Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Contrary to Jia Xu's gnashing teeth.

Xu Gong, who was holding immense military power for the first time in his life, was brimming with ambition, feeling as if he could swallow a thousand miles like a tiger.

Dominating Jiangdong was just around the corner!

Especially standing on the war chariot, Xu Gong turned his head to look at the army that stretched almost endlessly, feeling that flattening Wu Commandery would be a matter of moments.

The only thing that made Xu Gong quite dissatisfied was the marching speed, which could be described as turtle-paced.

Even though they were marching along the Lishui River, it was clearly not a smooth road, and the journey was almost entirely rugged.

A distance of less than a hundred miles took them three full days, before they truly entered the territory of Wu Commandery, and were still forty or fifty miles away from Yangxian.

This allowed Xu Gong, who was accustomed to the Central Plains, to truly experience the characteristics of the Jiangdong area, with its dense network of waterways and mountainous terrain.

Fortunately, the logistics of the army could be easily maintained through the Lishui River, and although slow, the morale of the Anti-Wu Alliance was still stable.

However, after entering the territory of Wu Commandery, they quickly felt the resistance and harassment from Wu Commandery.

The Shanyue people frequently appeared around the Anti-Wu Alliance, relying on the terrain to set up various traps to hinder the Anti-Wu Alliance's march, making Xu Gong and the aristocratic families almost unbearably annoyed.

Those Shanyue were best at running and hiding in the mountains and forests, and trying to catch up with them was almost a fool's dream.

Especially since those Shanyue people were almost always in groups of three or five, destroying roads, setting traps, harassing at night…

With all sorts of methods, the marching speed of the Anti-Wu Alliance was further reduced, and the morale of each unit clearly declined to varying degrees.

This made Xu Gong feel as if there were flies constantly buzzing around, but no matter how he waved his hand, he couldn't hit them.

That night, in the temporary camp of the Anti-Wu Alliance, about thirty miles away from Yangxian.

Facing the irritable and angry expressions in the tent, including Xu Gong, Ze Rong, and the aristocratic families, Zhou Xin, who was equally helpless, had to speak up to appease the army's morale, saying.

"Why should everyone be troubled by such a small trick? In the past, Wu Commandery was on good terms with the Shanyue, and indeed won over a considerable number of Shanyue people to be used by Wu Commandery."

"But after observing these past two days, I have discovered that there are less than a thousand Shanyue people harassing us. On the contrary, this proves that Wu Commandery is strong in appearance but weak in reality."

Xu Gong still gave Zhou Xin some face, and asked. "How do you see that?"

Zhou Xin analyzed with great confidence.

"If Wu Commandery has sufficient troops within its borders, and has already prepared to resist our army, why would they go to great lengths to drive the Shanyue to constantly harass us?"

"The damage that those Shanyue people can cause is limited, and their intention is only to delay our army's marching speed. On the contrary, this can prove that Wu Commandery has exhausted its tricks and is just struggling to its death."

This analysis was undoubtedly reasonable and well-founded, and many in the tent nodded in agreement.

However, just at this moment.

In the direction of the northwest corner of the tent, a chaotic noise suddenly sounded again.

To this, everyone in the tent was already accustomed to it, and even didn't even bother to lift their eyelids.

Since entering the territory of Wu Commandery, almost every night the Shanyue people would take turns harassing the camp in different directions a dozen times, making strange noises, throwing rockets, feigning attacks…

After two consecutive nights, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Xu Gong, Zhou Xin, Ze Rong and others were physically and mentally exhausted.

At first, Xu Gong and others were still quite sensitive and stood ready.

However, facts have proved that no matter how sensitive a place is, after being rubbed back and forth dozens of times, the final trend is numbness.

Currently, the reaction of everyone in the tent to the external anomalies… is numbness.

Moreover, Xu Gong, Zhou Xin, Ze Rong and others also understood that the Shanyue people would definitely take advantage of the night to set up various traps along the road ahead, hindering the Anti-Wu Alliance's marching speed during the day.

Xu Gong sighed, secretly cursing that there were many cowards in Jiangdong, all using such underhanded tricks, and as the leader of the alliance, he spoke.

