Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

But…

That night, Li Ji, as always, observed the stars in the pavilion, deducing the subsequent weather changes.

‘Still lacking a bit of east wind, is it possible that the heavens are not helping me?’

Li Ji lowered his eyes, unconsciously gripping the folding fan in his hand, a hint of unwillingness flowing in his gaze.

For Li Ji, the window of opportunity to swallow Qiuliju and his 70,000+ Wuhuan cavalry under Ji City was also fleeting.

Ji City could barely muster 40,000 available soldiers, and after Sun Ce brought back Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun, there would be nearly 20,000 more cavalry.

Before Tadun led his army to join Qiuliju, or before Qiuliju learned of Tadun's outcome and retreated, this was the only window for Li Ji to gather 60,000 infantry and cavalry to completely annihilate the 70,000+ Wuhuan cavalry in the wilderness.

This window was very short.

And considering that Qiuliju's Wuhuan forces had the support of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, after plundering the treasuries of Youbeiping and Yuyang commanderies, the armor penetration rate in the army had greatly increased, leading to an increase in combat power.

Even in a head-on confrontation, 60,000 Han infantry and cavalry were enough to defeat 70,000+ Wuhuan cavalry, but wanting to completely annihilate 70,000+ Wuhuan cavalry on the plains was undoubtedly far from enough.

“Heavenly timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony”—these three things.

Youzhou's human harmony had been exploited as much as possible, the geographical advantage of the plains was inevitably dominated by the Wuhuan cavalry, and the only thing Li Ji could strive for was the heavenly timing.

It was a pity that tonight's star observation also did not give Li Ji the heavenly timing he wanted.

This made Li Ji somewhat helpless, this feeling was like everything was ready, just one last step, but there was still that one layer of obstruction.

Li Ji did not seek to emulate Emperor Guangwu's meteor shower, he only sought a "east wind".

However, Li Ji also knew that this matter could not be rushed, and the people of Youzhou had already been protected, the only difference was whether he could achieve complete success and break the Wuhuan tribe's backbone from then on.

In the following days, everything about Li Ji remained the same, in addition to the military affairs in Ji City, he still spent his leisure time reading, or playing chess with Liu Yu.

The only difference was that Li Ji would always look up to observe the sky every hour, and occasionally try to deduce with the "Strategy Simulator".

Until, it was another night of playing chess with Liu Yu in the pavilion.

Li Ji inadvertently glanced at the sky, his expression changed, the folding fan in his hand stopped unconsciously, and his gaze fixed on the sky.

After waiting for more than ten breaths and still not seeing Li Ji make a move, Liu Yu looked up and saw Li Ji looking at the sky, lost in thought, and coughed lightly, saying.

“Zikun, it's your turn.”

Hearing this, a smile unconsciously appeared on Li Ji's face, and he casually picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard.

“Pa!”

This time, the sound of the piece landing was particularly crisp and powerful.

“The outcome has been decided.”

Immediately, Li Ji's calm and composed voice rang out.

Liu Yu was slightly stunned, then his expression changed, and he exclaimed. “This move… a brilliant move, with one piece, all of this old man's corner of living pieces are dead!”

Li Ji smiled modestly, and then said. “You are too kind, Envoy Liu. Ji suddenly remembered that there are some important matters to deal with in the mansion. How about we end today's chess game here for now?”

Liu Yu nodded repeatedly and said. “Good, good, good, this brilliant move makes this old man yearn for it. This old man also needs to study it carefully for a while, then I will fight with Zikun another day.”

After Liu Yu recorded this highly praised chess game and left.

Li Ji put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky again, repeatedly deduced and calculated to confirm that there were no mistakes, and slowly said.

“Heaven wants to destroy you, Wuhuan.”

Three days later at noon, it was the heavenly timing that Li Ji had been waiting for for a long time.

The only thing that Li Ji regretted was that the time was not late at night.

“But this doesn't matter, it's enough…”

Li Ji muttered, then frowned slightly.

There was still no news of Sun Ce's return, and it was not known whether the cavalry led by Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun could arrive in time.

Even with the help of “heavenly timing”, even without the cavalry led by Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun, Li Ji was confident that he could defeat the Wuhuan, but the difference between routing the Wuhuan and completely annihilating them… was very big.

However, “heavenly timing” was rare, and Li Ji was determined not to wait any longer, otherwise, if he missed this opportunity, who knew if he could wait for a second key “heavenly timing” during the “window period”.

Immediately, Li Ji personally wrote a military order, ordering someone to take the military order to the temporary port, so as to convey the order to Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun as soon as possible.

In the following two days, the sky was clear and bright.

The defensive forces on the surface of Ji City did not change, but in fact, they began to transfer all the available troops in the city to prepare for war.

By the morning of the third day, the sky was still dark, a strong wind came from the east, blowing the earth into a scene of flying sand and rocks, and the humidity in the air could almost be clearly felt by the human body.

At this moment, anyone with a little life experience realized that an unprecedented rainstorm would soon arrive.

Therefore, the Wuhuan cavalry, who usually wandered around Ji City every day at irregular times, did not go out to monitor Ji City, which had been silent for nearly two months, but all shrank in the camp waiting for the rainstorm to come.

Only in Ji City, the 40,000 straw raincoats that Li Ji had secretly spent two months collecting and preparing were all worn on the 40,000 soldiers.

