Lu Yi stood at the top of the city, watching Xun Yan locked down the dam, and chuckled. Puyang Yi followed him, holding an umbrella to hide Lu Yi from the rain, but Lu Yi refused. He signaled that his personal guard Lu Ming had taken a hat and a straw raincoat to dress Lu Yi.

Puyang Yi was a little embarrassed, and Lu Yi smiled and said, "You are a military planner, a civil servant, I am a general, a military servant, and the requirements are different. When you change to a military job one day, you can't beat this umbrella, you must be the same as the soldiers."

Puyang Yi was very proud and said with a smile: "Although I am a civil servant, I am not as good as the generals and all of you. I am still strong in my body, so it's nothing to get wet in a little rain." As he said that, he put away his umbrella, Lu Ming took out a hat and a straw raincoat, and helped Puyang Yi put it on, making a joke. "Join the army, you are a man from Junyi. If you are in Jiangdong, you will be laughed at by holding an umbrella. Only women in Jiangdong hold umbrellas, and they must be beaten regardless of whether it rains or not. It will cover the rain on rainy days and sunny days."

Puyang Yi was stunned and then laughed. "So, you Jiangdongerlang have been laughing at me in your heart?"

"How dare you, how dare you?"

Everyone laughed. Lu Yi said again: "Join the army, don't listen to his nonsense. Women would not use such big umbrellas. They all use silk umbrellas, they want to look good. You have been in the Central Plains for a long time and don't know the current trend of Jianye. In order to make this silk umbrella look good and block the rain, it took a lot of effort. Several wooden schools are rushing to launch new products, which is more fierce than the battle. Ask them, do you have to go home to visit relatives every time you go home to visit your relatives?"

A big and thick guard curled his lips. "Women just don't care about it. If they think it looks good, they have to buy it. Others have it, and they don't ask whether it can be used or not. The military pay is generous, otherwise it will not be enough for them to spend."

"Look, you can do it." Another guard joked: "I heard that my sister-in-law spent all her money. Your money was either drunk or lost in gambling. Sometimes she also needed to subsidize her sister-in-law. Not to mention anything else, when she came back from visiting her husband last time, she packed a new garment in a camphor wood box. Did her sister-in-law buy it for you?"

"You don't know that Jianye's clothes are good and cheap, not worth much money." The guard tried to argue with his beard, causing another burst of laughter.

Puyang Yi tightened his straw raincoat and sighed. "Yes, now Jianye has become the source of a new trend. All kinds of novel objects started from Jianye first, and Jingzhou and Yuzhou were a little unable to keep up. After this battle, Yuzhou was afraid that even Jingzhou would fall behind, and Yuan Tan would be scolded to death." He paused and said, "Do those three generals... often change umbrellas?"

Lu Yi was immediately embarrassed. The soldiers on the side ended with a lot of laughter and their shoulders kept twitching. Puyang Yi said again: "The second general is in Jingzhou, and I think the third general can come to Yuzhou so that the king can sit in Jianye with peace of mind and give guidance to the country."

Lu Ming smiled and said, "I think it's feasible..."

"Shut up!" Lu Yihu's face was blown, and he couldn't help laughing, "Join the army, I will report your suggestions to the Military Administrative Office to see how Guo Jijiu reacts."

Puyang Yi laughed, stroked his beard, and said slowly: "Speaking of all, the third general also studied under Guo Jijiu and was also the same school as us. If the third general was in charge of Yuzhou, maybe I could be promoted to one and a half level. At that time, Zhujing would also buy a few new umbrellas from Jianye and show off in front of his friends."

"What's wrong with this?" Lu Yi raised his hand. "When the battle is over, you go to Jianye to report your work and buy it casually. For this matter, you have a big deal of trouble. By the way, is there any news in Luoyang? When will General Xu arrive?"

Speaking of military affairs, Puyang Yi closed his smile. "General Xu has set off and probably has arrived in Xingyang and will soon arrive in Zhongmu."

