Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The order from Xia Pi City was quickly delivered to Sun Ce, who was stationed in Langya State, by fast horses.

"Hahaha, if it's just as Gongjin expected, the information that Yuan Shao has begun to move south will be passed to the lord, and the lord will allow us to march forward."

Before Sun Ce's men arrived, the voice had already reached Zhou Yu's tent.

Without waiting for Zhou Yu to say anything, Sun Ce rushed into Zhou Yu's tent and stuffed the order in his hand into the arms of Zhou Yu, who was still sitting on the couch and not fully awake.

Zhou Yu was already accustomed to this attitude. He accepted the order very naturally and started reading the book quickly.

"Bofu, the opportunity to make a contribution has arrived."

A hint of heat appeared in Zhou Yu's eyes.

Liu Bei has now begun to show his potential to dominate the world. He has already captured Xuzhou in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, while the national hero Li Ji is leading a large army to attack Yuzhou.

Of the four states in the Central Plains, Yu, Xu, Qing and Yan, only Yanzhou and Qingzhou are left.

Among them, Qingzhou may be poor, but it is still a state after all.

If he could lead a small army to capture Qingzhou on his own, it would be a great achievement worthy of being ranked among the dukes and marquises.

Not to mention being on par with the national hero Li Ji, but it is enough to completely establish their status under Liu Bei.

Immediately, Zhou Yu stood up and walked to a map hanging in the tent, regardless of the fact that he was only wearing a shirt.

Sun Ce had stationed his troops in Langya State near Qingzhou for nearly half a month. Naturally, Zhou Yu had already made a series of preparations for attacking Qingzhou in advance.

Moreover, Zhou Yu sent a large number of scouts or spies to Qingzhou, and had roughly understood the situation in Qingzhou.

In order to seize Jizhou, Cao Cao transferred almost all of his available forces to Jizhou to resist Yuan Shao. The county soldiers left in Qingzhou were very limited, and most of them were farmers recruited in an emergency.

The people left behind by Cao Cao in Qingzhou to guard the rear were mainly Xun Yu, assisted by Cao Ren, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and others. A lot of troops were deployed on the border near Xuzhou.

Of course, those were just miscellaneous soldiers temporarily recruited from the fields. Zhou Yu easily saw through their strengths and weaknesses, and had no intention of wasting time with those miscellaneous soldiers who were defending the city.

On the map at this moment, Zhou Yu had already prepared three different routes to attack Qingzhou.

When communicating with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu had no intention of being mysterious and just pointed to a route leading north to Qingzhou and started talking.

"The Lord made the decision much faster than expected. In this case, our army only needs to attack directly."

"There is no need to enter Qingzhou. Instead, we should enter Taishan County first, bypass Qi State, which is defended by Xun Yu with a large number of troops, and march quickly to Jinan State."

Sun Strategy was slightly startled and asked doubtfully, "But in this case, the grain route will also have to pass through Taishan County. Isn't that too dangerous?"

Although there are no great princes in Yanzhou nowadays, they are all those who occupy counties and kingdoms, or even some county magistrates who bully others in the local area.

But Taishan County was not their sphere of influence after all, and even if they bypassed Qingzhou Qi State, they could not avoid the problem of being too close to Qi State, which undoubtedly posed a risk of their food supply routes being attacked.

"It doesn't matter!"

Zhou Yu smiled confidently and said, "My Lord, when you captured Yuzhou this time, you used the navy to transport food in advance and wait for support at the Wei River. This has given me a lot of inspiration."

Immediately, Zhou Yu pointed to Jinan State on the map and spoke.

"Qingzhou does not have enough troops to fight against our army in the field. Xun Yu is just planning to rely on the strong city to hold out and delay time."

"After all, our army only has 20,000 soldiers. It is a bit unrealistic to want to occupy the entire Qingzhou. As we attack cities one by one and our forces are dispersed, we will gradually become less of a threat."

"Although the lord's order is for us to harass Cao Cao's rear and force him to return for help, Cao Cao is ruthless and decisive, so he may not return." "But..."

Zhou Yu's finger entered Taishan County from the north of Langya State, bypassed Qi State, went straight into Jinan State, and then went straight north.

"If you cross Jinan from south to north, you will reach the Yellow River. It will also be the port of Dongchaojin where Cao's army will cross the river from Qingzhou to Jizhou. It will also be the channel where money and grain are continuously transported from Qingzhou to Jizhou."

"We will go straight to Dongchaojin. As long as we occupy Dongchaojin, we will cut off the connection between Cao Cao in Jizhou and Qingzhou."

"By then, Cao Cao will either continue to stay in Jizhou and fight with Yuan Shao, or be forced to abandon Jizhou and retreat to Qingzhou to provide assistance."

Having said that, Zhou Yu smiled confidently and said.

"However, Cao Cao actually had no choice but to retreat to Qingzhou. Having already offended both the lord and Yuan Benchu, Cao Cao would be waiting to die if he retreated to the barren Qingzhou."

"At that time, our army only needs to use Dongchaojin as a base and gradually block the lower reaches of the Yellow River. We will have plenty of time to gradually erode the entire Qingzhou."

Sun Ce nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He felt that Zhou Yu already had some of the charm of his teacher, which was truly admirable.

However, Sun Ce still kept his original intention in mind and continued to ask.

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"But how do we solve the food and fodder problem?"

This question almost made Zhou Yu, who was in high spirits, cough.

It turned out that even after he had been talking for such a long time and had been so straightforward, Sun Ce still couldn't figure out how to solve the problem of food and grass.

"Bofu, the Marquis can use the Huai River and the Wei River to solve the problem of food and grass deep behind enemy lines, so why can't we do the same?"

"You must know that there are also our navy in the vast ocean, and the waterway leading to Yingzhou is rumored to be not far from the mouth of the Yellow River."

"Dongchaojin is also not far from the mouth of the Yellow River. We can transport food and fodder directly to Dongchaojin by sea."

After hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes lit up slightly.

Zhou Yu had only heard vaguely about the legendary Yingzhou waterway.

But Sun Ce knew the direction and location of that waterway very clearly. He quickly estimated it in his mind and found that it was not difficult for Zhou Yu to do what Zhou Yu said.

Zhou Yu then explained more bluntly.

"As I just said, the military strength in Qingzhou is very small now. Even if Xun Yu wants to stop our army, he can't do anything without rice."

"Moreover, the morale of the people in Qingzhou is also extremely low. It is said that there are even righteous armies in several places in Qingzhou that are rebelling against Cao. How can Xun Yu have the energy to stop our army's advance?"

"After our army enters Jinan from Taishan County, the food supply route in the rear will be cut off, which will be enough for our army to cross Jinan and reach Dongchaojin."

At this point, Sun Ce finally understood Zhou Yu's plan.

He passed through Taishan County and went straight to Dongchaojin, blocking the lower reaches of the Yellow River to cut off Cao Cao's connection with Qingzhou.

Moreover, Zhou Yu also predicted that Cao Cao would not be willing to abandon Jizhou and retreat to Qingzhou. After occupying the lower reaches of the Yellow River, he would invisiblely cooperate with Xuzhou from a distance, forming a trend of encirclement and encroachment on Qingzhou.

"Gongjin, you already have the spirit of a teacher!"

Sun Ce praised loudly, and Zhou Yu's expression froze immediately. (End of this chapter)