Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

What Liu Biao didn't expect was that Liu Pan actually greatly blunted the vigor of Yuan Shu's army, and steadily defended Xinye City in the short term.

In this way, it would undoubtedly buy Liu Biao more time, and it was even possible that Yuan Shu, knowing that things were impossible, would retreat.

"Destiny is indeed on my side!"

At this moment, Liu Biao felt that the situation was excellent.

Not only was the vigor of Yuan Shu's army blunted, and Xinye City could not be captured for a while;

According to the intelligence sent back by the spies monitoring Chaisang, Liu Bei's army also did not make any unusual movements.

Moreover, the Yizhou army will also become turtles in a jar…

Liu Biao stared sharply at the map in front of him, then picked up the small knife used for cutting meat, and suddenly stabbed it into a red-circled area on the map.

With a large number of scouts constantly investigating, Liu Biao had roughly located the main force of the Yizhou army, and tomorrow was the time agreed with Wei Yan to attack the Yizhou army.

Unlike Liu Yan, who came from a civil official background, Liu Biao was a proper military officer before he took office as the governor of Jingzhou. He served as the Zhonghou of the Northern Army, in charge of the five camps of the Northern Army.

Under Liu Biao's command, in addition to leaving the necessary defensive forces, the entire Zigui had already concentrated 100,000 Jingzhou troops, waiting to launch an active attack on the Yizhou army with thunderous force.

Moreover, Liu Biao had actually prepared himself for the psychological expectation that Wei Yan's clever plan would fail and he would not be able to successfully sneak attack Wuxian behind the enemy lines.

Now that the situation in Jingzhou is excellent, even if it is a strong attack, Liu Biao will forcibly devour the Yizhou army in order to open the gate of Yizhou.

Even if the situation is affected and it is impossible to completely take the entire Yizhou for a while, he will definitely take the opportunity to seize control of Bajun, which serves as the gateway to Yizhou.

As long as Bajun is in hand, once Liu Yan dies, Liu Biao will no longer have any scruples about swallowing the entire Yizhou, connecting Yizhou and Jingzhou into one, laying the foundation for his imperial ambitions.

"The great event is about to be accomplished, and I am actually a little impatient."

Liu Biao smiled, but his eyes were still fixed on the map, repeatedly considering the plan for using troops tomorrow.

…

The next day, early morning.

Liu Biao changed his past style, put on his armor, personally went on stage to encourage the morale of the army, and then led 100,000 troops out of Zigui to the west, heading straight for the location where the main force of the Yizhou army was stationed.

However, unlike the fierce battle that Liu Biao expected.

When Liu Biao led his army to the Yizhou army's camp, what he saw was a chaotic camp.

The Yizhou army… retreated?

Moreover, they retreated in an extremely embarrassing and hasty manner, even to the point of abandoning their armor and helmets.

In an instant, Liu Biao realized that it was likely that Wei Yan's clever plan had succeeded, attacking Wuxian, where the Yizhou army's rear supply line and retreat route were located, forcing the Yizhou army to retreat in a hurry after learning the news.

"Chase!"

Liu Biao did not hesitate at all, and directly ordered to pursue and kill the Yizhou army along the way, and would never allow the remaining 40,000 Yizhou troops to retreat safely back to Yizhou.

Moreover, one hour after Liu Biao ordered the pursuit, the scout sent by Wei Yan to report the news also successfully found Liu Biao to report the results of the battle.

Three thousand Jingzhou elites followed Wei Yan on a small road for many days. More than a thousand people died or were injured along the way due to marching. In the end, only less than two thousand people successfully emerged from the mountains and forests.

After Wei Yan raided Wuxian and successfully took control of the entire Wuxian, he had only about 1,500 usable soldiers in his hands.

Therefore, Wei Yan sent scouts to report the news, requesting Liu Biao to bite the Yizhou army, otherwise, if the main force of the Yizhou army retreated to Wuxian, Wei Yan, with only 1,500 people, would not be able to block the Yizhou army's retreat route for long.

This news undoubtedly greatly cheered Liu Biao, and he no longer had any worries. He ordered all departments to fully pursue and attack the Yizhou army along the way.

