Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

This sound echoed for miles, reaching the ears of countless soldiers on both sides.

However, in the eyes of countless Cao soldiers, it seemed more like a desperate struggle from the famed and soon-to-be-defeated Marquis, a mere fantasy.

Borrow the north wind?

Cao Anmin, serving as a scribe under Cao Cao, couldn't help but mutter.

"I didn't expect the Marquis, once revered by the world, to be such a mediocre person, placing his hopes on supernatural events…"

He paused, then asked Xi Zhicai beside him, "What does Master Xi think…"

However, before Cao Anmin could continue, Xi Zhicai instinctively raised his hand to interrupt him.

Those who don't know the Marquis think Li Ji's actions are laughable; but those who do know the Marquis understand that Li Ji would never act without a purpose.

At this moment, countless soldiers in Cao's army were secretly mocking Li Ji, but Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, and others who deeply understood Li Ji's abilities, all had drastic changes in their expressions, observing the wind direction in various ways.

The wiser one is, the less he believes in ghosts and gods.

But with Li Ji so deliberately reporting to the heavens, even someone as steadfast as Cao Cao couldn't help but become suspicious, observing whether the wind direction had changed.

Just as Cao Cao saw that the fire still rising at the edge of the forest was faintly jumping towards the north, he subconsciously relaxed and murmured.

"It's still a weak south wind…"

Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, on the third breath after Li Ji finished praying to the heavens.

The wind… changed!

From the original weak south wind, it suddenly turned into a north wind.

And the north wind quickly went from weak to strong, blowing the flags wildly and leaving countless people with dazed expressions.

How is this possible?

Did the heavens really respond to the Marquis? Did they respond to the Han?

Is Liu Xuande truly blessed by fate like Emperor Guangwu?

Cao Cao looked at the fire raging wildly towards the south of the forest under the ravages of the fierce north wind, his expression dazed, and for a moment he even forgot to order the army to retreat…

Retreat from the forest, retreat from this fire that could turn his ambition to ashes.

However, the morale of Cao's army collapsed under the change of wind direction. Li Ji, on the other hand, raised his seal high and bowed to the sky, uttering the last sentence he had prepared.

"Heaven's Mandate is with the Han, the north wind aids us, all soldiers quickly break the enemy!!!"

As the three hundred Tiger Guards repeated in unison, the morale of Li Ji's twenty thousand soldiers almost instantly rose to an unprecedented peak, sweeping towards Cao's army like a destructive force.

At this moment, the morale of Cao's soldiers who had rushed out of the forest collapsed, and they had no will to fight. Almost everyone scrambled to escape.

But behind them was a raging fire that was rapidly growing with the help of the wind, and it was spreading towards the entire forest at an alarming speed.

Escape!!!

In less than a moment, the originally aggressive Cao army was already in an irreversible rout.

Facing the fire that was rapidly spreading towards the depths of the forest, before the fire even arrived, billowing smoke covered the entire forest under the sweep of the north wind.

Fear spread wildly in the hearts of every Cao soldier. Even before Cao Cao could fully recover, the Cao army within the forest had initially begun to trample each other in their escape.

"Everything is over."

Cao Cao's face turned pale, his eyes filled with a dazed look. Even Dian Wei, who was protecting Cao Cao on the left and right, shouted several times to remind Cao Cao that the fire was approaching and to evacuate, but Cao Cao seemed not to hear it.

"My lord, please forgive me!"

Seeing this, Dian Wei forcibly turned Jueying around with one hand, and with the other hand, he slammed his iron halberd into Jueying's hindquarters, which immediately stimulated Jueying to run wildly.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was proficient in horsemanship, and his legs instinctively clamped Jueying, so he was not directly thrown off by Jueying, and was carried by Jueying all the way to the south of the forest away from the fire.

Witnessing the defeat of Cao's army and the fire sweeping through the forest, Li Ji subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Li Ji, who had made a lot of preparations, was undoubtedly waiting for this moment.

The forest was not large, and it could not easily accommodate the nearly sixty thousand soldiers under Cao Cao's command, but under Cao Cao's counter-attacking spirit, a large number of Cao's troops finally entered the forest.

There were also a large number of Cao's troops who had originally attacked out of the forest, but now their retreat was cut off by the raging fire.

"Victory is set!"

Li Ji put the seal back into his arms, and this "show" was definitely not just to use the "Mandate of Heaven" to heavily打击Cao's army's morale, the impact it would have would be far-reaching.

This was after Liu Bei had publicly stated his ambition to "support the Han Dynasty and restore the Great Han", using this wind to completely establish Liu Bei's name of righteousness.

In the future, no one would dare to question Liu Bei's righteousness in supporting the Han Dynasty.

That was acknowledged by the heavens.

At the same time, it would further advance the clearing of some obstacles for Liu Bei to unify the world.

"噼里啪啦!!!"

With the wind aiding the fire, in just a moment, the original eighteen groups of fire scattered throughout the forest had already connected into one piece, turning into a wave of fire and surging towards the south.

In the continuous sound of flames burning, from time to time, you could still hear the miserable screams of some Cao soldiers who had been fainted by the thick smoke and then burned awake.

And many of Cao's troops who were trapped outside the forest and had their retreat cut off had long lost their will to fight. After leaving corpses all over the ground, only a few lucky ones scattered from both sides of the battlefield and disappeared into the night.

"Congratulations, Lord Marquis, for summoning the divine wind and achieving a great victory!"

As Li Ji began to direct the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, Xu Chu's eyes also showed a bit more awe when he looked at Li Ji, and he rarely took the initiative to flatter him.

Even though Li Ji reported to the heavens in the name of Liu Bei and the Han Dynasty, it also indirectly proved that Li Ji had the ability to communicate with the heavens.

In the eyes of many Han people who deeply believed in ghosts and gods, this undoubtedly added another layer of mystery to the Marquis.

"Chatterbox."

Li Ji said speechlessly, only Xu Chu's brain was filled with muscles, so he couldn't react.

In fact, among the high-level officials of the Liu Bei Group, Li Ji's ability to predict the weather was not a secret, only Xu Chu seemed to be too immersed in the play and couldn't react.

Immediately, Li Ji refocused his gaze on the forest where the raging fire was spreading, as if he wanted to find Cao Cao's trace through the fire.

Even though this battle was a great victory, Li Ji hoped even more to get Cao Cao's head in the process.

As long as Cao Cao died, the situation in Xuzhou would be stable, and even Li Ji could take the opportunity to persuade Liu Bei to go north to recover Donghai County and Langya State, and then go straight into Qingzhou.

Opportunity and risk are always inseparable.

Or, it can be said that the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

Cao Cao stirred up the waters of Qing and Xu prefectures, but what he affected was not only Qing and Xu prefectures, but also indirectly contained the military strength of Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and also caused wars to break out in Nanyang County and northern Jizhou.

(End of this chapter)