Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, Sun Jian spoke with a slightly frown.

"If so, wouldn't it mean that my achievements will be shared with the allied lords? And it would also be a waste of this great opportunity."

"If I can capture Sishui Pass alone as a vanguard, it will be a great achievement, and will surely make my name known throughout the country."

As Sun Jian spoke, he stared with his bloodshot eyes at the defense map in front of him, which he had just explored after repeatedly attacking Sishui Pass in the past few days, even at the cost of sacrificing a large number of his own soldiers.

Sun Jian mobilized all the elite troops of Changsha County and led about 10,000 soldiers, while the number of soldiers inside Sishui Pass was about 7,000.

Moreover, Hua Xiong, the commander of Sishui Pass, had only brute force but was not good at commanding soldiers or defending the city.

Therefore, after Sun Jian's repeated attacks on Sishui Pass, he discovered that there were many loopholes in the Sishui Pass defense line.

However, facing the natural barrier of Sishui Pass, Sun Jian's military strength was ultimately insufficient, so that although Sun Jian saw the opportunity, he was unable to seize Sishui Pass from Hua Xiong.

On the contrary, today Sun Jian personally braved the arrows and stones to attack the city, and finally climbed up the city wall, but he and Hua Xiong fought and both were injured. In the end, Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, the generals at home, led their personal guards to desperately cover them and finally rescued Sun Jian from the city wall.

However, Sun Jian was still unwilling to let go of this opportunity to become famous. He stared at the defense map in front of him and let Huang Gai bandage him while he fell into deep thought.

Sun Jian didn't know how long he had been thinking until Huang Gai had finished bandaging him. He suddenly felt hungry and came to his senses. He spoke to Huang Gai.

"Gong Fu, go ask Darong (Zu Mao, courtesy name Darong) why the food hasn't been delivered yet."

"Yes."

Huang Gai responded and left the tent for a while.

When he returned, he brought in the other three trusted generals under Sun Jian's command, Zu Mao, Han Dang and Cheng Pu. However, when Sun Jian took a quick look, he did not see any food in their hands, which gave Sun Jian a bad feeling.

Among the four generals who came in, Zu Mao had the ugliest look on his face, and he fell to his knees on the ground.

Sun Jian frowned and asked, "Darong, what are you doing?"

Zu Mao gritted his teeth and spoke with red eyes. "My Lord, I am sorry for you. The army... the army has run out of food."

"what?"

Sun Jian was stunned, and felt a sudden chill all over his body. He asked, "Why is this happening?"

Zu Mao lowered his head, prostrated himself on the ground and spoke.

"According to the agreement, the Allied rear should have delivered food and fodder every three days, but no food and fodder has been delivered three days ago..."

"Today was supposed to be the day for food and grass to be delivered, but there is still no food and grass. I sent my confidants to search for the baggage train in the rear, but they still did not see any. Therefore, our army was completely out of food half a day ago."

"My lord, you entrusted me with this important mission, but I caused the army to be deprived of food. Please cut off my head to calm the army, and then withdraw quickly."

When Sun Jian heard this, he was shocked and angry.

No food for half a day? !
In other words, the entire army had their last meal in the morning?

After the siege failed, the army retreated back to the camp. It had been about an hour since they had received the food, but there was still no food. This was enough to make the army's morale unsettled and they could blow up the camp at any time.

This made Sun Jian so angry that his eyes turned red. He subconsciously pressed his palm on his ancient ingot knife and shouted angrily.

"Why don't you report this matter of life and death to..."

Suddenly, Sun Jian's voice stopped, because Sun Jian suddenly remembered that Zu Mao had reported this matter three days ago.

However, Sun Jian was concentrating on studying the defense of Sishui Pass at that time. He felt that he could capture Sishui Pass in an instant, so he did not take this matter to heart at all. Instead, he impatiently let Zu Mao handle it on his own.

This morning, Sun Jian led his troops to attack Sishui Pass, and also did not give Zu Mao any chance to speak...

"what!!!"

Furious, Sun Jian suddenly raised the ancient ingot knife and chopped it on the table, directly cutting the table in two.

"The grain and grass issue was supervised by Yuan Shu, so he must have something to do with it. Hateful! Hateful!!! Yuan Shu must have seen that I was about to make a contribution by breaking through Sishui Pass, and he got jealous and secretly cut off my grain and grass."

At this moment, Sun Jian even blamed Liu Bei, feeling that he supported Liu Bei so much, but Liu Bei, as the deputy leader of the alliance, did not even provide him with food and grass in the rear.

"hateful!"

Immediately, Sun Jian slammed the ancient ingot knife in his hand heavily to the ground and spoke to Zu Mao.

"Now that things have come to this, what's the point of taking your life? Moreover, this matter is not your fault, but the villain behind it..."

After a pause, Sun Jian took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down. He knew that the most important thing at this moment was to stabilize the morale of the army. Otherwise, once the soldiers realized that they had run out of food, they would surely riot.

It should be understood that, except for a very small number of soldiers in this era, the vast majority, no matter how elite they were, essentially fought for military pay and food.

Once the food supply was cut off, the soldiers dispersed.

"Darong, quickly arrange for your trusted aides to take the war horses in the army to a secluded place in the rear and slaughter them all."

