Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 221 One virtual and one real

But having said that, Xu You would not just cross the river without thinking.

Especially when there are many beacon towers set up on the other side for warning, how to cross the river has become a very particular matter.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the art of war knows how dangerous it is to be "attacked halfway across".

Furthermore, there is no naval force in Kuaiji County, and just some of the fishing boats collected around the Qiantang River in advance are unlikely to be enough to allow 20,000 troops to cross the river at one time.

The boats that Kuaiji County can use to cross the river can only transport up to 5,000 people at a time.

In Xu You's eyes, how the five thousand people could gain a firm foothold after crossing the river and allow the subsequent army to cross the river safely became the key point of the battle.

Once all the 20,000 troops from Kuaiji County successfully cross the river, the small town of Qiantang will not be in danger at all and can be attacked at a snap.

Moreover, in Xu You's judgment, Li Ji may have dared to move most of his troops to Fuchun Mountain so arrogantly, because he was confident that he could stop the front army of Kuaiji County from crossing the river.

After all, due to the limited number of ships in Kuaiji County, the number of troops that can be transported at one time is quite limited.

After Xu You explained it to Guo Yi as much as possible, Guo Yi understood the tricky part, and after thinking for a long time, he asked.

In this regard, Guo Yi's original plan was to cross the river quietly late at night in order to be unprepared.

Then "Four Crosses of Red Water" appeared, and then...

Xu You can easily guess that Li Zikun must have laid out a defensive strategy based on the beacon towers. As long as there is a warning from a beacon tower, the nearby soldiers will quickly rush to the corresponding place to prevent the opponent from landing.

"At that time, even if the beacon tower on the lower reaches warns and a large number of Wujun troops are attracted upstream, how can they prevent our army from crossing the river in time? As long as the vanguard has established a foothold in the front, the remaining troops will continue to cross the river with energy, and this is the big thing Depends.”

"Mr. Ziyuan, do you have any clever ideas?"

Xu You, who was well prepared, twirled his mustache and spoke calmly and confidently. "Of course, I only need to use a little trick to make the beacon tower along the river look like nothing."

Then, just as Xu You was regaining his confidence and thinking that he had transformed in the art of war, he went to Wu County to find Li Jiyi to avenge his shame and prove himself.

However, this was undoubtedly extremely stupid in Xu You's eyes, and he couldn't help but secretly mock Guo Yi for being a fool.

'Do you think the beacon towers along the river are just for decoration? '

"What a plan! In this way, we can decide the battle as soon as my army crosses the river. Maybe I and your husband will already be drinking and celebrating in Qiantang County tomorrow morning."

"When the momentum upstream reaches its peak and the time comes, the emperor will order the remaining ships to transport the soldiers with all their strength and take the opportunity to cross the river downstream, turning the truth into a lie."

"As for the beacon tower set up by Li Zikun, if you want to break it, you only need to send an army of more than a thousand people to the upper reaches to cross the river at night, create a force of three to five thousand people to cross the river with great fanfare, use the illusion as reality, and destroy the nearby people. All the troops from Wu County were attracted."

"This matter is easy to hear. The secret of using troops is to use one virtuality and one reality, one yin and one yang, so that there will be no disadvantages."

In Julu City, he was treated as a small soldier by Li Zikun in the sand table deduction. Xu You, who was originally proud and arrogant, was so angry that he vomited blood. He was left with such a bad reputation as "Xu Sansheng" that Xu You had to hide his face later. He hurriedly escaped from Julu and returned home to study the art of war behind closed doors.

"Then I would like to congratulate Mr. Fu in advance."

Xu You cupped his hands and said something, feeling inexplicably that the haze was dissipating in his heart.

Thinking of this, the haze in Xu You's eyes spread unconsciously again.

Immediately, Guo Yi, who was very understanding in this aspect, presented another small box of gifts. Xu You pretended to be reserved and accepted it before speaking.

As long as there is no place where Kuaiji County's troops can land and deploy, even an army of 20,000 people will be completely unable to do anything to Wu County.

Guo Yi heard this and praised.

Xu You stayed in Wu County and studied for a long time, naturally not to enroll in the "Rende Academy", but to perfectly crack the "Four Crosses of Red Water" and give Li Zikun a lot of face, so that Li Zikun would treat him as a distinguished guest. Please come into the mansion.

However, Xu You thought about it day and night for several months, but in the end he could only achieve the same level as Guo Tu. On the contrary, he spent hundreds of gold in less than a few months.

This made Xu You feel deeply confused. Am I really not as good as Li Zikun?

'Li Zikun, I will make you crawl in front of me. I will make you understand that talking about war on paper cannot prove anything. I will let you know that my skills in using troops are superior to yours. I will also prove to the world that you will It's my defeated general...'

At this moment, Xu You watched Guo Yi start to mobilize his troops and generals as he said, preparing for the night crossing, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement and joy in his heart.

Especially when thinking of Guo Yi's promise to leave Li Zikun to him for the time being to humiliate at will, Xu You even felt more happy and expected than winning ten thousand gold.

