Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

It's not that there are no small princes in Yanzhou, but those small princes each controlled a county or kingdom, and there were conflicts and attacks between them. There was no unified voice at all. How could they stop Lu Bu?

Facing Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and Sili elite troops, they swallowed up Yanzhou almost at a sweeping speed.

Of course, this is also related to Chen Gong’s plan at the end of the battle against Dong Zhuo.

The strategy that Chen Gong initially planned for Lu Bu was to march out of Hulao Pass, swallow up Yanzhou, and then sweep across the Central Plains.

Therefore, in the rewards after the war against Dong Zhuo, the governors and prime ministers of the various counties and kingdoms in Yanzhou were all in conflict with each other, and the country could be described as a mess.

At a time when the other major princes were unable to intervene in Yanzhou, Yanzhou, which was like a pile of loose sand, naturally could not stop Lu Bu. There were even some who took the initiative to surrender under Lu Bu's power.

Sima Yi paused for a moment and then spoke.

"However, there are quite a few officials in Yanzhou who are very dissatisfied with Lu Bu, and there are even more who have hidden ambitions."

"If the teacher is interested, I can try to incite many counties to revolt. It is unlikely that Lu Bu will return from Yanzhou in defeat, but it will definitely greatly delay the time for Lu Bu to completely control Yanzhou."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji looked at Sima Yi with a look of satisfaction unconsciously in his eyes.

This is the difference between Xiahou Bo and Sima Yi.

If it were Xiahou Bo, he would not have the ability to remotely command the Jinyi Division in a certain place to incite rebellion through various means.

"In that case, Yi'er, let's give it a try. We can't let Chen Gongtai have too comfortable a winter..."

After a pause, Li Ji spoke with a smile on his face.

"And try to leave traces of various connections with Chen Gongtai in the rebellions in various parts of Yanzhou."

After hearing this, Sima Yi immediately understood what Li Ji meant.

The civil officials that Lu Bu relied on were the two Chens. Among them, the bond that made Chen Qun serve under Lu Bu was interest, which was the most solid.

On the contrary, there is a possibility of estrangement between Lu Bu and Chen Gong. Any attempt to make Lu Bu a little more distant from Chen Gong would undoubtedly be a good thing.

Lu Bu has never been very smart. Even if he did not believe that the rebellion was instigated by Chen Gong, there would definitely be seeds of suspicion in his heart. He would also definitely feel annoyed that everything about the rebellion was related to Chen Gong.

"The disciple understands."

Sima Yi answered in a deep voice. While he was already subconsciously calculating in his mind, he suddenly remembered something and said.

"Oh, teacher, the Hua Tuo I asked you to keep an eye on has already found his whereabouts. If nothing unexpected happens, we will find him within half a month."

Li Ji paused slightly while roasting the lamb and glanced sideways.

"How?"

Xiahou Bo's Jinyi Division had been searching for several years with little success, but Sima Yi had only been working for a short time and actually reaped the rewards?

"I have retrieved the relevant records of the search for Hua Tuo from the Jinyi Division and discovered that the reason why the Jinyi Division has repeatedly failed to find him is that Hua Tuo may have discovered something, so he is deliberately hiding."

"And I guess that the news of Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou has spread throughout the Han Dynasty. A great doctor like Hua Tuo must be worried about whether there is a plague. So I mobilized the Xuzhou Jinyi Division to pay more attention and found a lot of suspected whereabouts of Hua Tuo."

Li Ji nodded when he heard this, and he also realized that Hua Tuo was probably deliberately hiding something.

Perhaps Hua Tuo also understood that once he was found by the Jinyisi, he would most likely "voluntarily" recruit, which was in conflict with Hua Tuo's medical philosophy, so he often covered his whereabouts.

What's more, Hua Tuo now is not a white-haired old man who can be easily bullied by children, but a strong man who can travel through the war with his legs as if walking on flat ground, and is not afraid of the chaotic soldiers and beasts everywhere.

According to some rumors from the Imperial Guards, Hua Tuo, who was practicing medicine everywhere, always had a sharp axe hanging from his waist, and carried with him a lot of medicine such as tiger bones, tiger penises, and wolf ointment. Li Ji had good reasons to suspect that Hua Tuo's tiger play in the Five Animal Play was probably inspired by watching tigers, rather than by watching cats.

"Then even if Yi'er knew the whereabouts of the person suspected to be Hua Tuo, why was she sure that she could find Hua Tuo within half a month?" Li Ji asked again.

"Letting the Jinyi Division pursue blindly is like catching fish with bare hands."

After a pause, Sima Yi continued.

"Therefore, I ordered the Jinyi Division to find a good family boy who was seriously ill in Donghai County, and then ordered the Jinyi Division to secretly spread the word for help for that good family boy in Donghai County."

"When Hua Tuo learns of this, he will definitely go to treat this good family boy. By then, the Jinyisi lying in ambush on both sides will come out together. Why should we worry that Hua Tuo will avoid us again?"

"And to ensure that nothing goes wrong, I also sent someone to borrow a team of personal guards from General Cao Bao, in case the Imperial Guards fail to stop Hua Tuo and he escapes."

After hearing the last part, Li Ji looked at Sima Yi with a slightly strange look.

Good guy, fishing, huh?

Taking advantage of Hua Tuo's medical ethics and luring him into the trap is truly shameful.

More importantly, Sima Yi called it a euphemism by borrowing a team of Cao Bao's personal guards, and he directed all the blame onto Cao Bao, whose reputation had long been ruined.

Cao Bao's situation in Xuzhou is no longer the same as before. He probably thought this was an opportunity to get close to Sima Yi, but he didn't expect that he would be used as a tool by Sima Yi to bear the infamy from the very beginning.

Li Ji took the roasted mutton that Sima Yi handed over and gave a noncommittal reminder.

"Cao Bao's troops can be used, but do not let Cao Bao personally command them, lest things go wrong."

"The disciple understands."

Sima Yi responded.

……

While Li Ji was enjoying the snow around the fire with his disciples, he also decided on a few matters of varying sizes.

The heavy snow in Yuzhou came a little earlier than usual, and it trapped a convoy on its way to Ruyang City.

In a carriage that was almost wrapped in layers of fur to keep out the wind and snow and keep warm, Adou's chubby face pulled open a corner of the curtain, but when the cold wind blew, he quickly shrank back.

"It's so cold, so cold, and there's so much snow. Brother, it seems that the road ahead is impassable. What should I do?"

Adou complained to Li Xiang, who was still calm beside him, with a sad face and a worried look on his face.

Before this, Adou had been living in Yangzhou and seldom went out in winter. This was the first time he had seen such heavy snow, which caused the carriage to be stuck in the middle of the road and unable to move.

But before Li Xiang could speak, Sun Ren, who was dressed in red, couldn't help but put his hands on his waist and said.

"Young Master, why are you so cowardly? What are you afraid of with just a little snow? You have my elder brother accompanying you, and you have three thousand Tiger Guards protecting you. They can't hurt you at all."

After a pause, Sun Ren's eyes fell on Li Xiang, who had a calm demeanor that was inconsistent with his age, and said with a light in his eyes.

"Besides, isn't Brother Xiang still here?"

Facing Sun Ren's scolding tone, A Dou did not get angry. Instead, he looked at Li Xi, who was nestled in Li Xiang's arms, blinking her big eyes, tilting her head, looking like a porcelain doll, and said with some heartache.

"I'm just worried that my little sister is too young and will be too cold in this snowstorm." (End of this chapter)