Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 567: The Banner Moves Forward

The weak wait for opportunities, the strong create opportunities.

On the surface, the battle situation seemed to be that Yuan Shu was constantly putting pressure on Li Ji, forcing the Yangzhou army to reveal their flaws.

But pressure is often mutual.

In fact, Yuan Shu was also under a lot of pressure, which made him feel that he had to fight to the death, and he had to keep up with the pressure of the Yangzhou army.

In such a fierce battle, Yuan Shu did not pay attention to the formation of the Yuzhou army, and chaos had unknowingly appeared in the continuous pursuit.

A large number of poorly trained rear troops of Yuzhou Army were mixed with part of the central army in a chaotic formation, and part of the central army was too close to the front army.

This was undoubtedly proof when Li Ji, who was in the center of the Yangzhou army, could vaguely see the chariot that Yuan Shu was riding with his eyes.

In the "chess game" that Li Ji was constantly synchronizing in his mind, the chess pieces representing the Yuzhou army were no longer as orderly as they were at the beginning of the war.

Yuan Shu unknowingly overlooked his command ability and was simply unable to maintain control of the Yuzhou army during the continuous pursuit.

This is the difference in the two sides' command level on the battlefield, and it is also the opportunity that Li Ji is waiting for.

The next moment, the chariot that Li Ji was riding stopped, and the exciting sound of trumpets and drums suddenly rang out, reaching the ears of a large number of Yangzhou troops.

The large banner embroidered with the words "National Marquis" and "Grand Commander of Yangzhou" fluttered in the wind.

The flags commanding the various Yangzhou military units also changed simultaneously...

The sudden halt of the Yangzhou army, as if they were going to reorganize their formation and counterattack, startled Yuan Shu for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"How naive! Li Ji is still trying to counterattack in the middle of a battle? Are you trying to repeat King Xiang's desperate move?"

Morale cannot be reversed by just one or two orders.

Especially since the Yangzhou Army had been retreating for such a long time, suddenly asking them to stop and launch a counterattack would most likely cause chaos within the Yangzhou Army.

The first reaction of the Yangzhou soldiers was probably to suspect whether they were being treated as abandoned pawns, which then led to serious confusion.

Immediately, instead of vigilantly ordering the vanguard to reorganize, Yuan Shu continued to send more soldiers forward, trying to take advantage of this good opportunity to completely defeat the vanguard of the Yangzhou army.

The next moment, Yuan Shu saw that the first chariot to move among the entire Yangzhou army was the chariot that Li Ji was riding.

On top of this chariot, there is a large banner that stands above the entire battlefield.

The banner moves forward, which means the coach moves forward!
Perhaps, in chess, rashly advancing the general is a meaningless act, but when reflected on the real battlefield, it can directly convey the commander's will to the entire army.

All of a sudden, the morale of the Yangzhou army, which had been somewhat confused and hesitant, suddenly became incredibly high.

Who in the Yangzhou army doesn’t know about the national hero?

Especially the soldiers who were training in the Chaisang camp, who among them had not seen the Grand Commander?
The forward movement of the large banner representing Li Ji was enough to instantly stabilize the morale of the army and make the Yangzhou army understand the determination to fight back.

Does it say no clothes? With the same robe.

Perhaps Li Ji had never tried to win over his soldiers by sharing food and clothing with them, but for the military households and soldiers who already had strong wills.

The fact that the coach advances and retreats with them is enough to inspire their morale and fighting spirit.

In particular, the commander-in-chief had repeatedly implemented benevolent policies towards the people in Yangzhou, and was widely supported by countless people as a good official and a highly respected national hero.

Under the invisible change of morale, the Yangzhou army, which had been retreating slowly and seemed invulnerable, now seemed to reveal its ferociousness. In contrast to the seemingly chaotic battle situation, in the "chess game" in Li Ji's mind, the Yangzhou and Henan armies were constantly fighting each other in the front and rear.

Under Li Ji's orders, the three brave generals Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and Jiang Qin formed the vanguard with their own troops, and with three thousand well-rested elite central troops following behind, they began to rush straight to the front line.

In addition, the cavalry led by Zhang Fei and Tian Yu also began to attack from the flanks.

From the bird's-eye view of the "chess game", it seemed as if five more sharp edges emerged from the Yangzhou army, launching a counterattack against the Yuzhou army from different directions.

"boom!"

Countless pieces of flesh and blood were turned into dust as the intensity of the battlefield suddenly increased.

The Yangzhou Army's counterattack was so fast and fierce that it was far beyond the expectations of the Yuzhou Army. It even seemed that the Yuzhou Army's vanguard was stunned in an instant.

In the chaos of battle, the role of a fierce general can undoubtedly be maximized.

Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and Jiang Qin were all very brave.

Zhou Tai, in particular, left blood and flesh flying wherever he went. He charged forward but had no general to match him.

The troops of Chen Lan and Lei Bo faced the cavalry led by Zhang Fei and Tian Yu respectively.

Faced with Zhang Fei's power, Chen Lan did not dare to face him directly. He could only command his soldiers to go forward to resist Zhang Fei, while gradually protecting his soldiers in front of him.

However, under the leadership of Zhang Fei, the three thousand cavalrymen almost instantly broke up the infantry formation led by Chen Lan.

Originally, Chen Lan wanted to wait until Zhang Fei led the cavalry and infantry to fight each other, and then command a thousand Yuzhou cavalry to attack Zhang Fei from the flank.

But what Chen Lan did not expect was that the infantrymen under his command seemed to be in unison with his own thoughts. Facing the might exuded by Zhang Fei and the three thousand cavalrymen, they also wanted to protect Chen Lan, the main general, in front of them.

For a moment, everyone rushed to retreat, and the entire army was defeated in an instant.

On the other side, Lei Bo faced the White Horse Volunteers led by Tian Yu.

Perhaps Tian Yu did not have the ability to lead the White Horse Volunteers to charge into battle like Zhao Yun, but Tian Yu could undoubtedly bring the White Horse Volunteers' expertise in riding and archery to the extreme.

"Cunzhi" is the essence of Baima Yicong.

Keeping a distance that was just out of reach of Lei Bo's infantry and cavalry, the two thousand White Horse Volunteers were like an invisible cloud that gathered and dispersed, continuously raining arrows at Lei Bo's troops, making Lei Bo feel as if he was caught in a dilemma and wanted to die.

As a result, Lei Bo's troops also began to show obvious signs of wavering, and some soldiers had already begun to flee under the rain of arrows from the Baima Yicong.

The sudden changes in the battle situation made Yuan Shu's face change drastically.

Not only were the troops under Chen Lan and Lei Bo on the verge of defeat, but even the front army began to fall into small-scale chaos under the counterattack of elite troops led by Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and Jiang Qin.

The Yuzhou army's vanguard had consumed a lot of physical strength under Yuan Shu's continuous pursuit orders, and suddenly faced a counterattack from the main troops led by Zhou Tai and others and the elite central army who had been recuperating, and they were unable to stop the enemy at all.

At this point, Yuan Shu finally realized that the situation was not good and knew how to solve this dilemma.

That is to mobilize the central army's active forces to temporarily block the Yangzhou army's counterattack and buy time to reorganize the front army.

Yuan Shu thought so, so naturally he did so.

(End of this chapter)

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