Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The most suitable place for a swordsman and axe-hand is undoubtedly this kind of chaos.

When an ax strikes, even if the opponent blocks it with a weapon, it will often be broken into pieces along with it.

The swordsmen and axemen who were led by Guan Yu personally to charge and kill in the camp spattered blood wherever they passed.

But what Guan Yu didn't expect was that Shanyue, who had always fought independently in the past and was defeated in one blow, this time seemed determined to capture the camp no matter what.

Realizing that a sneak attack would be unsuccessful, this large group of Shanyue emerged from the deep mountains and forests of unknown places and launched a forceful attack regardless of casualties.

This completely counterintuitive behavior caught Guan Yu off guard.

After all, the camp built by Guan Yu can be said to be a perfect combination of the art of war. The camp is full of defense facilities and interconnected.

But even though he had to pay several times the price of casualties, Shanyue still continued to attack the camp.

When Guan Yu noticed this situation, he couldn't help but feel something bad in his heart, and quickly ordered the Han army to further shrink and hold on.

However, not only was Shanyue's determination to capture the camp shocking, but even the number far exceeded Guan Yu's imagination.

Guan Yu only had 5,000 troops stationed in the Fuchun Mountains, but Guan Yu estimated with his eyes alone that the number of Shanyue attacking the camp at this moment was already over 10,000, and there were many people outside the camp.

"How come there are so many? Where do these mountains come from?"

Guan Yufeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he gradually realized the seriousness of the problem.

Fuchun Mountain must be defended, otherwise there will be no barrier in the south of Wu County, and so many Shanyue bandits can attack Qiantang, Yuhang, and Fuchun counties at will.

Fortunately, Guan Yu has won the hearts of the military, and the officers and men in the army regard Guan Yu as if he were a god.

When Guan Yu personally led the sword and axemen to fight left and right, even though he was forced by Shanyue to retreat step by step and shrink the defense line, the overall morale was still quite strong.

And as the defender who occupies a favorable location for the camp, the number of casualties was also much lower than that of the Shanyue people who attacked by force.

I know that Shanyue is a group that lives in a tribal way. So many Shanyue people must be Guan Yu formed by the union of multiple tribes. I understand that the key at this moment is persistence.

As long as Shanyue's losses reach a certain level, this group of Shanyue, who have their own plans, will inevitably want to retreat.

Each living life turned into a corpse...

Guan Yu's green robe was dyed red, and even the original five thousand soldiers under Guan Yu's command had suffered more than two thousand casualties.

And every step of the camp that Shanyue captured bit by bit had to leave a large number of corpses as a price, so that the entire camp began to be filled with a strong smell of blood.

However, Shanyue's determination far exceeded Guan Yu's expectations.

Even according to Guan Yu's estimate, Shan Yue's casualties must have exceeded 5,000, Shan Yue still continued to forcibly camp, as if there were some great benefits attracting Shan Yue.

until...

"Da da da!!"

The sound of horse hooves sounded at the foot of Fuchun Mountain, and more than three thousand torches came quickly towards the camp.

"Don't worry, General Guan, Changshan Zhao Zilong has been ordered to rush to help!!"

The loud sound that spread in all directions shook the spirits of Guan Yu's soldiers, who were already showing signs of fatigue, and their morale rose again.

Reinforcements exist!
For the tired army, the effect is no less than that of a traveler lost in the desert getting a large bottle of water.

In contrast, there was obviously turmoil within Shanyue due to the appearance of reinforcements.

Based on the common sense of five people and one torch, a large group of three thousand torches that looks like a long dragon often represents more than ten thousand soldiers and horses.

Then, before the reinforcements at the foot of the mountain approached, the many mountain climbers did not even have time to take away the large number of corpses left in the camp. They hurriedly receded like a tide in the hazy night and disappeared into the jungle.

……

After Li Ji finished flipping through the military report that recorded every detail in detail, his face looked quite grim.

Naturally, Zhao Yun did not have more than 10,000 troops to rush to Fuchun Mountain. In fact, the trick of one man, one horse and two torches scared Shan Yue back.

This made Li Ji feel a little lucky. Considering that the army was about to arrive around Qiantang County, even if Zhao Yun's cavalry went to Fuchun Mountain for support, there was no need to worry about being attacked in the Qiantang County area.

But what Li Ji also didn't expect was that the number and determination of Shanyue exceeded Li Ji's imagination.

If Zhao Yun had not appeared, even if Guan Yu had prepared in advance, and even if Guan Yu succeeded in defending Fuchun Mountain in the end, the casualties he would have to pay would definitely completely defeat Guan Yu.

Immediately, after Li Ji thought for a while, he handed the latest military report to Guo Jia for a look.

After Guo Jia glanced at the time, he subconsciously looked up at Li Ji, and then carefully looked at every detail reported in the military report. After a while, Guo Jiacai put down the military newspaper in his hand and said.

"I understand why Mr. Zikun marched slowly and with great fanfare. I am afraid that Wu County has internal spies from Kuaiji County, and they know everything about Mr. Zikun leading the army south. It is even possible that he is monitoring the movement of the army along the way. ”

Li Ji nodded and continued to think about the key details in silence.

