Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

“That is inevitable.”

Xu You accepted the small box, his energy and spirit seeming to rise by a notch.

Especially Guo Yi's promise that he would not mistreat him once he seized the three southern counties of Wu Commandery, which made Xu You feel a little excited.

These eunuch party members have problems everywhere, but they are quite devout believers in the importance of money.

This is the only thing Xu You appreciates about Guo Yi and the eunuch party; at least they are truly generous when it comes to rewarding money.

Moreover, although Xu You secretly cooperated with Guo Yi under Yuan Shao's orders to undermine the development of Wu Commandery, there was no conflict between this and Xu You earning more money in his private capacity.

Then, after Xu You pondered for a while, he spoke.

“Lord Governor, Li Zikun is by no means mediocre; his talent is definitely not below mine.”

“And now, it is not Liu Bei who is leading the troops south, but Li Zikun himself. We must pay attention to every detail and be careful, so as not to fall into the opponent's trap.”

Guo Yi nodded, also having some apprehension about the name Li Ji.

Previously, it was Li Ji who blocked the imperial staff with his body, causing the eunuchs to be denounced countless times again, and even the Ten Attendants were punished by the Emperor.

As a result, Li Ji was naturally resented by the Ten Attendants, and Guo Yi was instructed by the Ten Attendants to find opportunities to retaliate against Liu Bei and Li Ji.

Before, Guo Yi might not have been willing to do such a thankless thing, and it was better to continue squeezing oil from Kuaiji Commandery, and when he had squeezed enough, he would ask the Central Attendant Guo Sheng to find him another place to continue serving as the governor.

As for the matter of Liu Bei, who was also the Inspector of Yangzhou, reporting to the imperial court about Guo Yi's exploitation of oil and water in the local area, Guo Yi was well aware of it, but he didn't care at all.

After all, at least 70% of the oil and water that Guo Yi scraped had to be handed over to the Ten Attendants, and the Ten Attendants also needed to hand over most of the oil and water they scraped from various places to the Emperor.

All things considered, Guo Yi believed that he was working for the Emperor, so how could he take a small inspector's impeachment seriously?

However, after Guo Yi realized that the wealth of Wu Commandery exceeded his imagination, he was completely moved.

Especially Xu You's timely appearance, which provided Guo Yi with a definite and feasible path to swallow the three southern counties of Wu Commandery.

Under Guo Yi's exploitation, Kuaiji Commandery was almost unable to squeeze out any more oil and water.

But once he swallowed the three southern counties of Wu Commandery, the oil and water that could be scraped, in Guo Yi's estimation, could probably be comparable to most of Kuaiji Commandery.

“Please enlighten me, sir.” Guo Yi asked Xu You for advice.

“Now Li Zikun already suspects that you, Lord Governor, are coveting Wu Commandery, so he will take this series of actions. His intention is nothing more than to deter you from afar, to deter you, Lord Governor, and even make you, Lord Governor, have the intention of retreating and dare not face Wu Commandery again.”

Xu You said unhurriedly, showing the demeanor of a famous scholar, and tried to use relatively simple words and sentences to avoid Guo Yi not understanding.

Guo Yi sneered when he heard this, and said.

“Hmph, that Zikun child only has a reputation. In essence, he is just a brat who is not even twenty years old. It is wishful thinking to try to frighten this governor away with this method!”

Xu You nodded, without commenting on Guo Yi's blind self-confidence, and then continued.

“Therefore, why doesn't the Lord Governor use a trick, send an envoy to Wu Commandery to inform them that due to the mountain barbarian looting in Wu Commandery, ask if they need military assistance from Kuaiji Commandery, and then the Lord Governor will directly deploy troops on the Qiantang River, facing Wu Commandery across the river.”

“In this way, Li Zikun will inevitably regard you, Lord Governor, as a formidable enemy, but he will be helpless. He can only maintain heavy troops in Qiantang County to confront you, Lord Governor, which will lead to him not daring to withdraw any troops to support Fuchun Mountain.”

“And now, the number of mountain barbarians gathered near Fuchun Mountain is as high as more than 30,000. With only Guan Yu's few thousand people, they will inevitably lose after a long defense.”

“Once Fuchun Mountain is captured by the mountain barbarians, opening the gateway for the mountain barbarians to enter Wu Commandery, then Li Zikun will be in a dilemma, with no other way but to retreat to the city and defend it to the death.”

“At that time, you, Lord Governor, can take the opportunity to resist the mountain barbarians, cross the Qiantang River calmly, and then join forces with the mountain barbarians to attack Li Zikun. How can Li Zikun stop it?”

Hearing this, Guo Yi could no longer hide the excitement on his face, and with a wave of his hand, he said.

“As long as Li Zikun is forced to abandon the three southern counties of Wu Commandery, then the land of those three counties will become a place where this governor can take whatever he wants?”

“Even if I have to divide a part to the mountain barbarians, I will inevitably be able to obtain an unimaginable fortune, and I can also teach that brat a lesson. Maybe the Ten Attendants will be happy and strive for this governor to serve as the governor of a wealthy place like Nanyang Commandery next time.”

Xu You couldn't help but flash a hint of disgust in his eyes when he heard this.

Xu You is greedy for money, but he doesn't want to harm his fellow villagers.

If people like Guo Yi were to serve as the governor of Nanyang Commandery, Xu You would definitely be the first to object.

