Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chen Deng heard this, and a hint of fanaticism appeared in his eyes...

Few people know that Chen Deng, who had the ambition to help the world and the people, admired Liu Bei very much.

But Chen Deng was more aware that he was born into the Chen family of Xuzhou, and his father Chen Gui was very old. Even though Chen Deng had long wanted to go to Yangzhou to offer his little help to Liu Bei, he had to stay in Xuzhou and take over the family responsibility.

Now that Liu Bei has taken control of Xuzhou, Chen Deng is undoubtedly the happiest person, as he has solved the dilemma of loyalty and filial piety.

Therefore, when asked by Li Ji, Chen Deng felt that his brain became more active than ever before.

And unlike Pang Tong and others, Chen Deng was also quite familiar with the terrain around Xuzhou.

In an instant, one guess after another emerged in Chen Deng's mind and were quickly and completely rejected.

It would be fine if a small group of troops went deep into the enemy's rear, but with Marquis Guanjun in front, it was not a surprising thing.

But if we talk about an army of 100,000, let alone in the Central Plains, even on the grasslands, leading an army of this size deep into the enemy's rear for nearly 600 miles is unprecedented.

The key among the keys is how to ensure food supply?
Or in other words, what should the soldiers eat?
Sweat was visibly pouring out of Chen Deng's forehead, and in just a short moment, he looked as if he had been pulled out of the water.

However, Chen Deng also wanted to shine under Liu Bei, and he also hoped to prove himself to the legendary national hero.

Finally, Chen Deng took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Could it be... a waterway?"

Li Ji, who was originally a little nonchalant, suddenly changed his expression and asked with a little surprise.

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

Chen Deng said with some shame and helplessness.

"I have exhausted all the methods I could think of to march through Yuzhou for 600 miles, but all have ended in failure. The only method I cannot exhaust is the crisscrossing network of waterways in Yuzhou."

After hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but show a bit of admiration in his eyes.

"This Xiao Deng... is really good, and he is a promising talent. His thinking may not be out of this world, but surprisingly down-to-earth. He has the potential to be the head of a government."

After Chen Deng's reminder, the rest of the staff group turned their attention back to the map hanging in the county government office.

However, this map does not depict the clear direction of mountains and rivers, but only clearly marks the counties, cities and roads of various sizes within Yuzhou.

"I can't remember the topographic map of Yuzhou for the moment..."

Pang Tong muttered with his teeth bared, his face full of confusion and helplessness.

Pang Tong has always been extremely intelligent and has an excellent memory, but this also makes the conceited Pang Tong not very fond of reading books that he is not interested in.

Pang Tong vaguely remembered that the topographic map of Yuzhou had appeared in a book he had casually flipped through.

However, Pang Tong only paid a rough look at the dangerous places in Yuzhou and remembered them, but he did not spend any effort to remember the specific directions of mountains, rivers and streams.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang stood up and asked, "Teacher, can I make changes on this map?"

"can."

Li Ji signaled Zhuge Liang to do as he pleased.

In the past, maps were hand-painted and were extremely precious, and could not tolerate any damage. However, with the continuous innovation and progress of printing technology in Yangzhou, maps can now also be printed on a large scale.

With permission, Zhuge Liang stood up, holding a red pen, and began to sketch on the map of Yuzhou according to his memory.

The rivers that crisscross Yuzhou were drawn on the map by Zhuge Liang himself.

Li Ji compared them carefully and found that what Zhuge Liang drew was exactly the same as what he remembered.

Pang Tong saw this and spoke with a constipated look on his face.

"You are so good, Zhuge Liang. I see you always reading books. It turns out that you spend your time memorizing the directions of rivers that you may never need in your lifetime?"

"Teacher, there is a saying that I deeply agree with. If a general does not understand astronomy, he will not know the advantages of the terrain..."

Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to finish, Pang Tong gave a French military salute, asking Zhuge Liang to stop reading.

Unlike Zhuge Liang who aspired to be an all-rounder, Pang Tong was more like a partial student who studied according to his interests and was never willing to spend more energy on things that he thought were unimportant.

Soon after, after Zhuge Liang demonstrated his amazing memory and profound knowledge and manually filled in the river directions on the map of Yuzhou, everyone secretly admired him and their eyes fell on the map again.

What Chen Deng just said was undoubtedly agreed by many people.

Normally, it is impossible to lead a large army six hundred miles deep behind enemy lines. The only way is to use the advantages of the terrain...

The waterway seemed to be the only possible direction.

But after looking at the distribution and direction of Yuzhou's water network, everyone felt even more helpless.

Since Xia Yu divided the country into nine states, Yuzhou has been located in the center of the nine states and is the essence of the Central Plains. All dynasties have vigorously developed Yuzhou and its water network is also quite developed.

However, all the major rivers in Yuzhou run from north to south and eventually flow into the Huai River.

At least, there is no waterway that runs from west to east, or from east to west, through most of Yuzhou.

The problem now is that Li Ji needs to lead his army from east to west deep into the heart of Yuzhou where Ruyang is located. The large rivers from north to south seem to be of no use except as obstacles.

As for mobilizing countless ships to carry 100,000 soldiers and horses, going around Pei State and entering the Huai River, then going upstream from the Huai River into a tributary, and finally arriving at a port near Ruyang...

In the eyes of some people who are well versed in naval affairs, it is completely unfeasible.

Even though there are many large rivers in Yuzhou, they are difficult to accommodate a fleet that can carry an army of 100,000. Moreover, if they make such a tight circle, it will probably be winter by then.

For a moment, everyone in the county government seemed to be even more silent, as they had no idea of ​​the direction to break through and penetrate hundreds of miles behind enemy lines.

Wherever Li Ji's eyes passed, it was like the poor students were too ashamed to face the teacher, and were even more afraid of being asked questions by the teacher, so they almost subconsciously lowered their heads and remained silent.

When Li Ji looked at Sima Yi again, Sima Yi suddenly came up with a plan to break the impasse, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, as he also knew that Li Ji would not adopt this plan.

That is to secretly send people to disguise as Yuan's army, and then continuously destroy the major rivers in Yuzhou one by one, causing the rivers in Yuzhou to burst their banks on a large scale, and it would be best if the entire Yuzhou could be turned into a swamp.

Faced with such a disaster, not only did the counties and cities across the country not continue to forcibly conscript young and strong men to stop Li Ji, but their officials and generals were probably fleeing like frightened birds.

Yangzhou had no shortage of boats and ships, and a large number of them were mobilized in advance to the vicinity of Yuzhou for preparation.

By then, we can quickly send some elite troops across the river to Ruyang, and rescue the people in a grand manner, gaining reputation, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. (End of this chapter)