The wind whistled across the lake. On the clear lake, ripples were surging back and forth, and the wolf smoke rising into the sky spread from farther away to not far away.

Yong Kai looked at the familiar Dianchi Lake from afar, but now he had changed hands. He felt quite uncomfortable. The defeat was too fast. He learned that Liu Yi's troops had entered the territory of Jianning and began to gather troops to attack Liu Yi. The total time for this kind of arrow was not long, which made him feel like Liu Yi had just seized the opportunity and would use this trick when he came back.

However, reality is often different from fantasy. Whether it is Liu Yi, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and even the deceased Cao Cao will do enough preparations before a war begins, such as the transportation of money and grain, such as the collection of intelligence, and refine it to the approximate level of each core figure, and use it to speculate the other party's habits and mentality, then formulate strategies, and never count things as death. There is always no shortage of accidents in this world.

Therefore, when Yong Kai was about to treat the person with his own way, he saw dangerous checkpoints, compact layout of the open and secret posts and beacon towers. Before his troops entered Jianning, the smoke had already begun to burn. When he urged his troops to arrive at Dianchi Lake, he felt that he shouldn't have come.

"Brother Zhengli, do you still want to fight?" Gao Ding rode his horse to Yong Kai, and looked at the smoke, and felt speechless. Why was it that he rushed along the way?

Yong Kai glanced behind him, and the fatigue on the faces of the soldiers of the three armies could not be hidden. He sighed silently and said, "Retreat ten miles to get out of the camp."

Today, the siege was a bit reluctant, and the other party did not give him a chance to take advantage of the situation. At the same time, it also made Yong Kai understand how careless he was at the beginning. If he had this alertness, how could Liu Yi take Jianning so easily and make himself in a mess now like a stray dog.

"Then Liu Yi is cunning. We need to patrol the night and beware of Liu Yi stealing the camp." Yong Kai added. At that time, Liu Yi was still fresh in his memory when he attacked the city despite the fatigue of the three armies. Now that he has been traveling a long distance, he has to worry about the sneak attack in the direction of Dianchi Lake.

Gao Ding glanced at Yong Kai, nodded, and began to arrange personnel to set up camps. In fact, with the fall of Jianning, Yong Kai's prestige among the prefects of the county was not only gone, but it was definitely a significant decline.

Besides, Tongshan has been taken away by Liu Yi now, and the things in Yong Kai’s hands are actually not as touched as before. However, Gao Ding really doesn’t want Liu Bei’s power to really start to control Nanzhong. At that time, it would be impossible to live like an emperor-like life now. Zhu Bao had a similar idea. This is the reason why the alliance was not disbanded because of Jianning’s change of ownership.

Of course, the idiot Zhu Bao, who had just pulled the flag and rebelled before he could figure it out, also had a promotion effect. Unfortunately, Yongchang County was unwilling to join forces with them because of the blocked roads, and even openly resisted their alliance. This made Gao Ding and Yongkai very dissatisfied. However, the primary purpose at the moment was to repel Liu Yi, and the matters in Yongchang County could be put aside first.

As long as Liu Yi can retreat, Yongchang County cannot be the opponent of the three major forces in the joint barbarian army.

As for Yong Kai, no matter what, he still has more than 10,000 troops and has a good relationship with the Southern Barbarians and can mobilize barbarians. Meng Huo is now gathering troops to support him, and these forces cannot be ignored. Therefore, Gao Ding still maintains enough respect for Yong Kai. As for the future attack on Jianning, this interest needs to be re-divided.

"Brother Zhengli, that Gao Ding doesn't seem to be the same as me!" Back at his side, Lu Yuan glanced at the direction of Gao Ding Camp and asked with a frown.

"Jianning is already. My reputation is greatly damaged. Gao Ding has long been coveted by the Tongshan Mountain. It doesn't happen at this time, just because it is afraid of the troops and reinforcements of the Southern Barbarians. In addition to Liu Yi's existence, both sides have to join forces to fight the enemy. After this battle, I'm afraid there will be some entanglement." Yong Kai's thoughts about Gao Ding were clear. After all, everyone has been working here for many years, and he has some confidence in the other party's temperament.

"Then..." Lu Yuan looked at Yong Kai worriedly. The one he had thought of in advance was different. Before the war started, he first lost Jianning. Now he finally raised tens of thousands of people. Before the war started, he had already begun to plot against each other. Can such an alliance really defeat Liu Yi?

Lu Yuan suddenly felt an unspeakable regret for his choice.

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On the wall of Dianchi County, Ma Su was playing with a bamboo telescope left by Liu Yi. This thing is rare in Liu Bei's army. As far as Ma Su knows, there are no more than ten things in the entire Liu Bei's power named the telescope by Liu Yi. In Jingzhou, Guan Yu had one in his hands, and Wei Yan from Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang who had a good relationship with Liu Yi, Pang Tong and Zhang Fei each had one in his hands.

