Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Liu Yan was ill, to the point of being unconscious.

When Li Ji learned the news, he was fishing by the river in Chaisang.

Perhaps it was because he was getting older, or maybe Li Ji was able to figure out too many knowns, but he developed a strong interest in fishing, which is a completely unknown thing.

Therefore, while stationed in Chaisang, Li Ji would go fishing by the river when he had nothing to do, occasionally enjoying the feeling of wasting time and energy without necessarily getting any reward.

The information about Liu Yan was transmitted back by the Jinyisi through emergency channels.

The 300-mile plank road in Ba County was destroyed, but not all outbound passages were blocked. It only cut off the possibility of Yizhou sending troops towards Jingzhou in a short period of time.

It is also feasible to continue downstream from Ba County via the Yangtze River to Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

However, not to mention the fast-flowing Yangtze River in Ba County and the Three Gorges area.

More importantly, the development of Yizhou’s navy cannot be said to be weak, it can only be said to be better than nothing. I am afraid that even if Liu Yan concentrates all the ships in Yizhou, they may not be able to meet the carrying needs of the army.

What's more, with those few broken ships of Yizhou, even if they could carry a large army and barely pass through the Three Gorges, they would sink to the bottom of the river in an instant when facing the navy of Jingzhou or Yangzhou.

Therefore, Liu Yan's idea of ​​marching into Jingzhou might have failed, but the Jinyi Division's transmission of intelligence via the Yangtze River would not be affected.

Li Ji won twice, isn't this a win-win situation?

Li Ji, holding a fishing rod in one hand, flipped through the specific information passed on with the other hand. It contained all evidence that Liu Yan was seriously ill. The Yizhou governor's office even invited doctors from all over the country to treat Liu Yan.

A downline doctor developed by the Jinyisi also successfully sneaked into the governor's mansion and personally took Liu Yan's pulse.

Time is running out.

This is the conclusion drawn by the doctors trained by the Jinyisi.

"I'm afraid this will really piss Liu Yan off to death..."

Li Ji couldn't help but sigh, feeling a sense of sadness and joy as if an old friend had passed away, and he had sent him off with his own hands.

The main reason is that "joy" accounts for a larger proportion, about 80% of the time.

"It's just that Yizhou..."

Li Ji stared at the bamboo fishing float on the river, and his thoughts began to wander.

Liu Yan's plan deceived almost everyone, not only Liu Zhang, who had a very good relationship with Liu Bei and Li Ji, but also Zhang Song, who was secretly developed by Li Ji.

The most important thing is that in order to confuse others, Liu Yan did not hesitate to kill his wives and concubines, and became enemies with Zhang Lu who occupied Hanzhong, which was like cutting off one's own arm.

At that time, not only Liu Biao believed it, even Li Ji had no doubts.

It was not until Liu Yan sent only 50,000 Yizhou troops out of Sichuan as bait that Li Ji began to vaguely sense that something was wrong.

Although Yizhou was not completely infiltrated by the Jinyisi, it had penetrated into every aspect.

Because of this, even if Liu Yan was seriously ill and unable to control government affairs, based on Li Ji's assessment of the situation in Yizhou, it was impossible for him to mobilize only 50,000 troops to regain his only heir.

Once the doubt arose, Li Ji worked backwards and noticed many small problems in the details, and then he determined that this was a chess game set up by Liu Yan.

At the moment, the loss of both Yi and Jing is undoubtedly in the best interests of Yangzhou.

The Jingzhou army suffered heavy casualties, and Yizhou was temporarily cut off from leaving Sichuan.

In this way, the only two parties truly competing in the chess game of Jingzhou were Yuan Shu and Liu Bei.

However, there is one thing that Liu Biao's judgment is correct, that is, if Liu Yan is really seriously ill, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to swallow up Yizhou.

However, Li Ji's calm mind quickly gave up this seemingly tempting and greedy idea.

Jingzhou still had to face Yuan Shu's army of more than 100,000, so how many troops could Li Ji spare to try to swallow up Yizhou? Even if it was feasible, the many changes involved were more like a "gamble".

Li Ji has always hated gambling and drugs, and would never do anything without confidence.

Wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to seize Yizhou at this moment is undoubtedly a gamble.

"However, if Yizhou fell into the hands of his other sons after Liu Yan became seriously ill, it might be a variable..."

Li Ji said softly.

Liu Yan had four sons. Liu Zhang, who had more contact with Liu Bei and Li Ji, was the fourth. He had three older brothers: Liu Fan, Liu Dan, and Liu Mao.

Since Liu Yan took control of Yizhou earlier than the original trajectory, Liu Zhang's three elder brothers had to stay in Luoyang as hostages.

Later, after the death of Dong the thief, Luoyang was in chaos and these three people disappeared, making everyone think that they were all killed by the rebel soldiers from Xiliang. However, the fact was that they were secretly protected by people sent by Liu Yan and sent back to Yizhou.

But this is exactly where the problem lies. Li Ji knows very little about Liu Fan, Liu Dan and Liu Mao, and does not know their abilities and personalities. Once he lets them inherit Yizhou, there may be variables.

"It is not appropriate to take Yizhou now. Not only is it unstable, but the lord has swallowed up the territories of two governors of the same clan in one go. Even if he does it well on the surface, it will inevitably make his intentions more obvious..."

"However, we can add more fuel to the fire within Yizhou."

At this moment, Li Ji noticed the movement of the float out of the corner of his eye, and subconsciously pulled up the fishing rod, and the fishing line was instantly tightened.

The big fish has taken the bait!
This made Li Ji stand up quickly, tense his body, and use his arms to try to hook the big fish.

Gu Wei, dressed as a servant, hurried in from the outer area guarded by the personal guards and shouted with joy.

"My Lord, General Bofu is back."

Li Ji's attention was distracted for a moment by Gu Wei's shout, and he did not slow down in time in the direction of the big fish's struggle, so that the fishing line was over-tightened and instantly exceeded the force it could withstand.

"boom!"

With a crisp sound, the fishing line broke directly.

The fish floated for only a breath before it was completely dragged into the river by a big fish and disappeared without a trace.

"Pity."

Li Ji sighed.

It is quite rare to see such a big fish taking the bait.

Xu Chu, who was standing by, saw this and said.

"I will go to the craftsman who made the fishing rod for the Marquis. He must have cut corners. Otherwise, why would the fishing line break so easily and let the Marquis' big fish go?"

"Nonsense."

Li Ji said unhappily.

Even before the emergence of the imperial examination system to completely solidify the "scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans" classes, the status of craftsmen has always been low.

However, during Li Ji's administration, he repeatedly increased the income and status of craftsmen, which made the craftsmen's respect and love for Li Ji come from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, if Xu Chu really held the craftsman accountable for this reason, regardless of whether to punish the craftsman directly, I am afraid that the craftsman would feel guilty and uneasy because of this.

"What's the harm in letting this big fish go? Let's wait and see when another big fish will bite the hook."

Li Ji said this, then threw the fishing rod in his hand to Xu Chu, flicked his sleeves and said.

"Return to camp." (End of this chapter)