Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 288: Family…are in for a rough time!

Liu Yu also had some knowledge of meteorology.

As Liu Yu had expected, after the black clouds gathered, a torrential downpour began in less than half a quarter of an hour. It was as if the heavens were pouring water down on Ji City. The visible curtain of water instantly enveloped the entire city.

Liu Yu observed the rain for a while and was not worried that the city would be flooded.

Ji City was built during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods and was the capital of the Yan State. The city had complete facilities, including a drainage system.

Although the rain was heavy, how could it shake the bond of the craftsmen of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods?

On the contrary, Liu Yu paid more attention to the training ground not far away.

At this moment, there were about 20,000 soldiers training on the training ground. Under the heavy rain, Liu Yu thought it would inevitably cause a riot among a large number of soldiers.

However, to Liu Yu's surprise, the soldiers seemed to be used to it. They maintained their original training rhythm even in the rain.

Moreover, with the rain obscuring everything, the command flags used to direct the soldiers were completely ineffective and difficult to identify.

However, the rhythm of the drums in the rain became more urgent, and the soldiers seemed to be conducting simple offensive and defensive transitions under the command of the drums.

Just as Liu Yu was thinking about whether Li Ji's training of soldiers was to make them more disciplined.

Suddenly, it was as if a thunderclap had struck on flat ground, but the sound of thunder came from the training ground and emitted a syllable.

"Kill!"

Liu Yu was shocked and took a step back subconsciously before realizing that it seemed to be the roar of Zhang Yide, who was famous for his bravery in Ji City.

"It really is a voice like thunder! In such a heavy rain, I almost thought there was really a thunderclap falling in the training ground."

Liu Yu said with some emotion.

However, as the rain became heavier, Liu Yu's position was not far from the training ground, but it was still gradually becoming difficult to see the situation in the training ground. All he could see was a vast expanse of white and the sound of drums, roars, and the movement of soldiers being trained from time to time.

For a time, Liu Yu understood why Xian Yufu had repeatedly complained that Li Ji's training was a mess, strange, and suspected that Li Ji was deliberately undermining the morale of the soldiers and causing non-combat attrition due to symptoms such as colds.

However, what Xian Yufu and others said before was ambiguous, and Liu Yu knew that Xian Yufu was jealous of Li Ji, so he didn't take it to heart and investigate it deeply.

Now that Liu Yu saw it with his own eyes, he also felt it was quite strange.

Throughout history, no one has ever trained soldiers in the rain like this.

Even if it is to make the soldiers disciplined, there are several training methods, but there is no need to do so.

Just as Liu Yu was thinking secretly, the heavy rain came and went quickly, and it stopped completely in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

As the rain stopped, Li Ji also dismissed the soldiers and walked towards Liu Yu.

Li Ji had naturally noticed Liu Yu's arrival, but he couldn't take care of it for a while and could only walk over in a hurry after the training was over.

"I didn't know that Lord Liu was coming. I didn't welcome you from afar. Please forgive me, Lord Liu."

"Zikun, you have worked hard to train soldiers in the rain for me. What crime is there?"

Liu Yu first comforted Li Ji and then asked hesitantly. "It's just that Zikun's training like this may cause many soldiers to catch a cold. You need to pay more attention to it."

Li Ji understood what Liu Yu meant and replied with a smile.

"Lord Liu, please rest assured. I have already ordered the soldiers to prepare dry clothes in their camps, and I have also ordered doctors to cook a lot of cold-dispelling soup. In addition, there will be meat rewards after the training."

"Therefore, training in the rain will not only prevent the soldiers from catching a cold, but their morale will definitely not be affected at all. On the contrary, many soldiers are looking forward to the rain because of the meat."

Liu Yu heard this and knew that Li Ji was doing things steadily and thoughtfully, and the worries in his heart disappeared. The only thing he didn't know was what the purpose of this was.

However, thinking of Li Ji's wisdom and the fact that he didn't understand military affairs, he didn't say much and instead invited Li Ji to find a place to play chess with great interest.

"That's what I want, I dare not ask for it."

Li Ji, who had intended to cater to his preferences, naturally wouldn't refuse. He handed over some trivial matters that needed to be dealt with after training the soldiers to Zhang Fei and went to play chess with Liu Yu.

And for Li Ji today, this can be regarded as a rare elegant thing to pass the time.

After all, in Ji City, thanks to Liu Yu's attention and trust, he gradually entrusted the military power to him temporarily. Li Ji was already quite surprised and naturally wouldn't rashly contact Youzhou's government affairs to provoke criticism and suspect his intentions.

But now that the situation of confrontation has been formed, whether it is the current Ji City or Wuhuan, they are all waiting for the results of Taton and Gongsun Zan on the surface.

Therefore, Li Ji has nothing to do on weekdays except for training soldiers.

Moreover, with Zhaoji's beauty at home, Li Ji doesn't look down on the dancers in the city, so Li Ji only reads books and plays chess with Liu Yu to pass the time on weekdays.

Although Li Ji plays chess with human relationships and lacks the fun of competition, secretly controlling the direction of the chess game and touching Liu Yu's pleasure points enough to make Liu Yu feel unsatisfied is barely a kind of fun.