Of course, as a king, Liu Bei will naturally not lack it. I heard that there are three, but Ma Su didn't know whether it was true. However, this thing is indeed very useful in military use. Although Liu Yi just lent him one temporarily, for Ma Su, this thing is like a treasure.

Black tobacco trees in the distance kept rising, rising in a very regular manner in their sight. It was a signal that the enemy was invading the border. It represented the coalition forces of Gaoding and Yong Kai were set off, and were quickly approaching Dianchi Lake. However, after approaching Dianchi Lake, it did not launch an attack and seemed to have begun to retreat.

"General Wei, have the fortifications in various places been completed?" Ma Su took back his telescope, looked at Wei Yue beside him, and asked.

Before leaving, Liu Yi sprinkled a large handful of coins and hired about 3,000 people to defend Dianchi Lake and fortifications around him. Now there are three meters high arrow towers around the city wall, with sixteen. Although they are made of wooden structures, they are extremely strong.

Moreover, unlike the arrow towers built on the city, these arrow towers are two meters long and wide, with three layers inside. Each floor can be shot and killed by crossbows, which is equivalent to sixteen small contracts, and there are bridge boards connected to the city. If the other party sets fire, the internal personnel can be quickly withdrawn to the city. If the fire attack is not chosen, the enemy who wants to attack the city will have to face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Ma Su admired Liu Yi very much. The seemingly simple design directly reduced the difficulty of defending the city. If there was enough time, Liu Yi was preparing to build a stone arrow tower. Even if the opponent's fire attack was useless, it was a pity that there was not enough time, but Ma Su was very confident in the city defense at present.

"Young people always feel at ease. Bo Yuan dares not say anything else. When did these things go wrong?" Wei Yue laughed loudly when he heard this.

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

At present, no matter whether it is Liu Bei's side, Cao Wei or Dongwu, who dares to regard Liu Yi as an ordinary craftsman? In Ma Su's opinion, Liu Yi is an outstanding talent, but he just likes craftsmanship. Just like Zhuge Liang, he can also study craftsmen's things, but he can't say that Zhuge Liang is also a craftsman, right? But 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, he thinks it is better to follow the right path in the end.

"What's so strange about this? Before Bo Yuan became an official, he had been working as a craftsman. Do you think anyone could study as you were born?" Wei Yue glanced at Ma Su: "Besides, what's wrong with craftsmanship? If it weren't for Bo Yuan's craftsmanship, how could there be the grand occasion of Jingxiang today?"

Ma Su beat him up and didn't want to be serious about Wei Yue in this kind of thing. He really favored Liu Yi, but Wei Yue said it right. The two sides have different perspectives and the methods of looking at the problem are naturally different, so there is no correct answer.

"Do you think I will succeed in stealing the camp tonight?" Ma Su looked towards the other party's camp, the distance was a bit far away. He had just seen it with the help of a telescope before.

"I remember Bo Yuan said, don't try to use the same strategy twice on the same person. No one in this world is a fool." Wei Yue grinned and shook his head.

"The general thinks so, will the other party think so too?" Ma Su nodded. He still agreed with Liu Yi's words, but people's hearts always have blind spots, not to mention that the other party should not be just a group of soldiers or a group of people, so it is impossible to be true to the same order.

Wei Yue stopped talking after hearing this, thinking about the feasibility of this matter in his heart, and he was a little moved by Ma Su.

"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, we will make a big fortune with a small amount!" Ma Su looked at Wei Yue with bright eyes: "Are you interested in giving it a try?"

Wei Yue thought silently when he heard this. Jianning's troops were sufficient. After acquiring the troops stationed in various places, Jianning's troops were about 13,000. Two thousand people came to try whether they could fight a big shot. Even if they lost this battle, they would not be hurt.

"Let Ergou go." After thinking for a while, Wei Yue nodded, thinking that this could be fought. As the main general, he naturally could not take risks easily. This kind of thing naturally fell on Chen Ergou.

"Well, the general has been through the battlefield for a long time, so the general will be dispatched in terms of dispatching." Ma Su nodded and said.

At this moment, Wei Yue recruited Chen Ergou to discuss the matter of stealing the camp tonight. Liu Yi left behind two thousand barbarian soldiers, but these were elite soldiers and it was impossible to send them all out. Wei Yue sent Chen Ergou five hundred barbarian soldiers, plus the 1,500 selected Jianning elite soldiers, to prepare to attack Yongkai camp tonight. It is best to succeed. If it fails, evacuate in time.
Chapter completed!