, if he had this vigilance at the beginning, how could he let Liu Yi take Jianning so easily, and let himself be as embarrassed as a lost dog now.

"Then Liu Yi is cunning, we need to do a good night patrol to prevent that Liu Yi from stealing the camp." Yonghong added that Liu Yi attacked the city despite the fatigue of the three armies, and he remembered it vividly, and now that he had led the army to kill again after a long journey, he naturally had to worry about the sneak attack in the direction of Dianchi.

Gao Ding glanced at Yonghong, nodded, and began to arrange for people to set up camp, in fact, with the fall of Jianning, Yonghong's prestige at least among the county guards was gone, but it was definitely greatly reduced.

Besides, Tongshan has now been taken away by Liu Yi, and the things in Yonghong's hands are actually not as exciting as they used to be, but Gao Ding really doesn't want Liu Bei's forces to really start controlling Nanzhong, and it will be impossible to live like an emperor like this at that time, Zhu Bao also has a similar idea, which is the reason why this alliance was not dissolved because of Jianning's change of ownership.

Of course, Zhu Bao's stupid rebellion without figuring out the situation also has a promoting effect, but unfortunately Yongchang County is unwilling to join forces with them because of the blocked roads, and even openly rebels against their alliance, which makes Gao Ding and Yonghong very dissatisfied, but the primary purpose at the moment is to repel Liu Yi, and the affairs of Yongchang County can be put aside for a while.

As long as Liu Yi can be retreated, Yongchang County will not be the opponent of their three major forces uniting the barbarian army.

As for Yonghong, anyway, he still has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has a good relationship with Nanban, and can mobilize barbarian soldiers, so Meng Huo is now gathering troops and horses to support here, and these forces cannot be ignored, so Gao Ding still maintains enough respect for Yonghong now, as for the future attack on Jianning, this interest needs to be redivided.

"Brother Zhengli, that Gao Ding doesn't seem to be waiting with me!" Returning to his side, Lu Yuan glanced at the direction of the Gaoding camp and asked with a frown.

"Jianning is already, my prestige is now greatly damaged, that Gao Ding has long coveted the heart of Tongshan, not at this time, just because I am afraid of the soldiers and horses in my hands and the reinforcements of the Southern Barbarians, in addition to the existence of Liu Yi, now my two sides have to join forces against the enemy, after this battle, I am afraid that there will be some entanglement." Yonghong's thoughts about Gao Ding are clear, after all, everyone has cooperated here for many years, and they have some bottom in their hearts about each other's temperament.

"Then ......" Lu Yuan looked at Yonghong worriedly, this is not the same as what he thought of in advance, he hasn't started a war yet, he first lost Jianning, and now he has finally gathered tens of thousands of people, this hasn't started a war yet, but the internal has begun to calculate with each other, such an alliance can really defeat that Liu Yi?

Lu Yuan suddenly felt an unspeakable regret for his choice.

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On the city wall of Dianchi County, Ma Tan played with a bamboo telescope left by Liu Yi, this thing is a rare thing in Liu Bei's army, as far as Ma Jian knows, the entire Liu Bei force, which was named by Liu Yi as a telescope, there are no more than ten, Jingzhou, Guan Yu has one in his hand, in addition, Wei Yan in Hanzhong, and Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Zhang Fei, who have a good relationship with Liu Yi, each have one.

Of course, as a king, Liu Bei will naturally not lack in his hands, I heard that there are three, but whether it is true, Ma Jian does not know, but this thing is indeed extremely useful in military affairs, although Liu Yi only temporarily lent him one, but for Ma Yan, this thing is tantamount to a treasure.

In the distance, the black smoke and bamboo continue to rise, and they rise in a very regular manner in the line of sight, which is a signal on behalf of the enemy's invasion, which represents the departure of the coalition army of Gaoding and Yonghong, and is rapidly approaching Dianchi Lake, but after approaching Dianchi Lake, it did not attack, and seemed to have begun to retreat.

"General Wei, have the fortifications been completed?" Ma Jian took back the binoculars, looked at Wei Yue beside him, and asked.

