Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 47 The false and true plan
  As the war horse, which was also hit by a large number of sharp arrows, neighed, Guan Hai's body, which was pierced by more than a dozen arrows in various places, slid to the ground weakly.

"thump!"

After waiting for a few breaths, when Guan Yu chased him out of the camp, he saw Guan Hai lying on the ground with his eyes wide open.

"Second brother!"

Seeing Guan Yu's appearance, Liu Bei rode out from the crowd with some joy and said. "Are you injured?"

Guan Yu proudly stroked his long beard and said.

"How can a bunch of chickens and dogs harm Guan?"

"That's good." Liu Bei said relaxedly.

However, Guan Yu was obviously quite surprised by Liu Bei's appearance and asked. "How come big brother appears here?"

When he divided his troops from the north to the south of Julu City, Guan Yu's mission was to set up a camp of about 5,000 people ten miles behind the feigned attack on Julu City. The soldiers would then take turns to rest in the camp until the evening of the next day, and then proceed to the camp according to plan. Set up an ambush inside and counterattack the invading enemy.

But Guan Yu led only about 2,500 soldiers.

Therefore, even if Guan Yu had already taken advantage of the location and the firepower and counterattacked when the Yellow Turban formation was in chaos, he could still only watch helplessly as most of the Yellow Turban thieves escaped.

did not expect……

Guan Yu looked at the yellow turban corpses scattered outside the gate of the camp, made a slight estimate, and couldn't help but be shocked.

'I'm afraid... no one can escape! Guan Yu originally thought that there was an ambush inside the camp, but he didn't expect that the only exit was the real ambush. '

"This is naturally Zikun's plan."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei said quite proudly.

"In the south camp, except for the cavalry led by Yide, the rest of the soldiers also rested during the day. After nightfall, Zikun asked Bei to march around Julu City to the north under the cover of darkness, and then ambush Outside the camp.”

Even though Guan Yu had some guesses in his mind, he still couldn't help but be amazed.

It would have been just a matter of predicting in advance that the Yellow Turbans would attack at night, but they used their weak forces to move the troops from the south to the north in time to set up a second ambush circle.

"Mr. Zikun's plan is really interconnected."

Guan Yu praised highly.

At this moment, Guan Yu looked at Li Ji, who was riding slowly behind Liu Bei, and took the initiative to salute. "Mr. Zikun."

"Yun Chang did a good job."

Li Ji commented, and then he felt the strong smell of blood penetrate into his nose, which was so irritating that he couldn't help but rub it, and then said.

"Brother Xuande, Chief Yun, clean up the battlefield quickly and repair the perimeter of the camp."

"What Zikun said is absolutely true."

Liu Bei nodded, and then began to direct most of the soldiers who had just marched from the south side of Julu City to enter the camp.

This is not only to search for possible remaining Yellow Turban thieves hiding in the camp, but also to extinguish the fire in the camp and repair the camp.

As for the outside of the camp, a thousand soldiers were left holding torches to inspect the Yellow Turban corpses outside the camp one by one.

In order to avoid the leakage of intelligence and further confuse the Yellow Turbans in Julu City, this time they can only leave no one alive.

Guan Yu glanced at Guan Hai who fell to the ground again and asked Li Ji.

"Mr. Zikun, how should we dispose of the body of this leading man?"

Li Ji thought for a moment and said.

"Don't damage the body, just take it outside the north gate of Julu City at night."

Guan Yu nodded slightly and said. "Mr. Zikun is benevolent and righteous."

Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but shook his head slightly when he saw Guan Yu dismounting his horse to restrain Guan Hai's body, pull out the arrows from his body, and then let his bodyguards carry Guan Hai's body to the direction of Julu City.

Li Ji ordered Guan Hai's body to be returned to Julu City, not out of any benevolence, but just to further deter Zhang Liang.

Only by letting Zhang Liang and other Yellow Turban senior officials see Guan Hai's body with their own eyes would they be greatly frightened and uneasy, and further arouse suspicion and fear towards the Han army camp outside the city.

What is virtual is real, what is real is virtual.

that is it.

Li Ji shook his head, feeling a little bored.

The Yellow Turbans had few talents and even fewer wise people. Even though the Yellow Turbans in Julu City had the advantage in strength, they were still manipulated by Li Ji.

Although Li Ji's "virtual and real strategy" was quite clever, he used "arson", "siege", "single cavalry duel", etc. to distract the enemy's attention and cover up his own purpose.

However, there is undoubtedly a flaw that cannot be covered up no matter what, that is, our own forces are limited and we simply do not dare to actually appear in formation in front of Julu City.

Anyone with a little bit of brain will notice this.

Zhang Liang also noticed this obvious flaw as expected. Unfortunately, under the interference of factors such as "arson", "siege", "single cavalry duel" and other factors that appeared in advance, Zhang Liang was so worried that he simply didn't care. Dare to send a large number of troops out of the city for a surprise attack.

Moreover, due to the power of Zhang Fei's constant provocation, Zhang Liang instinctively chose the north for a surprise attack, giving Li Ji the opportunity to concentrate his forces and lay out a series of ambush circles to swallow up all the Yellow Turban elites who made a surprise attack.