Lu Yi nodded. "Prepare for the beacon and ready for war at any time." He raised his head and let the heavy rain hit his face like a splattering rain, which was extremely comfortable. "The water and fire are ruthless. They burned them once last time, and this time they flooded them again."

Xun Yan knew that the responsibility was heavy and did not dare to slack off at all. He ignored the lightning and thunder and the strong wind, inspected the dam in person and did not miss any doubts. The thousand-foot dike was broken by the holes of ants. The construction was very tight this time, and there would inevitably be omissions. If it was not blocked in time, it might collapse at any time.

Dong Zhao's mood was similar to Xun Yan. Although he was not able to win or lose with Man Chong last time, he was not convinced. This time he became Xun Yan's deputy general, but he was actually demoted. He wanted to take advantage of this meritorious service to win Yuan Tan's trust again, and he could still win one of them in the next battle. Being a deputy general was not as good as fighting independently. The Ruying faction needed to be a general, and the Yanzhou faction needed to be a general, and he and Xun Yan had both common interests and competition.

Under this mentality, none of them would relax. They would supervise the formation in person regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers to ensure that they would not fail.

Their hard work was not in vain. After a day of heavy rain, there was no serious leakage in the embankment, and all the minor problems found were blocked in time. Seeing that the embankment was intact and the water level continued to rise, it had flooded the gates of Junyi City, Xun Yan and Dong Zhao were also extremely nervous.

The day after the heavy rain ended, Xun Yan received news from Lu Bu, and Xu Sheng and the warships arrived along the Gangkok and had arrived in Zhongmu.

Xun Yan was prepared. He believed that Lu Fan and Lu Su would not sit idly by and watch Lu Yi be trapped. The construction project of the dam is so big, they would definitely receive news that sending troops to reinforce was expected, and Xu Sheng, who was in charge of the navy, was the first choice. He was strange that Lu Fan at Arc departed from the archway and handed over all Jun Yi City to Lu Yi. He arranged for Lu Bu to be alert in Jun Yi west, hoping that when Lu Fan left the city, Lu Bu could rush with cavalry and severely attack Lu Fan, and prepare for the emperor and Liu Bei crossing the river and grabbing the pass. If Lu Fan did not leave the city, this arrangement would be lost.

Maybe this is the contradiction within the Jiangdong Army. Xun Yan thought so.

Xun Yan immediately contacted Dong Zhao and asked him to arrange to block Xu Sheng. He himself arranged troops and prepared to fight. He not only built a water-storing weir, but also built a high platform outside the weir, placed large arms for long-range strikes such as giant crossbows and stone throwers on it, and also built a lot of watchtowers, arranged crossbowmen to climb up the tillage to shoot, while infantry climbed up the tillage and prepared to fight in close combat.

Just after the heavy rain, the mud on the dam was muddy. The infantry stepped on the prepared wooden ladder and put a lot of effort into setting up a formation. Xun Yan immediately ordered the removal of the wooden ladder, forcing the soldiers on the dam to get off the dam easily. All food and weapons were transported by large wheels, and there was no need for the soldiers on the dam to come down. There were only personal guards under the dam. Anyone who left the combat position and went down the dam without permission was required to ask for instructions. They would be beheaded on the spot.

For this battle, Xun Yan blocked his future and even his life. He knew that if he could not win this battle, even if Yuan Tan was willing to protect him, these soldiers would hate him to the core and would never want to command them to fight again. Only by taking down Jun Yi, taking down Lu Gong, making great contributions, and rewarding the soldiers could he establish his prestige.

He sacrificed his life for righteousness and achieved righteousness, and died for one's own good deeds. This is his last chance.

Lu Zheng saw the Jizhou army stepping up the dam one after another on the top of the city. The large dam were filled with people. The high platform outside the dam and the watchtower were also people. The stone throwing machine and giant crossbow were ready to shoot. He couldn't help but laugh.

"Everything is ready, only one is lost." Lu Yi twisted his fingers and turned to Puyang Yi on the side and said, "In this battle, Yuan Duwei is the first contribution."
Chapter completed!