Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After Li Ji waited for about fifteen hours, a Yangzhou fleet arrived at the Xiangxian section of Yingshui and joined Li Ji.

The only thing that surprised Li Ji was that he saw Jia Xu, who was becoming more and more plump and healthy on the fleet.

"Wen He is personally in charge of the fleet to escort it?"

Li Ji asked in surprise.

Jia Xu replied with a serious face. "After all, this grain is related to Zikun's life and death. I can only go there in person to avoid any accidents."

"Uh……"

Li Ji thought about it for a moment and said jokingly.

"I'm afraid that Wen He was tortured by being asked to serve as Xu Wenxiang's military advisor, and he had no other options, so he took refuge in the fleet, right?"

Jia Xu couldn't hold it in any longer and answered helplessly.

"The one who understands me is Zi Kun."

Immediately, Jia Xu, who was invited into the tent by Li Ji, could not help but complain.

Xu Sheng was different from Wei Yan, a general who was flexible in thinking and full of progress, and he was also different from Guan Yu, a gentleman who strictly adhered to the righteousness and propriety of the Spring and Autumn Period.

As for the former, Jia Xu could easily think of nine ways to induce Wei Yan to follow his advice.

As for the latter, Jia Xu was also able to make Guan Yu listen by using the method of "a gentleman can be deceived by tricks".

But Xu Sheng happened to be neither of them. He was not smart, and even less a gentleman.

Xu Sheng is a true "honest man". He follows his lord's bottom line as his own bottom line, and his style is always strict and steady.

Whenever Jia Xu offered a suggestion, Xu Sheng would reject it on the grounds that it was against the harmony of nature and violated benevolence.

Xu Sheng even took it for granted that all trivial matters in the army should be handled personally by Jia Xu, the military advisor.

Jia Xu, who had long learned to be cunning and treacherous, had not suffered such an injustice for seven or eight years. How could he endure it?

I got angry immediately...

However, in the face of Xu Sheng's strict military law, Jia Xu was only angry for a moment, and then he served as Xu Sheng's diligent "chief clerk".

After learning that the fleet was transporting grain, Jia Xu could not wait to take the opportunity to escape and reunite with Li Ji.

"Zikun, look... I've been so busy dealing with trivial matters that I'm afraid I've lost more than three points of weight."

Jia Xu, with a ruddy face, spoke with helplessness and sighs.

However, when Jia Xu noticed Li Ji's eyes full of amusement and teasing, he couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation in his back.

"Zikun, you're not thinking of anything bad, are you?"

"Is Wenhe doubting me?" Li Ji answered righteously.

"Zikun, can you swear to heaven that you are not thinking of finding an excuse someday to transfer me to be the military advisor to Xu Sheng?" Jia Xu asked with a look of suspicion on his face.

Li Ji showed an awkward but polite smile, did not respond to Jia Xu's words, but lowered his head and drank tea.

It has to be said that among those who know Li Ji, there must be some who know Jia Wenhe.

Just now... Li Ji was indeed thinking so.

It is true that there is always someone stronger than you. What Li Ji did not expect was that among all the civil and military officials under Liu Bei, the one who could torture Jia Xu the most was Xu Sheng.

Sometimes, silence can make people feel cold...

Jia Xu looked at Li Ji with anger on his face, and was about to denounce Li Ji from a moral high ground, question his conscience, and strike at his soul. Li Ji took a sip of tea and spoke casually.

"All the trivial matters in our army are handled by the two disciples, and I am really a little worried. I wonder if Wenhe can spend more time and effort to give us some guidance?"

Jia Xu's expression twitched slightly, then he revealed a gentle and elegant smile and answered.

"You and I are close friends, why should we worry about such a small matter?"

"good."

The smile on Li Ji's face grew wider, and he continued.

"It just so happens that I want to cross the Ying River and capture Xiang County on the other side as a foothold, so that I can transport food and grass from Yangzhou to here through the Ying River later."

"I am planning to let my student Zhuge Liang try to command the army to attack the city, so I will let Wenhe spend more time on it."

At this moment, Jia Xu clearly understood that Li Ji wanted him to help "take care of the children".

The credit for the successful capture of Xiang County went to Zhuge Liang's young disciple.

As for the unsuccessful options, Jia Xu also needs to adjust to the smooth options.

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Jia Xu squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

"Small things."

"I'm so sorry, but the army has so many things to do, and I can't handle them all. It seems that I can only trouble Wenhe."

Li Ji said this with gratitude, not giving Jia Xu any chance to shirk his responsibility.

Soon after, while Li Ji was talking with Jia Xu, he simply counted the food and fodder delivered by the fleet, and then summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.

The key point is to capture Xiang County on the other side of Yingshui River as a foothold and a place to store grain for subsequent food and grass transportation.

At the same time, Li Ji was also prepared to immediately divide a group of troops and go downstream along the Yingshui River to capture the county cities along the way, and to meet up with Xu Sheng as soon as possible who was also attacking cities and plundering territories downstream along the Yingshui River.

The appearance of enemy troops in the rear and the attack from both sides would undoubtedly deal a heavy and huge blow to the county cities along the Yingshui River.

Only after the Yingshui River is completely opened up and all the counties and cities along the Yingshui River are under control, can the army's rear food supply be completely guaranteed.

Otherwise, even if Yuzhou had no navy to compete with Yangzhou, as long as Yuan Shu reacted and mobilized labor to try to block or seal off the Yingshui River for a while, it might pose a threat to Li Ji's food supply.

Therefore, after arriving at Yingshui, Li Ji's top priority was to reorganize the grain routes and ensure the safety of subsequent grain routes.

The task of capturing Xiang County was nominally given to Jia Xu, but in fact it was left to Zhuge Liang by Li Ji to lead the troops to attack the city.

However, the task of dividing the troops and sending them down along the Yingshui River to meet up with Xu Sheng and ensure the safety of the grain routes along the Yingshui River was not an easy task.

Especially since Li Ji would march into Yuan Shu's capital Ruyang that day, all the generals who wanted to make achievements secretly wanted to refuse.

In the end, it was Huang Zhong who took the initiative to accept the task. After replenishing food and grass, he led 10,000 troops south along the Yingshui River that same day.

In just one day, Li Ji moved his central military camp into the county government office of Xiang County.

Huang Zhong, who went south, cooperated with Xu Sheng to attack the cities along the Yingshui River from both sides, which undoubtedly greatly undermined the determination of many officials and generals to hold their ground, and the speed of siege increased several times.

Li Ji, who arrived in Xiang County with a large army like a god descending from the sky, frightened Ruyang City into chaos that was difficult to suppress.

Before Li Jidu marched from Xiangxian to Ruyang, a trend of large-scale escape began to appear in Ruyang City.

Even though Yuan Shu ordered the blockade of Ruyang City and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving, a large number of aristocratic families who had originally supported Yuan Shu began to quickly evacuate Ruyang in an attempt to cut off ties with Yuan Shu as soon as possible.

Even now, representatives of Yuzhou noble families have begun to appear in Xiang County and take the initiative to meet Li Ji to show their goodwill. (End of this chapter)