Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

When Zhou Yu learned the news, he rushed to the lookout tower with three generals, Cheng Pu, Zu Mao and Han Dang, with worried looks on their faces.

Cao Ren, who had given up the intention of launching an offensive, had already begun deploying spies around the hill, intending to trap Zhou Yu and others to death on the hill.

Cao Ren knew very well that the troops led by Sun Ce were isolated and deep in the enemy's territory, and the food and supplies they carried were limited.

If we trap them on this hill for five or six days, they might starve to death.

Zhou Yu and others who were standing on a high place and looking into the distance were also observing the Cao army that appeared nearby with a large number of light boats.

"Cao's army really came just as Gongjin expected..."

"It seems that the flooding of the Yellow River must have been caused by Cao's army, otherwise they would not have arrived so quickly and prepared so many light boats in advance."

"This is troublesome. I'm afraid General Cao is planning to trap us to death."

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Unlike Han Dang, Cheng Pu and Zu Mao who discussed the matter with worried tone, Zhou Yu showed a hint of joy between his brows after looking around.

"Okay! Okay! The way out I'm waiting for is with them."

At this moment, Zhou Yu looked at the small boats that were watching the hills from afar, and there seemed to be a gleam of light in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zu Mao couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Gongjin, why do you say that? Do you have a brilliant plan?"

"Let's go back to the tent and discuss this in detail."

Zhou Yu nodded, then returned to the central military tent with Han Dang and other generals.

Even though the army is short of supplies now, in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, all the necessary camps and arrangements have been set up.

In the absence of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu undoubtedly became the temporary commander of this army, presiding over the meeting of the rest of the officers in the army.

When many officers in the army arrived, Zhou Yu observed the expressions of each officer almost carefully.

As a result, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but admire the "military household system" promoted by Li Ji.

The soldiers trained by the "Military Household System" are by no means comparable to ordinary soldiers in terms of cohesion and stability of military morale.

Even though the army was trapped in the hills by the flood, the morale of the troops had clearly dropped.

But the morale of the army was still quite stable, and many officers showed no signs of fleeing in panic. This undoubtedly made Zhou Yu secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and also laid the foundation for the next breakthrough.

In front of all the officers and soldiers in the army, Zhou Yu threw out a "king bomb" as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Everyone, I have figured out a way to solve the current dilemma..."

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Cao Ren, who had deployed a large number of personnel in the waters around the hill to monitor the enemy's movements, was always observing the enemy's movements in the hill.

On that day, the two armies faced each other across the water, and nothing changed.

The same thing happened the next day.

Cao Ren knew that his troops were insufficient and did not dare to attack.

Zhou Yu lacked boats and was trapped on the hill, unable to get out.

However, the careful Cao Ren discovered a detail.

The smoke rising from the camp set up by Liu Jun was gradually decreasing, and considering the number of Liu Jun troops Cao Ren observed, the amount of smoke rising was far from enough.

This undoubtedly also indirectly verified the fact that Liu Jun's food and grass were already insufficient, so he had to choose to cut spending.

"It's just a last-ditch struggle!" Cao Ren couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that Liu Jun's army would soon run out of food and grass and be defeated.

That night, the boats deployed by Cao Ren in the surrounding area captured more than a dozen deserters of Liu's army who were holding onto a piece of driftwood.

After Cao Ren sent people to interrogate these deserters one by one, he obtained some exciting information.

Of course, Cao Cao had suffered a great loss when interrogating prisoners. Cao Ren did not forget to repeatedly verify the intelligence on more than ten captured prisoners to ensure that there was no possibility of falsification of the intelligence.

That is, the original commander Sun Ce has disappeared, and for many days it was Sun Ce's sworn brother Zhou Yu who appeared everywhere to appease the troops, and Liu Jun's army was indeed running out of food and fodder.

"Zhou Yu? Zhou Gongjin?"

This name is undoubtedly unfamiliar to Cao Ren.

Liu Bei had many talented people under his command, including countless civil officials and brave generals who had made a name for themselves in the Han Dynasty, but Zhou Yu really had no outstanding achievements in external battles.

At least, Cao Ren had hardly heard of the name Zhou Yu.

All we know is that Zhou Yu is Sun Ce's sworn brother and that he and Sun Ce have a very close relationship. The two of them are inseparable. Moreover, Zhou Yu is quite young, a boy who has barely come of age.

After getting this information, Cao Ren felt more at ease and planned to wait for Liu's army to collapse and die.

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However, the beginning of deserters irritated Zhou Yu.

After two days of inaction, Liu's army began to take frequent actions on the third day. Not only did they begin to cut down the few remaining trees on the hill, they also began to dismantle wooden facilities such as arrow towers, watchtowers, and camps.

After careful observation, Cao Ren came to a conclusion.

Little Zhou Yu undoubtedly knew that if he continued to drag it out like this, he would die.

So, Zhou Yu had to start trying to break out.

"Or to be more precise, they were planning to escape under the cover of the army."

Cao Ren secretly judged Zhou Yu's thoughts.

Now, Zhou Yu doesn’t even have a boat.

Even though there were many trees in the hills, in the absence of various tools and boat builders, the best they could do was to build some crude rafts. Zhou Yu had no ability to fight Cao's army on the water.

If Zhou Yu wanted to escape, the only way was probably to order the soldiers in each unit to escape on their own, holding on to the floating wood.

In this way, a group of generals including Zhou Yu would have the possibility to hide in the chaos and escape.

This couldn't help but make Cao Ren frown slightly. It was naturally important to destroy this elite force of 20,000.

But Cao Ren knew better that capturing a large number of Liu's generals would also be of great benefit.

At the very least, those Liu generals could become political bargaining chips in Cao Cao's hands for negotiations with Liu Bei.

Liu Bei has always been known for his benevolence and virtue, so he would certainly not ignore the captured generals.

If Liu's army was allowed to flee in all directions, each holding a piece of wood, Cao Ren would only have more than 200 light boats, which was a limited number, and many of them would inevitably slip through the net, and the mission would not be completed.

When Cao Ren was thinking about how to stop them, he suddenly noticed that Zhou Yu was either trying to make things easier or was certain that Cao's army had too few soldiers and did not dare to attack actively.

The place where the wood was placed was not far from the waterline, not more than an arrow's distance away.

This made Cao Ren very happy. He immediately came up with an idea and quickly arranged for people to prepare flammable materials and a large number of arrows.

In order to avoid an ambush, the cautious Cao Ren naturally would not risk going ashore, but instead prepared to burn the wood with rockets from a distance in the water.

For Zhou Yu who was trapped on this small hill, wood was a non-renewable resource.

As long as this batch of wood is burned, it will be equivalent to destroying Zhou Yu's hope of escape. (End of this chapter)