Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

In that battle, more than 100,000 Yuan troops either died or fled, and even those who escaped could hardly escape hundreds of miles back to Yuzhou. Most of them scattered across Jingzhou and became bandits.

This caused Yuan Shu to suffer heavy damage, from which he has not yet fully recovered. This was no secret in Yuzhou.

Therefore, when this statement was made, many Yuan army soldiers felt fear, and Ji Ling did not know how to refute this fact for a while.

Without waiting for Ji Ling to speak, Li Ji spoke next.

"God is merciful and kind, and my Lord is based on benevolence. You have helped the butcher Cao to attack Xuzhou, so I will give you a chance to repent."

"If you surrender now, I will spare your life. Otherwise... I will make sure you never see the sun tomorrow!"

As Li Ji's words were echoing on the battlefield, the setting sun was emitting some afterglow that fell on Li Ji and the 90,000 Yuan troops.

This naked threat frightened all the Yuan army, and Ji Ling, the main general, was both shocked and angry.

But the more confident Li Ji was, the more guilty Ji Ling felt. He was filled with a sense of crisis. He felt that after the last rays of sunset faded, there would be ambushes lurking everywhere.

After hesitating for more than ten breaths, Ji Ling finally did not say anything harsh to Li Ji again. Instead, he waved his hand and gave an order.

"withdraw!"

While it was still light, Ji Ling prepared to leave the battlefield and return to the camp to make further plans.

Watching the slowly retreating Yuan army, Li Ji did not order a pursuit, but he saw Zang Ba and others in Pengcheng with strange expressions on their faces.

Is this the reputation of Li Ji, the national hero?

Just by raising the flag, Ji Ling, who led an army of 90,000, did not dare to move lightly, and even took the initiative to retreat and withdraw his troops.

"Quick, send someone to contact Guo Shihou to see if there is anything we can do."

Immediately, Zang Ba quickly adjusted his attitude, and without waiting for Li Ji to send someone, he took the initiative to lower a confidant from the city wall in a hanging basket.

Soon, as the confidant returned, he relayed to Zang Ba what Li Ji had said in person.

[General Zang has defended the city with all his might, and his contribution is invaluable. Please rest in the city for a while. The outcome of the battle outside the city will be resolved before sunrise tomorrow, so don't worry.]

When Zang Ba heard this, he couldn't help but show admiration on his face.

Is this the most powerful strategist among the Han Dynasty’s current strategists?
It is truly heroic and impressive.

Unlike Zang Ba who relaxed unconsciously because of his emotion, Ji Ling remained tense all the way back, guarding against Li Ji chasing him or ambushes from all directions.

Therefore, even though Ji Ling had led his troops to distance himself from Li Ji who was on standby at the original location, he still did not dare to relax at all. He kept sending out all the scouts he could to the surroundings to check if there were any ambushes or traps.

However, Ji Ling knew that the possibility was very slim.

It is almost impossible to set an ambush against an army of 90,000 in a flat plain.

However, when Ji Ling led the army to retreat slowly and returned to the original camp located six miles away, he keenly sensed something was wrong.

"Stop!"

Ji Ling, who was used to leading troops in the front line, felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw the camp gate in front of him, where everything seemed normal.

The gatekeepers of the camp were guarding their positions carefully, showing their sternness and sharpness. It was amazing to watch and there was nothing wrong with them.

But in Ji Ling's opinion, this was the biggest problem. Even if Ji Ling was incompetent, he still had some understanding of the general abilities of the soldiers under his command.

It is embarrassing to say that Ji Ling knew that the 3,000 Yuan troops he left garrisoning in the camp were not so elite at all.

Immediately, Ji Ling observed the details of the village gate from a distance and immediately found some clues.

Even after it was covered up, Ji Ling could still see many traces of knife cuts, gun stabbings, and even blood around the village gate.

"The camp... has become vulnerable to the enemy!"

Ji Ling felt a chill in his heart, and his whole body felt a chill of fear, followed by fear.

Now that it was about to get completely dark, Ji Ling relied on the last few rays of light to see the traces of the village gate and realized that the camp had changed hands.

But if they fought with Li Jido for a while, the army would become increasingly exhausted, and it would be completely dark. If they returned to the camp without noticing anything, wouldn't they be ambushed by the enemy?

At this moment, Tian Yu, who was behind the village gate, peeked at Ji Ling outside through the gap. He knew that Ji Ling must have become suspicious and even saw the flaw, which made Tian Yu feel at ease.

Li Ji's instructions to Tian Yu were to lead the White Horse Volunteers to assist the infantry in breaking through Yuan Jun's camp while blocking the surroundings to prevent the news from reaching Ji Ling's ears in advance.

Immediately afterwards, after occupying Yuan’s main camp, Tian Yu led the White Horse Volunteers to hide in it and wait for Ji Ling to withdraw his troops.

Li Ji also made separate arrangements for the two situations in which Ji Ling withdrew his troops and returned at different time periods.

If it was not dark yet, he would deliberately expose a flaw at the village gate to make Ji Ling suspicious.

If it is already dark, then let one or two White Horse Volunteers in the camp pretend to be hidden Yuan soldiers and loudly warn people that "there is an ambush."

In short, this requires Tian Yu to be flexible and make appropriate arrangements according to local conditions to scare Ji Ling, but also to prevent Ji Ling from actually breaking into the camp where there are not many ambushes.

This was to prevent Ji Ling from seeing through the ambush after the two armies fought, and taking advantage of the situation to recapture the camp.

As for why they didn't really set up a heavy ambush in the camp, insufficient manpower was one thing.

More importantly, it would be good if the ambush in the camp could lure and kill the commander Ji Ling, otherwise at most ambush and kill several thousand or tens of thousands of people.

With Li Ji's appetite, he wanted to eat more.

As Ji Ling hesitated outside the camp for more than ten breaths, Tian Yu knew that the time had come, and immediately ordered the White Horse Volunteers hiding behind the camp gate to shoot a rain of arrows in the direction of Ji Ling.

"Bang bang bang!!"

The familiar sound of bowstrings vibrating rang out, and a large number of black arrows rose into the air from the camp, then drew an arc and shot towards the direction of Yuan’s army.

"Puff puff!"

Suddenly, Yuan's army, which was caught off guard, was shot down and killed.

This also made Ji Ling come back to his senses suddenly, and he shouted "retreat" repeatedly!
This caused Yuan's army, which had originally thought that they would be able to return to the camp to rest, to fall into chaos that was almost visible to the naked eye.

After a day of siege, even if each unit took turns fighting, it was enough to make the soldiers of Yuan's army feel deeply exhausted.

Seeing that they were close to the camp where they could rest, but could not enter, it was obvious how much of a blow to Yuan's army's morale it was. (End of this chapter)