Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 36 Surrounding Three Ques and One
  In terms of results, the results of this deduction were pretty good, and Liu Bei successfully won the position of county governor, but Li Ji felt inexplicably extremely unhappy.

It felt like the result of Li Ji and Liu Bei's hard work for so long, but most of them were taken away by Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was worthy of being the first prostitute emperor in the late Han Dynasty. He prostituted his concubines and princesses, and his adopted son and lover. Now his prostitution was committed for nothing.

Although it was not a shame to be prostituted by Dong Zhuo for free, the current emperor of Han Dynasty had accumulated a lifetime of concubines and princesses, but in the end he was also prostituted by Dong Zhuo.

But Li Jibai has always been the one who prostituted others. How could he bear the fact that Dong Zhuo just lay there and let him go whoring?

If Liu Bei hadn't unexpectedly attacked the Yellow Turban army at the critical moment, killed Zhang Jiao, and caused chaos in the Yellow Turbans, Dong Zhuo's only end would have been defeated and fled and was imprisoned by the court, which incidentally demonstrated Lu Zhi's ability.

However, with the intervention of Liu Bei and Li Ji, Dong Zhuo turned his defeat into a great victory, and in the end he shamelessly swallowed up all his military exploits.

'Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo...'

Li Ji silently recited the name, thinking about the possibility of a counter-prostitution of Dong Zhuo.

However, the conclusion is...impossible!

For Liu Bei today, Liu Yan and Lu Zhi are Liu Bei's biggest backers in the court. With Lu Zhi being imprisoned, there are simply not enough voices to fight for Liu Bei's military glory in the court.

Liu Yan would mention Liu Bei in his petition, mostly just to highlight his achievements.

The only one who might be fair and just to fight for Liu Bei's victory was Lu Zhi, who would fall into complete death following Dong Zhuo's victory.

At this moment, Li Ji inexplicably understood the feeling of "I did not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me." Li Ji felt no doubt in his heart about General Beizhong Lang, whom Liu Bei's words were always filled with admiration for. A bit of curiosity and respect.

Unexpectedly, this time the deduction not only sprinkled the last handful of dirt on Lu Zhi, but also took a shovel to film it.

'And in this way, when Dong Zhuo stays on the dragon bed at night and messes up the harem, will I be able to help him from behind? '

Thinking of this, the corner of Li Ji's mouth twitched, but he still felt that no one could take advantage of Dong Zhuo. Even if he helped to exert force, it would be Dong Zhuo who would help him from behind...

'Wait, something seems not right...'

Li Ji rubbed his swollen temples, feeling that the mental burden was too great, causing his thoughts to become too scattered.

Immediately, after Li Ji calmed down, he took out the bamboo slips again and wrote down the key information he noticed during this deduction.

[4. If we do not intervene in the situation, Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang in June, will be imprisoned...]

When writing this, Li Ji suddenly crossed out June and changed it to May.

Because the round trip time from Luoyang to Guangzong needs to be taken into account, Xiaohuangmen will probably arrive at Guangzong in May, and then Lu Zhi will be officially deprived of his official position and imprisoned in June.

Therefore, if you want to win over the few remaining backbones of that big man, you must do something before May.

[5. Julu can affect the situation of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou. On the other hand, if Zhangjiao is captured, Julu can also be captured without a single blow, or even disintegrate the morale of the Yellow Turbans in the world. 】

After writing this, Li Ji frowned and fell into deep thought.

The situation of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou fully illustrates what it means to be interconnected. Julu and Zhang Jiao are undoubtedly the absolute key.

'Maybe the target should be on Zhang Jiao? '

At this thought, Li Ji's eyes widened unconsciously. As his thoughts broadened, a large number of inspirations kept appearing in his mind.

"boom!"

Li Ji suddenly stood up, put the bamboo slip in his sleeve, and then walked straight out of the camp, heading straight to Liu Bei's camp.

However, what surprised Li Ji was that Liu Bei was not in his account.

"Where is Brother Xuande now?"

Li Ji asked the soldiers guarding the camp.

The soldier bowed and replied. "Mr. Zikun, Mr. Cao, the thief supervisor, will be patrolling the surrounding areas personally in the past few days. He will return to the camp to rest around midnight."

When Li Ji heard this, he could only go back to the camp to rest.

However, what Li Ji didn't expect was that only half an hour after he returned to the camp, Liu Bei hurried over with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"Brother Xuande, why are you here?" Li Ji asked.

Liu Bei patted the dust on his body and replied.

"Bei once gave an order to the soldiers. If Zikun is looking for me, report him quickly. Therefore, after hearing the soldiers' report, Bei quickly returned."

Li Ji looked at Liu Bei's dusty appearance and couldn't help but feel touched by Liu Bei's regard for him.

