Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

On this basis, is there no way for Li Ji to get rid of Liu Biao even if he doesn't rely on Sun Ce?
Therefore, Zhou Yu had no doubt that Li Ji could do it.

"What I did was just to satisfy Ce'er's wish. Ce'er, who seemed dull, saw the essence of this matter. Gongjin is so smart and calculated everything, but he is narrow-minded and can't see the truth."

Li Ji sighed, put his hands behind his back, ignored Zhou Yu who was standing there in a daze, and left.

Smart people are sometimes too smart and don't believe in simple and straightforward things.

Because, in the eyes of smart people, the world is complex.

It was not until Li Ji was about to completely disappear into the night that Zhou Yu came to his senses and quickly turned around and bowed in the direction Li Ji was leaving.

Then, Zhou Yu, who was only sixteen years old and still looked immature, murmured something.

"One leaf blinds me, and my ability is insufficient... Perhaps, after I return to Wujun with Bofu, I should also study at Rende Academy for a while."

Youth is Zhou Yu’s asset at the moment, but it is also his flaw.

Be it accumulation, knowledge, or experience, Zhou Yu suddenly felt deeply inadequate.

The next day, Li Ji arranged a ship to send Sun Ce and Zhou Yu back to Wujun, and the handwritten letter was also sent to Liu Bei on the ship.

Originally, Huang Gai and four other family generals also wanted to leave with Sun Ce.

However, Sun Ce knew very well that a war was about to break out in Jingzhou and Li Ji needed men at that moment. He had no choice but to stay away from Jingzhou, but he also wanted to leave a few more useful men for Li Ji.

Therefore, under Sun Ce's unquestionable order, Zu Mao, Cheng Pu and Han Dang all stayed behind, and only Huang Gai would rather be beaten and punished, and insisted on guarding Sun Ce along the way.

……

And in Xiangyang City, Jingzhou.

Yuan Shu's army of more than 100,000 had already surrounded Xiangyang City. Liu Pan and Huang Zhong had already led their troops to abandon Xinye City and retreat to Xiangyang to assist Liu Qi in defending the city.

Although Huang Zhong took advantage of Yuan Shu's eagerness for quick success and took advantage of the fact that the Yuzhou army was not yet firmly established to severely damage the morale of the Yuzhou army, he shattered Yuan Shu's arrogant idea of ​​capturing Xinye City on the same day and caused the Yuzhou army to suffer heavy losses.

However, the gap in military strength between the two sides was too great to be made up by just one powerful general, and Xinye City was far from being a fortress.

Therefore, after the Yuzhou army rested for two days and rebuilt the siege equipment, Yuan Shu once again ordered an all-out attack on the city.

Even though Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and the soldiers and civilians of Xinye were united, they were ultimately no match for the offensive of the Yuzhou Army, which was also well-equipped with soldiers and food.

After holding out for another five days, Liu Pan had no choice but to abandon Xinye and use the boats he had prepared in advance on the waterway to escape the pursuit of the Yuzhou army and retreat back to the city of Xiangyang.

But even so, Xinye City held off the Yuzhou army, which was ten times larger than its own, for seven days.

Taking into account the time it took the Yuzhou Army to reorganize after the war, it would be a delay of almost half a month, which was far beyond expectations.

More importantly, this undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the Yuzhou Army's unstoppable momentum, causing their morale to drop almost unconsciously when they faced the city of Xiangyang.

This was originally a happy event, and during the nearly one month that the Yuzhou army besieged Xiangyang, Xiangyang was defended as solid as a rock.

According to Liu Biao's plan, everything went smoothly.

As long as Xiangyang could hold out, and wait until Liu Biao opened the gates of Yizhou and occupied Ba County, and then dispatched troops to support Xiangyang and hold it, then no matter how unwilling Yuan Shu was, the situation would have been decided by then, and Yuan Shu would have no choice but to evacuate Xiangyang.

