Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"That's not surprising. Secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure."

Facing Jian Yong's doubts, Jia Xu spoke disapprovingly.

"Liu Zhang is not capable of controlling his subordinates, and people's minds are fickle. If there is a traitor among his trusted confidants, he will naturally leak the route he left."

Many people in the conference room nodded slightly at this, feeling that this was enough to explain it clearly.

Only Li Ji felt that this old man Jia Xu was hinting at him to contact Zhang Song.

However, it is also a fact that Liu Zhang's ability to control his subordinates is limited.

People like Zhang Song who "are in Yizhou but their hearts are in Yang" may be just one of the vast number of individuals.

Especially when Dong Zhuo died and Luoyang was in chaos, Liu Zhang did not forget to personally go to welcome his three beloved brothers who were held hostage in Luoyang.

Just when Li Ji had time to pay attention to Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang released the news that his three brothers seemed to have been kidnapped by the remnants of Dong's gang and their whereabouts were unknown.

No one knows whether this is true or false.

However, since then, Liu Zhang seemed to have completely calmed down and apparently began to indulge in pleasure.

Even after the "Anti-Dong Alliance" ended and Liu Zhang returned to Yizhou, as far as Li Ji knew, Liu Zhang had apparently stopped caring about winning over the Yizhou families, and acted as if he was content to enjoy himself as the only successor to Liu Yan.

With such a lord, it is not surprising that his subordinates would change their minds.

"In this case, it seems that it is most likely Liu Jingsheng who did it."

Liu Bei frowned, feeling that he was caught in a dilemma.

If it was really done by Liu Biao, his purpose was obvious, he must have been trying to take over Yizhou.

At present, more and more news proves that Liu Yan is seriously ill, and the news sent back by the Jinyi Division during the "Grand Martial Arts Show" is that during the period when Liu Zhang was away, Liu Yan carried out a bloody massacre and eliminated many people in Yizhou.

This was obviously paving the way for Liu Zhang. As long as Liu Zhang returned to Yizhou to appease the people's hearts, Liu Yan would be able to smoothly transfer the power of Yizhou to Liu Zhang in the next step.

However, now that Liu Zhang is missing, Yizhou is in a dilemma of having no successor.

How long can the seriously ill Liu Yan hold on?
Liu Bei was not a fool either. Recalling Li Ji's analysis when Liu Qi suddenly became close to Liu Zhang, he spoke.

"Right now, perhaps Liu Jingsheng has also learned about Liu Yizhou's serious illness, and once Liu Yizhou dies, Liu Jingsheng may abduct Liu Jiyu and bring him to Sichuan."

How could the ownerless Yizhou, even with its natural defenses, stop Liu Biao, who used Liu Zhang as a stepping stone?
The army of Jingzhou will march straight in, connecting Yi and Jing into one, and Liu Bei in Yangzhou will be put in a passive position.

For a moment, everyone in the conference room who understood this could not help but frown and think about how to break the impasse.

Zhang Fei looked at the seemingly solemn atmosphere in the conference room and spoke in a loud voice.

"Brother, in my opinion, why think so much? Liu Zhang is your invited guest. Now he is attacked in Liu Biao's place. Then send a large army to knock on the door and ask Liu Biao to hand him over immediately."

"Third General, how can this be so simple? First of all, we have no evidence..."

Jian Yong sighed and continued.

"Besides, the Marquis just said that if the Lord came with his army to knock on the door at this moment, I am afraid that in the eyes of the world, this would be the Lord using this as an excuse to seize the foundation of the same clan, which would put the Lord in an unkind and unjust situation."

The difficulty of this matter lies in the fact that it is difficult to prove one's innocence and at the same time one cannot resort to violence.

Liu Bei looked around and saw that all the civil and military officials seemed to be frowning. Finally, his eyes fell on Li Ji, who was closest to him, and asked.

"Zikun, do you have any good ideas?" Li Ji put the folding fan in his hand on the table, stood up and saluted.

"My lord, you can send envoys to Yi and Jing respectively. On the one hand, you can tell Liu Yizhou that this matter has nothing to do with you, and on the other hand, you can test Liu Jingzhou's attitude first."

"What's the benefit of this?" Liu Bei asked puzzledly.

Before sending anyone, Liu Bei could roughly guess that sending such an envoy would be largely futile.

Li Ji naturally understood that even if Su Qin and Zhang Yi were reborn as envoys, they would not be able to convince Liu Biao to release the hostages with their eloquence. However, some things might be useless, but they had to be done.

“It’s just a statement to the world.”

"What should we do after sending the envoy?" Liu Bei asked.

"To deal with ever-changing situations, we can secretly station troops in Chaisang." Li Ji replied.

When Liu Bei heard this, he was slightly moved, but seeing that Li Ji's expression seemed to be different, he understood what he meant.

Immediately, Liu Bei, based on Li Ji's suggestion, ordered Jiang Qin to mobilize the navy to move to Chaisang, and then let Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun lead their elite troops to garrison in Chaisang.

A large number of military settlements were urgently planned around Chaisang, with the intention of making Chaisang the military settlement center for Yuzhang and Lujiang counties, so that military households could be quickly withdrawn for combat in wartime.

Shouchun and Chaisang have gradually become important garrisons in Yangzhou.

When the meeting was over, everyone dispersed and started to do their own things.

Jia Xu almost subconsciously quickened his pace to leave the conference room, but he was still a beat too late. Before he even walked out of the governor's mansion, Xu Chu, who had received Li Ji's order in advance, invited him back into the conference room.

When Jia Xu returned to the conference room, only Liu Bei, Li Ji, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others were in the room.

As soon as he saw the situation of this small meeting, Jia Xu realized that trouble was inevitable, but his expression remained calm. He saluted to Liu Bei and others, and then sat down next to Li Ji.

"boom!"

The next moment, Xiahou Bo closed the door of the conference room and stood guard outside the door himself.

Liu Bei, who was sitting in the main seat, no longer had the dignified demeanor he had before. He first drank a sip of tea slowly before speaking.

"There are no outsiders here. Please feel free to speak your mind."

Zhang Fei was shocked when he heard this, and he said excitedly, "Brother, are you going to listen to my advice and prepare a large army to attack Jingzhou?"

"Third brother, you don't have to say anything."

Liu Bei added this, and immediately made Zhang Fei sit down with a bitter face, causing a burst of chuckles in the hall.

Immediately, Liu Bei concealed his smile and spoke.

"Zikun, how long will it take for Yangzhou to completely stabilize?"

Li Ji estimated and answered, "The earliest would be April or May next year."

This does not mean that there is still unrest in Yangzhou at this time, but Yangzhou is now not only carrying out reforms in the military system, but also re-counting and reorganizing household registration and land.

This is an extremely tedious but important process. Only by completely mastering the household registration and land in Yangzhou can one truly control Yangzhou.

Before this, Yangzhou was not without combat capability, but only after completely controlling Yangzhou could the stability of the rear be guaranteed. (End of this chapter)