Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The emperor is dead!

In particular, the death of the Han Emperor Liu Hong, who was already on the verge of collapse, had a huge impact on all aspects.

For Liu Bei, when he learned the news, he was almost stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.

Not only was Liu Bei sad because of the death of the Emperor of Han, but it also came from Li Ji's judgment of the situation in the Han Dynasty a few years ago.

Once the emperor dies, real chaos will follow!

Others could hardly imagine the shock in Liu Bei's heart at this moment and the pressure he was under. But when Liu Bei looked around, he found that the most important Li Jishen had not returned.

However, when he thought of Li Ji's existence, Liu Bei felt a lot more stable inexplicably, and he knew that the emperor's death meant that Li Ji, who was named the governor of Liaodong County, could return to Wu County from Yingzhou.

In addition, Liu Bei, who knew that the situation in the Han Dynasty would be volatile in the future, not only tried to send people to Yingzhou to contact Li Ji quickly, but also urgently dispatched Guan Yu, who had been guarding Yizhou for many years, to return.

Under heavy pressure, while Liu Bei was making various preparations, he asked Jin Yisi to do his best to find out the intelligence in Luoyang.

After Liu Hong's death, he was given the posthumous title of "Emperor Xiaoling" and was succeeded by his eldest son Liu Bian, who was buried in Wenling in June.

However, the situation in the court did not stabilize after Liu Bian succeeded to the throne. The emperor was young and his relatives were strong. This made the power in the court essentially fall into the hands of Queen Mother He and General He Jin.

After Liu Bian succeeded to the throne, He Jin, who held great power, could not wait to get rid of the Shi Changshi, who had been a political enemy for many years, and take charge of the power alone.

However, the Empress Dowager He, who was just a woman in the palace, was persuaded by the Shi Changshi, and she tried to protect the Shi Changshi, in order to prevent Liu Bian from being bullied when He Jin took full control of the power due to his young age.

In this way, when Ling Emperor Liu Hongxuan was on the throne, he could still suppress the fights and conflicts between He Jin and Shi Changshi within a certain range.

But now Liu Bian is in office, and the general He Jin and the Queen Mother He have personally ended their lives. This has also caused the conflict between the Shi Changshi and the general He Jin to completely break out. The degree to which the other party can be completely solved through extra-political means.

And when the Jinyi Division sent back the news that "at Yuan Shao's suggestion, General He Jin sent an order to Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, Wang Kuang, and Qiao Mao to lead troops to Luoyang to kill the eunuchs."

Liu Bei was so angry that he was almost shaking, and he kept yelling at "He Jin" and "Yuan Shao" at home.

He scolded "He Jin is as stupid as a pig, and he pretends to be in a high position..."

He scolded "Yuan Shaoshi has ulterior motives and his heart can be killed..."

At this moment, Liu Bei's vision was far beyond that of himself who had been wandering around in his original trajectory. He had been a county governor for many years, and in the past he often discussed changes in the current situation and the general trend of the world with Li Ji.

Liu Bei judged almost instantly that this was the way to bring disaster. The emperor was young but his ministers were strong, and he also led generals with heavy troops to garrison around Luoyang. This undoubtedly attracted the wolf into the house.

As long as those generals have hidden ambitions, the imperial capital of Luoyang will be directly under threat from the opponent's military front.

This gave Liu Bei a strong foreboding feeling in his heart. He wanted to stop it, but he was far away in Wu County, and he knew that even if he wrote to the court, he would not be able to get to the case of Emperor Liu Bian.

In other words, even before Liu Bian's case, the powerful Liu Bian was just a mascot and could not stop the fight between General He Jin and Shi Changshi.

At the beginning of August when Liu Bei was worried, the army led by Li Ji finally arrived at the Wujun port.

The familiar scenery of Wu County appeared in front of them, which made all the soldiers, including Li Ji, feel deeply.

In the port, Liu Bei had already led a group of civil servants and generals to greet him.

What surprised Li Ji was that Guan Yu had also returned to Wu County.

This made Li Ji realize that the situation in the court might have deteriorated further during his return, otherwise Liu Bei would not have deliberately recalled Guan Yu from Yizhou first.

However, Li Ji calmed down a little, suppressed those worries, and led a group of generals to start disembarking from the ship.

Liu Bei was filled with emotion when he saw that familiar face again after more than two years, and his eyes were hot. Before Li Ji could get off the boat completely, he strode towards Li Ji's direction.

Looking at Liu Bei who couldn't wait to greet him, Li Ji's expression was also moved. Just as he was about to speed up his pace and say something, a loud noise suddenly sounded from behind.

"Big brother! Second brother!! I miss you so much..."

Immediately, Zhang Fei passed Li Ji in a few strides, and rushed towards Liu Bei and Guan Yu with open arms.

"Yide?!"

Liu Bei's voice contained three parts surprise, three parts yearning, and four parts absent-mindedness. Although he saw Zhang Fei subconsciously showing joy, his eyes still tilted towards Li Ji's direction.

In response to this, Li Ji was a little dumbfounded and laughed, but he also responded to Liu Bei's look, and then led the generals to Liu Bei in a hurry, bowed his hands, and said.

