Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Jiugu...

Nine groups of Han troops pursued them. To Cao Cao, this was not only incredible, but also seemed to be well prepared. They were just waiting for the Cao Wei army to start withdrawing, and then they would chase and attack them to share the spoils.

In order to resist these pursuing troops, Cao Cao had no choice but to divide his troops again and again to resist.

The Cao Wei army of more than 200,000 who had originally evacuated in a mighty manner, had now become less than 100,000 in more than a day's time.

As for those Cao troops who had to split up and retreat, Cao Cao knew that with their low morale, most of them would be in great danger.

In this situation, even if Cao Cao intended to hide it from the lower-level soldiers, it would be impossible to conceal it.

Looking around, the Cao army, which had retreated in a hurry for more than a day, was almost all depressed and dejected, with no morale at all.

However, after experiencing the Han army's collective attack, Cao Cao was able to prevent his army from being directly defeated, and was even able to divide his troops in an orderly manner to resist, which already demonstrated his strong ability to command troops.

Cao Cao was also very aware of the low morale of the Cao Wei army. If they suffered the slightest blow, they would likely suffer an irreversible and complete defeat.

"We must continue to divide our forces to resist..."

Cao Cao licked his cracked lips and looked around. He suddenly realized that there were only a few generals available.

In order to resist the pursuit of multiple Han troops, all the available generals such as Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Zhang He, Le Jin, Li Dian, Cao Chun, etc. have been sent out.

In the end, Cao Cao set his sights on Qu Yi.

He was also one of Yuan's surrendered generals, and was highly valued by Cao Cao. In order to win over Qu Yi, Cao Cao often showed him favors.

However, Qu Yi first rebelled against Han Fu, and then surrendered as a surrendered general of the Yuan family.

This made Cao Cao value Qu Yi's ability, but he never dared to let Qu Yi lead an army alone, let alone hand over the vanguard death squad back to Qu Yi's hands.

"stop!"

After Cao Cao ordered the army to slow down its march, he dismounted and walked quickly to Qu Yi, bowing and saying goodbye.

"General Kou."

"What's going on, Your Majesty?" Qu Yi quickly dismounted and helped Cao Cao up, asking.

Cao Cao looked at Qu Yi sincerely and said, "The safety of Cao Wei now depends on you, General. I beg you to lend me your support and lead the troops to fight against the bandits."

Qu Yi had received great favors from Cao Cao for many years. He was often given brocade robes, venison, armor, war horses, etc. He even came to Cao Cao's house in person to greet him during festivals. Qu Yi had long been willing to die for Cao Cao because of his courtesy.

However, although Qu Yi had been in Cao Wei for many years, Cao Cao never really used him for a long time.

In the past, Qu Yi even took the initiative to ask for battle, but was always rejected by Cao Cao with words like "Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?"

This made Qu Yi quite depressed in private. He wondered what Cao Cao was thinking.
Seeing Cao Cao's attitude today, Qu Yi felt extremely hot in his heart and spoke loudly with his chest puffed out.

"I am willing to die for the king, and I will not allow any pursuers to cross the line."

"Good, good, good, it is true that loyal ministers are seen in times of crisis. With the general here, my army has nothing to worry about."

Cao Cao said this with joy and trust, even weeping a few tears, and then asked, "How many troops does the general need?"

"Your Majesty, all you need to do is to assign the vanguard soldiers to me again." Qu Yi replied.

"But the number of soldiers is too small for just the first batch of soldiers. I will give you another 5,000 elite soldiers."

After a pause, Cao Cao picked up the water bag again and bowed to Qu Yi.

"This place is simple, so I will use water instead of wine to congratulate you on your victory. When you defeat the enemy and return to Yecheng, I will host a banquet to entertain you."

"I will not disobey the king's order!" After saying this, Qu Yi did not take out the water bag from his waist while Cao Cao was looking at him in a daze. Instead, he snatched the water bag from Cao Cao's hand, took a big gulp of the drink, and then threw it to the ground in anger.

Looking at the clear water spilled on the ground, Cao Cao felt his throat was dry, but he had no choice but to greet him with a smile and quickly dispatched troops to Qu Yi.

After staying in the place where Qu Yi was and forming a battle array to block the pursuers, Cao Cao continued to urge the army, which had rested for a while, to continue marching.

Yanjin is not far away.

Just when Cao Cao felt a little happy, Qu Yi, who was extremely excited, felt like he was poured with a bucket of cold water when he saw the pursuers behind him.

After the great victory at Jie Bridge, Yuan Shao allocated a large amount of money and food to the Xiandeng Death Squad for expansion, and now there are only two thousand of them.

Including the 5,000 demoralized troops left behind by Cao Cao, Qu Yi had only 7,000 troops under his command. Qu Yi thought it would not be a problem to defeat a small group of pursuers numbering several thousand.

But when Qu Yi saw the Han army led by a mighty force of over 20,000 infantry and cavalry, he realized that he was in trouble.

"But it's not like we don't have the strength to fight."

Qu Yi became aware of the situation and began to estimate his chances of winning.

The first batch of soldiers to die are the trump card in hand. As long as the first batch of soldiers to die can inspire the determination to fight to the death of the other soldiers with low morale, it is possible to defeat the larger force with the smaller one.

But when Qu Yi saw the big flag with the word "Zhao" in the Han army's formation, saw the familiar figure riding a white horse with a silver spear, and the large number of white horse volunteers on the left and right wings.

Qu Yi's heart suddenly fell uncontrollably to the bottom.

At this moment, Qu Yi knew that it was no longer a question of how likely he was to win, but rather how long he could hold out...

Guo Jia, who was accompanying Zhao Yun, looked out at the battle formation of Qu Yi not far away. Looking at the familiar vanguard of death soldiers, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hey, I didn't expect that Qu Yi and the first batch of death warriors would meet. Zilong, this is really a narrow road for enemies to meet."

Zhao Yun's slightly pale face also became slightly serious, and a trace of anger emerged in his eyes.

If you ask who the mortal enemy of the Baima Yicong is, it is undoubtedly the Xiandeng Death Squad.

Zhao Yun asked slowly.

"Fengxiao, how long will it take to completely eliminate the Xiandeng death squad without affecting the overall situation?"

"Three hours."

After Guo Jia gave a rough estimate and answered, he continued to remind.

"But Zilong's injury has not healed yet. The Prime Minister has asked me to keep an eye on you and not allow Zilong to charge into battle."

"Three hours, I think it's enough. The humiliation of the White Horse at Jieqiao in the past should be avenged today."

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, commanding the infantry and cavalry to advance in the direction of Qu Yi.

For Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zan was both his teacher and his friend, and a large number of his followers could be considered Zhao Yun's comrades-in-arms.

After the defeat at Jie Bridge, countless White Horse Volunteers died in a foreign land.

Gongsun Zan still finds it difficult to get over this, and Zhao Yun also wants to wash away the shame for the White Horse Volunteers.

The reason why the vanguard soldiers were able to defeat the Baima Yicong was because of the geographical advantage of Jie Bridge. Now that it is located in a plain, there is obviously no geographical advantage to use.

Qu Yi, whose expression was equally solemn, looked at the approaching Han army and couldn't help but spit on the ground, spitting out all the sand in his mouth, and shouted.

"The first to die, live in the face of death!!" (End of this chapter)