'Li Zikun, you'd better hope that you won't fall into my hands...'

In Xu You's eyes, Guo Yi is a rather incompetent and reckless man, but his execution ability is undoubtedly quite good.

Moreover, while Guo Yi was making huge profits in Kuaiji County, he still knew the importance of military power and firmly held the military power in Kuaiji County. Even the soldiers in Kuaiji County were never short of food and pay. Therefore, Guo Yi was quite popular among the military in Kuaiji County. It was precisely because of this that even though Guo Yi often aroused anger and resentment in Kuaiji County, and even rebellions appeared from time to time, they were all easily suppressed by Guo Yi.

As night fell, Guo Yi had already arranged everything early based on Xu You's advice. Guo Cai, his confidant who was a fellow countryman, led more than a thousand people and prepared everything to build momentum and prepare to go to Qiantang. He crossed the upper reaches of the river and prepared to attract the attention of Wujun's troops.

In order to ensure the best attraction effect, Guo Cai did not wait until people were at their most sleepy and ugly before crossing the river, but started crossing the river when he was young.

And in order to look flawless, Guo Cai, who had been recommended by Xu You'er, did not deliberately make any noise at first, but cautiously approached the other side.

However, before Guo Cai could lead the ferry to the other side, a beacon tower apparently noticed the boat crossing the river in the dark.

For a moment, beacon smoke rose, and horns sounded from everywhere, causing a commotion on the shore on the Wujun side.

When Guo Cai saw this, he immediately ordered his soldiers to light more torches and beat war drums more, as if he wanted to force a landing.

Moreover, Guo Cai was not just pretending, but according to Xu You's instructions, he led his soldiers to try to get really close to the landing.

"kill!!"

However, the Wujun soldiers on the other side of the river seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Immediately, a dozen scattered arrows fell in front of them, and then it was obvious that the Wujun soldiers began to gather in the direction where Guo Cai was planning to land. array.

'What a quick response! '

Guo Cai couldn't help being surprised when he saw this scene.

It should be noted that Guo Cai led his troops to try to cross the river and land on the other side. Originally, Guo Cai thought he needed to actually land on the other side, and then pretended to be killed and retreated.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jun's soldiers responded so quickly.

Although there were only a few dozen soldiers lined up in front of them in this short moment, it was obvious that there were more soldiers on the shore gathering towards here.

"Mr. Xu You is really talented. If we just force the crossing, I'm afraid Wu Jun will force him back to the river without a chance to gain a foothold on the shore."

"And Li Zikun of Wu County is not just a person with a false reputation. The soldiers under his command responded so quickly, which shows the strictness of the army and the clever use of troops."

Guo Cai sighed in admiration, but he was even more convinced of Xu You, knowing that this scene was completely expected by Xu You.

Immediately, Guo Cai was not frustrated that he had no chance to land. He knew that his main purpose was to attract soldiers from Wu County.

Therefore, Guo Cai ordered his soldiers to fire arrows together, and sent several Mengchong boats carrying soldiers to take advantage of the situation and rush towards the shore, as if they were going to brave the rain of arrows to force a landing.

However, Wu Jun's side seemed to have been prepared early, and they kept blocking Meng Chong's approach with rain of arrows.

With the continuous support from Wujun soldiers, the two sides soon fell into a tug-of-war stalemate, resisting to the death and not giving the Kuaijijun soldiers a chance to land.

Guo Cai ordered his soldiers to continue waving flags and shouting, building up momentum, pretending to want to force a landing, and looking at the overlapping figures of Wujun soldiers on the shore.

It is roughly estimated that after an hour of fighting, the number of Wujun soldiers gathered here has exceeded 2,000, and there are still Wujun soldiers coming nearby in a steady stream.

This made Guo Cai secretly happy, knowing that Xu You's plan had been completed, and most of the Wujun troops stationed near Qiantang County had probably been attracted.

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at the same time.

At the lower reaches of the Qiantang River, Guo Yi and Xu You estimated the time and waited for the opportunity.

Xu You, who had been keeping his eyes closed and concentrating as if the wind was light and the clouds were calm, suddenly flicked his sleeves and said.

"Lord Fujun, it's time to go!"

"it is good!"

After hearing this, Guo Yi did not hesitate at all, and even led some of the most elite soldiers to cross the river, leading nearly four thousand soldiers to slowly move towards the other side under the cover of night.

At this moment, Guo Yi's eyes were fixed on the movement on the other side, and he was undoubtedly very nervous.

As a distant relative of the Ten Constant Attendants, Guo Yi's ambitions were far more than satisfying the position of governor of a remote place.

Guo Yi wanted a prosperous place to serve as the governor of the county, and even now the imperial court has recently restored the state shepherd.

It's just that now that Guo Yi has made a lot of money from serving as the county magistrate, he needs to provide a lot of money to the ten permanent servants. How can there be enough money left to fight for a better position?
Therefore, Guo Yi needed enough property, enough to satisfy the emperor and the ten ministers, so that Guo could be moved to a more prosperous place as a county guard, instead of guarding the south of the Yangtze River. Barrens.

(End of this chapter)