Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

To feed the soldiers and temporarily solve the severe food problem, Quli Ju had no choice but to order the slaughter of a batch of warhorses for military rations.

However, this also made Quli Ju realize that he absolutely could not stay in Guangyang Commandery any longer and must retreat to Yuyang Commandery as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the Han army that raided the camp recovered, continuing to pursue and kill this U桓 rout that had been gathered with great difficulty would have unimaginable consequences.

Low morale, incomplete armor, lack of warhorses, insufficient food, and even people from various tribes mixed together without forming a proper formation…

Quli Ju saw all of this and knew that this force of more than 30,000 routed soldiers had less than one-tenth or two-tenths of its usual combat power. He could only retreat to Yuyang Commandery first to reorganize before making further plans.

What made Quli Ju slightly relieved was that all the forces Youzhou could mobilize now were infantry.

Everyone was on two legs, so the probability of the Han army catching up was not high.

However, in order to avoid accidents, Quli Ju still kept urging the army to march back towards Yuyang Commandery.

However, unlike when they came with an army of 80,000, as if they had crossed a hundred miles from Yuyang Commandery to Ji City in an instant.

Due to the shortage of warhorses slowing down the march, Quli Ju only felt that the return journey was so long.

However, when Quli Ju led the routed soldiers back along the way they came to the Shi Yu River, he was a little dumbfounded.

When they came, the water flow in this area was gentle, and they could slowly cross the river on horseback.

However, as if due to the impact of the rainstorm, the water level had risen by more than ten feet, making it difficult to lead the army across the river.

Helpless, Quli Ju could only order the U桓 people to cut down trees in the surrounding area and build pontoon bridges to cross the Shi Yu River as soon as possible.

The river surface of this section of the Shi Yu River was not wide, otherwise Quli Ju would not have chosen to cross the river here before.

In addition, with the cooperation of more than 30,000 U桓 people, although the pontoon bridge looked quite rough, it was barely built after spending most of the day.

Seeing this, Quli Ju was overjoyed.

As long as the army crossed the Shi Yu River, the safety of these more than 30,000 U桓 people could be guaranteed.

Even if the Han army pursued from behind, Quli Ju could rely on the pontoon bridge to resist for a while, delaying for half a day, enough for most of the U桓 people to retreat to Yuyang City.

…

At the same time, on a small hill far from the pontoon bridge.

Zhao Yun led two thousand White Horse Cavalry and had just arrived. Looking at the situation on the Shi Yu River in the distance, his face looked a little ugly.

After Sun Ce sent all 20,000 cavalry to the port, Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun received Li Ji's military order, and then rushed back towards Ji City at full speed, trying to block the retreat of Quli Ju and other U桓 people.

However, the thunderstorm and incessant rain also caused great interference to the Han cavalry. A large number of warhorses fell into a state of agitation and frenzy, making them difficult to control.

In the end, Zhao Yun barely selected two thousand warhorses with the least impact from the army, and then led his own "White Horse Cavalry" to rush ahead.

But after rushing all the way, Zhao Yun was still a little late.

The main force of cavalry led by Gongsun Zan would take at least another hour to arrive, and the pontoon bridge in the distance had been completed, and more than 30,000 U桓 people were about to begin slowly crossing the river.

An hour was enough for all these more than 30,000 U桓 people to cross the river.

At that time, the rising river water would become a natural barrier that cavalry could not cross.

Zhao Yun's rationality was keeping him basically calm, telling him that it was already difficult to resist the crossing of the 30,000 U桓 army with only two thousand White Horse Cavalry.

However, in the process of Zhao Yun sweeping across the border, he witnessed the tragic situation of Han people being reduced to slaves, and the anger accumulated in his heart could not be suppressed at this moment.

Zhao Yun's temperament and cultivation made it difficult for him to vent this anger on the old, weak, women and children of the U桓.

But at this moment, looking at the more than 30,000 U桓 young adults in the distance, Zhao Yun not only did not have a trace of fear, but a raging fire ignited in his chest.

"They plundered my Han land, how can I let them retreat completely?"

Zhao Yun muttered, his palm tightly holding the Cliff Edge Spear in his hand.

An idea that would make others not dare to imagine even with a hundred guts instantly arose in Zhao Yun's mind.

"White Horse Cavalry, where are you?" Zhao Yun said in a deep voice.

"We are here."

Responding to Zhao Yun were two thousand neat voices.

"The Hu dogs killed my Han people, can we allow them to retreat?" Zhao Yun asked loudly.

"No!"

"Are you willing to not fear life and death for the great cause of killing the Hu?" Zhao Yun asked again.

This question made the expressions of the two thousand White Horse Cavalry all congeal, and then their faces all seemed to become hideous, and they roared in unison.

"Wherever righteousness leads, life and death follow!"

"Heaven can see, White Horse… is the proof!!!"

This roar spread for several miles, and even Quli Ju and many U桓 people on the banks of the Shi Yu River heard it clearly.

Then, countless U桓 people looked south and suddenly saw two thousand white shadows rushing towards them.

