Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

And with Cao Cao's order, Cao's army moved and attacked forward together.

They bypassed the area where the fire was and attacked the dense forest from different directions.

Moreover, with the trees in the dense forest acting as a barrier, the effect of the rain of arrows was quite limited.

Before Cao's army rushed out of the dense forest, the lethality of the rain of arrows was limited;

After rushing out of the dense forest, the distance between the two armies was so close that they were about to engage in close combat. The rain of arrows might accidentally injure comrades and cause a collapse in morale.

So in this battlefield illuminated by fire, a brutal battle began.

Cao Cao's level of battle command was first-rate in the world, and Li Ji was like a machine without a single mistake, mobilizing 20,000 soldiers to counterattack Cao's army that kept rushing out of the dense forest.

However, this time it was Cao Cao who seemed to have the advantage in terrain and military strength.

Even though the two armies seemed to be in a stalemate for a while, there were still a steady stream of troops arriving from behind Cao Cao.

The 20,000 ambush troops under Li Ji's command were already a bit of a stretch when they were distributed to various locations outside the dense forest.

Even though Li Ji continued to mobilize troops to resist Cao's offensive, like robbing Peter to pay Paul, it was obviously not a long-term solution.

This scene was noticed not only by Li Ji and Cao Cao, but also by many generals in Cao's army, which further boosted the morale of Cao's army.

At this moment, Xu Chu, who was protecting Li Ji's chariot on both sides, had subconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword and reminded him with a somewhat tense expression.

"My Lord, we must retreat!"

Since Li Ji had limited troops and they had to be distributed to various locations outside the dense forest, the "thickness" of the ambush formation was quite limited.

In particular, Cao Cao frequently sent heavy troops to attack in the direction where Li Ji was. Before he knew it, the nearest Cao army had broken through to within fifty steps of Li Ji.

Fifty steps is already a very dangerous distance, and Li Ji may be affected at any time.

Xu Chu was on high alert, always on guard against sneak attacks on Li Ji, ready to block the arrows for Li Ji at any time.

Facing Xu Chu's somewhat nervous reminder, Li Ji still spoke in a calm tone as usual.

"No hurry, let the fire burn for a while."

When Xu Chu heard this, he was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down.

For Xu Chu, the task Liu Bei gave him was only one from beginning to end, and that was to ensure Li Ji's safety.

For this purpose, Liu Bei even explicitly left a handwritten order with his seal to Xu Chu, which allowed Xu Chu to take Li Ji away by force in case of emergency, and no matter how much loss was caused, it would be a merit.

Seeing that Cao's army was getting closer, they were now within forty steps.

Xu Chu moved, and when he was about to be rude to Li Ji, Li Ji seemed to see through Xu Chu's thoughts. While he continued to command the army, he gave Xu Chu a calm look.

Under this look, Xu Chu felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on him, and he didn't dare to have the slightest thought of doing anything rash.

Liu Bei would certainly not hide from Li Ji what kind of warrant he left for Xu Chu, so as to avoid any disaster at a critical moment.

More importantly, whether Liu Bei had left a warrant for Xu Chu early on or had specifically informed Li Ji about the warrant, his original intention was to warn Li Ji not to put himself in danger.

However, even though he saw Xu Chu was temporarily intimidated by his eyes, Li Ji still spoke up to comfort him.

"Don't worry, Zhongkang. Just wait and see how I defeat the enemy."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Xu Chu responded in a muffled voice, but his expression was still nervous as he stared at the battle situation in front of him, on guard against any arrows heading towards Li Ji.

When Xiahou Yuan was forty steps away from Li Ji, he could clearly see Li Ji's face, and there was a hint of anger in his expression.

Xiahou Yuan and Li Ji had met quite a few times, and Xiahou Yuan admired Li Ji privately. However, as Cao and Liu fell out and each served their own master, that little personal relationship was naturally not enough for the two sides to have any mercy on the battlefield.

More importantly, Xiahou Dun was blinded in one eye by a stray arrow, which made Xiahou Yuan feel both regretful and angry.

There is no doubt that Xiahou Dun's ambush was the work of Li Ji, which made Xiahou Yuan particularly angry at Li Ji. He even fought hard in the front just to avenge Xiahou Dun.

"Little Li Ji, give my brother back one eye."

Xiahou Yuan found an opportunity and shot an arrow at Li Ji with lightning speed.

However, the arrow was intercepted by Xu Chu halfway.

Perhaps when he was just starting out, Li Ji would have felt a little afraid of fighting on the battlefield.

But after years of fighting, the number of enemy soldiers who died directly or indirectly at Li Ji's hands on the battlefield was no less than 100,000. It was far from being worthy of being called a "human butcher", but those ten slender fingers were undoubtedly stained with blood.

A mere cold arrow was not enough to change Li Ji's color. Li Ji didn't even keep his gaze on Xiahou Yuan for a moment.

This kind of indifference made Xiahou Yuan even more angry, but he also knew that Xu Chu was protecting Li Ji, and the cold arrow could not hurt Li Ji at all.

Immediately, Xiahou Yuan personally led his trusted guards to charge forward again, intending to break through the siege and directly attack the position of the big flag where Li Ji was.

However, as Xiahou Yuan advanced further, the Bai Li soldiers led by Chen Dao, who were deployed by Li Ji in front of the chariot, appeared in front of Xiahou Yuan.

Dark black heavy armor with white markings on both sides of the helmet.

White Li soldiers!
Xiahou Yuan was shocked. Naturally, he had some impression of this heavily armored army that had briefly appeared in front of the world in Wu County.

But since then, the Bai Li soldiers who were feared by the princes and heroes were never sent to the battlefield by Liu Bei, and Chen Dao continued to train the troops silently.

This was undoubtedly the first battle of the Bai Li soldiers.

What shocked Xiahou Yuan even more was that the Bai Li soldiers were no longer holding huge shields, but were holding a two-edged straight sword with a long handle.

The strange and ferocious appearance of the heavy Mo Dao made Xiahou Yuan subconsciously feel frightened.

However, the arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.

Breaking through the big banner where Li Ji is located is the key to a quick victory in this battle. Moreover, no one knows the value of Li Ji better than Xiahou Yuan.

Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, Xiahou Yuan will wade through them.

However, looking at the ferocious and terrifying appearance of the Bai Li soldiers, Xiahou Yuan subconsciously slowed down his pace, letting the soldiers on his left and right pass him and rush towards the Bai Li soldiers first.

Facing the approaching Cao's army, Chen Dao, the commander of the Bai Li soldiers, kept a calm expression beneath his mask, but there was a hint of heat in his eyes.

After years of sharpening my sword and training my soldiers, today I can finally test my prowess!
Even after some Cao soldiers armed with spears had already stabbed the Bai Li soldiers, the Bai Li soldiers who were attacked remained motionless.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

A series of harsh sounds rang out.

Chen Dao just suddenly let out a low shout.

"tread!"

Suddenly, the Bai Li soldiers in the first row took a step forward together.

Chen Dao roared and shouted.

"Kill!!!" (End of this chapter)