Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Zhou Yu was slightly startled by the sergeant's polite attitude.

It should be noted that with the coming of troubled times, order collapsed, and even the imperial palace could be treated as if it were his own living room, and Dong Zhuo could do whatever he wanted with it, so the situation in the local areas was naturally even worse.

“Thieves come like a comb, soldiers come like a rake, officials come like a razor” almost perfectly summarizes the current phenomenon in the local area.

Not to mention whether they are bandits or soldiers, it is rare for them to do no harm to the civilians.

Know the subtleties!

Even the sergeant was like this, which shows that the discipline of the Wujun army must be very strict.

This made Zhou Yu more confident about his purpose, and he bowed slightly to the sergeant in front of him.

"I am Zhou Yu of Lujiang. I am not here to board a ship, but I wish to see the general who is leading the army. I have something to present to the general, so please let me know."

Upon hearing this, the sergeant's originally relaxed attitude became serious. He looked at Zhou Yu carefully, and after confirming that the young scholar in front of him was not joking, he answered.

"Please wait a moment."

Immediately, the sergeant gave a few instructions to a soldier beside him and asked the soldier to return to the rear to pass on the message. The sergeant continued to lead the rest of the soldiers to guard in front of Zhou Yu.

After waiting for nearly an incense stick of time, a soldier finally came back and whispered something in the sergeant's ear.

The sergeant nodded and spoke.

"My General Sun has agreed. Please follow me."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu strode after the sergeant and walked towards the interior of Xiang'anjin.

This was naturally not Zhou Yu's first time to come to Xiang'anjin, and he was quite familiar with the interior of Xiang'anjin.

After entering Xiang'anjin, Zhou Yu followed the sergeant closely while glancing at the soldiers around him out of the corner of his eye.

Most of them are brave and brave men!

Elite! !
Soon, Zhou Yu came to his own conclusion.

Looking at the navy along the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu had never seen a navy that was more elite. Even in the already controlled Xiang'anjin, the soldiers were quite disciplined and orderly when patrolling.

But compared with Zhou Yu's calmness, the servant boy following behind him could be described as trembling.

Looking at the strong soldiers, the servant boy was so scared that his face turned pale as if he had been dead for three days. He was afraid that one of the soldiers would draw his sword and chop his neck.

It was because of the desire to survive that the servant forced himself to follow Zhou Yu closely.

However, what surprised Zhou Yu was that the general leading this elite navy did not choose a house to live in as a temporary residence.

Instead, various account books and bamboo slips were moved out from the Xiang'anjin treasury and piled up in an open space. The general was personally supervising several minor officials to do some counting.

More importantly, Zhou Yu was surprised by the general's youth. He looked to be about the same age as Zhou Yu, but he could actually lead an army on his own.

Just as Zhou Yu approached a certain distance, the guards on both sides were about to step forward to check whether Zhou Yu had any hidden weapons.

Sun Ce noticed this scene and waved his hand, speaking impatiently.

"Alright, how can a weak scholar hurt me? Let him in, but forget about the quail behind him, it's just an eyesore."

After hearing these words, the book boy's face turned even paler, for he was afraid that Sun Ce would just say this and have him dragged away and killed.

On the contrary, Zhou Yu still walked calmly past the guards and came in front of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce glanced up and down, then spoke with a look of approval.

"Not bad, I didn't expect there would be such a person in the Lujiang family, it's worth meeting him..."

"Tell me, what's the matter with you seeking to see me?"

Zhou Yu first saluted Sun Ce slowly, then spoke. "I came here to relieve the general's worries."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, looked at the young scholar in front of him who looked and had a temperament similar to his teacher from five or six years ago, and became more interested, and said.

"Interesting, I don't know what I'm worried about yet."

Zhou Yu replied, "Since the general has appeared here, it is expected that the allied forces against Wu have been defeated, and it must be a disastrous defeat."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce looked a little more serious.

Sun Ce naturally had full confidence in the battle situation in Yangxian, but in fact Sun Ce had not had time to learn the relevant information yet.

Therefore, Sun Ce was undoubtedly both curious and confused about Zhou Yu's assertion.

"How did you know?" Sun Ce asked.

"From the very beginning, there was absolutely no chance of success for the allied forces against Wu." Zhou Yu said calmly, and then added.

"'National Scholar' Li Ji is not an incompetent person. It is impossible that he is not aware of the possible dangers in Wu County. However, the National Scholar still supports Liu Fujun to lead a large number of elite troops to fight against Dong Zhuo in a fair and just manner. How could there not be a trick?"

As the saying goes: When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.

For a wise man like Zhou Yu, he would never attribute abnormal things to the other party's omission or carelessness, not to mention that that person was a world-famous state hero.

Even though it was Liu Bei's decision to send all the elite troops of Wujun to attack Dong Zhuo, it was difficult for Li Ji to disobey.

