Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the generals and advisors in the tent lit up.

Not to mention the advisors of the staff, even Zhang Fei could realize that this was an opportunity to attack Cao Jun's camp.

Taking advantage of Cao Jun's exhausted opportunity, they might be able to break through Cao Jun's camp in one fell swoop and defeat Cao Jun.

"Zikun first..."

Zhang Fei, who was outspoken, almost shouted instantly, and then recalled Liu Bei's repeated warnings to call him by his position in front of outsiders in order to maintain Li Ji's prestige.

Zhang Fei quickly changed his words and shouted.

"Governor, isn't that a great opportunity to break through Cao Jun's camp?"

As Li Ji nodded slightly, the eyes of everyone in the tent almost became enthusiastic.

In a confrontation between two armies, the chance of victory is not so easy to find.

Although yesterday's battle between Liu and Cao's armies seemed to have suffered a lot of losses, it is more often necessary to consider the situation where Cao Cao directly chooses to defend the camp and avoid the battle.

In this way, even if Liu Bei has a military advantage, he may not be able to break through Cao Jun's camp, and he will inevitably pay a greater price.

Immediately, Li Ji stopped discussing with everyone, but directly opened his mouth and said to Liu Bei.

"Lord, now that Cao Jun is exhausted, if our army quickly reorganizes and attacks at this moment, we will be able to reach Cao Jun's camp in half an hour and launch a fierce attack."

"Cao Cao may not be an easy person to deal with, and the possibility of breaking through Cao Jun's camp within a day is also very small."

"However, we can take turns to attack the infantry during the day, just to ensure that the periphery of Cao Jun's camp is destroyed, and Cao Jun will not be given the opportunity to deploy horse-rejecting fences, horse-trapping pits, and horse-piercing nails..."

"At that time, cavalry can be sent to harass and steal the camp at night. After such day and night battles, Cao Jun will be defeated in three to five days."

At the end of his speech, Li Ji's expression showed a hint of killing intent.

In that case, it would not be so easy for Cao Jun to retreat after being defeated.

Light cavalry may be insufficient in charging into formations, but in chasing and killing in the plains, it would be lucky if Cao Jun could escape back to Tan County with a few thousand people.

"Of course, according to the spies, Cao Cao has also deployed 30,000 troops in the rear to continuously dig traps. The 30,000 Cao troops are Cao Cao's only available reinforcements to break the situation."

Li Ji got up and walked to the hanging map, using a folding fan as a pen, and pointed to an inconspicuous small slope terrain on the north side of Cao Ying, saying.

"However, just send a partial army to lead 20,000 soldiers to set up camp here to prevent Cao Jun's reinforcements from joining Cao Cao."

"Then send another partial army to lead 10,000 people to prevent Zhu Ling from camping nearby, then Cao Cao... is a turtle in a jar."

As Li Ji's voice fell, Liu Bei couldn't hide his joy and praised.

"Wonderful, wonderful, Zikun's plan is interlocking, but he has drawn a circle for Cao Thief in the plains, and he will be trapped to death in it."

The voices of analysis and praise from the rest of the people in the tent also followed, expressing their approval of this plan.

However, Li Ji shook his head, but then continued to speak, "Lord, the above is the best strategy, but Ji also has a lower strategy to say."

"Zikun, please speak freely," Liu Bei said.

Li Ji pointed to the current location of the camps of Liu and Cao on the map, and then continued.

"That is to take advantage of Cao Jun's exhaustion, it will take at least half a day to rest and reorganize the army."

"In this way, our army can directly bypass Cao Jun and continue to go north along the Yi River, directly attacking the 30,000 Cao troops scattered behind Cao Jun's camp."

"By using cavalry to block Cao Cao's channels for transmitting information, our army will be able to launch a surprise attack on the unprepared 30,000 Cao troops, and we will be able to defeat them in one battle."

In the end, the folding fan in Li Ji's hand circled the area north of Cao Jun's camp, and then stopped at the location where Cao Cao threw a large number of corpses into the Yi River.

"Although the best strategy has a 90% chance of defeating Cao Jun, it may be delayed for three to five days."

"In addition, there are still 30,000 Cao troops in the rear who are setting up various traps, and it may be delayed for about ten days in the end."

In an instant, Liu Bei's brows could not help but furrow.

Rather than saying it is the best strategy or the worst strategy, it is better to say that Li Ji is asking Liu Bei to make a choice between severely damaging Cao Cao and securely protecting the people of Xuzhou.

Adopting the best strategy, besieging Cao Ying, will take a total of ten days, and Cao Cao will be completely defeated.

Adopting the worst strategy means temporarily abandoning Cao Ying, and taking advantage of the fact that the 30,000 Cao troops in the rear have not had time to set up many traps or obstacles, first going north to clean up the corpses in the Yi River to avoid the outbreak of plague affecting millions of people in Xuzhou.

Compared with Liu Bei, who was caught in a dilemma after understanding the inside story, the rest of the people in the camp had little response to Li Ji's worst strategy, and some even showed incomprehension.

It was only because of Li Ji's past prestige that no one dared to directly question him for a while.

Instead, Zhuge Liang hesitated again and again, and after careful consideration, he stood up and said.

"Teacher, isn't the worst strategy a bit too risky? Bypassing Cao Ying means that the grain road will be cut off. In this case, the military rations used by the army can only last for half a month at most."

"Once we bypass Cao Jun and are held back by Cao Jun for a period of time without being able to replenish military rations, I am afraid there is a risk of defeat."

Li Ji smiled and said.

"So, isn't this the worst strategy? However, which strategy to choose still needs to be considered by the Lord."

Zhuge Liang was slightly startled when he heard this, and then suddenly realized something, his small face wrinkled into a ball and sat down again.

Zhuge Liang knew that his teacher was extremely intelligent and was by no means a willful person.

However, after he pointed out the risks of the worst strategy, Li Ji did not seem surprised at all, which meant that the risks had already been considered.

He did not insist on the secure best strategy, but deliberately proposed the extremely risky worst strategy, which could only mean that the worst strategy could obtain benefits at the strategic level that could ignore the risks.

It's just that Zhuge Liang couldn't think of it for a while, where are the benefits?

Unlike Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, under that inadvertent reminder, stared straight at the location on the map that Li Ji had originally pointed to. A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, but he thought of a certain possibility.

'Cao Cao's backhand that can make the Lord and the teacher so afraid, could it be... slaughtering the city to create a plague!?'

The flexibility of moral bottom line made Sima Yi subconsciously come up with this guess.

In this way, it can explain why the teacher rushed all the way, passed Xiapi without entering, and hurried to Donghai County.

'Otherwise, with the teacher's cautious nature, he should not be so anxious.'

With this thought, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel a bit of retreat.

'There is a plague in front, I want to slip away...'

And at this moment, Liu Bei slammed the table and stood up, and said in a deep voice.

"The worst strategy is not the worst, we should take this opportunity to bypass Cao Ying and continue north."

(End of this chapter)