Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Anmin, be careful in all matters. If you cannot win, prioritize your life above all else."

Cao Cao gave this painful instruction, a sharp pain flashing through his mind, which he forcefully suppressed. He spurred his horse onward, fleeing forward.

Cao Anmin bowed slightly in Cao Cao's direction, then tugged on the reins, turned his horse, and charged back towards Zhang Fei with his spear.

"Cao Anmin is here! Halt, you thieving general!"

"A nameless nobody dares to stop me?"

Zhang Fei's eyes blazed with fury as he glared at Cao Anmin, who stood directly in his path. He thrust his eighteen-foot serpent spear straight forward.

"Clang!"

A somewhat grating sound of clashing weapons rang out behind Cao Cao.

Cao Cao twisted his head to see Cao Anmin already engaged in a fierce battle with Zhang Fei, temporarily holding him back.

However, Cao Anmin's figure was almost instantly swallowed up by the cavalry that followed closely behind Zhang Fei.

Cao Anmin's valor was inherently inferior to Zhang Fei's, and he was also besieged by the remaining cavalry. The result… was predictable.

Cao Cao, disregarding his sorrow, lowered himself on the back of Zhuiying, his gaze regaining its determination as he scanned left and right, searching for an opportunity to escape Zhang Fei's line of sight and abandon his horse.

The robust Zhuiying was too conspicuous among the scattered Cao army soldiers, who rarely possessed warhorses. If Cao Cao wanted to escape Zhang Fei's pursuit, who also possessed a steed capable of covering a thousand li, the simplest method was to find an opportunity to abandon his horse and blend into the fleeing soldiers, then devise a way to escape.

However, just as Cao Cao was quickly increasing the distance between himself and Zhang Fei, waiting for an opportunity to abandon his horse unnoticed by Zhang Fei,

less than ten breaths had passed since Cao Anmin and Zhang Fei began fighting when Zhang Fei pierced Cao Anmin's chest with his eighteen-foot serpent spear.

However, in his dying moments, Cao Anmin stubbornly clung to the eighteen-foot serpent spear with his last shred of willpower, attempting to create a moment of obstruction for Zhang Fei.

My nephew… Anmin!

Cao Cao, who vaguely saw this scene from afar, felt his heart being cut by a knife. He was both shocked and fearful, continuing to urge Zhuiying to increase its speed while using one hand to continuously untie the overly conspicuous armor on his body…

However, Zhang Fei did not give Cao Cao the chance to remove his armor and abandon his horse to blend into the fleeing soldiers. After casually tossing aside Cao Anmin's corpse, he once again led his cavalry towards Cao Cao.

Watching the distance between them closing again, Cao Cao exclaimed unwillingly.

"Is Heaven determined to destroy me?!"

Just then, a general led several dozen riders, charging over from the south bank, constantly shouting to those around him.

"Where is my elder brother? Xiahou Yuanrang is here!"

Cao Cao's spirits lifted, turning his head to look south. He discovered that Xiahou Dun, who had originally been placed in the rear to recuperate from his injuries, was now charging forward with a black cloth covering his left eye, not even wearing armor.

"Yuanrang! I am here! Save me quickly!!!"

Xiahou Dun, with only one eye, clearly did not have as good eyesight as before. Only after Cao Cao's repeated calls did he truly find Cao Cao, who was being pursued by Zhang Fei.

Xiahou Dun had originally been transferring to the rear with the army's supplies to recuperate from his injuries.

Upon hearing that a large fire had risen in the nearby forest, Xiahou Dun felt a sense of foreboding. He organized the dozens of cavalrymen who had previously escaped the encirclement and rushed over to meet Cao Cao, just in time to see this scene.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was about to catch up with Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun was so enraged that his eyes were about to split. Blood was even visibly seeping from his left eye, which had not yet fully recovered from its wound.

"Zhang Yide, how dare you?!"

At that moment, Xiahou Dun, with only half his vision, completely ignored the thousands of cavalrymen behind Zhang Fei. He charged straight towards Zhang Fei with dozens of riders.

And those dozens of riders who followed Xiahou Dun, who had survived the cruel encirclement, were all valiant warriors who regarded death as home. They followed Xiahou Dun without hesitation and charged forward.

These dozens of riders crashed straight into the flank from the side, and Xiahou Dun displayed even more ferocity than in the past, actually allowing Xiahou Dun to cut off the cavalry under the cover of night, causing the cavalry behind Zhang Fei to fall into temporary chaos.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, ignoring the seemingly crazy Xiahou Dun, ordering his cavalry to temporarily contain Xiahou Dun, while he continued to lead about three hundred riders towards Cao Cao.

And when Xiahou Dun appeared and forcibly crossed a temporary bridge from the south bank to reach the north bank, Cao Cao turned around and headed in the direction Xiahou Dun had come from, his target being the temporary bridge.

As long as Cao Cao crossed that temporary bridge first, with Zhuiying's assistance, ordinary cavalry would have no chance to catch up with Cao Cao.

And Cao Cao did not believe that Zhang Fei would completely abandon the seven thousand cavalry and rely on the Snowy Ebony Steed to pursue him alone to the end.

Cao Cao's obvious movements were also seen by Zhang Fei, who shouted "Don't leave!" repeatedly while also turning to charge diagonally from the side, wanting to block Cao Cao's path in advance.

Between the pursuit and the escape, what made Cao Cao feel despair again was that Zhang Fei, who took the inner circle invisibly, would arrive at that temporary bridge one step ahead of him.

Just then, a figure relying on his legs to run wildly on the ground caught up with Cao Cao at a speed comparable to a warhorse on the chaotic battlefield.

Cao Cao turned his head to look, his face first showing a strong look of joy subconsciously, but then it was a look of horror.

The person who came was none other than Dian Wei, who was also covered in dirt.

However, Cao Cao took a closer look and found that half of Dian Wei's body seemed to have been burned by fire. The smell of burning and the smell of meat could even be clearly mixed into Cao Cao's nose.

"Elai? You this…" Cao Cao blurted out a question.

"It's nothing!"

Dian Wei's voice was a little hoarse, as if there was bloody phlegm stuck in his throat.

What Cao Cao didn't know was that when Cao Cao was dazed by the north wind and was about to be affected by the fire, Dian Wei had to forcibly stimulate Zhuiying to take Cao Cao away.

It just so happened that a tree fell towards the back of Cao Cao's back due to the fire, and Dian Wei desperately used brute force to block the tree for Cao Cao, but he was also pressed to the ground by the tree and could not move for a while.

The chaotic forest battlefield, thick smoke filled the air, and coupled with Cao Cao's mental trance, he did not notice that Dian Wei had already suffered a calamity for him.

It was precisely because he was pressed by the big tree that Dian Wei spent a lot of time struggling to get out, and even half of his body was burned by the fire, suffering serious injuries, which is why he had not been able to catch up with Cao Cao.

And even though Dian Wei said it was okay, Cao Cao was not a fool. How could he not realize how serious Dian Wei's injuries were? The epidermis on one side of his body was completely scorched.

Dian Wei was still running wildly, and blood was constantly seeping out of the cracked epidermis, making Dian Wei look as scary as a ghost.

Dian Wei's eyes slanted, looking at Zhang Fei, who was chasing from the side and was less than ten steps away, and said in a deep voice.

"Lord, the bridge is ahead. Please go forward, and I will block the pursuers for you. Leave quickly."

Before Cao Cao could answer, Dian Wei's iron tower-like figure turned around, holding a pair of large iron halberds in both hands, and charged towards Zhang Fei, roaring angrily.

"Dian Wei is here, don't hurt my lord!" (End of this chapter)