Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

However, after several secret confrontations with the Anti-Wu Alliance army, Jia Xu had already figured out the level of the strategists within the Anti-Wu Alliance army.

They had some ability, but only a little.

In addition to the plans to exhaust and confuse the enemy, which had been implemented to the extreme early on, and the situation facing the Anti-Wu Alliance army, they had little time to rest and reorganize, and even less time to think, so how could they possibly see through the hidden killing moves?

Jia Xu was like a seasoned fisherman, and the Anti-Wu Alliance army was a big fish unknowingly taking the bait.

Moreover, Jia Xu's style was unlike other strategists. While he was catching this big fish, the hot oil in the pot he had prepared in advance was already boiling…

Yangxian City was the iron pot that Jia Xu had prepared, and the fire oil bombs were like boiling hot oil poured on the fish.

Specially made fire oil bombs drew arcs in the sky before crashing down into Yangxian City…

“Boom!”

Each fire oil bomb shattered, instantly igniting a fire within a radius of at least five meters.

With twenty catapults firing simultaneously, fire oil bombs were continuously launched into the city.

Although Jia Xu's plan was somewhat similar to 'closing the door to beat the dog,' completely trapping the 130,000-strong Anti-Wu Alliance army inside Yangxian City to 'reduce the sauce' with fire, they dared not place too many flammable materials in Yangxian City too obviously, lest the Anti-Wu Alliance army see through their plan in advance.

However, the dry grass that was laid layer upon layer on the roofs, difficult to detect in the darkness, was enough to serve as fuel.

By the time Xu Gong, Zhou Xin, Ze Rong, and a group of aristocratic family representatives heard the commotion outside and rushed out of their houses, thirty or forty fires had already broken out in Yangxian City, and the fires were spreading at a visible rate.

Instantly, the expressions of Xu Gong and the others changed drastically, and they exclaimed in disbelief.

“How could this be?”

“Wait, look at the sky, what is that…?”

“Heavenly fire descending? Could it be that our deeds have angered both gods and men, so they are sending down heavenly fire to burn us?”

…

“Calm down!”

Zhou Xin, whose figure swayed slightly, forced himself to calm down and said loudly.

“This is the sound of catapults! These so-called heavenly fires are being launched from outside by catapults!”

“Quickly, order the soldiers to fetch water to extinguish the fire, otherwise, the army may be buried here!”

These words awakened everyone from their dreams. Seeing that the fire in Yangxian City was spreading at a visible rate, and that fire oil bombs were still being launched from outside the city.

Even some aristocratic family representatives subconsciously thought it was heavenly fire descending. Needless to say, the lower-level soldiers were mostly in chaos and panic at this moment.

However, while many commandery governors and aristocratic families were taking action, trying to fetch water to extinguish the fire, no one noticed that Zhou Xin's face was pale.

Although Zhou Xin still couldn't figure out how they had fallen into this trap, or where the catapults outside the city had come from, this change clearly indicated that Wu Commandery had deliberately lured the Anti-Wu Alliance army into Yangxian City.

With Zhou Xin's intelligence, reason almost constantly told him… the Anti-Wu Alliance army was finished!

Since Wu Commandery had gone to such lengths to lure the 130,000-strong Anti-Wu Alliance army into the city, the ambush they had prepared would definitely not be a small matter, and it was likely that they had already extinguished all hope for the Anti-Wu Alliance army.

Just then, from the direction of the aristocratic families who were preparing to lead their confidants to summon the soldiers to fetch water to extinguish the fire, came cries of horror.

“The water has been cut off!”

“How can there be no water?!”

“Someone has cut off the flow of the Yangxian tributary…”

…

Hearing these exclamations, Zhou Xin's last bit of hope was almost completely extinguished.

Yangxian is located next to the Lishui River, with a tributary drawn from the Lishui River. This tributary leads directly into the city and is the main source of water for the people of Yangxian City.

However, at the same time as the catapults began to launch fire oil bombs, Jia Xu, who had been prepared for this, naturally also directly blocked the Lishui River from continuing to flow into Yangxian City from the upstream of the tributary.

