Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

At Cao Cao's command, the Cao army surged forward, launching a full-scale attack.

They bypassed the burning area, attacking from different directions as they emerged from the dense forest.

With the trees of the forest providing cover, the effectiveness of the arrow rain was significantly limited.

Before the Cao army could break free of the forest, the arrow rain had limited killing power.

Once they emerged, the distance between the two armies was so close that they were about to engage in close combat. The arrow rain would likely injure their own soldiers, causing morale to collapse.

Thus, in this battlefield illuminated by firelight, a brutal slaughter commenced.

Cao Cao's command skills were among the best of his time, and Li Ji was like a flawless machine, directing twenty thousand soldiers to counterattack the Cao army as they emerged from the forest.

However, this time, Cao Cao seemed to have an advantage in terms of terrain and troop strength.

Even though the two armies seemed to be in a temporary stalemate, Cao Cao had a continuous stream of reinforcements arriving from the rear.

Li Ji's twenty thousand ambush troops were spread out across the edge of the forest, making them seem somewhat stretched.

Even though Li Ji constantly shifted troops to resist the Cao army's attacks, like robbing Peter to pay Paul, it was clearly not a long-term solution.

This situation was apparent not only to Li Ji and Cao Cao, but also to many of Cao Cao's generals, further boosting the Cao army's morale.

At this moment, Xu Chu, protecting Li Ji's chariot, subconsciously tightened his grip on his blade and warned with a tense expression.

"Lord, we must retreat!"

Because Li Ji had limited troops and had to spread them out around the forest, the "thickness" of the ambush formation was quite limited.

Especially with Cao Cao frequently sending heavy troops to attack the direction where Li Ji was located, the closest Cao soldiers had unknowingly broken through to within fifty paces of Li Ji.

Fifty paces was a very dangerous distance, and Li Ji could be affected at any time.

Xu Chu was on high alert, constantly watching for any stray arrows that might target Li Ji, ready to block them at any moment.

Faced with Xu Chu's anxious reminder, Li Ji's tone remained calm as he said,

"No hurry, let the fire burn a little longer."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chu was so anxious that he was about to jump up and down.

For Xu Chu, Liu Bei's mission to him had always been only one thing: to ensure Li Ji's safety.

To this end, Liu Bei even explicitly left Xu Chu a signed warrant, which allowed Xu Chu to forcibly take Li Ji away in an emergency, regardless of the losses incurred.

Seeing the Cao army getting closer, approaching a distance of forty paces,

Xu Chu moved, about to lose his temper and act impolitely towards Li Ji, but Li Ji seemed to see through Xu Chu's thoughts. While continuing to command the army, he cast a calm glance at Xu Chu.

Under this gaze, Xu Chu felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and he dared not have the slightest thought of insubordination.

Liu Bei would naturally not hide from Li Ji what kind of warrant he had left for Xu Chu, lest it ruin the important event at a critical moment.

More importantly, whether Liu Bei left Xu Chu a warrant early on or deliberately informed Li Ji about the warrant, the intention was to warn Li Ji not to take risks.

However, even seeing that Xu Chu was temporarily deterred by his gaze, Li Ji still spoke to reassure him.

"Zhongkang, do not worry, watch me defeat the enemy."

"Yes, Lord."

Xu Chu replied in a muffled voice, but his expression remained tense as he watched the battle ahead, guarding against stray arrows coming towards Li Ji.

And just forty paces away from Li Ji, Xiahou Yuan also clearly saw Li Ji's face, and his expression revealed a few traces of anger.

Xiahou Yuan had not had few encounters with Li Ji, and privately Xiahou Yuan was quite admired with Li Ji.

However, as Cao and Liu became enemies, serving their respective lords, that little bit of personal friendship was naturally not enough to allow the two sides to show mercy on the battlefield.

More importantly, Xiahou Dun was shot in the eye by a stray arrow, which made Xiahou Yuan both regretful and angry.

There was no doubt that Xiahou Dun's ambush was Li Ji's doing, which made Xiahou Yuan particularly angry with Li Ji, and he even fought fiercely in the front, just to avenge Xiahou Dun.

"Li Ji, you brat, return my brother's eye!"

Xiahou Yuan found an opportunity and shot an arrow at Li Ji with lightning speed.

However, the cold arrow was intercepted by Xu Chu before it was halfway there.

Perhaps when he first started out, Li Ji would have had some fear of battlefield fighting.

But after years of war, the enemy troops who died directly or indirectly at Li Ji's hands were definitely no less than one hundred thousand. It was far from being called a "human butcher," but those slender fingers were undoubtedly stained with blood.

A mere cold arrow was not enough to change Li Ji's expression, and Li Ji did not even linger his gaze on Xiahou Yuan for even a moment.

This extremely indifferent neglect made Xiahou Yuan even more angry, but he also knew that with Xu Chu protecting Li Ji, the cold arrow would not hurt Li Ji in the slightest.

Immediately, Xiahou Yuan personally led his trusted guards to charge forward again, intending to break through the encirclement and directly attack the location of Li Ji's banner.

However, as Xiahou Yuan advanced further, the White Feather Troops led by Chen Dao, which Li Ji had deployed directly in front of the chariot, appeared in front of Xiahou Yuan.

Dark black heavy armor, with white feathers on both sides of the helmet as identification.

White Feather Troops!

Xiahou Yuan was suddenly shocked. He would naturally not have no impression of this heavy armored soldier who had briefly appeared in front of the world in Wuxian County.

But since then, the White Feather Troops, which had been feared by the lords and heroes, had never been deployed by Liu Bei on the battlefield, and Chen Dao had been silently training his troops.

This time, it was undoubtedly the first battle of the White Feather Troops.

What shocked Xiahou Yuan even more was that the White Feather Troops were now holding not giant shields, but two-edged, foot-long, long-handled straight swords.

The strange and hideous appearance of the heavy Modao subconsciously made Xiahou Yuan feel timid.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

Breaking through the banner where Li Ji was located was the key to a quick victory in this battle, and more importantly, no one knew better than Xiahou Yuan how great Li Ji's value was.

Even if there was a mountain of knives and a sea of fire in front of him, Xiahou Yuan had to wade through it.

However, looking at the hideous and terrifying appearance of the White Feather Troops, Xiahou Yuan subconsciously slowed down and let the soldiers on the left and right pass him and charge towards the White Feather Troops first.

Faced with the approaching Cao army, Chen Dao, the commander of the White Feather Troops, remained calm under his mask, but there was also a bit of heat in his eyes.

He had sharpened his sword and trained his troops for several years, and today he could finally test his edge!

And until a part of the Cao army holding spears had already stabbed towards the White Feather Troops, the attacked White Feather Troops stood still.

"Clang clang clang..."

A series of harsh sounds rang out.

Chen Dao suddenly let out a low roar.

"Step!"

Suddenly, the White Feather Troops in the first row all took a step forward.

Chen Dao roared out, shouting.

"Chop!!!"

(End of this chapter)