Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Fortunately, Yuan’s army was still some distance away from the main camp. The heavy rain of arrows looked scary, but in fact it only shot down a hundred or so defenseless people.

With the help of a group of Yuan generals led by Ji Ling, the army would not be in chaos.

However, after the frightened Ji Ling had to lead Yuan's army to retreat away from the camp, he was unsure of what to do next.

The camp in front was captured, and Li Ji was threatening from behind.

Although Ji Ling had 90,000 soldiers under his command, he suddenly felt as if he was walking on thin ice and was about to be destroyed at any time.

Immediately, Ji Ling urgently summoned the generals in the army for discussion, and Chang Xi, who had escaped alone, was among them.

Originally, Chang Xi thought that Ji Ling had summoned all the generals to discuss matters, and that he might have a good plan, or he might be preparing to counterattack at night.

But what made Chang Xi feel disappointed was that the generals of Yuan's army, who had 90,000 soldiers under their command, seemed to be frightened by Li Ji, a mere scholar, and everyone proposed a strategic shift.

After Ji Ling suggested that they should quickly evacuate Pengcheng State under the cover of night and return the army to Xiaoxian County of Pei State, which was less than a hundred miles away, almost everyone agreed.

More importantly, the Yuan army failed to capture Pengcheng and was instead attacked by Li Ji's men who stole the camp, leaving Yuan's army with no place to stay in Pengcheng for a while.

Besides, who in Yuan’s army didn’t know about the reputation of Guo Shihou?

As night fell, all of Yuan's generals, including Ji Ling, wanted to stay away from Li Ji. Naturally, everyone supported the army's retreat to Pei State.

It sounds good in name, that is, turning from offense to defense, and waiting to see the direction of Pengcheng State and then asking Yuan Shu for instructions before making a decision.

Among them, Chang Xi was actually opposed to it. He wanted Ji Ling to try to achieve military results in Pengcheng, preferably to capture Pengcheng. Otherwise, what merit and status would Chang Xi, who had just surrendered, have?

At this moment, Chang Xi couldn't help but have the idea of ​​rebelling against Yuan's army, but there were not even a few available people around him. Even if Chang Xi wanted to go to Taishan County, he didn't dare to do so, so he had to stay in Yuan's army.

At this moment, the sky has completely darkened.

After the camp was captured, Yuan's army had no place to rest and no food supplies. They only carried some rations with them, which could barely stabilize the morale of Yuan's army.

After all, Xiao County is not far away. If we march quickly all the way at night, we can enter Xiao County to rest by noon tomorrow at the earliest, or by dusk tomorrow at the latest.

At this moment, Ji Ling had no better choice but to order all units of Yuan's army to remain vigilant at all times to guard against enemy ambushes or attacks, and then the army turned around with torches and headed straight towards Xiao County.

The risks of marching at night are always high, not to mention that Ji Ling felt that there might be an enemy ambush at any time, so he had no choice but to be careful.

Not only Ji Ling, but all the soldiers in Yuan's army were in a state of panic throughout the march.

However, as time passed, Ji Ling led the army on the journey for half a night until the end of the Chou hour, which was also the time when people were most tired.

Seeing that they were about to break away from Pengcheng State, Ji Ling had no choice but to cheer himself up, constantly trying to boost morale and urging the army to continue marching.

At this point, even though Ji Ling was aware that the army was already very tired and exhausted, he also knew that they could not rest yet. Otherwise, once the morale was lost, it would be very difficult to get the army moving again.

Especially since he was still in Pengcheng State, Ji Ling still felt deeply uneasy.

Only after leaving the border of Pengcheng State and entering the territory of Pei State in Yuzhou could Ji Ling let the army rest for a while with peace of mind.

However, at this moment.

In front of Yuan's army, there was a sudden burst of exciting drum beats, and at the same time, Wei Yan's laughing voice came from the front.

"Yiyang Wei Yan has been waiting here for a long time on the orders of the national hero!"

"How can we allow those who aided the tyrant and plundered Xuzhou to escape?"

"kill!!!"

The last word "kill" was shouted in unison by tens of thousands of Han soldiers. The sound was so loud that it even drowned out the sound of the drums and was clearly heard by every soldier of Yuan's army.

In the dark night, visibility was unclear and there were not many things that Yuan's soldiers could distinguish with their naked eyes.

Suddenly they heard the shouting and killing sounds that were like the collapse of heaven and earth, and they felt that countless soldiers were lying in ambush ahead, causing Yuan's army to fall into chaos.

