It’s better to have your own home, warm in winter and cool in summer!

Liu Yiser hugged in his quilt, holding bamboo paper in one hand and looking at the recent information. He felt helpless. The manpower in Xinye City was sent by him to repair the city walls or make crossbows. Even if he had free manpower, it was somewhat unreasonable to build a house to satisfy his selfish desires at this time.

It’s not good to be a head coach. You have to set an example and share the joys and sorrows with your subordinates, especially when the environment is bad. There is no reason, you just need to take care of your subordinates’ emotions. This is also the reason why Liu Yi doesn’t like to lead troops very much, and he suffers!

"Marquis Ting, we are here to report that the three armies of Cao's army are gathering towards Xinye. In addition, there are a large number of Cao's army gathering here in Wancheng. The total force is probably no less than 50,000!" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi with a serious expression.

"Fifty thousand?" Liu Yi shook his head: "You underestimate Cao Cao too much."

"How can I explain this?" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi in confusion.

"Didn't you notice that Cao Ren's troops are getting bigger and bigger, and the same is true on several other battlefields." Liu Yi sighed. He discovered this problem when Cao Ren attacked the city yesterday.

According to the initial information, Cao Cao's troops were sent to three groups, and the three groups had 10,000 troops. After fighting for so many days, the two sides suffered losses, but Cao Ren's troops were even more.

Of course, it is also possible that the defeated soldiers from other directions were taken away by Cao Ren, but according to the information, the main forces of the other two Cao troops did not decrease.

In other words, Cao Cao quietly added troops to the front line through some small means, even when the intelligence personnel of Liu Bei's army could not detect it.

"Cao Cao can actually mobilize a lot of troops." Liu Yi calculated with his fingers: "Cao Cao is different from us. His family is big and his business is big. Although he wants to use troops, if he is willing to squeeze, he will definitely be able to squeeze out some. For example, the troops in Luoyang and Xuchang can also be drawn out some of them. No matter how far away they are, Cao Cao can't draw them even in such a short time, but at present, the entire Nanyang, the Cao army's troops are probably less than 100,000."

"100,000?" Liao Hua looked at Liu Yi in shock.

"Cao Cao has come to Nanyang to prepare for it, and he must still want to retake Xiangyang. You don't really think that there are only 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in Nanyang, right?" Liu Yi looked at Liao Hua's surprised look and shook his head and smiled.

Liao Hua felt a little sad. How much force did Liu Bei invest in Nanyang? The amount of troops that came out of Xiangyang was only 30,000. With the reinforcements sent from Shangyong, it would be good if they could be 50,000. As for the further away, Liu Bei could not transfer them for a while, that is to say, the strength of Cao's army was twice their or even more.

Although the number of two armies may not determine the final outcome when fighting, it is undeniable that the number of people can take up all the advantages in many cases.

"What expression is this?" Looking at Liao Hua's appearance, Liu Yi laughed and said, "Don't do this, we have our advantages."

Liao Hua smiled bitterly and said, "Did Tinghou talk about the right place?"

"This is just one of them. Cao Cao was an expedition in Nanyang, and the logistics supply was not as good as fighting from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. However, Cao Cao was operating here for several months, and the food and grass problem was not fatal, or even said it was not a problem." Liu Yi shook his head. Nanyang is a good enclave, but this enclave is actually not far away. In addition, Nanyang also has a certain supply capacity, so this problem is not a problem.

"The key lies in the hearts of the people!" Liu Yi narrowed his eyes. He didn't quite understand Pang Tong's plan at first, but after arriving in Nanyang, he understood that Pang Tong had never thought of completely defeating Cao Cao on the front battlefield. His purpose was to be behind Boss Cao, or the powerful family in Nanyang.

Cao Cao was really unpopular in Nanyang. Xinye ordered him to go to Chaoyang, but Li Gun chose to surrender without saying a word. Although Chaoyang is still not long, Li Gun chose to surrender so easily, and the military and civilians of Chaoyang had almost no resistance, which is enough to prove how unpopular Cao Cao was on this land.

Looking at Liao Hua's ignorant look, he shook his head and waved his hand, "Let's go and rest. Cao's army will not come to attack tonight. The army's troops will arrive tomorrow. You should be prepared!"

"Here!" Liao Hua bowed and said goodbye and left.

Liu Yi put down the bamboo slips in his hand and lay down wrapped in a quilt. His mentality has been trained over the years. The sky fell and he could still fall asleep quickly when it was time to sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, a sentry detective came from news that Guan Yu had already led his army to Chaoyang. Wu Ban's troops could arrive at noon. In addition, three other groups of people were gathering here, and Guan Ping's people were a little further away.

The decisive battle had been completed, and Liu Yi immediately ordered people to rush to Xiangyang to inform Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others to come to Xinye as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation.

"Is Bo Yuan building a city again?" After Wu squad arrived in Chaoyang, Guan Yu ordered Wu squad to defend the city, and he led his men to Xinye. Looking at Xinye with a busy scene, Guan Yu was a little funny. It seemed that the first thing Liu Yi did after conquering the city every time he fought with Cao Ren and Li Dian in Xiangyang was to build the city. The same was true for fighting with Cao Ren and Li Dian in Xiangyang. He built three acropolis first and then started the war. The three acropolis did help a lot.