As Liu Biao issued the military order, the generals led their respective troops to continuously pursue and kill the Yizhou army along the way, and good news kept coming back to Liu Biao's ears.

One after another, Yizhou troops who were retreating towards Yizhou were successfully caught up by the Jingzhou army. In just one day, more than 30,000 Yizhou troops were either killed or surrendered.

Great victory!

This unquestionable great victory made Liu Biao further realize what it meant to be blessed by destiny.

Except for about 10,000 remnants of the Yizhou army who were lucky enough to pass through Wuxian and escape back to Yizhou, the rest of the Yizhou army was caught up by the Jingzhou army on the way of retreat, or was desperately blocked by Wei Yan in Wuxian, delaying enough time for the main force of the Jingzhou army to rush to encircle them.

Such a great victory not only made Liu Biao overjoyed, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Jingzhou army.

The large amount of materials seized along the way of pursuit was enough to make many Jingzhou soldiers a great harvest, and such a great victory, with countless beheadings, would inevitably be rewarded afterwards.

Of course, while Liu Biao was reorganizing his troops in Wuxian, he was not in a hurry to reward meritorious deeds, but quickly sent people to continuously contact the many officials and generals in Bajun who had previously appeared to be wavering.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, in Liu Biao's view, now was undoubtedly the best time to open the gate of Yizhou with a great victory.

As long as he could persuade the officials and generals of Bajun to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then the natural barriers of Yizhou would be turned into nothing in front of Liu Biao, enough to calmly take Bajun, which serves as the gateway to Yizhou.

At this moment, taking advantage of the prestige of defeating Yizhou, Liu Biao frequently sent messengers and spies to contact various parties in Bajun to the point of almost undisguised, and this was undoubtedly a tactic to attack the mind.

Liu Yan is seriously ill, Yizhou is defeated, and Liu Biao is now stationing 100,000 troops at the gateway…

No matter how you look at it, Liu Yan's broken ship is about to sink, and Yizhou will soon usher in a new owner.

Whoever jumps ship before the broken ship completely sinks will undoubtedly gain more benefits.

Liu Biao's move was to not give the officials and generals of Bajun too much time to think, and even to create internal chaos in Bajun, so that Liu Biao could enter Bajun more safely.

In less than five days, letters of surrender were constantly sent to Liu Biao in Wuxian.

Especially the garrison general of Xuguan and the magistrate of Yufu County, who were in front of Wuxian, guarding the first gate of Yizhou, sent letters of surrender.

After discussing with his civil and military officials, Liu Biao immediately let Cai Mao lead 10,000 soldiers into the pass as the vanguard, Liu Biao led 60,000 soldiers as the central army, and Wei Yan led 30,000 soldiers as the rear army.

After Cai Mao, as the vanguard, successfully entered the pass and controlled Xuguan and Yufu County, Liu Biao, who led the central army, also stepped onto the Jiangbei plank road and entered Yufu.

At this moment, Liu Biao already felt that entering Yizhou was just around the corner. He continued to march along the ancient plank road without stopping, heading towards Jiangzhou City, where the Bajun government was located.

Along the way, entering the difficult and narrow ancient plank road of Yizhou, in Liu Biao's eyes at this moment, it was a different kind of scenery. Liu Biao had even unconsciously begun to imagine in his mind how to govern Yizhou, and how to connect Yizhou and Jingzhou into one to achieve imperial hegemony.

Until Liu Biao arrived at Quren City on the way along the ancient plank road and accepted the county magistrate's surrender, and continued to go to Linjiang City, struggling to march towards Jiangzhou City, where the end of the ancient plank road was located.

Halfway through, a playful voice suddenly sounded on the high mountain wall.

"Brother Jingsheng, why didn't you send an envoy to inform me in advance when you visited Yizhou? It would be good for me to arrange reception matters in advance to fulfill the friendship of the same clan."

Liu Biao, who was sitting on a bamboo chair carried by two personal guards and swaying, suddenly heard this unfamiliar and somewhat familiar voice echoing in the valley.

Liu Biao was first stunned, then subconsciously raised his hand and looked upwards.

The next moment, Liu Biao's eyes widened, his pupils shrank sharply, and he felt his hands and feet go cold.

The governor of Yizhou… Liu Yan!

Liu Junlang!!!