Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Perhaps, this Han army, which first campaigned against the Wuhuan and then set out to conquer Yamatai, did not march with the perfect uniformity of ten thousand men moving as one. However, as the battle formation slowly advanced, it possessed an unstoppable momentum, a feeling of swallowing the world like a tiger.

“Dong! Dong! Dong!”

With each resounding drumbeat, the Han soldiers maintained their formation and advanced forward.

The infantry at the front held large shields, with spearmen and swordsmen behind them. Further back, about fifty paces away, a large number of archers maintained the square formation, protected by the infantry on either side.

The entire infantry formation was layered, mutually supporting, and acting as a bulwark. On the left and right flanks, Zhao Yun led two thousand White Horse Riders, and Zhang Fei led two thousand elite cavalry to patrol and provide cover.

This was the true transformation of the Wu County soldiers after experiencing the Battle of Youzhou and undergoing several months of training in Yamatai. It was the military formation trained according to Li Ji's ideas.

At this point, these soldiers were truly worthy of being called elite in Li Ji's eyes, and they would truly become the mainstay force upon which Liu Bei could rely to rise in this chaotic world.

At this moment, Li Ji was not in the army. He was still on a hilltop on the side of the Sekigahara battlefield, overlooking the entire military formation's advance and operation, looking for any obvious flaws or delays.

Although the Yamatai Kingdom had gathered as many as 120,000 soldiers, the Han army's infantry and cavalry totaled less than 30,000. The difference in strength between the two sides was as high as four times.

But in Li Ji's eyes, the 120,000 troops of the Yamatai Kingdom could just become the whetstone for this elite force, using their corpses to further forge the morale of this elite army.

Therefore, the large banner left in this Han army did not bear "Li" or "Liu," but "Han."

In the name of "Han," they would pacify Yamatai. When they returned to the Central Plains, they would sweep away traitors and rebuild a strong Han Dynasty in the name of "Han."

Li Ji looked at this elite force, which could be said to have exhausted the resources of Wu County and his own energy to forge, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart.

At this moment, the central army general standing under the large banner in place of Li Ji was Gan Ning. In addition, Jiang Qin was at the front commanding the infantry.

As the Han army slowly advanced and stepped into the Sekigahara battlefield, the soldiers of both the Wa Kingdom and the Yamatai Kingdom were still unable to react.

However, under the overwhelming power displayed by the Han army from afar, a large number of Yamatai soldiers instinctively began to show signs of timidity and retreat. On the contrary, the Wa soldiers, who were gradually caught between the Yamatai soldiers and the Han army, were temporarily at a loss as to what to do.

If the Han army, the suzerain state, had come to support the Wa Kingdom, then the Han army should have bypassed the Sekigahara battlefield from one side and attacked the Yamatai Kingdom together with the Wa Kingdom.

But at the moment, as the Han army advanced step by step, there was no intention of turning.

This made even the Wa generals, who had a large number of pro-Han traitors, not know how to cooperate with the Han army.

Immediately, a Wa general, seeing that the Han army was still approaching, hurriedly stepped out from the crowd and loudly inquired in Wa language from a distance.

Jiang Qin, who was acting as the vanguard in front of the Han army formation, naturally did not understand Wa language, but this did not prevent Jiang Qin from answering the other party without knowing what the Wa person was saying.

“Get to the sides, don't block the road.”

Jiang Qin loudly said one of the few sentences he knew in Wa language.

Immediately, the Wa general's expression froze, and then he lowered his head and loudly responded to Jiang Qin's order from afar, and then quickly rode his short warhorse with its four short legs back to the Wa army.

Soon, under the circumstances that the Han Dynasty had always maintained absolute power and strength in front of the Wa Kingdom, even many Wa generals felt that this was unwise.

But no Wa general dared to raise any objection, and quickly drove and ordered the Wa army to first distance themselves from the Yamatai Kingdom, and then quickly separated like a tide, giving way to the Han army to a road leading to the Yamatai Kingdom's military force.

“Dong! Dong! Dong!”

As the Han army slowly passed through the road temporarily cleared by many Wa people, these Wa people felt even more clearly the kind of power that made them instinctively fearful.

Especially where Zhang Fei, who was the most burly and tall, and riding the White Steed Black Horse, passed, countless Wa people were so nervous that they could hardly breathe, and even a few were frightened to the point of incontinence or paralysis on the ground.

That feeling was roughly the shock of a dwarf watching Shaquille O'Neal slowly walk past him at close range, as if even the other person's knees would need to jump up with all their strength to barely touch.

What's more, the fierce and evil aura exuded by Zhang Fei was definitely not something that ordinary people dared to face directly, which made the deterrent caused by Zhang Fei even more impressive.

This also led to the fact that wherever Zhang Fei passed, his eyes swept around, not to mention those Wa soldiers, even the Wa generals felt terrified.

