Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 4: Will the plan come out?

In later generations, when the words "I swear on my integrity" are spoken, everyone will only burst into cheerful laughter.

And in today's era, Li Ji's self-certification that he has staked his integrity in a sense will undoubtedly gain his credibility!
  At least, before the "Oath of Luoshui" appeared, this kind of self-certification of gambling on one's integrity was even more convincing than gambling on one's life.

"On the 10th, brother, what should I do?"

Zhang Fei, who had no idea for a moment, subconsciously looked towards Liu Bei, whom he trusted the most. Liu Bei looked at Li Ji with burning eyes and bowed.

"Zikun, please save the people of Zhuo County. I am very grateful."

Hearing this, Li Ji said helplessly. "Ji is just a white-blooded scholar. Even if he has the intention to kill thieves, his strength is extremely weak. How can he be saved?"

"Bei and his foster brothers Yunchang and Yide are forming a rebel army. Now there are five hundred of them who can help." Liu Bei said continuously.

"five hundred?"

Li Ji's eyes lit up, and the way he looked at Liu Bei seemed to have changed, and he asked.

"It turns out that Brother Xuande has long been determined to save and protect the people, and he has already taken the lead in forming a rebel army. I admire him."

Liu Bei tried not to raise the corners of his mouth and said humbly.

"Now that we have Zikun's early warning, we will quickly join up with the county guards and mobilize all the troops in Zhuo County. We may not be invincible."

Li Ji pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said.

"And as far as I know, Zhuojun will have few soldiers, and the number of soldiers in the county is only ten thousand. Even if a large number of rebels join as a viable force, there is still a fatal problem."

"What's the problem?" Liu Bei asked.

Li Ji raised his head, looked at Liu Bei and said slowly.

"The person in charge of the military affairs of Zhuo County now is Polu Colonel Zou Jing. He is a good vanguard, but he has no talent as a general. Furthermore, Liu Yan, the prefect of Zhuo County, has been frightened by the Yellow Turban bandits, so he probably only wants to occupy the city. Hold on tight."

"The Yellow Turban thieves are not good at attacking the city. The people in the city may survive, but a large number of people outside the city will surely suffer the Yellow Turban disaster."

As soon as he said these words, Liu Bei felt that the hairs all over his body stood up, as if he had vaguely seen the overwhelming yellow turban thieves crossing the border like locusts, engulfing the entire Zhuo County, and even spreading to the entire Youzhou territory.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the prefect Liu Yan, as long as the city is not destroyed, then there is no need to worry about punishment from the court.

But Liu Bei, who also lives at the bottom of this era, knows better that once a large number of people living outside the city are robbed by the Yellow Turban bandits, they will either starve and become refugees, or they will have no choice but to join the Yellow Turban and assimilate into them. part of.

The people at the bottom are suffering too much and it is too difficult!

Even if you bury your head in the fields all day long, you have to pray for good weather to ensure that you have enough food to survive in the coming year and cannot bear the slightest impact.

At this moment, a cold and arrogant voice came from outside the house. Guan Yu, with a face as heavy as a jujube and a long beard like a waterfall under his chin, stepped in and asked.

"Liu Yanke, the governor of Zhuo County, is also a member of the Han clan. How can you say that he is scared out of his wits?"

Seeing Guan Yu's arrival, Li Ji's heart was shaken subconsciously, for fear that Guan Yu would say, "Have you read the Spring and Autumn Annals?"

However, Li Ji remained calm on the surface and said casually.

"Looking at the thirteen states and one hundred and four counties of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid that Liu Yan was the only prefect who heard the arrival of traitors and hurriedly issued a notice calling for civilian rebels to respond. This shows that he has lost his sense of proportion."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Guanzhang was immediately speechless.

Before, Liu Guanzhang had not understood the outrageousness of Liu Yan's article, but now he suddenly realized it.

The Yellow Turban thieves are essentially just rebels, but Liu Yan is now placing his hopes on another group of rebels, which can be said to be incompetent.

More importantly, Liu Yan's announcement gave these rebels legality and rationality, making it extremely easy to create a situation of separatist rule.

Therefore, in Li Ji's opinion, Liu Yan is either stupid or bad!
  From the perspective of the Han Dynasty, whether it was the rebel list issued by Liu Yan or the state pastoral system proposed later, for the sunset of the Han Dynasty, the damage caused was no less than the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Of course, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty who is truly recognized by the imperial court, Liu Yan has an excellent reputation and is highly respected by the world. Therefore, Li Ji did not fully express his evaluation. He only meant that Liu Yan had lost his sense of proportion and inferred that Liu Yan had lost his sense of proportion. Yan's follow-up plan to deal with the Yellow Turbans.

