Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"what?!"

Liu Bei's face changed slightly, and he blurted out, "Could it be that Cao Cao has set up an ambush in advance? What about other directions? Have you found any ambushes?"

The scout was silent...

He was only responsible for one direction, and the movements in other directions were not something he could answer.

Liu Bei reacted and realized this. He asked the scout to retreat and turned to look at Li Ji.

Just then, a smile of sudden enlightenment appeared on Li Ji's face, and he said.

"My lord, it seems that Cao Cao really knows Ji very well, and understands that Ji is likely to take advantage of the night to approach and personally gather intelligence."

"That cavalry was probably coming for me from the beginning."

"If our army really wants to attack the camp with a surprise attack, this cavalry will take the opportunity to go around and cut off the retreat of the surprise attack, and also want to capture me in the process."

Liu Bei's face twitched slightly, and he said, "What a treacherous thief Cao is."

"My lord, in this case, why don't we take advantage of their strategy?" Li Ji asked.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei waved his hand and said without even understanding the specific meaning of the content.

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Cao's cavalry is less than five miles away. It may be too late to discuss with Bei. Zikun should just give the order directly."

"it is good!"

Li Ji nodded and looked around.

There were quite a few generals accompanying him on this trip. In addition to Zhang Fei and Tian Yu, who were the main commanders of the two cavalry units, there were also Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, and Zhou Tai.

Li Ji, who wanted to tire out the enemy, would not have brought so many generals with him.

But Liu Bei was threatened by Cao Cao with words during the day, so out of caution he deliberately brought Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai along as well.

This means that Li Ji now has a lot more generals available.

"Han Sheng, listen to my orders..."

"Yide, listen to my orders..."

"Youping, obey orders..."

As Li Ji gave orders in a hurried tone, each general was assigned a task. Except for Xu Chu and the three hundred tiger guards who were left behind to provide protection, the ten thousand cavalrymen under his command were all assigned tasks.

After each general received his orders and left, Li Ji opened the folding fan in his hand, fanned himself with air, then turned to Liu Bei and said with a smile.

"My lord, Cao's army does not have many cavalry. I'm afraid these 3,000 cavalry are what Cao Cao saved by selling everything he had. If all these 3,000 cavalry were kept, Cao Cao would vomit blood."

"And without any available cavalry, Cao Cao will lose the initiative on the battlefield..."

The importance of cavalry is beyond doubt.

Perhaps the light cavalry would be defeated if they charged directly into the elite Han army that was waiting in large-scale battle array. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not have left behind the great reputation of "one Han against five Barbarians".

The most typical example is that Li Ling, the grandson of Li Guang of the Western Han Dynasty, led 5,000 elite Han troops out of the border and was besieged by 80,000 cavalry led by the Xiongnu Chanyu. The two sides fought for many days, and finally the Han army was defeated when it ran out of arrows and food.

In the grassland terrain, the Xiongnu, which was ten times larger than the Han army, could not attack by force. They had to wear down the 5,000 Han army bit by bit until they ran out of arrows and food before they were defeated.

It is conceivable that the large-scale array of the Han army had a huge advantage over the light cavalry.

This was also the reason why Li Ji and Cao Cao tacitly did not use cavalry when the two sides were fighting fiercely during the day. It was indeed because the role that light cavalry could play was limited in that situation.

But if Li Ji could severely damage or even completely annihilate Cao's cavalry, then with the high mobility of the cavalry, the initiative of the war would be completely in Li Ji's hands.

Cao Cao had no available cavalry, which meant that his means of counterattack were minimal.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Ji's eyes seemed to shine brightly under the torch that was lit on the side.

……at the same time.

After Xiahou Dun heard the sound of enemy attack horns in Cao's camp, he hurriedly led the cavalry from outside the camp and rushed to the direction of the horn.

Every move was based on the arrangements made in advance by Cao Cao.

One is to cut off the retreat of the attacking enemy troops;
One is to try to search for Li Ji.

"Yuan Rang, once you find Li Zikun, don't worry about anything else. Capturing Li Zikun alive is the top priority. This man is crucial to the success or failure of my hegemony."

'Remember, do not harm his life, otherwise Liu Da'er will use all his troops to avenge him. Capture him alive! Remember to capture him alive!'

While Xiahou Dun kept recalling Cao Cao's instructions in his mind, he ordered his cavalry to slow down and spread out as much as possible on the left and right sides, carefully exploring the surrounding areas for any trace of Li Ji.

However, as Xiahou Dun continued to approach the direction where the horn sounded from Cao's camp, he sensed something was wrong.

Quiet!

So quiet!

If someone was attacking the camp, Cao's camp should not be so quiet.

"Could it be that the enemy troops who attacked the camp saw that the situation was hopeless and retreated without hesitation?"

Xiahou Dun was secretly guessing, his brows furrowed, when suddenly a loud noise like thunder rang out in the dark night.

"Zhang Yide from Yan is here, General Cao, die quickly!"

The next moment, on the flank of the cavalry where Xiahou Dun had intentionally slowed down his speed, Zhang Fei took the lead and charged with three thousand cavalry.

"It happened!"

Xiahou Dun's face suddenly changed.

It should be noted that in order to maximize the possibility of searching for Li Ji's location, Xiahou Dun deliberately ordered the cavalry to spread out a considerable distance to the left and right and search forward in a network-like manner.

This is correct.

But the problem is that once this loose cavalry formation encounters a cavalry raid, it is difficult to form an effective resistance.

For a moment, the cavalry led by Zhang Fei was almost like a tiger descending from a mountain. There seemed to be no obstacles wherever they passed, and they cut the cavalry led by Xiahou Dun in half.

While Zhang Fei led the cavalry to charge, Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai each led two thousand cavalry to attack the front and rear of Cao's army, which was cut in half.

"Nanyang Huang Zhong is here, the thief will die!"

"Jiujiang Zhou Tai is here, who dares to stop me?"

In the hazy night, the cavalry of Cao's army felt as if they were completely surrounded by enemies on all sides, and chaos suddenly broke out.

No matter how Xiahou Dun, whose command ability was mediocre to begin with, tried to reorganize his army, he could only barely gather a hundred cavalrymen in such a chaotic environment.

The shouting and screaming outside Cao's camp also made Cao Cao, who had rushed to the edge of the camp without stopping, change his face. He realized that the worst situation might have happened.

Xiahou Dun, who had originally arranged to ambush Li Ji outside, was ambushed instead.

Immediately, Cao Cao ordered generals such as Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Yu Jin in the camp to lead their troops out of the camp to rescue.

The next moment, Tian Yu led three thousand white horse volunteers and released a wave of arrows that covered the camp gate, shooting down hundreds of soldiers who were caught off guard.

Tian Yu led the White Horse Volunteers to retreat without any reluctance, as if he had given up the idea of ​​continuing to obstruct Cao's army from coming out of the camp to rescue.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves fading away, Cao Cao hurriedly stopped the generals who were preparing to leave the camp under the rain of arrows.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster...

Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, looked at the dark environment outside the camp and hesitated, wondering if Li Ji had set up a heavy ambush outside. (End of this chapter)