There is one thing that Liu Yi didn't want to explain to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but Liu Yi felt that it was better to be an upright person, especially in the face of these two loyal big brothers, Liu Yi felt that he should make things clear first, so as not to wait for them to submit to him in the future, and feel that they are not human, and they feel awkward in their hearts.

This matter is that Liu Yi is very likely to replace the young emperor and ascend the throne as the emperor.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, when they first formed a rebellion in Taoyuan, they had already made it very clear that they were just trying to support the Han family. And if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei serve themselves, they will replace the so-called Han family as the Son of Heaven in the future, will Guan Yu and Zhang Fei be able to accept it?

Liu Yi didn't want to turn against Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the future because of this matter, even if it was awkward because of this matter, Liu Yi felt that the impact was not good.

Therefore, Liu Yi faced Guan Yu with a calm face, and said bluntly: "Second Brother Guan, all of you here now are my Liu Yi's good brothers, in fact, I, Liu Yi, have never told others about this matter, or that I, Liu Yi, have not revealed such a meaning to others, but in the court of the New Han Dynasty, this matter is already an open secret, and it can also be said that it is a matter of course for the New Han Dynasty." That is, after the new Han Dynasty unifies the world, I Liu Yi may be subject to Zen to the Shaodi and replace the Shaodi as the emperor. ”

"Oh?" Guan Yu's expression was really a little stunned, he never seemed to have thought about this.

Liu Yi shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and said to Guan Yu with a heartfelt heart: "Second Brother Guan, let's open the skylight and say something." Seriously, the current Han dynasty has indeed declined. Although the son of the first emperor is still there, the current Han is no longer a Han that the direct Han family can control. Today's Han family, to put it bluntly, is similar to the Zhou royal family during the Warring States Seven Heroes. The existence of the royal family is only a symbolic meaning, and it can be destroyed at any time. So to speak. The Liu family of the Han dynasty of the Great Han Dynasty, when it was passed to Emperor Liu Heng, was already destined to the decline of the Han family. Emperor Heng inherited the throne without a queen, and let the harem women or relatives and eunuchs control the government for decades. Singled out Emperor Liu Hongling to inherit the throne. It's just a joke. Second Brother Guan, you have not been in contact with Emperor Ling, and there are many secrets in the court, you can't know, but I, Liu Yi, have had a lot of friendship with Emperor Lingdi. Otherwise, he would not have put me, who was difficult to tell even his own origins, but it happened to be surnamed Liu and included me Liu Yi in the door wall of the Han family. There are some things that the first emperor Lingdi personally told him. Emperor Liu Hong, who has been on the throne since the time he succeeded. He has never been able to really control the government, he can only be regarded as a puppet emperor. Initial. Naturally, it was the puppet emperor of the Empress Dowager Dou and her relatives, and his existence was just more convenient for them to control the government through the Ling Emperor Liu Hong, and later, it was a group of eunuchs in the deep palace who pulled the Empress Dowager Dou Miao off the horse, and they supported the emperor and controlled the government for ten or twenty years. Just imagine, such a Han emperor, what chance do they have to regain control of the great Han? ”

"Is that so?" Guan Yu said with a slightly moved expression.

