Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Why did the Han army just keep feinting attacks, why did the catapults keep bombarding the city walls in vain, and why did the Han army keep consuming the defenders' arrows in this way.

All of this was prepared for this moment.

This thunderous attack made it impossible for Cao's army, which was slowed down by the cold weather, to react.

"It's so..."

Yu Jin muttered somewhat dazedly.

However, Gan Ning, who was tasked with being the first to attack the city, had no time to waste with Yu Jin.

While having someone lift up Yu Jin's helmet and shout "Yu Jin is dead" to try to undermine the morale of the defenders, Gan Ning continued to lead the Jinfan bandits to attack towards the city gate.

As for the captured Yu Jin, he was tied up tightly and taken away directly to his own prime minister under Gan Ning's orders.

It had been less than two quarters of an hour since the siege began, and the foreshadowing and advantages accumulated over the past few days, with the help of the accumulated snow, turned into an overwhelming victory.

Battle reports from the three city walls were constantly sent to Li Ji's chariot.

Gan Ning, Zang Ba and Xu Chu, three generals who were good at infantry combat, led their troops to attack one side of the city wall respectively, in order to not give Cao's army any chance to breathe or react, and to cross the obstacles of the city wall by using the high points formed by rubble and snow.

Right now, under the leadership of the three fierce generals, the Han army has initially gained a foothold on the three city walls, which also means... the outcome has been decided.

Li Ji put down the military newspaper in his hand, realizing that there was no point in reading it any further. All he had to do next was wait quietly for the gate of Chunyu City to open and welcome him into the city.

However, Li Ji was quite surprised when the five Jinfan thieves happily escorted the captured Yu Jin to Li Ji's chariot.

Was Yu Jin captured so quickly?
Li Ji, who was sitting on the chariot, looked down at Yu Jin who was forced to kneel on the ground, and asked Zhuge Liang with a slightly sidelong glance.

"What day is today?"

Zhuge Liang understood and replied, "Fourteen days."

"This doesn't exceed the half-month agreement. I promised to make you be bound by my tent, so it's not a breach of trust."

Immediately, Li Ji continued to boil water on a small stove in the chariot while smiling.

"Now, do you have anything else to say?"

Yu Jin, with disheveled hair and a look of dejection on his face, was silent for a moment and then answered dejectedly.

"Skills are not as good as people, there is nothing to say."

Li Ji raised his hand to warm himself by the fire and asked without looking away.

"Since you are somewhat knowledgeable in military strategy, are you willing to return to Han?"

When Yu Jin heard this, his face showed a strong desire, but he recalled Cao Cao's courtesy in his mind, and after a struggle in his heart, he answered.

"I just want to die quickly."

After hearing this, Li Ji raised his eyes and looked at Yu Jin seriously. He was quite surprised at the backbone of Yu Jin who was still in his prime.

Li Ji repeatedly offered to persuade Yu Jin to surrender, not because he thought highly of Yu Jin. He just wanted to set an example and try his best to undermine Cao's generals' determination to fight to the death.

"You really won't surrender?" Li Ji asked again.

Being treated with such courtesy by the powerful Li Ji and asked another question, Yu Jin's inner struggle became even more intense.

Although the King of Wei's kindness was great, a few years ago, Yu Jin was undoubtedly a Han Chinese, and surrendering to the Han Dynasty was not an unacceptable option for him.

"I would rather die than surrender!"

Yu Jin slowly opened his mouth to refuse, trying to convince himself. Next time, when the prime minister asks again, he will surrender. He has held Chunyu for many days, and refused to surrender twice after being captured. This can be regarded as repaying the king's kindness...

And it was when Yu Jin made up his mind and waited for Li Ji to surrender again.

Li Ji spoke to Zhuge Liang with emotion.

"Alas, prejudices in people's hearts can sometimes be as huge as a mountain. I underestimated Yu Wenze's loyalty and repeatedly asked him to surrender. This was really rude of me."

After a pause, Li Ji waved towards Yu Jin and said.

"This will fulfill Wen Ze's loyalty. Come, cut off his head and bury it on the spot."

Yu Jin stared with his eyes wide open and his mouth opened, but he couldn't utter a word. Then he was taken away by two tiger guards.

After a few breaths, a tiger guard came over holding Yu Jin's head, and Li Ji verified its identity.

Seeing that Yu Jin's eyes were wide open until his death, revealing a strong sense of unwillingness, Zhuge Liang could not help but admire him in approval.

"Not all the pseudo-Wei are cowards. Yu Jin was captured but he refused to surrender. He can be considered a loyal and righteous man."

At this time, the gate of Chunyu City was opened from the inside by Gan Ning's troops who had climbed up the city wall, which also meant the fall of Chunyu City.

At Li Ji's order, more Han troops lined up outside the city marched into the city in a mighty manner.

One hour's time.

The Cao army in Chunyu City either fled, surrendered or died, and fell completely into Li Ji's hands. This also meant that the door to Duchang City was completely opened, which greatly damaged the Cao army's strength.

The fall of Chunyu City was so fast that many Cao troops were not even aware of what was happening.

This also resulted in less than 20,000 of the nearly 50,000 Cao troops escaping when the city was captured. In addition, it was freezing cold outside the city, and those thinly dressed Cao troops lacked adequate means to keep warm.

It would be a miracle if the number of Cao's troops who could actually escape back to Duchang City exceeded 5,000.

However, the number of Cao's surrendered troops was over 20,000, which temporarily hindered Li Ji's progress. He had to rest in Chunyu City and try to send the captured Cao's troops back to the rear to serve as laborers.

If they were a foreign race, Li Ji would naturally not do something pedantic and let the living captives delay his own advance.

They can be said to be Cao's army, but in Li Ji's eyes, they are ultimately Han people who have no choice but to do what they want and cannot raise their butcher knives to kill.

On the night when Li Ji captured Chunyu City, Wei Yan and Zhao Yun worked together to defeat Cao's army, killing Cao's generals, and the battle report of taking Linzi was also passed on...

Moreover, it was also delivered to Cao Ren's desk.

Anqiu City, Chang'an City, Zhuxu City, Dongchaojin City, Linzi City and Chunyu City fell one after another. The Northern Expedition Army's pace was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, penetrating everywhere and being unstoppable. Cao Ren looked at the battle report with dull and powerless eyes.

Qingzhou...how can we defend it?

At this moment, Cao Ren just wanted to know how to defend Qingzhou?

In just over a month, seeing the heavy snow falling early, Cao Ren thought that God was helping the Wei Dynasty and Qingzhou would finally be able to survive the winter.

In less than a day, military reports of the fall of the most important Linzi City and Chunyu City were delivered, causing Cao Ren, who had just seen some hope, to fall into complete despair.

Cao Ren murmured with a miserable expression.

"The battle in Qingzhou lasted for more than a month, and the result was either defeat or fall..."

"The King handed Qingzhou over to me. Now that the war has come to this, how can I face the King again?!" (End of this chapter)