Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 87 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

In any case, Liu Bei was also the new governor of Wu County. When he arrived to take office, only a few people from aristocratic families showed up to greet him.

This is undoubtedly contempt for the new county governor, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a show of intimidation.

Not to mention Liu Bei, the faces of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Xia Houbo and other soldiers who followed Liu Bei also had sullen looks on their faces, and a hint of chilling unconsciously appeared on their faces.

It should be noted that Liu Bei did not take office alone. He had 3,000 battle-hardened soldiers under his command, which could be used as Liu Bei's confidence to intimidate the local aristocratic families.

When Li Ji looked at the two or three big cats and kittens in front of him, he slightly raised his eyebrows and said to himself:

'Did Wenhe fail? There are so few aristocratic families to welcome their lord...'

Thinking of this, Li Ji looked at Jia Xu and Zhang Fei who were standing at the front.

Jia Xu responded with a warm and jade-like smile, and held his hands in a courteous and friendly manner.

"My lord, you are finally here."

"Brother, it's so hard for me to wait for you."

Zhang Fei also stepped forward carelessly to help Liu Bei dismount, and then hugged Liu Bei tightly, with unbearable excitement in his tone.

Liu Bei comforted Zhang Fei and was about to ask Jia Xu about the situation and why only so many aristocratic families came out to greet him.

The next moment, the aristocratic families behind Jia Xu almost all knelt down and cried out in the stunned eyes of Liu Bei and Li Ji.

"Mr. Xuande, you are finally here..."

"The Gu family has been in turmoil for several months, and now we finally meet the Ming Lord here. If Mr. Xuande will not give up, the Gu family is willing to serve him."

"Mr. Xuande, it's a good thing you're here, otherwise I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see me."

"You can rest assured that Duke Xuande is here."

……

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Liu Bei, Li Ji.

"Everyone, everyone..."

Although Liu Bei was still confused, he still instinctively stepped forward to help these family members of different ages one by one, and comforted them with words.

Li Ji took the opportunity to look at Jia Xu. Seeing the gentle look on Jia Xu's face that had nothing to do with him, he pulled Jia Xu aside and asked in a low voice.

"Wen He, did you do this?"

"Zikun, you can't say that. I just gave it a small push."

After a pause, Jia Xu raised three fingers and said with a smile. "However, to live up to Zikun's expectations, only 30% of the remaining aristocratic families are left."

This sentence silenced Li Ji for a moment.

If Li Ji remembers correctly, Jia Xu was asked to deal with the family, and he was talking about dealing with 30%...

As a result, only 30% of the results were processed. What kind of god-level understanding is this?
  If I say "defend a wave" with a slight accent in the future, Jia Xu will not interpret it as "let's take a risk", directly burst the embankment or let the plague perish together, right?

In an instant, Li Ji once again had a firm idea: Jia Xu must not be let go easily.

In just over a month, Jia Xu reduced the Wujun family to only 30%.

It's too cruel.

Li Ji's momentary silence made Jia Xu's expression move. He suddenly realized something and asked in a low voice.

"Wait a minute, Zikun, the 30% you said can't be..."

Li Ji nodded.

Jia Xu's expression froze and he said nothing.

After a while, Jia Xu smiled and said.

"Actually, the difference between processing 30% and only 30% is not very big. The impact on your future development of Wu County should not be big, right?"

Is there a big difference between 70% and 30%?

What a rounding off, Jia Wenhe.

However, 70% of the aristocratic families in Wu County are dead. Can Li Ji resurrect their corpses?

Li Ji scratched his head and asked the most crucial question.

"Wenhe, when you were dealing with it, you didn't expose yourself, right?"

This sentence is the most critical.

Many local families have died. The biggest problem for Li Ji is that it may lead to local instability in the near future and a lack of manpower to serve as officials.

But once this matter involves Liu Bei, the trouble will be quite big. If Liu Bei has a solid foundation and can even fight the world alone, Li Ji can naturally shout, "Any family in the world who disobeys me will die!" He can completely ravage and transform the family according to his own wishes, and transform the family into what Li Ji likes. appearance.

However, Liu Bei is just starting out, and even offending Cao Cao needs to be handled with caution.

Although it is very common for a new county governor to rectify local aristocratic families and establish authority, Li Ji's red line for Jia Xu was 30%.

If it exceeds 30%, the influence and public opinion will be difficult to control, and it is likely to damage Liu Bei's reputation.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu's thinking and methods were so ruthless that in the blink of an eye, 70% of the local aristocratic families in Wu County evaporated.

If it were spread that Liu Bei ordered Jia Xu to massacre 70% of the local aristocratic families in Wu County, Liu Bei would definitely be regarded as a public enemy of the aristocratic families in the world. It would be quite troublesome and difficult to eradicate this influence.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and replied affirmatively. "Don't worry Zikun, there is absolutely no exposure. Even if someone has suspicions, there is absolutely no evidence."

Li Ji narrowed his eyes when he heard this. He didn't understand how Jia Xu accomplished this in more than a month, but he subconsciously sighed and said something faintly.

