Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Sweet dreams?

This is probably just the beginning, and it doesn't give Cao's army any chance to dream at all.

Cao Cao endured the pain in his head, thinking about the current situation and how to defeat the enemy.

This is undoubtedly a strategy to tire out the enemy, but it is extremely difficult to break it in a short time.

Previously, Cao Cao judged that Li Ji would sneak into the camp, so he did not set traps outside the camp to avoid alerting the enemy.

In addition, Cao Cao had just lost 90% of his cavalry. Even if he wanted to send cavalry to drive away and kill the small groups of harassing cavalry, there was no one available.

More importantly, Cao Cao could not and dared not order the entire army to completely ignore this harassment and sleep peacefully, otherwise Li Ji might turn the harassment into a violent attack and directly attack the camp.

If they are careless in defense, thousands of cavalrymen will be enough to trample the entire camp.

Facing Li Ji, Cao Cao did not dare to reveal such a serious flaw.

It was the middle of the night, and even if Cao Cao wanted to change the horn sound representing an enemy attack, it would be difficult to convey it to Cao's army.

The bloodshot in Cao Cao's eyes became even more intense, and the pain was still getting worse. He just sat at the door of the tent in a daze.

After about two quarters of an hour, the turmoil in Cao's camp slowly calmed down again, and the Cao army soldiers were preparing to rest again.

The short horn sounds representing the enemy attack once again rang out from all directions of Cao's camp, once again waking up large numbers of Cao's soldiers.

'really! ’

Cao Cao closed his eyelids slightly and couldn't help but take a deep breath. The last bit of hope he had was completely extinguished.

After confirming the destruction of Cao's cavalry, Li Ji had no intention of quitting while he was ahead. Instead, he prepared to carry out the strategy of tiring the enemy to the end, knowing for sure that Cao's army would have no way to counterattack for a while.

This was a harassment that lasted all night.

Until the sky was slightly bright, the figures of the White Horse Volunteers outside Cao’s camp could gradually be seen.

In order to prevent Cao's army from counterattacking with a rain of arrows and causing unnecessary casualties, the Baima Yicong, who had tormented Cao's army all night, quickly retreated like clouds and mist.

It was already dawn, but the entire Cao army camp was too quiet.

Without the torment of the horn sounds that lasted all night, almost all the Cao army soldiers were immersed in sleep, and only the occasional snoring sounds continued in the Cao army camp.

Cao Cao, who had also stayed awake all night in the central army tent, still did not dare to fall asleep. Instead, after daybreak, he hurriedly sent scouts to investigate the situation in Liu Bei's camp.

The severe losses of the cavalry made every scout particularly important.

Before daybreak, when the White Horse Volunteers were wandering around Cao's camp, Cao Cao did not dare to send out the scouts for fear that they would be shot to death by the White Horse Volunteers.

Once even the scouts are gone, even if Cao Cao has 100,000 soldiers, he will be just a blind man.

After thinking about it all night, what Cao Cao was most worried about was that Li Ji would lead a large army to attack his camp.

Cao's army was exhausted, and even if they had the advantage of occupying the camp, it would not be easy to defend it.

Moreover, if Li Ji continued to attack during the day and did not set any traps for Cao Cao outside the camp, he would continue to be harassed by the White Horse Volunteers at night.

How long can the will of Cao's soldiers last under such high pressure day and night without collapsing?
Three days?

Or five days?

When Cao Cao thought of this, his brows furrowed and sweat broke out. He felt as if a mountain of pressure suddenly pressed down on his heart.

If he made a mistake, he would be completely trapped in Li Ji's rhythm and would have no chance of turning around.

If Li Ji really did this, how could he break the impasse? This was almost an open conspiracy relying on the superiority of military strength and cavalry, and Cao Cao had no idea how to break it.

Cao Cao's eyes were bloodshot, but at this moment he didn't even feel sleepy.

……

At the same time, in Liu Bei's camp.

After personally confirming the destruction of Cao Cao's cavalry last night, Li Ji left the corresponding orders to the White Horse Volunteers to tire out the enemy, and returned to the camp early with Liu Bei to rest.

Although he only rested for two and a half hours and was still sleepy, at least he had slept for a while. After Xu Chu brought him a basin of cold water to wash his face, Li Ji was basically awake.

It was already the morning hour, and the soldiers in the camp had already gotten up to make fire and cook. A unique scent of cooking smoke filled the camp.

As early as last night when it was decided that Liu Bei and Li Ji would personally lead the cavalry out to tire out the enemy, it was decided to hold a military meeting at 5:00 a.m.

Therefore, after washing his face, Li Ji hurried to the central military tent to meet Liu Bei, and then participated in the military meeting together.

During the military meeting, generals such as Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Tian Yu stood up one after another and reported in detail the specific events and results of last night.

Although Liu Bei and Li Ji witnessed the destruction of Cao's cavalry with their own eyes, the details were not clear to them, not to mention the fact that Tian Yu later led 3,000 white horse volunteers to defeat the exhausted enemy.

Among them, when he heard Huang Zhong report that he had shot and blinded an unknown Cao general, and that the Cao general pulled out the arrow and ate his eyes on the spot.

Li Ji's fingers, which were casually tapping the fan bones, paused, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

Could that unlucky guy happen to be Xiahou Dun?

However, the battlefield was in chaos and darkness at the time, and Huang Zhong could not identify the enemy generals. In addition, the Xiahou brothers did not dare to announce their names for fear of attracting an enemy attack.

Therefore, Huang Zhong still does not know the specific identities of the Xiahou brothers. He only knows from their armor that they are Cao generals of high status.

Huang Zhong's tone could not hide his regret for not being able to kill the enemy general in battle, so much so that Liu Bei said something to comfort him.

"It was dark at night and the battlefield was in chaos. It was not their fault that they escaped. Han Sheng does not need to take it to heart. If we meet them again someday, it will not be too late for Han Sheng to kill them."

"Yes, my lord."

Huang Zhong may not appreciate the care, but he was extremely grateful for Liu Bei's trust, and he responded in a deep voice.

As for Zhang Fei and Zhou Tai, they didn't catch any big fish.

Especially when Zhang Fei rushed forward with a loud voice and unclear vision, Cao's army almost retreated as soon as they heard the sound, so Zhang Fei rushed back and forth several times, but the results were very few, far less than Zhou Tailai's.

And when Tian Yu stepped forward to report, this usually taciturn man also spoke briefly.

"I followed the Marquis' order and harassed Cao's army every two quarters from Chou hour until the beginning of Mao hour. Cao's army never dared to leave the camp to drive them away. Countless people in Cao's camp could not sleep."

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Li Ji was shocked. He then asked several questions about the reactions of Cao's army camp and confirmed that there were probably very few people in the entire Cao's army camp who could actually fall asleep for a moment last night.

Under normal circumstances, staying up all night is nothing.

However, Cao's army had fought for a long time during the day, and then had to go back and forth at night, which was a huge physical and mental burden on them.

Li Ji said with a smile on his face.

"At this moment, more than 90% of the soldiers in Cao's camp are probably fast asleep." (End of this chapter)