Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

After discussing the affairs of the two Zhangs, Liu Bei began to ramble on about many things.

There were state affairs, family matters, political affairs, and military affairs…

It wasn't that Liu Bei usually rambled on like this, but he knew that once he stopped, Li Ji would have to depart for Chaisang.

The war between Yi Province and Jing Province, who knew how long it would drag on before it could be resolved.

Liu Bei knew Li Ji's heart well, and what he had always worried about was not that Li Ji would become arrogant with his troops and develop rebellious intentions, but that he was saddened by the separation from his lord, unsure of how many days would pass before they could meet again.

Li Ji also listened quietly, occasionally answering a few words, and also asking Liu Bei to take good care of his children left in Wu Commandery.

"Although Xiang'er is young and precocious, the more he is like this, the more I worry about him sometimes."

After a pause, Li Ji cupped his hands and said, "If Xiang'er makes any mistakes, please, my lord, forgive him for my sake."

Naughty children are annoying, but not scary.

But children with their own opinions are sometimes prone to doing unexpected things, especially with Li Xiang gradually persuading A Dou to listen to him.

Sometimes Li Ji was really afraid that Li Xiang would accidentally lead A Dou into a pit, because the things these two could do together were numerous.

Therefore, before leaving Wu Commandery this time, Li Ji was most worried about Li Xiang.

As for Xiao Xi'er, she was still at the age of breastfeeding, and with Zhao Ji taking care of her, Li Ji was concerned but not worried.

So, Li Ji, who had never made any requests in front of Liu Bei, finally couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Zi Kun, rest assured, I also regard Xiang'er as my own son. Even if Xiang'er makes any mistakes, it is because I, Bei, did not supervise him strictly enough, and it is I who should be punished," Liu Bei replied gently.

Li Ji smiled, and then cupped his hands towards Liu Bei to say goodbye, boarded the ship that had long been prepared, and prepared to go upstream along the Yangtze River to Chaisang.

Those who accompanied Li Ji directly to Chaisang this time, in addition to Xu Chu, who was still serving as a personal guard, and the five hundred Tiger Guards who had completed their initial training, also included Sun Ce, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Zhou Yu.

And Liu Bei's document appointing Li Ji as the "Grand Commander" of the military affairs had already been sent to the cities of Yang Province in advance, not only Zhang Fei and Jiang Qin, who had stationed troops in Chaisang in advance, were directly under Li Ji's control, but even Guan Yu, who was far away in Shouchun in Jiujiang Commandery, had to obey orders.

Moreover, the military households and soldiers that had been initially established in each commandery could also be directly commanded by Li Ji.

It was only that the military households and soldiers of Wu Commandery could quickly form combat power because a large number of Wu Commandery veterans were directly sent to various military households for training.

In addition, Liu Bei's popularity among the people in Wu Commandery was extremely high, and many young men actively participated.

However, the speed at which combat power was truly formed in commanderies other than Wu Commandery was naturally far inferior to that of Wu Commandery.

Therefore, the troops stationed in Chaisang this time were not only drawn from the surrounding commanderies, but also 30,000 military households and soldiers were drawn from Wu Commandery.

When Li Ji arrived at the Chaisang camp set up on the bank of the Yangtze River, the troops initially gathered here were about 10,000 naval soldiers, 50,000 military households and soldiers, and 3,000 cavalry under Zhang Fei.

As for the personal guards of the generals, including the Tiger Guards, they were not included in the calculation.

In addition, Guan Yu's garrison in Shouchun City also had 20,000 troops, which was undoubtedly a considerable force.

Perhaps, this had not yet reached the upper limit of the troops that Yang Province could mobilize, but nominally being able to deter Jing Province was enough.

After Li Ji completely took over the Chaisang camp, he found out that there were only 1,000 new soldiers in the small city of Xiachi closest to Chaisang, and the total military strength of Jiangxia Commandery, which was the first line of defense in Yang Province, probably did not exceed 5,000.

(PS: Jiangxia is a commandery, not a city. The administrative center is in Xiling. There has never been a Jiangxia City. Moreover, the construction of Xiakou City was built by Sun Quan. Today, Xiakou is just an area, and there is no Xiakou City, which is the predecessor of Wuchang.)

This made Li Ji, who was holding a military meeting, couldn't help but smile and said, "Liu Jingzhou is relying on his own strength and is betting that our spears will not really stab in."

"Heh, that Liu Biao kid is a villain who bullies Big Brother for being a gentleman!"

Zhang Fei's big mouth opened, it was simply like smearing honey, and then he continued.

"Besides, in front of me, even if that Liu Biao kid sends 30,000 to 50,000 troops to defend, can they defend? Moreover, that Liu Biao kid probably can't draw 30,000 to 50,000 troops at all now, he can only pretend like this."

Li Ji was shocked when he heard the words, and looked at Zhang Fei with a few more points of relief in his eyes.

Third Master has grown up, he actually said the key point.

It wasn't that Liu Biao was really completely relieved, but that the situation in Jing Province forced him to choose to believe that Liu Bei would never attack his brother of the same clan for no reason.

Since he couldn't defend it, it was better not to defend it.

The latest intelligence about the war between Yi Province and Jing Province was that the Yi Province army had officially left Sichuan, with a force of about 60,000, while the Jing Province army deployed on the line from Zigui to Yiling also had more than 40,000.

Strange!

This was Li Ji's first feeling when he received this intelligence. No matter how you looked at it, the dispatch of troops from Yi Province seemed to reveal a kind of strangeness, which was also the focus of this military meeting.

"Everyone, what are your opinions on the military strength of Yi Province and Jing Province? Speak freely."

"Liu Yan is probably dizzy and clutching at straws. He actually wants to take Jing Province with only 60,000 troops. It's simply a daydream," Gan Ning's tone revealed undisguised disdain.

For Liu Yan and his son, Gan Ning's hostility was almost undisguised.

Jiang Qin frowned and said.

"Could it be that the dying Liu Yan's control over Yi Province has dropped to this level? If this is the case, I am afraid that this war between Yi Province and Jing Province will not have any suspense."

At this moment, the people participating in the military meeting, except for Zhou Tai and Xu Chu, could be regarded as having experienced battles.

Seeing the military situation between Yi and Jing was naturally not a problem.

The pressure that the attacking side needs to bear is far greater than the defending side. Often, the attacking side's military strength needs to far exceed the defending side in order to defeat the defending side.

But the military strength mobilized by Yi Province is only 60,000…

Such military strength is naturally not small, and perhaps it can be used in the Central Plains.

But it is impossible to take Jing Province head-on with a mere 60,000 troops.

Moreover, the defensive force deployed by Jing Province on the line from Zigui to Yiling exceeds 40,000. If Liu Biao continues to increase troops in the future, the defensive force may even exceed the attacking force.

'Liu Yan is going to give it away for nothing…'

Based on the situation on paper, Li Ji also came to a similar conclusion in his heart.

Zigui, Li Ji has not been there in person.

But Li Ji is clear that the Three Gorges Dam reservoir in later generations is in Zigui, which is enough to prove the drop in terrain from Zigui to Yiling.

Even Liu Bei, the most "knowledgeable in military affairs" in the original trajectory, stumbled in Yiling and completely buried the Taoyuan Han Dynasty dream.

(End of this chapter)