Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

“Xu You! I will kill you!!!”

Yuan Shao slashed the table in front of him with his sword, roaring with disheveled hair.

Bo Luojin was attacked, and all the grain and supplies stored there were burned to ashes, and even the ferry boats docked at Bo Luojin were also destroyed and sunk.

If it hadn't been for the surviving soldiers who had luckily swam across the Zhang River, Yuan Shao might not have discovered it until the grain and grass were delayed and the army's food supply was about to run out.

From the mouths of those fleeing soldiers, Yuan Shao easily learned the reason why Bo Luojin fell so easily.

It was entirely because the enemy army actually had Yuan Shao's pass token in their hands. Under the cover of the pre-dawn darkness, they pretended to transport grain and arrived, then used the token to enter the granary and launched a sudden attack, causing chaos in Bo Luojin.

The 5,000 garrison troops stationed at Bo Luojin were completely defeated in just half an hour.

In this way, how could Yuan Shao not understand that Xu You had defected to the enemy, even taking his own pass token with him?

Filled with grief and indignation, Yuan Shao felt a sharp pain in his chest, and at this moment, he suddenly realized the crisis of defeat.

More than 80% of the grain and grass in Yuan Shao's hands were stored in Bo Luojin, and even if he urgently transferred it from other places, it would be a case of 'distant water cannot quench a fire nearby'.

More importantly, the grain and grass in Yuan Shao's main camp were only enough for three days.

In this desperate situation, Yuan Shao forced himself to calm down, and his thinking quickly became clear and decisive.

Holding a sword in one hand, Yuan Shao scanned the civil and military officials below, most of whom also had drastically changed faces, revealing their panic, and shouted.

“Map!”

Soon, a Jizhou map fixed on a wooden frame was brought into the tent.

Yuan Shao walked to the map with dragon-like strides and tiger-like steps, calmly scanning the map back and forth.

With Bo Luojin burned, the grain and supplies completely destroyed, and the army's food supply only enough to last for three days.

This made Yuan Shao realize that he had to make a choice.

Retreat, or... advance.

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, weighed the pros and cons, and realized that even if he retreated, with the ferry boats at Bo Luojin burned, he would have to detour to a more distant ferry to cross the Zhang River.

Three days of marching might not be enough.

By then, if the grain and grass were cut off halfway, and Cao Cao pursued and killed him, even if Yuan Shao himself would not be in any danger under the protection of a group of strong generals.

But the elite army that Yuan Shao relied on as his foundation would probably lose nine out of ten, and the losses would inevitably be extremely heavy.

In this way, even if Yuan Shao controlled half of Jizhou and Bingzhou, how easy would it be to recover? More importantly, it would completely give Cao Cao a chance to gain a foothold in Jizhou.

If he advanced, he could only hope to defeat Cao's army before the grain and grass were cut off, seize Cao's supplies, and then take the opportunity to attack Qinghe, perhaps solving this predicament.

Faced with such a destiny-deciding choice, Yuan Shao did not ask the counselors for advice, but after careful consideration, he quickly made a decision and turned to order.

“Gao Gan, Xin Ping!”

“Your generals are here!”

Gao Gan and Xin Ping hurriedly stepped forward to receive orders.

“Order the two of you to select three thousand soldiers from the rear army and immediately collect grain and grass inside and outside the nearby Guangzong City…”

After a pause, Yuan Shao added in a deep voice.

“The means… do not matter.”

Jieqiao and Guangzong City are adjacent, which is also the only way Yuan Shao wants to temporarily replenish some grain and grass.

Of course, there may be no grain in the Guangzong granary, but the autumn harvest has just ended not long ago, and the Guangzong people must have a lot of grain in their hands.

“Yes.”

As Yuan Shao's confidants and loyalists, Gao Gan and Xin Ping accepted the order without hesitation, and after receiving the warrant, they immediately went down to select soldiers and set off.

Immediately, Yuan Shao looked at the people in the tent and said.

“In ancient times, Xiang Yu broke the cauldrons and sank the boats, and survived from a desperate situation. Now I still have several days of grain and grass, and I may not be able to defeat Cao's army.”

“In this battle, there is only advance and no retreat!”

“How does Cao Cao compare to General Baima? Gongsun Bogui was defeated at Jieqiao, and Cao Cao will also be defeated here. Please help me.”

At the end of his speech, Yuan Shao bowed, causing the people in the tent to return the salute, and while their morale was greatly boosted, they shouted loudly.

“Dare we not give our lives?!”

“Good!”

Yuan Shao shouted, waved his big hand, and said loudly.

“The strategists use their plans, and the generals use their strength. Cao's army is nothing but a paper tiger!”

The generals in the tent responded with a bang.

The burning of the grain and grass stored in Bo Luojin could not be completely concealed from the soldiers in the army.

Snakes have snake paths, and rats have rat paths.

Yuan Shao knew that blindly concealing it would also cause rumors to rise in the army, leading to a decline in morale and a collapse of military spirit.

Therefore, Yuan Shao went the other way and publicly admitted through the generals that the rear grain and grass had been burned, but said that the army's grain and grass were only enough for ten days and…

Cao's army will be defeated within five days!

At that time, all the spoils after defeating Cao's army will belong to the soldiers, and after obtaining Cao's supplies, the three armies will be heavily rewarded.

Relying on the prestige of the Yuan family, and also relying on the momentum of the great defeat of Gongsun Zan not long ago…

In just half a day, Yuan Shao not only reorganized the military's morale, but even vaguely used the urgency of the grain and grass being exhausted, supplemented by inducements, to further arouse the Yuan army's fighting spirit.

On the fourth day calculated by Cao Cao.

The most brutal fight began.

Forced to the cliff, Yuan Shao, like Cao Cao, personally supervised the battle and commanded the front army.

In just one day, both sides suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the entire Jieqiao River was filled with a thick and lingering bloody aura.

The fifth day.

The Yuan army not only launched a large-scale attack from the Jieqiao bridge deck, but also shot more than a million arrows in one day, trying to cover a large number of troops to cross from the Qinghe River, open up more battle lines, and forcibly defeat Cao's army.

The countless arrows, like torrential rain, kept pouring down, suppressing Cao's army to the point where they could hardly lift their heads.

This is not only the gap between the archers of the two sides, but also the gap in "money ability".

Even if Cao Cao squeezed Qingzhou dry, it would be impossible to collect a million arrows.

The defense line deployed by Cao's army was repeatedly in emergency under such a strong offensive.

In the end, Cao Cao had to use the improved trebuchet that had been hidden all the time to throw a large number of kerosene cans to the Qinghe coast, creating a fire wall, which once again forced back the Yuan army.

The sixth day.

The simple bridge built by Yuan Shao in the rear was finally completed, and was preparing to be transported to Jieqiao, trying to wait for the battle to fall into a stalemate again.

Laying a simple bridge on the Qinghe River, providing a chance for the cavalry to rush to the other side with lightning speed, and lay the victory in one fell swoop.

But when Yuan Shao led the army to Jieqiao again to launch an attack, he suddenly found that there were only a few hundred disguised soldiers of Cao's army on the opposite bank.

A large number of Cao's troops had already taken advantage of the night to evacuate.

This made Yuan Shao feel a sense of powerlessness as if he had punched cotton, and he wanted to vomit blood.

Immediately, Yuan Shao ordered the entire army to quickly cross the bridge and occupy Cao's camp. Just as he was surprised that a large amount of grain was still left in Cao's camp.

The death soldiers arranged by Cao Cao to hide in the granary lit the granary, which was buried with a large number of flammable materials, in front of countless Yuan soldiers.