Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At that moment, infected by Zhou Yu's revealed heroic spirit, Xu Sheng almost subconsciously asked.

“What's the plan?”

“Combine orthodox and unorthodox tactics, and strike straight at the Yellow Dragon!”

Zhou Yu said in a loud voice, then raised his hand.

“A campaign must have a name. This name is not only for our soldiers to know, but also for the people of Lin-yi to know. Only in this way can they know that our Great Han is a righteous army, so that the subsequent return of Lin-yi to Great Han, and the officials comforting the people, will have great benefits.”

“Therefore, Lord Yu can send envoys to Lin-yi in the name of Rinan Commandery, stating that Lin-yi has occupied Great Han's land for many years, and even the Lin-yi County occupied by Lian Tong and Qu Lian in those years must be returned to our Great Han.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Guo blurted out.

“Impossible! Lin-yi is a country of wolves and tigers. If we merely send envoys, Lin-yi will never agree to such conditions.”

“Not agreeing is the norm. I don't think sending an envoy will subdue the enemy without a fight.”

Zhou Yu swept the feather fan in his hand across the table and said.

“The purpose of this move is to make a big show, to inform everyone in Lin-yi that our Great Han is going to conquer Lin-yi, and is a righteous army with great righteousness, and that Lin-yi was once a part of our Great Han fifty years ago, and they are also Han people.”

“In this way, it can greatly reduce the resistance of the Lin-yi people in advance, and also make Lin-yi realize that war is coming and begin to urgently mobilize troops to concentrate on the northern border.”

Xu Sheng thought along the lines of Zhou Yu's statement, and combined it with the map of Rinan Commandery and Lin-yi, and said with some incomprehension.

“Gongjin, the southern part of Rinan Commandery and the northern part of Lin-yi are fully connected. Could it be that you plan to use the Rinan Commandery soldiers as bait to lure the infuriated Lin-yi army into the country and fight them head-on?”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said.

“Rinan Commandery has very few usable soldiers. If the Rinan Commandery soldiers are placed on the border, it will not be enough to deter and resist Lin-yi.”

“If it leads to the Lin-yi army entering the country, our army will not be familiar with the terrain, and the southern part of Rinan Commandery is also full of jungles and mountains, and it is difficult to find a place where more than 50,000 troops can line up for a decisive battle.”

“In addition, Rinan Commandery is too small to maneuver and ambush flexibly. Once the war starts, it is likely to cause great damage to Rinan Commandery.”

“Therefore, what I want is to directly place the Yangzhou troops on the border!”

“After all, we are here to conquer Lin-yi. A purely defensive posture would be too impolite! We must attack, constantly attack, and give the people of Lin-yi absolute pressure.”

“Qu Lian was once a Han Chinese and knows the internal situation of Rinan Commandery very well. In this way, he will inevitably be frightened and think that it is the elite of the Great Han who have come from the Central Plains to conquer him, and then desperately mobilize all forces to go north to resist the Han army's attack.”

Zhou Yu's posture of forcing Lin-yi to frantically mobilize troops with a wave of his hand made Yu Guo feel sincerely convinced, and he quickly asked.

“Can the Han army break through the Lin-yi defense line?”

Zhou Yu did not answer, but turned his gaze to Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng pondered for a moment. With a clear understanding of the situation in Lin-yi, it was not difficult to make some predictions at this moment.

Lin-yi can mobilize 50,000 troops, but only 10,000 of them can be called elite.

Of course, this so-called elite is only Yu Guo's judgment based on the level of the Rinan Commandery soldiers, believing that the Lin-yi elite is obviously stronger than the Rinan Commandery soldiers.

However, in Xu Sheng's eyes, the level of the Rinan Commandery soldiers is not far from a rabble. They can't even line up properly.

Therefore, Xu Sheng's judgment on the so-called Lin-yi elite is roughly to regard them as being on par with ordinary Han Commandery soldiers.

In contrast, the 30,000 troops led by Xu Sheng, 20,000 of them are true naval elites, and the remaining 10,000 are also elites carefully selected from military households and soldiers from various places.

Even if the navy is slightly inferior to the elite infantry when fighting on land away from the ship, it is by no means comparable to ordinary Commandery soldiers.

In addition, this time the fleet led by Xu Sheng came with the intention of destroying the country, and the fleet was prepared with a large amount of war materials. The number of arrows alone exceeded 200,000, not to mention the rest of the fire oil, spare armor, spare equipment, and so on.

So Xu Sheng tapped the table a few times unconsciously, and gave a judgment that he thought was quite pertinent and cautious, saying.

“Lin-yi, a mere 50,000 rabble, how can they stop the attack of our Great Han elite? The only difference is how much time they can delay our army's advance.”

In Xu Sheng's view, the biggest obstacle to attacking Lin-yi is not the Lin-yi army, but the boundless jungle terrain.

Once the Lin-yi army relies on the jungle to constantly harass, in order to avoid excessive losses, the army can only advance step by step.

As for whether Lin-yi will show up to face the Great Han elite head-on…

Xu Sheng can only say that Lin-yi is very courageous, even more courageous than the Xiongnu back then, and they will soon realize what it means to be “one Han equals five Hu.”

Only another group of lined-up Great Han elites can defeat the lined-up Great Han elites with the same number of troops in the contemporary era.

If it weren't for the boundless jungle terrain, Xu Sheng was confident that he could push the entire Lin-yi from north to south in at most one month.

There is no other reason, it is really that the Lord and the military advisor have prepared too much troops, military rations, and military supplies, enough to support Xu Sheng to maintain a high-intensity war within three months.

The only thing that Xu Sheng is worried about is that if he can't level Lin-yi within three months, then the situation will become much more tricky.

Expect the enemy to be lenient…

It is true that the equipment and quality of the Lin-yi army are not good.

But what Xu Sheng is most worried about is the resilience of the Lin-yi army. If it is close to the level of military household soldiers, and there is the obstacle of jungle terrain, it may really be impossible to defeat Lin-yi in three months.

Only after getting the answer he wanted from Xu Sheng's mouth did Zhou Yu's smile become even stronger, and he said.

“That's right, facing the Han army elite led by General Xu, holding high the banner of righteousness and pressing forward step by step, Lin-yi will definitely be frightened. How can they not mobilize all available troops to go north to resist?”

“Even, seeing the fierce offensive of the Han army and being unable to support it alone, Lin-yi is likely to urgently contact surrounding small countries such as Daqi Realm, Xiaoqi Realm, Shi Pu, and Xu Lang, and publicize the threat of our Great Han, requesting support.”

“As time goes by, facing the alliance formed by Lin-yi and the surrounding countries, even if our army manages to capture Lin-yi, after the military's strength declines, it will also be counterattacked by the alliance formed by the countries.”

“So…”

When Zhou Yu said this, his voice paused, and the feather fan in his hand raised forward.

(End of this chapter)