Especially when people in Xiangyang City learned that Liu Biao had defeated 50,000 Yizhou troops and had begun to march towards Ba County, all the civil and military officials in Xiangyang showed excitement and joy on their faces.

Defend Xiangyang and capture Ba County...

As long as they can hold out through this most difficult year, the situation will be completely reversed in the coming year. Liu Biao will most likely become the overlord spanning Yi and Jing states, and the status of other civil and military officials will naturally rise as well.

The news made Yuan Shu more and more impatient. He wanted to force Liu Biao to turn back, so he repeatedly ordered an attack on Xiangyang, turning Xiangyang almost into a meat grinder. Countless soldiers were buried under the city of Xiangyang.

In order to capture Xiangyang, Yuan Shu repeatedly ordered the conscription of young and strong men in Yuzhou and the transfer of soldiers from various counties to supplement the troops attacking Xiangyang. Facing Yuan Shu's reckless attack, Xiangyang City always held on, and the civil and military officials in the city were waiting for good news from Liu Biao.

However, when the latest news came back at this moment, the civil and military officials in Xiangyang City almost felt a black screen before their eyes, and then a burst of crying was heard in the governor's mansion.

All 100,000 Jingzhou troops were wiped out, including Liu Biao.

Such tragic news was like the sky falling for Liu Qi and other civil and military officials.

Cai Zhong, Cai He, Kuai Liang and others were also very sad.

This is because those who died with Liu Biao were not only 100,000 soldiers, but also many generals and strategists from aristocratic families in Jingzhou. Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others are undoubtedly representatives.

It was at that time that the whole governor's mansion was filled with crying, and countless people were sad and didn't know what to do.

Sun Qian came to visit on time every day again as he did before. Seeing that everyone including Liu Qi, Liu Pan, and Kuai Liang had red eyes and looked sad and angry, he bowed and said.

"Please accept my condolences."

"Excuse me?!"

Liu Qi, who was usually docile and even cowardly, slammed the table in anger and shouted at Sun Qian.

"How dare you, a bastard, bark in front of me? Are you kidding me that the one who killed my father was Sun Bofu from Jiangdong?"

"You asked me to mourn, so I will take your head today and see if your son can mourn."

After saying that, Liu Qi immediately drew his sword and was about to stab Sun Qian in the chest.

"clang!"

However, just as Liu Qi made his move, Wen Pin, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly drew his sword and knocked Liu Qi's sword away from the side.

Suddenly, the entire governor's mansion was in chaos.

Liu Qi even questioned Wen Pin, whom he usually respected. "My father's body is still warm, and Wen Zhongye is planning to rebel?"

"Don't dare!"

Wen Pin quickly knelt down, then raised his sword with both hands and said.

"I am loyal to my master and I am favored by him. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the meeting. Now that he has unfortunately passed away, I should assist the young master and not fear the sword or the gun. How dare I think of rebellion?"

After hearing this, Liu Qi's expression relaxed slightly, and he was even a little moved. His tone also softened as he asked.

"If that's the case, why did Zhongye stop me?"

"Even if the two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be killed. If the young master kills this man in anger, he will not only offend Uncle Liu, but will also be despised by people all over the world. Please think twice." Wen Pin persuaded hurriedly.

Liu Qi's face changed for a while, and he said unwillingly, "That villain Sun Ce killed my father. Could it be that he had to swallow his anger when he saw his enemy right in front of him?"

At this moment, Sun Qian, who seemed as steady as an old dog throughout the whole process without a trace of emotion on his face, but was actually frightened to the point that his legs were shaking, burst into laughter and said.

"Hahahahaha..."

"How dare you laugh?" Liu Qi glared at Sun Qian, wishing he could draw his sword and stab him again.

Sun Qian flicked his sleeves, hid his trembling hands behind his back, and spoke loudly.

"Why don't you laugh when you see a fool about to do something that will make his loved ones sad and his enemies happy?" (End of this chapter)