"Target Xiangyang? Humph."
When Zhao Yi heard the news, he was not surprised at all, but there was a little expectation in his eyes.
"I was worried that I couldn't find them, but now I have them delivered to my door."
Night Crow said with some worry: "Sir, they have used a lot of power this time. The power gathered in the dark, if combined, is not much weaker than Cao Cao's army."
"Ye Crow, if you say that, you are looking down on these lunatics. They may be good at assassinations and conspiracies, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, Prime Minister Cao can control them with one hand. If he wants to touch Xiangyang, then Let them try and let your people continue to monitor, but be sure to pay attention to safety and don't alert others. I have prepared wine and food in the city and am waiting to entertain the distinguished guests."
"Sir, are you sure you want to do this? I think we can strike first and disrupt their plans."
Ye Ya wanted to say something else, but Zhao Yi raised his hand to interrupt her and said: "Just do as I say. This time we will invite you to the urn, close the door and beat the dog."
After getting the news, Zhao Yi returned to the house and started eating with a smile on his lips. Sun Shangxiang and Liu Wanyi were inexplicably surprised.
On the second day, Zhao Yi gathered Ma Liu and Samoko on the school grounds, carrying an aura of majesty.
"Generals, obey the order!"
This was the first time that Ma Liu and others saw Zhao Yi being so formal, and they straightened their backs immediately.
"We in Xiangyang City may be welcoming a group of distinguished guests. From now on, we must intensify our training and keep up with all etiquette. We don't want to be said to have failed to treat the guests well. Now... Ma Liu, Hu Biao, Fan Shan, Tian Qing, Qian Zhuang, Hua Zi, Yu Da, Wu Jin, Feng Guang, Pan An, ten of you will each lead a team of 100 people, train separately, and teach the mandarin duck formation I taught you. Everyone, we must make sure we advance and retreat in a well-grounded manner and cooperate with each other in a tacit understanding.”
"yes!"
The ten people Zhao Yi just called were the ten top soldiers who had been following him from the beginning, and this order also indicated that all ten people would be promoted, and the tide would rise, and they would have their own small team.
In the excitement, the ten people's answering voices were several decibels higher, and the smiles on their faces could not be suppressed.
"Lao Sha, I will approve another thousand people for you to form a crossbow team and step up training in archery skills!"
"Yes, sir!"
Shamoko also received a thousand new soldiers and was also promoted.
"Xiao Ling, let you train the other soldiers. Their main tasks are defense and close combat. I will prepare some equipment for them. These people will become the strongest shield in Xiangyang City!"
"It's my lord!"
"Okay, everyone will resume normal training from now on. In addition, I will give you an extra lesson, which is collective defense and street fighting. Come on down now."
Zhao Yi divided all the 5,000 soldiers he could use. The entire Xiangyang City was like a precise instrument. All the gears began to rotate and interlocked tightly.
Time passed day by day, the training in the military camp was in full swing, and the people in Xiangyang City were also used to the banging sound that echoed through the sky every day.
Mobilizing troops is not an easy task, and the Tianxiahui is not a professional army. Although those aristocratic families have many disciples, many of whom are good at leading troops in war, but being good at it is relative, and their level is still far away. There is no such thing as Cao Ren, Zhou Yu, or Xiahou Dun and other famous generals.
Soon, the news from Ye Crow came to Zhao Yi one by one. The Tianxiahui assembled a three-line army this time, from the north, northwest, and northeast, to surround Xiangyang City in a three-sided manner.
Of course, they did not arrogantly raise an army to besiege Xiangyang, but disguised themselves as three caravans and rushed to Xiangyang to conduct large-scale commodity transactions.
On this day, it was cloudless and the sky was clear. The gate of Xiangyang City was open. The soldiers at the city gate were watching the people coming in and out as usual. Occasionally they stopped one or two people to ask about the purpose of entering the city, or to check the carriages loaded with goods. thing.
Soon, a rather large caravan approached. The leader, with a smile on his face, pulled the defenders aside, handed over a bunch of copper coins in private, and successfully entered Xiangyang City.
"Hmph~ They also said that Zhao Yi is some kind of immortal disciple, and he uses soldiers like a god. I think it is nothing more than that. Look at the face of the soldier guarding the city just now when he collected the money. How could he win the battle like this?"
A man dressed as a caravan manager was quite proud that he could easily enter Xiangyang City, and he belittled Zhao Yi and his soldiers.
Another person looked around on the street and said in a low voice: "Don't be careless. Zhao Hongfei does have some skills. Otherwise, it would not be him who is sitting in Xiangyang City now. Maybe it was just a coincidence that we were able to get in smoothly. Let's wait and see what else is going on." Whether the two teams can successfully enter the city, we first go to the contact point to unload those items."
The first batch of teams entering the city were carrying goods on horseback and pulling on carts. They were indeed goods, and there was nothing suspicious about them. What they did was to give the soldiers defending the city the illusion of inertial thinking. , thinking that there is no problem with the goods transported by this caravan.
Soon, just one day after the first caravan entered the city, the second caravan also successfully entered the city, and they also brought normal goods.
Another day later, the third caravan arrived as promised. It also spent a small amount of money to successfully sneak into Xiangyang. However, the goods carried by this caravan on horseback and pulled on carts were no longer goods for sale. But weapons.
"Sir, all three of their caravans have entered the city, what should we do next?"
While the third caravan was sneaking into Xiangyang City, Zhao Yi and Ye Ya were hiding in the corner of the city and watching the scene.
"The guests have just come in and they still need to rest. Let's not disturb them first. I guess they won't start immediately. They still have to do some homework in Xiangyang City. We must cooperate. Let the guests see wherever they want. Don’t be lazy.”
"yes."
Although Ye Ya was still worried, Zhao Yi's calm attitude and smile that showed he had everything under control made her dispel her doubts.
This man seems to be born with a power that can convince people, and it turns out that he has created miracles one after another without ever failing.
In Xiangyang City, in a commodity transfer station dedicated to stacking goods, several men were hiding in an attic, with a designated person responsible for keeping watch. They seemed to be planning something furtively.
"How have you been in the past few days? Have you figured out the rules of defense changes in Xiangyang City?"
The leader looked at his companion and asked.
"We've checked everything, and there's nothing special about it. It's pretty much the same as the defense arrangements we've seen before. But we can hear crackling thunder from the school field every day. This should be the kind used by Zhao Yi. It’s a magical weapon.”
The leading man nodded and said: "That kind of weapon is the only thing we need to be wary of. But I learned from some soldiers who have fought against Zhao Yi that it seems that that kind of weapon cannot be used all the time, just like arrows. After it was over, there was only one bow left and it couldn't do much damage.
In this operation, we are doing it secretly, and he is doing it openly. Don’t give him the chance to use weapons. Moreover, we have also brought the powder refined by the alchemists, which can also play the role of igniting fire and explosions. It will be everywhere in Xiangyang City. Setting fire and creating chaos, while waiting for Zhao Yi to show up for inspection, we attacked him with Thunder Time and captured him, as well as his family, who were also the key targets of this operation. "
