Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Especially the abundance of military equipment and supplies of the Han army. They would often cover the sky with long feathers, and even mixed with various powerful crossbows.

Before each round of charge and attack, the luxury is three to five rounds of arrow rain coverage, the purpose is not to cause effective damage, but to exert a certain degree of suppression.

At first, Cao Cao ordered archers in various camps to fight back. Later, when he realized that he could not defeat the Han army at all, he became completely obedient and had to send more large shields to various camps.

This level of luxury was simply beyond the imagination of Cao Wei, who was poor and had low aspirations.

Every day, the number of arrows expended by the Han army exceeded 500,000, forcing Cao Cao to grit his teeth in envy and order the rear to speed up the production of large shields and send them to the front line.

This not only shows that the scale of arrow manufacturing under Liu Bei's command is extremely large, but also requires a very strong logistical maintenance channel to deliver arrows to the Han army continuously.

This made Cao Cao, who was quite confident at the beginning and thought that his army could fight the Han army back and forth with the advantage of defending, completely suppressed in less than ten days and could only defend and get beaten.

The shortage of arrows forced Cao's army to save arrows as much as possible, and only fight back with bows and arrows when the Han army had advanced to several dozen steps. Otherwise, Cao's army's logistics simply could not afford it.

But the fact is that under the continuous rounds of arrow rain from the Han army, the Cao army was suppressed to the point where they could not raise their heads. By the time the arrow rain stopped, the Han army had already advanced to a very close distance.

When the Han army launched a powerful attack on Cao's camps that formed a pincer attack, and then retreated, there was also a large-scale rain of arrows that suppressed Cao's army again, making it impossible for Cao's army to counterattack when the Han army retreated.

This tactic may seem simple, but it is purely based on suppressing the enemy with arrows, with logistics, and with wealth. Many Han generals even repeated this tactic over and over again, leaving Cao's army completely helpless.

That is, as the weather grew hotter, the Han army's offensive had to slow down a lot. It was difficult to launch a large-scale attack around noon, which gave Cao's army a lot of breathing space.

Compared with the attack and defense of Guandu, the intensity of the cavalry's charge and fighting in the hundreds of miles of plains from Zhongmu to Xingyang was even greater.

Lu Bu and Zhao Yun were perhaps the top cavalry generals of the time.

Various cavalry tactics were fully demonstrated in this plain of more than a hundred miles.

Especially the cavalry charge, which is undoubtedly the most brutal.

In terms of frontal combat power, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is obviously superior to the Han Cavalry.

However, the confidence that enabled Zhao Yun to persevere for three months was undoubtedly the White Horse Volunteers under his command.

This battle was more of a confrontation between the White Horse Volunteers and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry than a confrontation between the Han Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Zhao Yun did not combine the cavalry under Zhang Fei's command with the White Horse Volunteers. Instead, he led the White Horse Volunteers alone to attack Xingyang, moving back and forth like a dragon.

Relying on the unparalleled riding and archery skills of the White Horse Volunteers, they continued to pull back the pursuing troops.

In order to surround and kill Zhao Yun, Lu Bu could only try to set up a large net in order to restrain Zhao Yun for a while, so that the net could be tightened completely and the Baima Yicong would be trapped and killed.

In contrast, the cavalry led by Zhang Fei, under the command of Zhao Yun, always cruised outside the big net, looking for an opportunity to take a bite, severely injuring or swallowing up a small group of cavalry.

However, the real key undoubtedly lies with Zhao Yun.

At first, Lu Bu thought that it would not take long to catch the White Horse Volunteers who were running around, but Zhao Yun seemed to be able to break through and leave every time at a very small cost.

And after Zhao Yun broke through, he would often return to Zhongmu County for a short period of time to replenish food and rest, but the enemy would come back again like a thorn in his flesh.

At this moment, Zhao Yun, who had thoroughly mastered the military tactics of Gongsun Zan and the art of using troops taught by Li Ji, seemed to have these sixteen large golden characters flashing above his head: "When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy stays, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue."

Lu Bu, who was fed up with the torture, was completely determined to confront Zhao Yun. He was determined not to give up until he trapped and killed the White Horse Volunteers, and he chased and fought with Zhao Yun on the plain of more than a hundred miles.

At the same time, Gu Wei, who was entrusted with an important task, returned to Nanyang County without stopping. With the help of the Mi Chamber of Commerce, he disguised himself in Nanyang County and boarded a merchant ship, and entered Hanzhong County along the Mian River.

Although a great war that would determine the future of the world was breaking out in the Guandu area, the Mi Chamber of Commerce had already become a commercial giant of the time, monopolizing many commodities that even other princes could hardly refuse.

Not to mention Zhang Lu who ruled a territorial island in Hanzhong, even the Wei and Zhao states could not completely ban the Mi Chamber of Commerce from entering.

It’s simple, it’s just that products like paper are irresistible.

As affordable paper has become widely available, few people are willing to use the extremely heavy bamboo slips.

This merchant ship of the Mi Chamber of Commerce was naturally able to enter Hanzhong County, and under the surveillance of Hanzhong warships, it was able to follow the Mian River into the Han River and go directly to Nanzheng, where the Hanzhong government was located.

The person in charge of this merchant ship was Mi Kang, a member of the Mi family's branch.

Seeing that Nanzheng was approaching, Mi Kang might not know the specific identity and purpose of the young Gu Wei, but the task assigned to him by Mi Fang was to escort Gu Wei into Nanzheng at all costs.

However, from the serious wording of the order from his cousin Mi Fang, the astute Mi Kang was able to judge that the identity of the young Gu Wei must be no simple one.

Not to mention, Gu Wei was closely protected by twenty guards who looked to be experienced fighters.

Mi Kang originally wanted to personally inform Gu Wei of the news that he was coming to Nanzheng, but he was stopped by the tiger guards on duty when he was still quite far away from the room.

Helplessly, Mi Kang could only bow and say.

"Please ask the warrior to tell Gu Lang that Nanzheng is coming soon. Do you have any plans?"

"Please wait."

The Tiger Guard said something politely, and then asked one of them to report to Gu Wei.

Soon, Gu Wei, who had learned the news, came out and asked, "Sorry to trouble you, Zhongye, but I don't know how far it is from Nanzheng?"

"About three hours."

Mi Kang replied.

Three hours...

Hearing this answer, Gu Wei fell into deep thought.

Today, the relationship between the Mi Chamber of Commerce and Liu Bei is no longer a secret, which also means that after the Mi merchant ships enter Nanzheng, the Nanzheng garrison will board the ships for inspection again.

Unlike the soldiers on the border of Hanzhong County who were easily bribed and released by Mi Kang with his "cash ability", the inspection of the Nanzheng defenders would be much stricter.

Once Gu Wei and the twenty Tiger Guards were inspected, problems would easily be discovered.

"It is inconvenient for us to enter Nanzheng, so we need to trouble Zhongye to find a place for us to disembark on the north bank of the Han River." Gu Wei replied.

"it is good."

Mi Kang did not ask the reason and hurried down to make arrangements. (End of this chapter)