"What I Liu Yi said is true, and this is also what the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong personally told me Liu Yi before he died, and he told me Liu Yi to avenge him. Well, by the way, Emperor Ling was victimized by the Huns and contracted a terminal disease called Hualiu disease. However, under the treatment of my Liu Yi and the divine doctor Hua Tuo, there has been a great improvement, at least, I will not have much problem living for a few years or even ten years. But after I Liu Yi left the palace to go to Dongting Lake, Emperor Ling suddenly summoned me back to Beijing, and when I saw him, I was powerless to return to heaven, and the death of the first emperor was directly poisoned by Zhang Rang and other eunuchs. Liu Yi said to Guan Yu with a serious face: "Second Brother Guan, I, Liu Yi, tell you this, just to let you understand this, the Han family, it is impossible to control the world anymore, at this time, it has come to a time to change the dynasty." It can be said that even if I, Liu Yi, refuse to be the emperor and do not accept the young emperor's concessions, I still let the young emperor control the imperial court, if there is no Liu Yi in the court to preside over the overall situation, the new Han Dynasty may not be long before it will fall apart, and the Han dynasty will fall into a chaotic world again. And people like Cao Cao and Liu Biao will replace the Han family to hold the power of the world, or they will be usurped by other people. Anyway, the Han is still chaotic, and the people of the Han will still be in a dire situation. I, Liu Yi, am not talented, but I only want to end the chaotic world and return the people of the world to a peaceful living environment, that's all. Second Brother Guan, if you and Third Brother Zhang serve the New Han Dynasty, I hope you don't have prejudices against me Liu Yi, especially when the day comes, don't treat me Liu Yi as a Han thief. ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he looked at Guan Yu and said: "What I want to tell you is this, as for whether you are willing to help me Liu Yi calm the world, it depends on your own wishes, this matter, please also ask Second Brother Guan to tell Third Brother Zhang, so that he can also think about it." After all, the future court will only be the New Han Dynasty, and there will be no more previous Han Dynasty. ”

"Well, I'll tell you." After Guan Yu heard this, he nodded cautiously, and then he seemed to think about it again, and said solemnly: "Brother Liu Yi, in fact, there are some things, Guan Mou can't see anything. Guan also knows that the current situation of the Han Dynasty is indeed impossible to return to the previous situation in which the Han family ruled the world. I am afraid that the glory of our Han people in the past is not something that we can restore by restoring the glory of the Han Dynasty with words, nor can we revitalize it by shouting that we can revitalize the Han Dynasty, which requires the joint efforts of people with lofty ideals to do so. In fact, dissatisfied with the Liu Yi brothers, there are also many brothers who said, although I, Guan Yu, dare not say that I have fought for most of my life, but I still have a war career of more than ten years. Moreover, Guan Mou has fought from Youzhou to the current Jingzhou, and he can almost beat half of the Han River, but everywhere Guan has passed, he has seen a lot of white bones and the suffering of the Han people. It's just that Guan Mou wants to change the fate of the people of the Han Dynasty, but he has no heart, so he can only follow Liu Bei every day, go to a place that is convenient for a place, and fight for survival every day, not caring about anything else at all. On the contrary, we came into contact with a lot of people who came from the New Han Dynasty or had been to the New Han Dynasty. But everything said that the New Han Dynasty was good. And, through Guò Guan's observation, I barely saw what was good about the New Han Dynasty. The good of the New Han Dynasty is good for the people of the New Han Dynasty, and they will finally enjoy peace, and their lives are getting better and better day by day under the rule of the New Han Dynasty. can only allow the people under his rule to live a really good life, then this person is worthy of Guan's respect. Guan also said something from his heart now. If whether the Liu Yi brothers are the emperor is related to the peace of the people of the New Han Dynasty, then Guan naturally hopes that the people can live well and never have such a chaotic world as in front of them. As for who became emperor. Guan didn't pay much attention to it. ”

"Haha. Second Brother Guan, it's best if you think like this. When Liu Yi heard this, he smiled happily.

"But ......" Guan Yu said again: "Brother Liu Yi, I hope that the New Han Dynasty will always be an enlightened and stable court, and there will be no more power and chaos for the Han Dynasty." ”

"This must be, actually, we are now. I've already started working on that, well. For specific things, after Second Brother Guan really arrives in our camp, after you arrive in Luoyang, you will slowly understand. ”

"Well, no matter what, I, Guan Mou, really admire Brother Liu Yi for you, and in the future, Brother Liu Yi will be sent, and Guan will do everything!" Guan Yu hugged Liu Yi with a fist.

"Good! I won't be polite to my brother, now, if it's okay, Second Brother Guan will go back to the Jingzhou military camp first and act according to the plan, but be careful. Liu Yi knew that it would take time for Guan Yu to sneak back to the Jingzhou camp, and he had to take advantage of the darkness of the night to act, so he didn't leave Guan Yu behind.

"Guan Mouhui, Brother Liuyi, Brother Dian, Brother Xu, get together in the future, see you again!"

