Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Youyan's bravery is eye-catching.

Especially with Gongsun Zan and the White Horse Volunteers leading the way, the rest of the Youzhou cavalry was greatly encouraged. In addition, there was a steady stream of infantry rushing to the front through the Jie Bridge.

Zhao Yun, who was still in the back, saw this and his originally nervous expression relaxed a little. He said.

"I didn't expect that the Yuan army could set up an ambush like this, tricking General Gongsun into ordering a forced crossing of the Qing River, and then attacking them with an ambush halfway across the river."

"However, the soldiers under General Gongsun are united. Although they may suffer heavy losses, it should not be difficult to win if they continue like this."

After all, most of the soldiers under Gongsun Zan had experienced battles with foreign tribes on the border, and their wills had been tempered.

In addition, the men of Youyan have always been brave enough to fight to the death, so under the leadership of Gongsun Zan, they were able to gradually turn the situation around.

If it were any other soldier, they would have been defeated long ago after encountering such an ambush and predicament.

Guo Jia just listened to Zhao Yun's words without answering. Instead, he stared at the surface of Qinghe River.

As a thought flashed through his mind, Guo Jia's face suddenly changed and he exclaimed.

"It's going to happen. Yuan Benchu's killer move is not only to attack halfway across the river, I'm afraid there will be a water attack as well!"

"What?" Zhao Yun asked.

"Zilong, look at the changes in the water level of Qinghe River." Guo Jia pointed at the Qinghe River in front of him with a heavy expression.

Zhao Yun looked over there and was puzzled at first, then he noticed that the water level, which had been slowly dropping, had stopped dropping at some point.

On the contrary, the water level seemed to be starting to rise.

At this moment, Guo Jia had basically seen through the strategies used by both sides in the confrontation, and spoke in a hurried tone.

"During the confrontation between the Gongsun and Yuan families, they never stopped calculating against each other, both openly and covertly, and both sides have been making a series of preparations for the decisive battle."

"Yuan Benchu ​​and his advisers either saw through General Gongsun's idea or deliberately guided General Gongsun to finally decide on the strategy of cutting off the water of Qinghe River and forcing a crossing of the Jie Bridge."

"General Gongsun was undoubtedly tricked by the enemy without realizing it. He secretly hid it from the rest of us, including you and me, and sent his confidants to cut off the flow of the Qing River upstream."

"Perhaps the tenacity of the Youzhou cavalry led by General Gongsun exceeded the expectations of the Yuan army. Simply attacking them halfway across the river is not enough to completely defeat Gongsun's army."

"However, from the beginning, I have been keeping an eye on the movements of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the two generals whom Yuan Shao relied on as his confidants, but they have never appeared..."

When he heard this, Zhao Yun suddenly reacted and said.

"Fengxiao, could it be that Yan Liang and Wen Chou are currently upstream of the Qing River? Are they preparing to release the blocked Qing River water flow?"

Guo Jia nodded.

Although this was just Guo Jia's speculation, at this moment Guo Jia was nearly 90% sure.

Zhao Yun was also shocked and looked at the battle situation on the other side of Qinghe River.

Up to this moment, a large number of Youzhou cavalry were still stuck in the riverbed and struggling to move forward.

Once the water level of the Qinghe River rises rapidly, not only will the Youzhou cavalry be instantly submerged, but even most of the retreat routes of Gongsun’s army will be cut off, and they will inevitably suffer a major defeat.

If even the boundary bridge was destroyed, Gongsun Zan would have nowhere to retreat and would be left with only a dead end.

In such a dangerous situation, even though Guo Jia was always full of brilliant ideas, he knew that it was impossible to do anything, so he quickly said.

"Now that things have come to this, General Gongsun has no choice but to retreat quickly and evacuate the south bank of Jie Bridge."

"Zilong has a very good personal relationship with General Gongsun. Send your confidant to tell him about this immediately. General Gongsun may still have a chance of survival."

Zhao Yun's expression changed drastically for a while before he answered.

"I'm afraid that others won't be able to persuade General Gongsun, so Yun will go and explain the pros and cons to General Gongsun. The army will be handed over to Fengxiao for command for a while, and be prepared to cover the army's retreat." "Wait..."

Guo Jia was shocked and knew how dangerous it would be to cross the river again, so he quickly tried to dissuade Zhao Yun.

It's just that Zhao Yun has benefited greatly from Gongsun Zan's teachings, and the two are like teacher and friend. Moreover, Zhao Yun's mission is to find a way to save Gongsun Zan. Seeing that Gongsun Zan is about to die, how can he just stand by and watch?

"Be filial and don't worry, the clouds will return soon..."

Before Guo Jia could speak, Zhao Yun interrupted him and rushed to the Jie Bridge alone.

Guo Jia felt helpless and worried when he saw this.

Even if Gongsun Zan died, there would be nothing that could be done. But if something happened to Zhao Yun, Guo Jia would be even more ashamed to face Liu Bei and Li Ji.

Furthermore, Guo Jia was not good at commanding troops on the battlefield.

Although he had learned from Li Ji, Guo Jia's talent did not extend to this area.

However, when the time came, Guo Jia had no choice but to bite the bullet and start trying to make arrangements.

……

Push time forward a little bit.

On the north bank about fifty miles upstream from the Jie Bridge, corpses were scattered all over the ground and the strong smell of blood was still lingering, as if a small-scale fierce battle had just taken place.

Wen Chou, the famous general from Hebei, was walking back to the bank of Qing River with a head in his hand, and then he casually threw the head to his personal guard beside him and said.

"Deal with it. This fellow called himself Tian Kai. Before he died, he was still shouting that he was ashamed of his master. His status is expected to be high. It is just right to take him back and ask for credit from the master."

Immediately, Wen Chou looked at Yan Liang who was leading a group of soldiers to destroy the things blocking Qinghe River, and asked loudly.

"Brother, how long will it take? The Lord said that we must clear the blockage within half an hour to an hour after Gongsun's army blocks the flow of Qinghe River."

After hearing this, Yan Liang stopped what he was doing and looked a little unhappy.

In order to quickly and temporarily block the Qing River, Tian Kai prepared a large number of sandbags and boulders in advance. He led two thousand infantrymen to successfully block the Qing River temporarily within half a day.

Although it is difficult to block water, it is easy to let water flow.

But the sandbags absorbed water, and there were a large number of large rocks stacked in an interlaced manner, so it was also quite difficult to make a hole in a short period of time.

Especially when facing the sudden attack led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou with two thousand cavalry, Tian Kai fought desperately and delayed Yan Liang and Wen Chou's time.

Even though Yan Liang had been leading a group of soldiers to clean up the mess for a while, it was still far from the river being able to flow freely as Yan Liang and Wen Chou wanted.

But Yan Liang and Wen Chou noticed the time and found that they only had a quarter of an hour left.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou had no idea how the war situation downstream had developed.

But when Yan Liang thought that if he failed to dredge the Qinghe River in time, it would cause Yuan Shao to be defeated, he could not accept it in any way.

Therefore, when Wen Chou was asked this question, he looked up at the large number of soldiers who were clearing sandbags and stones bit by bit, frowned, made a decision in his mind, and shouted loudly.

"All troops, listen to the order, go ashore immediately."

"Bring me another rope."

Faced with Yan Liang's order, the soldiers carried out it quickly, but Wen Chou asked in confusion.

"What do you want, brother?" (End of this chapter)