Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

"Isn't this a bit much?" Yu Guo asked cautiously, more worried that Gan Ning was joking and teasing him.

After all, even if the Kingdom of Linyi was a small country, rashly using troops against a country was definitely not a trivial matter.

Especially after only hearing his request, Gan Ning and the others expressed their intention to brazenly destroy the country…

Even when facing his adoptive father, Yu Guo wouldn't dare to think that the other party would be so good to him.

"Too much?"

At this moment, Gan Ning had a great impression of Yu Guo, unexpectedly, in this remote prefecture, there was actually a virtuous official who loved the people like his own children.

Therefore, Gan Ning walked straight to Yu Guo's side, patted Yu Guo's shoulder and said.

"If Prefect Yu had stated his position earlier, he would have known that we came here precisely for the Kingdom of Linyi."

Yu Guo was a little slow to react upon hearing this.

Before Gan Ning could continue speaking, Xu Sheng got up and walked over, pulling Gan Ning away and scolding him.

"Xingba, do not be rude to Prefect Yu!"

Immediately, Xu Sheng solemnly bowed to Yu Guo and said, "Xingba is used to being casual, please don't blame him, Prefect Yu."

Yu Guo repeatedly said he wouldn't dare, naturally he wouldn't pursue such trivial matters.

More importantly, Rinan Commandery was extremely poor, and Yu Guo himself didn't pay much attention to cumbersome etiquette, often going deep into the countryside to sit on the ground with old farmers, so naturally he wouldn't mind Gan Ning's actions just now.

With Yu Guo's statement, Xu Sheng also greatly trusted Yu Guo, and immediately solemnly said.

"Our coming south is because our lord knew that the thief Qu Lian had split the lands of the Han and declared himself king, and was furious, so he specially sent us to lead troops south to conquer the Kingdom of Linyi, so that it would return to the territory of our Great Han."

As for the "Linyi Rice" matter, Xu Sheng chose to conceal it for the time being.

Yu Guo was stunned for a long time after hearing this, before finally muttering in hindsight.

"So, the Imperial Uncle Liu is such a righteous person? A blessing for the country! A blessing for the country!"

Immediately, Yu Guo, filled with excitement, couldn't help but ask Xu Sheng about Liu Bei's location, directly bowing respectfully in the direction of Liu Bei to show his respect.

This time, Xu Sheng and the others felt honored and did not stop Yu Guo.

Yu Guo held the position of Commandery Administrator, even if Liu Bei was not the Governor of Jiaozhou, it wouldn't be against etiquette for Yu Guo to bow remotely as a subordinate.

After the two sides were so open and honest, they undoubtedly became much closer and more trusting.

Regarding the intelligence about the Kingdom of Linyi that Xu Sheng and the others inquired about, he knew everything and said everything without reservation.

Rinan Commandery was adjacent to the Kingdom of Linyi, and even though the relationship between the two sides was extremely bad, and the Kingdom of Linyi was constantly encroaching on Han territory while being careful of the Han, Yu Guo was not so ignorant as to know nothing about the Kingdom of Linyi's intelligence.

In fact, in order to prevent the Kingdom of Linyi from encroaching on territory, Yu Guo had tried all the methods he could think of, and even secretly sent people to contact some dignitaries within the Kingdom of Linyi who might be close to Rinan Commandery, trying to use those dignitaries to change the situation.

Unfortunately, the facts once again proved that weakness is the original sin.

Even though the Kingdom of Linyi knew that the Great Han was a great power far superior to them, for many years, Rinan Commandery had been swallowing its anger and unable to fight back against the Kingdom of Linyi's encroachment.

This made the dignitaries and ministers in the Kingdom of Linyi, from top to bottom, particularly despise Rinan Commandery, and those dignitaries Yu Guo contacted were all despicable and greedy people, so naturally they would not speak for Rinan Commandery.

However, Yu Guo's efforts may not have been able to stop the Kingdom of Linyi's continued encroachment, but they did allow Yu Guo to understand the Kingdom of Linyi quite well, even knowing how many factions there were in the court of the Kingdom of Linyi.

"A mere Kingdom of Linyi dares to use the word court? Ridiculous." Gan Ning commented disdainfully.

However, apart from Gan Ning's relatively unique focus, the others present were undoubtedly more concerned about the important intelligence of the Kingdom of Linyi.

Linyi was originally just a county belonging to Rinan Commandery, and then Qu Lian split Linyi and declared himself king. Over the years, he continued to expand with Linyi as the center, so that the area of the Kingdom of Linyi continued to expand in fifty-four years.