But according to common sense, Li Ji would definitely find ways to secretly transfer troops to maintain the appearance that Wujun had sufficient manpower, rather than leading his troops away in such a high-profile manner, revealing Wujun's weakness.

As long as we consider this point, there will be too many suspicious aspects in Wujun’s subsequent actions.

Therefore, Zhou Yu understood almost from the beginning that the so-called "alliance against Wu" was a trap secretly promoted by Wujun in order to solve at one time the obstacles that the Jiangdong aristocratic families might cause to Liu Bei's dominance in Jiangdong.

Sun Ce asked with a playful look. "If that's the case, then you didn't try to persuade or remind the other Jiangdong noble families?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "People only believe what they want to believe and what the public believes, not the truth."

Some things are just like mathematics. If you know it, you know it, and if you can see through it, you can see through it.

Perhaps no matter what kind of scam it is, there will always be smart people who can see through it, but being able to see through it does not mean that it can be prevented, otherwise there would not be so many large scams that continue to succeed.

Furthermore, Zhou Yu’s family had only moved back to Lujiang for less than a year, and Zhou Yu himself was just a teenager who had not yet reached adulthood. How could he convince the old guys in the aristocratic families who valued seniority and relied on their age to bully others?
After a pause, Zhou Yu continued, "Since this was a trap set by a national hero himself, the defeat of the allied forces against Wu was not surprising."

"However, I thought the allied forces against Wu could hold out for a few more days, but I didn't expect the general to arrive in Lujiang County today. It must have been hard for them to hold the grand meeting and march."

When he said this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This time, the so-called anti-Wu alliance and the Jiangdong aristocratic families were played around with from beginning to end. In the eyes of the world or in history books, they were bound to become the object of ridicule by others.

An army of more than 100,000!

Even though those armies were just a bunch of ragtag groups, they were defeated in such a short time...

More importantly, yesterday Zhou Yu had learned through the clan's information channels that the anti-Dong coalition forces had already broken through Hulao Pass.

One victory, one defeat, one righteousness, one meanness...

It further highlights that it is undoubtedly a joke to attack Wu's allied forces and Jiangdong's noble families!
As a member of the Jiangdong family, Zhou Yu could be said to feel quite ashamed.

Even if there were hundreds of thousands of pigs, it shouldn't have failed completely in such a short time.

Compared with Zhou Yu's sigh and sorrow, Sun Ce's eyes lit up slightly. He felt a little more impressed with the young scholar in front of him and felt quite lucky.

If it was Zhou Yu of Lujiang who was commanding the allied forces against Wu, it might really cause great trouble to Wu County.

However, Sun Ce remained calm on the surface and said.

"Since you also know that Wujun won a great victory, then why should I worry? Isn't it just alarmist talk?"

Zhou Yu continued to answer calmly. "Winning the battlefield is only one of the goals. Wujun's goal must be to swallow up the four counties of Yangzhou and then dominate Jiangdong..."

"And it is by no means that all Jiangdong noble families have participated in the anti-Wu alliance, and the state scholar has induced the Jiangdong noble families to rebel, just to have a reason to force the Jiangdong noble families to surrender."

"So how to use both kindness and severity, how to accurately select the Jiangdong families that have not participated and support them, how to accurately punish and strike the families that participated in the allied forces, so that there will be no more rebellion in Jiangdong, this is what the general is worried about."

Sun Ce heard this and continued, "So you have a brilliant plan?"

Immediately, Zhou Yu took out a bamboo slip from his wide sleeves and handed it to Sun Ce, then spoke.

"I secretly sent servants and retainers to investigate the general situation of the money and food supplies that the various noble families in Lujiang County provided to the allied forces to fight against Wu. With this bamboo slip, it will be easy for the general to show his kindness and power."

Sun Ce took the bamboo slips and opened them to read. On them were detailed records of the money, grain and supplies sent to Liyang by the noble families of Lujiang County.

Of course, even though they were all Lujiang families, the other families did not deliberately guard against the Zhou family, but it was impossible for the Zhou family to know the exact number to the point of how many dou, and the recorded money, grain and supplies could only be calculated by cart.

After Sun Ce flipped through the book at a glance, he took out another roll of bamboo slips from his arms under Zhou Yu's gaze, and then spread out the two rolls for comparison.

This scene caused Zhou Yu's usually calm expression to change slightly.

The Zhou family was able to clearly detect the movements of the Lujiang family because they were the most prestigious family in Lujiang. But did Sun Ce have another scroll in his hands?
"Could it be that... someone kneels and throws faster than me?"

This thought flashed through Zhou Yu's mind subconsciously, and then he immediately extinguished it.

Apart from this slim possibility, the only remaining answer is that Wu Jun may have already placed spies in various families many years ago.

Zhou Yu, who had only moved back to Lujiang about a year ago, really did not realize this.

So... the Jiangdong family has always been jumping around under the other party's nose? (End of this chapter)