Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

This is a booklet.

Li Ji put his hand on the booklet, but gently pushed it back.

This startled Zhang Liao slightly. He looked up at Li Ji and was about to continue pleading when Li Ji spoke slowly.

"The Eight Hundred Formation will be handed over to Wenyuan to lead. Gao Shun once led troops to resist the Xianbei in Bingzhou, so he should also be buried with honor."

After a pause, Li Ji put his hands behind his back and said as he walked out.

"Your Majesty is tolerant and the Han Dynasty also needs true warriors, not only to rectify the country, but also to wipe out the barbarians in all directions. There is no need to worry that Your Majesty will be afraid of a mere trap camp."

"On the contrary, I only lament that 800 are too few. If we could get 8,000, 80,000, or even 800,000 such strong soldiers, why would we worry about the instability in all directions and the inability to expand the territory for the Han Dynasty?"

At this moment, Zhang Liao felt that the messy worries in his heart before seemed so unnecessary, and he was judging others by his own standards.

The eyes of the King of Han and the Prime Minister are not just on this corner of the country, nor are they just looking to restore the Han Dynasty. Instead, they are sharpening their swords to target the barbarians outside the Great Wall.

Especially Zhang Liao, who had suffered from the plundering of foreign races when he was young, felt the same way and unconsciously felt a surge of heroic spirit.

"I will definitely live up to the Prime Minister's expectations."

"Wenyuan will stay at Hulao Pass to take care of Gao Shun's funeral, and then slowly train the Xianzhen Camp. All the baggage and money will be provided by the Xianzhen Camp..."

After a pause, Li Ji looked back at the booklet in Zhang Liao's hand as he walked out, and said.

"As for the booklet in Wenyuan's hand, it is inevitable that some omissions were made in the hasty compilation. After Wenyuan has actually practiced the Xianzhen Camp, he will compile all the experience and lessons learned from this strong army and present it to the king. The king will surely reward him handsomely."

"Yes, Prime Minister."

Zhang Liao bowed to greet Li Ji, feeling completely convinced.

Not only was he impressed by his ability to forge ahead with plans and command military forces, but he was also impressed by his magnanimity.

While the Han army rested for a night at Hulao Pass, they also sent a large number of scouts to Luoyang to investigate the battle situation.

The next morning, the Han army at Hulao Pass set out again. Except for Zhang Fei who led 100,000 elite troops to Mengjin immediately, and Chen Dao who led 10,000 Han troops to garrison at Hulao Pass, Li Ji led 30,000 Han troops straight to Luoyang.

Even though Liu Bei had already established Jianye as the capital, Luoyang's special status made the recovery of Luoyang of special significance.

Moreover, Luoyang is a place that remotely controls the Three Auxiliary Areas, Liangzhou, Hanzhong and other places.

By controlling Luoyang, the Guanxi region that Liu Bei had never been able to reach could also be gradually brought under his control, so Li Ji would not hesitate to go to Luoyang in person to take charge.

However, as the scouts who had set out in advance reported that Luoyang had been captured by the coalition forces formed by Ma Chao and Yang Ren, under the leadership of Gu Wei, the imperial palace and other places in the city had been sealed off, awaiting the arrival of the prime minister.

Li Ji couldn't help showing off to Sun Ce, Zhang Song and others around him.

"In my opinion, Gu Wei is comparable to Su Qin and Zhang Yi of ancient times."

"He persuaded Ma Teng and Zhang Lu to return to Han, and supervised the coalition forces to advance eastwards, conquering Sanfu and Luoyang, which made Lü Bu lose his mind and make stupid moves."

For a while, there was a constant stream of congratulations from all sides, some praising Gu Wei's ability, while others were praising Li Ji for his careful training...

Li Ji didn't care how much of this was sincere and how much was just social tact. But for Li Ji, after having Gu Wei by his side for many years, he was really happy to see Gu Wei's achievements today.

Such achievements would be enough for Gu Wei to gain a foothold in the imperial court in the future, and even allow him to fulfill his wish of becoming a real Han envoy to visit various countries.

However, unlike the joyful atmosphere surrounding Li Ji at the moment, Cao Cao's face looked as if he had not slept for three days and three nights. Not only was he frighteningly ugly, but there was also a lot of blood on his face, and he looked in a dishevel.

After learning the news brought back by Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao realized that the situation was much more dangerous than he had imagined and that he could not delay any longer. He made a prompt decision to withdraw his troops, without caring that the baggage and food had not yet been transported away.

Of course, there are still nearly 300,000 Cao Wei troops, and they cannot withdraw all at once. Otherwise, if they are chased by the Han army, it will easily turn into a major defeat.

By then, let alone an army of 300,000, even an army of one million would be nothing more than pigs to be slaughtered.

Therefore, the withdrawal needs to be carried out in batches, and the key is how to stabilize the morale of the troops throughout the process.

But just when Cao Cao began to withdraw his troops, the Han army, which had been gathering strength for a long time, launched a fierce attack day and night.

The withdrawal of some troops inevitably caused loopholes in the defense line, which led to frequent sieges and captures by the Han army.

After only holding out for less than two days, Cao Cao realized that even without Zikun, there were still capable people in the Han army on the other side who could easily see through the strengths and weaknesses of the various camps set up by Cao Wei.

After two and a half days of desperate resistance, Cao Cao gradually realized that if he did not withdraw directly and stayed in Guandu where there were loopholes everywhere, he would be trapped to death by the Han army.

Especially since Cao Cao had already transported a large amount of baggage and food in advance, this made Cao Cao even less confident to continue to fight with the Han army.

This also made Cao Cao's original intention of retreating slowly and gradually, and retreating first to open the way for the later retreat come to nothing. Li Dian led 20,000 elite troops to cover the rear, while Cao Cao led the main army to begin to evacuate Guandu.

Although a part of the army was withdrawn first, the army that withdrew with Cao Cao was still a huge number of over 200,000.

With such a large scale, the army marched for more than ten miles, with flags covering the sky, so it would be impossible to conceal their whereabouts.

In particular, Li Ji left a large number of cavalry at Guandu, which made it impossible to conceal the movements of Cao Wei's army.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry became the only means in Cao Cao's hands to drive away the Han cavalry.

In addition to the cavalry of the Han and Wei sides, which were the first to chase and fight in small groups on the plains, groups of Han troops also continued to chase up.

Cao Cao, who was afraid of fighting, could only keep sending out troops one after another to try to tie down the pursuers and buy enough time for the army to withdraw.

The distance from Guandu to Yanjin is less than 100 miles, and the army can travel for two or three days at the shortest and four or five days at the longest. However, in Cao Cao's eyes, the journey was extremely long.

"My king, another Han army is chasing us."

Just as Cao Cao took the water bag from his attendant and his cracked lips had just felt a little moisture, a hurried voice interrupted Cao Cao again, shocking him so much that he almost couldn't hold the water bag in his hand.

"How many shares are you going to buy?!"

Even someone as strong-willed as Cao Cao felt extremely angry and frustrated.

"The ninth one..." (End of this chapter)