However, Xu You would not pour cold water on Guo Yi at this time, and instead spoke with a full of bewitching meaning.

“What do you think of this plan, Lord Governor?”

“Flawless!”

Guo Yi praised.

At least, Guo Yi thought about it and couldn't think of how to crack this plan.

Wu Commandery's military strength is limited. It is quite difficult to block the mountain barbarians, let alone the situation where he will deploy troops on the Qiantang River to confront the other party, restraining most of the other party's military strength.

Choosing between Fuchun Mountain and Qiantang County, he can only choose to temporarily abandon Fuchun Mountain to protect Qiantang County.

But once Fuchun Mountain is captured by the mountain barbarians, tens of thousands of mountain barbarians will rush into Wu Commandery to loot.

At that time, how can Li Zikun, whose military strength is only over 10,000, stop them?

He can only retreat to the city!

After the situation develops like that, Guo Yi can calmly cross the Qiantang River and secretly join forces with the mountain barbarians to attack Li Zikun.

Step by step, every step is a conspiracy that makes people helpless!

“Since this is the case, Lord Governor should quickly contact the mountain barbarians, lure them with benefits, and ensure that the mountain barbarians fully attack Fuchun Mountain. At the same time, Lord Governor can transfer troops from Yuji County to deploy troops in the Qiantang River area.” Xu You cupped his hands.

“Good!”

Guo Yi immediately agreed without a trace of doubt.

… …

At the same time.

Inside Qiantang County, Li Ji not only set up a large number of beacon towers along the Qiantang River, but also some of the Jinyiwei in Kuaiji Commandery finally passed back some useful information.

It's just that the Jinyiwei is not omnipotent. Moreover, the Jinyiwei in Kuaiji Commandery has only initially established a framework.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei of Kuaiji Commandery tried their best, but only confirmed that Guo Yi had recently transferred a large number of troops to concentrate in Yuji County, and implemented a blockade on Yuji County, allowing entry but not exit.

As a result, several scouts from the Jinyiwei did enter Yuji County, but the information they obtained could not be transmitted at all.

However, the Jinyiwei made a rough estimate of the military strength concentrated in Yuji County — 20,000!

This made Li Ji frown involuntarily.

The intentions of Kuaiji Commandery's early concentration of troops can be revealed without guessing.

The only trouble is that the military strength on the mountain barbarian side is about 30,000, and the military strength concentrated in Kuaiji Commandery is also 20,000. Adding them together, it exceeds 50,000, and now he has to open up two battlefields at the same time: Fuchun Mountain and Qiantang River.

20,000 against 50,000!

This is quite stretched for Li Ji's military strength. Carelessness will lead to a situation where he cannot attend to both.

At this moment, what Li Ji can initially hope for is to put on a posture of deterring from afar, so that Guo Yi can retreat in the face of difficulties. Otherwise, the situation will be quite unfavorable.

However, Li Ji also understands that since Guo Yi has decided to take action, he is very likely not a timid person.

This made Li Ji have to consider the worst situation, which is to continue sending messages to Liu Bei and urgently recruit young men as military support to the south.

With just about 15,000 more troops, Li Ji asked himself that he would have no problem completely blocking the mountain barbarians and Guo Yi outside.

It's just that the problem is that the money and food needed to recruit young men from the people is not low, and it will also have a considerable impact on the rhythm of Wu Commandery's initial return to the right track.

Unless necessary, Li Ji does not intend to urgently recruit young men.

However, if he only defends, Li Ji is very clear that with the current military strength comparison between the two sides, he will definitely lose after a long defense!

But even if Li Ji has the confidence to defeat the mountain barbarians and the Kuaiji soldiers under Guo Yi's command with 20,000 troops, he must first let the mountain barbarians enter the country and let Guo Yi cross the river and go deep.

Once the mountain barbarians leave the deep mountains and old forests, they will understand what it means to be one Han against five barbarians…

Then Li Ji used the “Tactical Simulation” form of the “Strategy Simulator” to find flaws in the military formation duel, and cooperated with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's bravery.

Li Ji can only say that with 20,000 against 50,000, the advantage is on my side!

However, allowing the mountain barbarians and Guo Yi to enter Wu Commandery, the damage that the two jackals can cause is undoubtedly enormous.

Today's three southern counties of Wu Commandery not only have a large number of local people, but also a large number of resettled refugees. Even if he wants to clear the fields and defend the city, the city may not be able to accommodate such a large number.

Moreover, clearing the fields and defending the city also requires a huge amount of money to support the people who can only stay in the city and do nothing.

As the situation gradually became clear, it was not difficult for Li Ji to find a strategy to defeat the enemy.

But it is extremely difficult to find a good strategy that is both perfect and reduces Wu Commandery's losses to an extent that Li Ji can accept.

This made Li Ji, who had been thinking for a long time, sigh helplessly, and decided to make a cup of tea to calm down first, and then handed a cup to Guo Jia, who was sitting next to him.

Looking at the clear tea that Li Ji pushed over, Guo Jia raised his head and looked at Li Ji with a bit more resentment in his eyes, and said.

"Master Zikun, is it really appropriate for you to hand over all these miscellaneous military affairs to me?"

"What's inappropriate about it?" Li Ji retorted.

"I am but an outsider. Is Master Zikun not afraid that I will leak this information?"

Guo Jia said, even momentarily recalling in his mind, he didn't even know when he had vaguely agreed to handle these miscellaneous military affairs. (End of Chapter)