Xinye City was taken, Pang Tong's original plan can be said to be successful, but in this way, Cao Cao must have also discovered Pang Tong's intentions, and the next big war is afraid that it will break out in this Xinye area, in order to avoid suffering losses in the next battle, after Liu Yi entered the city, he began to hire people to repair the Xinye city defense.

Counting the county guards and the surrendered Cao Jun in Xinye City, after the accounting, including women, there are only more than 2,300 people who can be hired, and those who are too old or children are not within the scope of employment, even if they have skills, it is difficult to meet the standard with strength, Liu Yijun is not much else, the money is indeed tens of millions, and the cement is also a car.

In Pang Tong's prediction, Ping's and Chaoyang are not big problems, but once Xinye is occupied, it is likely to become the main attack place of Cao's army, so Liu Yi brought a large amount of cement and some bamboo and wood that are not easy to obtain directly in order to improve the defense of the city in the shortest possible time, in order to form an effective defense as soon as possible after occupying Xinye.

The inside of the Xinye city wall began to build a new wall overnight, and it takes time for the cement to dry up and cannot be built outside, so this new city wall should be built inside the original city wall, and at the same time, rows of bucket arches are also built, more than 2,000 employees Liu Yi still feels a little slow, Cao Jun's soldiers and horses are not clear now, but it will definitely not be too far, then Ying Luo has already sent someone to inform the nearest Cao Jun, so now it is a race against time.

"Tinghou, in today's situation, why spend money to hire people?" Xinye Ling had just surrendered, and wanted to show that he was very puzzled by Liu Yi's practice of spending money to hire people, at this time, as long as they were given food to eat and let them live, how could these people dare not obey?

"It's the rule." Liu Yi didn't bother to explain so much: "Next, we need to rely on the power of the people, if we forcibly squeeze them, and there will be dissatisfaction in our hearts, our army will put benevolence and righteousness first and put the people first, how can we do such a thing?" ”

"The benevolence of the Lord is indeed a blessing to the people." Shinno Ling said with a smile.

"Please count the money and grain in the treasury, and a batch of materials will arrive today." Liu Yi looked at the sky, after capturing Xinye last night, he had already ordered someone to go and inform the baggage in the rear to speed up the march, and the cement brought by the army was not enough, in addition to the grain and grass in the baggage in the rear, there was also a large amount of cement, Xinye would be a supply place for the nearby Jingzhou army, so there were a lot of grains and grass and cement in this batch, and they were all transported by carts.

Hundreds of large vehicles, in terms of safety, Liu Yi has summoned the nearby Jingzhou army to pay attention.

"Whoa!" Xinye Ling looked at Liu Yi with some concern: "Tinghou, but there is a big war to fight?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "If there is no accident, this will be the main battlefield." ”

"Puff~" Xinye made his legs weak, sat down at Liu Yi's feet, and looked at Liu Yi distractedly, originally, he surrendered to Liu Yi, although he was dissatisfied with Cao Jun, but more, he still felt that Ying Luo could not hold Xinye, and the fear of the Jingzhou Army, but he had been under the rule of Cao Jun for many years, and he was also afraid of Cao Jun, or even worse, and now I heard that this Xinye will become the main battlefield, and the three souls and seven spirits were suddenly scared away half.

"Scared?" Liu Yi glanced at the other party with some amusement.

Xinye Ling smiled bitterly, he said that he was not afraid, someone would believe it?

"Don't worry, the city guarded by Liu has not been defeated so far!" Liu Yi said lightly, saying this is also to give the other party some confidence, no matter what this Xinye Ling and that Xie Chao think, but at present, it is the object that needs to be wooed and united, especially this Xinye Ling, who is more timid and does not give some psychological comfort, Liu Yi is afraid that he will do something irrational.

When Xinye Ling heard this, he seemed to feel Liu Yi's self-confidence, and his heart was much more stable, and he stood up a little embarrassed, and said to Liu Yi: "The lower official is out of shape." ”

"Let's get to work." Liu Yi nodded and said.

"Whoa!"

Watching Xinye Ling leave, Liu Yi frowned, and called a personal guard and said: "Look at him, if there is any abnormal movement, kill!" ”

"Whoa!" The guards bowed and walked away quickly.

I hope this thing doesn't do stupid things again!

Liu Yi shook his head, it's not that he is ruthless, it's just that it is related to the success or failure of Pang Tong's plan to attack Nanyang this time, and he can't be slack, and most importantly, it's about his own safety!

In order to speed up the work, the soldiers in General Liu Yi also divided 3,000 to speed up the construction work, and the city wall was framed first, but the dougong and crossbow machine at the head of the city could not be slow, and it must be completed within today, and Liu Yi was personally responsible for supervising the construction.

In addition to the necessary precautions, now the military and civilians in Xinye City can move, basically used in the building, the speed is not said, not a spacious city wall, directly made a row of serial together dougong, the city wall every ten steps are erected a broken army crossbow, is Xiangyang, Yueyang, Jiangling these big cities, the broken army crossbow is not so dense, the current Xinye City, although the city wall is not high, but the defense should not be low, now the people in the city, in addition to the person responsible for building the framework of the new city wall, are crazy to make arrow clusters, crossbow boxes.

Rolling wood and stone are not used for such walls.

