Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

This strike, from a distance, almost seemed as if it would sever Lü Bu's head.

Countless people held their breath, tensely watching the changes on the battlefield.

However, to the regret of the Allied forces, after Red Hare quickly distanced itself from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Lü Bu was once again sitting firmly on his horse, his head still attached.

Only the flamboyant and domineering hair crown on his head had been sliced off, and a large amount of hair, no longer restrained, scattered down.

Recalling that previous strike, Lü Bu was both shocked and furious.

The combat power displayed by Zhang Fei had already reached a level that Lü Bu had to take seriously, and Guan Yu's three strikes were even more astonishing, a moment of carelessness almost costing Lü Bu his head.

Lü Bu didn't care about Guan Yu's seemingly sneaky attack.

His self-proclaimed unparalleled arrogance made Lü Bu instinctively believe that other generals choosing to "sneak attack" to defeat him was a reasonable method.

At this moment, Guan Yu, after unleashing those three strikes, was also panting, covered in sweat.

These three strikes were undoubtedly Guan Yu's full power, and the consumption on his body was no less than Zhang Fei's nearly a hundred exchanges with Lü Bu.

However, even with the tacit cooperation of Zhang Fei assisting in restraining Lü Bu, these three strikes still failed to sever Lü Bu's head.

This greatly shocked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at the strength of Lü Bu's martial prowess.

A monster?!

The limit of a Han Chinese?!

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's expressions revealed solemnity, completely realizing that in terms of pure martial prowess, there was a clear gap between them two brothers and Lü Bu.

Lü Bu, gazing at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Good, good, good, this Marquis swept across the various Hu tribes from Bing Province, traversing the grasslands without encountering a single worthy opponent, and descending south to Sili also found no rivals, this Marquis thought the heroes of the world were nothing more than this."

"Today, it is rare to encounter someone who can push this Marquis to such a state!"

"Come!"

The shock and anger on Lü Bu's face faded, replaced by a look of excited madness, and he raised the Fangtian Halberd in his hand, pointing it directly at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"The value of a martial general lies in battlefield slaughter, you two have the qualification to be personally beheaded by this Marquis."

Faced with Lü Bu's provocation, how could Guan Yu's arrogance and Zhang Fei's bravery allow them to retreat?

"Come, come, you three-surname slave, fight me three hundred more rounds!"

"Humph, Marquis Wen Lü Bu, Guan has long heard of your name, and has long wanted to cut down you, an accomplice of the tyrant Zhou, under my blade."

Immediately, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, one on the left and one on the right, charged towards Lü Bu once again.

Lü Bu also revealed his wild and domineering aura, and after the Red Hare neighed, it moved first and attacked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

It seemed that when Lü Bu and Zhang Fei fought, both sides were almost fighting in circles on the spot.

Facing the siege of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Lü Bu knew that staying in place, with the bravery of these two, he might not be able to withstand it.

However, when the Red Hare completely unleashed its speed, constantly maintaining high mobility.

Li Ji completely realized why the world had the beautiful saying: Among men, Lü Bu; among horses, Red Hare.

Even though the Shadow Steed was already a rare thousand-mile horse in the world, there was still a clear gap compared to the Red Hare.

With the Red Hare fully displaying its high mobility, between the constant charging of the three steeds, not to mention Guan Yu's crimson steed, even the Shadow Steed was clearly at a disadvantage.

This also led to the fact that no matter how tacit Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's cooperation was, with the help of the Red Hare, Lü Bu would not fall into the rhythm of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's siege.

On the contrary, from a distance, it looked more like Lü Bu, riding the Red Hare, was attacking Guan Yu and Zhang Fei separately while circling around.

After the two sides exchanged blows for another twenty rounds, Lü Bu suddenly realized that Guan Yu seemed to be not as strong as he had imagined, except for those three strikes at the beginning, and was even inferior to Zhang Fei.

In addition, the shortcoming of Guan Yu's steed being just a good horse was what Lü Bu noticed as a weakness that could be exploited.

Immediately, Lü Bu put more energy into attacking Guan Yu, which greatly increased the pressure Guan Yu was under.

On the other hand, after Guan Yu assisted in relieving the pressure, Zhang Fei quickly began to adapt to the battle with Lü Bu, and his whole person had a tendency to become braver and braver, his thunderous voice shouting repeatedly, and he could even take the initiative to free up his hands to relieve Guan Yu's pressure from time to time.

Guan Yu also did not try to be brave, taking the initiative to let Zhang Fei bear the frontal pressure from Lü Bu, while resisting Lü Bu, he tried to accumulate momentum again, waiting for an opportunity to kill Lü Bu.

For a time, Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were fighting as one.

In the eyes of outsiders, the three were fighting inextricably, and the soldiers were dazzled, the sound of weapons colliding was no less than the sound of heavy drums.

The bravery shown by Lü Bu was amazing, but what surprised countless people even more was the bravery of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei seemed to have a gap with Lü Bu, anyone who had personally witnessed the fight between the three had to admit that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could also be considered peerless warriors.

Liu Bei, who was supporting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, was even more anxious, fearing that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would accidentally have an accident in such a dangerous battle.