The next moment, countless arrows rained down on Yuan's army like rain hitting banana leaves. Especially those Yuan's soldiers holding torches, they undoubtedly became bright targets in the dark night.

The large number of arrows hitting the bodies and the wailing and screaming caused the morale of Yuan's army to plummet.

Ji Ling was also startled. Facing the inexplicable ambush blocking the way, he felt terrified and almost subconsciously wanted to shout at the army to retreat.

However, the night wind also calmed Ji Ling down a bit.

There were ambushes blocking the road ahead, and it was obvious that they were unwilling to let Ji Ling lead the army to retreat to Pei State.

But now Ji Ling also knows that there are pursuers from behind, and Yuan’s army has no place to stay in Pengcheng. If he retreats now, where can he retreat to?
On the contrary, even if Ji Ling was unaware of this seemingly massive ambush force, it was impossible for Liu Bei and Tao Qian to generate a large number of troops out of thin air, and the number of this ambush force was even less likely to exceed 90,000 Yuan troops.

Immediately, Ji Ling made up his mind and shouted loudly, ordering all units to reorganize their forces for a counterattack, and ordered his personal guards on both sides to shout together.

"The ambush troops only rely on the cover of night. They definitely don't have many troops. All units must obey orders and break through the ambush troops. Xiao County is right before us. We must rush back to Xiao County to rest!"

Yuan Jun was already exhausted and had little fighting spirit, but with Ji Ling's encouragement, they temporarily developed a fighting spirit.

Breaking through the obstacles and returning to Xiao County for rest and recuperation became the driving force behind the attack by Yuan's army.

Suddenly, Yuan's army advanced instead of retreating and engaged in a battle with the ambush troops led by Wei Yan.

The development of this situation made Wei Yan feel a little depressed, and he also understood why Li Ji repeatedly instructed him whether the "ambush from all sides" plan would succeed or not, and why he cared about whether he could stop Yuan's army from withdrawing to Pei State.

After a day of siege, Yuan's army was forced to retreat by Li Ji and Tian Yu, and had to march and evacuate Pengcheng State at night.

Now that Yuan's army is exhausted, but with the breath of Yuan's army rushing back to Pei State to rest and recuperate, they may counterattack with a determination almost to burn their boats.

For a moment, even under Wei Yan's arrangement, the ambush troops had already lined up and were waiting.

However, facing the crazy attack of Yuan's seemingly scattered army, the formation soon showed signs of instability.

This shocked Wei Yan, and he immediately sent the reserve troops forward, and only then was the formation maintained again.

For Yuan's army, they could not break through Wei Yan's obstruction and return to Xiao County of Pei State. Not to mention the dilemma of being pursued by the enemy, even the food supply was about to be cut off, and there was almost no way to retreat.

In the cover of night, the two armies engaged in a brutal and fierce battle.

Not only was Wei Yan quickly forced to lead his personal guards to the front line to stabilize the situation, but many Yuan generals including Ji Ling also rushed to the front.

Wei Yan understood that the success or failure of the "ambush from ten sides" strategy depended on this one move. Once Yuan's army rushed out, the plan would undoubtedly fail.

Ji Ling and a group of Yuan army soldiers also realized that they had no way to retreat, and their chance of survival was behind the ambush. They could only have a chance of survival if they broke through the ambush.

Therefore, even though Yuan's army was already exhausted, they still burst out with a fighting power that could not be underestimated, and fought fiercely with the ambush troops led by Wei Yan.

After the two sides had been fighting for nearly two quarters of an hour, Wei Yan was already gritting his teeth and struggling to hold on.

The sound of fierce horse hooves came from behind Yuan’s army, and a thunderous voice spread throughout the battlefield.

"I am Zhang Yide from Yan, and I am here on the orders of the Marquis of Guoshi to take your lives!"

The loud shouts from behind and the continuous sound of horse hooves were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Yuan army, which had been holding its breath, fell into panic when it was attacked from both sides. The fighting spirit that it had barely maintained almost collapsed. The entire Yuan army was almost thrown into chaos, and everyone began to flee in all directions.

Ji Ling looked back around and felt a chill in his heart, realizing that the game was over.

Immediately, Ji Ling realized that it would be better to lead the army to retreat personally than to let Yuan's soldiers flee in all directions, so he had to grit his teeth and give the order.

"Quick! Retreat quickly, retreat to the north!"

"Chen Lan! I order you to lead your troops to cover the rear and stop the pursuing troops as much as possible!" (End of this chapter)