Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The sound is like thunder, and its force is unstoppable!

Zhang Fei, riding a black horse treading on the snow and holding a Zhangba Snake Spear, stood across the bridge. He looked down upon the 60,000 enemy soldiers as nothing more than chickens and dogs, and exuded awe-inspiring power.

Seeing that no one among the 60,000 soldiers dared to answer, Zhang Fei, who was in a dominant position, shouted again.

"Someone come and fight me to the death!"

The sound was like thunder coming out of nowhere, and the lingering sound kept echoing in the ears of Cao's soldiers, shocking the Cao army, which had been rushing on the road for half a day under Cao Cao's urging, into a commotion.

Zhang Fei's eyes, like copper bells, turned and he suddenly discovered Cao Cao and a group of generals hiding in the front army and spying on him.

Zhang Fei pointed the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand in the direction of Cao Cao and shouted loudly.

"Hey! Why don't you come up and surrender quickly, Cao thief?!"

The sound startled the Jueying horse under Cao Cao's crotch and made it restless, and the mounts of the other generals also neighed continuously.

A soldier standing in front of Cao Cao seemed to think that the Zhang Fei's Snake Spear was pointing at him, and was so frightened that he fell to the ground and died.

Dian Wei, who was protecting Cao Cao, pulled Jueying's reins with one hand, forcibly calmed Jueying's restlessness, and said loudly.

"This barbarian is really rude. My lord, please allow me to fight him to the death."

When the generals came to their senses, they were all ashamed and angry that they were frightened by Zhang Fei and his horse and had to hesitate to move forward, and they all asked for their lives.

"Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? Please allow me to fight, lord."

"Zhang Fei is really hateful. How dare one man and one horse shout in front of the lord? He should be killed."

"Let me fight..."

Amidst the calls for battle, Cao Cao suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone from talking.

Immediately, Cao Cao's gaze swept across Zhang Fei, looked at the small river less than ten feet below, and then looked at the dense forest on the opposite bank, where he didn't know whether there were ambushes.

Dusk is approaching...

Cao Cao couldn't help but become suspicious.

After all, we have been looking for the marching traces left by Liu Bei's army all the way, but the Liyang Bridge completely cuts off all the traces.

With Zhang Fei blocking the Liyang Bridge, it was impossible for Cao's scouts to get through and detect any traces of Liu Bei's army.

bluff?

Or is there an ambush?

Cao Cao seemed to be back in the same predicament as last night.

With Zhang Fei, a man with ten thousand men blocking the Liyang Bridge, even if Dian Wei was sent to fight, the outcome would not be determined in a short time.

It is safer to send a small force to force their way through Liyang Bridge to investigate, but I am afraid they will never return.

If the entire army pressed forward, and if Liu Bei's army really did not go far and chose to ambush in the dense forest at the rear, the dilemma faced by Cao's army would be that they would be outnumbered and attacked halfway across the river.

Just as Cao Cao was frowning and in embarrassment, Zhang Fei shouted again towards the 60,000-strong army.

"Fight but not fight, retreat but never retreat, but why?"

Suddenly, with Zhang Fei's loud shout, the morale of Cao's army dropped again, and chaos broke out everywhere.

At this moment, Cao Cao realized that he was in a difficult situation.

Bet... there is no ambush behind the bridge?
Cao Cao didn't dare to gamble.

Cao Cao was even more worried that they would waste time here. It was completely dark and they still hadn't been able to set up camp. Liu Bei's army might just take advantage of the situation and attack directly, which would also be bad. "Retreat! Retreat!! Retreat!!!"

Cao Cao shouted three times unwillingly, ignored the requests of his generals to fight, turned his horse around and retreated to the rear.

Suddenly, the mighty army of 60,000 slowly retreated like the tide.

This scene made Zhang Fei's already round eyes even rounder.

Really retired?
Did Zikun really guess it right?

Am I already powerful enough to drive away 60,000 soldiers?

However, Zhang Fei remembered Li Ji's instructions and did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he stood on Liyang Bridge and watched Cao's army retreat.

Not only Zhang Fei was extremely surprised, but Xu Chu and Chen Dao in the dense forest behind also looked at Li Ji with respect as if he were a god.

Originally, when Li Ji asked Zhang Fei to guard Liyang Bridge alone, Xu Chu and Chen Dao couldn't help but feel that it was too unrealistic to scare off 60,000 soldiers with just one person.

Even if Cao's army was worried about an ambush in the rear, they would at least send people to test it out, and then they would know for sure whether there was an ambush or not.

But Cao's army retreated so hastily.

Chen Dao, who usually seems taciturn, now speaks out a series of confusing points like a string of arrows.

"Commander-in-chief, I don't understand why Cao's army retreated after being frightened by General Yide?"

"Cao Cao is also an expert at using troops. No matter how brave General Yide is, we can force him to retreat with a rain of arrows, and then send a small force across the bridge to investigate. Naturally, we will know whether there are any ambushes."

Li Ji took off the helmet that Xu Chu had forced on his head not long ago, stuffed it into Xu Chu's arms, and then wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve.

It was late summer, and the weather was quite hot and humid even near dusk.

Hiding in the dense forest and wearing a helmet on his head, Li Ji was sweating profusely.

However, Xu Chu was also worried about Li Ji's safety. He was afraid that if Cao's army forced their way through the bridge, Li Ji might be hit by a hail of arrows, so he forced Li Ji to wear a helmet.

"It's normal that Cao Cao didn't send a small force across the bridge. After all, Cao Cao sent a small force out of the camp to investigate last night out of caution, but ended up delaying the opportunity to fight."

"Besides, it's almost dusk, and the sky is getting dark..."

Li Ji opened his folding fan and fanned himself before continuing.

"If there are ambushes on the other side, then another force has been lost in vain; if there are no ambushes on the other side, then Cao Cao will have wasted a lot of time by the time the small force completes the investigation and reports the results, and will also not be able to cross the bridge in time today."

"Therefore, regardless of whether there were ambushes on the other side, the final result was the same. Cao Cao chose to retreat and set up camp to rest his army out of caution. This is undoubtedly the choice that a skilled warrior would make."

Xu Chu was confused by Li Ji's calm explanation, but Chen Dao looked thoughtful...

It seemed that Zhang Fei alone was able to repel 60,000 soldiers, but in fact, what made Cao Cao wary was not only the ambush, but also the fact that he made full use of the weather and terrain.

"Uncle Zhi bows in admiration."

Chen Dao said respectfully.

Compared with other generals, Chen Dao had limited contact time with Li Ji. After being reused by Liu Bei, he had been training Bai Li soldiers.

Therefore, even though Chen Dao had heard the rumors about the National Scholar countless times, he was still far from being as shocked as experiencing it so closely.

The 60,000-strong army was easily manipulated by Guo Shihou, who easily forced the 60,000 soldiers to retreat several miles and set up camp.

Li Ji smiled and returned the greeting, then looked back at the Cao army that was about to disappear completely in the distance. (End of this chapter)