Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Please explain in detail, Shiyuan." Wei Yan's heart trembled, and he began to ask for advice in a serious tone.

Pang Tong stood up and walked with Wei Yan to the topographic map hanging in the tent, and drew a route from Pixiang, where the troops were currently stationed, to Linzi.

No matter how the route is drawn, one must go north to capture Zhuxu City, and then find an opportunity to move westward, penetrate into the territory of Qi, and attack Linzi City.

There are still several routes to choose from from Zhuxu to Linzi City.

Zhuxu City is the only way to take the eastern route, and it is also one of the cities that Cao Ren has repaired many times.

"You must know that General Jianwu has led a large army to attack Beihai County. This will certainly force Cao Ren to summon the garrisons from all over Qingzhou to gather in Beihai County."

"Cao Ren is good at defense and is cautious by nature. Even if we hide in Pi Township and do not move our troops for the time being, Zhu Xu's military strength will not be reduced at all. Cao Ren may even increase his troops around Zhu Xu."

"It is a bad idea to rely on Cao Ren's carelessness or the pressure from General Jianwu to determine whether the eastern front will be easy or not."

After a careful analysis, Pang Tong continued.

“So, do the opposite.”

"Our army should create a momentum of 50,000 to 60,000 troops to march towards Zhuxu, but after arriving at Zhuxu and setting up camp, only 3,000 to 5,000 troops will appear at a time, and the siege will only be a test."

"In this case, Cao Ren must think that our army is a fake force responding from the flank, in order to attract Cao Ren to send more reinforcements to Zhuxu, so as to reduce the number of troops dispatched to Anqiu and Chang'an."

"If we patiently wait for five to ten days, it will be enough time for Cao Ren, who is despising Zhuxu, to complete his deployment of troops. Our army will then conserve its strength and look for an opportunity to capture Zhuxu with lightning speed, break through the gates, and march straight into Qi before Cao Ren can return to help."

"What do you think, Mr. Wen?"

Wei Yan's face showed an expression of ecstasy and he clapped his hands in praise.

"Brilliant! Brilliant! As expected of the three wise men under the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister gave them the name 'Phoenix Young'. This plan is truly brilliant."

During the Northern Expedition, the military forces that Cao Ren could mobilize were already somewhat stretched.

For some defense lines that are still in doubt, Cao Ren might send reinforcements out of caution.

But once Cao Ren determines that the troops outside Zhuxu City are fake, he will not take any more actions due to the pressure faced by the other lines of defense.

"Shi Yuan's brilliant plan will surely work!"

At that moment, Wei Yan made his decision without any hesitation, and the troops, which had already been prepared for the march, immediately set out to the north.

According to Pang Tong's plan, Wei Yan also ordered the army to set up more flags. In addition to the fanfare, he also secretly began to make more scarecrows, preparing to confuse Cao's spies after arriving at Zhuxu to set up camp.

Just when the four armies under Li Ji's command launched an attack together to swallow up Qingzhou, the war between the North and the South began.

The 800-li express sent by Cao Ren was also delivered to Yecheng day and night.

Cao Cao, who had just taken a beautiful woman from the wealthy Hebei merchant Zhen family as his concubine and was about to have a chat with her about how cavalry could penetrate the enemy's formation, rushed out in a disheveled state after hearing this.

"How can Qingzhou send it 800 miles in a hurry?!"

Cao Cao asked with a murderous look in his eyes.

After Cao Cao read the secret report sent by Cao Ren, his face changed drastically.

If Cao Ren still had some doubts about the Northern Expedition, then Cao Cao almost reacted.

"Liu Da'er, f... f... f... I have fallen into your trap!"

"The split between Liu and Li, the Shouchun Rebellion, are all fake, all fake..."

The manifesto issued by Liu Bei would be true!
The Northern Expedition Army led by Li Zikun has already invaded the border, and the first target is most likely Qingzhou. At this moment, Cao Cao had all kinds of thoughts, but they were quickly suppressed by Cao Cao. He realized that the top priority was not the time to worry about other things.

If Li Ji comes with the whole country's strength, the Qingzhou defenders alone will not be able to hold out for long, so reinforcements should be sent south to help Qingzhou as soon as possible.

only……

The Northern Expedition Army arrived so suddenly that Cao Cao had no time to mobilize troops in advance. Even if he wanted to reorganize the army immediately, it would still take some time.

Cao Cao said urgently, "Order all the ministers and generals to come and discuss the matter immediately."

The attendant who was originally guarding outside the door heard this and gave some considerate advice.

"Your Majesty, it is already late at night and you are ready to go to bed. Why don't you summon your ministers tomorrow morning..."

Without waiting for the attendant to finish speaking, Cao Cao suddenly drew the sword from his waist, swung it at the attendant's neck, and shouted.

"Those who disturb my decision should be killed."

A visible cut appeared on the attendant's neck, blood gushed out, and a look of shock remained on his lifeless face.

The other attendants were terrified upon seeing this and immediately knelt down to apologize.

Cao Cao said in a cold voice.

"What are you waiting for?"

Immediately, a group of attendants rushed forward to convey Cao Cao's order, fearing that if they were a step slower they would also lose their lives.

Almost that night, military orders were issued one after another with Yecheng as the center, and Cao's generals in Yecheng also rushed to various places overnight.

At the same time, three independent messengers rushed to Luoyang with the same secret letter, asking Lu Bu to send troops.

In fact, before Cao Cao's messenger arrived in Luoyang, Lu Bu had already seen the "Manifesto of Reviving Han and Fighting the Northern Expedition against Bandits" sent by Chen Gong and began to respond.

Right now, Cao Cao and Lu Bu are not on good terms with each other, and Chen Gong and Cao Cao even have unresolved personal grudges.

But Wei and Zhao were undoubtedly in a relationship of mutual dependence. Once one of them was destroyed, the other would definitely not be able to survive.

Therefore, under Chen Qun's strong persuasion, Lu Bu not only ordered all places under his jurisdiction to prepare for war, but also set out to Chenliu to observe the situation and prepare to lead the army to attack Yuzhou.

For a time, as the "Manifesto of Reviving Han and Fighting the Northern Bandits" spread, wars broke out in various places.

Just as Cao Cao and Lu Bu began to respond separately, Xu Sheng was discussing with Tian Feng how to stop Cao's reinforcements.

The two cities of Anqiu and Chang'an must be captured in order to open the gate to Beihai County, and the two cities of Anqiu and Chang'an must be captured as soon as possible to put enough pressure on Cao Ren.

After two days of fierce attacks with no regard for casualties, Anqiu and Chang'an were already on the verge of collapse. With one more day, Xu Sheng was confident that he could have taken them down anyway.

Therefore, after receiving the reminder from Li Ji about the cavalry, Xu Sheng discussed countermeasures with Tian Feng.

"If it were just ordinary cavalry, it would be easy to stop them for a while. But if it were the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which is quite famous in Cao Wei, even if there are only 3,000 of them, I'm afraid they would be enough to rival nearly 10,000 ordinary cavalry."

Xu Sheng said with a worried look on his face.

"But if we leave the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry alone, even if they don't enter the city, it will be enough to boost the morale of the defenders of Anqiu and Chang'an. With such a brave cavalry watching from the side, they will not dare to attack the city with all their strength."

Tian Feng, who looked very old in his middle age, thought for a moment and then bowed.

"I have a plan to offer to you, General. Please accept it." (End of this chapter)