Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Immediately afterward, Zhang Fei, still a bit uneasy, entrusted the "Ebony Cloud Stepping on Snow" to the care of the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun.

Zhang Fei still needed some leisure time to train this black steed, which still carried a bit of a barbarian scent, to gradually achieve a tacit understanding.

Then, Zhang Fei strode swiftly onto the city wall.

However, before Zhang Fei even reached Li Ji's side, his voice preceded him.

"Mr. Zikun, I was just a little bit away from killing Quli Ju in battle..."

"Yide, you've worked hard."

Li Ji first turned his head to say, then comforted him.

"Quli Ju is, after all, the current leader of the Wuhuan, and he must possess considerable martial prowess. Furthermore, he is protected by a large number of personal guards, so it is normal that it is difficult to take his life."

"This time, Yide, you displayed great power, greatly demoralizing the Wuhuan, which is already a great achievement."

Being praised by Li Ji in this way, even though Zhang Fei wanted to maintain his imposing appearance, his large mouth couldn't help but grin.

Perhaps, in the eyes of most people, the image of "Fierce Zhang Fei" is undoubtedly true; a glare from his ringed eyes is enough to frighten many timid people.

However, in front of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Li Ji, Zhang Fei had always acted like a simple and straightforward younger brother.

Therefore, Zhang Fei didn't care much about the flattery of others.

But the praise of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Li Ji was enough to make Zhang Fei happy for several days.

Zhang Fei grinned for a while before remembering to return the compliment to Li Ji.

"That's also thanks to Mr. Zikun for having people on the city wall point out Quli Ju's location in a loud voice; otherwise, I would have lost track of Quli Ju in the blink of an eye."

To this, Li Ji smiled slightly, naturally not wanting to take credit in front of Zhang Fei, but instead refocused his gaze on the Wuhuan outside the city.

Zhang Fei's burst of attacks, displaying astonishing martial prowess, undoubtedly frightened all the Wuhuan people, including Quli Ju.

Therefore, even though Quli Ju now hated Zhang Fei to the extreme, considering the changes in the morale of both sides, Quli Ju could only reluctantly order a retreat, waiting to reorganize his morale before attacking the city again.

However, Quli Ju, who already knew that it would be difficult to capture Ji City, now felt even more gloomy about the idea of capturing Ji City.

To break through a city, one must have brave warriors to earn the "first to ascend" merit, capture a small area on the city wall, and then slowly expand it until the city gate is opened, completely capturing the city.

(PS: The four great military merits of ancient times: first to ascend, break the formation, slay the general, seize the flag;

Slaying the general and seizing the flag do not need special explanation. "First to ascend" generally refers to the first to climb the city wall and stabilize an area. Breaking the formation refers to soldiers or generals who charge into the enemy's formation or break through the enemy's defense line.)

But with such a fierce general in Ji City, and after successfully showing off his might, who among the Wuhuan would dare to confidently seize the "first to ascend" merit?

This caused Quli Ju to lead the Wuhuan army to retreat about ten miles, choosing a flat place near the water (the ancient name of the Yongding River, "" is the same as "磊") to set up camp.

This is also the terrain commonly chosen for Wuhuan armies to set up camp.

After all, with people eating and horses chewing, not only is the consumption of food and grass extremely high, but the demand for water is also extremely high. Therefore, Wuhuan armies often camp near river areas to meet the water needs of a large number of warhorses.

However, after the Wuhuan camp was set up again, all the Wuhuan adults and Yishuai sitting in the main tent were somewhat silent, and from time to time they secretly looked at Quli Ju, who was sitting in the main seat with a gloomy face.

The death of "Gu Wang" Nanlou was naturally worthy of mourning, but the surviving Quli Ju had become a laughing stock.

Having lost his cloak, helmet, and mount...

Quli Ju felt that every gaze cast upon him was unusually piercing and meaningful. He even suspected that the reason why the black-faced man was able to rush left and right among the personal guards was not necessarily because the other Wuhuan adults were secretly indulging him.

After a moment, Quli Ju, realizing that he could not let this state continue, took the lead in speaking in a deep voice.

"Is there anyone who can tell this king, who is that black-faced man? Even Nanlou, the 'Gu Wang,' who has always been known for his martial prowess, was not his match."

How can one make one's failure look better?

That is undoubtedly to praise the enemy.

Nanlou, who died under Zhang Fei's spear, became the best unit of measurement.

Quli Ju's initiative in mentioning this matter instead caused many Wuhuan adults and Yishuai to shift their attention.

One of the Yishuai recalled and said.

"King, I remember that the black-faced man once called himself Zhang San of Yan in Chinese."

"Zhang San?"

Quli Ju and the Wuhuan adults recalled it, and they really remembered that the black-faced man had called himself "Zhang Sanye of Yan."

However, at that time, they were intimidated by Zhang Fei's roar, and a considerable number of people did not have time to pay attention to what Zhang Fei was roaring.

"I have never heard of such a heroic and brave man named 'Zhang San' in Youzhou."

"However, this is indeed a common name taken by the Han dogs..."