Even though he still didn't know what was going on, Liu Bei, who was patrolling the surrounding area personally, did not hesitate to turn back immediately. This attention was worth a thousand dollars.

"Brother Xuande, aren't you worried that Ji just wants to discuss some small matters?" Li Ji asked.

"There is nothing trivial about Zikun's affairs, and even if I have a chat with Zikun over tea, I would not be happy with him."

After a pause, Liu Bei signaled to Guan Yu, handed over several bamboo slips, and said humbly.

"It just so happens that several groups of spies have sent back some information and are about to discuss it with Zikun."

Hearing this, the emotion that had surged in Li Ji's heart quickly subsided.

Li Ji originally thought that his status in Liu Bei's heart had reached that high level, but he didn't expect that it was just incidental.

By the way, I don’t want any dogs!
  Li Ji sighed secretly, his face straightened, he picked up the bamboo slips and started reading them.

With the help of Xia Houbo, a Jizhou ranger, the efficiency of the spies sent to obtain information has undoubtedly been greatly improved.

In just a few days, something has been gained.

Among these bamboo slips, three are confirmation and description of the terrain around Julu, two are about the detection of whether there are troops around Julu, and the last one is that Guangzong's location has been found.

Immediately, Li Ji's expression condensed, he picked up the bamboo slip about Guangzong and read it carefully.

Every time Li Ji put down a bamboo slip, Liu Bei would pick up that bamboo slip, read through it, and then pass it to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside him.

Liu Bei also just received the information sent back by these spies, but before he had time to look through it, he learned about Li Jixun himself and hurriedly came back with the information.

"Sure enough, Zhang Jiao and General Bei Zhonglang are now in a stalemate in Guangzong County. The Han army led by General Bei Zhonglang has surrounded Guangzong on three sides."

Li Ji murmured, then put down the bamboo slip and fell into deep thought.

For a time, with the support of real intelligence, the battle situation about Julu and Guangzong was reflected more and more clearly in Li Ji's mind, instead of being mostly based on calculations as before.

The bamboo slips about Guangzong were also circulated in the hands of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

Compared with Liu Bei who was overjoyed to know exactly the condition of his mentor Lu Zhi, Guan Yu thought for a while, stroking his long beard and asked doubtfully.

"Mr. Zikun, why did Bei Zhonglang only surround three sides? If he surrounded Guangzong on all four sides and completely cut off Guangzong's food supply, the number of Yellow Turbans would not need to be cut off for a month. It would not last long and they would collapse without a fight." Liu Bei heard this and returned. Li Ji answered confidently before he could speak.

"Second brother, perhaps this is what "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle Chapter" said: the enemy must be surrounded. If surrounded from all sides, the Yellow Turbans will run out of food and grass, which may arouse their desire to fight to the death for survival. Therefore, the army is only surrounded by Lu. The three sides are intended to show the way to life, so that the Yellow Turbans will not have any thoughts of death."

Guan Yu praised. "That's it. Thank you, big brother."

Zhang Fei even gave a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly. "I also think that my eldest brother is very wise. Even if I compare with Mr. Zikun, his lofty remarks are as good as those of Mr. Zikun."

Liu Bei coughed lightly, trying hard to hide his complacency, with a humble and ashamed expression, but his eyes couldn't help but tilted in Li Ji's direction, hoping to get Li Ji's approval.

But Li Ji felt embarrassed while listening to the business exchanges between Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and didn't know what to say.

The opinions of Liu Bei and Guan Yu have to be said to coincide with the art of war, but they don't agree much.

Seriously speaking, Liu Bei is probably on the fifth floor, Guan Yu is on the third floor, and Zhang Fei is probably staying in the underground parking lot.

However, according to Li Ji's judgment, the reason why Lu Zhi "surrounded three buildings" was probably because he was on the ninth floor.

Therefore, Li Ji could only wait in silence, showing an awkward yet elegant smile.

Unfortunately, Zhang Fei obviously did not understand Li Ji's good intentions of saving face for Liu Bei, and asked loudly.

"Mr. Zikun, do you also think that my elder brother's analysis is correct? How does it compare with you?"

Li Ji made an offensive finger with his thumb and index finger and said.

"It's still a little short of that."

When Liu Bei saw this, he was quite satisfied that he could be so close to Li Ji. After Liu Bei asked Li Ji for advice from time to time, he felt that he had indeed made some progress.

However, Zhang Fei asked a little unyieldingly. "How much is the difference specifically? Is it wrong for Brother to analyze it so well?"

Li Ji helplessly picked up three bamboo slips and piled them together and said. "This is a giant deer."

He picked up another bamboo slip and put it on the other corner of the table, pointed at it and said.

"This is Guangzong."

