Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 885: Commanding the Battle Line
‘It’s over! ’

Cao Xiu's face turned pale as he looked at the rear army which had fallen into chaos in an instant.

The timing of the White Horse Volunteers' appearance was too coincidental and too fatal.

Even the direction of the first wave of arrow rain attack launched by Zhao Yun based on his instinctive intuition happened to contain a small number of young and strong men who were experiencing field battle for the first time.

Under the command of the supervision team, these young and strong men assisted in defending the city in accordance with the regulations and played a certain role.

Cao Xiu's original idea of ​​bringing these young and strong men who had seen blood was to train the troops through war and alleviate the dilemma of Qingzhou's shortage of military forces.

Theoretically, such young and strong men who have seen blood, defended the city and survived, only need to go through a few battles and undergo some brief military training afterwards, and they can barely become elite seedlings.

However, Zhao Yun's almost metaphysical ability to find flaws and his precise attack on the young and strong men caused a small-scale rout, which did not give Cao Xiu any chance to respond.

Tens of thousands of Baima Yicong rushed into the chaotic rear army in an instant, causing the small-scale rout to quickly turn into a large-scale defeat.

The rear and central armies were in an unstoppable rout, which caused the front army, which was originally engaged in close combat with the Han army, to quickly fall into panic and no longer have the slightest desire to fight.

Wei Yan, who had been prepared, drew his sword without hesitation and led his personal guards to charge forward, sounding the clarion call for the Han army to turn from defense to offense.

In just a quarter of an hour, Cao's army, which had originally had the upper hand, was thrown into complete chaos by the defeat caused by this chain reaction.

However, with the Zibo River in front and the scattered White Horse Volunteers on the plain behind blocking their retreat, the defeated Cao army was almost scrambling to escape from the left and right sides.

At this moment, even if Bai Qi and Han Xin were alive again, it would be difficult to save Cao's army from defeat.

After being reminded by Pang Tong's men, Wei Yan broke through Cao's army's blockade and ran straight towards Cao Xiu, who wanted to join the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to escape, shouting.

"General Cao, don't run away. Wei Yan from Yiyang is here. Hurry and leave your head here!"

Knowing that the situation was hopeless, Cao Xiu was unwilling to get entangled with Wei Yan, and rushed left and right, trying to escape quickly.

However, in the midst of this chaotic army, Cao Xiu was blocked by a large number of defeated soldiers and was caught up by Wei Yan from behind halfway.

Wei Yan, who had been holding a lot of anger in his heart, asked with a grim expression.

"Cao Xiu, please tell me who died here?"

"You are going too far. Do you think I, Cao Xiu, can be bullied?"

Cao Xiu angrily raised his spear and fought back, aiming straight at Wei Yan's throat.

However, in terms of bravery, Wei Yan, who fought from the bottom with swords and spears, was more than one step ahead of Cao Xiu.

The battle lasted less than ten rounds.

Cao Xiu was beheaded by Wei Yan with a single blow.

The battle lasted until the last bit of light disappeared at dusk, ending the pursuit of the fleeing Cao army.

These more than 20,000 Cao troops suffered countless casualties, with more than 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry alone lost, leaving only a few remnants that scattered in all directions.

Not even Cao Xiu, Li Qian, Li Zheng and other famous generals of Cao were able to escape and all were buried on the banks of the Zibo River.

Immediately, Wei Yan led his troops to clean up the battlefield and rest on the spot.

At Pang Tong's suggestion, Zhao Yun led 3,000 white horse volunteers, wearing the armor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and tried to open the city gate directly before the city of Linzi was informed of the battle report.

Unfortunately, Li Dian, who was left behind to guard Linzi City, was not careless at all. When he learned that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had returned to the city under Cao Xiu's order, he went to check it out in person despite the late night and easily saw through the flaws. However, the armor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was obtained by the enemy, and they even came to trick the city gates.

The inner meaning of this situation made Li Dian feel cold in his hands and feet, as if struck by lightning.

Zhao Yun's attempt to trick the city into opening the gate at night failed, so he had no choice but to retreat and rest, waiting for the army to come and forcibly seize Linzi City, which had only a few defenders.

However, when Wei Yan led the Han army back and returned to the city of Linzi.

Li Dian, who had learned from some of the defeated soldiers that Cao Xiu, his uncle Li Qian, his cousin Li Zheng and other Cao generals were all killed in the battle, knew that it would be difficult to hold Linzi any longer, so he sent fast horses to deliver battle reports to Cao Cao and Cao Ren respectively.

Before the Han army could attack, Li Dian, who did not want the food and grass in the city to fall into the hands of the enemy, set fire to the granaries in the city with tears and blood, and then led a part of the defeated soldiers to quickly evacuate Linzi.

By the time Wei Yan opened the gate of Linzi, the raging fire in the granary in the city could no longer be extinguished.

……

And it was during the period when Linzi City was captured.

At the gate of Chunyu City, the Northern Expedition Army led by Li Ji had been blocked for thirteen days.

Yu Jin was very cautious in guarding against possible tunnels, but what surprised him was that after being on guard for so many days, apart from the unstoppable attack outside the city, he did not find any trace of tunnels.

Until one day, the weather suddenly turned cold, and the Han army outside the city spent only half a day fighting with the Chunyu City defenders, and retreated ahead of schedule for the first time in history.

Before the sun even set, heavy snow had already begun to fall.

Yu Jin hurriedly distributed firewood in the city to keep Cao's army warm and ward off the cold, but he was very happy in his heart.

When the heavy snow fell, the Cao army hiding in the city still had enough shelter from the wind and snow, and they had also prepared a lot of firewood and other fire-making materials in advance. However, for the Han army, it was undoubtedly a big trouble.

Not to mention the heating problem, just maintaining the logistics and food routes is a big problem.

If we are not careful, not to mention continuing the siege, countless Han soldiers might freeze to death or starve to death.

"This heavy snow came so early, it really is God's help to Wei."

Yu Jin spoke with joy, and even Yu Jin, who never drank alcohol, felt the pressure suddenly relieved and couldn't help but feel the urge to have a few drinks.

The heavy snow lasted all night long.

When Dasheng Jin got up the next day to inspect the city wall, the city inside and outside was already covered in white.

Just when Yu Jin was preparing to enjoy the snow scenery, the sound of Han army drums, which had almost become Yu Jin's nightmare, rang out again.

Yu Jin stared with his eyes wide open, looking in disbelief at the dark wave of Han troops that were advancing slowly and densely towards Chunyu City in the distance.

How can it be?!

Are the Han army inhuman? They are not afraid of the cold and ice?
Feeling the cold wind blowing like a knife while standing on the city wall, Yu Jin was full of doubts, but he did not dare to hesitate for a moment. He immediately ordered people to blow the horn to urge the many defenders who were hiding in various places to avoid the wind and keep warm to quickly go up to the city wall.

By the time many defenders were shrinking their necks, resisting and dragging their feet to return to the city wall, the Han army that had surrounded the city from three sides had already arrived at the gates.

What made Yu Jin's pupils shrink slightly was that a chariot with a flag with the word "Li" on it appeared under the city.

Yu Jin's heart tightened as he understood that since the Prime Minister Li Ji of the Han Dynasty was personally commanding the battle, this would definitely not be a feint attack like before!

(End of this chapter)