Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As the staff members in the tent and the generals who were listening distributed the intelligence and reviewed it, everyone became increasingly angry.

Before this, the story of Cao Cao's massacre in the city had been spread, but the details were unknown.

Before this, everyone was angry, but they were only angry that Cao Cao's action was too cruel and brutal, not like that of a Han minister, and contrary to benevolence and morality.

However, as the Jinyisi and external spies continued to investigate, all kinds of details began to be gathered in Li Ji's hands.

The level of cruelty is appalling.

That is to say, Liu Bei happened to be on his way to Xia Pi City and had not had time to see this information, otherwise he would have been furious.

Moreover, given Liu Bei's personality, he would probably send troops to attack Cao Cao at all costs. How could he tolerate lying on the defensive in Xia Pi and waiting for Cao's army to attack?

Therefore, from the very beginning, after seeing this information, Li Ji's only choice was to take the initiative to attack Cao's army.

"Cao thief! It's really Cao thief!!! I can't coexist with him!"

Among them, Zhuge Liang had the biggest reaction, his hands holding the intelligence were shaking uncontrollably.

It should be noted that Zhuge Liang was from Langya State, which was adjacent to Donghai County.

Some of the cities massacred by Cao Cao also belonged to Langya State. This was tantamount to attacking Zhuge Liang's hometown. Zhuge Liang was naturally angry and resentful.

After reading the details and feeling touched, the others could not help but curse Cao Cao on the spot. Even the gloomy Sima Yi shouted "Cao thief, you are not a human being!"

Li Ji deliberately showed these details to everyone to review, his intention was naturally to strengthen everyone's determination to attack Cao Cao.

In Li Ji's view, marching into Donghai County to attack Cao Cao could even be described as urgent.

If Jia Xu had also been a military advisor, he might have noticed the same outrageous possibility as Li Ji.

The Yishui River has been blocked by a large number of corpses and has not yet dried up. This is very abnormal!
The width of the Yishui River section in Donghai County is generally between 300 and 400 zhang. It is impossible that a large number of people were killed when they fled to Yishui and tried to cross the river, causing a blockage. It is more like Cao's army threw the bodies into the river.

It was July and the weather was hot...

In addition, the Yishui River originates from Taishan County, enters Langya State, flows southward, passes through Donghai County and Xiapi State, and even merges into the Huai River.

Among them, Xia Pi City just controls the lower reaches of Yishui River.

This made Li Ji suspect that Cao Cao was deliberately creating a plague, intending to artificially create a source of plague through a large number of corpses, and then spread the plague completely in Xia Pi State through Yishui.

Once the plague spreads, it could even cause the deaths of millions of people, turning Xuzhou Donghai County, Xia Pi State and neighboring areas into a death zone.

It was precisely because Li Ji had such a guess that he continuously sent a large number of spies to Donghai County to further investigate the news.

A large number of corpses were still in Yishui, and this result made Li Ji shudder.

Cao Cao was by no means a man who was not good at fighting. He must have known that leaving a large number of corpses unattended would likely lead to a plague.

But after the massacre, a large number of corpses were not buried but thrown into the Yishui River, blocking the river and left to stink and rot.

In Li Ji's eyes, there was a 98% chance that Cao Cao deliberately created the plague.

Of course, Li Ji also had to admit that this strategy was a good one to defeat the enemy without fighting, but it was too vicious and too detrimental to the harmony of nature.

In other words, because he had spent more time with Jia Xu, Li Ji's sense of smell in this regard became much sharper. Before entering Xuzhou, Li Ji sensed the scent of that vicious plot.

Once a plague breaks out, Xia Pi City will be the first to be hit.

Even if Liu Bei was not careful, the army might be infected with the plague.

In this case, let alone whether the army can maintain its combat effectiveness, it is unknown how many people can survive.

Therefore, in order to prevent the plague from spreading, Li Ji had no choice but to march into Donghai County as soon as possible, at least to properly bury the bodies in Yishui, to prevent the plague from spreading rapidly through Yishui. However, the "plague" was often shrouded in mystery in the eyes of people of this era, and many people believed it was a punishment from heaven.

It was even more impossible for Li Ji to inform the entire army that a plague might be spreading in the place they were preparing to go to. That would only shake the morale of the army and make everyone afraid.

Therefore, even if Li Ji had made a judgment in his mind, he could not say it out loud. He could only use other means to stabilize the morale of the army and quickly head to Donghai County.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Li Ji's mind, but his face remained calm. After seeing that everyone in the tent had gradually calmed down, he continued to speak.

"Therefore, if we want to break the predicament in Xuzhou, we should try to defeat Cao before Yuan's army arrives in Xuzhou."

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war. The sooner we can enter Donghai County, the more time we have to defeat Cao's army."

After a pause, Li Ji's expression became serious and he shouted.

"All the generals should return to their camps and gather their troops to tell them about the dangers posed by Cao Cao. We must not allow this villain to grow stronger. We should quickly defeat him and avenge the people."

"Starting tomorrow, we will speed up our march. We will light a fire and cook at the end of the Yin hour, and move out of the camp and march at the beginning of the Mao hour. Do you have any questions?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many generals in the camp showed signs of embarrassment.

According to the later concept of time, the end of Yin hour is four o'clock in the morning, which is the time when people are most sleepy. The sky may not even start to get light at Mao hour.

If we look at it from Li Ji's perspective, the army's marching time will probably be more than doubled, which will be a huge test for the soldiers' condition and morale.

However, seeing Li Ji's unquestionable tone, the generals did not dare to raise any objection.

"Yes."

The generals take orders.

Li Ji nodded slightly and said.

"Now that we understand, everyone should return to the camp as soon as possible to make arrangements, and then rest as soon as possible. Don't cause any trouble."

Immediately, after everyone bowed to Li Ji and withdrew, they hurried back to their camps to make arrangements and stabilize the morale of the soldiers in each unit to prevent complaints from arising in the army and causing a decline in morale.

The next day, it was still dark.

The army then set out on the march again under Li Ji's command, urging each unit to move faster all the way until it was completely dark at 10 p.m., and then they rested and cooked.

However, since Tao Qian's internal worries had been resolved and he was in the territory of Xia Pi State, he did not have to worry about being attacked by the Xuzhou army.

Therefore, Li Ji not only sent a large number of scouts to guard the surroundings, but also did not add any burden to the soldiers by setting up camp, and tried his best to leave the soldiers enough time to rest.

The next day, they marched quickly for another day.

The journey was supposed to take nearly five days, but they arrived outside Xia Pi City on the second night.

Since Li Ji had sent someone to inform Liu Bei in advance, Liu Bei had already prepared a lot of meat in Xia Pi City and sent it to the army to reward the soldiers for their hard work in the rapid march.

……

And as Li Ji led his army to Xia Pi City.

The spies sent by Cao Cao to Xia Pi City also sent the information about Liu Bei's arrival in Xia Pi City to Tan County at this time.

When Cao Cao saw the information about "giving up Xuzhou" that was caused by the spies in Xia Pi City, he was so angry that he overturned the table on the spot.

"Liu Da'er!!!" (End of this chapter)