Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The two battles of Jie Bridge not only determined the ownership of Jizhou, but also affected the direction of the world situation.

The powerful princes and noble families undoubtedly sent spies to conduct investigations around the Boundary Bridge in order to learn the direction and outcome of the Battle of Boundary Bridge as soon as possible so as to respond in time.

In the eyes of a large number of spies, Yuan's army changed its previous hesitant and decadent attitude and launched an offensive like a raging fire and flood. In just five days, it broke through the defense line arranged by Cao's army at Jie Bridge.

This seemed to have determined the outcome of the battle between Yuan and Cao.

However, just as the spies were about to pass on the intelligence, a shocking piece of news spread.

Yuan Shao died suddenly of an acute illness. At such a critical moment of life and death, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi turned against each other. They each claimed to be the legitimate successor, which caused the division and civil strife of Yuan's army.

When Cao's army was not yet destroyed, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi actually led their troops to attack each other.

This sudden change puzzled the spies who were observing from afar. At the same time, the Yuan army that was attacking each other seemed to have run out of food and supplies and collapsed.

The elite Yuan army, which had defeated the White Horse General at the hands of Yuan Shao and was on the verge of unifying Hebei and eyeing the Central Plains, faced the crisis of food and grass cuts, and their morale quickly collapsed, with deserters appearing in large numbers.

Before Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, who were fighting fiercely with each other, could retreat, Cao Cao turned from defense to offense and launched an all-out attack. Yuan's army was defeated on the spot, and countless advisers and soldiers were captured by Cao Cao.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi fled from Jie Bridge in a panic under the protection of some soldiers they had recruited.

Yuan Xi retreated to the remaining counties in Jizhou that he still controlled, while Yuan Tan fled to Bingzhou...

If it weren't for the eyewitnesses of a large number of secret agents, the scene of Yuan's defeated soldiers pouring all over the mountains and plains towards Jie Bridge, with Cao's army almost unable to catch up with them, would have been too shocking.

The spies all suspected that they were still dreaming, as the Yuan army, which seemed to be in a very good situation, had suffered such a great defeat.

The two battles at Jie Bridge were both so unexpected.

As this result was spread to all parts of the Han Dynasty through the hands of a large number of secret agents, the first reaction of almost everyone who heard it was that it was fake news.

Even Li Ji, who had great confidence in Cao Cao, felt a little bit unbelievable.

Before Li Ji could capture Ruyang City, Cao Cao had actually defeated Yuan Shao first, thus establishing the situation in Jizhou in one fell swoop.

"Is it the tradition of the Yuan family that brothers fight against each other? This was true for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and it was also true for Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi..."

Li Ji couldn't help but frown and sigh, secretly deducing the current battle of Jie Bridge.

The possibility of Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, who had become enemies, stopping Cao Cao was very slim.

Even though winter was approaching and Cao Cao did not have time to annex the entire Jizhou, this winter time gave Cao Cao the opportunity to continue to sow discord between Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.

It's hard to say, it might be due to Cao Cao's slight trickery.

At the beginning of next spring, one of Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will take the initiative to hand over the territory in his hands to Cao Cao, who is supposed to be his mortal enemy, in exchange for benefits.

"Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. This world is just a huge makeshift team."

Li Ji put down the information in his hand with a helpless look on his face.

Li Ji expected that Cao Cao had a greater chance of winning, but he did not expect that the outcome would be decided so quickly, and in such a dramatic way.

"So, although Yuan Shao is one step ahead, if he slows down on Huangquan Road, Yuan Gonglu can still catch up as soon as possible."

With this thought in mind, Li Ji looked up at the Ruyang City not far away, which was already covered with traces of war.

Now, Zang Ba and the other four generals have been attacking Ruyang City for more than half a month, but they have never been able to capture a single wall. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the four generals all want to take credit for themselves.

The siege was fought independently and inevitably fell into a long tug-of-war, which was difficult to conclude.

Compared with Liu's army whose offensive was blocked, the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou had been killing countless people and causing rivers of blood during this period of time.

As the Yellow Turban Army under Gan Ning continued to capture city after city, its troop strength not only did not decrease, but instead continued to absorb large numbers of hungry or resentful young and strong people, so that its size continued to increase.

It took only half a month for the Yuzhou noble families to change their attitude towards the Yellow Turbans from disdain at the beginning, to taking them seriously, and then to panic.

There are no more soldiers available in Yuzhou.

This put the Yuzhou noble families at the mercy of the Yellow Turbans, like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Wherever the Yellow Turbans led by Gan Ning passed through Yuzhou, they were like an eraser, wiping out the deeply rooted aristocratic families in Yuzhou one by one, and distributing large amounts of money, grain and farmland to the local people.

Gan Ning's reputation in Yuzhou became more and more famous, and even the title of "Huangtian Saint" began to appear among the people to express their respect and gratitude for Gan Ning.

A whale falls and everything comes into being.

In Yuzhou, one of the prefectures and counties that suffered the most severe land annexation in the Han Dynasty, Li Ji could already see the prosperity that would be restored in the near future.

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For the common people, solving the problems of arable land and food would solve more than 90% of the problems.

In the past seven days, aristocratic families in Yuzhou have sent people to Li Ji's camp one after another, trying to ask Li Ji to send troops to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In this regard, Li Ji naturally evaded all the questions or just brushed them off.

The reason was very sufficient, that is, Li Ji needed to concentrate all his efforts on capturing Ruyang City and could not spare enough troops to quell the Yellow Turbans who were causing chaos in Yuzhou.

No one can find any fault with this.

However, after Liu Bei's "Exhortation to Protect the People" reached Yuzhou, Li Ji repeatedly confirmed that the Yellow River bursting was related to Xun Yu, and immediately sent a light cavalry to Yingchuan County to arrest the person.

The one who took it was a member of the Xun clan.

What is Liu Bei's status and identity today? Naturally, this manifesto to the world must be implemented everywhere.

Cheng Yu, being the first person to be implemented, is not enough to show Liu Bei's determination.

The Xun family, the top family in the Han Dynasty, became Li Ji's target.

If you want to destroy Xun Yu's three clans, then you must destroy Xun Yu's three clans...

"Speaking of which, why hasn't Wei Yan, who went to Yingchuan County to arrest someone, returned yet?"

Just as Li Ji was thinking about this matter of some importance and was about to send someone to Yingchuan to verify it, Wei Yan, who was still thirty miles away from the camp, sent a fast horse to report to Li Ji.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, General Wei has captured 893 members of the Xun family. They still have two hours to reach the camp. Can you please tell me how to deal with them?"

"How many?"

Li Ji first subconsciously nodded slightly to show that he understood, then his expression froze and he asked.

"Eight hundred and ninety-three people?" (End of this chapter)