Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, Zhuge Liang, holding a feather fan, spoke loudly.

"It is foggy today, so the Prime Minister cannot go out. I asked Zhuge Liang from Langya to come here and play the zither for the three armies. It was originally a good intention, but Cao Cao actually had the intention of launching a surprise attack, and drove my good men to lose their lives in such a reckless way. What a pity..."

Zhuge Liang?!

Cao Cao's expression froze; he naturally knew this name.

Li Ji's disciple, Zhuge Kongming, who was called "Wolong" by Zikun as one of the "Three Sages".

Cao Cao had never met Zhuge Liang before, but when he saw him from afar, he couldn't help but feel fearful of him.

His demeanor, which was three points similar to Li Ji's, was enough to make Cao Cao take him seriously.

Although Cao Cao did not respond for a long time, Zhuge Liang did not get annoyed. Instead, he continued to sit upright and play the piano, playing the unfinished song.

However, as the sound of the piano drifted into the ears of Cao's soldiers at this moment, the invisible ridicule and contempt undoubtedly caused the morale of Cao's army to drop.

Just as Cao Cao was gazing at the south bank, thinking of some way to remedy the situation.

Xiahou Dun, looking a little dazed, stumbled towards Cao Cao and said in a panic.

"Brother, brother, Miaocai has not come back yet. Miaocai is still on the south bank..."

Cao Cao was stunned at first, and then his expression changed drastically.

Due to the heavy fog, Cao Cao could not see what happened on the south bank at all. He only knew that he had encountered an ambush on the south bank. After the horn was sounded, he retreated with a defeated army in a panic. He had no idea that Xiahou Yuan did not retreat with him.

Immediately, Cao Cao turned his head and looked towards the south bank, trying to find out if there was still fighting going on somewhere, and then try to support Xiahou Yuan.

For Cao Wei, the prestige and status of Xiahou Yuan, who had followed Cao Cao in his campaigns for many years, were self-evident. Once he died, the blow to Cao Wei would be comparable to the death of Xun Yu.

But when Cao Cao looked around, all he could see, apart from Zhuge Liang who was leisurely playing the piano, was a large number of Han troops waiting in formation.

There was no sign of fighting.

The fact represented by this made Cao Cao no longer have any hope, and he realized that Xiahou Yuan was probably captured or killed.

"Ding~~"

As Zhuge Liang pressed the strings of the zither with both hands and the song ended, Xu Chu, who had just finished cleaning the battlefield in the rear, came over with Xiahou Yuan's body covered in blood and asked.

"Kong Ming, this is Xiahou Yuan's body, what should we do with it?"

Xiahou Yuan?
Zhuge Liang was naturally well aware of the intelligence about Cao Wei's many generals, which made him frown slightly.

If it was any other Cao general, the body would be easy to deal with and he could just take it back and let the prime minister make the decision.

The only exception is Xiahou Yuan.

There was no other reason, it was because many years ago Xiahou Yuan married his niece to Zhang Fei as his wife.

Considering the personal relationship between the prime minister and Zhang Fei, if Xiahou Yuan's body was brought back to the prime minister for disposal, it would only cause trouble for his teacher.

Even if the two armies were at war, each serving its own master, Zhang Fei would not be dissatisfied with Li Ji for such a matter, but considering Lady Xiahou's status...

Especially when Zhuge Liang lowered his eyes, he found that Xiahou Yuan not only had a "big brain" at this moment, but even his torso looked open-minded. He didn't know where to start to repair the corpse.

"Forget it, prepare a small boat and send Xiahou Yuan's body directly back to the Pseudo-Wei."

Zhuge Liang said something, and after letting Xu Chu make arrangements, he led the army back to the camp to report to Li Ji. The results of this battle were brilliant.

Not only did it kill and wound more than 20,000 Cao troops, but it also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Wei-Zhao coalition forces.

A sword that is not unsheathed is often the most intimidating.

Cao Cao and Li Ji had been facing each other across the river for many days without any substantial confrontation. Feeling the pressure, Lu Bu was counting on Cao Cao to make a big move.

Now, if Cao Cao didn't take action, it would be fine, but once he did, he was ambushed and suffered a big setback.

This was an obvious blow to the morale of the Wei-Zhao coalition forces, and Lu Bu's dissatisfaction would inevitably accumulate further.

Li Ji, who had been staying in the camp, listened to Zhuge Liang's report of the detailed process and results of the battle, and nodded slightly.

More than 20,000, this number is already a lot, and the results are quite fruitful.

Finally, Zhuge Liang continued, "Teacher, there is also Cao's general Xiahou Yuan who was killed by a powerful crossbow. I took the initiative to send his body back to Cao Wei."

Li Ji's expression paused, and the image of Xiahou Yuan appeared in his mind.

On the day of Li Ji's wedding, Xiahou Yuan was sent by Cao Cao to attend and present gifts. The two also had a conversation, which made Li Ji sigh.

Once a guest of honor, now a fallen soul...

Even though Liu and Cao were in opposition and fighting each other, Li Ji had already made mental preparations for this, but in the end he still could not feel happy about cutting off Cao Cao's arm.

"The death of a talented person is like losing an arm for Cao Cao. Kong Ming did a good job."

After several breaths, Li Ji affirmed Zhuge Liang's approach and let Zhuge Liang go down to continue handling military affairs.

Immediately, after thinking for a moment, Li Ji picked up a pen and wrote a letter.

The content of the letter was nothing special, except that Xiahou Yuan was dead.

Zhuge Liang might have known about the relationship between Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei, but he did not know that Lady Xiahou and Xiahou Yuan were only niece and uncle on the surface, but in fact they were as close as father and daughter.

In a sense, Xiahou Yuan can be regarded as half of Zhang Fei's father-in-law, so their relationship is quite close.

Li Ji could guess most of Zhuge Liang's intention of sending Xiahou Yuan's body back on his own initiative, but Li Ji knew even more clearly that this was not Zhuge Liang's responsibility.

Zhang Fei might not deliberately bear a grudge and take revenge on Zhuge Liang, but it was enough to cause Zhang Fei's dissatisfaction and disgust, and add many obstacles to Zhuge Liang's future governance of the Han court.

Especially since Zhang Fei was a person who valued personal feelings more than public spirit. Even if he agreed with Zhuge Liang in terms of political stance, due to personal feelings, Zhang Fei could not help but dislike Zhuge Liang, who killed his father-in-law.

Li Ji naturally could not turn a blind eye to this, and the letter he sent was an apology to Zhang Fei. He also mentioned that the killing of Xiahou Yuan was arranged by himself, secretly protecting Zhuge Liang.

As Li Ji watched Gu Wei take the letter and hurried down to make arrangements, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"If I had known this, I would have called Zhongda back to replace Kongming..."

For example, when it comes to dirty work, Li Ji usually doesn't do it himself, but leaves it to Jia Xu.

In Li Ji's opinion, Zhuge Liang's character and talent were enough to make him the next prime minister of the Han Dynasty. In comparison, Sima Yi's dirty hands didn't matter.

Only Li Ji could predict Cao Cao's movements, but it was difficult to determine in advance who Cao Cao would arrange to carry out the sneak attack.

Xiahou Yuan, such a high-ranking general, was arranged by Cao Cao to be the vanguard for the sneak attack. This could only make Li Ji sigh that Cao Cao wanted to kill him, as if he was afraid that someone else would miss the target with an arrow. (End of this chapter)