Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

It should be noted that now that Liu Bei has made Madam Gan his principal wife, A Dou is the eldest son in the true sense.

If Liu Bei succeeds in his great cause and is fortunate enough to ascend the throne in the future, then Adou will naturally be the crown prince, and Li Ji will become a relative by marriage.

The status of foreign relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty is beyond doubt.

The three highest officials can be rotated five or six times a year, but the positions of the maternal relatives are often second only to the emperor for as long as ten years or even dozens of years.

Compared with other people, Li Ji was undoubtedly the relative Liu Bei trusted and trusted the most.

Therefore, Liu Bei thought of taking the opportunity to let Li Ji work harder in his spare time and give birth to a daughter to marry to Adou, which would not only consolidate Adou's position, but also further consolidate Li Ji's influence.

However, Li Ji's concerns were not unreasonable, and Liu Bei had to reconsider the issue carefully before speaking.

"Then it seems that I should work harder in my spare time, so that I can give birth to a daughter and marry her to Xiang'er."

Li Ji blinked and bowed.

"Thank you, my lord, for your grace."

Political marriage is not allowed for daughters, but it is not impossible for sons.

Immediately, just as Li Ji opened his mouth to explain to Liu Bei in further detail how to castrate the Yangzhou family, Liu Bei waved his hand and said.

"After so many days of marching, Zikun must have been exhausted. This matter is extremely complicated and I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain it in detail in a short time."

"So Zikun, go down and rest, and then proceed boldly. It won't be too late to report the details in writing later."

Li Ji did not force it, and just followed Liu Bei's wishes, retreated, and prepared to go and rest.

However, when Li Ji went to the room arranged for him to rest in the county government office, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had been waiting in front of the door for a long time.

Li Ji sighed slightly, and while Xu Chu, who looked alert, stood guard outside the door, he took Sun Ce and Zhou Yu into the room.

After entering the room and closing the door, Sun Ce knelt down in front of Li Ji and spoke with a tearful voice.

"Teacher, Ce'er wants to find a way to avenge his father!"

For Sun Ce at this moment, it was as if he had found someone to rely on and a backbone.

Sun Ce was only sixteen years old. When he was ten years old, he became Li Ji's disciple. He had been following Li Ji for six years, which occupied more than half of Sun Ce's life as far as he could remember.

Although he was called a teacher, in fact, in Sun Ce's eyes, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Li Ji was like a teacher and a father.

Relatively speaking, Sun Jian never returned to Wujun during these six years, and Sun Ce also hadn't seen Sun Jian for six years. The two sides only had regular correspondence.

Sun Ce's memory of Sun Jian had become almost vague, which made Sun Ce closer to Li Ji and trust him even more than Sun Jian.

But this does not change the fact that Sun Jian is Sun Ce's biological father.

As a son, with Sun Ce's strong character, how could he not avenge his biological father?
Therefore, after seeing the backbone of his heart, Sun Ce acted like a wronged child and told Li Ji how much he had been bullied.

But this made Zhou Yu, who followed Sun Ce in, feel a little embarrassed for a moment.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce became sworn brothers and vowed to share happiness and hardships. Logically speaking, Sun Ce's elders are also Zhou Yu's elders.

But Sun Ce knelt down in front of Li Ji all of a sudden, leaving Zhou Yu no chance to find an excuse to get out of the way.

For a moment, as his sworn brother, Zhou Yu was wondering whether he should kneel or not.

In desperation, Zhou Yu could only follow Sun Ce and kneel on one knee towards Li Ji to preserve their brotherhood.

Li Ji did not care about Zhou Yu's temporary confusion. Instead, he looked at Sun Ce with a bit of helplessness in his eyes and said.

"Cer must have known about your father's campaign against Dong and the hidden imperial seal, right?"

"Yes!"

Sun Ce responded with his head down.

After Huang Gai and others found Sun Ce in a panic, they naturally did not dare to hide anything from Sun Ce and told him almost everything.

It includes the entire process of Sun Jian's participation in the alliance, how he accidentally obtained the jade seal, how he had a conflict with the anti-Dong alliance, and how he was ambushed and died on the way back to Changsha when he hurriedly led his troops south.

"Does Ce blame me for not trying to dissuade General Sun?" Li Ji asked. "Ce is not a person who doesn't know what is good for him. My father was blinded by greed and failed to listen to good advice. It's all his own fault."