Transmitting information in this era was extremely troublesome and time-consuming. Therefore, as long as Li Ji changed his marching speed, he could deduce a lot of interesting information based on the time of the attack on Fuchun Mountain.

Therefore, in order to know that Wu County was assigned an internal response, it was clear to Li Ji that his troops were going south early.

Shankoshi's desperate attack last night undoubtedly seemed to be the last night before Li Ji arrived at Fuchun Mountain at normal marching speed.

At this moment, the people controlling or cooperating with Shanyue behind the scenes learned about Li Ji's latest marching speed, and they should have started to feel regret.

After all, Shanyue had been concealing his purpose of attacking Fuchun Mountain before.

Therefore, if the opponent knows that Li Ji's marching speed has slowed down, he can easily come to the conclusion that "Li Ji thought that the cavalry led by Zhao Yun had solved the mountain crossing problem, so he was not in a hurry to march."

Once based on this judgment, the other party will definitely continue to wait and see, confirm Li Ji's movements and decisions, and seek to induce Li Ji and Guan Yu to abandon Fuchun Mountain voluntarily in a more secure way.

Unfortunately, it was obvious that Li Ji's rapid march after leaving Wu County on the first day shocked the opponent, so that after calculating Li Ji's marching speed, he had to choose to attack the Fuchun Mountain camp by surprise.

After Guo Jia read the military report in his hand, he still didn't understand that Li Ji had a series of cryptic confrontations with the people behind Shan Yue by changing his marching speed, and probed a lot of important information.

This made Guo Jia's expression look quite complicated, and he suddenly felt that there was a clear gap between an immature boy and a mature elder brother.

"It was just speculation before, but now we can completely confirm that our previous guesses are basically correct..."

Li Ji smiled gently at Guo Jia, and then continued.

"The opponent we are waiting for is definitely not just Shanyue. It is impossible for Shanyue to send spies deep into the Wuxian area and secretly observe the movements of the army."

"The only answer is that Kuaiji County secretly colluded with Shanyue, and the number of Shanyue is probably beyond our previous expectations. The number of Shanyue bandits who devoted themselves to storming the Fuchun Mountain camp exceeded 10,000."

"Thirty thousand! The total number of Shangoe bandits united is likely to exceed 30,000!"

When he said this number, Li Ji's face couldn't help but become serious.

Similar to Wuxi Man, the Southern Barbarian clan whose name is recorded in the history books, even though the young and strong members of the clan can organize a force of only about 30,000.

Nowadays, it is undoubtedly quite rare for the Shanyue tribe, which originally fought independently compared to the barbarians in the south, to secretly unite a force of about 30,000.

In comparison, Li Ji's current military strength is only about 20,000, even including Guan Yu's first division, Zhao Yun's first division, and the troops of Qiantang County, Yuhang County, and Fuchun County.

In addition, Shanyue was familiar with combat in jungle terrain, and Li Ji also needed to be on guard against Kuaiji County Guo Yi who might act recklessly at any time.

“The location, the people, and the people are all unfavorable.”

Li Ji couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little headache at the complexity of the situation.

Although there are many thieves in the mountain, it is not difficult to break through the mountain. The difficulty lies in the problem of Kuaiji County Guo Yi!
Guo Yi wanted to legitimately intervene in the Wujun issue. It seemed that Shanyue needed to capture Fuchun Mountain first to have a suitable reason.

It's just that Guo Yi is a distant relative of Shi Changshi, so he might have instructions from Shi Changshi.

Shi Changshi...can you reason? Is it necessary to be reasonable?
Therefore, Li Ji did not dare to relax his vigilance against Guo Yi, and he would not naively think that as long as Shanyue was blocked, Guo Yi would never dare to send troops into Wu Commandery rashly.

Even "unfounded" can be regarded as a crime, and excuses can often be "unfounded".

Therefore, Li Ji chose to lead his troops into Qiantang County, the county closest to Kuaiji County, and use this county as the focus of defense.

Facing the arrival of the army led by Li Ji himself, Xu Wen, the magistrate of Qiantang County, led the county officials and officials hurriedly out of the city to meet him.

Compared with the last time Li Ji saw Xu Wen, Xu Wen had undoubtedly lost weight a few times, but his eyes were much firmer and brighter than before.

And Li Ji was undoubtedly satisfied with Xu Wen's performance after taking office as magistrate of Qiantang County.

There were no flaws in assisting with the "relief for work" program, and the response to the plundering of Shanyue was also remarkable.

Therefore, Li Ji had a rare kind word to comfort Xu Wen, which made Xu Wen's original uneasy mood calm down a lot.

Previously, Xu Wen was extremely afraid that Li Ji would be so angry that many Tang people would die under the mountain, so he directly hung his head on the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji directly led the army into the city and quickly made a series of arrangements, focusing on arranging troops to deploy a beacon-like presence along the Qiantang River at the junction with Kuaiji County.

Li Ji didn't hide this move much, and even did it with great fanfare, in order to clearly warn Guo Yi, so that Guo Yi would not dare to act rashly. (End of chapter)