Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Just based on Li Ji's understanding of Liu Yan, Liu Yan might be a typical person who doesn't know how to use military force, but he is definitely not a person who uses confusing tactics all the time.

The current situation in Yizhou is already precarious. Doesn't Liu Yan know that if he is defeated, the situation may become irreversible?

Or is it that Liu Yan is really dying?

In Li Ji's mind, these two speculations were wavering.

Zhou Yu, who was sitting below, was also lost in deep thought.

After a moment, Zhou Yu stood up, saluted towards Li Ji, and spoke.

"Reporting to the Grand Commander, I have something to say."

Li Ji, who was lost in thought, looked at Zhou Yu's face and listened to the title. He suddenly felt inexplicably powerful.

After Li Ji came to his senses, he couldn't help but speak with a look of weirdness in his eyes.

"Gongjin, what are your insights? Feel free to tell me."

Zhou Yu expressed what he saw in his heart, saying, "I feel... there is a trick here, either they want to sneak through Chencang, or they want Jingzhou to underestimate the enemy."

Secretly attack Chencang?

Li Ji had considered this possibility.

However, there are limited passages between Yi and Jing, and even fewer are available for the army to pass through.

Even if there really are some secret passages, how many confidants can be quietly sent into the heart of Jingzhou?

Moreover, as far as Li Ji knew, once the war broke out, the four gates of Xiangyang City were completely closed, and a large number of elite troops were guarding the city.

Even if a surprise force were to descend from the sky, it would be impossible to capture a huge city like Xiangyang.

Is it to make Jingzhou underestimate the enemy?

Jingzhou carefully guards the line from Zigui to Yiling. It is not a pass, but a dangerous terrain stretching for dozens of miles, which is no less dangerous than the natural dangers of Sichuan and Shu.

Even if they went to great lengths to make Jingzhou underestimate the enemy, the most they could do was capture Zigui. Later on, Jingzhou would still have enough terrain to carry out layers of blocking and wear down the morale of the Yizhou army.

Not very useful!
However, even though Li Ji was familiar with the general terrain of Yi and Jing states, he still had the topographic map of Yi and Jing brought into the big tent and hung up.

After obtaining the Dongguan collection of books, there were naturally also the territorial topographic maps drawn and summarized by the Han Dynasty over the years.

Although the skills of the cartographers vary, and parts of the terrain may have changed over hundreds of years, it is still a rare treasure for marching and military operations.

After this huge and clear Yijing topographic map was hung up, everyone in the tent looked at it and began to ponder it.

Zhou Yu was shocked and had no idea how Li Ji got such a precious topographic map.

With this topographic map in hand, not to mention attacking Jingzhou, even if one wants to take over Yizhou, which is known for its natural protection, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

Immediately, Zhou Yu put aside all distracting thoughts and stared at the map carefully to think about it.

Soon, Zhou Yu's expression became a little more gloomy. He realized that his previous guess was a bit unrealistic, and said in a deep voice.

"With such terrain, whether Yizhou wanted to sneak through Chencang or show weakness to the enemy, it would not be enough to bypass or break through the defense line set up by Jingzhou."

Sun Ce said indignantly. "So, could it be that Liu Biao really wanted him to win a great victory and even open the passage to Yizhou?" Li Ji, who had been thinking silently, listened to the discussion of the crowd, and suddenly a thought that went against common sense flashed through his mind.

Immediately, Li Ji, who was nervous, used the "Strategy Simulator" to quickly deduce the situation, and the final outcome further verified Li Ji's guess.

“Oh, I see…”

Li Ji immediately realized what he had been feeling was strange, but it had almost been hidden from him.

At this moment, based on this limited information, many of the speculations in Li Ji's mind were hypothetical, and there was no further information to verify them.

However, after Li Ji made this judgment, he looked at the Yijing topographic map again and it was no longer a foggy and unpredictable picture. Instead, he had completely grasped the direction of the situation.

"What a brilliant plan to get yourself involved, but unfortunately... I've already seen through it!"

Li Ji said this in a low voice, and then ordered to continue to draw available military households and soldiers to Chaisang to receive orders. At the same time, many messengers quickly left the camp with secret orders, either riding fast horses or taking fast boats to different destinations.

……

Three days later.

After the messenger, who had traveled day and night, arrived in Xiangyang, he revealed his identity as Sun Qian's servant and had his identity verified by Sun Qian's steward who was summoned. Only then was he allowed to enter the city of Xiangyang. This shows how high the level of martial law was.

In other words, Sun Qian stayed in Xiangyang City as Liu Bei's envoy. Otherwise, even if he pretended to be Sun Qian's servant, he might not be able to enter Xiangyang City at this critical juncture.

After Sun Qian's housekeeper led the messenger back to his residence, the messenger saw Sun Qian in person and spit out a small wax pill hidden under his tongue.

These messengers were only used to deliver urgent secret orders, and each of them was like a death warrior, all trained by Xiahou Bo himself.

Placing a small wax pill containing a secret message under the tongue is also for the sake of confidentiality.

In case of emergency, the messenger only needs to bite the wax pill, and the words written with certain special juices will disappear without a trace as long as they come into contact with saliva.

Even if the enemy quickly cut open the messenger's stomach and found the note in his stomach, they would only get a blank note.

Sun Qian, who took the wax ball, was shocked. He quickly asked everyone around him to stand outside the door and wait. Then he carefully broke the wax ball and read its contents.

[From now on, I will go to the governor's mansion every day to pay homage, talk about the friendship of the Han Dynasty, and try my best to persuade Yijing to stop fighting and make peace. I also made it clear that the lord has no intention of taking Jingzhou. Without Liu Jingzhou's consent, not a single soldier will set foot in Jingzhou.]

Sun Qian looked around, was stunned, and read it again from the beginning word by word.

Immediately, Sun Qian's eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball.

Previously, Sun Qian's mission as Liu Bei's envoy was to demand in an extremely tough manner that Liu Biao return Liu Zhang. This was to show Liu Bei's attitude towards Liu Zhang's attack and to put pressure on Liu Biao.

However, this sudden secret letter left Sun Qian completely confused for a while.

Now that Yizhou is attacking, it seems like the seriously ill Liu Yan is making a last-ditch effort in the hope of saving Liu Zhang.

But at this moment, Yangzhou expressed its neutrality and intention to persuade peace, and even asked Sun Qian, the envoy, to publicly promise that without Liu Jingzhou's approval, not a single soldier would set foot in Jingzhou.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like support for Liu Biao, so that Liu Biao no longer has any worries.

Immediately, Sun Qian carefully identified the handwriting of the secret letter and confirmed that it was written in the Feibai style by Li Ben himself. He then summoned the messenger, interrogated him carefully, and verified his identity again and again.

Sun Qian finally put aside his suspicions and had to suppress them. He burned the secret letter, then straightened his clothes and went directly to the Jingzhou Mu Mansion to meet Liu Qi, who was now in charge of the overall situation in Xiangyang. (End of this chapter)