Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Especially the dishes made in Kuaiji Commandery were so terrible that Guo Yi felt he had become much thinner than before taking office.

Clearly, the ingredients looked incredibly fresh and delicious, but after passing through the hands of the Kuaiji Commandery cooks, why did they taste like chewing wax when they reached his mouth? Guo Yi even felt that the ingredients had died in vain.

Because of this, Guo Yi had already killed several cooks to accompany those ingredients.

Besides that, the humid heat of Kuaiji Commandery also made Guo Yi feel deeply uncomfortable, even feeling like he had been exiled.

'And this... is the best opportunity!'

Guo Yi stared intently at the opposite bank, thinking to himself.

'Liu Bei and Li Ji are not only people resented by my uncle, but the southern part of Wu Commandery is home to so many displaced people, there must be unimaginable reserves of money and grain...'

'As long as the money and grain obtained from plundering the southern part of Wu Commandery is enough to move my uncle's heart, it can get this prefect a transfer to a prosperous prefecture to serve as a commandery administrator, and even becoming a provincial governor is not impossible.'

At this thought, Guo Yi unconsciously tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, and his gaze at the opposite bank became more serious and focused.

Suddenly, a beacon tower on the opposite bank, closest to Guo Yi's crossing point, lit up, which made Guo Yi's heart tighten.

However, Guo Yi quickly calmed down, remembering that this was still within Xu You's expectations.

Even if most of Wu Commandery's forces were drawn to the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, the beacon towers would not be left without a single soldier.

And according to Xu You's judgment, the current situation was that even if the beacon tower issued a warning, Wu Commandery would have no troops to stop the landing of Kuaiji Commandery's soldiers.

At this thought, Guo Yi loudly gave the order.

"Full speed! Full speed!!!"

Immediately, the boats that had been slowly crossing the river under the cover of night suddenly increased their speed as the soldiers rowed with all their might, and they rushed towards the opposite bank quickly.

What made Guo Yi ecstatic was that there were occasional figures moving around at the beacon tower on the opposite bank, but there was no obstruction. The boats carrying the soldiers of Kuaiji Commandery arrived at the opposite bank one after another.

"Quick, quick, quick! Form ranks!!"

Guo Yi did not delay at all, and quickly ordered the soldiers who had arrived on the opposite bank to start forming ranks.

As long as these four thousand soldiers gained a firm foothold on the opposite bank and completed their formation, then even if that little brat Li Ji reacted, it would be meaningless.

The soldiers of Kuaiji Commandery would be continuously sent to the other side of the Qiantang River, and then they would use their absolute military advantage to flatten that mere small city of Qiantang.

Capturing Li Zikun alive was at hand.

In Guo Yi's eyes, which were gradually filled with barely suppressed excitement, more than half of the soldiers had successfully landed on the shore one after another.

As long as there was another quarter of an hour, then the overall situation would be set...

However, at this moment, the corner of Guo Yi's eye suddenly noticed a person standing on the edge of the lit beacon fire on the distant beacon tower.

Moreover, the person standing at the edge of the bright beacon fire could vaguely be seen wearing a loose scholar's robe and holding a strangely shaped fan in his hand.

The next moment, a clear laughter, accompanied by the river wind, floated into Guo Yi's ears.

"Longxi Li Zikun has been waiting for you all for a long time..."

Upon hearing this, Guo Yi's pupils, which had expanded to the extreme in the darkness, suddenly shrank involuntarily.

Li Zikun?!

Why would he appear at the beacon tower?

Damn it! It's a trap!!!

But before Guo Yi could react, a burst of rapid hoofbeats, like muffled thunder in the night, sounded urgently.

"Zhao Zilong of Changshan is here, under the command of Mr. Zikun, the commandery assistant, to take your lives!!!"

Only to see behind the beacon tower, a large group of cavalry rushed out like a raging wave, and then pounced on the two thousand soldiers who had just landed and had not yet gained a firm foothold.

Seeing this scene, Guo Yi was so frightened that his soul flew away. Knowing what the result would be if those cavalry charged into the infantry who had not yet completed their formation, he shouted almost madly.

"Quick, quick, shoot arrows, don't let them rush over!"

However, there were only about four thousand soldiers following Guo Yi across the river. Two thousand soldiers had just landed, soaking wet, each looking for their formation to prepare to form ranks. The remaining one thousand or so soldiers were still preparing to land, and only that one thousand soldiers were still in a state of confusion.

At this moment, reality fully explained to Guo Yi the mystery of the so-called "striking halfway across the river."

As Zhao Yun's white horse took the lead in rushing into the enemy's formation like lightning, and the remaining cavalry followed closely behind, the morale of the Kuaiji Commandery soldiers, who had been in chaos after landing, was almost instantly crushed.

Vision was unclear, and hoofbeats and screams seemed to be heard everywhere. This blow to morale was unimaginably fatal, and no soldier could remain calm in this situation.

Almost in a few breaths, the Kuaiji Commandery soldiers who had already landed fell into chaos, instinctively running madly towards the ferries behind them to escape for their lives.

"Don't run! Form ranks for me if you don't want to die!!"

"Supervisory team!! Stop them..."

"Supervisory team, you sons of bitches, why are you running too?"

