Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji looked around, taking in everyone's expressions.

However, Li Ji was not disappointed. This situation was within his expectations.

Because the strategy that Li Ji used next was not considered to be very sophisticated in the eyes of later generations, but it was an advanced way of using troops for that era.

Having this discussion in mind is also a way to give everyone some advice.

However, if Zhou Yu were here, Li Ji felt that Zhou Yu might be able to think of something.

After all, when it comes to naval battles and naval forces in this era, Zhou Yu is indeed the most capable person who can do it.

The term "land and sea advance" first appeared in the Battle of Chibi.

Li Ji's subsequent way of deploying troops went a step further than "advancing both by land and sea", and it also featured the multi-service coordination thinking that was lacking in this era.

"Everyone, listen to me."

Li Ji said this, stood up and walked to the front of the Yuzhou map, then pointed to Xiangcheng and Ruyang City respectively and said.

"The distance between Xiangcheng and Ruyang is about 500 li, and there is a network of rivers between the two cities. The Yingshui River and the Yushui River are the most important in this network, and they are connected to the Huaishui River below."

When Li Ji said this, some smart people present realized something.

In the map of Yuzhou, if Xiangcheng and Ruyangcheng are connected into a line, then the Yingshui River and the Huaishui River, which flow from north to south and directly into the Huai River, just divide this line into three sections.

Among them, the distance between the Xishui River and Xiangcheng is more than 200 miles, the distance between the Xishui River and the Yingshui River is more than 200 miles, and the Yingshui River is about 50 miles away from Ruyang.

The Yingshui River and the Xishui River that were implicitly mentioned by Li Ji are obviously not just coincidences.

These two rivers seem to hide the solution to the problem.

Zhuge Liang and the others felt that they were infinitely close to the truth, but there was still a thin film blocking them...

Li Ji paused for a moment, allowing everyone to digest the information before continuing.

"Therefore, if we want to go to Ruyang, we must cross the Yingshui River and the Weishui River. I think Yuan Shu will destroy all the crossings in the river in advance to delay time in order to stop our army."

"Also, Yuzhou's water network may be well developed, but Yuan Shu has never attached importance to the navy. It may be impossible to find ready-made boats to cross the river by then."

"However, this is a situation that is very disadvantageous to our army. Isn't it also an opportunity for our army?"

Li Ji asked back, then spoke with a smile.

"The Yuzhou water network, which has not been dredged much, may not be able to support a fleet of 100,000 troops."

"Moreover, the time required to take a boat from Yuzhou to the Huai River and then flow upstream to the waterway near Ruyang City is not much different from the time required to slowly march to break through the city."

"But, what if it's just to transport food?"

Li Ji said softly, then looked towards where the staff group was.

Transporting food?!
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and his mouth opened slightly.

Pang Tong suddenly stood up and shouted.

"I understand!"

Pang Tong, his face flushed, spoke excitedly.

"Transport food! That's right! Transport food!!!"

"This is the teacher's food supply route. So this is where the teacher's food supply route is when he went deep into the enemy territory alone."

At this moment, some smart people present had gradually reacted.

Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Chen Deng and others all showed admiration, but there were also some like Zhang Fei who were still at a loss. Among them, Zhang Fei almost blurted out a sentence.

"Pang Tong, don't keep me in suspense. Now that you understand, tell me quickly and see if it's the same as what I thought."

Upon hearing this, Pang Tong subconsciously looked towards Li Ji.

Li Ji nodded slightly and gave Pang Tong an encouraging look.

Immediately, with Li Ji's permission, Pang Tong walked out quickly, came to the front of the map, and then spoke.

"It's not easy to transport troops on a large scale through the Yuzhou water network. But it's not difficult to transport food. It's not difficult to transport the food and grass needed for an army of 100,000 for ten days."

"Plus, Yuan Shu doesn't have any navy, so there's naturally no risk in transporting grain."

After Pang Tong said a few words excitedly, he drew his finger from Xiangcheng and stopped at the location of the water, and said.

"And the distance between Xiangcheng and the Weishui River, and the distance between the Weishui River and the Yingshui River, are both only about 200 miles!"

"Ten days!"

"The army only needs to carry ten days' worth of food and fodder, and without the burden of a large baggage train, it will be more than enough to travel over 200 miles."

"Therefore, even if you lead a large army deep behind enemy lines, you only need to have Shouchun transport grain through the Huai River to the Huai River and Ying River in advance, and wait at the designated port."

"Then when the army crosses the Huaishui River and Yingshui River, not only will there be boats to help the army cross the river, but it will also allow the army to replenish its food and fodder for ten days."

After these words were spoken, even Zhang Fei felt that the situation in Yuzhou seemed to suddenly become clear.

As Li Ji continued to advance his troops deeper into Yuzhou, if grain was transported from Xuzhou, the grain route would naturally become longer and longer.

Especially if Li Ji wanted to lead his army alone to attack Ruyang directly, then the food supply route would inevitably be blocked by cities, and the army would be out of food.

And this method of transporting food directly to the enemy's rear through the convenience of the navy sounds simple.

But this is just like the first time someone airdropped supplies behind enemy lines; it was a change in thinking patterns.

In this era, even the most basic military cooperation of "land and sea advance" in the true sense did not appear, let alone relying on the navy to replenish food and grass behind enemy lines.

"That makes sense."

Li Ji praised Pang Tong for what he said, then asked Pang Tong to sit down again and spoke.

"What Pang Tong said just now is exactly my next marching idea. With the connection of the Huai River, Ying River and Huai River, it may be difficult to transport troops, but it is not difficult to transport food."

"We used the Weishui and Yingshui rivers to replenish our food and grass and arrived at the Xiangxian section of the Yingshui River."

"By then, we can use Xiang County as the center of the grain transit route, and the main force will go straight to Ruyang to besiege it."

"We can divide another troop and send them downstream along the Ying River to attack the cities along the way. Then, we can join forces with the detachment led by Xu Sheng to ensure that food and fodder can be continuously delivered to the army through the Ying River."

As Li Ji finished speaking, all the generals couldn't help but bow down in admiration and said in unison.

"I hope to follow the governor's orders."

That night, several more fast horses left Xiangcheng and headed straight towards Shouchun.

The army led by Li Ji continued to stay in Xiangcheng for military reorganization and recuperation, waiting for the letter to be sent to Shouchun. After negotiating the time with Gu Yong, who was in charge of mobilizing food and grass at the moment, they began to march towards the Huai River.

The time it takes for food and fodder to reach Chengfu County in Huaishui can vary by about three days, but if it exceeds three days, various variables will easily arise.

This matter concerns the life and death of the army, so there is no room for haste, and Li Ji cannot afford to be careless. (End of this chapter)