"Gong Fu, Yi Gong, and De Mou, the three of you should quickly go to various places in the army to calm the soldiers down and tell them that I want to encourage the soldiers. Everyone will have meat tonight."

"We just need to get through tonight. Tomorrow morning we will withdraw and return to the Allied forces to settle accounts with those villains!"

At the end of the conversation, Sun Jian's face was extremely ugly. Retreating would mean that Sun Jian would completely miss the great opportunity to capture Sishui Pass, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the hundred or so war horses that he had collected with great difficulty would also have to be slaughtered.

This made Sun Jian's heart bleed like crazy...

Those hundred or so war horses were purchased from the Mi family Chamber of Commerce by Sun Jian, who lived frugally and never even sent any money or food to his family in Wu Jun. It took him a full year to buy them.

Just as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and Zu Mao were preparing to receive orders and leave to stabilize the army as soon as possible.

There was a sudden commotion and shouting of killing in the west of the camp, which made Sun Jian and the four generals' faces change drastically.

Enemy attack!

The battle-hardened crowd realized the seriousness of the problem almost instantly.

"Hua Xiong, you bastard, I underestimated you. You actually had some quick wits and realized that the injuries of the commanders of both sides were a good opportunity for a surprise attack."

Sun Jian, who was already furious, seemed to be crushed by the last straw at this moment. He picked up the ancient ingot knife and shouted angrily.

"Okay, okay, since you want to fight, then let's fight! Burn your boats and defeat the invading bandits. Then, take advantage of the situation and attack Sishui Pass. There is plenty of food inside the pass for you to enjoy."

Just because Sun Jian lost his mind due to anger, it does not mean that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and Zu Mao also lost their minds.

The soldiers had been attacking the city for most of the day and were starving. When they returned to the camp, they had not seen any food for a full hour. They must have become suspicious and their morale was in turmoil.

Under such circumstances, how could Sun Jian lead his troops to fight against the invading enemy forces?

The prerequisite for burning the boats and crossing the river is that the soldiers in the army are well fed and well drunk!

Immediately, the four generals stopped Sun Jian from the left and right, and tried to persuade him earnestly.

"My lord, this cannot be done! You should retreat immediately!"

"That's right. Once the enemy finds out our strengths and weaknesses, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to escape even if we want to."

"The majority of the allied forces are in the rear. We can take this opportunity to escort the lord and break out in the direction of the allied forces. It will be no problem."

"My lord, why don't you think about your wife and children at home? If you and the thief perish together, how can we go to Wujun to see the young master and his wife?"

Under the desperate resistance of the four generals, Sun Jian gradually calmed down.

However, Sun Jian was even more aware of one thing, which was that the sneak attack came too coincidentally, as if someone had tipped off Hua Xiong, leaving Sun Jian no chance to stabilize the morale of his troops.

"Yuan Shu, little bastard!!!"

Sun Jian gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words. He saw that the attacking enemy had broken through the camp in an instant, and his hungry troops were almost defeated at the first blow.

Sun Jian also realized that the situation was hopeless, so he quickly put on his armor, picked up his ancient ingot knife, and began to break out to the rear under the cover of four generals and his personal guards.

Hua Xiong, who personally led the troops to attack the camp, also noticed Sun Jian's figure. Without hesitation, he led more than a thousand Xiliang cavalry to chase in the direction of Sun Jian.

When it comes to defending the city, the Xiliang Cavalry may not be as good as the infantry trained by Sun Jian.

But under such circumstances, wherever the Xiliang Iron Cavalry passed, there was almost a massacre.

Even though Sun Jian tried his best to urge his horse, the distance between the two sides was still getting closer.

This made Sun Jian feel a surge of despair in his heart, and he suddenly remembered what Li Ji once said: "Overabundance cannot last long."

"I regret not listening to Li Zikun's advice, which led to this end!"

Sun Jian sighed deeply. Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, the strong will in his heart would not allow him to be injured and die. He was planning to turn around and fight Hua Xiong to the death to preserve his reputation.

Zu Mao spoke first.

"My lord, please give me the red cap and the ancient ingot sword. It's dark at night. My body shape and armor style are similar to yours. I will be able to mislead the thieves, and you can take the opportunity to escape from other directions."

From these words, it is clear that Zu Mao was determined to die.

Sun Jian instinctively wanted to refuse Zu Mao, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

After hesitating for a few breaths, Sun Jian finally made up his mind and was about to speak.

"Darong, then..."

Suddenly, a large white shadow appeared in front of them, causing Sun Jian and others to change their expressions drastically, looking as pale as death. They subconsciously thought that Hua Xiong had set an ambush here in advance.

However, at this moment.

The large group of white shadows that were rushing towards Sun Jian's direction uttered a loud voice and said.

"Please sign up, I am Zhao Zilong from Changshan, a subordinate of Liu Xuande, a relative of the Han Dynasty!"

Suddenly, Sun Jian's whole person turned from worry to joy, and he shouted loudly, "I am Sun Wentai, the governor of Changsha County. There are Dong the thief chasing behind me. Please help me, General Zhao!"

A moment later, as Sun Jian was waiting anxiously, Zhao Yun's voice sounded again.

"Then please, General Sun, make way for me to defeat the bandits!" (End of this chapter)