Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 106 Night Attack
  Li Ji continued to flip through the classics in his hand until he felt that the time was almost up, then he looked at Xia Houlan, who had a well-behaved look on his face, and asked.

"Mingzheng, do you know where you went wrong?"

"Lan doesn't know, but your husband must have a reason for doing this, and Lan doesn't dare to disobey him."

Xia Houlan said the most rebellious words in the most humble tone. He seemed convinced, but in fact he was completely dissatisfied.

Li Ji, who knew Xia Houlan's mentality very well, asked calmly.

"Then tell me, why do you encourage Sun Ce to worship me as his adoptive father? Don't say that it has nothing to do with you. This matter must have a lot to do with you."

Li Ji naturally knew his book boy quite well.

He is actually a escapist person. He usually appears to be well-behaved in front of him, but in fact he does a lot of escapades behind his back.

Xia Houlan hesitated for a long time, but finally did not dare to hide it, so he said hesitantly.

"Seeing how much Mr. Lan cares about and values ​​Sun Ce, he wants to further develop the relationship between Mr. Lan and Sun Ce."

"And there is no closer relationship in the world than that between father and son. Therefore, I just secretly reminded Sun Ce to worship the teacher as his father, and then he can definitely teach him to the best of his ability."

"In this way, the gentleman can have a powerful adopted son, and the lord can also use it to express his goodwill to the Wujun family and get the full support of the Sun family, killing two birds with one stone."

Li Ji couldn't help but feel a little pain in his head when he heard this...

It cannot be said that Xia Houlan does not have his own thinking, it can even be said that Xia Houlan has considerable subjective initiative.

According to common sense, if Li Ji accepts Sun Ce as his adopted son, there will indeed be many benefits.

The biggest problem is that Li Ji doesn’t want to adopt an adopted son at all!
  Secondly...

Li Ji signaled Xia Houlan to stand up, and then said. "Mingzheng, I am very happy that you can have your own thoughts, but I don't like your way of thinking."

Xia Houlan's eyes widened when he heard this.

Xia Houlan took the initiative to do this move after repeated reflections and felt that it must be beneficial and harmless.

The purpose is to respond to the expectations of the master and husband, let them understand that they have grown up, and hope to be appreciated by their husband.

So when he was criticized instead, Xia Houlan instinctively felt a little aggrieved and dissatisfied.

"Please give me some advice, sir." Xia Houlan said quickly.

"Mingzheng, you only see short-term benefits, but you don't look at the long-term..."

Li Ji thought for a moment and said.

"I admire Sun Ce quite a lot, so it is true that I have promoted the competition between Sun Ce and Zilong many times. However, if I take advantage of the opportunity and accept Sun Ce as my adopted son, even if it can shorten the relationship with the Sun family, it will not be good."

After a pause, Li Ji asked Xia Houlan.

"If Ming is from a Wujun family, what do you think after learning about this?"

Xia Houlan fell into deep thought for a long time before he answered cautiously.

"I feel that the Sun family has completely surrendered to the lord, and the lord has also begun to show goodwill to the family and try to win over them."

"Then what? What will the family do again?" Li Ji asked again.

Xia Houlan thought for a moment before answering.

"The aristocratic family may also try to send more children of the aristocratic family to contact the lord or the other civil servants and generals under the lord, and try to have the lord or husband adopted as an adopted son, so as to prevent the Sun family from becoming dominant in Wu County with the support of the lord."

"That's right!"

Li Ji nodded and said.

"The aristocratic families may not be able to bear that the lord is not close to them, but what is even more intolerable is that the lord is only close to one family."

"Given my status, once I accept Sun Ce as my adopted son, the Sun family will inevitably be further valued and favored by the lord. It can be expected that the Sun family will become the only one among the Wujun aristocratic families."

"In this way, it seems that the Wujun family can start to actively cling to the lord's command, but is it really a good thing if the lord's important ministers have too close relations with the local aristocratic families?"

When he said this, Li Ji couldn't help but squint his eyes, and Xia Houlan felt like a lightning flashed through his mind.

It is true that the husband is now almost completely trusted by the lord, but once he has a close relationship with the Sun family, even after the Sun family becomes the dominant family among the Wujun aristocratic families.

Will this destroy the trust between the lord and his husband?
  Is the lord really not afraid of his husband?
  If this is the case, sir, will the same be true if the other important officials under his command have too close relationships with local aristocratic families?
  Xia Houlan subconsciously thought about it along with a certain line of thought. She felt more and more frightened and quickly bowed to him.

"Lan almost made a big mistake, please punish me sir."

"That's all."

Li Ji waved his hand, then asked Xia Houlan to step back and said. "I'm going back now and think about it for a while, and think twice before doing anything in the future."

"Yes."

Xia Houlan nodded repeatedly and was about to stand up and retreat.

Suddenly, there was a faint cry of killing outside the camp.

"Whoosh!"

Xia Houlan instinctively pulled out the sword from his waist, made a defensive posture, and said urgently.

