Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Could it be that Yun Gao overestimated the generals of the Yamatai Kingdom?"

Zhao Yun muttered to himself, then, with a turn of his gaze, he raised the powerful bow in his hand. Without even needing to aim, another arrow shot straight towards a Yamatai Kingdom general a hundred paces away.

"Pfft!"

Another one down!

At this point, Zhao Yun was completely certain of his bold guess: it seemed the generals of the Yamatai Kingdom were indeed inferior to him.

Facing the Yamatai Kingdom on the battlefield, Zhao Yun naturally showed no mercy. He continuously released arrows, picking off the Yamatai Kingdom generals sitting on their warhorses one by one from a hundred paces away.

Each time Zhao Yun shot one down, he couldn't help but sigh, "Too careless," before quickly drawing the next arrow from his quiver, placing it on the powerful bow, and drawing it to its full extent.

"Pfft!"

"Too careless…"

If, at the beginning, the occasional Yamatai Kingdom general encouraging morale at the front lines was struck and killed, it wouldn't have caused too much of a stir. It would have just been assumed that a stray arrow had hit some unlucky soul.

However, as Zhao Yun successively shot down a third of the Yamatai Kingdom generals who were originally scattered in front of the Yamatai Kingdom's 120,000-strong army, even the most obtuse Yamatai Kingdom generals realized that there was a sharpshooter among the Han army, targeting them from beyond their line of sight.

In an instant, the Yamatai Kingdom generals at the front lines, almost without exception, panicked and rolled off their warhorses, all shrinking into the crowd to avoid becoming targets.

This scene made Zhao Yun sigh with regret. He shook his arm, which had become slightly sore after releasing more than ten arrows in a row, and reluctantly hung the powerful bow back on the back of the Night Shining Jade Lion.

In all the years since Zhao Yun had come down from the mountains, it was the first time he had seen so many "careless" good-for-nothing generals sitting on horseback, waiting to be shot.

However, this astonishing scene was only witnessed by Tian Yu and the White Horse义Cong who were following Zhao Yun closely.

"General, your divine archery can be said to be unparalleled in the world!"

Tian Yu sincerely praised.

"Coincidence, coincidence…"

Zhao Yun modestly replied, then picked up the Cliff Edge Spear again, his gaze turning towards the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers, whose morale had plummeted to near freezing after being subjected to several rounds of arrow rain from the Han army.

At this moment, the two sides had already crossed the distance of fifty paces, and the soldiers officially clashed.

However, contrary to the Yamatai Kingdom's numbers, which were several times that of the Han army, the situation, at the very first moment of contact between the two armies, almost presented a crushing change.

The attacks launched by the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers, wielding wooden spears and bamboo spears, were all blocked by the Han army soldiers, who maintained a tight battle formation and held large shields.

In contrast, a large number of Han soldiers wielding spears constantly thrust at the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers outside the shields through coordinated attacks or pre-arranged gaps.

Even if the occasional fierce Yamatai Kingdom soldier, taking advantage of his short stature, forcibly crashed into the Han army formation through the gaps between the shields, attempting to engage in close combat with the Han soldiers wielding spears,

What awaited them were Han soldiers, revealing a grim smile and wielding Pu Dao!

With the rise and fall of the Pu Dao, those "rats" that had drilled in were all cut down to the ground.

In an instant, as soon as the two sides made contact, the Han army's formation remained almost motionless, instead resembling a stable mowing machine, directly causing a large number of Yamatai Kingdom soldiers to fall.

The fighting power of the two sides was simply not on the same level.

Zhao Yun was not at all surprised by this. After all, having stayed in Yamatai for a period of time, Zhao Yun was not sure whether Yamatai was a hidden dragon or a crouching tiger.

However, Zhao Yun was still aware of the difference in combat power between the soldiers of the two sides.

And this scene was also within the expectations of Master Zikun, so…

Zhao Yun pointed the Cliff Edge Spear in his hand and shouted.

"Where are the White Horse义Cong?"

"Here!"

The White Horse义Cong almost instinctively responded to Zhao Yun.

"Follow me!"

As Zhao Yun's words fell, the White Horse义Cong, who had been slowly maneuvering on one side of the Han army's formation, in an instant almost gave people a kind of illusion of changing from extreme stillness to extreme motion.

At the same time, on the other side of the Han army's formation, the elite cavalry led by Zhang Fei also moved at the same time.

However, compared to the extreme speed and gorgeous beauty displayed by the White Horse义Cong, the elite cavalry led by Zhang Fei was undoubtedly much rougher and more chaotic, and the speed was also obviously a beat slower than the White Horse义Cong.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei's targets were both the flanks of the Yamatai Kingdom army.

Compared to the strictness of the Han army's formation, the flanks of the Yamatai Kingdom army seemed to have no separate defenses at all.

As the White Horse义Cong ran, under Zhao Yun's orders, the two thousand White Horse义Cong showed superb equestrian archery skills, constantly shooting and killing enemies on the flanks.

However, Zhao Yun's goal was not simply to show off the White Horse义Cong's equestrian archery, but to charge into the formation!

After leading the White Horse义Cong to charge into the formation and kill the generals in Youzhou last time, Zhao Yun carefully reported the process to Li Ji.

Li Ji realized that perhaps Zhao Yun possessed some kind of keen insight and intuition, and the White Horse义Cong he led did not need to rely solely on equestrian archery like Gongsun Zan.

