Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

“Bang!”

Li Ji stood up abruptly, staring at Sima Yi as he pressed him.

“Xiang'er and Xi'er came to Yu Province, and then lost contact halfway?”

It is said: When a commoner is angered, blood flows for five steps, and the world wears mourning.

Now, Sima Yi suddenly felt Li Ji's unprecedented anger, and he didn't even have the courage to meet Li Ji's eyes, almost blurting out, trying to clear himself of any involvement, saying.

“Teacher, I had no prior knowledge of this matter. It was Lord who ordered it to be kept secret for the time being, so the Brocade-Clad Guards did not send the message to Ruyang…”

“Shut up!”

Li Ji interrupted Sima Yi and asked, “Time, location, people?”

“What?”

Sima Yi couldn't even react for a moment.

Li Ji frowned and added, “The general location where Xiang'er and the others disappeared, when did they start to disappear, and who was guarding Xiang'er?”

Understanding, Sima Yi quickly recalled and replied urgently.

“The convoy was on the way from Gushi City to Nandun City. The Brocade-Clad Guards discovered they couldn't be contacted half a day ago…”

“Guarding the young lord and junior brother are Senior Brother Bo Fu and a group of family generals, as well as three thousand elite Tiger Brave soldiers personally selected by Lord.”

Hearing this, Li Ji's tense expression immediately relaxed.

With Sun Ce and three thousand Tiger Braves guarding them, it was enough to ensure the safety of A Dou and the Li Xiang siblings.

In Yu Province, which had just been swept clean, neither aristocratic clans nor mountain bandits could possibly have the strength to attack three thousand Tiger Braves.

In this case, the convoy was probably accidentally trapped by the snowstorm on the way, so the Brocade-Clad Guards personnel responsible for the reception panicked and reported the news without any delay.

Immediately, Li Ji asked Gu Wei to bring the map of Yu Province, looked down at it, and asked.

“Do you know how long the convoy has been traveling from Nandun City?”

“About four days.”

The information sent back by the Brocade-Clad Guards in Nandun City was quite detailed. Sima Yi only glanced at it roughly, and remembered it all, answering Li Ji one by one.

“How much food and supplies are they carrying?”

“Enough for seven days.”

“Is Gongjin in the army?”

“No.”

Li Ji paused slightly, then, after some calculation, used a pen to draw a circle with a diameter of about thirty miles on the map, saying.

“If there are no accidents, the convoy is probably trapped in this range, less than four hours away from Nandun City.”

Sima Yi on the side showed a worried and helpless sigh.

“If this heavy snow had come half a day later, it would have been good if the convoy could have entered the city smoothly. The young lord and junior brother would not have suffered from this snowstorm.”

Although Li Ji's rationality was very clear that Sima Yi had no feelings for A Dou and Li Xiang, whom he had never met, Sima Yi's concerned behavior undoubtedly made people feel intimate and close.

Li Ji threw the brush in his hand and opened his mouth.

“Military order!”

Gu Wei quickly knelt and sat on the desk on the side, preparing to write.

“Order Zhang Fei to immediately lead eight thousand cavalry south to Nandun City, search in small teams of one hundred people, the soldiers do not need to wear armor, wear more warm clothes, bring a pot of shochu, and each take a small stove for heating, be sure to find the whereabouts of the convoy within a day.”

“The first to find the young lord, Li Xiang, and Li Xi will be heavily rewarded!”

Immediately, Li Ji checked the military order, took the tiger tally and seal from his waist for stamping, and then asked Gu Wei to go down and give the order.

After that, Li Ji turned his gaze to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi hurriedly bowed his waist and lowered his head, waiting for orders.

Li Ji narrowed his eyes and said, “Release the specific news that the young lord and the Li Xiang siblings are suspected of losing contact in the snowstorm.”

“What?!”

Sima Yi was first surprised, and was about to open his mouth to persuade Li Ji of the various disadvantages of this move.

Not to mention that if the young lord encountered any accident, it might shake the Liu Bei Group, but more importantly, the leakage of such news might allow some people to do something in the chaos.

However, Sima Yi's words came to his throat, and he suddenly reacted.

“Teacher, could it be that you want to lure those who harbor ill intentions to reveal their flaws? After all, with Senior Brother Bo Fu and three thousand Tiger Brave guards, those who harbor ill intentions simply cannot threaten the safety of the young lord.”

If it were normal times, Li Ji might have had the patience to carefully teach Sima Yi.

But hearing that A Dou, Li Xiang, and Li Xi had an accident, Li Ji, who had forcibly calmed down, was actually still in a mess and had no intention to explain, waving his hand and saying impatiently.

“Go do it.”

“Yes.”

Sima Yi hurriedly bowed and retreated, and then began to make arrangements.

In fact, Li Ji let Sima Yi release the news mainly to increase the number of people searching.

Now there are only eight thousand cavalry around Ruyang City. Even if they all go to Nandun City, searching in the snow is not only dangerous, but also limited in sight, and they may not be able to find it as soon as possible.

And as long as this news is made public, some people will want to find A Dou, Li Xiang, and Li Xi.

In addition, Li Ji can also take the opportunity to clean up the "rats" in the city again.

In the news released by Sima Yi, the specific guarding power was deliberately concealed, creating the illusion that A Dou, Li Xiang, and Li Xi were only protected by hundreds of people or so.

Some of the "rats" who usually hide deeper, Li Ji also has no time to find them one by one and trample them to death.

But Liu Bei sent A Dou and the Li Xiang siblings over, and in the future, he will naturally let them out of the mansion to wander around.

But Ruyang City is far less stable than Wuxian or Shouchun, so in order to avoid "rats" secretly peeking and plotting, Li Ji naturally needs to clean the house more cleanly by the way.

And with Sima Yi's promotion, in Ruyang City, the news about A Dou, Li Xiang, and Li Xi being trapped by the snowstorm south of Nandun City and losing contact quickly spread like wildfire.

Taking Wei Yan as an example, as soon as he learned the news, he rushed out of the house wearing a single coat, and went straight to the State Shepherd's Mansion to confirm with Li Ji.

Subsequently, Wei Yan, who had obtained further accurate news, returned to the mansion, and without saying a word, he ordered his troops, pulled up the available war horses, and braved the snowstorm to go south to find the whereabouts of A Dou and Li Xiang.

This was not an isolated case, but most of the generals in the city chose to organize manpower and spontaneously go south to find them as soon as possible.

Li Ji showed a tacit attitude towards all this, which, in the eyes of many Yu Province aristocratic families who "voluntarily" moved to Ruyang City, further confirmed the authenticity of the news.

Immediately, many aristocratic clans and powerful families also followed closely, organizing servants in the family, and also pulling horses or donkeys to rush to the direction of Nandun City to search.

Standing on the south gate tower of Ruyang City, which still retains many traces of war, Li Ji watched one figure after another disappear in the snowstorm, then looked up at the sky above, and silently estimated the time when the heavy snow would stop.

(End of this chapter)