Liu Yu, who was sent by Li Ji to report that he was about to send troops, rushed to the school grounds when the 40,000 troops had prepared everything, and asked with a surprised and somewhat flustered expression.

“Zikun, are you going to lead troops to raid the camp?”

“With armor on, please forgive me, Envoy Liu, for not being able to perform the full ceremony.”

Li Ji, who had changed from his usual scholar's attire, was now wearing a light and extremely defensive Tang Ni silver willow leaf armor, which made the usually refined and calm Li Ji a bit more heroic.

This silver armor was specially made for Li Ji by Liu Bei, but Li Ji had never personally been on the front line in Wu County before, so this was Li Ji's first time wearing this Tang Ni silver willow leaf armor outside.

Immediately, Li Ji put one hand on the sword at his waist, and pointed with the other hand in the direction of the Wuhuan camp outside the city, and said.

“Envoy Liu, breaking the Wuhuan is at this moment.”

“Impossible.”

Liu Yu subconsciously refused and said. “From ancient times to the present, there has never been an infantry raid on a cavalry camp.”

“What Envoy Liu said is very reasonable, but today is different from the past, with the help of heavenly timing, even if the Wuhuan have countless war horses, how can they be a match for our strong Han men?” Li Ji said loudly, the tone revealed absolute confidence.

If he was under Liu Bei, Li Ji would naturally not need to be so troublesome, he only needed to propose a surprise attack on the Wuhuan camp at this moment, and even if Liu Bei was asked to act as the vanguard, Liu Bei would draw his sword and go up without any doubt.

But Li Ji was ultimately a guest in Ji City, even though Liu Yu entrusted all military affairs to Li Ji, he still needed Liu Yu to nod his head to mobilize that part of the Youzhou soldiers out of the city.

“Heavenly timing?” Liu Yu asked with a puzzled expression.

“That's right!”

Li Ji said in a deep voice.

“At this moment, there is already a dark cloud pressing down on the city, the sky is dark, but the rain is brewing and not falling, until an hour later, there will be a heavy rain falling, this rainstorm will last for about an hour and a half.”

“In the rainstorm, no matter how skilled the Wuhuan's horsemanship is, the visibility will be less than two zhang, so how can they have any use? Moreover, there will be lightning and thunder in this rainstorm, the war horses will inevitably be frightened and difficult to control, so even if the Wuhuan have 80,000 cavalry, they are actually just 80,000 infantry.”

“And the Wuhuan are not good at infantry combat, and our army has also been training in the rain for two months, this ebb and flow, an hour and a half of rainstorm is enough to determine the outcome!”

This series of statements shocked Liu Yu's head a little.

And under Li Ji's explanation, Liu Yu suddenly understood why Li Ji would train the soldiers in the rain from time to time, it was not to make the soldiers obey orders and prohibitions, but to prepare for rain warfare.

More importantly, Li Ji predicted the arrival and duration of this rainstorm in advance.

Otherwise, when the rain is about to fall, starting to organize troops to prepare for a surprise attack, not to mention whether the rain is suitable for disintegrating the combat power of the cavalry, more importantly, it is possible that the rain will stop when the troops are organized.

At this moment, the huge amount of information made Liu Yu feel that his head was full, and he frowned, unable to tell for a while whether he should allow Li Ji to lead troops out of the city.

And that conservative personality made Liu Yu subconsciously lean towards a conservative choice.

Now that the people of Youzhou have been protected, why bother to risk a desperate fight with the Wuhuan?

However, before Liu Yu's psychological inclination completely slid towards the conservative direction, Li Ji took the lead and said.

“Envoy Liu, time waits for no one, and heaven waits for no one even more. Defeating the Wuhuan will prevent the Wuhuan from looking south at Youzhou for ten years, allowing countless people to rest and recuperate peacefully in Youzhou from now on. This is the moment, do not hesitate!”

“In this battle, Ji will personally lead the troops out of the city to command, and is willing to coexist and die with many soldiers, not returning without victory, vowing to kill the barbarians!”

Li Ji's urgent words greatly shook Liu Yu's heart.

In any case, in Liu Yu's heart, his friendship with Li Ji was like that of a close friend who had forgotten the years. Li Ji was willing to take such risks for the sake of Youzhou's stability, which made Liu Yu feel a little ashamed.

In the end, Liu Yu looked directly at Li Ji's confident and calm eyes, gritted his teeth, and no longer pondered as much as usual, but cupped his hands and said.

“Zikun, then everything is entrusted to you, and if the surprise attack fails, do not be reluctant to fight, you should quickly return to Ji City to plan for the future.”

Li Ji did not answer Liu Yu, but turned around to face the 40,000 soldiers who had already lined up, drew the sword at his waist, and said loudly.

“In this battle, only victory!”

Li Ji had waited too long for this battle, and had prepared for it for too long.

Under normal circumstances, with the current military strength of Youzhou, it is simply impossible to defeat the Wuhuan cavalry, who have all the geographical advantages, head-on.

Only by first forcing the Wuhuan to divide their forces, and then with the help of opportune timing, rendering the Wuhuan's warhorses unable to exert any effect, can there be a chance of victory.

"This battle, we will win!!!"

Responding to Li Ji were the heroic voices of those men of You and Yan.

"Out of the city, defeat the enemy, kill the Hu!"

(End of this chapter)