Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Immediately, Cao Ren, while increasing the number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Han army in the direction of Chunyu City, quickly prepared the troops and supplies in Duchang City to retreat to Lean Commandery.

The reason Cao Ren had the idea of defending Duchang City to the death was that Duchang City, as the current seat of Qing Province, also had a lot of grain and supplies stored in it.

With the fall of Linzi City, the grain and supplies in Duchang City were what Cao Ren could not give up in order to maintain his army.

Fortunately, according to scouts, the Han army in Chunyu City was also resting and did not rush to send troops to Duchang City, otherwise Cao Ren would have had to abandon this part of the grain and supplies as well.

However, Cao Ren, who was constantly watching the direction of Chunyu City, was not aware that there were also several pairs of eyes lurking outside Duchang City, monitoring every move of Duchang City.

They were not scouts sent by Li Ji, who was still more than two hundred miles away, but confidants sent by Sun Ce.

As early as five or six days ago, the fleet led by Sun Ce had arrived in the sea north of Duchang City.

However, Cao Jun had set up beacon towers at some landing points along the coast to guard against Han ships. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Sun Ce did not rashly land, but sent a scout team to bypass the beacon towers and go ashore to investigate intelligence under the cover of night.

Moreover, to ensure that nothing went wrong, this scout team was led by Taishi Ci, who was familiar with the terrain of Qing Province.

As a native of Donglai, which is adjacent to Beihai Commandery, Taishi Ci was quite familiar with the terrain of Beihai Commandery, and easily led this hundred-man scout team into the vicinity of Duchang City.

The series of changes in Duchang City naturally could not be concealed from Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci even pretended to be a defeated soldier, using the Qingzhou accent, and successfully infiltrated the city to investigate.

Naturally, this also allowed Taishi Ci to accurately judge that Cao Ren intended to abandon Duchang City. In addition, a large number of defeated soldiers fled back, allowing Taishi Ci to also understand the current situation of the Qingzhou battle from the side.

This information was quickly passed back to Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others who were still on the sea.

This made Sun Ce a little anxious and jump to his feet, saying.

"It hasn't been long, and the Northern Expeditionary Army led by the Prime Minister is about to reach Duchang City. How can we be good if we haven't made any contributions?"

Compared to his past sharpness, Zhou Yu was now more restrained and calm. After reading the secret report sent back by Taishi Ci, he smiled.

"Bo Fu, don't worry, this great achievement is already in sight!"

"Where does the merit come from?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhou Yu put down the secret report and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, Cao Ren abandoned Duchang City because he knew that the Prime Minister's power was irresistible, and he was preparing to retreat to Lean, Jinan, and even the Pingyuan Commandery area."

"According to the Prime Minister's statement in the academy in the past, Cao Ren is likely to be preparing to exchange depth of space for time, trying to force our army to lengthen the front line as much as possible, in order to seek flaws exposed by our army in this process, and then look for opportunities to counterattack."

With Sun Ce's wisdom, he could naturally understand every word Zhou Yu said, but he couldn't understand the ever-changing battle situation revealed behind them for a while.

"Um..."

Sun Ce nodded as if he understood and asked. "So what?"

"So, why does Bo Fu think the Prime Minister asked us to lead our troops from the sea to this place after traveling thousands of miles? And does Bo Fu still remember what the Prime Minister's purpose was for asking us to come here?" Zhou Yu asked rhetorically.

"Even with the advantage of cotton clothes, winter logistics are still a big problem for the Northern Expeditionary Army. The Prime Minister must have calculated this clearly before the war."

"Therefore, one of the purposes of ordering us to lead a partial army here is to prevent Cao Ren from abandoning Duchang!"

Since the battle situation is ever-changing, no one could accurately predict what stage the situation in Qingzhou would develop to when the partial army led by Sun Ce arrived before Sun Ce set off.

However, Zhou Yu obviously completely understood the key to Li Ji's plan.

Now, after Zhou Yu's detailed analysis of the current situation, Sun Ce didn't understand what to do next.

"Map!"

At Sun Ce's order, the Qingzhou map that came with the army was sent up, with the locations of several beacon towers that would prevent the army from landing marked on it.

However, after the scouts led by Taishi Ci found out the exact locations of those beacon towers, they were completely able to raid the beacon towers and make them lose their warning function.

The landing conditions were already available.

Now that Cao Ren, this big fish, wanted to escape, what Sun Ce needed to do was naturally to block the gap that would allow him to escape to Lean Commandery.

"Gongjin, according to Ziyi's investigation, Cao Ren has about 30,000 troops in his hands. Why not ambush him halfway and lay the final foundation for the Qingzhou battle in one fell swoop?"

Sun Ce said with a hint of pride in his tone.

Everyone is vying to be the first in the Northern Expedition!

Becoming a marquis and a general is at this moment.

Sun Ce knew that Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, these two partial divisions, had already made great contributions, and he was even more unwilling to lag behind.

If he could defeat the last Cao army in Qingzhou in one fell swoop, or even capture the main general Cao Ren, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement.

This would not only wash away the shame of the previous defeat in Qingzhou, but also prove to the world that Sun Bofu can be ranked among the "Five Tiger Generals" not because of his relationship with the teacher.

Zhou Yu had a smile on his face and responded. "That's exactly what I meant, so I told Bo Fu not to act rashly before."

At present, Cao Ren is in the open, while Sun Ce is in the dark. Ambush is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

As for the location of the ambush, it needs to be considered.

However, the area from Duchang City to Lean Commandery is a vast and flat terrain, with not even a mountain or hill suitable for ambush.

However, Zhou Yu obviously had a draft in his mind, and pointed his finger directly at the Gai River, which was the only way from Duchang City to Lean, and said.

"Ziyi's investigation shows that a large number of grain and supplies are still being loaded into vehicles in Duchang City. Cao Ren must be preparing to transfer grain and supplies to Lean Commandery, so the marching speed will definitely not be fast."

"The army led by Cao Ren needs to cross the Gai River to reach Lean Commandery, so they are likely to choose to pass through this bridge on the Gai River."

"Since there is no terrain to ambush, we should attack halfway across the river and destroy them in the Gai River in one fell swoop to avenge the fact that you and I brothers were almost drowned in Qingzhou."

Zhou Yu has always had a reputation for being magnanimous and elegant, but few people know that Zhou Yu's mind is frighteningly small when it comes to certain things.

This gentleman's revenge should be repaid with a tooth for a tooth, and water for water.

(End of this chapter)