Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Not to mention the other civil and military officials present, even Adou looked convinced when he looked at Li Ji's seal.

This is the prestige, which is second only to Liu Bei's in Liu Bei's group.

Adou, the least cunning one, spoke in a baby voice.

"Master Jia, I wonder what ingenious plan my father left behind?"

This is undoubtedly a statement, showing that Adou, as the young master, mindlessly stands on the seal of his father-in-law.

Since the father-in-law could even temporarily hand over the seal to Jia Xu for safekeeping, what else could be the problem?
As he grows older, Jia Xu's acting skills are undoubtedly becoming more and more sophisticated.

Facing Adou's question, Jia Xu's face did not show the slightest sign of satisfaction. Instead, he still maintained that harmless smiling look, as if he was just a porter of the scheme.

"My Lord, according to Zikun's idea, the four counties of Jiujiang, Lujiang, Yuzhang and Danyang will unite and hold a meeting in Danyang County. The meeting place must be Liyang, and they must attack Yangxian first."

"Therefore, before the enemy troops gather together, we should quickly recruit the military households under our jurisdiction and concentrate our forces in Yangxian!"

Adou may not have understood, but that didn't stop him from nodding repeatedly.

After hearing this and analyzing the situation, the rest of the people were quite confused.

Wu County and Danyang County are bordering each other, so it is almost inevitable that the bandit army will hold a meeting in Danyang County.

"It is common sense for the Danyang County to hold an alliance, but why was it chosen in Liyang? And why did they attack Yangxian first?" Jian Yong asked.

Jia Xu pretended to recall it and then answered.

"Zi Kun seems to have said that Jiangdong has a well-developed water network that connects everything. Taihu Lake is connected to Chaohu Lake and Pengli Lake by water networks and rivers."

"The four counties have formed an alliance, with a force of more than 100,000. It would be difficult for one county to support it alone. Only by concentrating the strength of the four counties can we maintain the food supply."

"But if we rely on manpower to transport the food, and the roads in the other four counties are in disrepair, it will be difficult to maintain the transportation of food to Danyang County for a long time. Therefore, we can only use the water network and rivers to transport food by boat."

"Liyang is located in the middle of the Lishui River and is connected to Chaohu Lake and Pengli Lake. The troops and food from various counties can be transported to Liyang via waterways. In Liyang, we only need to go down the river to Yangxian. Once we capture Yangxian, we will reach Taihu Lake!"

"Once we capture Taihu Lake, the enemy troops can attack the cities around Taihu Lake, including Wu County, or they can quickly return to Danyang County along the Lishui River."

(PS: Lishui is one of the tributaries of Qinhuai River. Of course, it was not called Qinhuai River at that time, but Huaishui.)
As soon as these words were spoken, many people on the scene showed expressions of sudden enlightenment, and they analyzed the current situation that Wu County would be facing very clearly.

It was not that the anti-Wu alliance could not attack other directions of Wu County, but based on the alliance of Jiujiang, Lujiang, Yuzhang and Danyang counties, they had no choice but to meet in Liyang and then go downstream to attack Yangxian and Taihu Lake.

Once Yangxian was captured and Taihu Lake was occupied, the entire northern part of Wu County would be mostly occupied, and the anti-Wu coalition forces would be able to attack cities in any direction of Taihu Lake at will.

The allied forces against Wu have more troops, while Wujun has fewer soldiers. In addition, they have the initiative to attack in all directions in Taihu Lake at any time. The only outcome for Wujun will be running around in a hurry.

In contrast, the anti-Wu coalition forces attacking from other directions definitely did not have such an advantage.

Especially when the war breaks out, Liu Bei will certainly return to provide support quickly, and the allied forces against Wu will certainly not dare to drag out the war, but will want to end it quickly.

Therefore, it is not that the anti-Wu allied forces can only attack Yangxian, but that they have no choice but to attack Yangxian if they want to quickly capture Wujun.

"From this perspective, the enemy troops must be attacking Yangxian!"

"Mr. Zikun is really good at predicting the enemy's actions. Although those villains have no evil intentions, I know their actions. Sigh... I am ashamed of myself!"

"Why are you sighing? Mr. Zikun left behind a brilliant plan that will surely bury those cunning little rats in Lishui..."

Listening to the discussion, Jia Xu's mood became more complicated. This was Jia Xu's analysis of the anti-Wu coalition's movements based on the information provided by the Jinyi Division, combined with the terrain and rivers of Jiangdong, as well as the influence of various aspects.

This made Jia Xu feel like Li Ji was going out to play, and he had to stay at home to help him prepare for marriage...

"Cough cough..."

Jia Xu, who couldn't bear to listen any longer, coughed lightly a few times, and then spoke seriously.

"It seems that everyone has no objection, so next I will issue orders on behalf of Zikun."

The display of the county magistrate's seal, coupled with the clear analysis of the situation, undoubtedly made everyone convinced of Jia Xu.

Immediately, everyone responded almost in unison.

"I am willing to follow Mr. Zikun's orders."

Jia Xu's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and then he said, "Immediately recruit soldiers from all counties to go to Yangxian, and in addition, half of the garrison soldiers in each city will also be transferred..."

"Xu Sheng will go to Yangxian to serve as the commander-in-chief and lead the soldiers..."

"The navy and cavalry will be handed over to Gan Ning..."

Immediately, Jia Xu, who already had a strategy in mind, began to deploy troops.

Although this deployment of troops was a little strange, with Li Ji's seal present, no one expressed any objection and they all obeyed the order and made preparations.

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At the same time, the troops from Jiujiang, Lujiang, Yuzhang and Danyang counties, just as Jia Xu had expected, quickly converged towards Liyang from all directions along the well-developed water network unique to Jiangdong.

The governors of these four counties led their trusted men to Liyang first to discuss the important matters of the alliance.

Although the Yangzhou families made great efforts in this "anti-Wu alliance" by providing manpower and food, the main force was undoubtedly the governors of the four counties.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the aristocratic families to threaten Wujun with just a few loyal warriors, retainers and servants.

Among the four county governors, Danyang Governor Zhou Xin and Jiujiang Governor Zhou Ang were brothers. They were from the Zhou family of Kuaiji and had a deep blood feud with Liu Bei.

After secretly taking control of Kuaiji County, Li Ji instructed Jia Xu to use Guo Yi to clean up and suppress the aristocratic families in Kuaiji County who exploited the people, in preparation for Liu Bei's subsequent open and aboveboard takeover of Kuaiji County.

The Zhou family of Kuaiji was one of the targets of the purge.

And because he was using Guo Yi's name, Jia Xu showed almost no mercy and directly cleansed the Zhou family of Kuaiji.

Only the brothers Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang escaped the disaster because they were studying abroad.

By the time Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang learned the news, they were the only two left in the once prosperous Kuaiji Zhou family.

Zhou Xin originally thought that the death of his entire family was just an accident, until he unexpectedly met Xu You...

When Zhou Xin was young, he traveled to Luoyang and studied under Chen Fan. He was friends with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others, and naturally knew Xu You as well.

It was also from Xu You that Zhou Xin learned that Kuaiji County had actually fallen into Liu Bei's hands.

In this case, how could Zhou Xin not understand that the truth was hidden behind the seemingly accidental war disaster where his entire family was killed. (End of this chapter)