Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

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That means side by side.

Just as there is no strategist who dares to say that he can defeat Li Ji, similarly, no decent person would play a one-on-one duel with Lu Bu.

Don’t underestimate the fact that he successfully injured Lu Bu last time. In fact, Lu Bu’s bravery in a desperate situation left Guan Yu with a great shock.

If Guan Yu had been besieged by four first-rate generals, he would have been chopped into meat paste within ten rounds, but Lu Bu managed to hold on for thirty rounds without dying.

Zhang Fei was very stubborn, but he couldn't find any fault with Lu Bu in this regard, so he just went along with it.

"When the Five Tiger Generals come together, the slave of three surnames is nothing to be afraid of. We can kill him in an instant."

After this statement was made, except for Zhao Yun who felt a little embarrassed, almost no other generals thought there was anything wrong with it.

If one is not a match, then two, three...

Even if he can hold out for thirty rounds against four of them, then if the Five Tiger Generals come together, Lu Bu will have no way of resisting.

"dong dong"

Li Ji saw that the topic of the generals seemed to have unconsciously turned to Lu Bu's bravery, so he tapped the table lightly and spoke.

"Lü Bu's bravery is nothing to be afraid of."

"Because I am worried that the Wei-Zhao coalition might invade, I chose Zhongmu County as a place to store grain to avoid a temporary shortage of food and grass."

"What's more, Lu Bu will definitely not lead his troops to disrupt the grain route. Even if the two Chens agree, Cao Cao will try to stop it."

No matter how bad Lu Bu's reputation was, or how strong his martial arts were, as long as Lu Bu was the King of Zhao, Cao Cao would never allow Lu Bu to do such a risky and unwise thing.

Once Lu Bu died, the Wei-Zhao coalition would inevitably fall apart in an instant.

Soon, seeing that all the civil and military officials had no objection to the arrangement of storing grain in Zhongmu, Li Ji skipped this topic and started discussing the matter of attacking the Wei-Zhao coalition again.

Although the Wei-Zhao coalition forces arrived at Guandu first and occupied many advantageous terrains north of Guandu in advance to repair defensive fortifications, they were still clamoring to march south to attack Liu before the New Year.

But when Li Ji appeared with an army of 700,000 in the Northern Expedition, the Wei-Zhao coalition could only honestly take a defensive stance and had no intention of actively crossing Guandu.

During this period, Li Ji not only completed the exploration of the terrain, but also gradually figured out the deployment of part of the Wei-Zhao coalition forces on the north bank of Guandu.

The Wei-Zhao coalition forces are not one after all.

Therefore, Cao Cao and Lu Bu were each responsible for an area, which spread out in the east-west direction with Guandu as the center. The defense lines they set up extended nearly twenty miles from east to west.

Among them, Cao Cao was mainly responsible for the east side, while Lu Bu set up camps and garrisoned west of the north bank of Guandu.

This is the inevitable flaw of the so-called coalition forces. After all, they are not as close as a family. They cannot help but secretly guard against each other, and it is impossible for them to safely hand over their own troops to the other side's command.

Sima Yi, who was in charge of intelligence, analyzed the deployment of the Wei-Zhao coalition forces as thoroughly as possible on behalf of Li Ji, and then Li Ji spoke.

"The Battle of Guandu is crucial to the success or failure of the Northern Expedition."

"My goal is not to break through the Wei-Zhao coalition's defense line and cross Guandu, but more importantly to use this opportunity to destroy as many of the Wei-Zhao coalition's troops as possible."

"Only in this way can we completely dismantle the possibility that the Wei-Zhao pseudo-government will continue to rely on the strong city to carry out meaningless resistance, prolonging the war, depleting national strength, and bringing disaster to the people."

When this statement was made, many people agreed with it. It was not that Guandu was the obstacle that Li Ji had to overcome.

The troops of both sides seemed to have an invisible tacit understanding and gathered here, but Wei and Zhao had their own ideas, and Li Ji also had his own considerations.

Compared with the gradual siege warfare, if we can severely damage the two kingdoms of Wei and Zhao at Guandu, or even achieve success in one battle, it will be a great thing for both the country and the people.

Therefore, Li Ji's goal from the beginning was not to pass Guandu, but to deplete the military forces of Wei and Zhao as much as possible.

"As for the two states of Wei and Zhao, Wei is strong while Zhao is weak. In addition, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry that Lü Bu relies on is not good at defending. This marquis intends to mainly attack Lü Bu on the west side of the north bank of Guandu, and feint an attack on Cao Cao."

"When Lü Bu's losses become increasingly serious, conflicts will arise between Wei and Zhao. Even if the coalition forces do not fall apart, it will surely cause chaos."

It is human nature that what worries us most is inequality rather than scarcity.

There is no need to resort to any conspiracy or trickery in order to provoke the so-called coalition to disintegrate. This blatant conspiracy itself is unsolvable.

Lu Bu's military force was originally inferior to Cao Cao's, yet he was the one who was constantly attacked. What would Lu Bu think? He had no doubt that Li Ji had joined forces with Cao Cao to set up a trap for him.

As the direction of the troops was determined, Li Ji also selected the generals:
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Sun Ce, Wei Yan, Xu Sheng, Gan Ning, Jiang Qin, Zhang Ren...

In such a large-scale operation, Li Ji directly divided his troops into ten groups, each leading 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, and deployed them on the west side of the south bank of Guandu, looking for opportunities to attack Lu Bu's group.

On the surface, their purpose was to cross the river, but in reality, they were looking for opportunities to fight and deplete Lu Bu's troops.

As for Li Ji, he personally led an army of 300,000 and stationed them at various checkpoints south of Guandu, on the one hand to guard against the counterattack of the Wei-Zhao coalition forces, and on the other hand to deter Cao Cao.

For a time, with Guandu as the center, there were camps everywhere along both sides of the river, and an austere atmosphere lingered.

Until the seventh day when Li Ji arrived in Guandu.

Zhang Fei, who was the most impatient, started a war of words and could not help harassing and attacking Lu Bu. At the same time, Li Ji, accompanied by Xu Chu and Gu Wei, came to the bank of the river with a guqin and began to play it leisurely.

The sound of the piano floated across the river and also attracted Cao Cao.

Upon seeing this, Cao Cao responded by beating the drum. The piano and drum played together in a seemingly perfect harmony, which made the soldiers of both armies who witnessed this scene look at each other in bewilderment.

When the music of the zither stopped, Li Ji left in a leisurely manner. However, Cao Cao was left with an endless aftertaste for the experience and was so inspired that he wrote a poem entitled "Guan Du Zou·No. 1".

On that day, there was harmony on the east side of Guandu, but there was fighting on the west side for a long time.

The next day, it was also early in the morning.

Li Ji came again with his zither, and the sound of the zither began again.

Cao Cao also responded by beating the drum again and left behind another poem, "Guan Du Zou, Part Two".

On the west side of Guandu, the Five Tiger Generals launched an attack at the same time, trying to cross the river from five different positions to attack Lu Bu's camp. The battle lasted for most of the day...

This went on for six days in a row, with Cao Cao leaving a poem every day, up to the "Guan Du Zou, No. 6".

On this day, Lu Bu, who was under fierce attacks from ten forces at the same time, ran back and forth to save the situation. He fought until dusk and finally returned to the tent covered in blood. Listening to Chen Qun's report on the movements on the east side, he was so angry that his teeth were itching.

"What do you mean? Cao Cao is living a peaceful life, reciting poems and composing couplets, while I have countless casualties and fighting?" (End of this chapter)