Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

Chapter 51: The Final Stratagem

Liu Bei's words were passionate and filled with righteous fervor, but after a moment's reflection, Li Ji realized that he had unwittingly staked Li Ji's life on this gamble.

When the nest is overturned, can any egg remain unbroken?

If Liu Bei were to be defeated, how far could Li Ji escape?

My future lord shouldn't be so impetuous!

Although the desperate decision in the face of difficulty displayed courage, Li Ji himself undoubtedly preferred a more cautious approach.

Unfortunately, with Liu Bei and Guan Yu both committed to Boluo Ford, Li Ji had no choice but to grit his teeth and, under the protection of his personal guards, climb a watchtower to observe the battlefield from above.

As an ancient crossing and the largest ford on the Zhang River, Boluo Ford's internal area was comparable to a small county town.

Using the torches lit throughout Boluo Ford, Li Ji, standing at a high vantage point, could see the entire battlefield, causing a chill to run down his spine.

Yellow Turban Warriors!

What appeared within Boluo Ford were not ordinary Yellow Turban bandits, but large swathes of Yellow Turban Warriors.

Even a rough estimate put their numbers at no fewer than four thousand.

Subsequently, Li Ji noticed a Taoist priest at the end of his line of sight, dressed distinctly from the others and surrounded by a large number of Yellow Turban Warriors.

Zhang Jiao!

Even though Li Ji had never seen Zhang Jiao, a strange intuition arose within him: that person was undoubtedly Zhang Jiao.

Or rather, there were few other possibilities for someone protected by over four thousand Yellow Turban Warriors.

It should be known that even when Zhang Liang tried his best to transfer forces from Julu City, which served as their base camp, he only mobilized three thousand Yellow Turban Warriors to hand over to Guan Hai.

However, in contrast to last night's battle situation, where they easily annihilated the Yellow Turbans through ambush and night attack, the two sides were now engaged in a fierce street battle within Boluo Ford.

Liu Bei's soldiers were almost entirely at a disadvantage, relying entirely on Guan Yu's martial prowess to maintain the situation.

However, while Guan Yu's martial prowess was strong, his style was not suited to breaking through enemy lines in street battles, and the situation could collapse at any time once Guan Yu's strength was exhausted.

"Not good!"

Li Ji frowned deeply, even to the point where the situation could be described as worse than imagined.

Zhang Jiao appearing in Boluo Ford before Xu hour likely meant that something unexpected had happened on Lu Zhi's side.

Moreover, the large number of ferries densely packed on the surface of the Zhang River undoubtedly cut off the possibility of Lu Zhi supporting Boluo Ford in a short amount of time.

On the contrary, if it dragged on, Julu City was behind Boluo Ford…

Therefore, Liu Bei's unit had to capture Boluo Ford before dawn at the latest, and then cross the Zhang River by ferry, or use the ferry to bring Lu Zhi's unit from the east side of the Zhang River, otherwise it would be dangerous!

However, given the current battle situation, let alone capturing Boluo Ford, once Guan Yu's strength was exhausted, his soldiers alone would not be able to withstand the Yellow Turban Warriors head-on.

'What to do?'

Li Ji forced himself to remain calm, constantly gathering information about the current conditions on both sides, seeking a way to break the deadlock.

However, in a street battle in the narrow terrain of Boluo Ford, with the two sides having a difference in strength on paper, how could there be room for cleverness?

Li Ji gritted his teeth, trying to use the "Stratagem Simulator" to deduce a solution.

He immediately discovered that there was only one choice: "When narrow paths meet, the brave win."

Li Ji hesitated for a moment, not choosing to expend a lot of mental energy to deduce further.

Because the content deduced by the "Stratagem Simulator" was often only the strategic process and outcome, but what was needed now were the tactical details to increase the chances of winning in the "When narrow paths meet, the brave win" choice!

'There is a chance to win!'

Li Ji took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on the two sides who were fighting fiercely not far away, and muttered.

"Relying on tactical command and leadership skills, there have been countless examples of the weak defeating the strong throughout history. If others can do it, so can I!"

As Li Ji completely calmed down, the terrain within Boluo Ford and the warring parties, through Li Ji's eyes, formed in his mind like quickly constructed 3D dynamic models, trying to independently deduce the variables of the battle between the two sides, seeking the location of the flaw.

Forcibly calculating the battlefield situation with his brain, Li Ji constantly urged every 3D dynamic model in his mind to run, simulating the real battlefield changes, and then finding the location of the victory first.

'Move! '

'Move for me!'

If the personal guards guarding under the watchtower observed Li Ji closely, they would find that Li Ji at this moment no longer had his past elegance, his eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and his expression even had a bit of ferocity.

Suddenly, even though Li Ji did not actively use the "Stratagem Simulator", the "Stratagem Simulator" lit up in Li Ji's mind on its own.

At that moment, Li Ji seemed to feel in the dark that the "shape" of the "Stratagem Simulator" had changed.

When Li Ji reacted, he suddenly discovered that the 3D dynamic model that had been built in his mind disappeared, but the "Stratagem Simulator" had two more entrances: "Strategic Simulation" and "Tactical Simulation".

