Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, these were merely some of Qiao Liju's ideas.

The name of the mighty Han Dynasty was deeply rooted in the hearts of the Wuhuan people. Otherwise, a large number of Wuhuan people would not have settled peacefully in Han territory for nearly a hundred years. Only in the last ten years or so, as the Han Dynasty became increasingly weak, did they dare to secretly start plundering the Han people.

Moreover, the current successful invasion of Youzhou was largely thanks to the internal cooperation of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun.

At present, as the able-bodied men from various Wuhuan tribes have massively crossed the Great Wall and gathered under the city of Yuyang, the Wuhuan cavalry, numbering over ten thousand, has instilled in Qiao Liju a sense of boldness and ambition.

The once all-suppressing Han Dynasty no longer seemed so unapproachable or unchallengeable.

Qiao Liju swirled his wine cup, and as his heart grew increasingly excited with the help of the alcohol, he asked:

"Lord Zhang Chun, how much longer do we have to wait before attacking Yuyang City? My sons are already impatient to enter the city and enjoy themselves."

"Lord Qiao Liju may not know this, but the current Governor of Youzhou, Liu Yu, is conservative and weak. If he single-mindedly concentrates his forces to defend Ji City, it will be difficult to capture, and it may cause some obstacles for my lord and Lord Qiao Liju."

Zhang Chun said with a smile as he explained.

"However, Gongsun Zan, the Commandant of Cavalry in Youzhou, is a man of fierce character and deeply hates the foreign tribes."

"Therefore, the previous request for Lord Qiao Liju to temporarily delay the attack on Yuyang City and allow some Han spies to observe nearby was intended to lure Gongsun Zan to lead his troops to attack, so that Lord Qiao Liju could defeat the remaining forces of Youzhou."

"Furthermore, Ji City has been completely sealed off since half a month ago. The messages from the spies that this old man originally left in Ji City can no longer be transmitted. I originally thought that Gongsun Zan was preparing to lead his troops to attack, so I made preparations in advance…"

However, looking at Zhang Chun's appearance, as if everything was under his control, and he was still rambling on and on with his analysis, Qiao Liju couldn't help but show a clear look of impatience on his face, waved his hand, and said.

"Alright, in short, it means that Lord Zhang Chun's judgment was wrong, and he failed to lure that Gongsun Zan here."

These blunt words made Zhang Chun's old face flush with anger, and he mumbled to himself, "Logically, it shouldn't be like this. Perhaps there was some mistake. Military strategy says:…"

Seeing that Zhang Chun was about to continue his long speech, Qiao Liju interrupted him once again.

"This king only knows one thing: in the face of absolute disparity in strength, any strategy is meaningless. When this king leads his troops to capture Yuyang City, and then leads hundreds of thousands of troops south, how can the Governor of Youzhou, Liu Yu, stop us?"

After a pause, Qiao Liju placed his greasy hand directly on Zhang Ju's shoulder, leaned his head close to Zhang Ju, who was trembling with fear, and asked.

"Future Emperor, do you think so?"

Although Zhang Ju also realized that Qiao Liju's words had a hint of ridicule and contempt, feeling Qiao Liju's bear-like body pressing down on him, Zhang Ju almost instinctively replied repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, yes…"

That appearance, how could he have the demeanor of an emperor?

On the contrary, he looked very much like Qiao Liju's prisoner, which made many Han people present, who were confidants of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, look rather ugly.

However, as many Wuhuan people saw this, they all laughed crudely, which scared the Han people present so much that they dared not say a word of dissent.

"Alright."

Qiao Liju waved his hand and then said.

"Let the tribes that have not yet arrived speed up, and start attacking the city tomorrow. Capture Yuyang City within three days, let the soldiers rest in the city for two days, and then lead the army south straight to Ji City."

"As long as we capture Ji City, then the entire Youzhou will be ours to plunder and revel in!"

Instantly, many Wuhuan people in the tent made strange, wolf-like sounds, venting their inner excitement.

However, at this moment, a Wuhuan guard walked in from outside the tent and whispered something in Qiao Liju's ear.

"Impossible!"

Qiao Liju's angry shout made the originally excited voices in the tent stop abruptly, and many Wuhuan and Han people turned their gazes towards Qiao Liju.

However, Qiao Liju, with his brows tightly knitted together, did not explain, but instead ordered the guard.

"Bring the person in, and let the village chief identify whether he is an imposter."

The guard responded and retreated outside the tent.

After a while, the guard led in a skinny teenager covered in blood.

After the teenager came in, a village chief who was originally sitting in the corner of the tent suddenly stood up and asked with suspicion.

"Bo Ke, why are you here?"

However, the Wuhuan teenager did not understand Han Chinese. After seeing the village chief, he seemed to fall into a state of both anger and sadness, and quickly said something to the village chief in the Wuhuan language.

Due to the strength of the Han Dynasty, the nobles of the Wuhuan tribe almost all learned Han Chinese and took pride in it, but few Han people would deliberately learn the Wuhuan language.