"Julu is a big city, and Guangzong is a small city. The previous analysis by Brother Xuande and Yun Chang is not correct, but according to Zikun, General Bei Zhonglang's consideration is not a death-defying counterattack by the Yellow Turbans."

"With the ability of General Bei Zhonglang, the Yellow Turbans can be said to have won consecutive battles in the field. They have completely destroyed the morale of the Yellow Turbans. If they no longer have the courage to fight against General Bei Zhonglang, they will shrink to Guangzhou ten times the number." Within the sect.”

"Therefore, Beizhonglang will surround Guangzong with three towers. His intention is not to gain or lose one city or one place, but to focus on the overall situation of Jizhou."

"Given that the city of Julu is high and deep, if General Bei Zhonglang wanted to encircle it and attack it, the difficulty would increase by more than ten times. Therefore, it might be that General Bei Zhonglang was unable to capture Guangzong unless he tried his best to capture Guangzong, but because he did not want to. They forced the Yellow Turbans to abandon the small town of Guangzong and return to the big city of Julu."

As Li Ji finished speaking, Liu Bei's face turned red suddenly. Guan Yu still squinted and couldn't see any change in his face. Zhang Fei's eyes widened, he blinked, and smacked his mouth.

"I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand."

Leakey asked.

"Yide, how do you think we can completely quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion? Is it to kill all the people in the world who wear yellow turbans on their foreheads? Or is it to directly capture the demon Dao Zhang Jiao himself? Or is it to completely defeat the belief that Taiping Dao upholds?"

When Zhang Fei heard this, his eyes showed a trace of confusion, and he didn't react for a moment.

Li Ji sighed helplessly, and then spoke to the point.

"This is the brilliance of General Beizhonglang. General Beizhonglang does not care about gaining one city or one land. Even if he devotes all his strength to capture Guangzong, there will still be a giant deer behind Guangzong, which will not benefit the situation."

"Therefore, Bei Zhonglang will besiege Guangzong, not because of Guangzong or Julu, but because of Zhang Jiao himself!"

"Every day that Zhang Jiao, who is known as the spokesperson of 'Huang Tian' and calls himself 'General Tiangong', is suppressed by the Han army so that Guangzong does not dare to move even an inch, it will be a blow to the morale of the entire Yellow Turbans, and it will also make more and more people Many devout believers in Taipingdao have wavered in their faith."

"Bei Zhonglang surrounded it with three towers, and what it surrounded was a yellow scarf, but what it opened was the barrier of faith on the Taiping Road."

After hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Master Lu's plan can be seen thousands of miles away. Bei Su doesn't know when he will get the essence of it."

At the last moment, Liu Bei looked at Li Ji, but his eyes unknowingly showed some enthusiasm again.

Before, Liu Bei simply thought that Li Ji was a rare talent in this world, but he never made an intuitive and clear comparison.

Now, Li Ji could easily see through Lu Zhi's plot and calculations in an instant, relying only on some information fed back by the spies.

Such resourcefulness is rare in the world!
  At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly felt a sense of joy.

Fortunately, Zikun is not a member of the Yellow Turbans. If Zhang Jiao gets Zikun's full help, he may really be able to overturn the sky!

However, compared to the respective ideas of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, Li Ji was more impressed by the subtlety of Lu Zhi's plan of "conquering the enemy without fighting". It attacked not only a city or a place, but also the hearts of the Yellow Turbans.

However, it is a pity that Lu Zhi did not wait until he succeeded.

However, a mere Huangmen is enough to impel a man like Lu Zhi, who tried to turn the tide, to jail. How many ministers in such a large court are truly dedicated to the public good?

How corrupt has the entire Han Dynasty become?

"I understand!"

Suddenly, Zhang Fei slapped his thigh and roared, shocking everyone present.

"What does Yide know?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhang Fei pondered for a moment and said leisurely. "Sure enough, Mr. Zikun is better than my elder brother in this aspect."

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  Li Ji.

So I have analyzed so much just now, am I just talking nonsense?
  What a good Zhang Sanye just got a conclusion from it, am I better than Liu Bei in some aspect?

So, the third master’s little brain has really thought about the possibility that Liu Bei’s intelligence is superior to mine?

"Yide, you are really smart!"

Li Ji gave a thumbs up and praised.

Zhang Fei grinned and said. "Brother, is Mr. Zikun praising me?"

"Forget it...let it go."

Liu Bei didn't dare to expose it, and he was even more afraid that he would also be evaluated by Li Jiyi as being very clever.

After all, Liu Bei felt that his eloquent analysis was a bit like a great cleverness, so he dared to jump out and discuss whether he was a great cleverness.

Guan Erye was squinting his eyes even more at this moment, as if he was asleep.

(End of this chapter)