However, charging into the formation was a dangerous thing, and a little carelessness would lead to being trapped in a heavy siege and difficult to escape.

And these extremely weak Yamatai Kingdom soldiers became the "whetstone" in Li Ji's eyes to allow Zhao Yun and the White Horse义Cong to hone that unique formation-charging tactics.

Therefore, Zhao Yun's real task was…charging into the formation!

Leading the White Horse义Cong to charge into the formation once again, improving the tactics that had been rehearsed many times since the Battle of Youzhou.

Zhao Yun's gaze constantly swept over the flanks of the Yamatai Kingdom army, trying to find the most suitable position for charging into the formation based on the kind of insight and intuition that Master Zikun had spoken of.

However, what made Zhao Yun feel slightly uneasy was that everywhere his gaze reached, there seemed to be loopholes everywhere.

Especially after the White Horse义Cong unscrupulously attacked the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers with equestrian archery, there were even more loopholes that Zhao Yun could sense.

For a moment, this made Zhao Yun hesitate, not knowing how to choose the best route, or whether his feeling was wrong.

However, in just a moment, Zhao Yun made a decision and said loudly.

"All soldiers, change guns, follow Yun to charge into the formation!"

Compared to Zhao Yun's apprehension and caution, the two thousand White Horse义Cong did not have a trace of hesitation or worry. They regarded Zhao Yun as their courage and direction, and in an instant, they completed the formation change, and stabbed into the flank of the Yamatai Kingdom in the most suitable wedge formation for charging.

Li Ji, who was looking at this scene from afar on the hillside, looked slightly nervous.

Although he had absolute trust in Zhao Yun's martial prowess, charging into the formation was often a task that heavy cavalry should undertake, and charging into the formation with light cavalry was undoubtedly a very risky thing.

However, a scene that was within Li Ji's expectations and beyond reason happened.

Wherever Zhao Yun led the White Horse义Cong, there was a feeling of unstoppable momentum, and even the speed did not show a significant reduction.

Among them, there was no lack of factors that Zhao Yun's bravery was unstoppable, but more of it was that Zhao Yun repeatedly led the White Horse义Cong to turn during the process of charging into the formation, and then it seemed as if he had directly hit the weak point of the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers, and broke through effortlessly.

In contrast, Zhang Fei, who led the elite cavalry on the other side, appeared rough and unbearable.

Relying on absolute martial prowess and power, Zhang Fei's elite cavalry was like a blunt knife cutting meat, forcibly cutting off layer after layer.

In front of a group of short Yamatai Kingdom soldiers, Zhang Fei completely explained what it meant to be tall and strong, leading the elite cavalry like a tank, roughly rampaging through a group of Yamatai Kingdom soldiers.

Li Ji, who was standing high and overlooking, clearly felt that in less than a quarter of an hour, facing the Han army's three-sided attack, and all three sides were defeated, the morale had begun to be difficult to maintain.

Frontal advance, flank harassment or charge…

This most typical Han army tactic undoubtedly made the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers feel an insurmountable despair.

Under such high pressure, the military momentum formed by the distant Yamatai Kingdom army obviously showed distortion and deformation. The Yamatai Kingdom soldiers in front and on both flanks were unconsciously beginning to retreat.

This also led to not only the increasingly weak resistance of the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers, but also the difficulty in mobilizing the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers in the central area, and even formed the most serious precursor to a total rout…

Suddenly, in the Han army's passionate drumming, the infantry, who were advancing unstoppably, collectively let out an angry roar.

"Kill!"

This sound also seemed to take away the last bit of courage from the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers.

In the unbelievable eyes of the Yamatai Kingdom soldiers who retreated to both sides, the Yamatai Kingdom's 120,000-strong army, which had fought with them for a long time and was difficult to win or lose, actually began to rout after less than half an hour of contact with the Han army.

A large number of Yamatai Kingdom generals realized that something was wrong and shouted frantically, trying to stop the situation, even at the cost of drawing their swords and killing deserters.

However, compared to the blades of the Yamatai Kingdom generals, what many Yamatai Kingdom soldiers who had been completely shattered of their courage and morale did not want to face was the Han army.

A total rout…broke out!

"Victory or defeat has been decided!"

Li Ji murmured, then looked at the hourglass placed aside for timing.

"It was resolved in less than half an hour, which is acceptable."

However, although Li Ji said so, he was still quite satisfied in his heart.

After all, the Han army in this battle was not personally commanded by him. More of it was fighting based on their own qualities. Being able to defeat the Yamatai Kingdom's 120,000-strong army so easily undoubtedly showed the level that an elite should have.

Immediately, Li Ji looked at Sun Ce, who was beside him, still staring intently and focused at the distant battlefield, and coughed lightly, saying.

“Ce'er, if you don’t act now, when will you? ”

“Huh? ”

Sun Ce didn't quite react.

“If the higher-ups of the Yamatai Kingdom know that the army has been defeated, they might immediately abandon the capital and flee. If Ce'er doesn't leave as soon as possible, how will you be able to stop the higher-ups of the Yamatai Kingdom?”

After a pause, Li Ji pointed towards the distant battlefield and said.

“Ce'er, lead a thousand personal guards to the capital. After I take care of these defeated soldiers, I will go and inspect Ce'er's results.”

(End of this chapter)