Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

But what Liu Biao did not expect was that Liu Pan actually greatly defeated the morale of Yuan Shu's army and managed to hold Xinye City firmly in the short term.

In this way, more time would undoubtedly be bought for Liu Biao, and it is even possible that Yuan Shu, knowing that the situation was hopeless, would retreat.

"The destiny really lies with this old man!"

At this moment, Liu Biao felt that the situation was very good.

Yuan Shu's army was demoralized and could not capture Xinye City.
According to the intelligence sent back by the spies monitoring Chaisang, there was no unusual movement in Liu Bei's army either.

Moreover, the Yizhou army will become a turtle in a jar...

Liu Biao stared at the map in front of him with sharp eyes. Then he picked up the knife used for cutting meat and stabbed it hard into an area circled in red on the map.

With the continuous exploration of a large number of scouts, Liu Biao has roughly found the location of the main force of the Yizhou army, and tomorrow is the time agreed with Wei Yan to attack the Yizhou army.

Unlike Liu Yan who was a civil servant, Liu Biao was a military officer before he took office as the governor of Jingzhou. He was the Lieutenant Marquis of the Northern Army, in charge of the five battalions of the Northern Army.

Under the command of Liu Biao, in addition to leaving behind necessary defensive forces, the entire Zigui had already concentrated 100,000 Jingzhou troops, waiting to launch an attack on the Yizhou army with thundering force.

In fact, Liu Biao had already prepared himself for the failure of Wei Yan's brilliant plan and the failure of his sneak attack on Wu County behind enemy lines.

The situation in Jingzhou is very good now. Even if he attacks by force, Liu Biao has to forcibly defeat the Yizhou army in order to knock on the door of Yizhou.

Even though the situation made it impossible to completely take over the entire Yizhou for the time being, we must seize the opportunity to gain control of Ba County, which is the gateway to Yizhou.

As long as he had Ba County in his hands, once Liu Yan died, Liu Biao would no longer have to worry about swallowing up the entire Yizhou, connecting Yi and Jing into one, and establishing his hegemony.

"The great event is about to be accomplished, but I am already losing my composure."

Liu Biao smiled, but his eyes were still fixed on the map, as he repeatedly considered his military plan for tomorrow.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Liu Biao changed his previous style, wore armor, went on stage to personally boost the morale of the army, and then led an army of 100,000 west out of Zigui, heading straight for the direction where the main force of the Yizhou army was stationed.

However, the battle was different from what Liu Biao had expected.

When Liu Biao led his army to the Yizhou military camp, what he saw was a camp that looked disorganized.

The Yizhou army... retreated?
Moreover, their retreat was extremely hasty and embarrassing, even to the point of abandoning all their weapons and armor.

In an instant, Liu Biao realized that Wei Yan's brilliant plan was likely successful. He attacked Wu County, the food supply and retreat route behind the Yizhou army, forcing the Yizhou army, which learned the news, to retreat in a hurry.

"Chase!"

Liu Biao had almost no hesitation and directly ordered his troops to be pursued and killed along the way, and would never allow the remaining 40,000 Yizhou troops to retreat back to Yizhou safely.

And one hour after Liu Biao ordered a pursuit, the scout sent by Wei Yan to report the news successfully found Liu Biao and reported the results of the battle.

Three thousand elite troops from Jingzhou followed Wei Yan and marched for many days via small routes. Thousands of them were killed or injured along the way. In the end, only less than two thousand people successfully emerged from the mountains and forests.

After Wei Yan launched a surprise attack on Wu County and successfully took control of the entire county, he had only about 1,500 soldiers left.

Therefore, Wei Yan sent scouts to report the news, requesting Liu Biao to hold on to the Yizhou army. Otherwise, most of the Yizhou army would retreat to Wu County, and Wei Yan, with only 1,500 men left, would not be able to block the retreat of the Yizhou army for long.

This news undoubtedly greatly inspired Liu Biao, who no longer had any concerns and ordered all his troops to pursue the Yizhou army along the way. After Liu Biao issued the order, each general led his troops to pursue the Yizhou army along the way, and good news continued to reach Liu Biao's ears.