"Hmph, what heroic and brave man, in my opinion, he is just a madman."

...

Faced with the many discussions among the Wuhuan people in the tent, Quli Ju also frowned and recalled, completely unable to remember any information about "Zhang San."

This made Quli Ju secretly prepare to send someone to inquire Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun about the name "Zhang San of Yan."

'Don't let this king know where your madman's home is in Yan, otherwise I will definitely slaughter this place to relieve the hatred in my heart.'

The death of "Gu Wang" Nanlou made it impossible to suppress the name of "Zhang San of Yan" in the Wuhuan camp.

This required Quli Ju to spend enough time to revitalize the morale of the Wuhuan army, and also to divide the Wuhuan tribes and cavalry originally under Nanlou's control.

This was both to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan cavalry coming from the Shanggu County direction, and to appease the minds of the other Wuhuan adults by dividing the benefits in this way.

However, when Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were personally asked by Quli Ju's confidants about "Zhang San of Yan," Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun looked almost blank.

In Youzhou, "Zhang" was originally a common surname.

In addition, the naming habits of the Han Dynasty were often single characters, and the common people were basically illiterate, so there were countless commoners named "Zhang San."

Therefore, Quli Ju waited bitterly for news from Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, but in the end, he undoubtedly gained nothing.

Subsequently, after resting for five days, Quli Ju led the Wuhuan army to launch a tentative attack on Ji City.

The result was predictable.

With little difference in the strength of the two sides, and the Wuhuan lacking a large number of siege weapons, they not only failed to bring a threat of breaking the city to Ji City, but were also scolded by Zhang Fei for as long as they besieged the city.

Moreover, Zhang Fei deliberately chose harsh words to scold, scolding them as harshly as possible...

In addition, Zhang Fei's voice was like thunder, and its penetration and range were particularly amazing, even Quli Ju and others who were commanding at the edge of the battlefield could still hear it clearly.

That is, most of the Wuhuan people did not understand Chinese, otherwise, it would probably not only be Quli Ju and others who were so angry that they were smoking, but even the morale of many Wuhuan people would plummet.

However, this loophole was specially filled by Li Ji for Zhang Fei after directing the battle for two days.

He specially found a young man in the city who was proficient in the Wuhuan language to follow Zhang Fei, so that the young man could translate the Chinese words that Zhang Fei scolded into the Wuhuan language, and then Zhang Fei repeated them again in the Wuhuan language, focusing on bilingual barrier-free communication.

"Are you Wuhuan people riding horses too much every day, and you are all bow-legged, and you can't even climb the siege ladder smoothly?"

"Hahaha, my seventy-year-old grandmother in my hometown is more agile than you Wuhuan people. Is this the difference between Wuhuan people and Han people?"

"Quli Ju, don't you want to take back your horse? Why are you shrinking in the back and dare not show up to attack the city yourself, only sending these bow-legged people who are probably too weak to wriggle on horseback to die."

"Hurry up, climb faster, I don't kill enough!"

...

At first, the Wuhuan people who were scolded fiercely were undoubtedly angry, and then what they slowly felt was powerlessness and despair.

They couldn't break through the attack, and they couldn't win the scolding...

This caused the morale of the Wuhuan army to plummet almost cliff-like. No matter how Quli Ju and other Wuhuan adults supervised and encouraged them, they were unable to improve the morale of the siege.

Gradually, the Wuhuan who attacked the city seemed to be just pretending, and eventually they didn't even bother to pretend. Every day, they sent cavalry to wander around Ji City to plunder, and they had completely lost the intention of attacking the city.

However, the area around Ji City had already been cleared, and even the two small cities closest to Ji City had increased their troops to garrison. Unless a considerable number of Wuhuan troops were sacrificed, it would not be easy to take them down, and they had become a burden.

For a time, this put Quli Ju in a dilemma.

Now, the army under Quli Ju's command is only close to 80,000. If half of them are divided to cross Ji City and plunder to the south, this will instead put both sides at risk of being swallowed by the Han army.

Fortunately, Zhang Ju in Yuyang County and Youbeiping County are constantly sending food and grass, otherwise Quli Ju would really not even have the mind to stay outside Ji City to confront them.

...

As Ji City and Quli Ju fell into a state where neither side seemed to be able to do anything to the other, the 80,000 Wuhuan cavalry led by Tadun also arrived at a Wuhuan settlement located at the junction of Yuyang County and Youbeiping County.

However, this Wuhuan settlement had been completely turned into scorched earth before Tadun arrived.

And in front of the scorched earth, there was also a large number of Jingguan piled up with heads, and there was also a flag inserted next to it that seemed to be written with Chinese characters.

Tadun led a group of village chiefs to the flag, instructing his personal guards to unfurl it. Upon it was written:

【Han · White Horse义从, on the 13th day of June, slaughtered all the Wuhuan in this place and erected a Jingguan here!】

Upon seeing this, Tadun was filled with anger and hatred. He drew his scimitar and cut the flag in two, roaring,

“If I do not slaughter the so-called White Horse义从, may my body be like this broken flag!”