But even so, in a few words, Li Ji completely analyzed the originally hazy situation with great clarity in front of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who only had passion.

"Oh!"

Zhang Fei punched the wall angrily and said angrily.

"That bird man is also considered a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He is so cowardly and unintelligent. He is timid before fighting. How can he just let the yellow turban thieves cause trouble to the land of Yan?"

"Third brother, the Yellow Turbans are powerful, and the governor may be just looking out for the overall situation."

Liu Bei said this, but his clenched fists and tense cheeks were enough to show that Liu Bei's heart was far from as calm as he appeared on the surface.

For Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, Zhuojun was their hometown, and those who were about to suffer the disaster were their fellow villagers.

Now, Liu Yan wanted to treat a large number of villagers and elders as abandoned sons. How could he not make Liu Bei and Zhang Fei angry?

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Guan Yu said reluctantly as he twirled his long beard.

"Brother, no, I can't just watch the people suffer. If the Liu Yaniao people really intend to hold on, I will go out of the city to fight to the death with the Yellow Turban thieves."

Zhang Fei said angrily.

"Third brother, Guan will go with you." Guan Yu also responded in a deep voice.

"Second brother, third brother, soldiers, major events of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival and death, must be observed. You should make plans before taking action. How can you act with only a heart of blood and courage?"

Liu Bei, who also had a face as deep as water, scolded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for their actions, and then said.

"And it is not yet at the point where we need to put ourselves to death and survive. There are still ten days left, and there is no guarantee that there will be a turn for the better."

"Brother, what other opportunities can there be? To persuade Liu Yan, the birdman, to take the initiative to resist the Yellow Turbans? Or should we arrange for the people outside the city to take refuge in the city as soon as possible?" Zhang Fei asked rhetorically.

This sentence undoubtedly silenced Liu Bei.

Even though Liu Bei claimed to be a member of the Han clan, he had no previous contact with the prefect Liu Yan, otherwise he would not have been reduced to selling straw sandals for a living.

As for arranging the evacuation of people outside the city, let alone whether those people are willing to give up all their belongings with just a few words.

What's more important is that the space in the city is limited, and in order to avoid mixing in the Yellow Turbans, Liu Yan will never let the people into the city.

For a time, Liu Bei's heart gradually sank unconsciously, and he felt helpless at the difference between ideals and reality. It was obvious that the brothers formed a rebellion to protect the people of Zhuojun.

Now, we can only give up a large number of people outside the city?
  "It's not like there is no turning point."

Suddenly, a calm voice came to the ears of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and then they quickly looked towards Li Ji, who was standing by the window and looking into the distance, as if he had the pearl of wisdom in his hand.

"Zikun, what's the plan?" Liu Bei asked anxiously.

"Is there any charcoal?" Li Ji asked.

Liu Bei was startled, then looked towards Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei understood the situation and left in a hurry. When he came back, he directly put a large amount of charcoal in front of Li Ji and prepared to light a fire for Li Ji. ? ? !

Li Ji.

Zhang Fei's somewhat silly behavior made Li Ji burst into laughter. Then he stopped Zhang Fei's behavior, picked up a piece of charcoal, and started painting on the wall behind him.

Soon, under Li Ji's paintings, mountains and rivers gradually appeared in front of Liu Guanzhang.

"Brother, what is he doing? The Yellow Turban Thief is coming, but he is still painting?"

Listening to Zhang Fei's muttering, Liu Bei looked at the mountains and rivers painted on the wall, his eyes lit up unconsciously, and he said in shock.

"Topographic map! This is the topographic map of the entire Zhuo County!"

As soon as he said this, Guan Yu's squinted Danfeng eyes widened a little unconsciously.

For wars in this era, the importance of topographic maps is self-evident, which is enough for one party to firmly occupy the initiative in the "right time, right place and right people".

In Liu Bei's eyes, the most astonishing thing was that Li Ji actually drew the topographic map of the entire Zhuo County out of thin air.

But what Liu Bei didn't know was that Li Ji had been preparing for this moment for two and a half years, walking around the huge Zhuojun with his feet.

More importantly, Li Ji was once an art student!

Do you understand the value of a failed art student who loves history? Hand-drawn topographic maps are of course a no-brainer.

At this moment, not to mention whether the rest of Li Ji's inferences were correct, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were completely impressed by this move alone, and the eyes they looked at Li Ji were truly more respectful.

In less than a moment, a topographic map including the entire Zhuo County was painted on the wall by Li Ji with a stick of charcoal.

Li Ji threw away the half of charcoal left in his hand, turned his back to the terrain map behind him, looked at Liu Guan in front of him and opened his mouth.

