Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After nearly a year, Li Ji and Yuan Shu met again, and it seemed like yesterday, as if nothing had changed.

Although Yuan Shu often scolded Li Ji as a child in private, there were not many scholars of the time whom Yuan Shu could really look up to, and Li Ji was undoubtedly one of them.

So, seeing Li Ji coming here to give him face, Yuan Shu, who had been reclining on the soft couch in the chariot, stood up and spoke when he saw Li Ji's chariot approaching.

"Guo Shi Hou, how are you?"

After the chariot came to a complete stop, Li Ji looked at Yuan Shu, who was still slightly lowering his chin to show his respect as usual, and he did not mind it. He returned the greeting and continued speaking.

"Mr. Yuan, you are still as charming as ever."

“Today is better than yesterday.”

After Yuan Shu said this, he asked his personal guards to move the table and umbrella cover on the chariot to an open space on the ground on one side, and placed cushions on both sides.

"Please come in, let's have a few drinks together." Yuan Shu got off the chariot and invited him.

"I dare not disobey my ears."

Li Ji responded and got off the chariot, sitting opposite Yuan Shu on the other side of the table, which was filled with various fruit desserts and a pot of fine wine.

Perhaps Yuan Shu was arrogant and rude because of his family background, but he also relied on his family background to have some of the elegance of the Spring and Autumn Period.

After inviting Li Ji to sit down, he treated Li Ji very warmly, and the two of them had a very pleasant conversation.

It's just that Yuan Shu and Li Ji were chatting happily, but it was a bit hard for Ji Ling who had to keep himself tense all the time.

Compared with Ji Ling's already sturdy physique, Xu Chu was undoubtedly three times stronger. This made Ji Ling, who had been deeply traumatized by his recent defeat at the hands of Huang Zhong, extremely alert, fearing that Xu Chu would suddenly attack.

With the umbrella providing shade and cool breeze blowing from time to time, Yuan Shu and Li Ji, who were sitting on both sides of the table, felt quite comfortable.

Moreover, Li Ji was now very knowledgeable, and no matter what topic Yuan Shu talked about, Li Ji could give a reasoned answer. This made the two sides drink a whole pot of wine without realizing it.

However, as the pot of wine was finished, the smile on Yuan Shu's face gradually faded, and he threw another grape into his mouth and said.

"Zi Kun is such a genius, it's a pity for him to work for Liu Da'er. How about following me, Yuan Gonglu? What Liu Da'er can give you, I, Yuan Gonglu can also give you, or even more."

Li Ji looked normal and bowed slightly.

"Please don't call me Lord in contempt."

Yuan Shu's expression froze slightly, and the action of chewing grapes also paused.

The answer is already quite clear.

"Liu Xuande is really lucky."

Yuan Shu changed his address and spoke instead.

"But in this battle, our army's strength is far greater than Zikun's. Zikun will definitely lose. If he is unfortunately captured alive by me, then Zikun will have no choice but to refuse."

“If wealth, honor, life and death could change my mind, Lord Yuan would not think so highly of me.” Li Ji replied with a smile.

"That's true..."

Yuan Shu did not deny this either.

Who loves loyal people?!

If Li Ji could be turned against the emperor so easily, how would he be different from Lu Bu, the slave of three surnames?
How could Yuan Shu think so highly of Li Ji?
Therefore, before Yuan Shu offered to recruit Li Ji, he knew that Li Ji would definitely not agree.

but……

Yuan Shu said with a smile.

"Even if I capture Zikun, I will not use torture instruments. However, even if wealth and life and death cannot change Zikun's will, the beauty pigment is known as a bone scraper."

"I, Yuan, have three hundred beautiful maids, and Zikun can choose any of them. If they are not eunuchs, I am afraid that Zikun will not be tempted even for a moment if they spend their days there."

……

Li Ji.

Three hundred beautiful maids can grind an iron rod into a needle. Don't say whether this is Li Ji's weak spot, even the hardest bones can be turned into soft ones.

Human nature cannot stand the test, and desires cannot be arbitrarily induced...

With Yuan Shu's way of playing, with one of his three hundred beautiful maids every day, after a year he would probably forget even his own last name, let alone who his lord is.

This made Li Ji's mouth twitch uncontrollably, and he bowed.

"You are joking, Lord Yuan. The outcome of this battle is still unknown. It is probably too early to think of capturing Li alive."

"Oh, then let's decide the outcome on the battlefield."

Yuan Shu stood up and said something.

Li Ji also bowed and said goodbye, then he and Yuan Shu returned to their chariots. The two chariots went in opposite directions and began to return to the formation.

However, unlike Yuan Shu who was lying on the soft couch in the chariot after eating and drinking, Li Ji picked up a brush and quickly started painting on the table after returning to the chariot.

As the distance shortened, Li Ji could see the formation of the Yuzhou army more clearly.

Soon, Li Ji quickly filled up a piece of white paper and completely drew the Yuzhou army formation on it.

This information is of little significance to others.

After all, once a war breaks out, each unit will constantly mobilize and change its formation, and everything will change beyond recognition in just a moment.

But for Li Ji...

Staring at the contents on the white paper, a bird's-eye view of the battlefield map seemed to appear in Li Ji's mind.

Then, based on his memory and the contents of the paper, Li Ji quickly perfected the Yuzhou Army formation, which was originally mostly vague.

At this moment, it was as if there was an extra chessboard in Li Ji's mind, and the available chess pieces in Yuan Shu's hands had been clearly arranged by Li Ji to the opposite side.

Immediately, Li Ji arranged his 60,000 soldiers like chess pieces on the chessboard on his side.

"There has been no war of justice since the Spring and Autumn Period, Yuan Gonglu, I have taken advantage of you..."

As the chariot returned to the army formation, Li Ji, who had completed the chessboard arrangement, could not help but mutter something.

Even through a large number of scouts, Li Ji already had a basic understanding of the military forces available to Yuan Shu.

However, due to the distance problem, Li Ji could not see Yuan Shu's military deployment during the war clearly at a distance of 500 steps.

Originally, Li Ji could only wait until the two sides actually came into contact and engaged in battle, and then gradually figure out Yuan Shu's military formation and further establish his chances of victory.

I didn't expect Yuan Shu to still have the spirit of the Spring and Autumn Period, and actually invited me to have a conversation before the battle...

"But this is a possible method. I can also imitate the style of the Spring and Autumn Period."

Thinking of this, the smile on Li Ji's face became even more refreshing.

After Yuan Shu returned to the army, he immediately ordered an attack.

For a moment, on this wide and flat battlefield, the Yuzhou army, with its huge formation, began to move slowly.

From a distance, the size of the Yuzhou Army's formation was twice as large as that of the Yangzhou Army, like a physical comparison between a child and an adult.

"Boom boom boom!"

The exciting drum beats sounded.

The infantrymen of the Yuzhou army lined up in the front advanced step by step towards the direction of the Yangzhou army following the sound of drums, demonstrating their impressive power.

Li Ji returned to the center of the army, stood on the chariot, looked at the dark mass of Yuzhou troops that were beginning to advance, and uttered the same word.

"Enter!"

(End of this chapter)