Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The people of Yuzhou have long been like a barrel of kerosene.

If a spark drops, a raging fire will start.

Gan Ning, who appeared under the name of Yellow Turban, was undoubtedly the spark that could not be ignored.

In particular, the fire was not extinguished the moment it started, but instead allowed Gan Ning to capture Dan County, which undoubtedly caused the fire to spread.

Even though there was information that the Yellow Turban Army led by Gan Ning was spreading like wildfire from Dan County to the surrounding areas, Li Ji had already gotten some glimpses of it many times from the intelligence sent back by Sima Yi through the Jinyi Division.

However, Sima Yi's character undoubtedly made Li Ji more cautious.

Just like Jia Xu, in Li Ji's eyes, Sima Yi was undoubtedly also that kind of useful! Useful!
However, not all talents can be trusted.

Once deep-seated personal interests are involved, Sima Yi's character determines that he is unlikely to make the same loyal and righteous choice as Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others.

Therefore, in order to prevent this secretly promoted uprising from getting out of control, Li Ji secretly ordered Gan Ning to regularly send his confidants to report directly to him.

According to Gan Ke, Gan Ning had led the Yellow Turban Army to capture three counties and four cities, and the next target would be Qiao County.

Once Qiao County is captured, Liang State, Chen State and Runan County in Yuzhou will all be within Gan Ning's reach, and the size of this Yellow Turban Army will grow to a point that cannot be ignored.

After confirming the general progress of the Yellow Turban Army led by Gan Ning, Li Ji continued to ask.

"How many Yellow Turban troops does Xingba control now?"

Gan Ke replied quickly.

"Boss...every time the general captures a city or county, he will massacre all the noble families in the city, and then distribute all the money, grain and land in the city to the local people in the name of Huang Tian."

"If we count the old, weak, women and children, there are probably more than 300,000 people who will respond to the general's call. However, the general only selects young and strong people to fight, so the number of troops is only about 60,000."

When Li Ji heard this number again, he couldn't help but feel a toothache even though he had learned it from the intelligence sent back by Sima Yi.

The population density of Yuzhou is undoubtedly among the highest among the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty.

As a county, the submerged Jinan State in Qingzhou now has a population of only about 200,000, but the population registered in the household register of Pei State in Yuzhou is as high as over 1.25 million.

This also led to Gan Ning only leading the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Pei State, conquering three counties and four cities, and the number of people who responded to the Yellow Turban Rebellion reached as many as 300,000.

This is undoubtedly a terrifying number.

But it also indirectly shows that if Li Ji chose to ignore the people of Yuzhou from the beginning, at least one million people would have suffered from famine.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji asked Gan Ke in detail about all the details of the uprising and the military law constraints on this rebel army.

There is no doubt that the rebel army is extremely likely to become a disaster that brings harm to innocent civilians.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to restrain the rebel army that has no military discipline at all.

Fortunately, Gan Ning has now been recognized by countless Yellow Turbans as the "General Huang Tian".

Ordinary people may not be aware of the seriousness of military discipline.

But for the Yellow Turban group, which already had a large number of believers, they dared not disobey the orders from "General Huangtian" Gan Ning in the slightest.

Therefore, after repeatedly confirming everything Gan Ke reported, Li Ji was undoubtedly quite satisfied with Gan Ning's performance.

Among all the generals, Gan Ning was undoubtedly the independent one, and he cared least about the identity gap between aristocratic families, common people, and bandits.

Otherwise, Gan Ning, who was a descendant of a noble family, would not have called himself "Jinfan Thief" and wandered around Bashu, providing aid to the people from time to time.

Therefore, when Gan Ning ordered the Yellow Turbans to massacre the noble families, he did so without any mercy and did not have the slightest sense of grief for the loss of a noble family.

On the contrary, according to intelligence from various sources, Gan Ning seemed to quite enjoy being the leader of the Yellow Turbans. He gathered tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers to attack cities and seize land, and then distributed money, food and farmland.

Finally, Li Ji handed Gan Ke an encrypted letter and said, "Take this letter back and give it to Xing Ba."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Gan Ke took it respectfully, then hid the letter in the lining of his inner garment and sewed it up in front of Li Ji.

Li Ji nodded slightly and continued.

"Also, help me pass on a message to Xingba: When you are a thief under orders, don't forget your limits."

Gan Ke repeated it several times in a low voice, memorizing every word of it in his mind, and then he took his leave.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji personally inspected the camp again to confirm that there were no omissions in the camp, and returned to the tent where he usually lived.

The personal guard at the door of the tent immediately reported that Jia Xu had sent documents inside.

Because Li Ji and Jia Xu had a close personal relationship, and Li Ji had never had the habit of keeping any confidential documents in the tent, he usually prepared for Jia Xu to enter on his own.

Therefore, after Li Ji nodded slightly, he entered the tent and first saw the documents sent by Jia Xu.

Then, Li Ji slowly browsed through the documents before opening the box where he usually stored the tea.

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Even though Jia Xu tried to cover it up by hollowing out the middle and making the surface bulge, the amount of tea appeared to be no less.

However, Li Ji saw through the truth at a glance and found that some of the tea had been secretly taken away.

As for who took it away, even Li Ji’s son could guess it.

"Tsk, I'm afraid Wenhe can't get used to drinking this kind of failed tea."

Li Ji chuckled, but a hint of distress flashed across his eyes.

This tea is naturally of the best quality, but it is fried with some goat milk and sugar.

Li Ji's original intention was to develop a delicious and healthy portable milk tea for his daughter Li Xi, which could be brewed with boiling water.

After all, Xiao Xier really couldn't drink normal bitter tea, so when she was at home, she imitated Li Ji and pestered him to drink it, but every time she drank it, it was so bitter that she had to stick out her tongue.

Therefore, Li Ji spent some time doing research in his spare time.

Unfortunately, this approach clearly failed.

The tea leaves fried in this way not only taste bad, but are also pungent and sweet.

But there was no "saccharin" in this era, and Li Ji didn't want the cute little Xier to consume a lot of sugar and slowly turn into a little fat girl like Adou.

But it is not easy for Li Ji to make milk tea that is both delicious and healthy.

Suddenly, Li Ji accidentally saw the word "Yuan Shu" mentioned in the document on the table and muttered to himself.

"Yuan Gonglu seems to particularly like drinking honey water. This honey water... uh..."

However, at this moment, Xu Chu's voice was heard outside the tent.

"My Lord, General Zang Ba requests to see you."

"Enter."

Li Ji put down the tea in his hand and bowed to Zang Ba who came in carefully and respectfully.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

After Li Ji invited Zang Ba to take a seat, he asked, "What's the important matter with Xuan Gao?" (End of this chapter)