"Before this, do the three of you know why the Yellow Turban thieves invaded Youzhou?"

This statement undoubtedly made Liu Guanzhang deep in thought, but he didn't know how to answer.

Li Ji continued to speak.

"The base camp of the Yellow Turban Bandits Zhangjiao is in Julu, Jizhou. To the north is Youzhou and to the west is Luoyang. However, the Yellow Turban Uprising's intention to directly attack Luoyang has obviously been frustrated, and it will inevitably be blocked by the imperial army."

"That's why Zhang Jiao sent a partial army to invade Youzhou. Firstly, it was to attract the attention of the imperial court. Secondly, he also planned to coerce more people in the unique way of the Yellow Turban Thieves and try to occupy Youzhou in a snowballing way. , and then rolled back to Jizhou, overwhelming the imperial army with sheer numbers."

This clear analysis undoubtedly made Liu Guanzhang suddenly realize it. In addition to understanding the current situation, he was even more amazed by Li Jina's ability to understand the general trend of the world while sitting in Zhuoxian County.

Immediately, Li Ji drew a circle on the southern part of the terrain map with his finger and said.

"According to Ji's deduction, the Yellow Turban thieves in this movie are probably within this range, and since their goal is to coerce more people to devour them, their route of travel will be..."

Li Ji's finger slowly drew a line on the topographic map, and the end point pointed directly at Zhuo County, which is located in Zhuo County.

"Mr. Zikun, how should we respond?"

At this moment, even the most arrogant Guan Yu unconsciously used the honorific title for Li Ji and asked.

"First, know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any fight. The Yellow Turban Thieves will take a large number of people with them as they march. Those people are not only the weapons and shields of the Yellow Turban Thief, but also consumables in the eyes of the Yellow Turban Thief. Therefore, it is particularly critical to confirm the location and quantity of the Yellow Turban Thief's headquarters."

After a pause, Li Ji asked. "I wonder how many horses you have in your hands now?"

"Mr. Zikun, twenty-two horses." Zhang Fei replied quickly.

Zhang Fei's honorific title made Li Ji pause for a moment, and then continued.

"In my humble opinion, Yide should find nineteen righteous men, one person and one horse, to serve as scouts and search for the Yellow Turban thieves along the route mentioned by Ji, so as to obtain detailed information on the Yellow Turban thieves as soon as possible."

"Mr. Zikun, leave this matter to me!" Zhang Fei responded, patting his chest.

"Second, recruit troops!"

Li Ji then spoke.

"Five hundred people! Too few! Not to mention that the number of Yellow Turban thieves often exceeds 10,000. More importantly, the number of rebels is too small. Why should Prefect Liu Yan pay attention to them?"

This statement actually made Liu Bei look embarrassed.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu were poor.

The only real rich man present was Zhang Fei.

But maintaining the five hundred rebels had already allowed Zhang Fei to sell off most of his family property.

If Zhang Fei wants to recruit more courage, even if Zhang Fei is willing to sell all his family property, it will probably be a drop in the bucket.

Liu Bei said helplessly and ashamed.

"Zikun, it's not that I didn't want to do this, it's just that now all the military resources are provided by my third brother. I've asked my third brother to spend all my resources to recruit more bravery, but it's really beyond my ability."

Not every army can achieve total annihilation without defeat based on faith and will alone.

money! grain!
  This is the most basic condition for maintaining this army. This is very realistic and the real reality.

"Brother Xuande, the cost of these five hundred people is based on how long they will last?" Li Ji asked.

"Half a year." Liu Bei replied.

Li Ji couldn't help feeling numb when he heard this.

The rich are really rich.

The money and food expenses to maintain five hundred people for half a year is not a small amount. Zhang Fei is worthy of being a wealthy family in Zhuoxian County.

However, when he thought about Boss Cao's challenge to Dong, he was funded by his father Cao Song and his friend Wei Zi, and easily pulled up 5,000 people, which made Li Ji feel the gap even more.

This is why in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, among the princes, Liu Bei was the only one who could be considered to have a grassroots background.

The gap in family wealth is too big!

Even if Zhang Fei spends all his family property, I am afraid that in the eyes of Boss Cao, it is just pocket money, let alone compared with Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and the third prince.

However, these thoughts only flashed through Li Ji's mind, and the indifferent smile returned to his face as he said.

"Brother Xuande, you have fallen into a misunderstanding. Why do you need to keep money and food for half a year? You only need to guarantee the expenses for ten days."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was startled for a moment, then suddenly reacted.

Indeed, if we are unable to win in ten days, no matter how much money or food we have, it will only be enough to support the enemy.

(End of this chapter)