Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The Sword and Axe Barbarian Army, a powerful force selected by Guan Yu from various ethnic groups, also showed extraordinary resilience and combat effectiveness.

Even though he was facing an enemy thirty times stronger than himself, he did not retreat even a single step, and even had the momentum to go against the current to face the 90,000-strong Cao Wei army.

"kill!"

"Follow your lord!"

"You will be granted the title of Imperial Conferrence on your wife and children, and will be granted Han nationality today!!!"

……

Especially when an unknown soldier from the Shanyue tribe shouted like this, some of the soldiers who were from the Southern Barbarians, Shanyue, Yi people, etc., immediately had red eyes.

In the present-day areas of Jing, Yang and Jiao, the southern barbarians, Shanyue, Yi people and others have gradually integrated into the local area, but this does not mean that they have Han identity.

Han nationality is the identity that the gradually sinicized southern barbarians, Shanyue people, and Yi people most dream of.

For example, in the system established by Li Ji, if ethnic minorities can obtain Chinese citizenship, they can truly bring their entire family out of the mountains, obtain houses and land allocated by the government, and even their children can learn to read and write in the schools that are gradually being established.

While the rest of the Sword and Axe Barbarians were fighting so frantically, the Han people in the Sword and Axe Barbarians were also unwilling to be outdone and fought with all their might.

Although the Cao Wei army was large in number, its morale was so low that even with Cao Cao's ability, he was no longer able to command the army in battle formation.

The fact that the exhausted Cao Wei army was able to charge forward like this had already aroused the last bit of their will to survive.

At this moment, Cao Cao could only hope that with this last breath, he could forcibly defeat the sword-and-axe barbarian troops blocking the road and create a way for the army to pass.

A quarter of an hour……

Three quarters of an hour...

An hour...

As the motivation that Cao Wei's army had forcibly boosted through their desire to survive gradually disappeared, the sword-and-axe barbarian army that had suffered heavy losses still had not completely collapsed.

Just at this moment, a scout came hurriedly from the rear to report.

[Ten miles behind, the Han army is approaching! ]

Cao Cao, who was already suffering from a migraine, turned pale when he heard this and almost fell off his horse.

"Your Majesty..."

Without waiting for the voices around him to finish speaking, Cao Cao forced his small eyes open and looked at the scene with many afterimages appearing in front of him, squeezing out a word from his throat.

"Order all troops to bypass the Han army and retreat to Yanjin..."

After saying this, Cao Cao realized that the Cao Wei army, which he had spent countless efforts to lead to retreat here, was about to suffer a major defeat under the pursuit of the Han army.

To repel the sword-axe barbarians and then withdraw is to preserve order;

If we order all the tribes to find ways to bypass the sword-axe barbarian army on their own, they will surely rush to evacuate in a disorderly manner. Under such circumstances, only one in five people will be able to actually retreat to Yanjin.

But Cao Cao knew that he had no choice. If he continued to delay, the Han army's pursuing troops would arrive one after another and completely surround and kill the army here.

Cao Cao didn't even manage to finish his words as he fainted completely, no longer aware of the changes around him.

Even though Cao Cao occasionally regained some consciousness during the constant bumps, he could hardly open his eyes completely. He seemed to see the Han flags flying behind him...

……

Military reports were sent to Luoyang and Shouchun like snowflakes. Almost immediately after Li Ji arrived in Luoyang, military reports of great victories were delivered.

Li Ji built a military sand table covering both sides of the Yellow River in the Luoyang government office, and constantly confirmed the changes in the situation between the enemy and us based on the military reports delivered.

It was not until a military report written by Guan Yu himself arrived in Luoyang that Li Ji finally had a more relaxed smile on his face.

Guan Yu and the Daofu Yi army finally lived up to Li Ji's expectations. They took a long detour to hide from Cao Wei's scouts, and marched on foot day and night, arriving at the designated location half an hour ahead of schedule. They intercepted the Cao Wei army, which had been weakened by the pursuit of the nine pursuers.

Guan Yu killed two generals, Li Tong and Zhu Ling, in battle, and blocked the army of Cao Wei for more than an hour with 3,000 soldiers and horses, causing a great defeat for the army. He chased them for 20 miles and captured countless enemies.

The Cao Wei army, which once had a total of more than 300,000 troops, was reduced to less than 50,000 troops able to retreat from Yanjin to Jizhou after this battle.

"The overall situation has been decided."

While Li Ji was passing on this military report, he walked to the sand table, pulled out the small flag representing the Cao Wei army south of the Yellow River, and threw it at his feet.

The other civil and military officials who took turns reading the military newspaper could not hide their joy on their faces.

However, Ma Chao, who was among them, blurted out after reading it.

"It's a pity that Cao Cao was able to escape back to Yanjin under the protection of the remnants of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Why didn't they arrange a cavalry to intercept him? It's simply..."

Without waiting for Ma Chao to finish speaking, Pang De, who was frightened, quickly pulled Ma Chao and anxiously signaled Ma Chao with his eyes to stop talking nonsense.

But Ma Chao, who was born and raised in Xiliang, was unable to react for a moment. He looked at Pang De and asked.

"Ling Ming also has something to say?"

Pang De was stunned. Looking at the gazes from the government office, he felt his scalp tingling. But looking at his young master's clear and wild eyes, he had to bite the bullet and remind him in a low voice.

"Young Master, this is not Xiliang. The Prime Minister is here, so you must not lose your manners and don't speak nonsense."

"Does a horse from Xiliang know about the battle on the battlefield?"

Zhang Song, who had long been dissatisfied with Ma Chao's careless and ignorant style, immediately began to mock him.

"You know that the sword-axe barbarian army was able to get behind the enemy not because of a divine army that descended from the sky, but because it forced its way across the Pu River and the Yingou River, thus avoiding the spies arranged by Cao thieves..."

"That is to say, the sword-axe barbarians are good at water and the armor and weapons they carry are not heavy, so they can achieve this."

"Tell me, how should the cavalry swim across these two rivers with their horses, armor, etc."

When Ma Chao heard this, he became furious and was about to refute.

Li Ji, however, tapped his folding fan on the edge of the sand table, causing Ma Chao and Zhang Song, knowing they were being rude, to bow and stop talking, and then he spoke.

"Meng Qi's intention was just to fill in the gaps, but he didn't know the topography of Guandu. What Ziqiao said was a bit harsh."

"Song knows he has spoken out of turn, please punish me, Prime Minister."

Immediately, Li Ji looked at Ma Chao, who felt warm in his heart because he was protected, and said in a gentle voice.

"Meng Qi is extremely heroic and brave. This duke admires him very much. However, after all, the land of Xiliang restricts Meng Qi, so Meng Qi has not learned many military books..."

After a pause, Li Ji thought for a moment and then asked.

"I have compiled three volumes of military books in my spare time. I will send them to Meng Qi's residence later. You can study them on weekdays." (End of this chapter)