Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, Li Ji suddenly spoke.

"Cao Mengde, even if we die, we will die to support the Han Dynasty and die with benevolence. How can my lord go against the idea of ​​benevolence even if he seeks revenge?"

This sentence is decisive.

Because others may not know, but in the original plot, because of the deaths of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei spared no effort to raise an army to seek revenge on Dongwu, but there was no record of massacre in the city.

Until his death, Liu Bei did not go against his benevolence and vent his anger and resentment on the people of Dongwu.

As Li Ji finished speaking, Zhang Fei's thunder-like voice rang out from behind, roaring.

"Bullshit! You, a thief, used your father as an excuse to massacre and plunder the city. Does your father know about this in his netherworld? Do you think your father will be able to get away with the dead and injured people in his netherworld?"

"It's possible that you killed fiercely in Xuzhou, and your father was tortured by fierce revenge in the underworld. You are really a filial son."

These vulgar remarks made Cao Cao's face show some anger. He looked in the direction of Zhang Fei, wishing he could tear Zhang Fei's mouth apart.

However, after being interrupted by Li Ji and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei suppressed his worries and spoke loudly.

"Cao Cao, no matter how eloquent you are, you can't hide the heinous crimes you have committed..."

After a pause, Liu Bei suddenly drew his sword and said.

"As a relative of the Han dynasty, how can I associate with a traitor like you?"

The next moment, in front of both armies, Liu Bei swung his sword, cut off a piece of his robe, threw it on the ground, and announced.

"Today, I have severed my friendship with Cao Cao. I have only an irreconcilable hatred for him. If I don't kill this villain, I will be like this!"

These powerful words not only demonstrated his stance, but also boosted the morale of his soldiers.

"Good good!"

Cao Cao, who had originally planned to use Liu Bei's temper to delay for a while, saw this and spoke with a sullen face.

"In that case, let's see who's better on the battlefield."

Immediately, both Liu Bei and Cao Cao retreated to the central army respectively.

After returning to the central army, Liu Bei did not try to show off his strength, but instead handed the command flag to Li Ji and said.

"Zikun, the command of the army is now handed over to you."

"I will not let my lord down."

Li Ji took the command flag and then got on the chariot prepared in advance with Liu Bei.

The area where Liu and Cao were located this time was generally a flat plain.

Liu Bei's army had about 100,000 troops, while Cao Cao's army consisted of 50,000 troops and 10,000 elite troops of Yuan Shao who were deployed on the east side to guard the flank.

However, due to its proximity to Yishui on the west side, it has certain advantages over the weaker side, as it allows one flank of the army to be naturally protected by the terrain.

One hundred thousand versus sixty thousand.

In terms of military strength, Li Ji undoubtedly had the advantage.

During the pre-war conversation, Li Ji also took the opportunity to carefully observe the enemy's military formation and secretly formed several judgments in his mind.

As the command flag was waved, the three armies of Liu Bei began to advance together.

Cao Cao frowned when he saw this scene.

"Come on with the whole army right from the start? Is that confidence? Or is it that you don't know how to fight?"

Cao Cao undoubtedly preferred the former, and he also knew that given Liu Bei's trust in Li Ji, it should be Li Zikun who was commanding the army at this moment.

In the Battle of Jingzhou, Li Zikun defeated Yuan Shu on the front battlefield with a weak force, and became famous throughout the world.

No longer regarded as a mere strategist, people now understood that Li Ji was a real talent. "Zi Kun, since we can't be friends, being enemies is also a pleasure in life, so let's fight."

Cao Cao said this silently, and then directly commanded the army to shrink its formation and take a defensive stance.

As the distance between the two armies continued to narrow, they reached the range of the archers' rain of arrows.

Rains of arrows continued to rise from the armies of both sides, falling on the enemy's front line like rain hitting banana leaves.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The collision between arrows and shields made a series of dense noises.

After three waves of arrow rain, there were very few casualties on both sides.

This made Li Ji's eyes narrow slightly.

Cao Cao's ability to command in battle was obviously not comparable to Yuan Shu's.

Under the test of this conventional rain of arrows, there was almost no flaw.

This not only shows that the Qingzhou army was well-trained, but is also closely related to Cao Cao's ability to command in battle.

If we talk about chess pieces, the quality of the soldiers represents the combat effectiveness of the chess pieces themselves, but how the chess pieces cooperate with each other depends entirely on the ability of the commander.

No matter how excellent the soldiers are, they have no idea of ​​the overall direction of the battlefield when they are in a crowded military formation. They have to rely on the commander's command to make a series of responses.

Li Ji felt this way, and so did Cao Cao.
Even though Cao Cao himself had overestimated Li Ji, it was still hard to imagine how Li Ji was able to have such a superb command ability in battle while being proficient in governance and strategy.

"How can there be such a versatile person in this world?"

Cao Cao sighed secretly, but his heart couldn't help but sink.

The more powerful Li Ji is, the more difficult the difficulties Cao Cao will face will undoubtedly be.

After three more waves of arrows, Cao Cao and Li Ji chose to stop this meaningless test and preserve the archers' arm strength.

Archers are extremely difficult to train, and drawing a bow requires extremely high arm strength, second only to large shield soldiers.

Generally speaking, even if an excellent archer shoots ten to fifteen rounds in a row, his arms will become weak and it will take some time to recover.

Therefore, instead of continuing to waste the archers' strength in this meaningless test, Li Ji and Cao Cao subconsciously chose to stop.

However, this unexpected and orderly behavior made Li Ji feel a little strange, so he commanded the front army to advance, while the middle army and the rear army stayed where they were to hold the line.

To the sound of passionate drums.

The vanguard continued to advance towards Cao's army step by step.

Wei Yan and Zhou Tai were the commanders of the vanguard army, leading them to attack Cao's army.

However, the Cao army's front army as a whole remained on the defensive, using large shields as cover to continuously resist the attacks from the front.

The collision between the two sides lasted for a full quarter of an hour, and there were not many casualties.

Even though Zhou Tai led the charge and broke through a corner, he was stopped by Xiahou Dun and was unable to expand the disruption to Cao's front army.

Li Ji did not expect Cao's army to retreat.

The soldiers deployed in the front army are often the most elite part, and it is obviously not so easy to break through.

This situation is somewhat similar to when Yuan Shu led his troops to attack Li Ji.

Even if one side has an advantage in military strength, it is extremely difficult to break through the front of the army head-on. The best way is undoubtedly to attack from the flank and disrupt the opponent's formation.

This made Li Ji turn his gaze to look at Yuan Shao's elite troops led by Zhu Ling. (End of this chapter)