Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

That war was not just like having opened the Eye of Heaven, nor could the art of command be summarized by the four words "detour and intersperse"; it was a military miracle created by both commanding one's own army and "commanding the enemy's army."

Li Ji first used his memory to rearrange the "Four Crossings of the Red Water" in the form of a sand table.

Even now, Li Ji still feels inferior when looking at the sand table before him.

Li Ji believes that his military ability lies more in calculating a path to victory based on knowing himself and knowing his enemy.

But if he were in the besieged party in a sand table with various unknown conditions, Li Ji felt that he would probably be finished in just a few steps.

More than 400,000 besieging more than 30,000, with troop strength and equipment in absolute disadvantage.

No matter how many times Li Ji looked at it, he couldn't help but sigh at this unimaginable victory. It was clear that the odds of winning were only one in ten million, but the besieged party always held it firmly in their hands.

If he were actually in the besieged party in reality, Li Ji would naturally feel inferior.

However, this is a sand table deduction with all factors known…

In reality, Li Ji might have to be cautious and careful everywhere, but in sand table deductions, Li Ji is a heavy-hitting, invincible force.

Soon, Li Ji perfectly replicated a path to victory for the besieged party through the "strategy simulator", which can be regarded as fulfilling the regret of more than a hundred consecutive defeats in his previous life.

In the following four days, Li Ji began to modify the "Four Crossings of the Red Water" sand table to conform to the characteristics of cold weapon warfare, trying to restore its essence and subtlety as much as possible.

The more Li Ji immersed himself in deduction and analysis, the more he could feel the beauty of the art of war within.

Especially now that Li Ji's level is different from what it was in his previous life, he has gained more insights, and he suddenly realized what he had been neglecting.

Previously, in order to enhance his art of war, Li Ji had been tirelessly seeking various military classics.

However, Li Ji suddenly realized that he was not without guidance in the art of war. On the contrary, he had been standing on the shoulders of giants, looking out at the world.

After laying the foundation with contemporary military classics, Li Ji suddenly discovered that the more profound realm of the art of war was hidden in his memory.

Perhaps the forms of war are different, but the art of war contained within undoubtedly contains the essence of thousands of years of Chinese military strategists.

"Wonderful! Wonderful, wonderful!"

Li Ji, who had been immersed in sand table deduction almost day and night, was already quite disheveled, but Li Ji, who usually cared about his image, was unaware of it, and instead praised it with joy several times.

At this moment, what Li Ji arranged in front of him was a sand table that had many detours with the "Four Crossings of the Red Water".

In the sand table terrain, which is mostly mountainous and has rivers and water networks crisscrossing it, the red side's 400,000 troops almost completely surround the blue side's mere 30,000 troops.

Just a rough glance is enough to know how critical the situation of the blue side is.

At Li Ji's signal, Xiahou Lan, who came over with a hot towel, glanced at the content on the sand table, put himself in the position of the blue side, and felt a tightening in his heart, and subconsciously asked.

"Sir, are you deducing how to break through the Ambush from Ten Sides?"

"This is much more difficult than the Ambush from Ten Sides."

Li Ji wiped his face with the hot towel, barely recovered his spirits, and said.

"Although I can't completely reproduce the magic of that divine person grasping the one in ten million chance of winning, the possibility of complete victory is roughly only one in a million, which I think is enough."

"Perhaps digging out the War God Han Xin and the Sage Zhang Liang and cooperating again might give us a chance…"

As for whether there is anyone in the world who can crack it instantly…

Li Ji smiled at this.

No key means it's open?

That must be open!

This is not a game that people can crack on the spot, but something that is prepared for the world to spend decades studying slowly.

If someone can really crack this game instantly, then either this person must go back to Liu Bei to have a heart-to-heart talk and sleep together, or Li Ji must prepare five hundred axemen to welcome the guests.

"Mingzheng, you command the blue side. Try it. If you can escape with a thousand people to the edge of the sand table, it will be considered a victory," Li Ji said.

"Okay."

Xiahou Lan nodded. Although he felt that the situation of the blue side in the sand table was so critical that it was unimaginable, if he could escape with a thousand people, Xiahou Lan believed that he had learned from the teacher for many years, and he was not made of mud.

And this try…

In less than three orders, death.

Xiahou Lan only felt that no matter how he mobilized the blue side, or even divided his troops into three groups, trying to break through from different directions at the same time, what he encountered was a copper wall and iron wall-like obstruction.

Moreover, since the blue side commanded by Xiahou Lan was noted to be light infantry with insufficient armor, the red side was mostly heavy infantry, and even had a large number of cavalry and archers.

As a result, even if Xiahou Lan realized that something was wrong, and tried to quickly get rid of the enemy and retreat after contact, he would always be firmly bitten and chased along the way until it evolved into a massacre-style rout.

"Sir, I'm not convinced, let's do it again!"

Xiahou Lan felt that the last time was just an accident and asked for another battle.

Li Ji, who was just trying it out, naturally had no objection, so he let Xiahou Lan try again.

