Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After talking about the two Zhangs, Liu Bei continued to talk a lot.

There are national affairs, family affairs, government affairs, and military affairs...

It’s not that Liu Bei is always so nagging, but Liu Bei knows that once he stops, Li Ji will also set off for Chaisang.

It is unknown how long the war between Yi and Jing will last before it is resolved.

Liu Bei knew Li Ji's intention very well. What he worried about was not that Li Ji would rebel after gaining control of his own army, but that he would be separated from him and didn't know how long it would take for them to meet again.

Li Ji also listened quietly, answered a few questions from time to time, and asked Liu Bei to take good care of the children who stayed in Wujun.

"Although Xiang'er is young and mature, the more he is like this, the more worried I am about him."

After a pause, Li Ji bowed and said, "If Xiang'er has made any mistakes, please forgive me for my sake."

Naughty kids are annoying, but not scary.

But children with strong opinions are prone to do unexpected things sometimes, especially when Li Xiang gradually fooled A Dou into doing whatever he said.

Sometimes Li Ji was really afraid that Li Xiang would accidentally lead A Dou into a trap. There were many things these two people could do together.

Therefore, before leaving Wujun this time, Li Ji was most worried about Li Xiang.

As for little Xi'er, she is still at breastfeeding age and is being taken care of by Zhaoji, so Li Ji is concerned but not worried.

So Li Ji, who had never made any requests to Liu Bei, couldn't help but speak up after all.

"Don't worry, Zikun. I treat Xiang'er as my own son. Even if Xiang'er makes any mistakes, it is because I did not supervise him closely enough. I am the one who should be punished." Liu Bei replied in a gentle voice.

Li Ji smiled, then bowed to Liu Bei and said goodbye. He boarded the boat that had been prepared long ago and prepared to go upstream along the Yangtze River to Chaisang.

In addition to Xu Chu who continued to serve as his personal guard and the five hundred tiger guards who had completed preliminary training, the people who accompanied Li Ji directly to Chaisang this time included Sun Ce, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and Zhou Yu.

The document appointing Li Ji as the "Grand Commander" in chief of military affairs had already been sent to various cities in Yangzhou counties. Not only were Zhang Fei and Jiang Qin, who had stationed troops in Chaisang in advance, directly under the command of Li Ji, but even Guan Yu, who was far away in Shouchun, Jiujiang County, had to obey his orders.

Moreover, Li Ji could directly command the military households and soldiers that had already been established in various counties.

The reason why the military households and soldiers of Wujun were able to quickly form combat effectiveness was that a large number of Wujun veterans were directly sent to various military households for training.

In addition, Liu Bei enjoyed a very high popularity among the people in Wujun, and many young and strong people were eager to participate.

However, in the other counties other than Wujun, the speed of actually forming combat power is naturally far slower than that of Wujun.

Therefore, this time the troops stationed in Chaisang were not only drawn from the surrounding counties, but also 30,000 soldiers were drawn from Wu County.

When Li Ji arrived at the Chaisang camp on the bank of the Yangtze River, the initial force concentrated there included about 10,000 naval troops, 50,000 military soldiers and 3,000 cavalry under Zhang Fei.

As for the personal guards of the generals, including the Tiger Guards, they were not included.

In addition, there were 20,000 troops stationed in Shouchun City where Guan Yu was stationed, which was undoubtedly a considerable force.

Perhaps, this has not yet reached the upper limit of the military force that Yangzhou can mobilize, but it is enough to deter Jingzhou in name only.

After Li Ji completely took over the Chaisang camp, he found out that there were only one thousand new recruits in Xiazhi, a small town closest to Chaisang. The total strength of the entire Jiangxia County, which was the first line of defense for Yangzhou, probably did not exceed five thousand.

(PS: Jiangxia is a county, not a city. Its seat of government is in Xiling. There has never been a Jiangxia city. And Xiakou was built by Sun Quan. Today, Xiakou is just a region. There is no Xiakou city, which is the predecessor of Wuchang.)
This made Li Ji, who was holding a military meeting, couldn't help but laugh. "Liu Jingzhou is confident that our spears won't really penetrate him." "Oh, that little Liu Biao is a villain who bullies his elder brother because he's a gentleman!"

Zhang Fei opened his big mouth, which looked as if it was covered with honey, and then continued speaking.

"Besides, even if that Liu Biao brat sent 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers to defend against me, can they defend against me? And Liu Biao brat probably can't spare 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers right now, so he can only pretend like this."

Li Ji was shocked when he heard this, and he looked at Zhang Fei with a little more relief in his eyes.

The Third Master has grown up and actually hit the point.

Liu Biao was not really completely reassured, but the situation in Jingzhou forced him to believe that Liu Bei would never attack his fellow brothers without any reason.

Since it can't be prevented, it's better not to prevent it.

As for the latest intelligence about the war between Yi and Jing states, the Yi state army has officially left Sichuan with a force of about 60,000, while the Jing state army deployed from Zigui to Yiling has a little over 40,000 troops.

weird!

This was Li Ji's first feeling when he received this information. The matter of Yizhou sending troops seemed to reveal something weird no matter how he looked at it. This was also the focus of this military meeting.

"What do you think about the military strength of Yi and Jing? Please feel free to speak your mind."

"I'm afraid Liu Yan has lost his mind and is trying every possible means to save his life. He wants to take Jingzhou by sending only 60,000 troops. It's simply a pipe dream." Gan Ning's tone revealed his undisguised disdain.

Gan Ning's hostility towards Liu Yan and his son was almost undisguised.

Jiang Qin said with a frown.

"Could it be that the seriously ill Liu Yan's control over Yizhou has been weakened to this extent? If this is true, there will probably be no suspense in this Yi-Jing battle."

Except for Zhou Tai and Xu Chu, all those who participated in the military meeting at this moment could be considered to have experienced battles.

It is naturally not a problem to clearly see the military situation between Yi and Jing.

The attacking side always has to bear much more pressure than the defending side, and often the attacking side needs to have much more troops than the defending side in order to have a chance of defeating the defending side.

But Yizhou only had 60,000 troops...

Such a large number of troops is certainly not a small number, and perhaps they can still do great things even if they are placed in the Central Plains.

However, it is simply impossible to take Jingzhou head-on with only 60,000 troops.

Moreover, Jingzhou has more than 40,000 defensive troops deployed on the line from Zigui to Yiling. If Liu Biao continues to increase his troops, the defenders' strength may even exceed that of the attackers.

"Liu Yan is going to give it away for free..."

Based on the situation on paper, Li Ji also came to a similar conclusion in his mind.

Li Ji had never been to Zigui in person.

But Li Ji knew clearly that the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam was located in Zigui, which was sufficient to prove the dangerousness of the terrain from Zigui to Yiling.

Even Liu Bei, who was the most "military savvy" in the original story, suffered a setback in Yiling, completely ruining his dream of the Han Dynasty in Taoyuan. (End of this chapter)