Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

But as Guan Yu raised his eyes, the commotion in his path subsided almost instantly, fully displaying his majestic authority. Even Xu Sheng, as his deputy, dared not speak lightly.

Immediately, Guan Yu, without moving the hand that stroked his long beard, narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice.

"Mr. Zikun's vision sees a thousand miles, and in an instant, he reverses the situation, exchanging offense and defense between the enemy and us. If we were to discuss the greatest merit, it would undoubtedly be Mr. Zikun's strategic planning."

"And what great merit do you all have here to speak of, to harbor such thoughts? If this matter were to spread, wouldn't it allow the world to laugh at Guan for his lax military discipline?"

Immediately, the generals in the tent lowered their heads in shame.

Although the Han army had been stationed at Fuchun Mountain, confronting the Shanyue for more than two months without any懈怠, they had not been able to defeat the bandits and eliminate the outlaws, which was also a fact.

However, Li Ji, far away, with a subtle plan, taught the two sides to exchange offense and defense, trapping more than 30,000 Shanyue in Fuchun Mountain, which undoubtedly amazed the generals.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent was becoming more and more solemn, and Guan Yu seemed to want to punish the generals for this, Xu Sheng quickly stepped forward to offer a way out, persuading him.

"General Guan is right, but I don't know how Mr. Zikun intends to resolve the Shanyue matter?"

Guan Yu heard this and knew that it was not appropriate to severely punish at the time of using troops. Feeling secretly satisfied with Xu Sheng's cooperation, he said.

"Mr. Zikun's intention is to only punish the ringleaders to uphold the dignity of the great Han. If the rest submit, they can be pardoned and spared from death."

Xu Sheng pondered for a while and said approvingly.

"This is a great kindness! There are many Shanyue in Yangzhou, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, constantly robbing and killing, and they cannot be exterminated. If we can win the hearts of these 30,000 Shanyue, perhaps Wu Commandery will no longer suffer from the Shanyue."

"But…"

Xu Sheng frowned and continued.

"The Shanyue and our Han people have had long-standing grievances. Even if the Shanyue submit temporarily due to the situation, it is likely that they will rebel again before long."

Guan Yu nodded and replied.

"Guan has also had this concern, but Mr. Zikun has already mentioned how to make the Shanyue fear the might of our great Han and feel the virtue of our great Han. I only hope that the Shanyue bandits cherish this opportunity, otherwise Guan can only fight a battle to eliminate future troubles."

"I don't know how to proceed specifically?" Xu Sheng asked.

"Don't rush, the Shanyue trapped in the mountains have only been hungry for two days, not yet at the end of their rope. Wait two more days."

Guan Yu first said, then his eyes swept over the generals in the tent, and said.

"In these two days, everyone must strictly adhere to their duties and not be negligent in the slightest. If even one Shanyue escapes, causing Mr. Zikun's brilliant plan to fail, then don't blame Guan for military law!"

As soon as this was said, the expressions of the generals in the tent were all stern, and they quickly responded in unison.

"Yes!"

And the time of two days passed almost in an instant.

In these two days, the Shanyue, who had completely run out of food, almost erupted with their last madness, trying to break through.

However, as the saying goes, "It's easy to go up the mountain, but difficult to go down."

The section from the mountain寨to the foot of the mountain had no trees to block it, and even the large rocks that might form a reverse slope had been smashed by the Han army in advance.

Moreover, bows are not something that ordinary people can make. The number of strong bows possessed by the Shanyue can be said to be very few.

And because the south is inherently hot, the heat in the deep mountains and old forests is even deeper, which also makes the Shanyue neither have armor nor the habit of wearing armor, most of them are half-naked.

In this way, facing the strong bows of the great Han, those Shanyue people were almost living targets, completely trapped on the mountain.

Despair and hunger gradually began to spread completely among the Shanyue in the camp.

At this time, the many Shanyue tribal leaders who had been fighting openly and secretly were also forced to gather and cooperate wholeheartedly.

These tribal leaders also realized that if they did not find a way to break through, after another day or two, even the Shanyue, who had already eaten all the furs, would not have the strength to move.

And for these tribal leaders, most of whom relied on experience to fight, the only way at the moment was to gather all the Shanyue and break through towards a relatively weak point at the foot of the mountain, relying on human lives to open a path to retreat.

However, it is still that problem…

Which tribe should be the vanguard, and which tribe should cover the rear?

Without a doubt, the vanguard and the rearguard tribes were almost certain to die.

And each tribe would occasionally fight each other in the mountains to seize resources and territory. Once the young and strong of the tribe died, the old, weak, women, and children left in the mountains would either starve to death or most likely become slaves of other tribes.

No one wanted to become a sacrifice to preserve other tribes, but no one knew that continuing to be trapped in the camp was a dead end.

And in the future deduced by Li Ji, if there was no intervention, then the complete union of these Shanyue tribes for survival was inevitable, and they would completely mix all the Shanyue together in a way that did not distinguish between tribes to break through.

