Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

Li Ji's gaze only lingered on the White Feather Troops for a moment before his attention shifted.

Perhaps Xiahou Yuan believed that the White Feather Troops were the reason Li Ji stood so steadfastly on the chariot, but in Li Ji's eyes, this was merely an opportunity to test their combat prowess.

The enormous cost of training a thousand White Feather Troops made their deployment against ordinary infantry seem almost wasteful.

After all, while the White Feather Troops appeared formidable and maintained their combat effectiveness for as long as possible through rotations, mitigating their clumsiness to some extent,

their slow movement meant that their efficiency in killing ordinary infantry was far from what one might expect.

Faced with the heavily armored White Feather Troops, ordinary infantry would naturally shrink back.

This retreat, followed by the White Feather Troops' pursuit, would require considerable effort to even catch up.

The White Feather Troops were ultimately best suited to facing charging cavalry.

The White Feather Troops didn't need to move much; light cavalry would willingly come to their doom.

Therefore, after confirming that the White Feather Troops had essentially met expectations, Li Ji focused his attention elsewhere.

Given Cao Cao's cautious approach in adverse circumstances, neither an ambush during a river crossing nor a concealed attack in the forest would likely succeed.

Even with a series of preparations and the presence of a double agent, he could only induce Cao Cao to seize the opportunity to pursue Liu Bei through the night, eager to catch up as quickly as possible.

Ultimately, the only advantage Li Ji's ambush could exploit was the darkness of night.

As Li Ji had initially anticipated, the nighttime ambush and the forest fire were enough to startle others, but insufficient to deter Cao Cao, who even dared to retaliate with considerable spirit.

'Cao Mengde, ah Cao Mengde, fighting you is indeed a joy in this world, but alas, we are not on the same path. This battle... you have lost!'

'Die here in the forest, and no longer be an obstacle to my restoration of the Great Han.'

Li Ji muttered to himself, then raised his hand and asked Gu Wei, the page standing beside him.

"Gu Wei, are you afraid?"

The youthful-looking Gu Wei paused slightly and replied loudly.

"I am not afraid!"

"Why are you not afraid?" Li Ji asked again.

"I am the page of the Marquis of National Talent, why should I be afraid?" Gu Wei retorted steadily.

"Hahaha..."

Li Ji acknowledged Gu Wei's courage.

Perhaps Gu Wei had no talent for martial arts, nor was he inclined to scholarly pursuits, but he possessed remarkable courage.

Even with the enemy army about to reach them and the White Feather Troops pushing back the Cao army with such brutal force, Gu Wei remained composed, showing a commendable temperament.

However, Li Ji did not praise Gu Wei, but instead said.

"The Marquis of National Talent is but an empty title, not to be relied upon. Gu Wei should take Han as his name, cultivate courage, and since he has the ambition to restore the Great Han, he should disregard life and death."

Having said that, Li Ji placed his hands behind his back, tilted his head slightly, and said.

"Gu Wei, act according to what I told you earlier."

"Yes."

Gu Wei, remembering Li Ji's teachings, quickly directed the soldiers to light all the torches around the chariot.

In an instant, more than a dozen torches, forming some kind of mysterious and special pattern, were lit around Li Ji, completely illuminating his figure, which had previously appeared indistinct to Cao Cao.

In the darkness, under the light of the fire, Li Ji's white robe, so different from the battlefield, stood out exceptionally, attracting a great deal of attention almost instantly.

Li Ji then whispered to Xu Chu.

"Zhongkang, order the Tiger Guards to repeat my words next."

Hearing this, Xu Chu quickly relayed the order to the Tiger Guards who were truly guarding Li Ji at all times around the chariot.

Immediately, facing countless gazes, Li Ji took out the Grand Commandant's official seal, which Liu Bei had specially made for him, and held it up to the sky with both hands.

"Alas!"