"Wherever righteousness leads, life and death follow!"

"Heaven can see, White Horse is the proof!"

Following Zhao Yun, they drove their warhorses down from the small slope, and completed the formation change in a very short time.

From a distance, it looked as if a pair of white wings were spread out behind Zhao Yun, who was charging in front.

This scene stunned a large number of U桓 people for a moment before they suddenly reacted and exclaimed repeatedly.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!!!"

Immediately, a considerable number of U桓 people with bows and arrows on their bodies bent their bows and nocked arrows, aiming at the astonishingly imposing White Horse Cavalry rushing from a distance.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps…

The U桓 tribe is also good at archery, and they are also extremely good at controlling distance. Therefore, as the distance between the two sides narrowed, many U桓 people who bent their bows and nocked arrows began to concentrate and prepare to start shooting when the sudden cavalry entered the range of a hundred steps.

However, when the distance between the two sides had just reached one hundred and twenty steps, the two thousand White Horse Cavalry almost uniformly released their hands holding the reins, drew their bows, and then threw arrows in the direction of the U桓 army.

Relying on the extra power provided by the horse's speed and the extra distance of the parabola, the arrows shot by the two thousand White Horse Cavalry almost reached the level of a sharpshooter in this era who could shoot through Yang at a hundred paces.

Although the accuracy was far from that of a sharpshooter, the meaning of accuracy was not great in the situation where the U桓 army was crowded together.

The dark clouds set off by the arrows fell into the U桓 army, and suddenly a large amount of blood splattered, and there were bursts of wailing.

However, before those U桓 archers who were waiting in battle could prepare to counterattack, in the distance between one hundred and twenty steps and one hundred steps, the two thousand White Horse Cavalry not only completed the archery, but even relied on their legs to control their warhorses to turn to the left and right sides of the U桓 army.

It was as if there was an invisible line about a hundred steps away with the U桓 army as the center. The two thousand White Horse Cavalry swept past the edge of that line in a graceful posture, and happened not to enter within a hundred steps of the U桓 army.

This scene, even in the eyes of the U桓 people who were proficient in horsemanship, still aroused bursts of exclamations.

Those who master riding and shooting are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river in the U桓 tribe, but those who can control their warhorses to turn with their legs during the riding and shooting process are less than one or two out of ten.

However, even in the process of turning, they can still maintain a complete formation. There is no such elite in the U桓.

Just as many U桓 people were unconsciously amazed by the ability displayed by the White Horse Cavalry, they suddenly discovered that one person and one horse did not turn with them, but instead rushed straight towards the U桓 army.

White horse, silver spear, face like jade, wearing white robe and white armor, humble face, but regarded the 30,000 U桓 army in front of him as nothing…

Seeing this, many U桓 people only felt that this rider seemed to exude some kind of aura from a distance, but instinctively thought that this was just a member of the White Horse Cavalry who had made a mistake in controlling his warhorse and broke in.

They never thought that what Zhao Yun was thinking was to charge into the 30,000 U桓 army alone.

Facing Zhao Yun alone, a part of the U桓 archers who had been waiting for a long time did not hesitate at all and shot arrows in Zhao Yun's direction.

Suddenly, hundreds and thousands of arrows came towards Zhao Yun like a blanket.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun's face did not show any fear. He grabbed the reins with one hand and held the Cliff Edge Spear upside down with the other.

The next moment, Night Illuminating Jade Lion, as if in tune with Zhao Yun, suddenly increased its speed by a large margin and rushed out to the side.

Originally, the speed of Night Illuminating Jade Lion was similar to that of the good horses ridden by the other White Horse Cavalry. At this moment, the sudden increase in speed almost turned it into a white shadow, and it carried Zhao Yun and instantly escaped the coverage of most of the arrows.

Even if only a dozen or so arrows were rushing towards Zhao Yun and Night Illuminating Jade Lion, Zhao Yun waved the Cliff Edge Spear in his hand and easily deflected all of those arrows.

This scene, which exceeded the expectations of all the U桓 people, made all the U桓 people who witnessed this scene feel unbelievable.

Such speed must be a thousand-mile horse among thousand-mile horses;

And easily deflecting more than ten arrows shows that the martial power of the comer is beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

However, before many U桓 archers could react and draw their bows and shoot again.

Under the full-speed gallop of Night Illuminating Jade Lion, a distance of dozens of steps was almost instantly crossed.

And the three or five U桓 people who bravely stood in front of Zhao Yun did not even see the shadow of the Cliff Edge Spear in Zhao Yun's hand, and only felt a pain in their throats before weakly softening.

The Night-Shining Jade Lion trampled over the corpses of those three to five Wuhuan soldiers, carrying Zhao Yun as it leaped forward.

Suspended in mid-air, under the gaze of countless Wuhuan warriors, Zhao Yun pointed his spear towards Qiuliju in the distance, his chest filled with rage as he roared:

"I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan! By the order of my lord, I have come to take the life of you, a Hu dog who disrupts the Han!"

"Don't run!!!" (End of Chapter)