Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji's eyes moved and he agreed almost without hesitation.

In other words, it was Li Ji's goal to have Liu Yu take the initiative to invite him.

Different from Gongsun Zan's image of being weak and conservative, after Li Ji initially came into contact with Liu Yu, he found that Liu Yu was actually an out-and-out gentleman as rumored.

So much so that Li Ji deliberately revealed that he had brought 30,000 troops, but Liu Yu, who was currently extremely short of troops, could bear not to take the initiative to borrow troops.

Obviously, Liu Yu knew that borrowing troops would be a great disadvantage to Wu County, so he resisted mentioning it.

It wasn't until Li Ji took the initiative to give Liu Yu an excuse so that Liu Yu could show kindness to Li Ji that Liu Yu finally convinced himself to make up his mind.

Immediately, Liu Yu led Li Ji into a room where government affairs were obviously handled on weekdays, and then he spoke.

"Mr. Zikun, to be honest, the situation in Youzhou is very dangerous now! With Zhang Chunzhang and Zhang Ju colluding with the Wuhuan rebellion, it is difficult to pass the decrees from Guangyang County to the east. According to reports from spies, there are more than 100,000 people. The Wuhuan cavalry is gathering in Yuyang County and is about to capture Yuyang City."

Li Ji had a shocked expression on his face, and then he slapped his palm on the table angrily and said angrily.

"Wuhuan traitor, how dare you do this?"

After a pause, Li Jicai seemed to come to his senses and hurriedly cupped his hands towards Liu Yu. "I have no intention of losing my temper in front of your Majesty, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter."

Liu Yu looked at Li Ji with some admiration, and then said.

"Once Wuhuan captures Yuyang City, the next step will undoubtedly be Jicheng. Once Jicheng is lost, the entire Youzhou will fall completely, so I want to be shameless and ask Mr. Zikun to lend me 10,000 troops."

When Li Ji heard this, embarrassment and doubt appeared on his face, and he turned around.

"I have a question, that is, Liu Shijun still has the four counties of Dai, Shanggu, Zhuo and Guangyang in his hands. He is recruiting all his troops and calling on young men to kill the enemy. With the heroic spirit of a Youyan man, he is expected to recruit several soldiers in a very short time. It is not difficult to have thousands of troops."

In response, Liu Yu shook his head and said.

"Mr. Zikun only knows one but not the other. Among the only four remaining counties, Zhuo County has a population of nearly 700,000, which is more than the remaining three counties combined. And Dai County The combined population of Shanggu County and Shanggu County is barely 200,000, and the population of Guangyang County is less than 300,000."

"If you want to recruit troops, you can only recruit them from Zhuojun."

"However, when Liu Yan, the former governor of Zhuo County, left office, his treasuries and granaries were all empty. Even though there was still a lot of food in Jicheng, there was a huge shortage of weapons and armor."

……

Li Ji.

In an instant, Li Ji was stunned.

How could Li Ji not know how Liu Yan's treasury and granary were empty?
Part of it was that a large number of weapons and armor were given to Liu Bei during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and part of it was obviously sold or taken away by Liu Yan privately.

Zhuojun is the southernmost and richest county in Youzhou, and Zhuojun has the highest population among Youzhou.

Zhuo County accounts for more than half of the population of the four counties in Youzhou that are still under Liu Yu's control. With the treasury of Zhuo County exhausted, even if Liu Yu wants to recruit young people from Youzhou, he may not have enough. The weapons and armor equip the soldiers.

With Liu Yu's character, how could he be willing to watch those young men fighting Wuhuan with only their flesh and blood when he couldn't even prepare weapons and armor for his soldiers.

And Li Ji suddenly realized the problem that he had overlooked in his subjective consciousness during the previous deduction, and it was clear that 200,000 Youyan men formed a circle around the Wuhuan cavalry, and the number of casualties was still far higher than that of the Wuhuan cavalry.

That is the 200,000 Youyan men in the deduction. I am afraid that not many of them actually hold weapons and armor!

And I am afraid that only when he completely abandoned his emotions during the deduction, Li Ji would truly treat those great Youyan men as if they were a flesh-and-blood barrier.

The real current situation is that Youzhou's weapons and armor are far from insufficient. Even if the treasuries of the remaining four counties are emptied, they may not be able to equip many new troops.

For a moment, Li Ji completely understood the difficulties Liu Yu was facing.

It had been less than a year since he took office, and Liu Yu had not yet slowly taken control of the military and political affairs of Youzhou.

Wuhuan began to rebel wildly, and there were generals led by Gongsun Zan who had different ideas. In an emergency, they suddenly found that the most elite Zhuojun government treasury and granary in Youzhou were empty.

After all these considerations, how could Liu Yu see the hope of defeating Wuhuan? Naturally, he could only choose to concentrate his troops to defend Jicheng.

"I wonder how your Majesty is going to resist Wuhuan now?" Li Ji asked.

Liu Yu sighed and said helplessly.

"The only way to defend Jicheng is to send envoys to persuade Wuhuan to take the initiative to retreat. And as long as Jicheng is guaranteed not to be lost, Wuhuan can only temporarily retreat to the grassland when winter comes."

"In the coming year, I will be ready for everything. Then it will not be so easy for Wuhuan to plunder Han soil like this again."

winter? !
When Li Ji heard this, his expression couldn't help but twitch slightly.

It's early May now, and there are still six months left before winter.

A little extrapolation shows that the time that Yuyang City and Jicheng can delay Wuhuan is less than two months, which means that Liu Yu is ready to let Wuhuan wreak havoc and plunder in the Han Dynasty for four months.

"Your Majesty, if you insist on sticking to Jicheng, countless Han people will suffer disaster." Li Ji advised carefully.