Of course, this does not mean that Yangxian City is completely cut off from water by blocking this tributary.

There are naturally still many wells in Yangxian City. For domestic water use, even relying on the wells in the city can last for many days.

But now, with the raging fire burning in Yangxian City, trying to fetch water from the wells little by little to put it out is not as realistic as fantasizing about 130,000 people taking off their pants and using it to extinguish the fire.

At this moment, Zhou Xin's eyes, involuntarily revealing despair, looked at the increasingly fierce fire in the city, and at the surrounding city walls, which were illuminated by the fire and appeared extremely clear, and he couldn't help but reveal a look of fear.

‘Are they going to trap the 130,000-strong army in Yangxian City and burn them alive?’

‘Who is the mastermind behind this plan? Aren't they afraid of being condemned by Heaven for being so harmful to harmony?’

‘What a vicious mind!’

Zhou Xin was completely stunned in place, and did not react for a long time.

More importantly, this fire…

This burning…

Completely turned Zhou Xin's dream of revenge, which had supported him for many years, into ashes.

Without the Anti-Wu Alliance army, how could Zhou Xin alone take revenge on Liu Bei?!

The rest of the people may not have realized the severity of the problem as early as Zhou Xin, but with the city almost out of water and the fire becoming more and more raging, as long as they were not idiots, they would understand that there was almost no possibility of extinguishing the fire.

Escape!

No orders were needed…

If they didn't escape now, when the fire completely engulfed every corner of Yangxian City, they would no longer be able to escape.

From the commandery governors and aristocratic families to the lower-level soldiers, almost everyone began to flee towards the four city gates.

However, when the four city gates of Yangxian opened one after another, and the Anti-Wu Alliance army scrambled to flee out of the city, what appeared in front of them was the Wu Commandery army waiting in full battle array.

This scene made many Anti-Wu Alliance soldiers subconsciously take a step back.

However, with the fire behind them, the Anti-Wu Alliance army had little choice.

Even though the Anti-Wu Alliance army was almost exhausted after a series of twists and turns, under the drive of their survival instincts, hundreds of people still rushed out of the city.

“Swish, swish, swish!”

A large number of arrows, like a rainstorm, fell on the small open space outside the city gate, almost covering every inch of the place without dead ends.

The hundreds of Anti-Wu Alliance soldiers who rushed out first were almost instantly turned into hedgehogs.

The strong smell of blood rushed to their noses, instantly clearing the minds of the Anti-Wu Alliance soldiers who came out of the four city gates.

There may be miracles like 'burning the boats and breaking the pots,' where one survives after being placed in a dead end, but that has prerequisites, which is that before being placed in a dead end, the soldiers' condition and morale are quite high.

But what is the condition of the Anti-Wu Alliance army now?

If it weren't for a little bit of will to survive driving them, most of the Anti-Wu Alliance soldiers would have been so tired that they could barely stand up.

In this state, it was impossible to pose any threat to the Wu Commandery army waiting in full battle array.

Perhaps the fire behind them was constantly intensifying, but it would not burn the alliance soldiers who had already rushed to the city gate for the time being, but rushing out now meant instant death.

The alliance soldiers who rushed to the city gate shrank back, and behind them, there was a constant stream of alliance soldiers being forced by the fire to escape towards the four city gates.

The soldiers in front shrank back, and the soldiers behind kept moving forward…

This also led to the almost rapid increase in the number of alliance soldiers gathered in the direction of the four city gates of Yangxian, and even trampling occurred constantly in this crowded situation.

Wails, curses, screams… constantly mixed together.

Some soldiers who were in a hurry even directly drew their knives and slashed at their former comrades.

Just as the situation in Yangxian City became more and more chaotic and desperate, the Wu Commandery army, which was lined up outside the four city gates to block the gates, shouted in unison.

“Remove your armor, abandon your weapons, and surrender!”

“Remove your armor, abandon your weapons, and surrender!”

“Remove your armor, abandon your weapons, and surrender!”

After repeating this three times, the neat sound almost reached the ears of all the Anti-Wu Alliance soldiers.

(End of this chapter)