Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"boom!"

Li Ji suddenly stood up, stared at Sima Yi and asked.

"Xiang'er and Xi'er came to Yuzhou, and lost contact halfway?"

There is a saying: When a common people is angry, blood will flow within five steps, and the whole world will be in mourning.

Now, Sima Yi suddenly felt Li Ji's unprecedented anger. He didn't even have the courage to look Li Ji in the eye. He almost blurted out to distance himself from the matter.

"Teacher, I had no knowledge of this matter before. It was the Lord who ordered us to keep it secret for the time being, so the Jinyi Division did not send any news to Ruyang..."

"Shut up!"

Li Ji interrupted Sima Yi and asked, "Time, place, and people?"

"what?"

Sima Yi was unable to react for a moment.

Li Ji frowned and added, "The general location where Xiang'er and the others disappeared, when did they disappear, and who was protecting Xiang'er?"

Sima Yi understood what had happened and quickly recalled what had happened, then answered in a hurried tone.

"The convoy was on its way from Gushi City to Nandun City, and the Jinyi Division discovered half a day ago that they could no longer be contacted..."

"The young master and his junior brother are protected by a group of family generals led by Senior Brother Bofu, as well as the three thousand elite tiger soldiers selected by the lord himself."

Hearing this, Li Ji's tense expression immediately relaxed.

With the protection of Sun Ce and three thousand brave soldiers, the safety of Adou and Li Xiang is guaranteed.

In Yuzhou, which had just been cleared, neither the powerful families nor the bandits could possibly possess the strength to challenge the Three Thousand Tiger Guards.

As a result, the convoy was probably accidentally trapped by the wind and snow halfway, so that the Jinyisi personnel who were responsible for the reception panicked and did not dare to delay in reporting the news.

Immediately, Li Ji asked Gu Wei to bring the map of Yuzhou, looked down at it, and asked.

"Do you know how long the convoy has been away from Nanton City?"

"About four days."

The intelligence sent back by the Jinyi Division of Nandun City was quite detailed. Sima Yi only took a quick glance at it, then wrote it all down and answered Li Ji one by one.

"How much food and supplies are you carrying?"

"Enough for seven days."

"Is Gongjin in the army?"

"No."

Li Ji paused for a moment, then after some calculations, he drew a circle with a diameter of about thirty miles on the map with a pen, and said.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the convoy is probably trapped in this area, and it is less than four hours away from Nanton City."

Sima Yi on the side sighed with worry and helplessness.

"If this heavy snow had come half a day later, the convoy could have entered the city smoothly, and the young master and junior brother would not have been trapped by the snowstorm."

Although Li Ji was well aware that Sima Yi had no feelings for Adou and Li Xiang, whom he had never met, Sima Yi's caring behavior undoubtedly made people feel caring and close.

Li Ji threw the brush in his hand and spoke.

"Military order!"

Gu Wei knelt down on the table at one side and prepared to write. "Order Zhang Fei to lead 8,000 cavalrymen to Nandun City immediately. They will search in teams of 100. Soldiers do not need to wear armor. They should wear warm clothes and bring a pot of liquor. Each of them should bring a small stove to keep warm. They must find the trace of the convoy within one day."

"Whoever finds the young master, Li Xiang, and Li Xi first will be rewarded handsomely!"

Immediately, Li Ji checked the military order, took out the tiger talisman and seal from his waist and used them, and then asked Gu Wei to go down and pass on the order.

Then, Li Ji turned his attention to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi quickly bent down and lowered his head, waiting for orders.

Li Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Spread the specific information that the young master and Li Xiang's brother and sister are suspected of losing contact in the snowstorm."

"what?!"

Sima Yi was shocked at first and was about to persuade Li Ji to point out the disadvantages of this move.

Not to mention that if the young master encounters any accident, it may cause Liu Bei's group to waver. More importantly, if such news is leaked, some people may take advantage of the chaos to do something.

However, Sima Yi's words came to his throat and he suddenly reacted.

"Teacher, are you trying to trick those people with bad intentions into revealing their flaws? After all, with Senior Brother Bofu and the three thousand Tiger Guards protecting us, those people with bad intentions can't threaten the safety of the young master at all."

Under normal circumstances, Li Ji might have had the patience to teach Sima Yi in detail.

But when he heard that something had happened to Adou, Li Xiang and Li Xi, Li Ji, who had forced himself to calm down, was still very confused. He had no intention of explaining. He waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Go do some errands."

"Yes."

Sima Yi quickly bowed and retreated, then began to make arrangements.

In fact, Li Ji asked Sima Yi to release the news mainly to increase the manpower for the search.

There are only 8,000 cavalrymen around Ruyang City now. Even if all of them are transferred to the direction of Nandun City, searching in the wind and snow is not only very dangerous, but also the vision is limited, and they may not be found quickly.

As long as this news is made public, there will be people who want to use it to find Adou, Li Xiang and Li Xi.

In addition, Li Ji can also take the opportunity to clean out the "rats" in the city.

The information Sima Yi disclosed concealed the specific number of guards, creating the illusion that Adou, Li Xiang and Li Xi were protected by only a few hundred people.

On weekdays, Li Ji didn't have the time to find out and step on to death the "rats" that hid deeply.

But Liu Bei sent Adou and Li Xiang's brother and sister here, so naturally he would let them go out of the house and travel around in the future.

But Ruyang City was not as stable as Wu County or Shouchun. So in order to avoid "rats" secretly plotting, Li Ji naturally needed to clean the house a little cleaner.

With Sima Yi's promotion, the news that Adou, Li Xiang and Li Xi had lost contact due to wind and snow in the south of Nandun City quickly spread in Ruyang City.

Take Wei Yan as an example. The moment he learned about it, he rushed out of the house wearing only a single piece of clothing and went straight to the governor's mansion to find Li Ji for confirmation.

Afterwards, after receiving further accurate information, Wei Yan returned home. Without saying a word, he called his troops, took the available war horses, and headed south in the wind and snow to look for the traces of Adou and Li Xiang.

This was not an isolated case, but most of the generals in the city chose to organize people and go south to search as soon as possible.

Li Ji expressed his tacit approval of all this, which further proved the authenticity of the news in the eyes of many Yuzhou families who "voluntarily" moved to Ruyang City.

Immediately, many powerful families also organized their servants and drove their horses or donkeys towards the direction of Nanton City to search.

Standing on the South Gate Tower of Ruyang City, which still had many traces of war, Li Ji watched the figures disappear in the wind and snow one by one, then looked up at the sky above, silently estimating when the heavy snow would stop. (End of this chapter)