Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Zhou Yu did not feel very happy when he heard Sun Ce's heartfelt praise.

However, Sun Ce, who was a bit careless in character, obviously did not notice the subtle change in Zhou Yu's expression. He stared at the map with excitement and calculated the marching plan by himself.

"If Gongjin's plan can succeed, Qingzhou can be gradually eroded, and Cao Cao can be cut off from one arm. Cao Cao will be trapped in Jizhou and will have to fight Yuan Shao to the death. This is a great plan! It really is a great plan!"

The more Sun Ce looked at it, the more satisfied he became. Then he spoke in a swift and decisive manner.

"Please help me to organize the army as soon as possible. I will send a fast horse to deliver a letter to you, my lord, asking you to mobilize the fleet to deliver food to Dongchaojin."

"Yes."

Zhou Yu responded seriously.

Sun Ce joined the army since he was young. He followed Li Ji since he was young and participated in the Battle of Youzhou and the Battle of Yingzhou.

Although Sun Ce had no talent in strategizing, he did learn a lot from Li Ji in commanding troops.

For Sun Ce, who is now only about 20 years old, dispatching 20,000 soldiers is a piece of cake.

However, Sun Ce did not like to deal with various military affairs, and usually left them all to Zhou Yu.

In just two days, Zhou Yu, who had started preparations early, made all the arrangements for the detour around Taishan County.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce led his army to launch a large-scale attack on Qi State in the north, and then set up a camp in the marginal area near Taishan County and Qi State.

While leaving his confidants to fake cooking smoke as usual to confuse the Qingzhou scouts, Sun Ce led the army to Taishan County under the cover of night and began a forced march to Jinan State.

At the same time, the marching plan reported by Sun Ce was also delivered to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu did not dare to delay and quickly handed it to Liu Bei for reading.

"Good plan!"

After reading it, Liu Bei praised Zhou Yu's wisdom and couldn't help but smile at Xu Shu.

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhou Gongjin is full of pride. He is unwilling to be suppressed by Zikun all the time, and he is holding his breath to prove himself."

"When he was called up to the staff, he kept silent every day. But after his sworn brother went to war, he spared no effort to give advice to Bofu."

Xu Shu's actual age was not much different from Zhou Yu's. He had discussed academic matters with Zhou Yu in private several times. He was very impressed by Zhou Yu's talent and ability, and was also aware of the arrogance hidden beneath his seemingly humble and elegant appearance.

"It's no surprise that all geniuses are arrogant."

"In my opinion, Yuanzhi's ability is not much different from Gongjin's, but Yuanzhi learned literature later and has accumulated less knowledge. However, Yuanzhi is not arrogant."

Liu Bei shook his head and said something.

The implication is that although Zhou Yu has extraordinary abilities, his character is slightly poor, and he is inferior to Xu Shu.

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Liu Bei never took the initiative to compare Li Ji with others. In Liu Bei's heart, Zikun was unique and no one could compare with him.

In terms of vision, ability, character, ambition and so on, in Liu Bei's view, Zikun was almost a perfect man.

There was only one drawback, which was that Zikun did not like to have children, which was a big problem in Liu Bei's opinion.

"I am just an ordinary person, but I am grateful to my lord for his appreciation and the guidance of the great men of the country. How dare I be arrogant?"

Xu Shu did not mention Zhou Yu again, but answered with a guilty look on his face. Liu Bei was secretly dissatisfied with Xu Shu's character.

As Liu Bei's personal clerk, Xu Shu's official position was not very impressive, but the power and status he actually controlled were quite high.

As a man who had just come of age, Xu Shu was not blinded by power, nor did he have any personal feelings when assisting Liu Bei in handling various affairs. He was selfless and dedicated to his work. This was what Liu Bei was most satisfied with about Xu Shu.

Immediately, Liu Bei stopped discussing this issue in depth, and instead pointed to the secret letter in his hand and asked.

"Does Yuanzhi see any loopholes in Zhou Gongjin's plan?"

After thinking seriously for a while, Xu Shu replied, "If I were to take over Qingzhou in place of Xun Yu, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stop it."

On the one hand, Xun Yu did not have the troops to leave the city to stop Sun Ce. On the other hand, the impoverished Qingzhou was unable to develop any navy, and it was impossible to prevent the Yangzhou navy from transporting grain to Dongchaojin.

If he were in the other's shoes, Xu Shu felt that perhaps what he could do was to withdraw his troops to defend Qingzhou, avoid unnecessary losses, and wait for the outcome of the battle in Jizhou before making a decision.

After getting Xu Shu's answer, Liu Bei no longer hesitated. He wrote a military order and stamped it with his seal, ordering Xu Shu to quickly arrange for the Yangzhou navy to send food and grass to Dongchaojin to meet up with Sun Ce in early October as Zhou Yu requested.

Then, Liu Bei subconsciously asked about the latest battle report from Yuzhou about Li Ji.

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"No news yet." Xu Shu replied.

“No news is the best news.”

Liu Bei was not worried at all about this.

In Liu Bei's mind, Li Ji has always been able to plan everything out. Since there was no bad news, it meant that the direction of the war was within Li Ji's expectations.

After Li Ji led the army to replenish food and grass at the Weishui River, they marched quickly deep into the enemy's rear and headed straight for the Yingshui River. Naturally, it was inevitable that they would be temporarily cut off from the outside world.

"But according to the estimated time, Zikun should also be arriving at Yingshui soon to join the group."

"Yuanzhi, please sort out some of the important documents that have been sent recently and send them to Yingshui via the navy. Zikun may need to review them in his spare time."

Liu Bei added as usual.

"As you command, my lord."

Xu Shu answered, then bowed and stepped back to tidy up.

What are important documents? They are naturally those related to the important arrangements in all aspects of Liu Bei’s rule and the latest changes among the various princes.

Although Liu Bei felt that he had handled the matter properly with the help of Xu Shu, he still subconsciously sent a copy of these things to Li Ji.

It's not that he doubted or worried that something went wrong. It's just that Liu Bei felt that after Li Ji had read and checked it, he would feel more confident and more secure.

Just as Liu Bei had expected, Li Ji led the army on a rapid march all the way from the Huai River. It took nearly eight days before they finally arrived at the Xiang County section of the Ying River.

It seems that it is extremely risky to advance alone, but in fact, the entire Yuzhou does not have enough troops to compete with Li Ji's army, and Li Ji is well aware of the geographical advantages of Yuzhou, so there is no possibility of getting lost and wasting time.

The weather was also within Li Ji's observation.

Li Ji has everything going for him, so where does the risk come from?

Regardless of how panicked Yuan Shu would be when Li Ji arrived at the Xiangxian section of Yingshui, which was only about a hundred miles away from Ruyang, Li Ji set up camp on the bank of Yingshui without haste. (End of this chapter)