This time, Xiahou Lan, who was completely cowardly, directly divided his troops into ten groups, constantly avoiding battle and retreating, trying to play a game of hide-and-seek with the enemy and seek a glimmer of flaws, as long as one of them escaped, it would be considered a victory.

However, the blue side commanded by Xiahou Lan was like a bird in a cage, constantly tossing and turning in the encirclement, and eventually not even one group escaped from the first encirclement before being extinguished.

After that, Xiahou Lan, who was still unconvinced, tried three more times, and the highest record was only to last for seven orders.

In other words, one order is calculated as three days, and it only lasted for about half a month before being completely annihilated.

Xiahou Lan, who was suffering unspeakable hardships, said aggrievedly.

"Sir, this is unfair. The encirclement set up by the red side is probably comparable to Marquis Huaiyin's Ambush from Ten Sides formation, and the troop strength, equipment, etc. are all at an absolute advantage…"

"Even if the intelligence personnel of the blue side hidden in the enemy army occasionally transmit the enemy's marching movements, there is no hope of escape at all."

When Li Ji heard this, he only felt that a certain bald head would definitely be amazed when he heard Xiahou Lan's evaluation.

In response, Li Ji patted Xiahou Lan's head and said. "Since that's the case, then you command the red side, and I will command the blue side."

Suddenly, Xiahou Lan's already sluggish spirit was shocked, and he immediately felt that he could definitely do it this time.

More than 400,000 against more than 30,000…

The great advantage is on my side!

'This is a rare opportunity to win against the teacher…'

Xiahou Lan swallowed his saliva and even couldn't help but confirm again. "Sir, are you serious?"

"Of course."

Li Ji replied.

Immediately, Xiahou Lan, who was already eager to try, hurriedly agreed and replied.

"Sir, since that's the case, then I won't be polite."

"Okay," Li Ji replied with a smile.

But still a little worried, Xiahou Lan did not forget to add. "Even if the teacher is completely annihilated, he can't use tricks on me outside the sand table."

Li Ji couldn't help but scold with a smile.

"In your eyes, am I such a narrow-minded person? If you can win, I will promise you any condition…"

After a pause, Li Ji continued. "But if Mingzheng loses, then Mingzheng will host this sand table deduction on my behalf in the future."

"Okay."

Xiahou Lan, who was full of confidence, agreed almost without hesitation.

It was not that Xiahou Lan was impulsive, but he had just tried five times in a row, and he had tried all the methods and loopholes that Xiahou Lan could think of.

Even in the end, Xiahou Lan had really divided his troops into thirty groups, trying to escape regardless of casualties.

But there was still no way, and even the red side hardly made any adjustments throughout the entire process, and completely crushed the blue side with its terrain and absolute hard power gap.

It's just that, as the sand table deduction between Li Ji and Xiahou Lan began.

When Xiahou Lan noticed the first move of the blue side under Li Ji's command, he immediately felt extremely surprised.

Facing the desperate situation of the encirclement where the enemy was strong and we were weak, Li Ji not only did not divide his troops, but instead concentrated his forces to attack the western ferry and tried to cross the river by force.

Suddenly, this gave Xiahou Lan a sense of enlightenment.

Compared with light infantry, heavy infantry and cavalry are less mobile in the mountains and forests, and are also relatively difficult at the ferry.

Moreover, the blue side is attacking a weak point of the red side with all its forces, and it is impossible to stop the blue side from crossing the river.

But…

"Seeking your own death."

Xiahou Lan shook his head, only feeling that Li Ji's move was of little significance.

Even if the blue side successfully crossed the river, it still did not escape the encirclement. On the contrary, as the encirclement continued to close, the blue side was blocked by the river behind it, and the mobile space would be further reduced.

This is what Xiahou Lan thought, and naturally he was commanding the red side to tighten the encirclement according to the movements of the blue side.

Then…

An hour later.

Xiahou Lan looked at Li Ji with innocent and confused eyes, and then looked at more than 30,000 blue troops who had escaped to the edge of the sand table, and the red side had lost more than 30,000 troops. This couldn't help but make Xiahou Lan fall into deep self-doubt.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I doing?

After a long while, Xiahou Lan couldn't help but ask weakly.

"Sir, why don't… we switch again?"

Just now, Xiahou Lan felt as if he had personally witnessed an incredible miracle. He immediately felt incredibly strong, as long as he replicated Mister's thinking…

Even if he couldn't reproduce the miracle, escaping from thousands of people would be a piece of cake.

“No problem, it's a good opportunity for Mingzheng to familiarize himself with how to conduct this sand table exercise.”

Li Ji generously agreed.

Then, Xiahou Lan successfully replicated the crossing of the great river in his first step, but was then completely annihilated on the riverbank by the 400,000 heavily armed soldiers who surrounded him.

This time, Xiahou Lan completely fell into a state of self-imposed isolation.

Li Ji, while letting Xiahou Lan adjust himself, sent servants to invite Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, and Jian Yong, who were currently in Wu County, to come and give it a try as well.