Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Yu Jin divided their troops into three groups and each quickly built a simple bridge.

It was a small river less than ten meters wide, and the water was not turbulent. There were many trees on both sides of the river. With sufficient manpower, three simple bridges were built in less than two minutes.

Afterwards, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Yu Jin almost simultaneously led their trusted men to investigate the situation on the other side of the river.

The dense forest on the other side of the river was not very wide and dense, and it only took a quarter of an hour to cross it to the north.

Soon, pieces of information were quickly transmitted back to Cao Cao.

There was no ambush or flammable objects in the dense forest, and there was not even any trace of a large-scale enemy ambush. There were only traces of a large army clearing a path through the dense forest to pass through and leave.

'be cheated!'

When the news brought back by Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Yu Jin verified this fact, everyone, including Cao Cao, looked grim.

If there had been a large-scale enemy ambush in the dense forest, it would inevitably have left behind a lot of conspicuous traces.

The result at the moment is obvious. After passing the Liyang Bridge, Liu Bei's army went straight north through the dense forest, leaving only Zhang Fei at the Liyang Bridge to delay time with a false tactic.

However, upon learning the facts, Cao Cao was surprisingly patient. He was just about to wait for another half hour and send a message to Xiahou Yuan and other generals, asking them to continue to explore the situation outside the dense forest to the north.

Yu Jin sent his confidant to bring a prisoner back, which made Cao Cao very happy.

"Reporting to the lord, this person is suspected to be an enemy scout. He was ambushed in the dense forest and was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake. He fainted for a while. After being captured by the general, he was sent back immediately."

While his confidant was reporting in a hurry, Cao Cao walked up quickly, squatted down and checked the scout who had been stripped of his weapon.

Cao Cao lifted up the scout's trouser leg and clearly saw a snake tooth mark, and his entire left leg was obviously swollen.

There was no doubt that this was a bite from a poisonous snake, and the scout's various symptoms clearly indicated that he had been poisoned by some kind of snake venom.

Xi Zhicai also stepped forward to observe for a while, and asked with some joy, "My lord, should we invite a doctor as soon as possible? Maybe we can get some information from this scout."

"No need to go to such trouble."

Cao Cao said this, then drew the sword from his waist and chopped directly at the scout's swollen left leg.

"Pfft!"

The sword fell and the leg was broken. The scout, who had originally fainted, woke up on the spot due to the pain and began to wail.

The next moment, the Han sword in Cao Cao's hand instantly pierced through the scout's shoulder, nailing the scout directly to the ground. At the same time, he raised his foot and stepped on the broken limb to stop the bleeding.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The scout's face turned pale with pain, beads of sweat the size of beans kept appearing on his forehead, and he almost forced himself to wake up.

Cao Cao gently twisted the Han sword a few times, stirring the scout's flesh and blood. When the intense pain exceeded a certain limit, the scout could not even shout out. His body kept twitching violently and his throat made an uncontrollable "crackling" sound.

After several breaths, Cao Cao stopped the Han sword and asked with a sharp look.

"Tell me what you know, and I will spare your life!"

The scout was panting heavily, looking terrified.

"Have mercy, have mercy! I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything, have mercy..."

Immediately, Cao Cao asked the question that concerned him most.

"Who was the commander that Liu Da'er sent to stay behind at Liyang Bridge?" The scout answered with a stammer, grimacing in pain. "Uncle Liu... no, Liu Da'er, the commander that Liu Da'er left behind to cover the retreat was... Zhang Fei..."

After these words were spoken, Cao Cao's face became noticeably gloomier.

It turned out that I was teased!
Cao Cao then asked again, "How many troops are there to cover the retreat? Where is Zhang Fei now?"

"There are 1,000 cavalrymen. Zhang Fei has already left after destroying the bridge, leaving me to monitor in the dense forest. I really don't know where the rest of me are. Please spare me..."

Without waiting for the scout to finish, Cao Cao, who was upset and angry, drew his sword and slashed it at the scout's neck, cutting off the rest of his words.

The blood kept flowing out of the scout's throat, causing him to open his mouth but unable to utter any words. His eyes dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Lord Xuande, Lord Hou, I am deeply grateful for your kindness in raising me. I will repay you in my next life..."

Liu Ke, who was born in Taoyuan, heard vaguely Cao Cao's angry order to summon the entire army to cross the river and pursue the enemy while he was in a daze.

Liu Ke's mouth, which originally maintained an expression of fear, subconsciously tried to lift up the corners slightly, but there was no reaction at all.

……

Outside the dense forest, Li Ji was whispering the name "Liu Ke", engraving this name more deeply in his heart.

Dead spy.

This was a necessary strategy to eliminate the last concerns of the suspicious Cao Cao.

When Li Ji proposed this plan, almost everyone in Taoyuan who was supposed to be Li Ji's personal guards volunteered.

In times of chaos, the common people were treated like grass, not to mention the orphans who were rescued from the people who were held hostage by the Yellow Turban bandits.

Even among the noble families there were many warriors willing to die for their masters, not to mention the many children in Taoyuan who were raised by Liu Bei and Li Ji.

The reason why Liu Ke was able to grab this spot was very simple. Compared with other brothers present, he had already married and had children.

"Death chamber..."

Even though Li Ji was very clear about the so-called "a kind man cannot command an army", he also understood that sacrificing Liu Ke could save the lives of more soldiers in the battle of Xuzhou.

But Li Ji also couldn't suppress the deep feelings and waves in his heart.

Apart from remembering Liu Ke firmly, all Li Ji could do was to compensate Liu Ke's widow as much as possible and...

Achieve a great victory that is worthy of Liu Ke’s martyrdom!

At this moment, the sky was about to get completely dark, and the last rays of light were quickly being swallowed up by the night as the sun set.

When Li Ji opened his eyes again, they returned to their usual calmness as he stared at the dense forest in the distance which was gradually enveloping him and becoming increasingly unclear.

When the dense forest was finally swallowed up by the night, Li Ji raised his hand and waved forward.

Immediately, the soldiers behind Li Ji remained relatively quiet and slowly surrounded the dense forest in all directions again.

The invisible murderous atmosphere was like a shadow hidden in the night, covering the dense forest.

The soldiers could not see the direction of the dense forest under the influence of the night, which also meant that Cao's army in the dense forest could not see the ambush troops approaching slowly. (End of this chapter)