Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 42 is aimed at common sense (please subscribe)

Even Zhang Liang, who was quite self-aware, knew very well that even he was only mediocre in the art of war and strategy.

'What a shame, looking at the millions of people on our Taiping Road, none of them can conquer anyone who is good at fighting. '

Zhang Liang felt gloomy, but he was helpless.

Nowadays, the Taiping Dao Uprising can be said to be frustrated at every turn, making Zhang Liang toss and turn and unable to sleep at night.

Therefore, when he vaguely heard the cry of killing coming from the outside world, he quickly got up and came to the meeting hall.

Zhang Liang calmed down and no longer waited for the other Yellow Turban generals to arrive, and spoke directly.

"Has Guan Hai arrived?"

Among the crowd, a man with the most burly physique came out and responded.

"General, I am here."

Zhang Liang said anxiously. "Guan Hai, take my order and quickly mobilize five hundred yellow turban warriors and three thousand Taoists to go to the granary to kill the enemies, and be sure to put out the fire as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Guan Hai didn't waste any time. He took the Taiping Taoist flag handed over by Zhang Liang and hurriedly headed out the door.

Immediately, Zhang Liang looked at the other four generals who had arrived and continued to order.

"Xu He, Sima Ju, Wu Ba, Chen Bai, each of you will lead five thousand Taoists to quickly support the north and south gates."

These four people also stepped forward to take Zhang Liang's command flag and quickly went down to gather the congregation.

Zhang Liang, on the other hand, continued to sit in the meeting hall of the government office, lowering his head and pondering whether there were any flaws, hesitating, and anxiously waiting for the message to be sent.

Soon, as the other Yellow Turban generals rushed to the meeting hall quickly or slowly, Zhang Liang suddenly thought of something and ordered.

"Bian Xi, please quickly gather three thousand Taoists, patrol the city, and shout for peace and justice to appease the hearts of the believers."

"Yes."

Bian Xi quickly took over the command flag and immediately went down to gather the Taoists.

Seeing this, Chu Yan, who was among the crowd, couldn't help but remind him.

"General, although the sounds of attacking the city and shouting for death can be heard from the north and south sides, we must also be on guard in the east and west directions. We should order to strengthen the alert."

Hearing this, Zhang Liang thought for a few breaths, then nodded and said.

"What you said is absolutely true, then..."

At this moment, a yellow turban warrior shouted outside the meeting hall.

"Report."

"Come in quickly." Zhang Liang said quickly.

The yellow scarf warrior said urgently.

"General Ren Gong is here. General Guan Hai has killed all the enemies who attacked the granary. Now a large number of people have been organized to put out the fire. The fire has been controlled in time and the loss is not big."

"good!"

Zhang Liang's face suddenly lit up with joy.

In Julu City, the granary is particularly important. It not only involves the satiety problem of the large number of Taiping Taoists throughout Julu City, but is also responsible for the supply of food and grass to Guangzong.

Then, good news came one after another from the north and south city gates, both of which had repelled the incoming enemies one after another.

Only at this moment did Zhang Liang relax and wait for generals such as Guan Hai, Xu He, and Sima Ju to return one after another.

Zhang Liang rewarded each one without hesitation, and then he started asking.

"General Renggong, about fifty enemies who attacked the granary have been killed. Even though we have put out the fire with all our strength, the loss of grain and grass is still as high as 10,000 tons." Guan Hai cupped his hand and said truthfully.

"It's just a small thing."

Zhang Liang waved his hand disapprovingly, not caring about this slight loss.

For today's giant deer, the most indispensable thing is food and grass.

Not only because they robbed a large number of common people, but more importantly, they harvested a large number of local wealthy families, and even the bone marrow was harvested.

And unlike those poor farmers, almost all wealthy families have a common characteristic - "tuntun rats", hoarding a lot of money and food at home.

This is why in prosperous times, it is difficult to raise an army of one million even with all the strength of the country, but in times of trouble, many princes can easily raise hundreds of thousands of troops.

Because military expenditures in the prosperous times were provided by taxes paid by the people at the bottom.

And if the national tax limit is set to one hundred, tax-exempt groups such as aristocratic families often take half of it, and corrupt officials take another 20%. 10% is needed to maintain the operation of the court, and 10% is used as expenses for the emperor's relatives. Only 10% was left for the court to use.

In troubled times, it is natural for the winner to take all.

Not to mention the money and food hoarded by the aristocratic families, the original boss Cao even did not forget to collect the burial objects of the aristocratic families buried underground as military expenses.

(PS: Here, let’s just talk about one statistic: During the Warring States Period, when productivity was lower than that of the Han Dynasty, Zhao State was tricked and killed 40 soldiers in one go. You can imagine how exaggerated it would be to raise troops to the maximum limit.

In comparison, Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty was really a pitiful man. He asked hundreds of officials for rewards for a small amount of military pay, but the officials refused to reward him...)
  Nowadays, all the money and food stored by a large number of wealthy families can be said to be cheap at Taiping Road, and Zhang Jiao has transported them all to Julu for storage.

Therefore, for today's Taiping Road, what is lacking is not money and food, but how to transport food and grass.

