Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"I... was killed in one blow?"

Zhou Ang felt the strength in his body quickly slipping away. This one weird thought came to his mind, and then he fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Xin, who was standing behind, widened his eyes and let out a heart-wrenching cry of pain.

"Angdi!!!"

Zhou Xin's sad voice did not cause any emotional fluctuation in Gan Ning. Instead, it attracted Gan Ning's attention, and he realized that Zhou Xin must be a high-ranking member of the anti-Wu alliance.

Immediately, Gan Ning grasped the spear tightly again and rushed forward like a tiger into a flock of sheep.

The hundred thieves on Jinfan Riders behind him followed Gan Ning like crazy and charged towards the central army with unstoppable force.

At this moment, the only people who could stop Gan Ning were Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang's three hundred personal guards.

These personal guards who were deeply indebted to Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang did not retreat, but they were all infantrymen. How could they stop Gan Ning who was at his peak at this moment?

Seeing Gan Ning making continuous breakthroughs and Zhou Ang falling off his horse becoming silent, Zhou Xin, who felt heartbroken, felt his hatred for Wu Jun reach a new peak.

According to the calculation, it seems that the blood feud of the Zhou family of 123 people has become the blood feud of 124 people just by adding one more person!
But looking at it from the other side, Zhou Ang is Zhou Xin's only remaining blood relative.

At this moment, there was a fishy-sweet taste rising in Zhou Xin's throat, but he suppressed it forcibly, and then he shouted angrily at Xu Gong, Zuo Rong and a group of aristocratic families around him.

"Why are you still hesitating? We had no way out when we started the rebellion. Do you think the traitor Liu Xuande will let you go after he returns to Wujun?"

This statement undoubtedly awakened Xu Gong, Zuo Rong and a number of Jiangdong noble families who had witnessed the chaos and subconsciously chose to protect themselves first.

The alliance to fight against Wu has been formed, which means that most people have no way out.

If Wujun cannot be captured, after Liu Bei leads his troops back to Wujun for support, he will most likely liquidate all those who participated in the anti-Wu alliance one by one.

People like Xu Gong might even abandon their official positions and flee back to Runan.

But unless it was absolutely necessary, how could the Jiangdong noble families be willing to give up their hometown where they had run their business for many years and choose to flee Jiangdong?

Immediately, many noble families who had just woken up from their dreams ordered their trusted guards on both sides to step forward to resist the siege on Gan Ning.

For a time, the pressure faced by Gan Ning increased dramatically!
After Zhou Xin's words, the panic atmosphere that had lingered in the central army dissipated a lot!

Of course, what was more important was that Gan Ning only led a hundred cavalrymen after all. If they could not break through in one breath and cause chaos in the central army, their true strength had now been seen through, and naturally they would no longer cause panic and fear.

Gan Ning might feel a little unwilling and regretful, but he also knows that nothing can be done at the moment. If he holds on to luck, he will only stay here.

"withdraw!"

Immediately, Gan Ning picked off several enemy soldiers with the spear in his hand and prepared to rush out from the weak side.

As long as he retreats from the center of the army and returns to the east side of the camp which is still in a "camp roar" state, the confused soldiers will be the best shield to cover Gan Ning's retreat.

Perhaps Gan Ning's actions seemed impulsive and reckless, but in fact, Gan Ning also left himself a way out.

But, just at the moment Gan Ning turned around.

“Ding-deng-deng!!!”

Three piercing sounds rang out in the chaotic battlefield, and three sounds of breaking through the air came rapidly towards Gan Ning at a very close distance.

Strong crossbow!

Gan Ning was startled and almost instinctively raised his gun towards the direction where the sound of breaking air came from to protect his vital parts.

The next moment, Gan Ning felt a pain in his left shoulder!
Looking down, he saw that a crossbow arrow had directly penetrated the shoulder armor and penetrated into the shoulder.

"How can a bunch of Jiangdong rats have a powerful crossbow?!"

Gan Ning had no time to think about this problem, but instead felt a sense of luck.

