Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 8 Daxing, Daxing

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Li Ji.

Seeing the final evaluation, Li Ji felt that his mind was filled with questions as to how he could achieve such an achievement all of a sudden.

Poisoner?

Where am I poisoned?
  Shouldn't this be to blame Liu Yan for being too naive?
  Even if they resist the Yellow Turbans for a few more days, they can't even force the Yellow Turbans to reveal their flaws.

Li Ji felt helpless in his heart, knowing that even though his original intention from the beginning was not to sacrifice most of the people of Zhuo County in exchange for the opportunity to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves in one blow.

However, when the rebels led by Liu Guanzhang are lurking outside the city, this is almost an inevitable result.

After all, Li Ji was in an absolutely rational state in the "strategy simulator" deduction state. Let alone burying the people of Zhuoxian County, as long as he could achieve the planned goal of the strategy, he would not hesitate to use himself and Liu Bei as bait.

With the numerical difference of nearly a hundred times in strength, only by seizing the chaos caused by the Yellow Turbans breaking into the city and starting to burn, kill, and loot, could they have a chance to defeat the Yellow Turbans headquarters in one fell swoop before the rest of the Yellow Turbans had time to rescue them.

Defeat a hundred times the strong with the weak!
  With two thousand men, he defeated two hundred thousand Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop.

It is conceivable that even if the Yellow Turbans are a true rabble, they will definitely make Liu Guanzhang and Li Ji famous. Even Liu Bei was named the prefect of a border official after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Li Ji also relied on this strategy to leave his name in history, and he was also infamous for thousands of years.

Li Ji secretly gave up on this choice.

Even if Li Ji didn't care about the so-called reputation, for most of Li Ji, the sacrifice of the flesh-and-blood people of Zhuoxian County was too heavy.

What's more, once this plan comes out, it will also become Li Ji's swan song in Liu Bei Group's strategy. This is something Li Ji, who has ambitious goals, cannot accept.

However, the results of this "strategy simulator" deduction also allowed Li Ji to see the possibility of directly attacking the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Thieves and winning.

If you want to defeat the strong with the weak, or face a complex enemy force like the Yellow Turbans, this may be the best and only option.

As soon as he thought of this, just when Li Ji was about to deduce other options in the "strategy simulator", Li Ji suddenly felt waves of acupuncture-like pain coming from his brain.

This made Li basically exit the "strategy simulator" and let out a muffled sound.

Liu Bei looked at Li Ji blankly for a moment, then his face suddenly turned a lot whiter, and he hurriedly expressed concern.

"Zi Kun?!"

"Brother Xuande, I'm fine."

Li Ji said, but his eyebrows were slightly raised.

'Compared with the deduction that was limited to myself, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, this time since it directly involves 200,000 Yellow Turbans and the people of Zhuojun, has the consumption become so huge? '

This is like running the same program, but the more data information needs to be processed, the greater the computing power occupied and the consumption will naturally be.

Even though Li Ji had been mentally prepared for this, he never expected that his spirit would almost reach its limit after just one deduction.

Li Ji no longer forced a second deduction to avoid another situation of mental exhaustion and direct fainting.

What's more, Li Ji will not rely too much on the "strategy simulator". He will only use the "strategy simulator" for trial and error to avoid any mistakes in his ideas.

For example: using the Zhuoxian city as bait to find an opportunity to behead the Yellow Turban Thief headquarters. This was a choice that Li Ji considered highly feasible among the strategies he had prepared over the past few days.

Facts have proved that this plan can indeed help Liu Guanzhang defeat the Yellow Turbans, but the consequences will be far more serious than Li Ji initially expected.

As for Liu Bei, who was thoughtful and thoughtful, he couldn't tell that Li Ji's spirit was obviously much worse than before.

Therefore, even though Liu Bei was extremely anxious about the Yellow Turbans at the moment and was so anxious to get Li Ji's advice, he still comforted him warmly.

"Zikun, since you are not feeling well, you should rest first to prepare..."

Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, but he directly raised his hand to interrupt Liu Bei's words and said.

"Brother Xuande, Ji just simply deduced some situations, nothing serious."

Immediately, Li Ji held up the candle with one hand and took Liu Bei to the topographic map of Zhuojun on the wall in the corner of the room with the other hand and said.

"The Yellow Turbans are powerful and cannot be defeated. Only by attacking their weaknesses can we win a decisive battle."

Liu Bei nodded and understood that the two thousand rebels under his command would probably be defeated if they collided head-on with the Yellow Turbans.

"Bei also knows this. The number of the Yellow Turbans numbering one hundred thousand is really astonishing."

"There won't be one hundred thousand..."