"It's a pity. If I had known, I would have left no one behind. The blanker it is, the easier it is to draw a blueprint..."

Jia Xu suddenly used his fingers unconsciously and pulled off several beards, looking at Li Ji blankly.

So, I understood it wrong, can you really blame me?
  Or is this guy Li Zikun deliberately vague, leading me to deal with only 30% of the local aristocratic families in Wu County, and then passing the blame?
  Li Ji felt Jia Xu's weird look in his eyes and immediately understood Jia Xu's thoughts and explained.

"I am just analyzing from a rational perspective. My morality and kindness do not allow me to do such cruel and ferocious things."

"You just don't want to damage your reputation, right?"

Jia Xu retorted and said.

"So, I'm afraid I am the benefactor of the local aristocratic family in Wu County. Otherwise, if I wait until you, Li Zikun, take action, I might really uproot the entire Wu County aristocratic family."

Li Ji gave a thumbs up to Jia Xu.

Well done, such a good man in the late Han Dynasty!

After killing 70%, you still have the nerve to claim to be the benefactor of a local family in Wu County. It must be you Jia Wen and Dashan Ren!

Jia Xu didn't show the slightest embarrassment about this, but instead consciously judged that he was right. His move could definitely be regarded as a good deed and virtue, in line with the harmony of nature.

Immediately, Li Ji glanced at Liu Bei, who was surrounded by crying family members, and said in a low voice.

"Jia Wenhe, how did you deal with those seven local aristocratic families? Tell me quickly so that I can make preparations in advance."

Jia Xu nodded and whispered.

"After I led Yide and 500 cavalry to Wu Commandery, I used the pretext of secretly confirming the situation of bandits in Wu Commandery to have Yide and 500 cavalrymen disguise themselves as Yellow Turban Cavalry fleeing from the north. Then he sent people to Wu County to spread rumors everywhere."

"The content of the rumors, in addition to promoting Xuande Gong's reputation for annihilating the Yellow Turbans, is that after the new Wu County Sheriff takes office, he is preparing to completely eliminate all the bandits and water thieves in Wu County."

"Then, after half a month of preparation and the cavalry led by Yide basically discovered the locations of all the bandit dens in Wu County, I sent people as yellow scarf thieves to go to the door one by one to lobby the bandits, showing that they were powerful. We intend to form an alliance to plunder Wu County before the arrival of the new governor of Wu County, and only after obtaining money and food can we each flee to other places."

"The rest will be simple."

"What Yide didn't know was that the five hundred cavalrymen he led disguised as Yellow Turban warriors wandered around for half a month, which caused the families in Wu County to panic, fearing that the Yellow Turban thieves would loot and slaughter the families like they did in the Central Plains."

"Therefore, out of self-protection, most of the aristocratic families will naturally mobilize their own forces to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of the five hundred cavalry led by Yide..."

After hearing this, Li Ji could already deduce the process and results even if he didn't listen to what happened next.

The five hundred cavalry led by Zhang Fei had fought thousands of miles and fought against the Yellow Turban warriors without losing. They were already considered elite soldiers, so how could they be defeated by a ragtag group of servants assembled by some aristocratic families.

What's more, Jia Xu will definitely not let the cavalry led by Zhang Fei collide head-on with the rabble composed of aristocratic families, but will use a series of strategies to contain and confuse the rabble.

The main forces of the local aristocratic families in Wu County were restrained by Jia Xu. It was only an inevitable result that the aristocratic families scattered in various counties in Wu County were stolen by bandits inspired by Jia Xu's advance communication.

As expected of Jia Wenhe, this trick of "killing someone with a borrowed knife" is really the best when used properly.

In this case, it is no wonder that the only remaining Wujun family was so excited about Liu Bei's arrival that they almost knelt down and hugged Liu Bei's thigh.

In a very short period of time, 70% of the Wujun family was slaughtered by local bandits. The remaining 30% will definitely be in panic all day long.

Now that Liu Xuande, the new governor of Wu County, who has long claimed that he would eliminate local bandits in Wu County, has arrived, everyone will be saved.

"So, more than 70% of the money and wealth accumulated by the Wujun family belongs to local bandits?" Li Ji asked a meaningful question.

"Naturally, the thief never escapes..."

Jia Xu nodded in understanding, then took out a bamboo slip from his arms and quietly handed it to Li Ji and said.

"This is the specific location of the dens of the thieves who robbed the Wujun family. Most of them will definitely not have time to move."

Li Ji put the bamboo slip into his sleeve and said in a deep voice. "Oh, so to speak, Ji will definitely avenge the local aristocratic family and recover the losses!"

After a pause, Li Ji thought of something and said.

"However, those bandits may not be able to wipe out all the accumulated wealth of the aristocratic family in a short while. Wenhe, you will take people to worship at the massacred aristocratic family later to see if there is anything missing."

"Wenhe, you are from a well-known family, so I think you will be more experienced in finding him."

(End of this chapter)