"Prefect Zhou is right, no matter how much the Shanyue people harass us, they will have no way to attack after our army arrives at Yangxian. For now, we can only ask everyone to be patient and let the soldiers of each unit be careful and vigilant."

To this, many family representatives who were dissatisfied with Xu Gong secretly rolled their eyes.

This was well said, but don't say it next time.

In the end, he couldn't come up with any strategies, and only knew to tell the soldiers of each unit to be careful and vigilant.

"Yes, Alliance Leader."

After everyone in the tent responded sparsely, they had no intention of discussing anything else, and each dispersed to rest.

After experiencing two consecutive nights of harassment, the Anti-Wu Alliance, which had long been exhausted, was undoubtedly gradually approaching a state of numbness tonight.

And at a position separated from the Anti-Wu Alliance by a small hill, Gan Ning was far away, watching the movements in the Anti-Wu Alliance's camp.

Obviously, now facing the Shanyue's harassment, the Anti-Wu Alliance was mainly focused on letting you harass as you please, and I'll sleep as I please, just like a eunuch who can't get it up no matter what.

The Anti-Wu Alliance's response to the Shanyue's constant harassment can be said to be increasingly limited.

Even some Shanyue people had approached the camp less than ten steps away, throwing some torches into the camp, and the Anti-Wu Alliance was also scattered in extinguishing the ignited places, and even lazy to pursue the Shanyue people.

"Tsk tsk, sleeping so soundly."

Gan Ning said, smacking his lips, with a hint of eagerness in his tone.

Hearing this, Jiang Zhi, who had followed Gan Ning, knew Gan Ning's deep-rooted restlessness, and immediately reminded him.

"Xingba, Chief Clerk Jia's order is only to let us continue to harass and tire the enemy, you must not do anything extra."

"Of course, I, Gan Xingba, understand the principle that military orders are like mountains!"

After Gan Ning finished speaking, he smiled "hehe" and then said. "Uncle, I have a plan to tire the enemy."

Jiang Zhi stared at Gan Ning deeply and said. "I object."

Gan Ning was stunned and said unhappily.

"I haven't even said what the plan is yet, what are you objecting to?"

Jiang Zhi's face sank and said. "Who are you calling 'I'?"

Gan Ning was startled, not embarrassed, and smiled.

"Hehe, why should Uncle care about such a small matter, and listen to my wonderful plan? Right now, the enemy army has been harassed by the Shanyue people for many days, and is already exhausted. There must be many who have fallen asleep."

"Next, we might as well let the Shanyue people frequently harass the west side of the enemy camp, and no longer harass the east side. In this way, the vigilance of the enemy on the east side will inevitably drop greatly, and even many soldiers responsible for guarding will fall asleep directly due to days of fatigue."

"At that time, I will lead the Jinfan bandits straight in from the east, stirring up a storm, trampling the camp, and burning the camp. How is that not a wonderful plan to tire the enemy?"

Jiang Zhi was so angry that his beard couldn't help but tremble, knowing that Gan Ning couldn't come up with anything good.

When did trampling the camp become a wonderful plan to tire the enemy?

These words… are almost to the point!

After a long while, Jiang Zhi, who had recovered, quickly stopped him and said. "There are only a hundred people who came with Xingba, and the enemy army has nearly one hundred and forty thousand people. How can we take such a risk?"

Gan Ning couldn't help laughing out loud and said. "Hahahaha, even if the enemy army has one hundred and forty thousand people, in my eyes they are just a group of weeds. How can they stop me from robbing the camp with a hundred tigers?"

Jiang Zhi said with a stern face. "No, I object anyway!"

Gan Ning pondered for a moment, sighed, and looked at Jiang Zhi and said.

"Alas, since Uncle opposes, then I can only…"

When he said this, Gan Ning suddenly gave a look to the Jinfan bandits behind Jiang Zhi.

The next moment, before Jiang Zhi could react, he was skillfully tied up by the Jinfan bandits.

After tying Jiang Zhi properly, Gan Ning smiled and said the second half of his sentence. "…Please forgive me, Uncle."

"You, you dare to tie me up? Bold, I order you to immediately…"

However, before Jiang Zhi could finish speaking, Gan Ning personally tore off a corner of his clothes and stuffed it into Jiang Zhi's mouth, and then respectfully bowed to Jiang Zhi.

