Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, Ta Dun was finding it difficult to calmly consider why the Han army was always one step ahead of him; instead, he was panic-stricken.

He thought of the U桓 settlement towards White Wolf Mountain, which was Qiu Liju's main base.

Not only Ta Dun's mother, but even Ta Dun's wife and children, all resided there.

The thought that his family might be used to build a Jingguan [a mound of corpses] completely panicked Ta Dun.

Moreover, given the current conflict between the Great Han and the U桓, many worse and more terrible outcomes were likely to occur.

If Qiu Liju, Ta Dun's mother, wife, and daughters were all captured by the Han army and brought back to Han territory to be humiliated like the Han slaves were treated by the U桓, how could Qiu Liju and Ta Dun have any face to be the masters of the U桓?

Immediately, Ta Dun quickly gathered all the U桓 cavalry who were setting up the ambush, and then frantically rushed towards White Wolf Mountain at full speed.

However, even among the U桓 cavalry, there were differences.

As Ta Dun issued the desperate order to travel at full speed, naturally, this force of as many as 80,000 U桓 cavalry also experienced disconnections within its ranks.

However, Ta Dun couldn't care about so much at the moment, and even personally led the most elite 30,000 U桓 cavalry ahead, rushing straight towards White Wolf Mountain.

In any case, Ta Dun understood that he must protect the U桓 settlement that Qiu Liju relied on as his main base; otherwise, if that U桓 settlement was lost.

Personal feelings aside, Ta Dun would inevitably become a laughingstock within the U桓 tribe and be labeled as incompetent.

Leading 80,000 troops to pursue the Han army, chasing and chasing... and losing his home!

Such a result was unacceptable not only to many U桓 tribesmen but even to Ta Dun himself.

Even if Ta Dun looked back at every decision he made during the process of pursuing the Han army, Ta Dun felt that there were no major flaws, and he was even confident that if anyone else in the U桓 tribe replaced Ta Dun, they could not have done better.

However, the result was always that Ta Dun seemed to be led by the nose all the way, and all his actions seemed to be seen through by the Han army.

At this moment, Ta Dun couldn't help but recall the records of the once-powerful Xiongnu three hundred years ago, who were ravaged by a Han named "Huo Qubing."

An isolated army traversed the northern desert undefeated, sealing the wolf to live in the Xuxu, causing the Xiongnu to flee far away, and there was no royal court south of the desert.

It was after that battle that the U桓 tribe, fearing the might of the Great Han, initially "voluntarily" began to move into the Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi commanderies to scout the Xiongnu's movements for the Great Han.

Memories that should have died in the bloodline suddenly began to attack Ta Dun like this...

Ta Dun involuntarily issued a question full of fear in his heart.

'Great Han, shouldn't you be dead? Are you not dead yet?'

However, while Ta Dun was desperately rushing towards White Wolf Mountain to support it, what he didn't know was that the Han army cavalry had not swept and plundered the rear of many U桓 settlements in Liaoxi Commandery all the way east.

Not only because of the risk involved, which might completely block Ta Dun's U桓 cavalry, but more importantly, in Li Ji's eyes, the U桓 were far from qualified to be compared with the Xiongnu.

During the peak period of the Xiongnu, there were hundreds of thousands of skilled archers, which almost made the Central Plains dynasty unable to lift its head...

To resist the Xiongnu, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and even the Qin and Han Dynasties successively built the Great Wall, and finally, after the two emperors Han Wu and Han Xuan, the Xiongnu were initially divided and declined.

What kind of stuff is U桓?

How can it be qualified to be compared with the Xiongnu?

Langjuxu Mountain (now in Mongolia), where Huo Qubing achieved his life's achievements, is thousands of miles away from Han territory, and where is White Wolf Mountain? Within the Liaoxi Commandery of Youzhou.

Therefore, Ta Dun unconsciously compared the U桓 to the fate of the Xiongnu, but in Li Ji's eyes, even if the U桓 settlements in Liaoxi Commandery were swept again, it was just the Great Han teaching a disobedient watchdog a lesson.

History books will not focus on recording achievements for this, nor will they boast about it as comparable to Huo Qubing.

However, once this is done, the Han army cavalry led by Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun, who penetrated deep into the enemy's rear, are likely to face the risk of being completely annihilated.

In a word, in Li Ji's eyes, Ta Dun's home is not as valuable as these Han army cavalry.

Therefore, the Han army cavalry heading towards White Wolf Mountain was a deliberate illusion from the beginning...

After crossing the Xuan River and spanning a hundred miles, Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun, who had reunited, turned the direction of their army and did not continue towards White Wolf Mountain, which was only three to five days away.

Instead, they went all the way south, towards the Great Wall...

Along the dangerous place where Shanhaiguan was built in later generations in Li Ji's memory, they went straight to the edge of the coast.

From the seemingly endless Saibei grassland, suddenly appearing on the seashore made Gongsun Zan and many cavalrymen inexplicably feel like they were in another world.

Subsequently, Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun led the cavalry to station on the edge of a coast outside the Great Wall and waited.

This wait lasted for three days.

Gongsun Zan, who had always been calm, unconsciously showed worry between his eyebrows as time passed.

Pretending to sweep in the direction of White Wolf Mountain could deceive Ta Dun for a while, but it was impossible to deceive Ta Dun forever.