This made Liu Bei's hand holding the male and female twin swords at his waist tighten and then loosen, instinctively wanting to rush up to aid Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However... before Liu Bei could make any move, Li Ji grabbed Liu Bei's reins first, saying.

"My lord, calm down, Yun Chang and Yi De can ensure safety together, but if the lord goes up, Yun Chang and Yi De may have to be distracted to protect the lord."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was stunned at first, and suddenly felt that what Li Ji said was quite reasonable.

Although Liu Bei occasionally had a sense of mysterious self-confidence, seeing Lü Bu fighting so fiercely with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, after thinking calmly, Liu Bei suddenly felt that it seemed difficult for him to pose much of a threat to Lü Bu even if he rushed up.

However...

Liu Bei turned his gaze and looked at Zhao Yun, asking. "Zi Long, do you dare to fight?"

"Yun is willing to fight!"

Zhao Yun, who had long been watching with boiling blood, quickly cupped his hands and responded.

"Wait..."

However, Li Ji stopped Liu Bei from sending Zhao Yun into battle, staring at the battlefield ahead, lost in thought.

Judging from the current situation, Lü Bu was able to resist Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone, thanks to the help of the Red Hare, and the weakness of Guan Yu's steed.

The gap between Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and Lü Bu's martial prowess existed, but it was not to the point where the two sides were completely not on the same level.

Therefore, if Zhao Yun also joined the battlefield, there was no need for Zhao Yun to add the "Great Wrath" state.

Even with Zhao Yun's martial prowess in normal state, coupled with the steed Jade Lion, Lü Bu would definitely be slapped a few times on the spot, and it was even possible to be beaten to death on the spot.

The benefits of killing Lü Bu on the spot were obvious, that was, it would greatly boost the morale of the Allied forces and make Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's names even more famous.

However, there were more disadvantages.

The composition of the army led by Dong Zhuo to garrison Hulao Pass this time, the Brocade-Clothed Guard had already generally confirmed clearly, the Sili elites and the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry were the main force.

As Dong Zhuo's true direct line and foundation, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was mostly sent to the Three Auxiliary Regions.

Lü Bu had extremely high personal prestige in the Bing Province Army, otherwise, after Lü Bu killed Ding Yuan, Lü Bu would not have been able to lead the vast majority of the Bing Province Army to defect to Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo would have entrusted all the Bing Province Army to Lü Bu's command.

Did Dong Zhuo believe in Lü Bu 100%?

Of course not, it was purely because Lü Bu's personal prestige was too high.

Therefore, the first disadvantage of killing Lü Bu was that it was likely to arouse the anger of the Bing Province Army, and completely let the Bing Province Army fall into Dong Zhuo's control to resist the Allied forces.

More importantly, under Li Ji's promotion, the scale of the Allied forces was much larger than in the original trajectory, and the actions of Liu Yan and Liu Biao directly threatened the Three Auxiliary Regions behind Dong Zhuo's forces.

It should be known that in the original trajectory, Dong Zhuo dared to burn Luoyang and directly kidnap the emperor and people of Luoyang to retreat to Chang'an, the main reason was that only Ma Teng threatened the Three Auxiliary Regions in the rear.

Compared with Dong Zhuo's huge military power, the threat posed by Ma Teng could be said to be a minor illness.

But now the situation has undergone subtle changes under Li Ji's promotion, but the impact it has produced is huge.

With the threat of Liu Yan and Liu Biao, Dong Zhuo would never dare to abandon Luoyang and retreat to Chang'an, otherwise Dong Zhuo's situation of being attacked from both sides would only be more serious.

If the Allied forces continued to advance towards the Three Auxiliary Regions after entering Sili, then Dong Zhuo, who was huddled in the Three Auxiliary Regions, would be completely trapped in a urn.

Therefore, even if Lü Bu was killed on the spot, Dong Zhuo, who had no retreat, would not be frightened and choose to burn Luoyang and retreat to Chang'an.

Defending Hulao Pass was Dong Zhuo's only choice, and it was also the situation that Li Ji secretly promoted and created, in order to avoid the crazy Dong Zhuo choosing to burn Luoyang.

It should be known that Luoyang, as the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had a population of as many as one million in this city alone.

Once Luoyang was burned, not to mention how much material loss it would cause, those millions of people would inevitably be displaced, which Li Ji was unwilling to see.

If it were the Japanese, even if a million died, Li Ji would not blink an eye.

But in the case of the Han Chinese, Li Ji would naturally try his best to avoid it if he knew that such a situation might occur.

Immediately, Li Ji set the "Strong Attack Strategy" in the "Strategy Simulator", and used deduction to judge the success rate of taking Hulao Pass by force in the case of killing Lü Bu.

[Measuring the known information of the enemy and our generals and strategists at this moment…

Calculating based on the ability of our implementing generals…

Calculating by comparing the combat power of both armies…

Calculating all possible interferences and unfavorable factors…

Judgment passed: Feasible strategy…

Current success rate: 21.9%.】

Instantly, Li Ji's face fell.

Although Li Ji had a feeling that the Allied forces were not strong enough to attack Hulao Pass, he didn't expect that even without Lu Bu, the success rate of attacking Hulao Pass would still be so low.

(End of this chapter)