Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

“Clatter, clatter, clatter…”

The chaotic sound of horses' hooves seemed to betray the owner's mood.

Defeated!

Just a heavy rain, and nearly eighty thousand troops, representing more than half of the U桓's able-bodied men, were actually routed by about forty thousand Han infantry.

If anyone had suggested this scenario in the past, Q丘力居 would have considered it a huge joke.

Now, Q丘力居 felt that the idea of making the U桓 great again, which seemed so close at hand… was a joke.

明明 丘力 居 深知 只 需 在 大营 之 中 坚守到 暴雨 结束 ， 甚至 只 要 等 让 无数 战马 暴动 的 雷鸣 结束 。

It was possible to just hold the camp until the downpour stopped, or even just wait for the thunder that was causing countless warhorses to panic.

That would have been a chance for the U桓 tribe to catch their breath, and it might even have been possible to keep all the Han troops who attacked the camp.

However, it couldn't be done!

No matter how many U桓 warriors were organized to charge forward, they were met with what felt like a massacre.

The Han army was unstoppable!

Especially that Y燕 man, Z张三, who led well-organized Han troops, using his unique roar amidst the heavy rain and thunder, constantly cutting through the camp.

He not only repeatedly scattered the U桓 elite that Q丘力居 was struggling to gather, but even led troops to break through and destroy the main tent, further undermining Q丘力居's command of the entire U桓 army during the downpour.

The rain obscured the U桓 people's vision, preventing them from realizing the actual casualty rate, and they could only sense the Han army relentlessly breaking through and approaching.

Otherwise, the U桓 people would never have held out until they had suffered more than half their casualties before collapsing and fleeing north.

“Damn it!! Han dogs!!!”

Q丘力居 squeezed these words out from between his teeth, feeling a sense of despair enveloping his heart.

The U桓 tribe did not have a large population; even counting the uncounted herders beyond the borders, the U桓 tribe barely reached five hundred thousand.

The deaths of a large number of old, weak, women, and children in Y渔阳郡 and Y右北平郡 only made Q丘力居 angry, but he felt that these losses were not irreparable.

Large amounts of money, food, and slaves could quickly replenish the U桓 tribe's losses.

However, the loss of a large number of able-bodied men was something that Q丘力居 was finding difficult to accept.

The U桓, having almost exhausted the strength of the entire tribe, only had about one hundred and sixty thousand cavalry, and the loss of more than forty thousand at once would have a profound impact.

Insufficient troops also meant that the U桓 would not only be unable to occupy Y幽州 in the future, but would also have to consider whether it would attract the covetous eyes of the Xianbei tribe.

Moreover, there was the subsequent revenge from the great Han…

The U桓 originally existed in the cracks between the great Han, the Xianbei, and the Xiongnu, and at this moment, Q丘力居 suddenly realized that the U桓's situation was deteriorating rapidly.

Then, Q丘力居, who had recovered from his deep thoughts, looked up and around and found that only ten thousand or so U桓 people were scattered around him, fleeing north, and most of them did not even have horses, looking dejected and still in shock.

Moreover, Q丘力居 looked at the dozen or so U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders who had also escaped with him and noticed that their eyes were no longer filled with respect and trust, but with doubt and anger.

This made Q丘力居 realize that it was not only the U桓 who were in a difficult situation, but he himself who was in an even more difficult situation.

Such a惨烈 defeat would undoubtedly cause Q丘力居, whose position was already unstable, to face a large number of U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders questioning and denying him.

Q丘力居 was slightly stunned and then burst out laughing.

“Hahahaha!”

S苏仆延, the “Q峭王” who led the U桓 settlement in the L辽东属国, questioned with dissatisfaction.

“Why is the U桓王 laughing? Does he think the defeat wasn't惨 enough?”

Immediately, Q丘力居's laughter stopped, and the decadence on his face was swept away as he said proudly.

“What this king is laughing at is that the great Han is unwise and has exhausted its tricks, and the prefectures of Y幽州 should all belong to my U桓.”

“Is the U桓王 suffering from hysteria? Wanting to take Y幽州 with just these ten thousand or so defeated soldiers?” S苏仆延 retorted without hesitation.

“Ten thousand?”

Q丘力居 snorted and said, “How many people withdrew from the camp? Just send trusted aides to gather the scattered soldiers nearby, and I believe that at least thirty thousand more U桓 warriors can be gathered.”

Another “H汗鲁王,” W乌延, who had also escaped, mocked, “Even if there are still thirty thousand usable U桓 warriors, what's the use? Even eighty thousand troops were defeated and fled by the Han infantry under the command of the U桓王.”

“Foolish!”

Q丘力居 scolded angrily and said, “You are U桓 adults leading a party, but your vision is so short-sighted.”

“You…”

W乌延 was furious when he heard this, and his hand subconsciously reached for the curved knife at his waist.

However, before W乌延 could draw his knife, S苏仆延 quickly held W乌延 down and turned to Q丘力居 and said.

“U桓王, now that we have suffered a great defeat, the various tribes have suffered heavy losses, especially the many settlements in Y右北平郡 led by the ‘H汗鲁王’ have been destroyed by the Han army.”

