Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 134 Crossing Red Water Four Times
  That war could not only be described as opening one's eyes to the sky, nor was it even an art of command that could be summed up in the words "detours and intersperses", but a military miracle that could only be created by commanding one's own troops as well as "commanding the enemy's troops".

Li Jixian relied on his memory to rearrange "Four Crosses of Red Water" in the form of a sand table.

And even Li Ji now felt ashamed when he looked at the sand table in front of him again.

Li Ji believed that his military ability was more based on knowing himself and the enemy, so as to figure out a path to victory.

But if it was the besieged party in a sandbox with various unknown conditions, Li Ji felt that he might have to send it in just a few steps.

More than 400,000 people surrounded and suppressed more than 30,000 people, and their troops and equipment were at an absolute disadvantage.

No matter how many times Li Ji saw it, he couldn't help but sigh that this was an unimaginable victory. The winning rate was only one in ten million, but the besieged party always held it firmly in its hands.

If he were on the besieged side in reality, Li Ji would naturally feel ashamed.

However, this is a sandbox deduction with all factors known...

In reality, Li Ji may have to be obedient and cautious, but in sandbox simulations, Li Ji is unbeatable when it comes to hitting hard.

Soon, Li Ji used the "strategy simulator" to perfectly recreate a path to victory for the encircled and suppressed side, which also fulfilled his unwillingness to suffer more than a hundred consecutive defeats in his previous life.

In the next four days, Li Ji began to make modifications to the "Four Crossings of Red Water" sand table in line with cold weapon warfare, trying to restore the essence and beauty of it as much as possible.

The more Li Ji, who was immersed in it, deduced and dismantled it, the more he could feel the beauty of the use of troops.

Especially now, Li Ji's level is not the same as in his previous life, but he has gained more insights and suddenly understood what he had been neglecting.

Previously, Li Ji had been tirelessly searching for various military classics in order to improve his skills in using troops.

However, Li Ji suddenly realized that it was not that I had no one to guide me in how to use my troops. Instead, I had been standing on the shoulders of giants and looking at the world.

After laying the foundation through the contemporary classics on military use, Li Jicai suddenly discovered that the originally more advanced realm of military use was hidden in his memory.

The form of war may be different, but the magic of using troops contained in it undoubtedly contains the essence of thousands of years of Chinese military strategists.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!!"

Li Ji, who had been soaking in sand table deductions almost day and night, was already quite unkempt. However, Li Ji, who usually cares about his image, didn't notice it at all. Instead, he praised it several times with joy. Voice.

What Li Ji placed in front of him at this moment was a sand table with many twists and turns from "Four Crosses of Red Water".

In the sandbox terrain, which is mostly mountainous and forested with rivers and water networks crisscrossing it, the 400,000 red team deployed almost completely surrounded the blue team, which numbered only more than 30,000.

Just from a brief glance, you can tell how critical the Blue Fang's situation is.

At Li Ji's signal, Xia Houlan came over with a hot towel and took a look at the content on the sand table. After bringing herself into the blue square, she felt her heart tightening and asked subconsciously.

"Sir, are you deducing how to crack the House of Flying Daggers?"

"This is much more difficult than ambush from all sides."

Li Ji wiped his face with a hot towel, and after barely regaining his energy, he said.

"Although it is still not possible to completely reproduce the magic of capturing the one-in-a-million winning rate shown by the god-man, the possibility of complete victory is only about a one-in-a-million winning rate, which is expected to be enough."

"Perhaps if we dig out the military immortal Han Xin and the sage Zhang Liang to cooperate again, there may be a chance..."

As for whether anyone in the world can crack it instantly...

Lee Ji smiled at this.

It's not off but it's on?
  It must be open!
  This is not something that can be solved on the spot, but something that the world will spend decades slowly studying.

If there really is someone who can break this situation in an instant, then this person must either go back to Liu Bei for a long talk and sleep together, or Li Ji must prepare 500 swordsmen and axes to welcome the guest.

"Mingzheng, hold the blue side and give it a try. If you can escape a thousand people and reach the edge of the sand table, it will be considered a victory." Li Ji said.

"it is good."

Xia Houlan nodded. Although he felt that the situation on the blue side in the sandbox was unimaginably critical, if he could escape a thousand people, Xia Houlan believed that he had studied with his teacher for many years, and he was not foolhardy.

And this try...

If there are less than three instructions, he will die.

Xia Houlan only felt that no matter how he mobilized the blue side, and even divided his troops into three groups, trying to break through from different directions at the same time, all he encountered was an iron wall-like blockage.

And since the blue side commanded by Xiahou Lan are all light infantry with insufficient armor, the red side is mostly heavy infantry and even has a large number of cavalry and archers.

So even if Xiahoulan realized that something was wrong and tried to get rid of the enemy quickly and retreat after contact, he would always be firmly bitten and chased along the way until it turned into a massacre-style rout.

"Sir, I'm not convinced, come again!"

Xia Houlan felt that the last fight was just an accident and asked for another fight.

