Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 55: Isn’t he... not considered a bastard?

Liu Bei's back disappeared in the blink of an eye. Not to mention Zhao Yun, even Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and even had an inexplicable feeling:
  "If I die, my eldest brother will cry even more sadly than he does now, right?"

Well, it definitely will!

I am the third brother of the eldest brother, and my real status in the eldest brother's mind is definitely higher than that of Mr. Zikun.

Zhang Fei nodded heavily, feeling that he was right.

Then, Zhang Fei turned his attention to Zhao Yun beside him.

Compared with Zhang Fei's image of a warrior with a leopard head and eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard, Zhao Yun is not only slightly lower in height than Zhang Fei, but standing next to Zhang Fei, the slender and well-proportioned Zhao Yun looks more like a scholar.

However, Zhang Fei's attitude towards Zhao Yun was surprisingly good, he said.

"Brother Zilong, I thank you for helping me just now. I remember your kindness. In the future, if you need anything, feel free to ask. Please don't take my brother's rudeness to heart. Brother Zikun was also anxious for a moment. Sir, I just left in a hurry."

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and smiled, saying. "Yun is not an ignorant person, and the behavior of Supervisor Cao Cao shows that he is not a mean and ungrateful person."

"Hahaha, it would be great if Brother Zilong could think like this."

Zhang Fei patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, and then hurriedly made arrangements according to Liu Bei's instructions. He patrolled around Boluojin and collected the weapons of the Yellow Turban soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit. They also needed to clean up the tragic battlefield. , treat the wounded.

If it were before the sworn alliance in Taoyuan, even if Zhang Fei had read about these things in military books, he would definitely be in a hurry.

Now, after experiencing several battles and nearly two months of marching, Zhang Fei is completely familiar with these things.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei left everything to Zhang Fei with confidence and hurriedly went to find Li Ji.

Soon, Liu Bei saw the familiar white-robed figure under the watchtower on the side of Boluojin's main entrance. He quickly got off his horse and ran to Li Ji's side to check the situation.

After confirming that Li Ji had no wounds on his body, and that he had not been injured by the flowing arrows, he felt a little relieved.

Just looking at Li Ji's fainted appearance, Liu Bei couldn't help but recall the scene not long ago.

When I visited Zikun for the first time that day, Zikun seemed to have fainted in the same way.

That time, Zikun also spent all his efforts to deduce the Yellow Turban trends for the sake of the people of Zhuojun...

This time, Zikun made up his mind to seize the slightest chance of victory and fainted.

Liu Bei took off his cloak and was about to put it on Li Ji to protect him from the cold. However, when he saw the blood on the cloak, he frowned and gave up the idea.

Instead, Liu Bei personally carried Li Ji on his back, found an undamaged house in Boluojin, placed Li Ji in it, then patted the back of Li Ji's hand and said.

"Zikun, let's have a rest. The battle situation has been decided. I have lived up to your expectations..."

Vaguely, Li Ji seemed to have heard such a sentence, but his brain seemed to be overclocked and overloaded. His thinking was sluggish and sluggish. As long as he used his brain for a moment, he would feel a sharp needle-pricking feeling.

Even though Li Ji's body repeatedly tried to force "turn on", his brain kept refusing to "turn on".

However, after hearing Liu Bei's voice vaguely, Li Ji completely relaxed.

'Anyway, I finally don't have to worry about something unacceptable happening during the coma...'

This thought slowly flashed through Li Ji's mind, and then Li Ji fell asleep completely.

When Li Ji woke up leisurely, he felt that his whole body was sore from lying still for a long time.

"Mr. Zikun, are you finally awake?!"

A sound of joy rang in his ears. Li Ji opened his eyes and saw that it was Xiahou Bo who appeared in front of him.

"Ji Chang?"

Li Ji patted his still somewhat sluggish head, struggled to think, and then said.

"You appear here. It seems that Julu City has surrendered."

Xiahou Bo was taken aback for a moment, and then said sincerely. "As expected of Mr. Zikun, he knows everything from the smallest detail."

"Just be fine, Ji Chang. I have asked you many times before whether you are confident in hiding in Julu City after burning the granary. You are full of confidence. In fact, Brother Xuande and I are quite worried." Li Ji said.

"Thanks to Mr. Zikun for being worried." Xiahou Bo responded with some emotion.

"Ji Chang, how long have I been asleep? What happened during that time?"

As Li Ji spoke, he rubbed his temples to soothe his spirit and listened quietly to Xiahou Bo's story.

Although Xiahou Bo only returned to Liu Bei's command after the surrender of Julu City, he was also very clear about what happened during Li Ji's coma.

After the Battle of Boluojin, Liu Bei, while guarding the surrounding area, sent a ferry to the east bank of Zhangshui River, and successfully made contact with General Beizhonglang.

Lu Zhi was undoubtedly shocked when he learned that Liu Bei led about 5,000 soldiers and actually defeated 5,000 Yellow Turban warriors led by Zhang Jue head-on, and forced Zhang Jue to burn himself to death.