Once Ta Dun reacted, this Han army cavalry would be completely trapped in danger.

The Han army cavalry swept all the way from Yuyang Commandery to Liaoxi Commandery, relying entirely on the U桓 settlements along the way to replenish military food, but this also meant that the Han army cavalry had no way back.

Continuing east through Liaoxi Commandery would mean getting farther and farther away from Guangyang Commandery, and instead, they would soon reach the location of Goguryeo.

Therefore, the directions that the Han army cavalry could choose at the moment were very few...

According to the plan made by Li Ji early on, Gongsun Zan was required to lead the army to wait here.

However, Gongsun Zan had been gazing at the sea for five or six hours every day for several days, but he had not seen the approaching sea ship.

'Is there a mistake?'

The thought flashed through Gongsun Zan's mind, and his heart unconsciously sank.

In a situation where the two sides cannot communicate in any way in advance, it is normal for deviations to occur in the response between the two armies.

Even Gongsun Zan himself could not be sure when he would lead the army to this place, let alone the approaching sea ship.

Moreover, this place is sparsely populated, but with such an obvious target of Wu County's sea ship, once it is exposed to the eyes of the U桓 people and reported to Ta Dun in advance, it is likely to make Ta Dun guess the way the Han army cavalry is withdrawing from Liaoxi Commandery.

In this way, it is likely that the Han army will be caught in an urn.

Just as Gongsun Zan unconsciously began to think wildly, and even considered how likely it would be to forcibly break through the Great Wall and enter the inner area of Liaoxi Commandery, and take the army back to Guangyang Commandery all the way west.

More than a dozen inconspicuous small black spots appeared on the sea in the distance.

This made Gongsun Zan immediately ecstatic...

On the flagship of the fleet composed of more than a dozen sea ships, Sun Ce stood at the bow, facing the sea breeze, with a wanton smile on his face, and said loudly.

"Speed up and welcome my Han family's children home!"

......

At the same time, in Ji City.

What Li Ji was thinking at the moment was undoubtedly whether Sun Ce had successfully responded to Gongsun Zan.

If that Han army of 20,000 people, who had fought for thousands of miles, were to be lost in Liaoxi Commandery, it would be a pity in Li Ji's opinion.

However, even Li Ji found it difficult to accurately calculate the specific date when Gongsun Zan would be able to reach the southern coast of Liaoxi Commandery, even after more than two months.

However, Li Ji was confident that the time deviation he deduced was less than the time it would take for Ta Dun to realize the true whereabouts of the Han army cavalry, which was enough.

Therefore, Li Ji was not worried that Sun Ce would not be able to respond to Gongsun Zan, but was somewhat worried that Sun Ce, that kid, would get a hot head after taking Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan on board and fail to bring people back.

Previously, due to insufficient troops, Jia Xu, who had a cautious personality, had taken almost all the navy to Yingzhou.

However, most of the sea ships were still left in the temporary port of Youzhou, in order to ensure that once the situation in Youzhou reached an irreversible point, Li Ji would still have enough sea ships to transport grain and soldiers.

But the problem was that there were not enough soldiers who could operate the sea ships, so since that time, Li Ji had not brought Sun Ce to Ji City, but instead, he had asked Sun Ce to stay at the port to train a group of soldiers who could operate the sea ships as soon as possible.

Fortunately, although Sun Ce was young, he had already lived in the shipbuilding factory before it was built, and his familiarity with sea ships was no less than that of Gan Ning.

Therefore, Sun Ce barely trained a group of soldiers who could operate the sea ships. Naval battles may not be possible yet, but at least they can sail on the sea according to Sun Ce's instructions.

'In addition, I don't know how Wenhe is doing over there? It's been almost three months, and there's no reply.'

Thinking of this, Li Ji couldn't help but feel a little worried, and he was even more eager to quickly solve the U桓 problem.

Li Ji inexplicably had a premonition that if he went to Yingzhou a little later, there might be no part for him in Yingzhou.

Jia Xu, who had completely let go of his restraints, might have turned Yingzhou into Wenhe's shape, and it would be a bit of a chicken rib for Li Ji to enter at that time.

However, it was easy to protect Youzhou, but in the end, there was still a lack of east wind to defeat the U桓.

Now, the cavalry led by Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun has led the 80,000 U桓 cavalry back to the direction of Liaoxi Commandery.

Even if Ta Dun completely reacted and led the cavalry back to Ji City to join forces with Qiu Liju, it would take at least a month.

It was already September at that time, and there was not much time left before the snowfall in Youzhou, and there was not enough time for the U桓 to plunder southward on a large scale.

In other words, things have developed to this point, and Li Ji has in fact protected the people of Youzhou from the U桓 plunder.

However, the Wuhuan settlements in Yuyang Commandery and Youbeiping Commandery were far from enough to quell Li Ji's anger, nor were they sufficient to atone for the countless crimes committed by the Wuhuan people against the Han Chinese.

Perhaps, from the Han Dynasty's perspective, it was not appropriate to exterminate the entire Wuhuan tribe at present.

But Li Ji intended to devour Quli Ju and his seventy thousand Wuhuan cavalry under the walls of Ji City in one fell swoop. (End of Chapter)