If the bows and arrows are pulled by some ordinary archers, their arm strength is limited.

Not to mention whether a powerful general like Gan Ning would be able to react to the arrows they shot, some of them might not even be able to penetrate Gan Ning's armor and cause damage.

However, the crossbow is different!
Even the most ordinary crossbow can give ordinary soldiers more lethality than a strong bow in the hands of an expert archer.

Moreover, since there is no need to draw the bow, the crossbow's sneak attack is more covert!
However, the flaws of the powerful crossbow are also obvious. If it misses the target on the first strike, it will take too long to release it again, and there is basically no chance to release it a second time.

Immediately, Gan Ning threw the spear in his hand forward, directly piercing through the two infantrymen in front of him.

Then, Gan Ning drew the sword from his waist and reluctantly cut off the exposed arrow tail to prevent the crossbow arrow from being hit by external force, causing secondary lacerations and resulting in fatal bleeding.

The Jinfan thieves following Gan Ning also noticed that Gan Ning was carrying arrows. Without waiting for Gan Ning to say anything, they took the initiative to pass Gan Ning and rushed to the front to clear the way for Gan Ning.

"Assholes, do I need you to clear the way?"

Gan Ning cursed angrily, snatched the weapon from a thief beside him, then spurred his horse to speed up again and rushed forward at the forefront.

Although Gan Ning was injured and his left arm was almost unable to move, there were no more difficult enemy generals in the anti-Wu coalition.

This allowed Gan Ning to charge out from the center of the army in a short moment, and after retreating to the east side of the camp, he quickly disappeared from the sight of the anti-Wu coalition forces like a dragon returning to the sea.

But before leaving, Gan Ning, who was still suffering from the pain in his left shoulder, did not forget to leave a cruel word, and said it loudly.

"The man who shot the arrow from behind, just wait for me..." This arrogant behavior undoubtedly made the faces of the noble families in the anti-Wu coalition army quite ugly.

Our own camp was destroyed so badly, with heavy casualties, and yet you were hit by an arrow, and instead you were filled with resentment and indignation.

Do you really think that the camp of my anti-Wu allied forces is a prostitute's bed and you can't have sex with it even if you want to?

At this moment, Zhou Xin hurried to Zhou Ang's body. Zhou Ang had been trampled repeatedly by the Jinfan thieves' war horses, and his face was unrecognizable and almost turned into meat paste.

If Zhou Xin was not very familiar with the armor on Zhou Ang, he would not even dare to recognize that this was his own brother.

At this moment, Zhou Xin was shaking all over and felt his consciousness was spinning. He almost fainted from suffocation.

Xu Gong, who came over to take a look, took a deep breath and spoke to comfort him.

"Mr. Zhou, I am in deep sorrow!"

I am sorry for your loss?!
What Zhou Xin hated the most was hearing this word. A fire of evil subconsciously rose in his heart, and he wanted to kill all of Xu Gong's family to see if Xu Gong could surrender.

If Xu Gong had not been incompetent and hesitant, not sending his personal guards to resist Gan Ning immediately, and even hiding a powerful crossbow but not using it, how could my brother have died? !
At this moment, Zhou Xin's hatred for Xu Gong was even no less than that of Li Ji, and second only to Liu Bei.

However, Zhou Xin, who took the overall situation into consideration, knew that if he broke with Xu Gong at this moment, it would mean that the anti-Wu alliance had come to an end. He had no choice but to endure it and spoke with a tense face.

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord. However, the most urgent task is to quickly mobilize soldiers to quell the 'camp howl' to prevent unnecessary losses from continuing to increase."

Xu Gong reacted belatedly after hearing what was said, and as the leader of the alliance, he mobilized the soldiers on the west side of the camp to suppress the "camp roar".

Only Zuo Rong, who was dressed in monk's robes, walked over with a precious look on his face, chanted the Buddha's name, and said.

"If you don't mind, I would like to chant sutras for the deceased, which may alleviate his pain and help him reach heaven sooner."

