Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Han Fu and Gongsun Zan had never been an unbreakable alliance.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan was also on guard against Han Fu, lest anything he did would become an obstacle for Han Fu.

In addition, the food and grass needed by the army in Guangzong City were all provided by Han Fu, so Gongsun Zan was naturally not in a hurry. He was happy to station troops here, constantly consuming the food and grass of both Han Fu and Yuan Shao.

To be honest, Gongsun Zan is indeed a veteran general who has fought on the frontier for many years. His military skills should not be underestimated. Although he seems to be unstrategic, he is actually calculating against both Han Fu and Yuan Shao at the same time.

At present, the initiative is in the hands of Gongsun Zan's cavalry. Both Han Fu and Yuan Shao can only be led by Gongsun Zan.

However, Gongsun Zan's strategy was undoubtedly also to give Yuan Shao a chance to catch his breath.

It can be seen that Gongsun Zan, who boasted of his extremely powerful cavalry, did not regard Yuan Shao as an equal opponent at all.

"If we are so careless, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen..."

Guo Jia thought silently, then turned his gaze and looked at the map hung on the side by Gongsun Zan.

Although the terrain on both sides of the boundary bridge is plain, the boundary bridge across the Qing River can only accommodate three or five horses passing side by side, which is quite prominent.

However, Gongsun Zan decided to keep his troops in place for the time being, and continued to deplete Yuan Shao and Han Fu's food supplies, waiting for the right day for a decisive battle.

Even though Guo Jia felt that the longer he delayed, the more uncertainties there would be, and that he could not persuade Gongsun Zan at all, he naturally did not waste his time speaking.

In addition to gathering intelligence from all sides every day, Guo Jia would observe the terrain around Guangzong from time to time.

Guo Jia, who was in Guangzong, not only had intelligence about Jizhou, but was also trying to understand the current situation in the Central Plains.

At the same time as the Battle of Jizhou and the Battle of Yijing broke out, wars also broke out frequently in other provinces and counties of the Han Dynasty.

Qingzhou, after spending more than half a year, Cao Cao initially pacified the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and successfully occupied most of Qingzhou.

However, Qingzhou had experienced years of devastation caused by the Yellow Turbans, and many areas had already been deserted, with countless people unable to escape.

In order to quickly restore people's livelihood and produce money and grain, Cao Cao, at the suggestion of Xun Yu, imitated Yangzhou and implemented the "military farming system" in Qingzhou, and used all the captured Yellow Turbans and a large number of Qingzhou people to farm.

In addition, the remnants of Dong Zhuo in Sanfu fought several battles with Lu Bu in the name of revenge for the prime minister.

Only with the assistance of Chen Qun and Chen Gong, and with the support of Sili, Lu Bu, who led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, showed his demeanor as the most powerful general of the time. He defeated the remnants of Dong Yushu's army, who were of equal strength, and almost lost Hangu Pass.

From then on, the conflict between Lu Bu and the remnants of Dong's bandits came to an end.

Based on various intelligence reports, Guo Jia judged that the remnants of Dong's gang might plan to take back Liangzhou first and then attack Sili.

After defeating the remnants of Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, who had grasped the righteousness of the court, began to accumulate strength and prepare to go east through Hulao Pass to seize Yanzhou and occupy the Central Plains.

"In this chaotic world where many heroes emerge... "

While Guo Jia sighed in his heart, he was more concerned about the direction of the battle in Jingzhou.

It’s a pity that due to the distance, the information from the Jingyang area will undoubtedly be transmitted to Jizhou with a long delay.

The latest information Guo Jia knew about Jingzhou was that Liu Biao defeated the 50,000-strong Yizhou army and began to march towards Ba County, while his teacher in Chaisang remained on hold.

……

Just when Guo Jia couldn't help but worry about the situation in Jingyang, Sun Qian's letter was delivered back to Chaisang camp.

"The wait is finally here!"

Holding the letter with the seal of the governor of Jingzhou in his hand, Li Ji couldn't help but smile.

With this letter, Yangzhou had a legitimate reason to send troops to Jingzhou.

At Li Ji's order, the Chaisang camp, which had been ready for many days, began to move, and countless soldiers immediately started to board the ships.

And on the surface of the Yangtze River, there are dozens of ships waiting.

In just half a day, the 70,000 troops that continued to gather in Chaisang all boarded the boats, and then sailed upstream along the Yangtze River in a mighty manner, heading straight for Jingzhou.

Among the 70,000 troops led by Li Ji, 10,000 naval forces were used to operate ships, and there were only about 60,000 actual combat soldiers.

Among them, Zhang Fei led 3,000 cavalrymen, mobilized 2,000 White Horse Volunteers led by Tian Yu, and the remaining 55,000 were all infantry.

As for the food and fodder needed for the troops, they were stored on the ships early on, and subsequent food and fodder supplies would be continuously transported to the front line by the navy.

The fleet consisting of dozens of ships was undoubtedly a grand sight that had not been seen on the Yangtze River in hundreds of years.

Not to mention that Jingzhou is currently unable to blockade it, even if Jingzhou still has spare strength, it has no navy to fight against it.

The flags "Liu" and "Li" hoisted by this fleet announced the identity of the visitors to the entire Jingzhou along the way.

Just five days.

This huge fleet went upstream along the Yangtze River, then entered the tributary Han River, and landed in Yicheng, a hundred miles away from Xiangyang.

……

When this news reached Yuan Shu's camp, the honey water in Yuan Shu's mouth, which he had not yet swallowed, sprayed out on the spot and he shouted.

"What did you say?!"

"The Yangzhou army appeared in Yicheng, a hundred miles away." The scout answered fearfully.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!"

Yuan Shu's pupils shrank at first, and he waved his hands to deny it. Then he picked up another piece of information on the table that had just been delivered half a day ago and shouted.

"A spy sent us intelligence half a day ago that the Yangzhou army was still standing still in Chaisang. How could they have traveled nearly a thousand miles to Yicheng in just half a day?"

"But, but I saw..."

Without waiting for the scout to speak, Yuan Shu waved his hand and shouted angrily, "Come here, drag this spy who is disturbing the morale of the army and reporting false military information away and chop him off!"

"It's unfair! It's unfair..."

The scout cried out that he was innocent, but he was dragged away forcibly, and his voice soon stopped.

But even though Yuan Shu had already concluded that what the scout said was untrue, he still had a fearful feeling, which made Yuan Shu's expression gloomy.

Yuan Shu may have been repeatedly described as the "Skeleton King", but that doesn't mean Yuan Shu was a stupid person.

The threat from Yangzhou also made Yuan Shu feel uneasy about Li Ji, who was stationed in Chaisang.

Therefore, Yuan Shu also dispatched a large number of spies to the vicinity of Chaisang to keep an eye on the movements of the Chaisang camp at all times.

It was precisely because he knew that Liu Bei seemed to be restrained by some kind of benevolence and clan friendship and had not taken any action in Chaisang that Yuan Shu was able to besiege Xiangyang with such confidence, boasting that Jingzhou was already in his pocket.

"Yes, it must be fake. Even if Li Ji is an immortal, it is impossible for Chaisang's army to appear in Yicheng in just half a day. It must be Xiangyang."

Yuan Shu reiterated this sentence once again, as if to reassure himself. (End of this chapter)