This led to the teenager babbling in the Wuhuan language, and the Wuhuan people looked both angry and surprised, while the Han people were somewhat confused.

Even Qiao Liju personally walked up to the teenager, directly picked him up, and asked several questions in a row, and his face became more and more ugly.

This made Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju exchange glances, and a bad premonition arose in their hearts.

Finally, Zhang Chun braced himself and asked Qiao Liju, "Lord Qiao Liju, has something happened?"

Qiao Liju turned around, looked at Zhang Chun with a fierce gaze, and slowly said.

"A Wuhuan settlement has been slaughtered."

Zhang Chun subconsciously asked, "Could it be… done by the Xianbei people?"

After all, the conflicts between the Xianbei and Wuhuan people have always been considerable, and there have been occasional attacks between them, but the Xianbei people's sphere of activity is often in Bingzhou, while the Wuhuan people's sphere of activity is near Youzhou.

Qiao Liju said slowly, word by word. "It was the Han people, and this young man claims to have seen about thirty thousand Han cavalry."

"Impossible!"

Not only Zhang Chun, but almost all the Han people in the tent subconsciously exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Chun was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied.

"The current Han Dynasty cannot possibly muster thirty thousand cavalry in Youzhou."

"Does Lord Zhang Chun think this young man is lying?" Qiao Liju asked back.

Soon, Zhang Chun thought of the possible loopholes and retorted.

"It's possible he saw it wrong, or even that this young man was bought off. Otherwise, if the entire Wuhuan settlement was slaughtered, how could he have escaped after seeing the number of enemy troops clearly?"

"This question, this king has already asked him. The entire Wuhuan settlement was slaughtered, leaving only him alive and imprisoned by the Han people, and two Han people guarded him for seven days, and then deliberately released him to report the news."

After a pause, Qiao Liju continued with a solemn expression. "Moreover, his identity has also been confirmed by his village chief. The only suspicious thing is why the Han army would deliberately keep him alive, imprison him for seven days, and then let him come to Yuyang City to report the news?"

At this moment, Zhang Chun was completely dumbfounded.

Zhang Chun was quite familiar with Youzhou, otherwise Zhang Chun would not have instigated Zhang Ju to collude with the Wuhuan people, and even intended to let Zhang Ju declare himself emperor and establish a country, while he himself was preparing to be a prince.

Now, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan cannot possibly have thirty thousand cavalry, and they may not even be able to muster ten thousand cavalry.

Moreover, thirty thousand Han cavalry attacked and slaughtered a Wuhuan settlement…

This sentence made Zhang Chun feel unfamiliar.

But if all of this was true, Zhang Chun vaguely had a guess that made him panic about why the Han army had imprisoned the Wuhuan teenager for seven days before releasing him to report the news.

However, before Zhang Chun could say his guess, another guard walked in to report that another teenager from another Wuhuan settlement had appeared.

In the next two hours, a total of seven teenagers appeared in a row from Wuhuan settlements in different areas of northern Yuyang County, and the content of their cries was almost completely consistent with that of the first Wuhuan teenager.

Instantly, the many village chiefs who had been grinning with joy in the tent half a day ago because of the looting, were now completely devoid of any happy thoughts, and instead had expressions as if their own mothers had died.

No, to be precise, five of the village chiefs did indeed have their own mothers die.

It could even be said that the nine generations of the seven village chiefs were about to be wiped out along with the slaughter of the settlements.

This news not only made the Wuhuan village chiefs in the Yuyang County settlements burst into tears, and the rest of the village chiefs were panic-stricken, but even Qiao Liju felt dizzy.

In particular, Qiao Liju analyzed the settlements to which these teenagers belonged and the time of their release, and clearly judged that the Han cavalry, which was suspected to be as many as thirty thousand in the mouths of the Wuhuan teenagers, swept and slaughtered many Wuhuan settlements all the way from west to east, and was still heading in the direction of Youbeiping County.

And Liaoxi County, further east of Youbeiping County, was where many Wuhuan settlements directly under Qiao Liju were located.

Seeing that the mental state of one Wuhuan person after another seemed to be wrong, the Han people still sitting in the tent all looked like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Zhang Chun swallowed his saliva and braced himself to say, "Lord Qiao Liju, please accept our condolences and adapt to the changes. The most important thing now is…"

However, it would have been better if Zhang Chun had not said anything. As soon as he spoke, it was as if a drop of water had fallen into hot oil, instantly arousing the madness and anger of the village chiefs whose homes had been raided. One after another, they drew their scimitars and rushed towards Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, and the others sitting opposite them.

"Han dogs, I'll kill you!"

“A conspiracy! This is definitely a conspiracy! I had only just led the tribe's young and strong away, and the entire tribe was slaughtered…”

“I'll kill you Han dogs…”

“My seven sons, three daughters, all dead, all dead!! You tell me to accept the change and move on??!!”

(End of Chapter)