Li Ji shook his head and said. "The number of Yellow Turbans in the message conveyed by Yide may be as high as one hundred thousand, but by the time they arrive around Zhuoxian County, based on Ji's opinion, there will be about half of them left."

Li Ji said this with great certainty.

Perhaps, the information conveyed by Zhang Fei only described that the old, weak, women and children were left behind along the way of the Yellow Turbans, but it is difficult for others to determine the specific rate of the Yellow Turbans being left behind.

However, Li Ji had already reached this conclusion from the deduction of the "strategy simulator" just now.

"fifty thousand?"

Liu Bei was a little surprised at how Li Ji calculated this number, but out of blind confidence in his amazing deduction ability, which had been verified to predict the enemy thousands of miles away, Liu Bei chose to believe Li Ji's statement without any burden.

"It's just that even if it's 50,000, it's still an astonishing amount."

Liu Bei murmured.

Just like when an ant faces an elephant, there is not much difference whether the elephant is a baby elephant or an adult elephant.

"Indeed, even if there are only 50,000 left, they are beyond our power."

Li Ji narrowed his eyes and said.

"However, one thing is certain, that is, the Yellow Turban thieves cannot be allowed to reach the surrounding areas of Zhuoxian County, otherwise the population of Zhuoxian County will quickly expand from 50,000 to 100,000, 200,000, or even more."

"So, the place for the decisive battle...is outside Zhuoxian County, and the enemy must be defended outside Zhuoxian County no matter what!"

Li Ji said categorically, which actually made Liu Bei hesitate and suggested unconfidently.

"Zikun, if this happens, we will be alone. If we follow Bei's idea, it would be better for Bei to lead two thousand people out of the city to find a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack and set up camp, so as to form a diagonal relationship with the Zhuoxian city. .”

I have to say that Liu Bei's proposal can be considered mature and prudent.

There are 10,000 county soldiers inside Zhuoxian City. In an ideal situation, Liu Bei would lead two thousand rebels to set up camp outside and form a corner with Zhuoxian City to help each other.

In this way, the Yellow Turbans can be threatened so that they do not dare to attack one of them with all their strength, and they must always be on guard against the other side coming from the side. And with the Yellow Turbans' poor logistics situation, they will definitely lose as long as they enter a protracted war.

However, Li Ji shook his head and asked.

"Brother Xuande, don't entrust your hopes to Prefect Liu Yan. He may have no intention of leaving the city. In this case, even if we are stationed outside the city and set up a camp, what difference will we make to a lone army?"

Theoretically, Liu Bei's suggestion is feasible, but we also have to consider who are the teammates who are trying to influence each other?
  When his teammate is Liu Yan, the prefect, any attempt to influence him is nonsense. It will only allow the yellow scarf thieves to seize Liu Guanzhang's chicken feet, and then he will be doomed.

This made Liu Bei's expression look hesitant.

In the final analysis, it was the astonishing number of the Yellow Turbans that put great psychological pressure on Liu Bei, which in turn made Liu Bei reluctant to give up his city advantage and the 10,000 county soldiers who might come to his aid.

Normally, an ordinary person would feel timid when facing ten big men, not to mention that now Liu Bei is required to lead the rebel army to take the initiative to face dozens of times the enemy.

When Li Ji saw this, he got angry again.

"Brother Xuande, if Governor Liu Yan did not secure the walls and clear the country in advance, even if you and Governor Liu Yan could be at odds with each other, the Yellow Turban thieves would not choose to attack the city and camp by force, but would each leave a force to fight against the city and camp. , and the remaining troops plundered the surrounding areas of Zhuoxian County, so what?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei's eyes froze at first, and then he realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yellow turban thieves are different from ordinary armies. Ordinary armies plunder the surrounding areas mostly for money and food, but yellow turban thieves will absorb a large number of people to enrich themselves.

As a result, the so-called "stalemate" only gave the Yellow Turban thieves ample opportunities to strengthen themselves.

In this way, even if the Yellow Turban Thieves are defeated in the end, the entire area around Zhuoxian County will probably be empty.

Choosing between the increased risk to himself and the safety of his fellow villagers in Zhuoxian County, Liu Bei almost hesitated before making his decision, and spoke with a firm gaze.

"What Zikun said is true. This battle is not only to defeat the enemy, but also to protect the people. Therefore, the Yellow Turban thieves must be kept out of Zhuo County no matter what."

Li Ji pointed to the area on the map where Daxing Mountain and Juma River meet in the south of Zhuo County and said.

"Now the Yellow Turbans have probably arrived around Fan Yang, but there is a plain after that, and there is almost no danger to defend. Only the Daxing Mountain and the lower reaches of the Juma River near Zhuoxian County in the north can take advantage of the geographical advantage."

Liu Bei squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the topographic map on the wall by candlelight.