"My lord, fortunately you have fulfilled your destiny. After two years, the matter in Yingzhou has been decided."

Immediately, Li Ji took out the military talisman from his sleeve and handed it back to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei pushed Zhang Fei, who was still very excited, to Guan Yu, walked up to Li Ji, took the military talisman and put it casually into his sleeve, then supported Li Ji with both hands and helped Li Ji up. .

"Zi Kun, the joy in Bei's heart at this moment is indescribable, but it is not that everything about Xiyingzhou has been decided, but that Zi Kun has returned safely. Fortunately, God bless Bei and Zi Kun, so that the waves have not stopped. It doesn’t hurt Zikun at all.”

"It's Ji's fault to make the lord worry." Li Ji replied.

Liu Bei couldn't help but patted Li Ji's arm heavily, and when his eyes met, everything was lost in words.

Immediately, Liu Bei looked at the generals behind Li Ji and expressed his personal concern and condolences to them one by one. This also made all the generals very moved.

Even Jia Xu was greatly moved by the fatal charm Liu Bei exuded.

Li Ji took the opportunity to glance at the civil servants and generals who followed Liu Bei. There were many familiar faces, and there were also many unfamiliar faces.

Among them, when Li Ji looked at Gu Yong, whose skin was much darker and looked like he was gritting his teeth among the crowd, his eyes unconsciously wandered a little, and he suddenly felt a headache.

Why did the lord transfer Gu Yong back from Yizhou?
Originally, Li Ji thought that after he returned to Wu County, he would be a good person and save Gu Yong from the dire straits of Yizhou, so that Gu Yong would be grateful.

As a result, when Liu Bei recalled Guan Yu, he also brought Gu Yong back. Wasn't that completely exposed?

Liu Bei, who was becoming more and more arrogant, paid attention to all the generals one by one, and expressed his condolences to the many soldiers who accompanied the army on this expedition with various monetary and food rewards prepared in advance.

When Liu Bei and all the civil servants and generals saw that the more than 30,000 soldiers were obviously not as energetic as ordinary county soldiers, almost all of them were amazed.

Elite!

This is undoubtedly elite in every sense of the word!

At this moment, Liu Bei, who had been worried about the changes in the situation in the Han Dynasty, felt inexplicably calm.

With these 30,000 elites, even if the Han Dynasty really enters troubled times as Zikun predicts, even if the troubled times cannot be quickly quelled by then, peace will surely be guaranteed, and the Han Dynasty can be revived slowly.

When it comes to winning people's hearts, if Liu Bei claims to be second in the world, no one would dare to claim to be first.

In less than an hour, the soldiers, who were eager to return home and had experienced more than a month of rough seas, arrived.

Under the influence of many awards and Liu Bei's personal charm, almost everyone seems to have regained their fighting spirit and is willing to die for Liu Bei.

However, after Liu Bei simply settled his soldiers, he hurriedly pulled Li Ji onto his carriage.

Li Ji originally thought that Liu Bei had some confidential matters to discuss with him, but after entering the carriage, he discovered that there were two boys who looked about three years old in the carriage.

One of the boys has rather big eyes, and some of his face and body are a little chubby. He looks very naive.

The other boy had bright eyes and looked a little like a grown-up in every move he made. He was sitting upright in the carriage while kneeling on his knees.

"Zikun, this is Adou and Xiang'er. They haven't seen each other for two years, and they must be missed a lot, right?"

As Liu Bei spoke, he touched the head of the boy who was always sitting upright rather affectionately.

As for the naive boy, he seemed a little afraid of Liu Bei. He subconsciously moved in the other direction and looked at Li Ji with round eyes full of curiosity.

This made Li Ji, who couldn't tell who was from the other, naturally subconsciously pulled over the naive boy who was not very close to Liu Bei and asked gently.

"Xiang'er, do you recognize your father?"

Suddenly, as soon as Li Ji said these words, the atmosphere in the carriage seemed to be quiet.

But the boy who was still kneeling upright now bowed to Li Ji and said.

"Greetings, father, I am Prime Minister Li, and the one in your arms is Adou."

???

Li Ji.

When Li Ji heard this, he looked at Li Xiang who was saluting respectfully, and at Adou who was pulled into his arms and blinking at him with curiosity. The embarrassment on his face could hardly be stopped.

Who would have thought that Liu Bei was not close to Adou, but was so close to Li Xiang?

"I'm sorry, young master, I'm rude."

Immediately, Li Ji reacted and quickly let go of Adou, and when he was about to salute, Liu Bei quickly stopped him.

"Adou and Xiang'er are sworn brothers, and Zikun is also Adou's father. Adou should treat Zikun as his own father, so how can a father salute his son?"

After saying that, Liu Bei's expression straightened and he shouted at Adou, who was still a little confused.

"Adou, why are you still standing there? Didn't you see that your sworn brother has already saluted Zikun? Have you forgotten all the teachings he has taught you?"

This statement frightened Adou so much that he trembled three times, and he quickly imitated Li Xiang and saluted Li Ji, saying.

"Ah...Adou, meet Ya's father." (End of this chapter)