Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, infected by the heroic spirit revealed by Zhou Yu, Xu Sheng asked almost subconsciously.

"What's the plan?"

"The combination of the positive and the strange will lead to a direct attack on Huanglong!"

Zhou Yu said loudly, then raised his hand.

"We must have a reason to march out of the army. This reason should not only be known to our soldiers, but also to the people of Linyi. Only in this way can we teach them that our Han Dynasty is a righteous army. This will greatly benefit Linyi's return to the Han Dynasty and officials' pacification of the people."

"Therefore, Lord Yu can send an envoy to Linyi in the name of Rinan County with great fanfare, stating that Linyi has occupied Han territory for many years and that it must return the Linyi County it occupied back then to Han."

Upon hearing this, Yu Guo answered almost without thinking.

"Impossible! Linyi is a country of jackals. Even if we just send an envoy to it, it will never agree to such conditions."

"It is common sense not to agree. I don't think that sending an envoy can defeat the enemy without fighting."

Zhou Yu swept the feather fan in his hand across the table and said.

"The purpose of this move is to make a big announcement to inform everyone in Linyi that the Han Dynasty will conquer Linyi as a just army with great justice. Moreover, Linyi was a part of the Han Dynasty fifty years ago and they are also Han people."

"This will not only greatly reduce the resistance of the people of Linyi in advance, but also make Linyi realize that war is coming and start to urgently mobilize troops to concentrate on the northern border."

Xu Sheng thought about what Zhou Yu said, and combined it with the maps of Rinan County and Linyi Kingdom, he said with some confusion.

"Gongjin, the south of Rinan County borders the north of Linyi State. Could it be that they are planning to use the soldiers of Rinan County as bait to lure the angry Linyi State army into the country and engage in a head-on battle?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said.

"There are only a few soldiers available in Rinan County. If we deploy the soldiers of Rinan County on the border, it will be far from enough to deter the Linyi Kingdom."

"If the Linyi army invades, our army is unfamiliar with the terrain. In addition, the southern part of Rinan County is also full of jungles and mountains. It will also be difficult to find a place that can accommodate more than 50,000 troops to fight."

"In addition, the area of ​​Rinan County is too small to flexibly set up an ambush. Once a war breaks out, it is likely to cause great damage to Rinan County."

"So, what Yu wants is to deploy the troops of Yangzhou directly to the border!"

"After all, we came here to conquer the Linyi Kingdom. It would be rude to just defend! We should attack, and continue to attack, and give absolute oppression to the Linyi Kingdom from top to bottom."

"Qu Lian was once a Han Chinese and is well aware of the internal situation in Rinan County. He will certainly be terrified and think that the elite Han troops have come from the Central Plains to attack him. He will then desperately mobilize all his forces to go north to resist the attack of our Han army."

Zhou Yu's gesture of forcing Linyi to frantically withdraw its troops with just a wave of his hand made Yu State feel convinced and asked hurriedly.

"Can the Han army break through the Linyi defense line?"

Zhou Yu did not answer, but turned his gaze in the direction of Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng pondered for a moment. Now that he had a clear understanding of the situation in Linyi Kingdom, it was not difficult to make some estimates at this moment.

The Linyi Kingdom could mobilize 50,000 troops, and only 10,000 of them could be considered elite.

Of course, this can be called elite troops. Yu State only judged based on the level of the soldiers of Rinan County, and believed that the elite troops of Linyi State were obviously stronger than the soldiers of Rinan County. However, from Xu Sheng's point of view, the level of the soldiers of Rinan County was not far from the mob, and even the formation was a little unclear.

Therefore, Xu Sheng's judgment of the so-called elite troops of Linyi Kingdom was generally that they were on par with the ordinary county soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

In contrast, Xu Sheng led an army of 30,000, of which 20,000 were truly elite naval forces, and the remaining 10,000 were also elites carefully selected from military households and soldiers from all over the country.

Even though the navy is slightly inferior to the elite infantry when fighting on the ground without the ships, they are by no means comparable to ordinary county soldiers.

In addition, the fleet led by Xu Sheng this time was originally intended to destroy the country. A large amount of war supplies were prepared in the fleet. The number of arrows alone exceeded 200,000, not to mention the rest of the kerosene, spare armor, spare equipment and so on.

So after Xu Sheng tapped the table a few times unconsciously, he gave a judgment that he thought was quite pertinent and cautious.

"How can a mere Linyi with a mere 50,000 rabble stop the attack of our elite troops? The only difference is how much time they can delay our army's advance."

In Xu Sheng's opinion, the biggest obstacle to attacking the Linyi Kingdom was not the Linyi army, but the endless jungle terrain.

Once the Linyi army relied on the jungle to continue harassing, in order to avoid excessive losses, the army could only advance step by step.

As for whether the Linyi Kingdom would show up to face the Han elite...

Xu Sheng could only say that the Linyi Kingdom was very courageous, even more brave than the Xiongnu back then, and would soon make them realize what it meant to "one Han against five Barbarians."

In modern times, the only ones who can defeat the Han elite troops in formation with the same force are another group of Han elite troops in formation.

If it weren't for the endless jungle terrain, Xu Sheng was confident that he could conquer the entire Linyi Kingdom from north to south in at most one month.

There was no other reason. It was simply that the troops, rations, and military supplies prepared by the lord and the military advisor were too abundant, enough to support Xu Sheng in maintaining a high-intensity war for less than three months.

The only thing that worries Xu Sheng is that if he cannot defeat the Linyi Kingdom within three months, the situation will become much more difficult.

Anticipate the enemy and be lenient...

It is true that the Linyi army’s equipment and quality were poor.

But what Xu Sheng was most worried about was the resilience of the Linyi army. If the army had a similar level of resilience to that of the military households and was hindered by the jungle terrain, it might take three months to defeat the Linyi army.

But after getting the answer he wanted from Xu Sheng, Zhou Yu's smile became even wider and he said.

"That's right. Faced with the elite Han army led by General Xu holding high the banner of justice and pressing forward step by step, the people of Linyi must be terrified. How can they not withdraw all available troops to the north to resist?"

"Even if the Linyi Kingdom sees the fierceness of the Han army's offensive and cannot resist alone, it is very likely that it will urgently contact the surrounding small countries such as Daqijie, Xiaoqijie, Shipu, Xulang, etc., to publicize the threat of our great Han and request support."

"As time goes on, facing the alliance formed by Linyi and other countries, even if our army manages to conquer Linyi, after the army weakens, it will be counterattacked by the alliance formed by other countries."

"so……"

When Zhou Yu said this, he paused and raised the feather fan in his hand. (End of this chapter)