Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, the sinister look on Cheng Yu's face was only fleeting. He quickly reverted to his stern and gentlemanly demeanor, inspecting the progress of the digging and urging his fellow villagers to speed up their work.

Encouraged by Cheng Yu's words and the promises he frequently made, the villagers worked harder and harder, eager to show initiative and hoping to impress Cheng Yu, thereby earning a share of wealth and prosperity.

…

What Cheng Yu didn't know was that, as he was urging his fellow villagers to speed up the breaching of the riverbank, there was a man in a thicket about two miles away.

This man, dressed in linen clothes that couldn't conceal his knotted muscles, watched the Yellow River levee being dug open, and his whole body trembled with cold and anger.

"How dare they do this?! How can they dare to do this?!"

The man muttered, his eyes faintly revealing a hint of red anger.

If this man hadn't heard that the situation in Qingzhou had changed, and the governance had become much cleaner,

he wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles from Liaodong back to Qingzhou. While crossing the Yellow River, he overheard from the boatmen that there seemed to be a large construction project underway, and he became suspicious and came to investigate.

Along the way, the man had bypassed many sentries stationed around the area, but he never expected to see such a scene.

As a native of Qingzhou, how could this man not understand what the breaching of the Yellow River meant?

Even though the water level of the Yellow River was not high now, once the levee was breached, it would inevitably flood most of Jinan.

Moreover, the impact of the Yellow River's breach would not be limited to this. The countless tons of mud and sand carried by the surging Yellow River could also silt up and block the Ji River, which runs through the entire Qingzhou.

If not handled in time, the entire Qingzhou would be destroyed.

At that time, the Ji River would be cut off from Jinan. The upstream would inevitably continue to be flooded, while the downstream would suffer from severe drought.

At this moment, the knuckles of the man's hand, gripping the sword at his waist, were visibly white, and he couldn't wait to rush up alone to stop all of this.

But the man understood that acting rashly would not only mean sacrificing his life but also losing the only chance, however slim, to stop them.

Immediately, the man stared deeply at the "Cao" banner planted in the distance and said in a stern voice.

"As long as I live, I will kill Cao thief sooner or later!"

Then, the man slammed the ground hard, carefully retreated, and once again evaded the sentries arranged on the periphery.

After leaving the range of the sentries, the man quickly retrieved the fine horse tied in a remote place and then galloped south.

At this moment, the man's chest was burning with raging anger, but his mind was exceptionally clear.

To prevent the breaching of the Yellow River, one person's strength was far from enough. At least several hundred strong young men with weapons were needed.

Although Jinan was now a principality under the rule of Cao thief, Cao thief would certainly not dare to publicize the matter of sending people to breach the Yellow River and flood Jinan. He would even try to cover it up tightly within Jinan.

Otherwise, the people of Jinan would inevitably rise up in rebellion and fight Cao Cao to the death.

Therefore, the man's idea was very simple, which was to find the nearest city and report the matter to the magistrate.

If the magistrate hesitated, then he would immediately kill the magistrate and take his head to show the people, informing them that Cao thief was preparing to breach the Yellow River.

As long as he could open the armory and had the help of several hundred strong young men, the man believed he could prevent the Yellow River levee from being breached.

However, the man was not a native of Jinan and was not familiar with the terrain of Jinan. He galloped for more than two hours, but he still couldn't find the surrounding cities.

This made the man more and more anxious and uneasy. He even wanted to ask for directions, but he didn't even encounter any civilians along the way.

'Could it be that heaven is not helping me? When did Jinan become so sparsely populated?'

The man frowned, his eyes scanning around, trying to find the path to the nearest city, when he suddenly heard a series of rapid hoofbeats.

Judging by the sound of the hoofbeats, there were about a dozen riders.

This made the man's heart tighten.

'Could it be Cao's army?'

However, the man's mind moved, realizing that this might be an opportunity.

As long as he captured a few soldiers from Cao's army, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to ask for the location of the surrounding cities, would he?

Immediately, the man turned his horse around and charged in the direction of the hoofbeats.

If there were only a dozen riders, the man relied on his bravery and, even without armor, he could easily take them down.

…

Sun Ce, who had nothing to do in the army, was leading more than a dozen confidants to scout the road ahead.

Even though Sun Ce's bad habit had been reprimanded by Li Ji many times, Zhou Yu obviously couldn't control Sun Ce, so he could only settle for second best by having Sun Ce bring Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, two of his family generals, to protect him on the left and right.

To this, Sun Ce, who was already an adult, secretly disagreed, believing that his bravery had surpassed Huang Gai and Cheng Pu by far, but he did not reject Zhou Yu's kindness.

However, Sun Ce led more than a dozen light cavalrymen all the way, and unknowingly left the main force behind by quite a distance.

It wasn't until Cheng Pu couldn't help but remind him that Sun Ce stopped.

Sun Ce said somewhat disappointedly. "Demou is overthinking. This place is a plain, with no place to hide troops and ambush? Even if it's a little far from the main army, it doesn't matter."

"My lord, you must not be so careless. The matter of the late lord is still before your eyes, so you must be careful."

As soon as Cheng Pu finished speaking, Sun Ce, who had stopped, suddenly heard the sound of a single horse approaching constantly.

This made Sun Ce, who originally wanted to refute Cheng Pu, feel somewhat embarrassed.

However, when Sun Ce saw that the person was wearing cloth clothes, he secretly became vigilant. Just as he was about to ask a question, the other party held a pair of ferocious short halberds in each hand and shouted.

"Thief, give me your life!"

"How dare you!"

Sun Ce hadn't responded yet, but Huang Gai, who was following beside Sun Ce, was furious and shouted.

"Madman, you must not be rude, take the whip!"

Immediately, Huang Gai slapped the warhorse under his crotch, held the steel whip, and rushed towards the man, fighting with the man.

However, what shocked Sun Ce and Cheng Pu greatly was that, with Huang Gai's bravery, he fell into a disadvantage in less than ten rounds.

"Gongfu, don't worry, I'll help you!"

Cheng Pu shouted angrily, and with an iron-spined snake spear, he also rushed up to join Huang Gai in attacking the man in cloth.

It's just that, even though Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had fought side by side for many years and had a good understanding,

the two of them used all their skills together, but not only did they fail to take down the man, but after fighting fiercely for more than thirty rounds, they once again fell into a disadvantage.

After another ten rounds, under the fierce attack of the man's waving double halberds, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were suppressed to the point of being embarrassed.

"Die!"

Between the man's short halberds shaking, he knocked away the gradually exhausted iron-spined snake spear and stabbed straight at Cheng Pu's throat.

"Demou!"

Huang Gai let out a heart-wrenching cry.

Seeing that the short halberd was about to take Cheng Pu's life, a Gu Ding saber slashed down from the side, knocking away the short halberd.

Sun Ce's shot, while shocking and fearful to the man, also allowed the two sides to briefly cease fighting.

Sun Ce, who was delighted to see the hunt, laughed loudly and said loudly.

"Good skills, and report your name!"

"Thief, the one who will take your lives today is Taishi Ci from Donglai."

Taishi Ci shouted angrily and attacked Sun Ce again. (End of this chapter)