Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Xun Wenruo, you want to reverse the world's situation? Then let me show you what it means to be a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Li Ji slowly suppressed his anger and turned his attention back to swallowing up Yuzhou.

At the same time when the news of the Yellow River bursting its dikes came, Li Ji completely controlled the area south of Xiang County of the Yingshui River. Without any worries about food supplies, he successfully joined forces with Xu Sheng and marched westward to surround Ruyang City.

Moreover, during the period when Li Ji stationed his troops in Xiang County and approached Ruyang City, the defection of the Yuan family of Runan and a number of Yuzhou aristocratic families also caused the resistance in various parts of Yuzhou to gradually collapse.

Wen Pin, who attacked from the direction of Jingzhou, also greatly increased the speed of capturing cities and seizing territories.

On the second day after Li Ji surrounded Ruyang City, Wen Pin, leading an army of more than 17,000, also arrived successfully and joined Li Ji.

At this moment, the army that was attacking Yuzhou from three sides had gathered under the city of Ruyang. The army of nearly 200,000 surrounded the city of Ruyang, which had its four gates sealed.

Ruyang City was not originally considered a huge or fortified city, but after being designated as the seat of government by Yuan Shu, it underwent large-scale repairs and can still be considered a fortified city.

Although Yuan Shu had experienced large-scale betrayal and desertion from his friends and relatives, he had always been a generous and righteous person, and there was still no shortage of loyal people who were willing to fight to the death for him.

On the contrary, during the period when Li Ji was stationed in Xiang County.

The people of Ruyang City were in panic, and many aristocratic families and military generals and counselors fled quietly. This was actually a kind of alternative purification process, so that the only people left in Ruyang City were those who were die-hard fans of Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's attitude of actively sealing the four gates also showed his determination to live and die with Ruyang City and never escape in embarrassment.

Therefore, Li Ji would naturally not play the meaningless strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one side, and directly deployed generals to guard the four sides of Ruyang City.

Zhang Fei was at the north gate, Wen Pin was at the west gate, Xu Sheng was at the east gate, and the south gate was where the central army was located by Li Ji.

"Call all the generals to discuss the matter."

Li Ji's order was quickly conveyed in the army, and the generals who were originally in charge of various parties also hurriedly gathered in Li Ji's central military tent.

"Before the meeting, I have some unfortunate news to share with you all."

Li Ji sighed and announced the news of the Yellow River bursting its dike with some sadness, and speculated that it was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster caused by the thief Cao.

Suddenly, all the generals present were in an uproar and furious.

Even Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, who had heard the speculation from Li Ji in advance, were still greatly shocked. Only Jia Xu looked calm, thinking that this was common sense.

If Cao Cao wanted to reverse the situation in the world, how could he do it just by talking?
On the contrary, Jia Xu developed a certain admiration for Cao Cao and reached a similar conclusion to Li Ji, believing that Cao Cao would ultimately win the current dispute between Yuan and Cao.

The biggest threat to my lord is undoubtedly Cao Cao.

Unlike Liu Bei's path of being a benevolent ruler, Cao Cao was undoubtedly a tyrant who would stop at nothing.

It was with the assistance of Li Ji that Liu Bei swallowed up Jing and Yang so quickly, and the foundation he had accumulated was also terrifyingly deep, so he started the Northern Expedition at an astonishing speed.

Otherwise, Jia Xu felt that the only one who could dominate the Central Plains among the heroes was Cao Mengde, who occupied the barren Qingzhou.

"What a pity! What a pity! Cao Mengde was born at the wrong time. Otherwise, with such a mentality and means, even if he was the descendant of a eunuch, he would have had the possibility of conquering the world..."

Immersed in his thoughts, Jia Xu muttered something unintentionally.

After Jia Xu reacted after blurting out what he said, he suddenly found a lot of sharp gazes being cast towards him.

Among them, the most brutal were the generals headed by Zang Ba and other Taishan bandits.

Most of the Taishan bandits were from Xuzhou. Even Zang Ba himself, although born in Taishan County, had lived in Xuzhou for many years.

Now, when people heard that the Yellow River had burst its banks and that the flood was about to reach Xuzhou, they were all sad, angry and worried.

Although Jia Xu's words, which seemed to express his pity for Cao Cao, were indeed spoken quietly, many people in the quiet tent heard them. "What does Chief Secretary Jia mean by this? Are you expressing your pity for Cao?"

"Could it be that Jia Changshi is loyal to Cao?"

"This statement is despicable!"

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The generals of the Xuzhou faction, led by Zang Ba, all scolded Jia Xu.

However, with Li Ji sitting in the main seat, even if the generals of the Xuzhou faction such as Zang Ba were angry, they did not dare to draw their swords. Jia Xu just swallowed the spit in the face and was not angry at all for these slight scoldings.

On the contrary, Jia Xu's face showed guilt and said.

"You are right. I was so busy thinking about the threat from Cao Cao that I never thought that the Yellow River water might have a serious impact on Xuzhou..."

Jia Xu's sincere attitude of shame also quickly eased the expressions of the generals.

Then, without waiting for others to speak, Jia Xu spoke in a deep voice.

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"I have been an honest official for many years, and I have some wealth. How can I remain indifferent when the people of Xuzhou are suffering from disaster today?"

"I am willing to donate 2,500 gold coins, 1,000 pieces of silk and cloth, and 10,000 dan of grain to help the victims, just to show my appreciation."

When these words were spoken, many straightforward generals were moved and praised Jia Xu as a benevolent gentleman.

Only Li Ji's mouth twitched when he heard this...

Jia Xu was not greedy for money, but he was definitely not an honest official.

With Jia Xu's ability and status, there are many ways to obtain massive wealth legally and reasonably.

Apart from anything else, the close relationship between Jia Xu and Li Ji in the eyes of outsiders was enough to earn Jia Xu the courtesy of countless aristocratic families.

A large number of noble families had asked Jia Xu for advice on where to select a location for development in Yizhou.

It is true that Yizhou was allocated to the aristocratic families for development and autonomy, but Yizhou had never been out of Liu Bei's control, so naturally there would be superior areas that were given priority for development.

This piece of news alone is undoubtedly worth a fortune.

How could the noble family who came to seek advice not be ignorant of the ways of the world, and how could they not give few gifts and cash?

If Jia Xu didn't take it, they would not feel at ease, nor would they dare to believe what Jia Xu said.

But they didn't believe it. How could Jia Xu complete the task assigned by Li Ji to persuade the aristocratic families?
As for the gifts and money that Jia Xu received, Liu Bei naturally would not be too fussy about it, so they all belonged to Jia Xu.

Therefore, Jia Xu, who in the eyes of the generals must have suffered heavy losses and even exhausted his family wealth for this, actually only paid a drop in the bucket.

Seeing that the generals of the Xuzhou faction who had just joined the army were very impressed by Jia Xu's benevolent and gentlemanly behavior, they even began to apologize to Jia Xu on their own initiative.

"Boom boom boom!"

Li Ji tapped the table lightly, restoring the solemnity of the tent, and said.

"You don't need to worry too much about the Yellow River bursting its banks. Gu Yuantan has already rushed to the Yellow River to control the flood, and the lord has made corresponding arrangements in Xuzhou in advance."

"If everything goes well, good news will arrive from Xuzhou in a short time. All generals must appease the soldiers." (End of this chapter)