Guan Yu said goodbye to everyone in the hall one by one, and then quietly hid in the night.

"Lord, that Liu Bei is really not a thing, he actually joined forces with Liu Biao, and used Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's brotherhood towards him to force Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead an army to attack us. Hmph, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are too concerned about the old feelings, if they are according to our old classics, they will first screw off Liu Bei's bird's head. What is the meaning of the knot? Fart! ”

"Uh, Brother Dian, don't say it so ugly, it seems, we're embarrassed to kill Liu Bei directly, right? Did you beat us and scold us? ”

"Uh, hehe, Brother Liu Yi, we are not scolding you, uh-huh, Lao Xu, let's go out to patrol the sentry, let's go for a walk......" Dian Wei knew that he seemed to really scold Liu Yi, and quickly pulled Xu Zhu to escape from here.

Liu Yi stopped him and said, "Okay, some things are easy to say, but when you really want to do it, you will be embarrassed." For example, the relationship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei is equivalent to the relationship between me Liu Yi and your brothers Dian Wei and Xu Zhu. If I, Liu Yi, plan for you anything, distrust you, and secretly guard against you, but do not show anything on the surface, in such a situation, can you betray me and leave me? Or, tell me directly, you can't get used to some of the things I Liu Yi did, follow me Liu Yi is not happy, don't mix with you, let's find another high...... Well, you ask yourself, can you do it in a very chic way? Isn't it decisive? ”

"Uh......" Dian Wei raised his hands and surrendered: "Lord, Brother Liu Yi, even if my old man said the wrong thing, don't say this, then how can Liu Bei compare with Brother Liu Yi?" Our old man has been following you for so long, when did you do something to be sorry for our brother? No! So, that kind of thing, which is not comparable, will not happen to us. ”

"Haha, look at you in a hurry? Well, General Qin, call all the generals above the battalion level in Wancheng...... Well, let's wait until dawn. Let's take a good look at how to cooperate with the feint attack of the Jingzhou army. Liu Yi thought about it, but waved his hand to let the generals leave first.

Qin Jie has been in Wancheng for more than ten years, usually while he is training the army, while fantasizing about how to attack Wancheng if there is an enemy army to attack Wancheng, and then, according to what he thinks, let his military horses simulate the attack and defense of Wancheng, and then according to the problems exposed by the simulated attack and defense war, one by one to build and improve the city defense of Wancheng, and build all kinds of defensive fortifications.

Wancheng is directly east, facing the Yushui River, this area, Qin Jie is focused on defense, because this is also related to the contact point with the Dongting Lake Xinzhou Naval Army. had to be protected.

Therefore, in the east of the city, between the Yushui River, which is less than ten miles away from Wancheng, there are several military villages. Each military village is either built by the mountain or by the river, or else. It is a small fortress military village built in imitation of the fortress.

Each military village is generally resident with a battalion of military horses, that is, more than 2,000 people. Up to two battalions of 5,000 men and horses can be stationed.

Of course, now the Jingzhou army is coming from the south of Wancheng, and when it comes to the east of Wancheng, I just want to say that the east of Wancheng, under normal circumstances, is not conducive to the attack of the siege army. Even if Cao Jun had to cross the Yushui River from Xiangyang. It will not directly kill to the east of Wancheng, at most it will be killed from the northeast corner.

And to the south of Wancheng, its situation. Let the besieging army feel numb when they see it.

Because, in the south of Wancheng City, the city wall is almost ten miles long, and under the city wall. It is more than ten miles of open plains.

Well. It is said that it is a plain, but when there is no war in peacetime, this plain can be regarded as a wild land, and the people will be allowed to plant it outside the city. Now, when the Jingzhou army is killed, that open field will be split into a battlefield and no longer planted. All of them were used to lay out fortifications.

The fact began when Cao Cao and Liu Biao announced their alliance. Qin Jie had already mobilized the people of Wancheng to cooperate with the garrison of the New Han Army and began to arrange.

Extending from under the city walls, there was a moat, an open moat, in addition to the spikes at the bottom of the river, the river and the surface of the river were also covered with thorny iron wires, which were made by the blacksmith of Liu Yiming and used for the defense of fixed fortifications.