Amidst Guo Yi's burst of exasperated roars, the overall situation was sliding in an almost irreversible direction.

The soldiers who had already landed were frantically retreating, and a large number of soldiers who had fallen into chaos instinctively surged towards the nearest boats, even causing some boats to capsize directly.

The number of people who fell into the water was countless.

'The situation is over...'

Guo Yi's eyes, filled with bloodshot, looked towards the figure on the distant beacon tower who seemed to be watching a good show.

That night, the river wind was very strong, constantly raising the robe worn by Li Ji, reflecting a clear outline in the light of the beacon fire, and that fan, still constantly waving slightly, seemed to be fanning away some insignificant dust.

This feeling of being played between the palms of his hands from beginning to end made the anger in Guo Yi's heart rise uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but roar towards Li Ji's direction.

"Li Ji, you little brat, one day, this prefect will definitely kill you!"

But just as Guo Yi's voice fell, a sharp sound of piercing through the air rang out.

"Clang!"

Guo Yi only felt a heavy blow to his head, and then his helmet made a loud noise and fell on the deck.

Guo Yi looked down at the helmet, only to see an arrow stuck in it, with a section already deeply embedded.

This frightened Guo Yi so much that his soul almost flew away. He felt a strange chill in his head, and looked up towards the shore, only to see a figure riding a white horse on the shore still maintaining the posture of shooting an arrow.

'This place is more than one hundred and twenty steps away from the shore, how can there be such a marksman in the world?'

Guo Yi was so frightened that he retreated again and again, and quickly shrank back into the cabin. He didn't dare to show his head again, and repeatedly ordered a retreat.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a pity in his heart.

The river wind was too rapid, causing him to lose his standard. Otherwise, that arrow would not have only hit Guo Yi's helmet.

This made Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a little ashamed and self-blaming. Before the battle, Li Ji had repeatedly told him that Guo Yi might hide far away, so Zhao Yun should find an opportunity to kill him with one arrow.

Witnessing this scene, Li Ji also felt a little regretful in his heart.

As long as Guo Yi died here, then the predicament currently facing the southern part of Wu Commandery would be solved, and if Guo Yi died at night while leading his troops to forcibly cross the Qiantang River into Wu Commandery, the imperial court would have no way to pursue Wu Commandery's responsibility.

It was just a pity that Zhao Yun, already a rare marksman in the world, could not do it, it could only be said that Guo Yi's life should not be cut short.

The night environment, coupled with the rapid and changing river wind, it was normal for Zhao Yun to lose some accuracy.

However, it was impossible for Li Ji to really wait for the other four thousand people to fully land and gain a firm foothold before letting the long-prepared Zhao Yun launch a surprise attack. That would be too risky.

Moreover, before this, Li Ji could not be sure whether Guo Yi would personally lead the army to come.

However, although Guo Yi in the rear could directly retreat with an order, the other soldiers of Kuaiji Commandery did not have this opportunity.

Those Kuaiji Commandery soldiers who had already landed had nowhere to escape with their backs to the Qiantang River, and even some of the boats that were about to dock were crowded by the fleeing soldiers and then capsized together.

The number of those who fell into the water was countless.

And Li Ji, overlooking the battle situation on the river beach not far away where the overall situation had been decided, closed the folding fan in his hand, shrugged his shoulders, and quickly walked down from the high ground, saying.

"Fengxiao, Fengxiao, quick, quick, quick, I'm freezing to death."

Guo Jia, who was waiting below, quickly put the brocade robe held in his hands over Li Ji, and then Li Ji ran to the bonfire and roasted for a while before quickly recovering his cold limbs.

Standing on the high ground in the middle of the night, blowing the wet and extremely cold river wind, Li Ji felt that he was about to lose half his life just by blowing for a while.

"Mr. Zikun, why did you have to stand on the high ground? It would be bad if you caught a cold." Guo Jia also asked somewhat puzzled.

"It's not that I want to, but I have to."

Li Ji stretched his gradually recovered limbs and said. "If it weren't for this, how could I teach that Guo Yi to fear me like a tiger and be terrified at the mention of my name?"

This time, if Li Ji had not personally been present, Guo Yi might have suspected that there were other reasons for this failure.

In addition, with the unknown strategist hidden behind Guo Yi, who knows what kind of tricks Guo Yi would make if he continued to instigate him.

Therefore, only by Li Ji personally standing in front of the stage could all the lucky thoughts in Guo Yi's heart be extinguished, creating a feeling that everything was within Li Ji's expectations and being played by Li Ji between the palms of his hands.

Once this feeling was born, then it was destined that Guo Yi, when facing Li Ji, whether he had brains or not, would think again and again, hesitate and constantly hesitate.

And Guo Jia, listening to Li Ji's explanation, felt a sense of sudden clarity in his heart, and asked.

"But how did Mr. Ke Zikun know that Guo Yi would definitely use the tactic of illusion and reality to cross the river tonight? And how did he predict that Guo Yi would most likely cross the river in this area?"

Li Ji smiled and replied.

"Because I know that the boats in Kuaiji Commandery can only transport about five thousand people at a time, and Guo Yi has intelligent people behind him. Intelligent people will definitely prefer to use clever methods to cross the river..." (End of this chapter)