"Tinghou!" After lunch, Liu Yi was instructing the workers on the city wall how to make things better, Liao Hua hurriedly came to Liu Yi's side, bowed down and said: "Tan Malai report, there is a Cao army in the direction of Yuyang is coming to Xinye at a rapid pace, according to the speed, it should be able to arrive tonight." ”

Yuyang is less than fifty miles away from Xinye, if it is a normal and rapid march, it can be reached in half a day, but it has snowed heavily, and now although the wind and snow have stopped, this road is not easy to walk, delaying the other party's march.

Liu Yi nodded and said: "Order someone to probe again, and send someone to urge the baggage in the rear, and be sure to send it to Xinye before Cao Jun arrives!" ”

The heavy snow slowed down the marching speed of Cao's army, and it also slowed down the speed of logistics supplies on Liu Bei's side, otherwise it would have arrived now.

"Whoa!" Liao Hua nodded and left quickly with his personal guards.

Liu Yi looked at the sky and decided to take people to dig some traps outside the city, do some fortifications or something, once the Cao army on the Yuyang side is frustrated, I am afraid that more Cao troops will be attracted next, and the Jingzhou army will also converge here, and the decisive battle between the two sides has been completed.

It's just that the speed of Cao Jun is still much faster than Liu Yi imagined, the baggage has not yet arrived, and the soldiers who are in charge of guarding on the dougong have already seen the trace of Cao Jun, and the desolate horn sounds, which means that Cao Jun has reached the warning range.

"Order all the soldiers to stop their work, and the people of the city continue to be responsible for building the city walls!" Liu Yi climbed onto the dougong, took off the telescope made of brown glass on his waist, looked at the shadow of Cao Jun in the distance, which gradually became clear in his vision, and shouted in a deep voice.

"Tinghou, it's Cao Ren's department!" A small school has sharp eyes and is the first to see the other party's flag.

Liu Yi nodded, he also saw it, and turned his head to look at the little colonel: "Where is our baggage?" ”

"I just came to report, there are still more than ten miles, and now it should be almost there!" The little school bowed.

"Liaohua!" Although the other party has not yet moved, but so close, Liu Yi was worried that the other party would notice that his baggage had arrived, so he sent troops to intercept it, and immediately shouted at Liao Hua, who was commanding from a distance.

"The last general!" Liao Hua hurried over and saluted Liu Yi.

"You take a team of 1,000 people out of the city to protect the baggage, and if the Cao army comes to attack, shoot it back with crossbow arrows!" Liu Yi came down from the bucket arch and said to Liao Hua.

"Whoa!" Liao Hua agreed, rushed down from the city wall, and ordered troops out of the city.

Liu Yi visually measured the distance of Cao Jun, and took two guards to the enemy tower below: "Help me put on my armor!" ”

In order to increase security, Liu Yi created a piece of armor for himself, which was red all over the body, and was named red scale armor by Liu Yi, but this armor is not light, Liu Yi rarely wears it on weekdays, but now that he is about to meet the enemy, for safety, Liu Yi ordered someone to help him put on the armor.

Red Scale Armor: Extreme Strength +49, Agility and Lightness +48, Rebound +43, Presence -44, Fighting Spirit +46, General Soul +45, Red Dragon Protector +40

It was a cold winter day, but the armor on his body made Liu Yi feel a burning sensation.

Liu Yi silently put the red copper mask on his face, a strange feeling arose, standing on the city wall, looking at Cao Jun who was getting closer and closer, there was a feeling of longing to fight in his heart, but he was pressed down alive.

No matter how good the armor is, you can't be blindly confident, you are a commander rather than a brave general.

On the other side, Cao Ren's Tanma also came with news that they had found the baggage team of the Jingzhou Army, and they were in large numbers.

"Baggage?" Cao Ren sat on horseback, looking at the direction of Xinye from a distance, and recognized Sima Yi's judgment in his heart, the other party really wanted to use the three cities of Xinye as the base to move the battle line to this side?

"Yu! You led a thousand horsemen and burned the other party's heavy grain and grass! Cao Ren said.

"Whoa!" Ying Yu bowed down to receive the order, and ordered the troops to go to attack the opponent's baggage.

It's just that before he got close, he saw a group of men and horses killed in the rear of Xinye City, and Liao Hua saw that Cao Jun really sent troops to loot the baggage, so he was not polite immediately, and took the men and horses to meet the rest of the department.

Ying Yu's department is a cavalry under Cao Ren, the speed is extremely fast, but Liao Hua is not afraid, Liu Yi brought this time, but the well-equipped Jingzhou sharp soldiers, wearing armor, each with a strong crossbow on their waists, seeing that the opponent's cavalry was ready to bypass him, Liao Hua immediately ordered to release arrows.

In an instant, thousands of crossbow arrows broke out of the air, and the rest of the department was instantly planted, Liao Hua took the opportunity to lead the troops to kill, and Cao Jun fought together, the sophisticated equipment played a powerful role at this time, Cao Jun's weapons were difficult to break the defense, Liao Hua took the men and horses and even gave up the defense, and used the fighting method of fighting for his life, killing the Cao army in embarrassment.

Ying Yu was found by Liao Hua in the midst of the chaos, stabbed off his horse with a spear, and was beheaded by the Jingzhou soldiers who followed closely behind.

Seeing that his cavalry was so broken by the enemy, Cao Ren's face was a little ugly, but he also knew that this Jingzhou army was not easy to deal with, so he immediately sent two teams of 1,000 people to strangle Liao Hua's department.