"Of course, we are related by blood, and I dare not fail to avenge my biological father!"

Sun Ce replied with red eyes.

This made Li Ji secretly feel relieved. Perhaps Sun Ce also had a strong character, but after years of influence from Li Ji, he was no longer the kind of person who would not listen to good advice.

Immediately, Li Ji helped Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were kneeling on the ground, up and let them sit down before continuing.

"The one who killed General Wentai was Huang Zu, a general under Liu Biao of Jingzhou. However, Liu Biao is a relative of the Han Dynasty and a brother of the same clan as you. If there is no reason, you must not attack him rashly."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce spoke through gritted teeth.

"Then please lend me three thousand naval soldiers. I am not yet an official, so I am not really a general under your lord. If I lead the army to seek revenge on Liu Biao and Huang Zu, it will not damage your lord's reputation."

Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Zhou Yu secretly, and then asked.

"How does Ce'er plan to take revenge? Is he planning to lead 3,000 naval forces up the Changhe River and take Xiangyang?"

"No!"

Sun Ce replied in a deep voice.

"I want to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to Changsha to inherit my father's position. Then I will first sweep the four counties in southern Jing, and then concentrate the forces of the four counties to cross the Yangtze River and take Xiangyang directly. I will take the heads of Liu Biao and Huang Zu to sacrifice to my father's spirit in heaven. What do you think, teacher?"

Li Ji did not answer directly, but turned to look at Zhou Yu and said, "This must be Ce'er's sworn brother, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu bowed calmly and said.

"Lujiang Zhou Yu, I pay my respects to the state scholar."

Li Ji nodded, and then answered, "Does Zhou Lang think Ce'er's plan is feasible?"

Zhou Yu's heart tightened slightly, but his expression remained the same on the surface. After pondering for a moment, he said.

"If it is done properly, there is a lot of potential. Even if we fail to kill Huang Zu, we can still greatly damage the power of Jingzhou, making it difficult for Liu Biao to control the four counties in southern Jingzhou, which is also very beneficial to... Yangzhou."

Zhou Yu's strategic and tactical vision is beyond doubt.

From the perspective of Yangzhou, it is only necessary to support Sun Ce with some troops in the early stage and push Sun Ce to Changsha to try to control Jingzhou. Regardless of the final result, it will be a great weakening for Jingzhou.

Once the four counties in southern Jingzhou were gone, and Nanyang County was still basically under the control of Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, who was nominally the governor of Jingzhou, would actually control less than half of Jingzhou's territory and population.

Moreover, with Sun Ce's bravery and Zhou Yu's wisdom, it is hard to say whether they can cross the river and defeat Liu Biao, but there is a great probability that the four counties in southern Jing will be taken under the control of Sun Ce with lightning speed.

Of course, no one knows a disciple better than his teacher.

Li Ji was sure that with Sun Ce's wisdom, he would never think of first taking the four counties in southern Jing to gain a foothold and then crossing the river to attack Liu Biao.

This plan was probably Zhou Yu's. It is believed that it was also related to Huang Gai and others who strongly encouraged Sun Ce to take revenge, which made Sun Ce form such an idea.

The only thing that made Li Ji a little unsure was what Zhou Yu's starting point was for proposing this plan.

Just to help his sworn brother Sun Ce take revenge?

Or maybe he knew it would be difficult to make a name for himself, so he took the opportunity to let Sun Ce lead the army alone, and then assisted Sun Ce in sweeping Jingzhou and becoming famous throughout the world?

Zhou Yu even saw through the fact that Liu Bei would not attack Jingzhou due to moral reasons, so the four counties in southern Jingzhou became a foothold where he could achieve great things.

Therefore, as long as Sun Ce captured the four counties in southern Jing and then waited for an opportunity to cross the Yangtze River and defeat Liu Biao, he would have the opportunity to become a local lord.

It’s a pity that Zhou Yu probably didn’t know that he was only slightly famous for his handsomeness in Lujiang.

If a "Zhou Yu Understanding Contest" were held, I'm afraid Zhou Yu himself would have to rank second to Li Ji.

Facing Li Ji's calm gaze that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, Zhou Yu felt a little nervous for some reason, but more of it was confidence.

Zhou Yu was confident that the conditions and benefits he proposed were something Li Ji could not refuse. (End of this chapter)