"The Lord and Master Zikun are like parents to me, and I will definitely not allow Wu Commandery to be taken by thieves, ruining the Lord's foundation and Master Zikun's plan, even if I lose this body."

"Since Chief Clerk Jia ordered me to tire the enemy, then I must tire the enemy. How can I let the thieves sleep peacefully?"

After a pause, Gan Ning bowed to Jiang Zhi again and said.

"This camp robbery is quite dangerous, Uncle is a scholar and not good at martial arts, so don't follow me, just stay here and wait."

"If I can return safely after robbing the camp, I will apologize to Uncle."

Jiang Zhi stared wide-eyed, making unintelligible sounds. "Woo woo woo!!!"

However, Gan Ning was not a person who looked before and after, and also understood that Jiang Zhi, who has always been cautious, would definitely stop him.

So Gan Ning ignored Jiang Zhi, but turned to look at the Jinfan bandits behind him who only had a hundred riders.

Due to the rugged and difficult roads, and the more people there were, the greater the risk of exposure.

Therefore, Gan Ning, as the person in charge of continuously harassing the Anti-Wu Alliance with the Shanyue people, only had a hundred riders of Jinfan bandits as his personal guards.

Now, Gan Ning was preparing to lead a hundred riders to rob the camp…

It doesn't matter if the sensitive place is numb, cut it hard and rub it again, and it will probably become sensitive again.

Immediately, Gan Ning asked the Shanyue people to leave three or five people to protect Jiang Zhi, while letting the rest of the Shanyue people begin to frequently harass the west side of the camp.

About two and a half hours later, it was the hour of Chou, when people were most sleepy.

The allied soldiers on the west side of the camp, facing the constant harassment of the Shanyue people, were so annoyed by such high-intensity harassment that no matter how numb they were, they were annoyed.

On the contrary, the east side of the camp had been peaceful, allowing the exhausted Allied soldiers to fall into a deep sleep. Even many of the patrolling soldiers couldn't help but succumb to drowsiness, with quite a few falling asleep.

Meanwhile, Gan Ning, a few hundred paces away from the camp, watched the silent encampment and felt the blood in his chest almost boil.

To raid a camp of nearly 140,000 soldiers with only a hundred riders…

This immense disparity in numbers didn't frighten Gan Ning; instead, it filled him with excitement and exhilaration.

'A true man should be like this! What does death matter?!'

Gan Ning grinned silently.

Behind him, one of the Jinfan pirates leaned in and whispered into Gan Ning's ear.

"Boss, if we get any closer, they might hear the bells on our bodies. Should we take them off first?"

Gan Ning instinctively wanted to have the Jinfan pirates remove the bells to facilitate the surprise attack on the camp.

However, after a moment's thought, Gan Ning waved his hand and said.

"There's no need. I want to let these rats know that Gan Ning of the Jinfan pirates is here!"

After a pause, Gan Ning couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Hehe, if I can survive this, I'll surely make the name of the Jinfan pirates known throughout the land!"

Undoubtedly, Gan Ning's arrogant and outrageous idea was nothing short of madness.

A surprise attack hinges on catching the enemy off guard.

The bells that the Jinfan pirates always wore as a symbol would undoubtedly reveal their position in advance.

Immediately, Gan Ning raised the weapon in his hand and pointed it towards the sky. He didn't even consider sneaking closer to the camp. Instead, he spurred his horse and galloped towards the east side of the camp, hundreds of paces away.

Seeing this, the other Jinfan pirates laughed loudly and followed Gan Ning, spurring their horses into a gallop.

The sudden sound of hooves and bells startled many Allied soldiers who were still asleep.

However, the quality of these Allied soldiers was already uneven. Moreover, after experiencing multiple harassing attacks from the Shanyue and being in a state of exhaustion, they were still in a daze even after hearing the distant sound of hooves.

It wasn't until Gan Ning, leading the charge, reached the front of the camp and pushed aside the meager defenses, which were more decorative than functional, that he realized.

He suddenly discovered that the area in front was wide open and unobstructed.

This made Gan Ning ecstatic and he shouted arrogantly, saying.

"Gan Xingba of the Jinfan pirates is here! What are you rats sleeping for? Get up for me!!" (End of Chapter)