Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

One day later, in the Champa palace.

After learning about the mission from Fan Shang, Qu Lian sat in his bedroom for several hours and was still unable to sleep until late at night.

The Han court is really going to conquer the Linyi Kingdom.

Anxiety filled Qu Lian's heart, making it difficult for him to fall asleep, as his mind was full of thoughts about the border.

Now, Qu Lian's greatest hope is the Linyi army led by the calm and obedient Qu Ba. As long as Qu Ba can do as he is told, he can firmly defend the border.

Relying on the advantage of terrain, it is not impossible to resist the Han army.

"Boom!"

Before he knew it, thunder could be heard outside, making Qu Lian feel even more upset.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the bedroom, and a duck-like voice sounded hurriedly outside the door.

"Your Majesty, urgent news from the border: the prince has been badly defeated!!"

"Boom!!!"

A few more flashes of lightning flashed by, illuminating the entire palace white for a moment, and making Qu Lian's face even paler.

Soon, all the nobles and ministers in Champa were urgently summoned to the palace to discuss matters late at night in the heavy rain.

Qu Lian sat on his usual throne again. After the battle report sent back from the border was read out in the hall, the entire hall fell into a momentary silence.

Only the occasional thunder outside could be heard, which made the blood color on the faces of everyone in the hall fade away.

Lost!

And they lost miserably!
An army of 40,000, which gathered most of the elite troops of Linyi State, attacked Rinnan County. After closely following the vanguard led by Gan Ning, they were pulled back by Gan Ning as he fought and retreated.

The Linyi army's already fragmented formation became a complete mess in this pursuit battle.

Then, the main force of the Han army, which had circled to both sides of the hill, attacked from both wings and cut the Linyi army into three parts in one fell swoop. In addition, Gan Ning, who had been retreating slowly, changed his defensive position.

The Linyi army only held out for less than a quarter of an hour before their morale completely collapsed, and the pursuit battle turned into a major rout.

The Han army divided and surrounded them, and then took advantage of the situation to attack the jungles within the borders of Linyi State before stopping...

Of the 40,000-strong army, less than 10,000 actually escaped back to the border of Linyi.

The "Linyi Iron Wall" that Qu Lian relied on to defend the country was reduced to only about 300 soldiers, barely protecting Qu Ba, who was seriously injured by Gan Ning's attack, and allowing him to escape from the battlefield.

At this moment, even the most dull-witted person would understand that the Linyi Kingdom was at a critical moment of life and death.

The 40,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out, and even a small portion of them that escaped might not have the courage to face the Han army.

Even if there are still 20,000 militiamen available, once the results of the war spread, how many of them would dare to face the Han army directly?

"Han Ting... is a great terror!"

Many noble ministers looked pale.

Once the Linyi Kingdom was destroyed, their interests would also not be guaranteed.

"Damn it! I thought I was wrong when I looked down on Qu Ba in the past. I didn't expect him to be so useless. Trash! Trash! Even if there were 40,000 pigs, it's impossible to be almost completely wiped out in one day."

"It's over! Even the 40,000-strong army was defeated in one battle. How can the remaining 20,000 militiamen be a match for the Han court?"

"The only solution now is to seek peace! Before the situation gets to the worst, send people to seek peace with the Han court and try to meet the Han court's conditions. Only in this way can the Linyi Kingdom be preserved."

……

For a moment, all kinds of chaotic voices were heard in the meeting hall. At this critical moment, some noble ministers did not even care about the thoughts of the aging Qu Lian.

Seeking peace?

Hanting’s condition was that Qu Lian had to tie himself up and plead guilty.

However, if betraying the King of Linyi could preserve their interests, then for some nobles it would be a choice they would make without hesitation.

However, Qu Lian, who had originally had his eyes drooping, slowly sat up straight. His skinny body seemed to reveal some hideousness again, and his cloudy eyes kept scanning those who proposed peace.

As a former hero, Qu Lian knew very well that anyone in Linyi Kingdom could surrender except him, who absolutely could not surrender to the Han court.

Moreover, Qu Lian summoned a group of noble ministers not to discuss decisions, but to stabilize the internal situation and make a final counterattack.

Immediately, Qu Lian waved his hand, and a group of "Linyi Iron Wall" rushed in and killed the seven noble ministers who had just proposed peace with their swords.

The strong smell of blood gave the noble ministers a chill and instantly made them think much more clearly.

At this point, Qu Lian finally spoke slowly.

"Han Ting will not allow Linyi to seek peace, and Han Ting is not invincible. I was able to win back then, and I can win this time as well."

"The Han army is on a long expedition here, and the logistics cannot sustain for long. As long as it can be delayed for a month or two, the Han army will naturally retreat."

"At present, we only need to boost the morale of the peasants and soldiers with generous rewards, and take advantage of the terrain to continuously harass the Han army."

"Announcement to the whole nation: Anyone who captures a Han soldier's head will receive a pearl, and anyone who captures ten heads will be ennobled."

As soon as these words were spoken, many noble ministers looked at Qu Lian with eyes full of horror.

With such a huge reward, there will be people who are not afraid of death and will continuously attack the Han army. This will undoubtedly use the countless people in Linyi Kingdom as a barrier to resist the Han army.

Moreover, Qu Lian enjoyed a very high prestige in Linyi. As long as Qu Lian was alive, many people believed that this promise could be fulfilled.

Faced with the constant attacks from the people of Linyi, the Han army had no choice but to raise their knives against the people of Linyi, either to protect themselves or to save trouble.

Finally, Qu Lian spoke again.

"Also, who is willing to go to the neighboring countries to make known the power of the Han court and to form an alliance to resist the Han army?"

……

It was at this time that Qu Lian summoned all the nobles and ministers in Champa to hold an emergency meeting to make a final desperate resistance.

A 5,000-strong Han army, marching in an orderly manner in the dark and rainstorm, appeared outside Champa like a divine army descended from the sky.

Sun Ce looked at the low city wall of Champa, narrowed his eyes slightly, and found that there were very few defenders on the wall.

Especially now with the heavy rain pouring down, Sun Ce observed for a long time and only saw three or two figures occasionally appearing on the city wall.

Sun Ce asked. "Gongjin, is this a trick?"

"This is the heartland of Linyi State. I'm afraid most of the troops have been withdrawn. Add to that the heavy rain, and this is normal."

Zhou Yu wiped the rain off his face and answered with excitement on his face.

Invading the capital of a barbarian country gave the Han people an indescribable excitement and sense of accomplishment, and Zhou Yu was no exception.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce no longer hesitated.

Immediately, Sun Ce personally led the elite troops to easily cross the low city wall, and took advantage of the night and heavy rain to quietly kill the few defenders who were hiding from the rain, then opened the city gate and headed straight towards the palace with ease. (End of this chapter)