Before leaving, Liu Yi sprinkled a lot of coins and hired about 3,000 people to do the defense of Dianchi Lake and the fortifications around it, and now there are arrow towers as high as three zhang around the city wall, there are sixteen, although it is a wooden structure, but it is extremely strong.

And different from the arrow towers built on the city, these arrow towers are two zhang square in length and width, and the interior is divided into three layers, each layer can shoot the enemy with crossbow arrows, which is equivalent to sixteen small contracts, and there are bridges connected to the city, if the other party sets fire, you can quickly withdraw the internal manpower to the city, if you do not choose to attack by fire, then the enemy army who wants to attack the city has to face the dilemma of suffering from the enemy on the back.

Ma Jian admires Liu Yi, the seemingly simple design, but it directly reduces the difficulty of defending the city a lot, if there is enough time, Liu Yi is ready to build a stone arrow tower, so that even if the opponent's fire attack is useless, it is a pity that there is not enough time, but the current city defense Ma Jian is very confident.

"Don't worry, Bo Yuan doesn't dare to say anything else, when did these things go wrong?" Wei Yue laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Yes." Ma Yan played with the bamboo telescope in his hand and shook his head: "But Tinghou's ability is far more than that, but I don't know why he is obsessed with craftsmanship." ”

At the moment, whether it is Liu Bei's side, Cao Wei or Dongwu, who dares to treat Liu Yi as an ordinary craftsman, in Ma Yan's view, Liu Yi is an outstanding talent, he just likes craftsmanship, just like Zhuge Liang will also study and study craftsman's things, but it can't be said that Zhuge Liang is also a craftsman, right? It's just that compared to Zhuge Liang, Liu Yi's obsession with craftsmanship is a bit too much, although it also has the effect of strengthening the country, but he feels that in the end, it is better to take the right path.

"What's so strange about this, Bo Yuan has been working as a craftsman before he came out, do you think everyone can read as soon as they are like you?" Wei Yue glanced at Ma Yan: "Besides, what's wrong with the craftsmanship?" If it weren't for Boyuan's craftsmanship, how could there be today's Jingxiang grand occasion? ”

Ma Jian snorted, he didn't want to be serious with Wei Yue in this kind of matter, he was really good for Liu Yi, but Wei Yue was right, the two sides stood from different angles, and the way to look at the problem was naturally different, there was no right answer.

"Do you think I can succeed in stealing camp tonight?" Ma Tan looked in the direction of the other party's camp, the distance was a little far, and with the help of the telescope before, he only saw vaguely.

"I remember Bo Yuan said, don't try the same trick twice on the same person, no one in this world is stupid." Wei Yue grinned and shook his head.

"If the general thinks so, will the other party think the same?" Ma Jian nodded, he still agreed with Liu Yi's words, but there will always be blind spots in people's hearts, not to mention that the other party should not just be a soldier all the way, not a person all the way, it is impossible to really do what he wants.

Wei Yue stopped speaking when he heard this, thinking about the feasibility of this matter in his heart, and he was a little moved by Ma Yan's words.

"In the words of Tinghou, we only need one or two thousand people to steal the camp, if we fail, it will only damage these people, but if we succeed, it will be a small and large!" Ma Yan looked at Wei Yue with burning eyes: "General, are you interested in giving it a try?" ”

Wei Yue thought silently when he heard this, at the moment Jianning's troops are sufficient, after collecting those soldiers and horses stationed in various places, Jianning's troops are about 13,000, and 2,000 people will try to see if they can fight a big one, even if they lose this battle, they will not hurt their muscles and bones.

"Let the second dog go." After thinking for a while, Wei Yue nodded, feeling that this one could be fought, as the main general, he naturally couldn't take risks easily, and this kind of thing naturally fell on Chen Ergou.

"Well, the general has been on the battlefield for a long time, and in terms of scheduling, the general will dispatch it." Ma Yan nodded.

At the moment, Wei Yue summoned Chen Ergou to discuss the matter of stealing the camp tonight, Liu Yi left two thousand barbarian soldiers, but this is the elite, it is impossible to send them all, Wei Yue sent Chen Ergou five hundred barbarian soldiers, plus one thousand five hundred selected Jianning elites, ready to attack the Yonghong camp tonight, the best can succeed, if it is not successful, evacuate in time.