Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji had anticipated that there would be a great victory in Wujun, but he never expected that Liu Bei would say such an abrupt statement.

Immediately, Li Ji, with a strange look on his face, took the bamboo slips of the military report, opened it and read it carefully.

This military report was sent from the Wujun government office, written by Jian Yong himself, and then sent by fast boats and fast horses day and night, detailing the results of the great victory.

They lured the enemy, tired the enemy, and confused the enemy, and then used a huge fire to completely secure the victory. The number of prisoners alone was nearly 90,000.

When seeing such an astonishing number of prisoners, Li Ji's eyes couldn't help but twitch.

The advantage of using the city as a pot and cooking over a high fire is obvious, that is, the entire anti-Wu coalition force will be in the pot without a single one escaping.

Moreover, if Li Ji had not used the "military household system" to hide soldiers among the people, allowing Jia Xu to gather 50,000 military household soldiers in a short period of time, it is possible that given Jia Xu's character, he would not have taken any prisoners.

"When it comes to strangeness, Jia Xu is no less than anyone else; when it comes to poison... he is the best in the world..."

Li Ji sighed secretly.

What made Li Ji a little speechless was that Jia Xu took all the credit for Li Ji before and after the event, claiming that it was a brilliant plan left by Li Ji.

Jia Xu even pretended to take out a brocade bag, which contained a piece of cloth written in Li Ji's handwriting.

Li Ji naturally did not think that Jia Xu's act of giving up the credit was a selfless act.

Jia Xu's character is not one that can ever be described as selfless. In fact, it is probably because Jia Xu knows very well that if he wants to use strange tactics frequently, he needs to hide in the dark and make people despise him as much as possible.

There is no need to explain the charm of ingenious plans. They can defeat the majority with the few and the strong with the weak, creating one miracle after another.

However, the prerequisite for any clever plan is that the enemy has a considerable degree of contempt and is not on guard carefully.

"Caution", these two words alone are enough to make more than 90% of the clever plans fail.

Just like in the original plot, when Zhuge Liang first started out he often used strange tactics to defeat the strong with the weak. But after Zhuge Liang became famous and held the position of Prime Minister, his strange tactics became less and less.

This is not because Zhuge Liang's ability has declined, but because of his great reputation, all the generals who are hostile to Zhuge Liang will be cautious in their actions, and naturally most of his clever plans will not be effective.

The dilemma that Li Ji is facing now is the same. If Li Ji were to be in charge of Yangxian, even if Li Ji was willing to risk his life, pretending to be crazy or stupid, or even pretending to be dead, the anti-Wu coalition forces would never dare to be careless.

Therefore, it is probably because Jia Xu saw such a predicament in Li Ji that he deliberately pushed the credit to Li Ji.

Of course, perhaps there is also some part of Jia Xu's desire to cherish his life. The more people cherish their lives, the less they like to be famous.

Li Ji did not deliberately expose Jia Xu's thoughts, and Jia Xu's style was quite biased. He was only good at strange and vicious schemes. Putting Jia Xu completely under the sun and letting everyone study him with a magnifying glass would undoubtedly be a great weakening of Jia Xu.

When Li Ji saw the end of the military report, it said that all the naval forces of Wujun and Kuaiji counties had been dispatched to control Lujiang and other counties first, and there was also a name that surprised Li Ji.

Lujiang Zhou Yu.

Naturally, Li Ji has always been concerned about Zhou Yu.

Although the Lujiang Zhou family might not be considered a top-tier family in the entire Han Dynasty, at least they had produced two short-term officials who served as the Three Dukes within three generations. This kind of family was undoubtedly the top-tier family in Jiangdong.

Moreover, the attitude of the Lujiang Zhou family towards Wujun has never been friendly. So even though Li Ji learned half a year ago that Zhou Yu had moved back to Lujiang with his family, he had no intention of contacting him rashly.

After all, with Li Ji's current influence in Yangzhou, his every move will be watched by countless people. If he rashly shows excessive attention to the now unknown Zhou Yu, it is likely to trigger a series of unnecessary interferences and affect the overall situation.

Therefore, Li Ji's original intention was to control the entire Yangzhou. After the Lujiang Zhou family became completely minced meat on the chopping board, there were plenty of ways to bring Zhou Yu under his command.

'You have a good understanding of the situation and know that the fate of Jiangdong is in Wujun. So after learning about Ce'er's identity, you choose to join Ce'er directly?'

With Li Ji's current position, he can clearly see the reason why Zhou Yu made such a choice.

The allied forces fighting against Wu were defeated, and Liu Bei's becoming the overlord of Jiangdong was just around the corner. There was no real obstacle in the entire Yangzhou. Even at this moment, no Jiangdong family would dare to jump out and shout: I object.

What's more, no one knows how many people from aristocratic families were captured in the battle of Yangxian, and Wujun has obtained countless evidence that can be used to control the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

In this situation, the Jiangdong family had only three choices: either to get out of Yangzhou in a hurry, or to kneel down and kowtow, or to be beheaded while kneeling.

Zhou Yu's early surrender and the fact that Sun Ce was Li Ji's official disciple meant that his status was already quite transcendent.

With Sun Ce's protection, Zhou Yu was able to protect the Jiangdong family and barely stand up...

"In that case, let's set an example for the Jiangdong family."

After some deep thought, Li Ji subconsciously picked up a brush from the table and circled the two words "Zhou Yu" on the military newspaper. Then he subconsciously picked up a blank bamboo slip and started writing...

Li Ji suddenly realized that Liu Bei was still sitting in front of him, and quickly put down his brush and apologized. "I was lost in thought for a moment, and neglected the lord. Please forgive me, lord."

"What crime has Zikun committed?"

At this moment, the excitement and joy on Liu Bei's face disappeared, and then he sighed.

Seeing this, Li Ji asked.

"Why is the lord sighing? Could it be that Ji has disappointed the lord?"

"No."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I sighed because of Zikun, but it was not because of disappointment, but because of deep emotion."

"In the past, I have always only seen that Zikun can govern the country and ensure the people's well-being; and that he can make plans and win battles thousands of miles away. But I have overlooked that this is not something that was achieved by luck, but is the result of Zikun's hard work day and night."

Li Ji replied modestly, "My lord, you are too kind."

Perhaps at the beginning, Li Ji was naturally a little tired because he had to suddenly take charge of all aspects of his governance.

But after so many years, Li Ji has openly and secretly recruited a large number of talents to help share the work, and now Li Ji does not actually feel that he is very busy. He can even maintain two hours of reading time every day.

For example, Li Ji has almost completely handed over all the tedious tasks in the army to Guo Jia to handle. Every day, Li Ji only needs to spend a few glances at the summary made by Guo Jia. (End of this chapter)