Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Therefore, Qingzhou is currently in a special state where no other forces can interfere.

The three states of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Jizhou currently do not have the spare capacity to interfere with Li Ji's advance into Qingzhou.

As long as Cao Cao dies here, not only will Xuzhou become Liu Bei's property, but even Qingzhou will be acquired by Liu Bei.

At that time, Li Ji will not only completely break the predicament of the Yuan family uniting various parties to contain Jing and Yang states, but will also directly possess the four states of Qing, Xu, Jing, and Yang.

As long as he spends two or three years to completely digest the four states of Qing, Xu, Jing, and Yang, he will have the ability to truly sweep the world and unify the nine provinces.

So…

"Can you escape? Cao Mengde."

Li Ji murmured, while recalling the probability of successfully obtaining Cao Cao's head, which he had previously estimated when using the "Strategy Simulator" to identify and fill gaps.

Cao Cao's life or death, fifty-fifty.

At this thought, Li Ji frowned slightly, hoping that Zhang Fei, who was left as a backup, would be a lucky general.

… …

At the same time.

"Rumble!"

On the south bank of the small river where Liyang Bridge was located, Zhang Fei, taking the lead, led seven thousand elite iron cavalry, galloping all the way towards the direction of Liyang Bridge.

In order to maximize the safety of Li Ji and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei did not hesitate to transfer seven thousand cavalry from the ten thousand cavalry to Li Ji, retaining only three thousand White Horse Volunteers to follow the army.

When ambushing outside the dense forest, Li Ji did not deploy the cavalry at all.

Firstly: In the terrain near the dense forest, the cavalry had no chance to charge, and their archery was also blocked by the dense forest, making the terrain greatly unfavorable for the cavalry's performance;

Secondly: Simply swallowing the Cao army that rushed out of the dense forest, as well as a portion that was trampled to death or burned to death during the process of a large number of Cao army fleeing due to the fire, could not satisfy Li Ji's appetite at all.

While Cao Cao wanted to capture Li Ji and do whatever he wanted, why didn't Li Ji want to get rid of Cao Cao, this serious hidden danger, in one fell swoop?

Therefore, Zhang Fei's arrangement was Li Ji's final killer move to directly strike Cao Cao.

After Zhang Fei destroyed Liyang Bridge, Li Ji ordered Zhang Fei to immediately lead the cavalry to bypass the dense forest from a distance, and under the cover of night, circle back to the south side of the river, so as to cut off the Cao army's retreat.

In order to avoid being discovered by Cao Cao, Zhang Fei had to detour a large circle.

Therefore, when Zhang Fei rushed all the way, he could already see the increasingly bright firelight in the direction of the dense forest from a distance.

This made Zhang Fei anxious, fearing that he would not be able to reach the battlefield in time and ruin Li Ji's plan, and he kept shouting anxiously.

"Faster! Faster!"

"Rumble!!"

Under Zhang Fei's continuous acceleration, the speed of the entire cavalry almost soared to the extreme.

Under the unrestrained galloping of seven thousand cavalry, even ripples appeared on the surrounding river surface.

When Zhang Fei arrived at the designated location, a large number of Cao soldiers, with no formation to speak of, were scrambling to cross the river along the temporary bridge, trying to stay away from the increasingly large fire in the dense forest behind them.

Seeing this scene from afar with the help of some firelight, Zhang Fei couldn't help but grin.

Zhang Fei did not intend to delve into the reason why Cao Cao, who still had nearly 60,000 soldiers under his command, was defeated by Li Ji, who had only 20,000 available troops.

Or rather, in Zhang Fei's eyes, Mr. Zikun was another meaning of "a match for ten thousand men."

The wisdom of the master is more than that of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Therefore, in Zhang Fei's view, it was only normal for the Cao army to flee in embarrassment as Li Ji had predicted.

Because Cao Cao had built three temporary bridges before crossing the river out of caution.

These three bridges, with different orientations, were the lifelines that the Cao army constantly fought to pass through.

Under the raging fire and the fierce north wind, continuing to stay in that dense forest would inevitably result in being choked to death by the rolling thick smoke, even if not burned to death.