"Sir, it seems that someone is attacking the camp." Li Ji also noticed the movement, quickly stood up and drew his sword, then rushed out of the camp with Xia Houlan and looked towards the north where the shouts of killing came.

"Woo~"

At this moment, some urgent horn sounds sounded, waking up many soldiers in the camp who had begun to fall asleep.

Soon, Sun Ce hurriedly rushed to Li Ji's side from the north.

Before Li Ji could speak, Xia Houlan asked Sun Ce first.

"How many enemies are there? Do we need to retreat?"

The soldiers guarding Li Ji were all cavalry, who were not good at defense and focused on mobility.

If the situation is critical, it is undoubtedly "the best strategy to go" under the protection of a group of cavalry, and retreat first with mobility.

"It seems that a group of water thieves came from the river. The number is unknown. They were noticed in advance by the sentries arranged by General Zhao. They are now attacking our army camp."

Sun Ce hurriedly answered what he knew about the situation, and then replied. "General Zhao asked me to come over to protect you, sir. If the camp is breached, sir, you can lead most of the troops to retreat first."

"No need to withdraw!"

Li Ji looked at the seemingly dense number of torches in the distance and said coldly.

"I don't know where this little thief came from, trying to scare me with two torches? The shouts of death may seem dense, but they are too deliberate and not chaotic enough. The number is not expected to exceed five hundred."

"Sun Ce, lead your hundred cavalry to mount your horse and leave the stronghold immediately, and attack from the side. Let me see who is so brave and dares to attack us on Wujun's territory."

Sun Ce said hesitantly. "But General Zhao's order is..."

Li Ji narrowed his eyes, glanced at Sun Ce, and said. "This is a military order."

"Yes!"

Sun Ce responded quickly and said. "Sir, be careful."

Immediately, Sun Ce immediately began to mobilize his cavalry to rush out of the camp from the side, preparing to use his high mobility to go straight to the flank of the incoming enemy.

In addition, Li Ji also asked Xiahou Lan to quickly gather and mobilize all the remaining available troops towards the north side of the camp.

As for whether the enemy would attack from the east to the west, attract Li Ji's attention from the north, and then sneak attack the south to break the camp, this was not considered by Li Ji at all.

The number of cavalry guarding Li Ji was only three hundred. If the number of enemies exceeded two thousand, there would be no need to use such a clumsy strategy and the camp could be surrounded by force.

On the contrary, at this unclear moment, Li Ji rashly retreated with part of the cavalry, which may have led to an ambush by the enemy.

On the contrary, gathering troops and staying by Zhao Yun's side is the safest and safest choice.

It's really something that must be done. At worst, Li Ji can imitate Adou and Uncle Yun, who go in and out seven times.

But the facts proved that Li Ji's judgment was not wrong.

The enemy troops who were constantly attacking the north side of the camp and holding densely packed torches were thrown into chaos almost instantly after Sun Ce led a hundred cavalry into the formation, and were even cut through in less than an instant.

Zhao Yun, who had been cautiously mobilizing his soldiers to defend the camp, saw this and did not understand that the number of enemy troops was not large.

Immediately, Zhao Yun left about a hundred cavalry to protect Li Ji, and also personally led a hundred cavalry to counterattack the enemy.

For a moment, even in the dim night, Li Ji could faintly see bursts of blood rising wherever Zhao Yun passed.

After Zhao Yun penetrated the enemy army again, the enemy's morale was completely defeated and they began to drop their torches and flee towards the north side of the river.

It's a pity that it is not unreasonable for Zhang Liao to defeat 800 and 100,000 in the future.

The distance that the enemy troops fled to the river became a path of massacre due to the absolute mobility of the cavalry.

There's no way a two-legged one can outrun a four-legged one!

When the cavalry's mobility advantage is taken advantage of, two hundred cavalry are enough to become a lingering nightmare.

"Surrender!"

"Brothers, surrender quickly..."

"General, spare your life, don't kill me, we surrender!"

And as a man who seemed to be the leader started to drink loudly, the fleeing enemy soldiers quickly knelt down and surrendered.

Zhao Yun commanded the cavalry to slowly drive the enemy troops who were kneeling to surrender together. He found that most of these enemy troops were wearing linen clothes, and most of their weapons were simple weapons such as harpoons and knives. The only remaining The number is about three hundred.

Immediately, Zhao Yun asked Sun Ce to return to the camp in person to report the situation to Li Ji and ask for instructions on how to deal with the prisoners.

In this regard, Li Ji naturally would not waste the labor force that came to his door, and asked Zhao Yun to suppress the leader after confiscating the weapons of these prisoners.

Soon, a man with a fierce and weathered face, not tall but with well-defined muscles was pressed in front of Li Ji.

Moreover, this man was wearing a blue scarf, and his body was no different from ordinary people. Only a solitary goggle hung on his chest for protection.

Before Li Ji could speak, the man knelt down and begged.

"The attack on you was an act of my own will. I am willing to shoulder the full responsibility and kill as I please without complaining. I also ask you to be more generous and let go of my brothers. Most of them still have children at home. Wife, children and young children.”

(End of this chapter)