"How come I don't know about this?"

Liu Yu said helplessly. "But there are nearly 200,000 people in Jicheng, and there is a large amount of money and food stored to maintain the Han army on the border of Daijun and Shanggujun. Once Jicheng is captured, the entire Youzhou will completely fall into Wuhuan's hands."

"I don't dare to gamble, and I can't gamble!"

Liu Yu's face showed full of struggle as he spoke word by word.

"I can't abandon the current safety of 200,000 people and try to save more people."

"The only thing I can do is to protect Jicheng and order the people in all counties in Youzhou to enter the city as much as possible to avoid Wuhuan's robbery. With the city protecting it and the army and people working together, I believe Wuhuan will not be able to easily break the city and will not Waste a lot of time to conquer one city after another.”

"It's just that I must be sorry for the people who have difficulty entering the city to avoid Wuhuan. I am also ashamed of your majesty and the court's trust in failing to guard Youzhou for the Han Dynasty to prevent it from being harmed by foreigners."

At the end of the sentence, Liu Yu's slightly cloudy eyes were filled with tears and full of shame.

These words from the heart deeply touched Li Ji.

The people of the old Liu family are really either extremely cunning and cunning, or they are extremely affectionate...

The Liu Yu in front of him is undoubtedly a person with a benevolent personality similar to Liu Bei in a certain sense.

Now that he understands it carefully, Li Ji can speak from his heart, did Liu Yu do anything wrong? So did Gongsun Zan make a mistake?
Neither.

The concepts of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan undoubtedly vividly interpret the choices between conservatives and radicals.

What Liu Yu was thinking about was how to protect Youzhou and more people as much as possible;
What Gongsun Zan wanted was that he would rather die together with Wu Huan than linger under Wu Huan's iron hoof.

As a shepherd of Youzhou, Liu Yu had to consider more, while as a general, Gongsun Zan was undoubtedly more pure.

Immediately, Liu Yu wiped away his tears with the corner of his clothes and said.

"Let Mr. Zikun laugh. The current situation in Youzhou is indeed not optimistic. I tried my best but only urgently mobilized more than 30,000 soldiers to reach Jicheng. Although I am determined to coexist with Jicheng, I am worried about the strength of both sides. gap."

"Therefore, what I want to discuss with Mr. Zikun is to hope that Mr. Zikun can give me some troops and horses. And I promise that I will never use Wujun's troops and horses until there is an emergency. I will try my best to serve Xuande. Protect these troops."

"As for the food and grass promised to Zikun and the place to store it, I can cash it immediately, but the place to store the food needs to wait until Wuhuan retreats, and Youzhou may not have a truly safe place."

At the end of the sentence, Liu Yu looked at Li Ji with some expectancy.

Although Liu Yu, who was the shepherd of Youzhou, was far superior to Li Ji, Liu Yu was a gentleman who did not bully others. Furthermore, Li Ji was the county magistrate of Wu County and was not under the jurisdiction of Liu Yu.

Moreover, Liu Yu also heard about the affairs of Yingzhou, and knew that Li Ji went to Yingzhou to investigate the affairs of the Japanese country on Liu Bei's order.

In Liu Yu's view, asking Li Ji to temporarily abandon Liu Bei's order and lend troops to Youzhou for the sake of the people and righteousness was completely considered a challenge.

Therefore, Liu Yu was even prepared to be rejected by Li Ji.

However, what Liu Yu didn't expect was that Li Ji bowed his hands and said. "Ji deeply admires Liu Shijun's heart in protecting the country and the people, and is willing to lead 30,000 troops to help Youzhou resist Wuhuan."

Liu Yu was stunned when he heard this. He was overjoyed at first, and then spoke with some worry.

"Mr. Zikun went to Yingzhou under military orders. If 30,000 troops and horses were used to help me resist Wuhuan, wouldn't it mean that Mr. Zikun would be forced to disobey Xuande's order? This would actually harm Mr. Zikun. "

After a pause, Liu Yu continued.

"Mr. Zikun only needs to lend me 10,000 troops and horses, and I can't thank you enough."

Li Ji smiled and said seriously.

"The land may be divided into north and south, but how can the Han people be divided into north and south? And everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Both the Lord and the base are Han people, and the Wuhuan foreigners dare to plunder the Han land, let alone who, they will be responsible for killing the barbarians. "

"On the contrary, if Ji ignores Wu Huan and runs away from him, he will definitely be severely reprimanded and punished by the lord afterwards."

Liu Yu's heart was filled with excitement after hearing these words.

Especially the sentence "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" made Liu Yu unable to help but admire him greatly.

"Okay, okay! Mr. Zikun is young and virtuous. This man is really lucky. I would like to thank Mr. Zikun for his generosity on behalf of the millions of people in Youzhou."

"Ji just followed the Lord's teachings and did what he should do. He doesn't deserve such praise." Li Ji declined.

Liu Yu, who was overjoyed, continued to praise.

"When I meet Mr. Zikun, I know Xuande's benevolence. If Mr. Zikun is like this, it shows that Xuande must be as benevolent and loyal as the rumors say."

In this regard, Li Ji could only continue to decline and then begged.

"I also know a thing or two about the art of war, so I wonder if Liu Shijun will allow me to serve as military counselor. I can read the relevant records about Wuhuan. Maybe I can find out a few strategies to deal with the enemy."

Hearing this, Liu Yu replied almost without hesitation.

"Mr. Zikun is too modest. I have often heard Lu Ziqian praising your talents. It is my dream to have Mr. Zikun to help me."

"If it weren't for Xuande's thoughts, I wish I could let Zikun be the one to stay in Youzhou right now." (End of Chapter)