Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The stupidity of the Yangzhou family and Li Ji's calculations allowed Liu Bei to completely control Yangzhou too quickly, so quickly that all the princes in the world were caught off guard.

For a time, many princes in the world became wary of Liu Bei.

The same is true for Chen Qun.

As the Chen family of Yingchuan chose to place part of their bets in the court controlled by Lu Bu, they naturally did not want Liu Bei to set foot in the Central Plains before Lu Bu went east through Hulao Pass.

Jiaozhou is a place that can greatly distract Yangzhou's attention.

Originally, Chen Qun already had two candidates for Jiaozhou governor in his mind.

The first was Shi Xie, who came from a native family in Jiaozhou; the second was Zhang Jin, a famous scholar from Nanyang.

Among them, Chen Qun originally favored Zhang Jin.

He was good at socializing and had close relationships with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others of his time. However, he disliked people from the Liu family because his ancestors were subject to the party-ban system.

More importantly, Zhang Jin was saved by Zhang Jiao of the Taiping Dao, so he was obsessed with and worshipped the Huang-Lao Taoism.

As for Liu Bei, who suppressed the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was extremely disgusted with him.

However, Zhang Jin's reputation was so great that there might be nothing wrong with his appointment as governor by the court, but the biggest problem was that Zhang Jin was a man of idle talk.

It's fine for him to just sit and talk, but it's really hard to let him govern a place, especially a place like Jiaozhou with a harsh environment.

On the one hand, Chen Qun was worried that Zhang Jin would run away, but on the other hand, he knew that his ability was far from being a match for Guo Shihou.

Now, in Chen Qun's eyes, there seems to be a better candidate - Zhang Zhao.

Chen Qun has also found out everything about Zhang Zhao's past experiences.

When he was young, Zhang Zhao studied "Zuo Zhuan" under Bai Hou Zi'an, and was also good friends with famous scholars such as Zhao Yu and Wang Lang. His name was well-known in the prefectures and counties of Xuzhou.

Later, at the invitation of his good friend Gu Yong, he served under Uncle Liu and assisted in the governance of Wu County for many years, with impressive political achievements.

However, Zhang Zhao and Li Ji had always had many disagreements, and Zhang Zhao's dissatisfaction was growing, which seemed to be involved in the matter of the "Anti-Wu Alliance", resulting in Zhang Zhao being placed under house arrest for several months.

In fact, Chen Qun had already contacted several friendly families and after arriving in Wujun, he went to visit Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to show mercy and let Zhang Zhao go.

In response, Liu Bei reacted with a look of surprise and did not agree.

This made Chen Qun completely certain that Liu Bei and Zhang Zhao had already broken up, and the ability demonstrated by Zhang Zhao was far beyond what Zhang Jin could compare to.

Chen Qun sipped the fragrant tea carefully, savoring the rich tea aroma, and gradually a new tendency emerged in his mind.

Liu Bei did not want to kill a wise man so as not to ruin his reputation for benevolence, so he kept Zhang Zhao under house arrest.

The solution that Chen Qun wanted to use to solve this problem was quite simple. He just had to order the court to summon Zhang Zhao to serve as an official, and Liu Bei would not dare to obstruct it.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhao was promoted to the governor of Jiaozhou in order to control Yangzhou.

Zhang Zhao was willing to take revenge on Liu Bei and Li Ji even at the risk of being accused of treason. One can imagine how deep his hatred was.

I believe that once Zhang Zhao gains control of Jiaozhou, he will inevitably attack Yangzhou.

Chen Qun did not expect Zhang Zhao to have the possibility of defeating Li Ji. As long as Jiaozhou could cause obstacles to Liu Bei for three to five years, it would be enough for Lu Bu to sweep across the Central Plains.

With the power of the Central Plains, how could Liu Bei, who only had Yangzhou, be a match for the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry even if he crossed the Yangtze River?
"It will take some effort for Guo Shihou to break this move."

When he thought of this, Chen Qun was in a very good mood.

Immediately, Chen Qun remembered the sand table simulation set up at the main entrance of Ren De Academy, which was said to be able to measure the world's heroes, and he simply planned to go and see what it looked like.

As the reputation of Rende Academy grew, there were countless scholars coming and going at the entrance, all of whom wanted to see the magic of the sand table set up by the national scholar. When Chen Qun arrived, he saw a huge crowd of people, which made Chen Qun give up the idea of ​​squeezing in.

"Could it be Brother Changwen?"

Just then, a voice sounded from one side of Chen Qun.

Chen Qun turned his head and saw a young man standing by with his hands clasped, and a teenager standing behind him.

Chen Qun had an excellent memory. In just a moment he remembered the identity of the visitor whom he had only met once, and returned the greeting.

"It's Boda. How did you come all the way from Hanoi to here?"

"Before this, the thief Dong was causing chaos in Sili. The Sima family did not want to be associated with him, so they had no choice but to move their family to Liyang for refuge."

After a pause, Sima Lang continued to answer.

"I went to Wujun this time at the invitation of Uncle Liu to watch the 'Grand Martial Arts Show'. I was also very curious about Uncle Liu, who is known for his benevolence, so I rushed to Wujun."

"I see."

Chen Qun was just being polite at first, but after Sima Lang answered so seriously and earnestly, he started to like Sima Lang a lot, so he simply stopped and started chatting with him.

"From the looks of Boda, he came out from inside. Could it be that he also came to see the sand table set up by the state scholar?"

"Exactly."

Sima Lang replied.

Chen Qun asked. "Does Boda have any ideas for cracking it?"

"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!"

Sima Lang said this three times in a row, and then sighed. "The state scholar is a man of great learning and strategy. Not only is Lang not as good as him, but I can't even compare myself to him."

"Why does Boda need to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige? The state scholar is just a mortal." Chen Qun said with some surprise.

Sima Lang smiled bitterly and said, "I have been thinking for a quarter of an hour, and all I have thought of is a dead end."

This surprised Chen Qun a little.

The so-called sand table simulation is just a minor thing in Chen Qun's view.

Sima Lang was after all the eldest son of the Sima family in Henei, and had lived in Sili for a long time. He had outstanding knowledge and insight. The fact that Sima Lang was so impressed made Chen Qun even more curious.

However, Chen Qun, who prided himself on his noble family background, really did not like to be mingled with those poor scholars and be contaminated by the bad smell that displeased him.

So, Chen Qun thought for a while and said.

"If Boda has time, why don't you come with me to the teahouse and draw the sand table with 'Suhang paper' and I will decipher it myself, how about that?"

Sima Lang was naturally willing to do this.

The Sima family now also has the idea of ​​moving back to Henei, but now Henei County is Lu Bu's territory.

Therefore, making friends with Chen Qun would be of great benefit to the Sima family, otherwise Sima Lang would not have taken the initiative to approach and talk to Chen Qun just now.

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear."

Sima Lang replied quickly. "Although I can't remember the entire sand table map, my younger brother Sima Yi has a photographic memory and is also good at sand table simulation. It won't be difficult to redraw it." (End of this chapter)