At this moment, Li Ji couldn't help but smile and said in his heart.

'You little thing, so you really change shape according to the size of my ability…'

Immediately, Li Ji did not hesitate to choose to carry out "Tactical Simulation".

In an instant, based on what he saw and knew, a sandbox world that was incomparably different from the real world was quickly constructed in Li Ji's mind, and Li Ji looked down on the entire sandbox world from an almost God's perspective.

Directly below was Boluo Ford and the two sides who were fighting fiercely…

In addition, as Li Ji's gaze moved, sweeping along the places outside Boluo Ford, most of them seemed to be shrouded in a layer of war fog, making it difficult to see clearly.

Only Julu City, which Li Ji had passed through, was also intuitively constructed in the sandbox world.

"Then… let's begin…"

With a thought in Li Ji's mind, the sandbox world in his mind began to operate at a speed more than ten times faster than reality.

For the first time, Li Ji did not actively interfere with the sandbox world, and Liu Bei's unit fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban Warriors until almost dawn… Defeated!

Both sides were armies with astonishing cohesion. As long as Liu Bei or Zhang Jiao did not die, few soldiers on either side would flee.

Therefore, Liu Bei's unit was almost completely wiped out, and there were still two thousand Yellow Turban Warriors remaining.

Immediately, Li Ji reset the sandbox world again, and while allowing the two sides to start fighting fiercely again, he actively intervened on Liu Bei's side.

Moreover, throughout the entire process, Li Ji could change the time flow rate of the sandbox world at any time according to his ideas.

Constantly trying and failing, constantly changing tactics to seek opportunities…

In the real world, the color on Li Ji's face almost visibly faded away bit by bit, and his eyes gradually became tired and lost their light.

Suddenly, Li Ji's body swayed, almost falling from the watchtower, but a smile appeared on Li Ji's face.

'Found it, the future to reverse the battle!'

However, Li Ji was not the commander of Liu Bei's unit, and he could not mobilize the soldiers like an arm using flags or drums.

Therefore, Li Ji could only use the simplest and most unpretentious stupid method. After climbing down the watchtower, he tore off his sleeve and tore it into two pieces of cloth, intending to write words on them.

However… there was no pen and ink!

Li Ji looked around. At this moment, sending a personal guard back to the rear where the various supplies were stored to fetch the pen and ink was obviously too late.

'It seems that I can only write in blood.'

With a thought in his mind, Li Ji wanted to learn from the ancients and bite his finger to write in blood, but just as his teeth were about to close mercilessly, he abruptly stopped.

Whether it hurts or not, whether it hurts or not, whether it hurts or not… Li Ji didn't care at all, Li Ji was just a little worried about infection.

Immediately, Li Ji looked at the Han sword on the waist of the personal guard beside him, and then looked at his finger.

Finally, he looked at the personal guard and then pointed to a corpse that had fallen not far away and said. "Please drag that corpse over."

"Yes."

The personal guard quickly responded and quickly dragged the corpse over.

This is a battlefield, would there still be a shortage of blood?

It's not that one can't afford to use one's own blood, but that other people's blood is more cost-effective.

Li Ji spread the cloth on the ground, reached out and dipped it in the wound of the fresh corpse, and then quickly wrote on the cloth.

Soon, the fresh blood letter was completed.

However, looking at the content on the cloth, Li Ji inexplicably felt that this command seemed a bit similar to moving the machine gun position five meters to the left.

Immediately, Li Ji handed the two pieces of cloth to four personal guards respectively, ordering two people to escort one piece of cloth separately, one piece of cloth was to be sent to Liu Bei, and the other piece of cloth was to quickly go outside Boluo Ford to stop Zhang Fei and hand it to Zhang Fei.

At this moment, Li Ji could only hope that Zhang Fei would not get lost like Li Guang, and would not be able to reach the battlefield for a long time.

The only chance of victory that Li Ji had captured on the battlefield was that Zhang Fei's unit was an indispensable combat force.

Watching the departure of the four personal guards, Li Ji then climbed back onto the watchtower, paying attention to the battlefield's direction at any time, and trying his best to alleviate the pain coming from his head.

The consumption of tactical simulation was not easier than using the "Stratagem Simulator" in the past, and even more so.

After all, being accurate to the movements of each soldier was entirely dependent on Li Ji's brain for calculation and deduction, which was undoubtedly an extremely heavy burden.

Therefore, when the familiar intense stinging pain reappeared, Li Ji knew that he was already approaching his limit.

"Brother Xuande, this is my last stratagem, and the rest can only be entrusted to you."

Leaning against the lookout tower, Li Ji gazed into the distance at the large flag emblazoned with the character "Liu," and the vaguely discernible figure wielding dual swords, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

At that moment, Liu Bei, who was personally at the front lines, seemed to sense something, instinctively turning his head to look towards the lookout tower near the main gate of Bo Luojin.

'Is that Zikun?'

The thought subconsciously surfaced in Liu Bei's mind.