However, if we were to say who was under the greatest pressure, it would be none other than the Yamatai soldiers in front of the Han army.

Facing the Han army, which maintained its formation and approached step by step, even before the two sides officially engaged in close combat, the original formation of the Yamatai Kingdom had already shown obvious signs of shaking.

In terms of momentum, armor, weapons, etc., at a glance, the two armies were obviously not on the same level.

If there was one thing that could make the Yamatai soldiers and a group of generals feel comforted, it was that the number of Yamatai soldiers far exceeded that of the Han army.

“Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! The queen has prayed to the gods for us. With the protection of the gods, we will surely win the final victory!”

“We have a full 120,000 people, and the Han army is only 20,000 to 30,000. Even if we pile them up, we will definitely be able to pile the Han army to death. Is it possible that four or five people can't defeat one Han person?”

“The queen is with us, the gods are with us, no retreat, hold the weapons in your hands, the Han people are also people, kill them!!!”

Under the continuous running around and morale-boosting of a large number of Yamatai generals, the Yamatai soldiers' formation was barely stabilized.

A large number of Yamatai soldiers tightly grasped the wooden spears and bamboo spears in their hands, staring nervously and fearfully at the Han army, which was about to approach within a range of fifty paces.

“Prepare, prepare, be ready to fight at any time…”

Just as some Yamatai generals saw that the two armies were about to come into contact, and were preparing to carry out the final morale boost.

A sharp horn sounded suddenly in the Han army, and then a large number of bowstrings sounded. Thousands of arrows, like a black cloud, rose from the Han army formation, and then fell towards the Yamatai army formation like thousands of black birds.

“Be careful of the arrows, lower your heads, lower your heads and use your hats to block the arrows.”

Immediately, a Yamatai general almost screamed out sharply, shouting loudly.

However, responding to that Yamatai general was the sound of countless arrows entering flesh.

“Puff, puff, puff…”

The black cloud fell, splashing visible patches of blood, and patches of Yamatai soldiers fell instantly.

This scene made countless Yamatai generals' hearts and livers crack.

The Yamatai Kingdom did not have the habit of using bows and arrows, but most of them were bamboo bows and bamboo arrows, and their lethality was quite limited.

As for the way to defend against arrows, the Yamatai Kingdom did not have the ability to build shields and armor like the Han Dynasty, so they often let the soldiers weave wide hats and wear them on their heads.

However, how could the Han Dynasty's strong bows be resisted by such simple defenses?

This also led to the fact that from a distance, a large number of Yamatai soldiers watched the arrows fall, subconsciously taking their heads to block them, and then being shot to the point of brain bursting.

This scene made Jiang Qin and some Han soldiers in the front of the Han army stunned at first, and then almost couldn't help but laugh at the Yamatai soldiers' stubbornness.

In the Yamatai army, there were also some generals who maintained some composure and suddenly woke up, repeatedly shouting loudly.

“Quick, quick, quick, fight back!!!”

Suddenly, sparse and weak arrows appeared in the Yamatai army and came towards the Han army.

However, the two sides were still fifty paces away, and most of the arrows shot by the Yamatai Kingdom could not even touch the Han army.

Even if sporadic arrows fell on the Han army formation, they were all blocked by shields and armor, and they could not cause any lethality at all.

On the contrary, the Yamatai army's weak counterattack seemed to have angered the Han army.

In a few moments, another wave of arrows rose from the Han army formation, and then fell on the Yamatai soldiers in countless terrified eyes, directly creating a death zone.

Even if some Yamatai soldiers who were not shot in vital points did not die on the spot, the screams of misery that were emitted instead caused the morale of the Yamatai army to plummet.

“Charge, charge over, get close to those Han people…”

A Yamatai general, whose eyes were red with anger, sat on a short warhorse and witnessed the tragic scene. Instead, he seemed to be aroused by bloodthirst, and shouted loudly to the soldiers around him.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking through the air seemed to suddenly sound in the ear of that Yamatai general.

The next moment, an arrow accurately pierced through the temple of that Yamatai general, opening a big hole in his head.

Zhao Yun, who was leading the White Horse Riders patrolling on the left side of the Han army formation, was still maintaining the posture of shooting an arrow, until he confirmed that the Yamatai general should be hopeless.

Zhao Yun then sighed softly and said.

“Too careless…”

If it were on the battlefield of the Han Dynasty, even the Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army knew that they needed to try their best to hide in the crowd to avoid being named and taken away by the Han army's cold arrows.

Only those first-class generals who were truly not afraid of arrows dared to ride alone on horseback when the two armies were about to meet.

Initially, Zhao Yun thought there might be experts within the Yamatai Kingdom. Having noticed this person early on, Zhao Yun had secretly prepared himself, waiting for the perfect moment to release his arrow.

Unexpectedly, it seemed he was just… a good-for-nothing?

Standing on his warhorse like a straw dummy, he didn't seem to react at all, even until his death. (End of Chapter)