How can manpower compete with the power of water and fire?

Now, Zhang Fei may not be good at using strategies, but he is very clear about how to quickly defeat the enemy.

Immediately, under Zhang Fei's order, the seven thousand cavalry were quickly divided into four groups.

The first three groups, each with two thousand men, went straight to the three temporary bridges to kill the fleeing Cao soldiers, expand the results of the battle, and prevent the Cao army from reorganizing after crossing the river.

The last group was led by Zhang Fei himself with a thousand cavalry to find Cao Cao and take the head of Cao thief. This was also Li Ji's repeated instructions before leaving.

Whether Cao Cao can be found in the chaotic army in the dark night, and whether Cao Cao's head can be taken.

In addition to Zhang Fei's fierce general who can take the head of the enemy general from the army as easily as fetching something from a bag, it also depends more on the word "luck".

Even if tens of thousands of fleeing soldiers are fleeing in one direction, they are scattered all over the mountains and plains. It is conceivable how difficult it is to find a specific individual from them.

Under Zhang Fei's command, the three cavalry troops constantly strangled and dispersed the fleeing Cao soldiers with the momentum of the charge, causing the already panicked Cao soldiers to fall into chaos.

Zhang Fei led thousands of elite cavalry to patrol back and forth on the shore, searching for Cao Cao's trace.

The firelight rising from the distant dense forest reflected on the river bank, which was still quite weak, and could only barely see the outline of the human body within fifty steps.

However, Zhang Fei was reckless but not without resourcefulness, and understood that the Cao army was currently very short of horses.

However, Cao Cao would definitely ride a war horse to retreat, so he kept a close eye on the figures riding horses, blocking and patrolling back and forth on the south bank to confirm suspicious figures.

At this moment, Cao Cao, riding Jueying, rushed out of the dense forest, and was coughing non-stop from the thick smoke, his eyes were red and tears were flowing.

However, before Cao Cao could sort out the situation outside the dense forest.

"The one who just rode out of the dense forest is Cao thief!"

Zhang Fei's violent roar, like a thunderbolt, almost startled Cao Cao, causing his legs to weaken and fall off his horse.

'How could Zhang Fei be here?'

Cao Cao barely opened his eyes, and when he saw the situation in front of him, he felt as if he had fallen into an abyss.

'Could it be that Li Zikun predicted all of this in advance, and arranged for Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry to the rear in advance?'

Cao Cao lost his mind for a while, then turned from surprise to joy, and laughed loudly.

"Hahahaha!"

Cao Anmin, who also rode a war horse out of the dense forest, quickly asked when he saw this.

"Uncle, why are you laughing?"

Cao Cao first cared about Cao Anmin, and then explained with a relaxed and calm expression.

"Cao thought that it was really God's will to help Li Zikun, and that destiny chose Liu Da'er, so he sent a north wind."

"It turns out that all of this is just a game set up by Li Zikun."

What made Cao Cao feel desperate before was the will of heaven covered with ghosts and gods, it was the north wind that seemed to be attached to the will of heaven, which made Cao Cao really think that destiny was in Liu's hands at that moment, and he felt decadent.

If the will of heaven is really like this, how can it be resisted by manpower?

However, Zhang Fei's appearance made Cao Cao suddenly realize that all of this was just a game set up by Li Ji, and he couldn't help but laugh with joy.

However, Cao Cao's laughter was interrupted by Cao Anmin's somewhat panicked voice, saying

"Uncle, don't laugh anymore, Zhang Fei is coming in the direction of uncle…"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's laughter suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the opposite bank.

He suddenly saw Zhang Fei taking the lead and leading the cavalry to rush up the nearest temporary bridge, heading straight for him.

"Quickly get out of the way, you petty villains, Zhang Yide of Yan is here to take the head of Cao thief!"

Zhang Fei's Zhangba Snake Spear pointed directly at Cao Cao, his power was like a rainbow, frightening everyone who dared to block him, and also frightening Cao Cao's face greatly. (End of this chapter)