Then, regarding the more than 3,000 captured Yellow Turban warriors, Lu Zhi and Liu Bei discussed it overnight and decided to send them to Julu City.

As the more than three thousand Yellow Turban warriors entered Julu City, the story of Zhang Jiao's self-immolation and death was thoroughly publicized throughout Julu City. For a time, the crying in Julu City continued for a whole day.

One day later, Zhang Liang, knowing that the situation was over, followed his brother Zhang Jiao and burned himself to death in the government office.

The remaining Yellow Turban generals opened the four city gates and drove a large number of Yellow Turban followers out of the city, while they led their personal guards to hide among the Yellow Turban followers, and then fled in all directions.

Julu City fell without a fight.

Lu Zhi, who was also famous for his benevolence and virtue, did not make any large-scale liquidation after entering Julu City.

Because Lu Zhi knew very well that if he wanted to kill all the people related to the Yellow Turbans, the entire Julu City would probably be wiped out.

Therefore, Lu Zhi ordered the demolition and burning of all Taiping Road buildings, Taoist robes, yellow cloth, etc. representing the Yellow Turbans in Julu City.

They also found out some of the Taipingdao senior officials who were reluctant to part with a large amount of real estate treasures in Julu City and hid them in the city, and beheaded them, so they did not continue to investigate further.

This made Li Ji breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this.

The benevolent styles of Lu Zhi and Liu Bei are undoubtedly quite similar. They both have compassion for the people at the bottom, so they gently let go of the large number of Taiping Taoists who had to join Taiping Tao in order to survive.

Although according to what Xiahou Bo said, Lu Zhi was imposing military control on Julu City at this time, and it was strictly forbidden for anyone to pay homage to Zhang Jiao, wear a yellow cloth on his head, or recite any scriptures about Taiping Dao. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed.

However, Li Ji knew very well that Lu Zhi was already trying his best to protect ordinary people and prevent the court from pursuing him to the end.

If Lu Zhi was replaced by the ruthless Huangfu Song, with Huangfu Song's style of killing all the Yellow Turbans, the entire Julu County would be littered with corpses.

If there was a title of "human massacre" in the late Han Dynasty, it should be given to Huangfu Song, who killed more than 200,000 prisoners, and used more than 100,000 yellow turban corpses to cast the capital.

In fact, Li Ji suspected that Cao Cao was ruthless in his military tactics because he was Huangfu Song's subordinate during this period and was subsequently influenced by Huangfu Song.

The reason why Li Ji didn't like the Yellow Turbans was actually the Yellow Turbans' behavior of forcibly coercing ordinary people.

Invisibly, it destroyed the lives of many people who could barely survive, forcing a large number of people to join the Yellow Turbans in order to survive.

Li Ji worked hard to help Liu Bei defeat the Yellow Turbans, not without the idea of ​​​​preventing more innocent people from dying in this Yellow Turban rebellion.

"Unexpectedly, I have been sleeping for five days."

After Li Ji sighed, he looked at Xiahou Bo with a hint of appreciation.

Xiahou Bo Lin always recounted the events of the past five days, big and small, in a clear and coherent manner. More importantly, Xiahou Bo clearly understood many things that did not happen to Xiahou Bo personally.

'Is this one of the qualities of a ranger? Very sensitive to all kinds of news. '

Li Ji secretly said something, and some thoughts also appeared in his mind.

At this moment, the door of the room where Li Ji was resting was suddenly pushed open.

In Li Ji's eyes, Liu Bei rushed in almost with a "swish", his eyes seemed to be filled with tears, and he was so excited that he said as if he was parting from life and death.

"Zikun, God bless you, you finally woke up."

When Li Ji saw this, he almost subconsciously leaned back to prevent the tears from falling on him and to let himself taste the saltiness.

As for Liu Bei's excitement, Li Ji found it difficult to resonate with him.

Li Ji's feeling was that as soon as he closed and opened his eyes, he could see Liu Bei again in the blink of an eye.

But what Li Ji didn't know was that during these five days, Liu Bei was afraid that Li Ji would die if he opened his eyes or closed his eyes.

In the past five days, Li Ji had not woken up. Liu Bei almost searched for all the doctors he could find, and invited them all to treat Li Ji.

Immediately, following Liu Bei, strong men poured into the room one after another, enthusiastically concerned about Li Ji's condition.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Bo, Liu Bei...

Five strong men, each of them can be said to be seven feet in length and with bulging muscles.

This made Li Ji suddenly feel that this small room was filled with a sense of anxiety. Five big men full of energy and blood gathered together, and even the temperature in the room suddenly increased a lot. .

Li Ji coughed a few times, thanked him for his concern one by one, and said.

"Um...thank you for your concern, but I still need a moment to rest..."

Immediately, Liu Bei, who understood, immediately got up and "drove people out" and drove out the rest of the people, so as not to disturb Li Ji's rest.

"boom!"

As the door closed, Li Ji looked at Liu Bei who was still in the room, feeling that his brain was still a little confused and couldn't react.

Why does Brother Xuande feel that he should be inside the house instead of outside?

Isn't he... not considered an idler?

(End of this chapter)