Li Ji's voice was never loud, but with three hundred Tiger Guards imitating Li Ji's tone and repeating in unison, this exclamation instantly spread throughout the chaotic battlefield.

"Alas! ! !"

"Descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of the Xiaojing Dynasty, Governor of Yangzhou and General Annan, Marquis of Yiting, Liu Xuande, the Imperial Uncle of the Han Dynasty, Li Zikun, the Grand Commandant of Jing and Yang, Marquis of National Talent, holding the seal, reports to Heaven..."

This series of titles, especially in the magnificent voices of the three hundred Tiger Guards, seemed particularly majestic and righteous.

"Once, Emperor Gaozu received the mandate of Heaven, pacified the world, unified the nine provinces, opened up our Great Han, and the people within the seas were blessed, and the barbarians submitted..."

"Then Wang Mang usurped the throne, causing the gods and men to be angered. Emperor Guangwu received the mandate and descended, and a meteorite helped the Emperor defeat Wang Xun and Wang Yi at Kunyang, and killed Wang Lang and the Copper Horse in Hebei, thus revitalizing the Great Han."

These sentences constantly echoed on the battlefield, indicating who was the true heir and where the great righteousness lay.

Cao Cao could also vaguely hear it, and his brow furrowed, but for a moment he did not know what Li Ji intended to do.

The name of the strong Han was deeply rooted in people's hearts, and countless people in the world intended to support the Han Dynasty...

But for the soldiers of both armies, while the name of the Great Han was deeply ingrained in their bones, it was also quite distant from them.

If Li Ji merely wanted to use these somewhat empty words to greatly boost the morale of the Yangzhou army and cause countless Cao soldiers to defect on the spot, it was absolutely impossible.

Not to mention that Li Ji could not do it, even if Liu Bei himself were on the battlefield, he would not be able to do it either.

'Li Zikun... what does he intend to do?'

Cao Cao was very puzzled, but it did not affect the passionate and majestic sound of the three hundred Tiger Guards repeating.

"Alas!"

"Now we are in troubled times again, the Han Dynasty is declining, and heroes are fighting each other, and the people are suffering from the wars."

"At that time, the hero Cao Cao slaughtered the people in Xuzhou, causing the Yi River to be cut off, tyrannical and immoral, and countless wronged souls rose."

"And my lord Liu Xuande has always had the heart to support the Han Dynasty and the ambition to revive the strong Han. He is based on benevolence and righteousness and puts loyalty first. After hearing that the people were in distress, he wept blood and did not hesitate to raise an army of 100,000 to enter Xuzhou to uphold justice and eliminate Cao the thief..."

As soon as the words "Cao the thief" came out, Cao Cao's face could not help but sink.

It was fine for Liu Daer to call himself Cao the thief, but now hearing that even Li Ji was calling himself that, Cao Cao felt an unspeakable complexity in his heart.

"However, the battle situation is ever-changing. In order to make the wronged souls disappear as soon as possible and the dead rest in peace, my lord Liu Xuande does not hesitate to risk himself and go deep into the rear, but he encounters Cao the thief chasing after him."

"The battle is fierce and dangerous, the enemy is numerous and we are few. Although I have the heart to crush my bones to block the enemy, I am afraid that this shallow body will burden my lord's benevolence and cause the people to sing sad songs and the wronged souls to rise again."

"If Heaven pities my Han people again and intends to have benevolence and righteousness prevail, the Han Dynasty can be revived in the world. Please borrow three quarters of an hour of the north wind to help the Great Han defeat the thief! ! !"

And in the end, Li Ji constantly used the three hundred Tiger Guards to repeat the words throughout the two armies, and repeated them three times in a row.

"Please borrow three quarters of an hour of the north wind to help the Great Han defeat the thief!"

"Please borrow three quarters of an hour of the north wind to help the Great Han defeat the thief!"

"Please borrow three quarters of an hour of the north wind to help the Great Han defeat the thief!" (End of this chapter)