Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After all the corresponding arrangements were made, Cao Cao, who was originally tired, found it difficult to fall asleep.

Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, thought more and more that it was very likely that Li Ji had sent people to attack the camp.

Moreover, Cao Cao also had a deep understanding of Li Ji. In addition to understanding Li Ji's strategies and plots, he also liked to go to the front in person to observe the detailed movements of the enemy.

When Dong Zhuo was fighting, Li Ji would often go out to observe the terrain, and even went close to observe the deployment of troops at Hulao Pass several times.

"Who knows, Zikun expected Cao to be unprepared and came with the army to attack the camp, to personally observe our army's deployment and reaction?"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly became inexplicably excited and he sat up from the couch. He walked back and forth for a while, muttering to himself, feeling extremely anxious.

"If Zikun is caught by Cao because of his carelessness, don't blame Cao for being rude."

Once Li Ji was captured, Cao Cao would be able to do a lot.

The ideal situation would be to convince Li Ji to join him.

Liu Bei, who was originally a mat weaver and shoe seller, was able to dominate both sides of the Yangtze River with the assistance of Li Ji.

If Cao could get his help, why would he worry about not achieving his goal of hegemony?

To get Li Ji alone is to defeat a hundred thousand soldiers.

Even if Li Ji was unwilling to surrender for the time being, holding Li Ji in Liu Bei's hands would be enough to make Liu Bei cautious and it is not impossible to force Liu Bei to withdraw from Xuzhou.

It can be said that as long as Li Ji can be captured, the situation in Xuzhou will change drastically in an instant.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that even if Li Ji came with the army to attack the camp, he would not personally risk the arrows, and would most likely stay in a safe area outside the camp to observe.

Therefore, Cao Cao had already withdrawn all the cavalry and had them ambush outside under the command of Xiahou Dun.

As long as someone attacked the camp, Xiahou Dun would lead the cavalry to search the outer area for the possible presence of Li Ji.

Cao Cao put on a robe and walked out of the tent, looking at the night sky covered by dark clouds without any light, muttering to himself.

"Zikun, you will come, right? If you don't come, I will have trouble sleeping."

It was a dark night with strong winds, a perfect time to attack the camp.

Just as Cao Cao was standing outside the tent observing the night sky, a burst of urgent horn sounds suddenly came from the east side of the camp.

'Enemy attack! '

This made Cao Cao unable to hold back a look of ecstasy on his face and he burst into laughter.

"Li Zikun has fallen into the trap!"

Cao Cao had arranged countermeasures early on and set up a large number of traps and ambushes behind the gates of various camps.

Before going to sleep, the soldiers of Cao's army were informed of the possibility of an enemy attack. They were required to sleep with their armor on and their weapons not more than ten feet away from their bodies so that they could gather quickly and counterattack.

Therefore, with the sound of the horn, the entire Cao army camp, which had just fallen asleep, quickly woke up.

As long as the traps and ambushes set up in advance can delay the attacking enemy for a period of time, the endless stream of Cao's soldiers will be able to completely swallow up the invading enemy.

More importantly, the cavalry led by Xiahou Dun, who was ambushed outside the camp, would quickly start looking for Li Ji's whereabouts...

However, Cao Cao's smile only lasted for a moment before he realized something was wrong.

The noise coming from the east side of the camp was too quiet. There was no shouting, wailing, or other sounds from the battle.

In addition, the timing of the enemy's attack was not right.

It is only midnight now, and the soldiers have just fallen asleep, and their sleep is not deep.

Generally speaking, the attack on the camp would be carried out around the hour of Chou, as that was the time when the soldiers were most deeply asleep and it was also the most difficult to react.

Immediately, Cao Cao quickly sent people to the east side of the camp to investigate and verify.

As the result came back, Cao Cao's face darkened. There were indeed enemy troops on the east side of the camp. A squad of 100 cavalrymen rushed straight towards Cao's camp, scaring the sentry so much that he subconsciously blew the horn to warn of the enemy attack.

However, the team of a hundred cavalrymen only made a feint, demonstrating their superb riding and archery skills. After shooting and killing the sentry who blew the horn and some Cao's soldiers, they quickly disappeared into the darkness.

White Horse Volunteers!

Tiring out the enemy!!
In just a moment, Cao Cao understood Li Ji's plan.

From the very beginning, Li Ji probably had no intention of storming the camp by force. The cavalry that made a feint and was able to kill with horse archery in the dark must have been the Baima Yicong.

This action was probably intended to disrupt Cao's army's work and rest in order to tire them out.

Since Li Ji is thinking of "tiring the enemy", I'm afraid this is just the beginning...

Suddenly, Cao Cao thought of something, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a bad premonition quickly rose in his heart.

Xiahou Dun!
cavalry!!!

"Quick, send someone to have Yuan Rang withdraw to the camp."

……

At the same time, in an area far away from Cao’s army camp.

Liu Bei and Li Ji were waiting for news from the front.

Originally, Li Ji planned to come alone, but Liu Bei was worried, so he came along as well.

Li Ji did not insist on this, nor did he worry about encountering any danger as a result.

After all, in addition to a large number of tiger guards, there were also tens of thousands of cavalry guarding them.

In the plains, Cao Cao had no ability to surround or trap tens of thousands of cavalry.

During the daytime confrontation between the two armies, the cavalry had no obvious effect against the infantry in formation, so neither Liu nor Cao used cavalry at all.

Therefore, after setting up camp and taking a short rest, the cavalry's condition was not affected at all.

Soon, the 100-horse troop that had just attacked Cao's camp retreated. Tian Yu, with a solemn and stern expression, walked up to Liu Bei and Li Ji and was about to salute.

Liu Bei planned ahead.

"Guorang, please skip those customary ceremonies and report the situation immediately."

Tian Yu nodded, and then quickly reported the results of the battle.

Among them, the casualty figures were almost glossed over. The key lies in how Cao's army transmitted the enemy attack signal.

As they were all Han troops, some of their commands in leading troops into battle were the same, but there were many places where they were not completely consistent.

For example: The "enemy attack" signal set by Li Ji in the camp was absolutely different from the one set by Cao Cao.

Li Ji ordered Tian Yu to go and cause trouble. The real key was to find out what the enemy attack signal of Cao’s camp was.

The answer is: a series of short horn sounds.

Suddenly, Liu Bei and Li Ji couldn't help but smile.

As a result, it will not be easy for Cao Jun to fall asleep tonight.

At the same time, Li Ji ordered his men to distribute the trumpets prepared in advance, ordering the 3,000 White Horse Volunteers led by Tian Yu to be divided into three teams and head towards the three directions of Cao's army respectively. Each team was then divided into three waves to harass Cao's army in turn with short trumpet sounds.

A cavalry scout rushed over quickly and reported.

"My Lord, Commander-in-Chief, we have discovered a cavalry of about 3,000 men approaching this direction, about five miles away, so there is a possibility of an encounter." (End of this chapter)