Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

It's like winning the lottery and suddenly becoming rich. Those involved naturally know it's just good luck.

But if they are pigs that flew up by standing at the vent and seizing the opportunity, they often laugh at the stupid birds for not knowing to fly early and diligently, and they are convinced of their own abilities.

Li Ji, who knew this well, naturally understood that Cao Cao would not easily believe in a windfall, so he only gave a vent.

'If you don't take the opportunity to decisively seize this vent, then it wouldn't be Cao Mengde...'

Li Ji stared at the dark night outside the house, his eyes also appearing deep and profound, as if he was playing a game with Cao Cao north of the Yellow River across a vast land covered in mist.

Guiding the situation, and also setting up a situation based on the situation, waiting for Cao Cao to break the situation, and then enter the situation...

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In the following days, Jiang Gan came to see Li Ji every day, ostensibly to ask for instructions, but actually to inquire.

Li Ji also seemed to be angered by Liu Bei, and took a four-day break in a row, only enjoying the snow and tasting tea in the mansion every day, or reading books, as if he had completely forgotten the worries outside the mansion, and even more so to express his protest against the Han King Liu Bei.

Jiang Gan was secretly delighted by this, and at the same time, he also asked his servants to pay close attention to the movements in the Han King's mansion.

In the Han King's mansion, for these consecutive days, there was constant singing, dancing, drinking, and feasting, and the enjoyment never stopped.

Yuan Shu was even more of a big mouth who spoke without restraint. After being forced to be abstinent for a period of time, when he really mixed with Liu Bei, when he was in high spirits, he could really come up with all kinds of tricks that Liu Bei would never have dared to think of in the past.

While Liu Bei superficially agreed to everything, he secretly cursed Li Ji repeatedly, saying that the aristocratic families were really playing around behind the scenes.

The wine pools and meat forests that Emperor Ling of Han and Dong Zhuo had put on the table were only commonplace for Yuan Shu.

In terms of enjoyment and play, Liu Bei felt that he was simply a new recruit in front of Yuan Shu and these real top aristocratic sons.

This made Liu Bei furious, and he asked Li Ji to find a way to cure this trend, so that this corrupt and extravagant trend would not continue to run rampant after the restoration of the Han Dynasty.

However, all of this, seen in Jiang Gan's eyes, undoubtedly meant that Liu Bei, who had been accustomed to hardship for many years, was truly deeply addicted to pleasure under the influence of Yuan Shu and others.

This also made Jiang Gan secretly despise Liu Bei even more. What benevolence and righteousness, what supporting the Han Dynasty...

Coming from a background of weaving mats and selling shoes, his heroic spirit was scattered without a trace after being scraped by wine and women.

How much time is needed, today's Liu Bei will be the Emperor Ling of the past.

However, just when Jiang Gan thought that the conflict between Liu Bei and Li Ji would continue to deepen, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned to Shouchun, and then went straight to the Han King's mansion, as if a quarrel had also broken out.

That night, accompanied by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei went to the Prime Minister's mansion and took the initiative to visit Li Ji.

The next day, Li Ji ended his vacation, and Liu Bei also changed his extravagant enjoyment of the past few days, and diligently handled government affairs again.

Seeing all of this, Jiang Gan couldn't help but feel sorry, understanding that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had dissuaded Liu Bei in time, and that Liu Bei and Li Ji had also repaired their old relationship on the surface, and were as harmonious as ever.

This turmoil was only limited to a small circle, and even many middle and lower-level officials in Shouchun City did not know what had happened.

And what happened was naturally truthfully recorded by Jiang Gan and sent to Cao Cao's desk one after another.

Cao Cao was also very sorry, but he also felt that this was reasonable.

Liu Bei and Li Ji's relationship was very good, and Li Ji didn't really do anything out of the ordinary. Even if Liu Bei was temporarily addicted to pleasure and was annoyed by Li Ji's actions, it was impossible for him to really break with Li Ji because of this.

Moreover, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei mediating and persuading, it was only natural that Liu Bei and Li Ji would repair their old relationship.

But Cao Cao saw a great opportunity in this. Even if the cracks were filled, they would not really disappear.

Liu Bei's heart is inclined to enjoyment, and the potential contradiction between him and Li Ji will also always exist.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the great generals relied on by Liu Bei, are also unlikely to stay in Shouchun forever.

A brilliant plan quickly emerged in Cao Cao's mind, and the image of a woman repeatedly mentioned and praised for her beauty by Jiang Gan—Diao Chan—unconsciously appeared in his mind.

'Diao Chan may be the key to breaking the relationship between Liu Daer and Zikun...'

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As winter passed, Liu, Guan, and Zhang had to bid farewell reluctantly, and they were drunk for three days and three nights, and even pulled Li Ji to accompany them.

Guan Yu needed to return to Jingzhou again to guard it, and Zhang Fei also needed to go to Yuzhou to train cavalry.

Both infantry and archers can be trained through the military household system.

But cavalry is different from others. The difficulty and requirements of training cavalry are not comparable to those of infantry and archers. Even Yangzhou cannot find a place that is really suitable for large-scale cavalry training.

Therefore, if Zhang Fei needs to train cavalry, the best choice is undoubtedly Yuzhou, which has more plains.

Moreover, as Youzhou also came under Liu Bei's rule and became an enclave, and Liu Yu had already cooperated with Li Ji to carry out a large-scale breeding of war horses and oxen in Youzhou.

Now, a steady stream of war horses and oxen are also being continuously transported south by sea, and Liu Bei has completely gotten rid of the predicament of lacking horses.

But even if there is no shortage of horses, training cavalry is by no means easy. In addition, Zhang Fei knows that the Northern Expedition is imminent. Once winter is over, he has to quickly return to Yuzhou to step up training.

As Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left Shouchun, in Jiang Gan's eyes, this was undoubtedly the key mentioned in the wonderful plan sent by the King of Wei.

With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, these two sworn brothers, persuading and supervising him, Liu Bei could only give up the idea even if he was interested in enjoying himself.

But once Guan Yu and Zhang Fei leave, the opportunity that Jiang Gan urgently needs may appear.

However, this wait lasted for several months.

Liu Bei seemed to have truly reformed himself. Spring plowing was over, and the summer solstice had arrived, but Liu Bei still showed no signs of relapse, and he and Li Ji were as harmonious as fish and water, and no more conflicts broke out.

This made Jiang Gan couldn't help but feel anxious, and Cao Cao, who was far north of the Yellow River, was even more anxious.

It's like flies can't sting a seamless egg.

Even if you want to find a gap between Liu and Li, there must be a gap.

Although the intelligence that Jiang Gan reported regularly mentioned a lot of useful information under Liu Bei's rule, including troop movements, and all of them were true after verification, which was of great help to Cao Cao's deployment of defenses.

But what Cao Cao most wanted to see was the opportunity to insert a needle, and then insert it fiercely, and pry the corner of the damned Liu Daer!

And this year, until the autumn harvest was approaching, the entire Han Dynasty can be said to be the most peaceful year in many years.

Only in the Liangzhou area in the northwest, Ma Teng and Han Sui turned against each other and fought into a pot of porridge. The remaining twelve prefectures and counties did not even have a single war.