“If the U桓王 can't give us an explanation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, right?”

Compared to the furious W乌延, S苏仆延 seemed to be preventing the conflict between the two sides, but in fact, what he said was also sarcastic, and even with this statement, some U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders who did not speak looked at Q丘力居 with even more dissatisfaction.

Obviously, if Q丘力居 did not handle it well, an internal conflict might break out here first.

“Humph!”

Q丘力居 folded his arms and said confidently and proudly.

“Since this king has said this, there is naturally my reason…”

After a pause, Q丘力居's eyes swept across the many U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders and said, “Everyone, may I ask how the great Han of the past would have responded to the U桓 rebellion?”

S苏仆延 hesitated for a moment and replied, “The Han court would naturally send a large army to suppress it directly.”

“That's right!”

Q丘力居 nodded heavily and said, “But now, Y渔阳郡, Y右北平郡, and L辽西郡 of Y幽州 have successively fallen, and even J蓟城, the seat of Y幽州, has been besieged by us for two months.”

“If the Han court had done something, or if it still had the strength to take care of the borders, how could there have been no movement for so long?”

S苏仆延 heard this, his eyes moved slightly, and he asked, “Whether the great Han is strong or weak cannot conceal the U桓王's defeat this time, right?”

Q丘力居 looked at S苏仆延's eyes with a hint of murderous intent, but he quickly suppressed it and said.

“On the contrary, although this battle has been defeated, the deaths of those U桓 warriors are undoubtedly valuable, and they have completely figured out the reality of Y幽州.”

“If Y幽州 has exhausted its plans, how could it risk a surprise attack on the camp?”

“And this defeat was not because the courage of the U桓 was inferior to that of the Han people, but because the weather was not beautiful, and it happened to rain heavily, and there was constant thunder, making it difficult for our warriors to control their warhorses.”

“But as long as this king gathers the U桓 warriors, he can gather more than 30,000 troops, and my son, T蹋顿, still has 80,000 troops in his hands. After the two armies converge, how can the 30,000 to 40,000 infantry in Y幽州 stop my U桓 army head-on?”

“At that time, my U桓 tribe… if we advance, we can still plunder Y幽州; if we retreat, we can temporarily help Z张举 carve out a territory, and then plan for the future after winter.”

It has to be said that this completely persuaded most of the U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders present.

In the final analysis, the reason why many U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders are willing to follow Q丘力居 is only for profit.

Moreover, the blueprint depicted by Q丘力居 is even more tempting. The defeat at hand does not seem to have a big impact on the overall situation, but instead inexplicably makes many U桓 adults feel at ease.

After all, this time, facing the U桓 rebellion, the Han army did not use absolute force to suppress the U桓 head-on, but instead risked a surprise attack, and it was only with the help of the weather that it was able to do something.

But in the eyes of the U桓 people who admire martial arts, isn't this indirectly saying that the great Han is weak?

“Moreover, in this king's opinion, not only does the great Han no longer have the strength to take care of Y幽州, but even Y幽州 can no longer squeeze out a trace of strength.”

Q丘力居 waved his hand and said loudly.

“Otherwise, Y幽州 only needs to send three to five thousand cavalry to take the opportunity to pursue and kill us, not giving us a chance to regroup our troops. Not to mention regrouping our troops, even our lives will be at stake.”

Suddenly, the eyes of many U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders became clear.

If Q丘力居 said something else, these U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders might still have some doubts, but now, don't look at Q丘力居 still barely gathering more than 10,000 people to flee north.

But these U桓 defeated soldiers are almost like frightened birds, with no morale at all, and most of them don't even have warhorses.

It can be said that as long as Y幽州 can send out three to five thousand cavalry, these ten thousand or so U桓 defeated soldiers will be difficult to resist, and can only be chased and killed all the way to their deaths.

“Reasonable, reasonable.”

“What the U桓王 said is very true. Although this battle was a great defeat for our army, it also fully demonstrates the weakness of the great Han.”

“Having figured out the reality of the great Han, as long as we make a comeback next year, we don't have to be as restrained as we are now, and we will be able to take back ten or a hundred times the losses from the great Han.”

After being comforted by Q丘力居, the many U桓 adults and Y邑 leaders barely raised their morale in the midst of constant discussions, and also stabilized Q丘力居's originally precarious position a little.

Afterwards, Q丘力居 immediately sent his confidants and trusted aides to spread out and gather the scattered U桓 defeated soldiers in the surrounding area.

Soon, as Q丘力居 had expected, in the process of constantly advancing north along the way, Q丘力居 once again gathered an U桓 army of more than 30,000.

After all, the Han army was all infantry. If the U桓 people were determined to escape, the exhausted 30,000 to 40,000 infantry could not stop the scattered U桓 people at all.

Moreover, after the Wuhuan people fled the camp, they would all head north by unspoken agreement. With such unified direction, it wouldn't be difficult for Qiuliju to gather the scattered soldiers.

However, Qiuliju and the others had fled in such haste that they hadn't brought any supplies or food. In fact, most of the Wuhuan people were soaking wet. (End of Chapter)