Looking around, the terrain from Fanyang to Zhuoxian is mostly plains.

If the Yellow Turbans were allowed to spread freely, with dozens of times the number difference, even one person with a mouthful of saliva could drown Liu Bei's two thousand people.

Only the area where Daxing Mountain and Juma River meet has rugged terrain, which can limit the Yellow Turbans' numerical advantage to a considerable extent.

And according to the marching route of the Yellow Turbans predicted by Li Ji, Daxing Mountain is also an area that is difficult for the Yellow Turbans to bypass.

"Unfortunately, Daxing Mountain is not a battleground for military strategists that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Otherwise, if we set up a camp there, we might be able to forcibly block the Yellow Turbans from Zhuoxian County."

Liu Bei sighed helplessly.

Li Ji said. "Brother Xuande, I don't want to use grand means unless it is base, but the gap between us and the enemy is so big that we cannot win without taking risks."

"After all, Bei is too weak, otherwise why bother with Zikun?" Liu Bei said with some guilt.

"Ji, I just want to contribute to the people of Zhuojun. Brother Xuande and I are on the same path."

Li Ji took the initiative to comfort Liu Bei, while he continued to look at Daxing Mountain on the map with bright eyes, and said something in a low voice.

"Daxing, Daxing, this place has a good name. This is the beginning of our Daxing."

Even without using the "strategy simulator", Li Ji knew that after giving up the option of using the city as bait, Daxing Mountain was undoubtedly the last barrier to save the people of Zhuojun.

Once the Yellow Turbans cross the Daxing Mountains, the vast plains will allow the Yellow Turbans to plunder the entire Zhuo County at will. The astonishing number is difficult to defeat by a mere two thousand rebels.

As Liu Bei's mind was made up, he immediately left Li Ji's room in a hurry and went to find Guan Yu to discuss the army reorganization.

The next day, early in the morning.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu got up and began to organize the final army and raise food and grass.

Since Liu Bei and Guan Yu were also uniting troops for the first time, due to lack of experience, it was not until the afternoon that they could complete the entire army.

Just when Liu Bei was preparing to lead his army to set off, the news of the appearance of Yellow Turban thieves from Fanyang was initially transmitted to Zhuoxian.

In particular, some wealthy businessmen with relatively extensive information channels knew that the Yellow Turban thieves were coming, and they seemed to be heading straight for Zhuo County, which is the seat of Zhuo County.

Perhaps the people at the bottom of the class still don't know anything about it, but the wealthy businessmen in Zhuo County are already showing signs of panic.

When Liu Bei led the rebel army to prepare to leave the city, what he saw was an endless stream of carts heading out of the city, even blocking the city gate.

escape!
  Obviously, these wealthy businessmen began to flee without hesitation.

This is also the reason why the Yellow Turbans have a fierce reputation today. Everywhere they go, the people absorb them, and almost all the powerful landowners, officials and businessmen are killed.

How could this not make the wealthy merchants panic and panic, and they would start fleeing without hesitation after hearing the name of the Yellow Turban Thief. This also made the prefect Liu Yan, who was standing at the gate of Zhuoxian City, anxious for a while.

Originally, Liu Yan deliberately blocked the specific information about the Yellow Turbans in order to try to tie all the powerful landowners in Zhuo County together and try to use their strength to defend the city.

However, I didn't expect that after the Yellow Turbans arrived in Fan Yang, some news spread back to Zhuoxian County, causing the wealthy landowners who had already been in trouble to flee frantically.

The captain Zou Jing, who was standing next to Liu Yan, the governor of Zhuo County, noticed Liu Yan's expression and suggested in a low voice.

"Sir, why don't you close the city gate in advance?"

"No."

Liu Yan waved his hand and said.

"The name of the Yellow Turbans is so evil. Now they are bent on escaping. If I order the city gate to be sealed now, it will be more certain that the Yellow Turbans are coming in a menacing way, causing even greater chaos. It is not necessarily a rebellion even in order to leave the city."

Perhaps Liu Yan knew nothing about military affairs, but as a member of the Han clan from official to prefect, Liu Yan had a good understanding of politics and human nature.

These wealthy landowners will be afraid of the Yellow Turbans, but not the prefects.

After all, the Yellow Turban can directly overturn the table, while the Taishou needs to follow the rules.

When Zou Jing heard this, he could only watch helplessly as the carts below continued to squeeze out of the city gate.

Suddenly, Zou Jing saw a large group of people at the end of the team. He narrowed his eyes, pointed in that direction, and said.

"Wait, sir, look over there..."

Liu Yan looked in the direction Zou Jing pointed and saw Liu Bei leading two thousand rebels, and his face immediately darkened.

(End of this chapter)