Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

For Li Ji, who had a clear understanding of the general situation in the world, Yanzhou was a place left by Li Ji for Lu Bu.

Hulao Pass, this majestic pass in the world shocked Li Ji.

When the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance attacked Hulao Pass, if it had not been for a trick that prompted Lu Bu to betray Dong Zhuo, it is not impossible that the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance would have been blocked at Hulao Pass by Dong Zhuo.

If Lu Bu is trapped in Sili, Li Ji will try to break through Hulao Pass in the future.

The world's number one general is guarding the world's number one Hulao Pass. The difficulty of breaking through it is so high that Li Ji can't help but sigh.

Therefore, in order to prevent Lu Bu from becoming a variable in the process of occupying Yuzhou, or to prevent Lu Bu from being trapped in Sili and taking the initiative to leave the country.

At this time, Li Ji was actually happy to see Lu Bu occupy Yanzhou.

Even though the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Lu Bu had unrivaled field combat capabilities, it was still easier to deal with than defending Hulao Pass.

Therefore, Li Ji attached his own opinions to the information sent by Guan Yu and submitted it to Liu Bei.

Let Guan Yu continue to defend the territory and allow Jingzhou to recuperate and recover as much as possible.

Jingzhou has been shrouded in continuous war for about two years, and the Jingzhou army has almost been replaced from head to toe.

Whether considering the loss of money and grain in Jingzhou or stabilizing people's hearts, Jingzhou is in urgent need of recuperation for a period of time.

Occupying Wancheng in Nanyang County also provided Jingzhou with a barrier to defend against threats from the north at any time. There was no need to worry about Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry reaching Xiangfan overnight. This played an irreplaceable role in stabilizing the situation in Jingzhou.

However, considering that the sooner Yuan Shu's ability to resist is destroyed, the more beneficial it will be to the overall situation.

Li Ji intended to let Wen Pin, who was in Jingzhou, lead 20,000 troops as a detachment to penetrate into Yuzhou from the direction of Nanyang County and attack Yuan Shu from both sides.

In this way, Yuzhou would be attacked from the east, west and south at the same time, forming a massive encirclement.

After reading Li Ji's attached opinions, Liu Bei stamped them with his seal and sent them to Jingzhou by express horse without changing a single word.

Yuan Shu in Yuzhou was undoubtedly struggling to survive, and he was frantically conscripting young and strong men as well as food and fodder without caring about the lives of the common people.

The entire Yuzhou territory was almost in a "carnival" in a certain sense.

There were many corrupt officials who took advantage of Yuan Shu's name to get rich.

Yuan Shu, who was in his final madness, didn't care about the people at all. He even acquiesced to the corrupt officials who took the opportunity to rob, in order to win over those officials to support him at this moment.

In order to stop Li Ji to the greatest extent possible, Yuan Shu formed a supervision team with his trusted confidants and drove the young and strong men who were forcibly conscripted to defend each city.

Even in the face of the large army led by Li Ji, these small cities were not difficult to capture, but it would take a lot of time.

The longer Li Ji's steps were delayed, the more young and strong men Yuan Shu would undoubtedly be able to recruit from the heartland of Yuzhou.

Even though Yuan Shu's approach was no less than draining the pond to catch all the fish, it would inevitably backfire sooner or later and greatly consume the potential of Yuzhou itself, but it would undoubtedly slow down Li Ji's pace for now.

If Li Ji wanted to capture cities one by one and reach Ruyang where Yuan Shu was, winter would probably have arrived.

Moreover, in this case, even if Yuzhou was captured, it would only be a weakened version of Yuzhou.

After taking over the Xiangcheng of Pei State, Li Ji entered through the city gate which had been simply cleaned but still had bloodstains everywhere. On the one hand, he issued a notice to reassure the people, and on the other hand, he summoned all his civil and military officials to the county government for a meeting.

However, the scale of this small Xiangcheng County Office is no less than that of the government office, and even some traces of recent repairs can be seen everywhere. This made Li Ji no longer want to talk to the Xiangcheng officials who were kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy. He waved his hand and said.

"Drag it on and follow the customary practice."

"Yes, Governor."

Immediately, the burly tiger guards pulled the officials down one by one as if they were carrying fat chickens.

As for what was the customary practice, it was to tie up these officials one by one and parade them through the streets so that the people could identify their crimes.

The guilty will be killed and the innocent will be spared.

In addition, the strict military discipline within the Yangzhou Army can ensure that the people are not harmed. This series of measures will undoubtedly be enough to quickly stabilize the people's hearts and restore normal order.

Soon, military generals and staff officers also rushed to the county government office.

Except for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu who were still stationed in Langya, Xu Shu was transferred by Li Ji to Liu Bei's side to be at his disposal to help Liu Bei at any time. Chen Dao and Zhou Tai also stayed in Xuzhou to guard Liu Bei. The rest of the people were still under Li Ji's command.

In addition, Zang Ba and Chen Deng of Xuzhou also took the initiative to ask to join Li Ji's camp.

Cao Bao, who had recognized the current situation, also realized that Xuzhou would soon be ruled by the Liu family. He took the initiative to request to serve under Li Ji in order to show his attitude of actively moving closer to the new master of Xuzhou.

However, Li Ji really didn't want to create a glaring flaw for himself, so he politely rejected Cao Bao's offer.

Perhaps Cao Bao was a fool in military affairs, but his influence in Xuzhou was not low. Cao Bao's approach also greatly helped Liu Bei to quickly take control of Xuzhou.

Since Zhang Fei did not whip Cao Bao and completely become enemies with Cao Bao, Cao Bao, whose life was not threatened, naturally would not rebel. Instead, he quickly succumbed to Liu Bei's charm.

Now, Liu Bei and Li Ji have a clear division of labor invisibly.

Liu Bei was responsible for maintaining domestic stability, and with his amazing charm, he quickly and steadily took control of Xuzhou;
Li Ji was in charge of resisting foreign aggression and led a large army with the intention of quickly swallowing up Yuzhou and achieving hegemony.

After Li Ji waited for a while, the generals and staff officers came to the county government office one after another, saluted Li Ji, and sat down in their seats.

Military generals: Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xu Chu, Tian Yu, Zang Ba, and many other generals such as Sun Guan and Yin Li;

Staff officers: Chen Deng, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Sima Yi.

After everyone gathered, Li Ji did not say any useless words, but went straight to telling them that Lu Bu had withdrawn his troops from Nanyang and the difficulties they were facing in the current attack on Yuzhou.

Since the army was not fully prepared before advancing, some of its siege equipment was insufficient. In addition, Yuan Shu's strategy was to force young and strong men to defend the cities to delay time.

Although the army's progress in breaking through the city was considered smooth, if it continued in this way, it would inevitably be dragged into winter.

It is common knowledge in this era that it is difficult to deploy troops in winter.

The key lies in the lack of warming methods.

Not only will it be difficult to deploy troops in winter, morale will be low and non-combat casualties will be far greater than combat casualties.

As the civil and military officials began to discuss quietly, Li Ji narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but think of cotton again. (End of this chapter)