Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 667: Reversing the trend is easy

But for Dian Wei, his consciousness was almost completely overwhelmed by the pain, and his body was almost mechanically and madly killing the enemy troops approaching him, without even the slightest thought of escaping.

adhere to!

persist in!!
Keep going!!!
The longer he holds on, the more hope his lord has of escaping.

In a trance, Dian Wei seemed to see a clear picture of the past: killing for a friend and hiding in the mountains; chasing a tiger across a stream and getting to know Xiahou; holding up a flag with one arm in the army and being appreciated and reused by the lord, he was given the title "Elai"...

Suddenly, Dian Wei felt his body lighter than ever before. A 10-foot-long snake spear pierced Dian Wei's chest, and his originally crazy movements finally came to a halt.

At this moment of pause, another seven lances stabbed into Dian Wei's body from different directions.

The next moment, the Zhangba Snake Spear and seven lances were pulled out at the same time.

Dian Wei's body had long been completely stained with blood, and even the stabbed wounds had stopped bleeding. He seemed to have lost the strength to support himself.

"Oh!"

Just when Dian Wei's body was about to fall, Dian Wei incredibly mustered a bit of strength and stepped hard with his foot to steady his body. He raised the iron halberd in his hand and got into a posture ready for fighting again.

This scene shocked everyone including Zhang Fei.

Not to mention that Dian Wei was severely injured by the fire, he was also repeatedly injured after fighting for a long time. He was just stabbed by the Zhangba Snake Spear and seven lances. I'm afraid his internal organs must have been riddled with holes. How could he possibly move?
After three full breaths, Zhang Fei had an idea and walked straight to the motionless Dian Wei. Only then did he realize that Dian Wei, who was still standing on the bridge, had already stopped breathing.

"A true warrior."

Zhang Fei sighed, and the cavalrymen on his left and right also looked at Dian Wei with eyes full of awe.

Just as a cavalryman was about to draw his sword and chop off Dian Wei's head as a military merit as per custom, Zhang Fei spoke up to stop him.

"Cao is a shameful and hateful villain, but the bodies of such brave warriors should not be destroyed and should be left intact..."

After a pause, Zhang Fei's eyes fell on the pair of iron halberds in Dian Wei's hands. He took them directly and said.

"You can take this iron halberd with you as a souvenir."

Immediately, Zhang Fei climbed onto the Snow-Treading Black Horse that was led over and looked towards the south bank, but Cao Cao had already disappeared without a trace.

More importantly, the cavalry under Zhang Fei had been fighting back and forth for a long time and were also exhausted and damaged.

As Cao's army gradually reacted, many of Cao's generals began to lead their trusted men to gather the fleeing soldiers. Even if they continued to charge, not only would the results be limited, but the losses of their cavalry would also inevitably begin to increase dramatically.

Immediately, Zhang Fei shouted with a voice like thunder and began to lead the scattered cavalry to retreat.

Some of Cao's generals wanted to stop them, but they had no means to do so. They could only watch the cavalry, who had been fighting for a long time, quickly retreat.

……

In the rear, in a camp that had been built for the most part, Cao Cao, still in shock, fled back to the big tent. He ignored Xun You, who had a very low sense of presence in the tent, and repeatedly ordered to support the fleeing soldiers and reorganize the troops...

However, before Cao Cao could respond, he learned that Zhang Fei had already led the cavalry to retreat.

This result made Cao Cao feel as if he had thrown a punch with his last breath only to have it land on empty air. He sat in the big tent in a daze, following the returning generals of Cao one by one, waiting for reports of the results.

Xiahou Jie, Xiahou En, and Cao Anmin all died in battle...

"Brother, I counted carefully. Half of Dian Wei's body was severely burned. He was pierced by thirteen arrows, two knife wounds, and eleven spear wounds of varying sizes. Although he was dead, he still stood firm, and his body was almost drained of blood."

Listening to Xiahou Dun's somewhat sad report, Cao Cao felt as if he had been hit hard, and his headache came back again, making Cao Cao's face horrible. However, at a time when the morale of the army was low, Cao Cao did not dare to show the slightest cowardice, and spoke calmly while forcing himself to remain calm.

"Everyone go out and leave me alone."

"Yes."

Everyone, who were either covered in dust or in a state of disgrace, slowly left the big tent, returning it to silence.

Ten breaths after everyone left, Cao Cao could no longer resist and roared, "It hurts so much!"

The splitting headache seemed to last only about thirty breaths, but also seemed to last for an hour or two. When the headache completely subsided, Cao Cao felt like he had been fished out of the water.

However, when Cao Cao sat down again, he suddenly found Xun You standing motionless in the corner of the tent.

"Why didn't Gongda obey the order and leave the tent?"

Cao Cao spoke with a normal expression, but there was a hint of murderous intent and anger in his eyes.

The reason why Cao Cao did not immediately order the execution of Xun You who dared to disobey his orders was that he took into consideration Xun You's status as Xun Yu's nephew and was worried that it would cause dissatisfaction among Xun Yu.

Xun You did not rush to answer, but looked at Cao Cao's calm expression which seemed to have buried all negative emotions.

'He was defeated but never showed any sign of defeat or discouragement, and he had a murderous heart but no external disturbance... He is a true hero.'

At this moment, Xun You finally agreed with Xun Yu's judgment a little more, and sighed secretly in his heart.

"But my uncle underestimated the country's heroes. This time they were defeated so thoroughly. It would be risky to try to reverse the situation with only these remnants of the defeated army."

Xun You, who had rushed over from Tan County at this moment, originally wanted to wait and see how the situation would develop.

But what Xun You never expected was that just after arriving, he learned that Cao Cao had suffered a devastating defeat and nearly died.

However, this actually made Xun You see a side of Cao Cao that was worthy of attention: he remained calm and composed even after suffering such a great defeat.

At this moment, Xun You finally confirmed that Cao Cao was by no means a mediocre person who was cruel only to outsiders, but a hero who would do anything to achieve his goals and had a tough mind.

Without this kind of courage and determination to survive at the risk of death, the strategy discussed by Xun Yu and Xun You would be useless to Cao Cao.

However, Cao Cao stared at Xun You's dazed and foolish expression, and his patience had reached its limit. He was just about to order Xun You, whose intentions were unclear, to be dragged away and imprisoned.

Xun You stepped forward and bowed.

When Xun You stood up again, the foolish look on his face remained the same, but his eyes, which usually seemed absent-minded, now appeared deep and wise.

This made Cao Cao subconsciously swallow back the words he was about to say. At the same time, Xun You said something in a calm tone that shocked Cao Cao so much that he stood up on the spot.

"I have a plan that can help you reverse the situation and establish hegemony."

Cao Cao walked up to Xun You, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and said in a hurry, "If Gongda can help me achieve my ambition, I will not let him down."

Xun You looked down at Cao Cao's bare feet, and listened to Cao Cao's words, whose first reaction was not to question but to promise a great favor.

Even though Xun You didn't know how much of it was a show, he still couldn't help feeling moved.

"I dare not speak rashly, but reversing the situation... is as easy as pie."

(End of this chapter)