More than 30,000 people joining forces to break through in one direction, even if the Han army set up layers of obstacles, it would be impossible to completely stop such a huge number.

However, before these Shanyue tribes were forced to completely unite.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Guan Yu led his five hundred axemen and five hundred archers to a place fifty zhang away from the camp occupied by the Shanyue.

Guan Yu's name, Guan Yu's prestige, Guan Yu's image…

Even though Guan Yu did not speak, merely sitting upright on his horse and squinting at the camp fifty zhang away, it still caused a commotion among the Shanyue.

There is one thing that Guan Yu did not say wrong.

That is, Guan Yu's reputation among the Shanyue in the land of Wu and 会 was quite loud, especially Guan Yu's majestic and oppressive image, which made many Shanyue both respect and fear him.

And Guan Yu waited quietly for a moment. The tribal leaders in the camp hurriedly came upon hearing the news. After looking at Guan Yu in the distance, they felt fearful and looked at each other for a long time.

One of the tribal leaders finally hardened his heart and said loudly in not-so-standard Han Chinese.

"General Guan has come in person, I wonder what is your intention?"

And Guan Yu opened his narrowed eyes and shouted back loudly.

"You bandits are not worthy to talk to Guan! This time, you have repeatedly violated my border. Guan originally wanted to kill you all to uphold the dignity of my great Han and teach you not to dare to face the land of my Wu Commandery."

This majestic shout frightened the tribal leader, who already had both respect and fear for Guan Yu, and his legs trembled, his face extremely pale.

"However, Guan's elder brother is a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Xuande, the Inspector of Yangzhou and the Prefect of Wu Commandery, a member of the Han imperial family. He is based on benevolence and virtue. Although you are uncivilized mountain people and bandits, my elder brother still cannot bear to hang all your heads in the mountains and circulate them in all directions in a fit of anger."

"Therefore, Guan, on the order of my elder brother, gives you a chance. You must listen carefully. If there is any mistake, don't say you were not warned."

The tribal leader, who had hardened his heart to answer, subconsciously asked. "Please, General Guan, give your instructions."

Guan Yu snorted coldly, and then opened his mouth with some reluctance.

"Previously, three thousand Shanyue secretly sneaked into the area around Qiantang County to rob and kill. More than a thousand were killed or captured by our army, and there are still about two thousand Shanyue who escaped into the dense forest and returned here."

"Those who hurt my people will be killed without mercy!"

"Within half a day, hand over those two thousand Shanyue bandits, and Guan will give you a chance for negotiation."

After saying that, Guan Yu did not say any more, turned his horse around, and led the axemen and archers towards the foot of the mountain.

Of course, the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk. After Guan Yu's figure was not visible to the Shanyue, he could only dismount and walk down the mountain.

And about five hundred meters behind Guan Yu, Xu Sheng also led a team of men to respond in the rear, fearing that the Shanyue would break the pot and try to swarm and attack Guan Yu.

Seeing Guan Yu leading his horse down the mountain with a calm expression, Xu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly greeted him, asking.

"It's great that General Guan has returned safely."

Guan Yu replied nonchalantly.

"Hmph, General Xu is just worrying too much. The Shanyue fear my might, how dare they act rashly? Moreover, Guan has given them a chance to live this time, they should be grateful and tearful. How can they be rude?"

Xu Sheng, who knew Guan Yu's arrogant personality after spending some time together, did not care about the condescending tone and asked seriously.

"So, will those Shanyue really accept our army's conditions and hand over the two thousand Shanyue?"

"They have no choice but to hand them over. This is their only chance. If there was no such opportunity, they might still have the determination to fight to the death, but this time, the conditions given will inevitably cause internal disputes, so how can they unite?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, and said with some complacency.

This was also the deep meaning that Guan Yu had repeatedly considered Guan Yu's military orders, and understood that proposing such conditions at this moment, those Shanyue had no choice to refuse.

Moreover, in this way, the might of the great Han can be firmly established, so that those Shanyue understand that those who harm the people of the great Han must pay the price.

Perhaps, before Liu Bei entered Wu Commandery, there was no such rule.

But from now on, this rule exists!

"Go, return to the camp, and wait for the two thousand Shanyue to be sent."

Guan Yu flicked his cloak and simply handed the reins of the war horse to his personal soldiers, and then walked down the mountain with some caution.

After all, the mountain road was rugged, and anyone would have to be embarrassed.

And after Guan Yu returned to the camp, as expected, when the half-day deadline was approaching, two thousand Shanyue, each carrying a Shanyue man who seemed to have fainted, came outside the Han army camp.

However, before the two thousand unconscious Shanyue men could be sent into the camp, they were stopped a hundred zhang away from the current Han army camp.

Five hundred axemen, prepared long ago under Guan Yu's orders, emerged. Among them, five tribal leaders of the Shanyue, dressed distinctly from the ordinary Shanyue, hastily went to greet them.

However, before those tribal leaders could speak to explain their intentions, the five hundred axemen preemptively asked:

"Those they're carrying on their backs, could they be the Shanyue bandits who plundered the Han people?" (End of Chapter)