The Yizhou troops that were retreating towards Yizhou were successfully caught up by the Jingzhou troops. In just one day, more than 30,000 Yizhou troops were killed or surrendered.

Big win!

This undoubted victory made Liu Biao further realize what destiny meant.

Except for about 10,000 remnant soldiers of Yizhou who managed to escape back to Yizhou through Wu County, the rest of the Yizhou army was overtaken by the Jingzhou army halfway in their retreat, or they were blocked by Wei Yan at the risk of his life in Wu County, delaying them long enough for most of the Jingzhou army to arrive and make a fool of themselves.

Such a great victory not only made Liu Biao extremely happy, but the morale of the Jingzhou army was also greatly boosted.

Just the large amount of supplies seized along the way was enough for many Jingzhou soldiers to have a great harvest. Moreover, with such a great victory and countless beheadings, there will definitely be rewards afterwards.

Of course, while Liu Biao was reorganizing his troops in Wu County, he was not in a hurry to reward people for their merits. Instead, he quickly sent people to contact many officials and generals in Ba County who had previously seemed wavering.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, in Liu Biao's view, now was undoubtedly the best time to knock on the door of Yizhou with a great victory.

As long as the officials and generals of Ba County were persuaded to abandon darkness and join the light, the natural defenses of Yizhou would vanish in front of Liu Bian, and he would be able to easily capture Ba County, the gateway to Yizhou.

At this moment, relying on his prestige from defeating Yizhou, Liu Biao frequently sent messengers and spies to contact various parties in Ba County, almost to the point of not disguising it, and this was undoubtedly a strategy to attack their hearts and minds.

Liu Yan is seriously ill, Yizhou has been badly defeated, Liu Biao has now stationed 100,000 troops at the gates...

No matter how you look at it, Liu Yan's broken ship is about to sink, and Yizhou will soon welcome a new master.

Whoever jumps off the ship first before it sinks completely will undoubtedly gain more benefits.

Liu Biao's move was intended to prevent the officials and generals of Ba County from having any extra time to think, and even better, to stir up chaos within Ba County, so that Liu Biao could enter Ba County more safely.

In less than five days, letters of surrender continued to reach Liu Biao in Wu County.

In particular, just in front of Wu County, the commander of Xuguan, who guarded the first gate of Yizhou, and the magistrate of Yufu County both sent letters of surrender.

Liu Biao acted decisively and after discussing with his civil and military officials, he immediately ordered Cai Mao to lead 10,000 troops as the vanguard to enter the pass, Liu Biao led 60,000 troops as the central army, and Wei Yan led 30,000 troops as the rear army.

After Cai Mao, as the vanguard, successfully entered the pass and controlled Weiguan and Yufu County, Liu Biao, who led the central army, also set foot on the Jiangbei plank road and entered Yufu.

At this moment, Liu Biao already felt that he was close to taking control of Yizhou, so he continued to march along the ancient plank road without stopping towards Jiangzhou City, where the capital of Ba County was located.

The narrow and difficult ancient plank road leading into Yizhou presented a different scene to Liu Biao at this moment. He even began to unconsciously draw a blueprint in his mind on how to govern Yizhou and connect Yi and Jing states to achieve his imperial ambitions.

Until Liu Biao arrived at Quren City along the ancient plank road and accepted the surrender of the county magistrate. He continued to go to Linjiang City and marched hard towards Jiangzhou City, where the ancient plank road ended.

When they were halfway through the journey, a playful voice suddenly sounded from the high mountain wall.

"Brother Jingsheng, why didn't you send an envoy to inform me beforehand when you visited Yizhou? That way I could arrange the reception in advance to preserve the friendship between our clansmen."

Liu Biao, who was marching unsteadily on a bamboo chair carried by two personal guards, suddenly heard this strange yet somewhat familiar voice echoing in the valley.

Liu Biao was stunned at first, then subconsciously raised his hand and looked upwards.

The next moment, Liu Biao's eyes widened, his pupils shrank sharply, and his hands and feet felt cold.

Governor of Yizhou...Liu Yan!
Liu Junlang!!! (End of this chapter)