Immediately, Zhang Liang looked at Xu He and Sima Ju who were heading to the south gate.

Sima Ju thought for a while, grinned, showing a pair of big yellow teeth, and said.

"General, Lao Xu and I had a bloody fight at the south gate. We killed... that... it was dark... I chopped off the brains of one of them, sprinkled some salt on it and drank it..." "Okay That’s it.”

Zhang Liang frowned, looked at Sima Ju's posture with his hair not messed up, and asked directly. "What I want to know is how many of the attacking Han troops there are?"

Sima Ju hesitated for a moment and said. "Well, I estimated it to be at least five thousand."

Zhang Liang nodded and looked at Wu Ba and Chen Bai who were heading to the north gate.

Wu Ba and Chen Bai looked at each other, and then Chen Bai spoke loudly. "The Han army attacking the north gate numbered at least eight thousand!"

When Sima Ju heard this, his eyes widened and he added urgently.

"General, I was wrong when I said it. It's not just five thousand, but at least ten thousand."

Chen Bai heard this and continued. "I have re-estimated that the Han army at the north gate is probably 10,000."

"twelve thousand!"

"Thirteen thousand!"

"You fart, don't think I don't know that you just want to take credit in front of the general and exaggerate."

"Your whole family farts, but your little eyes are blind. You can't even aim at the girl's door. How many people can you count?"

"Who's wrong? You raise your fucking ass for me, and see if I can't be right."

"come!"

"Come just come..."

Seeing that a group of yellow turban generals headed by Sima Ju and Chen Bai were about to show their swords and draw blood, Zhang Liang slapped the table hard and shouted.

"You are so vulgar, shut up!"

"Yes, General Renggong." The yellow scarf generals below quickly admitted their mistake in a low voice.

Zhang Liang sighed and felt a headache.

That is to say, these Yellow Turban generals have a firm belief in Taiping Dao and are all brave men. Otherwise, Zhang Liang would have sent these people to serve Huang Tian immediately.

From the dispute between these generals just now, Zhang Liang understood one thing clearly, that is, they could not see clearly how many people there were.

'However, the five thousand people Sima Ju said at the beginning should be relatively reliable...'

Zhang Liang frowned and fell into thinking.

However, if there were five thousand Han troops attacking from the south and the north, where did these ten thousand Han troops come from?

Since there are spies in the city who have gathered to attack the granary and set fire to it, are there also more spies lurking and waiting for the opportunity? Could their target be me?
  Or, could there be any general who secretly communicated with the Han army? Otherwise, how could the Han army attack the granary so accurately?

Thoughts that frightened Zhang Liang appeared in his mind one by one, and his brows became more and more wrinkled and hesitant.

……

Outside Julu City, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led less than 3,000 people. After the fire in the city weakened, they quickly retreated ten miles to set up camp.

Moreover, the camps, flags, etc. set up were all built according to the standard of five thousand soldiers.

During the whole process, the four gates of Julu City were tightly closed. Not to mention the pursuit out of the city, even the spies were not released.

This made Liu Bei, who was south of Julu, worried all night. It was not until the camp was completely established that he reluctantly felt relieved.

After all, there were only over 2,000 people, and they had rushed all the way from Gaoyi to Julu and pretended to be attacking the city for a long time.

If the Yellow Turbans send people to invade before the foothold is stable and the camp is not established, then the weakness of Liu Bei's troops will immediately be exposed.

Li Ji, who also accompanied Liu Bei throughout the whole process, asked relaxedly while studying the military book. "Brother Xuande, can you rest in peace?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei walked to Li Ji and asked, still a little confused. "How does Zikun conclude that the Yellow Turban thieves will not dare to leave the city to pursue them?"

"If Xuande were to defend the city, he would not dare to leave the city rashly. This is common sense."

Li Ji replied.

When Liu Bei heard this, he changed places and thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood.

If the granary of the city guarded by Liu Bei was suddenly attacked and set on fire, and if two sides of the city took the opportunity to be attacked by the enemy at night, he would undoubtedly choose to defend the city and not dare to move lightly, so as not to fall into the trap.

This is like everyone laughing at Boss Cao for being borrowed by Zhuge Liang, but Boss Cao's choice is undoubtedly the safest at the moment.

In a sense, what this move is aimed at is a normal and reasonable reaction by the enemy.

If this strategy is used to deal with Zhang Fei, it will most likely be in vain, but if used to deal with normal people, it is just right.

"Bei, you have learned a lesson." Liu Bei said with admiration.

"Brother Xuande, have a good rest and let Yide follow the plan tomorrow."

Li Ji put away the bamboo slips he was looking at and calmly returned to the tent arranged by Liu Bei to rest. There was no trace of worry on his calm back.

This made Liu Bei's heart calm down unconsciously, and he became less worried about Li Ji's follow-up plan, which was so unconstrained.

……

The next morning.

A roar like thunder sounded in the direction of the south gate of Julu City.

"Ah ha ha ha, your Grandpa Zhang is here! Yellow turban villain, come out and die!!!"

(End of this chapter)