According to the information provided by Yu Guo, the area of the current Kingdom of Linyi is already close to half the size of Wu Commandery, with a population of over 400,000.

In this area south of Jiaozhou, where many small countries stand, the Kingdom of Linyi has initially shown the posture of a hegemon, overwhelming the small countries of Daqi Jie, Xiaoqi Jie, Shi Pu, and Xu Lang.

It was just that Qu Lian had been too old and frail in the past ten years, and had no energy to expand outwards. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Linyi might have become a hegemon.

As for the available soldiers, because the military system of the Kingdom of Linyi was completely different from that of the Great Han, in addition to retaining the private soldiers of the royal family and nobles, it would also directly conscript peasant soldiers during wartime.

Therefore, in Yu Guo's estimation, once the Kingdom of Linyi truly entered a state of mobilization, the troops that could be gathered might exceed 50,000.

"That Qu Lian seems to be a truly ambitious figure, not to be underestimated." Xu Sheng commented with a bit more solemnity in his tone.

Despicable was one thing, but Qu Lian being able to rebel as a county official and then lead the Kingdom of Linyi to continue expanding to this point was enough to show that Qu Lian was not an incompetent person.

The only good news was that Qu Lian was already over eighty years old and unable to take charge of the Kingdom of Linyi, and in recent years, his grandson Qu Ba had been assisting in the government.

In addition, the fact that the Kingdom of Linyi had as many as 50,000 available soldiers also made Xu Sheng more cautious.

Even if, according to Yu Guo's judgment, the truly elite private soldiers of the Kingdom of Linyi controlled by the royal family and nobles would not exceed 10,000, and the rest were peasant soldiers.

However, combined with the fact that the terrain of the Kingdom of Linyi was mostly jungle, making it difficult to spread out troops on a large scale for a head-on confrontation, once the troops of the Kingdom of Linyi were dispersed, even a rabble might cause extremely troublesome harassment.

The advantage of the Han army against the enemy, in addition to being good at military formations, was that they had armor and weapons far superior to those of foreign tribes.

Jungle warfare was not a race that the Han army was good at.

Especially since Wu Commandery had experienced a war with the Shanyue, Xu Sheng was well aware of the extent to which enemies like the Shanyue, who scattered into the jungle and constantly harassed, were troublesome.

Xu Sheng, who had returned to the main seat, rubbed his fingers and said.

"It seems that we need to imitate Lord Marquis that year and try to lure the main force of the Kingdom of Linyi to an open space and annihilate them in one fell swoop, otherwise, it will be really difficult to destroy the Kingdom of Linyi."

"No!"

Almost as soon as Xu Sheng's words fell, Zhou Yu, who had been slightly stimulated, blurted out his opposition.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng was not annoyed, taking it as Zhou Yu was very young and did not understand the battle of Fuchun Mountain in Wu Commandery that year, which besieged a large number of Shanyue, and finally used both kindness and power to make the Shanyue constantly integrate into Wu Commandery.

Xu Sheng, who had developed a love of talent and care for Zhou Yu, specially explained.

"Gongjin, you should not know how troublesome those who are good at running in the jungle will be once they scatter into the jungle, unable to catch up, and will constantly attack, making it impossible to defend against, causing people to suffer unspeakably."

"I am naturally clear about this, and Xingba once led the Shanyue to harass the Wu alliance… the bandit army along the way."

Zhou Yu responded, and changed his tone, saying.

"However, this is one time and that is another. The use of tactics and strategies should be adapted to local conditions, and not simply repeat the old tricks. Even if Lord Marquis was here, he would definitely not design it like this again."

"Why?" Xu Sheng asked with a frown.

"First: The reason why Lord Marquis spent so much effort to besiege the Shanyue that year was not for a temporary victory or defeat, but to use this as an opportunity to allow the Shanyue to gradually integrate into Wu Commandery. This point… Yu is also extremely admired;"

"Second: That Qu Lian was originally an official of our Great Han, and he must have some understanding of Rinan Commandery and the Great Han. No matter what the situation, as long as Qu Lian realizes that the Great Han has sent troops here, he will definitely be extremely cautious and take every step carefully under fear and anxiety…"

"Lord Marquis was able to spend several months to paralyze the Shanyue, we don't have that time."

"Third: That is, I have a plan that can teach the Kingdom of Linyi to be defeated quickly!"

When he said this last sentence, Zhou Yu showed his youthful brilliance, it could be said that he was full of vigor.