Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

When Li Ji walked to the front yard, he saw from afar Sun Ce, who had already reached adulthood and married, patiently instructing Li Xiang in practicing sword skills.

Especially since Sun Ce looked very heroic, his face showed enough gentleness and patience at this moment, creating a picture of brotherly love and respect.

Li Ji walked over and smiled.

"It's a day off today, why isn't Bofu at home accompanying Madam Wu and your brothers and sisters? Instead, you came to my house."

"Teacher/father."

Sun Ce and Li Lian hurriedly saluted.

"There's no need to be so polite in private. Bofu, just sit down and talk. Xiang'er, continue practicing sword."

Li Ji said this, and then invited Sun Ce to sit on the stone bench in the pavilion next to him.

Li Xiang had a tense face and continued to practice his sword skills in a serious manner.

After Sun Ce sat down respectfully, he answered.

"Quan'er is good at literature but not martial arts, so I have nothing to teach him. On the contrary, Ren'er is obviously a girl, but she is very interested in wielding swords and guns. How dare I teach her?"

"Too."

Li Ji smacked his lips, remembering that Sun Ren also had a strange look on his face.

Sun Ren is about three or four years older than Li Xiang. He is very cute, but his fighting skills are similar to those of Sun Ce in the past.

At least among all the second generation, no one can beat Sun Ren for the time being. Zhang Fei's cub was beaten so hard that he cried loudly, and then went back to complain to Zhang Fei, but was beaten again by Zhang Fei, and cried even louder.

Don't ask Li Ji why he knew this. The reason is that the two mansions are close to each other, and the cub inherited Zhang Fei's voice perfectly. Once he starts crying, it would be hard for people in the surrounding mansions not to know.

"So what's important for Ce'er today?"

Li Ji made some tea and poured a cup for Sun Ce before asking.

Sun Ce took the tea respectfully, tasted it, and replied, "It was the other junior brothers who all wanted me to invite the teacher over."

After hearing this, Li Ji understood what Sun Ce meant.

Liu Bei moved his capital to Shouchun, but it was naturally inconvenient to relocate Rende Academy as a whole, especially the wall-less city built with Rende Academy as its center, which can now be regarded as the commercial center of the entire Yangzhou.

However, Ren De Academy is related to Liu Bei's plan for training reserve officials. Once Ren De Academy remains in Wujun, it will not be so convenient for Liu Bei to win over students at any time.

This undoubtedly put Liu Bei in a dilemma.

Finally, it was Li Ji who came up with an idea.

Ren De Academy will be divided into grades, and a branch will be established in Shouchun City. Students who have reached a certain stage in their studies will be transferred to the branch for further study.

In this way, it can not only further stimulate the students' desire to learn and make progress, but also make it easier for Liu Bei to win over the students without having to be restricted by the scholars from aristocratic families to maintain local governance.

The group of disciples accepted by Li Ji naturally transferred to the branch in Shouchun.

"It seems that today is not the time for class. Why did you let Bofu come to invite us?" Li Ji asked.

"In fact, that group of junior brothers were arguing fiercely with each other, and each had his own opinion on the situation in the Central Plains, so I would like to ask the teacher to make a judgment." Sun Ce said helplessly.

"Oh, that's interesting, let's go and have a look."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji immediately became interested.

In addition to his laissez-faire teaching, Li Ji also occasionally sent some intelligence about the princes of the Central Plains that he was not afraid of leaking to them for study and discussion, allowing them to make their own judgments.

It would be best if they could come up with something to discuss; even if there is nothing to gain, it can help broaden their horizons.

And as the talents of Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu became more prominent, the conclusions drawn by these four would tend to be consistent, forming an answer that convinced all the students. Now the argument was so intense that even Zhou Yu, who occasionally went to the branch to borrow books and sit in on the class, could not convince them, so Sun Ce came to ask Li Ji to judge in person.

Soon, Li Ji took Sun Ce out of the house and rode in a carriage towards the branch.

When they arrived at the area in the branch that was specially marked out for use by these students, Li Ji heard from afar the sound of Pang Tong slamming the table and yelling.

"Short-sighted! Short-sighted! You guys can't conspire together..."

"You'd better shut up. Do you think everyone would take risks like you?" Sima Yi retorted in a gloomy voice.

Pang Tong retorted loudly.

"This is the only way to break the impasse. Cao Mengde has many people under his command who are good at making plans and making decisions, and they are definitely not willing to be under someone else for long. Apart from this strategy, what other strategies can be used?"

Just at this time, Li Ji pushed the door open, looked at the group of students in front of him who seemed to be arguing with each other, and asked.

"What's the strategy?"

"teacher."

All of a sudden, all the students straightened their clothes and saluted Li Ji.

Zhou Yu, who was sitting nearby and listening, also stood up quickly.

Li Ji nodded in return, sat down, and asked, "What are the students fighting for?"

"Teacher Bing, we divided into four groups, and used Liu Huangshu, Wushuang Hou, Yuan Gonglu, and Cao Mengde to deduce the situation in the Central Plains. However, the conclusions we reached were very contradictory, so we had a debate."

Zhuge Liang, showing his calmness and maturity, stood up and explained everything clearly in a few words.

The students headed by Zhuge Liang represent Liu Bei, the students headed by Pang Tong represent Cao Mengde, the students headed by Sima Yi represent Lu Bu, and the students headed by Xu Shu represent Yuan Shu.

As a general rule, the four groups should not have any irreconcilable disputes when they deduce the next step of the Central Plains situation based on the intelligence they know about the princes in the Central Plains.

"Let's talk about the controversial point," said Li Ji.

Immediately, after the students looked at each other for a while, Zhuge Liang spoke first.

"Teacher, the key to the struggle in the Central Plains today lies in Yanzhou. Only if Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu obtain Yanzhou and begin to dominate the Central Plains, can they compete with Emperor Liu, right?"

"Yes." Li Ji replied.

After hearing this, Xu Shu stood up and spoke.

"If I were Yuan Shu, I would not be able to resist Liu Huangshu alone, and I would not dare to act rashly if I wanted to march north to Yanzhou..."

"So, the result of my discussion with other classmates is that Yuan Shu can only seek an alliance to fight against Emperor Liu, and then find an opportunity to advance north to Yanzhou. Only by connecting the two Yuans can we resist General Gongsun in the north and Emperor Liu in the south."

"The only person Yuan Shu can join forces with is Lu Bu. He may offer Nanyang County in exchange for Lu Bu giving up Yanzhou. In this way, with Lu Bu restraining Uncle Liu, Yuan Shu will have enough strength to advance north to Yanzhou."

Li Ji nodded slightly, without comment, then looked at Sima Yi and Pang Tong.

Sima Yi continued.

"What a mistake!"

"Lü Bu? Who is he? He is a fickle, erratic, and I know this kind of person very well."

"Yuan Shu's title of being a third-rank official for four generations is not taken seriously by Lu Bu."

"If Yuan Shu did this, if I were Lu Bu, I would just pretend to form an alliance to take Nanyang, then counterattack Yanzhou, and tacitly share Yuan Shu with Liu Huangshu." (End of this chapter)