… …

Compared to the stability in Ji City, the pursuit outside the Great Wall is becoming more and more intense.

The division of troops between Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun allowed Taton to find relevant traces by spreading a wide net, and then he fell into a brief hesitation, unable to understand how the Han army cavalry could sweep two Wuhuan settlements simultaneously in a very short period of time across a hundred miles.

Then, Taton realized that the only explanation was that the Han army had divided its troops!

However, Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun could divide their troops, but Taton, who harbored ambitions, was unwilling to divide his troops.

Once the troops were divided, how could Taton actually control the 80,000 Wuhuan cavalry bit by bit?

Therefore, Taton tried several methods, but without enough confidants, he still couldn't lead the Wuhuan cavalry to bite the more flexible Han army after the division of troops.

Taton was ruthless and simply abandoned Youbeiping County and went straight to Liaoxi County.

The Han people always use the method of clearing the fields to deal with the looting of the Hu people. What Taton is thinking now is "Learn the skills of the Han people to control the Han people."

Since he couldn't stop the Han army cavalry after the division of troops, the Wuhuan settlements outside Youbeiping County had been destroyed in a mess. Taton simply abandoned the remaining Wuhuan settlements in Youbeiping County and chose to intercept the Han army cavalry before Liaoxi County.

In addition, Taton also sent people to control the Great Wall of Youbeiping County, blocking the Han army cavalry's way to leave the Great Wall.

In this way, with the scale of the Han army cavalry, the situation of people eating and horses chewing.

If they want to return to Yuyang County from Youbeiping County first and then leave the Great Wall, the military rations will be difficult to support. There will be no more Wuhuan settlements along the way for the Han army cavalry to loot and replenish military rations.

Therefore, the Han army cavalry can only continue eastward into Liaoxi County and crash into the net that Taton has laid.

"This is clearing the fields and waiting for work!"

At the junction of Liaoxi County and Youbeiping County, Taton looked at the west and felt proud.

Anyway, the Wuhuan settlements in Liaoxi County are the base camps of Qiuli Ju and Taton, so even if he abandons the remaining Wuhuan settlements in Youbeiping County, Taton doesn't actually feel much regret.

Instead, he felt that temporarily dragging the Han army cavalry with the remaining Wuhuan settlements in Youbeiping County so that he could lay an ambush in Liaoxi County in advance and wait for the Han army cavalry to crash into the net was also a sacrifice worth making.

Moreover, in this way, after destroying all the remaining cavalry in Youzhou in one fell swoop, there will be no more power in the Han territory of Youzhou that can threaten the Wuhuan cavalry in the wild.

'Divide into groups of five hundred and loot the Han people everywhere. These losses caused by the Han army cavalry can also be quickly made up for…'

'Even, Yuyang County and Youbeiping County no longer have Wuhuan settlements. As long as I control those young and strong Wuhuan people, do Yuyang County and Youbeiping County still need the existence of other Wuhuan adults?'

'If I were my uncle, I could completely include the areas outside Yuyang County and Youbeiping County into my rule in the name of rebuilding the Wuhuan settlements and completely become the veritable king of the entire Wuhuan!'

Just as Taton was surging with excitement, fantasizing about a bright future, and waiting for the Han army cavalry to start crashing into the encirclement he had laid.

A Wuhuan personal guard, who was quite familiar to Taton, rode a fast horse and rushed towards Taton.

The dusty and anxious appearance made Taton's spirit invigorated, and he understood that he had generally found traces of the Han army cavalry.

"Taton… Lord Taton…"

The Wuhuan personal guard rushed to Taton, quickly dismounted, but his legs softened first and he knelt on the ground, crying and howling under Taton's expectant gaze.

"The rear of Liaoxi County, news came from the rear… Some Wuhuan settlements were swept and burned, suspected to be the work of the Han army cavalry!"

"What?!"

Taton's face suddenly changed, and he even felt that his brain was suddenly hit by a heavy hammer, and his tiger-like body was a little shaky.

Immediately, supported by several personal guards, Taton rushed to the Wuhuan personal guard in three steps and grabbed the Wuhuan personal guard, roaring angrily.

"How is it possible? How is it possible?! How could the Han army appear in Liaoxi County?"

Why?

Although Taton asked the Wuhuan personal guard in such a distraught manner, Taton already had the answer in his heart!

Why was the Han army one step ahead again?

Knowing full well that things were already impossible, Tadun asked himself if he had been decisive and ruthless enough to abandon the remaining Wuhuan outposts in Youbeiping Commandery as bait, and then rush to the edge of Liaoxi Commandery to set up an ambush.

Tadun couldn't be more familiar with the terrain outside the Great Wall in Liaoxi Commandery. He had arranged ambushes in all the passages from Youbeiping Commandery to Liaoxi Commandery.

So, the only possibility was that the Han army cavalry had entered Liaoxi Commandery before him!

The Wuhuan guard said with a tearful voice.

“Lord Tadun, please calm down. The information reported from Liaoxi Commandery indicates that the Han army cavalry seems to be heading towards White Wolf Mountain.”

Tadun's fingers unconsciously loosened, and only one thought remained in his mind…

‘My family… is going to suffer!’