Zhou Xin might not believe in the so-called Buddhist remarks, but at the moment he was confused and filled with grief and indignation, so he nodded and agreed, hoping that this would bring some benefit to his younger brother.

Seeing this, Zuo Rong couldn't help but smile.

For Zuo Rong, if he could convert Zhou Xin to become a believer, even if the attack on Wu County failed this time, it would completely open up the channel for spreading Buddhism in Danyang County and Jiujiang County.

What is a family that has remained unchanged for thousands of years?

What kind of ambitious hero?
What is the overlord competing for the world?
In Zuo Rong's view, these are all empty words!
Even though Wu County no longer seems to rely on the aristocratic families to control its governance, as long as the millions of people in the three counties are wholeheartedly devoted to Buddhism, then unless Liu Bei does not want those people to riot, they will not dare to move an inch.

In fact, the purpose of Zuo Rong's participation in the anti-Wu alliance this time was to find an opportunity to open up channels for spreading Buddhism in the other three counties after looting Wu County.

This time Zhou Ang died a good death...

Zhou Ang’s death would not make Zhou Xin fully believe in Buddhism at this moment.

From then on, Zuo Rong had plenty of means. Using the excuse of saving Zhou Ang's soul, he began to build Buddhist temples in Jiujiang County and Danyang County, held rituals, and rapidly expanded his influence.

Zhou Ang is Zhou Xin's only remaining blood relative. Adhering to the common idea of ​​"it is better to believe it than not to believe it", Zuo Rong is not afraid at all that Zhou Xin will refuse.

Immediately, in front of Zhou Xin, Zuo Rong still looked like a high-level monk. He led several monks who followed him and held a grand ceremony to pray for Zhou Ang's soul that night.

However, when the specific casualties were counted in the early morning, Xu Gong, Zhou Xin, Zuo Rong and others were all shocked.

The camp was raided by only a hundred men led by Gan Ning, but when the "camp roar" broke out, many soldiers killed each other, resulting in more than 6,000 casualties.

Before they actually arrived at Yangxian, Wujun, they had already lost more than 6,000 people, which undoubtedly dealt a further heavy blow to the morale of the anti-Wu coalition forces.

More importantly, after Gan Ning raided the camp, facing the continuous harassment from the Shanyue people, the anti-Wu allied forces were on edge almost all the time, fearing that Gan Ning would score twice again during the painless harassment.

"Gan Xingba, the thief of Jinfan"

For a time, this name had almost become a nightmare in the hearts of all the soldiers of the anti-Wu coalition. Many soldiers would wake up in fear because of this name when they fell asleep.

The sound of horse hooves and bells seemed to ring continuously in the ears of every soldier at irregular intervals.

It was in such a tense atmosphere that the marching speed of the anti-Wu coalition army further slowed down. Although the distance was only a few dozen miles, it took two more days before they arrived at the city of Yangxian exhausted.

At this moment, the anti-Wu coalition forces, with a strength of more than 130,000 troops, looked at Yangxian City standing beside Lishui, and for a moment they felt a sense of relief, joy and excitement.

Almost since they entered Wu County, the entire anti-Wu coalition army had hardly had a good night's sleep due to the harassment of the Shanyue people and the threat of Gan Ning.

At this moment, the anti-Wu coalition forces can be described as being in a state of exhaustion.

Compared with the feeling of relief that the anti-Wu allied forces now have, Jia Xu is now standing on the city wall of Yangxian City, looking at the anti-Wu allied forces slowly emerging from the mountain forest path in the distance.

"But it's finally here. I've been waiting for a long time."

Jia Xu, who looked kind and harmless, gently stroked his long beard, with a compassionate smile on his face.

Gan Ning's attack on the camp with a hundred cavalrymen was completely beyond Jia Xu's expectations.

Before this, Jia Xu had never expected that Gan Ning would be so courageous and brave, so that the strategy he devised to tire out the enemy was far more effective than expected.

"Don't worry, you will be freed soon..."

Jia Xu said this in a low voice with compassion. (End of this chapter)