If Li Ji or a truly wise man was stationed in Julu City, and he had intended to test the enemy's camp, he would definitely not have just sent out a surprise attack.

Not to mention simultaneous surprise attacks to test the camps on the north and south sides, at least follow-up troops will be deployed to respond to Guan Hai at any time.

"It's true that one general was so incompetent that he killed three armies."

Li Ji murmured, and did not stay in this bloody area for long. Instead, he pulled the reins and led the ten guards who always protected him to a place upwind, quietly waiting for Liu Bei and Guan Yu. Clean up the battlefield. This busy work lasted until the end of Yin Shi, when all the bodies of the Yellow Turban thieves were disposed of and the outer areas of the camp were hurriedly repaired.

At least, if you just observe the camp from a distance, you won't know that the camp is actually just an empty shell.

Immediately before dawn, except for leaving a hundred people to maintain the surface operation of the camp, Liu Bei and Guan Yu led all the soldiers and began to move towards Boluojin on the east side under the cover of night.

At this moment...it's the beginning of the fifth day of May!

There are still eight hours left before the agreed time of Xu, which is enough for Liu Bei and his troops to arrive at Boluojin in time and reorganize and rest in preparation for the war.

So far, all this is consistent with the results deduced by Li Ji in advance in the "strategy simulator".

……

In Julu City, Zhang Liang and many Yellow Turban generals were waiting for news in the meeting hall after Guan Hai led his army out of the city.

It's just that there were too many worries during this period, coupled with a series of changes, that Zhang Liang almost never closed his eyes since the attack on the granary.

So much so that Zhang Liang and other Yellow Turban generals fell asleep in the meeting hall without even realizing it.

When Zhang Liang woke up suddenly, he raised his head and looked outside the door, and found that the sun was rising slowly outside.

At this moment, Zhang Liang couldn't help being shocked and quickly asked the yellow scarf guard outside the door.

"Has General Guan returned?"

"Never returned." The yellow scarf warrior replied.

Zhang Liang asked again. "Did the general send spies to report back?"

"No news yet."

In an instant, Zhang Liang suddenly became frightened and guessed, and shouted repeatedly. "Then why don't you send out spies quickly to investigate?!"

"Yes, General Renggong."

Immediately, the worried Zhang Liang ignored the reactions of the other Yellow Turban generals and led his guards towards the north gate tower.

Normally, it would be Zishi when Guan Hai led the Yellow Turban elites out of the city for a surprise attack. No matter how many things happened and they fought hard all night, they would be back at Yinshi at the latest.

However, it was already midnight, so why didn’t I see any news?

At this moment, a yellow scarf warrior came from the north gate and rushed to Zhang Liang to report.

"Report to General Ren Gong, General Guan has been discovered..."

Hearing this, Zhang Liang breathed a long sigh of relief, and his hurried steps slowed down. He interrupted before the yellow scarf warrior finished speaking.

"Then quickly go and ask General Guan to come to me."

The yellow scarf warrior looked at Zhang Liang blankly.

"What are you still doing?"

Zhang Liang frowned, scolded him, and then turned around and returned to the government office.

But when Zhang Liang returned to the government office and waited for a while, he still didn't see Guan Hai's arrival for a long time. He unconsciously became impatient and was about to send someone to urge him.

I saw two yellow scarf warriors carrying a long strip-shaped object covered with yellow cloth into the meeting hall, and then placed it in the meeting hall.

Zhang Liang and the Yellow Turban generals present frowned and asked as they looked at the object that the Yellow Turban belonged to.

"What is that?"

In return, the yellow scarf warrior quickly knelt down on one knee and stuttered nervously. "Then... then... it's General Guan Hai's... Guan Hai... I'll take... the body."

Zhang Liang frowned and asked directly. "You mean this is the body that General Guan brought back?"

The yellow scarf warrior who responded was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly.

"What about the generals?" Zhang Liang asked again.

When the yellow scarf warrior heard this, he pointed his finger towards the yellow cloth.

Zhang Liang was so angry that his blood surged, so he had no choice but to ask.

"I know this is the body brought back by General Guan. What I'm asking is...where is General Guan's soldier?"

The yellow turban warrior, whose face turned red after being asked, simply lifted up the large piece of yellow cloth.

In an instant, everyone was shocked by his skills!
  "General Guan!!??"

The people present looked at Guan Hai who had more than a dozen holes drilled, and their heads were almost buzzing. No one came back to their senses until a long time.

Zhang Liang, whose body was visibly shaken, endured the fear in his heart and asked.

"Who brought back General Guan's body? Where are the rest of the congregation who followed General Guan's surprise attack?"

The yellow scarf warrior in return shook his head and said.

"Only...only in charge of...the general..."

At this moment, everyone fully realized that in last night's attack, not only Guan Hai died, but the entire six thousand Yellow Turban elite army was probably wiped out, and no one was spared.

For a time, almost all the yellow scarf generals in the meeting hall were frightened and their faces turned pale.

(End of this chapter)