Li Ji, who was just trying it out, had no choice but to let Xia Houlan try it again.

This time, Xia Houlan, who was completely cowed, directly divided his troops into ten groups, constantly avoiding the battle and retreating, trying to play a hide-and-seek game with the enemy, looking for any loopholes. As long as one of them could escape, it would be considered a victory.

However, the blue team commanded by Xia Houlan was like a caged bird, and could only keep tossing in the encirclement net. In the end, not even one of them escaped and was wiped out on the first encirclement.

Then, Xia Houlan, who was still unconvinced, tried three more times, and the highest record was that he only lasted seven instructions.

In other words, if one order lasted for three days, it would only last for more than half a month before being completely annihilated.

Xia Houlan, who was complaining endlessly, spoke aggrievedly. "Sir, this is unfair. The encirclement network deployed by the red side is probably comparable to the ambush formation of the Marquis of Huaiyin, and the troops and equipment are at an absolute advantage..."

"Even if the blue side dispatches intelligence personnel hidden in the enemy's army to occasionally relay the enemy's marching movements, there is no hope of escape at all."

When Li Ji heard this, he just felt that maybe a certain bald man would be shocked when he heard Xia Houlan's comments.

In response, Li Ji patted Xia Houlan's head and said. "In that case, you will hold the red side and I will hold the blue side."

Suddenly, Xia Houlan's spirit, which had begun to slump, was shaken, and she immediately felt that she could definitely do it this time.

More than 400,000 versus more than 30,000...

The big advantage is mine!
  'This is a rare opportunity to win sir...'

Xia Houlan swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but confirm again. "Sir, are you serious?"

"of course."

Li Ji replied.

Immediately, Xia Houlan, who was already eager to give it a try, hurriedly agreed and replied.

"Sir, if that's the case, I won't be polite."

"Okay." Li Ji replied with a smile.

However, Xia Houlan, who was still a little worried, did not forget to add. "Even if you, sir, are completely wiped out, you can't use tricks on me outside the sandbox."

Li Ji couldn't help but laugh and curse.

"In your eyes, am I such a narrow-minded person? If you can win, I will agree to any of your conditions..."

After a pause, Li Ji continued. "But if Mingzheng loses, then Mingzheng can just host this sandbox deduction on my behalf from now on."

"it is good."

Xia Houlan, who was full of confidence, agreed without any hesitation.

It's not that Xia Houlan was impulsive, but that he had just tried five times in a row, trying every method and loophole that Xia Houlan could think of.

Even in the end, Xia Houlan had seriously divided his troops into thirty troops, trying to make money regardless of casualties.

But there was still no way, and the red side had almost no movement during the whole process. It relied entirely on the terrain and the absolute difference in hard power to crush the blue side.

However, as Li Ji and Xia Houlan's sand table deduction began.

When Xia Houlan noticed the first movement of the blue side under Li Ji's command, he was extremely surprised.

Faced with a desperate situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak, Li Ji not only did not divide his troops, but concentrated his forces to attack the west ferry in an attempt to forcefully cross the river.

Suddenly, this gave Xiahou Lan an idea of ​​enlightenment.

Compared with light infantry, heavy infantry and cavalry are not as mobile as light infantry in mountains and forests, and it is also relatively difficult to move on ferries.

Moreover, the blue side devoted all its troops to attack the weak spot of the red side, which could not stop the blue side from crossing the river at all.

but……

"Seek death."

Xia Houlan shook his head, feeling that Li Ji's move was of little significance.

Even if the blue side successfully crossed the river, they still did not escape the encirclement net after crossing the river. Instead, as the encirclement net continued to close, the blue side was blocked by the river behind them, and the maneuvering space would further shrink.

Xia Houlan thought this way, and naturally commanded the red side to start tightening the encirclement net according to the blue side's movements.

then……

An hour later.

Xia Houlan looked at Li Ji with simple and confused eyes, and then watched more than 30,000 blue troops flee to the edge of the sand table, and the red side had lost more than 30,000 troops. This made Xia Houlan fall into a deep self-consciousness. In doubt.

who am I?
  Where am I?

What am I doing?
  After a long while, Xia Houlan couldn't help but asked weakly.

"Sir, how about... let's change it again?"

Just now, Xia Houlan felt as if he had seen an incredible miracle with his own eyes, and suddenly felt that he was very strong. As long as he copied the teacher's thoughts...

Even if the miracle couldn't be reproduced, escaping thousands of people was expected to be easy.

"No problem, it just makes Ming Zheng more familiar with how to host this sand table deduction."

Li Ji graciously agreed.

Then, Xia Houlan successfully replicated the first step of crossing the river to the west, and then was surrounded by 400,000 heavy soldiers and killed every one of them on the river beach.

This time, Xia Houlan fell completely into isolation.

Li Ji let Xia Houlan adjust on his own, and sent his servants to invite Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, and Jian Yong, who were now in Wu County, to come and die.

(End of this chapter)