"No," Liao Hua nodded with a smile when he heard this, "After the Marquis of Ting captured Xinye, a large number of mercenaries and civilians were hired to repair the city defense. However, the new city wall must be useful. According to Marquis of Ting, it will take at least one month."

It's already very fast.

Guan Yu nodded when he heard this. He had personally experienced the construction of Xiangyang and knew that the construction of this city wall was more troublesome, especially Liu Yi liked to set up various city guarding agencies on the city wall. One month was already a good speed.

The new city wall is about three meter tall, one meter taller than the original city wall. After all, Xinye is a small city, and the current situation cannot give Liu Yi time to build a higher city wall. However, the three meter high city wall can already stop the enemy.

Guan Yu soon found Liu Bei, who was supervising the creation of new Pojun crossbows in Tiangongfang. These Pojun crossbows were different from the Pojun crossbows made of thick wood before. They were basically made of copper and some elastic hard wood. The materials were quite expensive and were prepared to be erected on the wall of the new city.

If the Pojun crossbow is made of the best materials, the weight is not light. There is no way to put it wherever you want to, just like the Pojun crossbow before. Generally, after making it, it will be directly fixed on the city wall.

"Congratulations to Bo Yuan, another contribution!" Guan Yu looked at Liu Yi, and there was a little more smile on his face, which rarely had a smile.

"Before attacking Shinye Ling and Shinye Wei came to surrender, how could the credit come from?" Liu Yi smiled and said, "As for the attack on the city, it was Yuan Jian's merit, and I dare not be greedy."

Liu Yi compared the design drawings, handed the drawings to the workers, and said to Guan Yu: "How many soldiers and horses are there under the command of the military marquis?"

"Thanks to Bo Yuan's weapons and armor!" The deputy general who followed Guan Yu smiled and said, "This time our army has broken through Cao's army five times and beheaded more than 4,000. Our army still has more than 2,400 soldiers!"

Speaking of this, many generals present were quite excited and proud. Although the two sides won and lost each other on this battlefield, Guan Yu's team had overcome all obstacles and were brave enough. Later, Cao's army almost ran away when they saw Guan Yu's flag.

Liu Yi nodded. This time, the troops led by Guan Yu were no less than those led by Liu Yi. In addition, Guan Yu personally led the combat power, the Cao army they faced was naturally extraordinary. Not all of them were thousands of people. They even encountered the main force of the Cao army, and they still killed the other side and were defeated.

Guan Yu does have a reason to be proud when commanding troops. This record is compared with Liao Hua's death rate and the casualties ratio between the two sides can be seen. Of course, there are also reasons for different styles. Guan Yu is the kind of general who becomes braver the more he fights. With well-equipped and well-trained Xiangyang soldiers, his combat power is naturally fine.

"This time, the Cao army in Yuyang, Rang County, Jiyang and the main force of Cao Cao are gathering here. According to the current information, there are only 80,000 people in Cao's army that we know now!" Liu Yi nodded and pulled Guan Yu to the hall where a sand table had already been placed. Liu Yi looked at Guan Yu with a serious expression and said, "In terms of military strength, our army is far from enough!"

It is recognized that Cao Cao has many soldiers. If Liu Bei wants to be on the battlefield in Nanyang, he has to transfer Zhao Yun, Mi Fang and Wenpin's troops behind Jingzhou to the point where he can move them. But it is obviously impossible. At present, the only one who can be mobilized is the Shu army, but he will definitely not be able to get there for a while.

Guan Yu didn't care when he heard this: "You are all in a mess, I will lead my army to call in the battle tomorrow!"

This is also the fighting style that Guan Yu is good at. Moreover, the armor and weapons equipped by the Jingzhou army are now first-class. Even if they suffer in number, Guan Yu is confident that he can kill the enemy and kill Cao's army so that he can't find the north. This battle is destined to be the battle of Yang Ming by Guan Yu.

"Okay." Liu Yi thought about it and felt that it was right. The Cao army had not yet gathered completely. At this time, the spirit of killing Cao army was indeed good. Moreover, Liu Yi had entered Liu Bei's army for so many years, and it was the first time that Guan Yu had seen him in battle. He also wanted to see how capable Guan Erye, who was almost mythical in the future, had. He looked at Guan Yu's arm and said, "It's just Junhou's injury..."

Although it had passed the hundred days that Hua Tuo said, during the Three Kingdoms period, more generals died of arrow sores. If Guan Yu went to the battlefield and arrow sores relapsed, the joke would be huge.

"It's already gone!" Guan Yu waved his arm and exclaimed in surprise: "Then Hua Tuo is indeed not worthy of the name of a miracle doctor. I heard that he has gone to the fishing town now?"

"Yes." Liu Yi nodded and said, "I asked him to recruit some disciples at the Yuxiang Academy to pass on that medical skill."

"It's so good!" Guan Yu nodded, touching his beard, "No Yu will not bother you. I will bring troops out of the city tomorrow morning!"
Chapter completed!