With this arrangement, even if the enemy army cleared all the obstacles in front of the city wall and killed under the city wall of Wancheng, the distance of ten to a hundred steps made it difficult for them to move an inch, and it was difficult for them to attack Wancheng in a short time. When they want to clear these obstacles, the archers and trebuchets on the top of the city can give full play to their power and effectively inflict maximum damage on the enemy troops who have reached the city.

A stretch of about a few hundred paces from the moat, from the surface, looked like a few sparse antlers. But don't think that this will be a good way to calm the river, and the antlers and other things placed on it are just a trick to mislead the enemy, if the enemy wants to rush into this area, there will be countless traps waiting for them. In addition, the New Han Army can set up a formation on it, and only the soldiers of the New Han Army know how to walk in these open spaces without touching the traps. Therefore, when the enemy attacked, when they stepped into this clearing, they would first be attacked by a round of archers of the New Han army who were better in their bows and arrows and had a longer range than them. If they want to clear the traps in this clearing, they will have to pay countless sacrifices to make it possible.

Going out again, there are deep trenches. That's right, it's a trench dug deep. These trenches, in post-modern warfare, can dodge artillery in the trenches, making it difficult for enemy tanks to rampage. But now, it can effectively block the enemy's cavalry charge.

If the enemy rushes over, the New Han army is deployed behind the trenches, and the enemy can be attacked layer by layer. When you go out again, there is a piece of antlers, which is dense and dense for several miles.

Among them, there are many hidden traps, and only the New Han Army can safely walk in them.

Such an arrangement took a lot of energy and effort from the Wancheng military horses. This was arranged by Qin Jie without knowing whether the New Han Dynasty would send reinforcements, whether he wanted his 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops in Jingzhou, and he planned that if the Jingzhou army was going to attack Wancheng, he would resist the Jingzhou army step by step, and use various means to eliminate the new force of the Jingzhou army, so that they would suffer heavy losses before they could kill under the walls of Wancheng.

In addition, after the trenches, trebuchets and bed crossbows can be erected to deal a fatal blow to the Jingzhou army.

Anyway, if the Jingzhou army really dares to attack Wancheng, it will definitely not be beneficial.

In fact, if it weren't for the sake of safety, and considering that Wancheng could not afford to lose, Qin Jie would have wanted to give the Jingzhou army a surprise attack, harass and attack, and looked for an opportunity to destroy a military horse at the distance when the Jingzhou army drove out from Jiaxia and Anzhong counties to Wancheng City. However, considering that Wancheng had to face, not only the Jingzhou army, but also whether Cao Cao's army would raid Wancheng, therefore, he failed to lead the army to take the initiative to attack, but in front of Wancheng City, he arranged a defensive formation that made people feel a little big when they saw it, and felt a little chill in their hearts.

Guan Yu also saw this, but even if it was Guan Yu, he didn't seem to think that such a defensive formation would be powerful.

After dawn, Liu Yi summoned the generals and asked Qin Jie to leave an army to be deployed in the northeast of Wancheng to guard against the Cao army, and sent a large number of scouts to pay attention to the movements of the Cao army in Xiangcheng.

Then, Liu Yi led 100,000 troops and horses and Qin Jie's army out of the city to set up a formation.

Let Guan Yu feint, naturally the sooner the better, after Liu Yi returned to the Jingzhou military camp, he immediately began to prepare, and acted at dawn.

Only in this way can Liu Biao and Cao Cao be confused.

Liu Yi led the army and horses out of the city, mainly to put pressure on the Jingzhou army, so that they did not dare to attack, so that they could not see that this was a feint that Liu Yi and Guan Yu had negotiated.

In order to be able to directly intimidate the Jingzhou army, Liu Yi asked Qin Jie to mobilize another 100,000 Wancheng people and let them go to the city to cheer, giving Jingzhou a false impression that Wancheng's military strength was at its peak.

Then, a large number of trebuchets, bed crossbows, etc., were also brought up and erected outside the city. (To be continued......)