Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Just like winning the lottery unexpectedly and becoming rich, the person in charge naturally knows that it is just luck;
But if it is a pig that stands at the wind's edge and seizes the opportunity to fly, it will often laugh at the stupid bird for not knowing how to fly first. While flying diligently, it also firmly believes in its own abilities.

Li Ji, who was well aware of this, naturally understood that Cao Cao would not easily believe in the big prize that fell from the sky, so he just gave an opportunity.

"If I don't seize this opportunity decisively, I won't be Cao Mengde..."

Li Ji stared at the darkness outside the house, his eyes seemed deep and profound, as if he was playing a game of chess with Cao Cao north of the Yellow River across a vast expanse of foggy mountains and rivers.

Taking advantage of the situation, setting up a trap, waiting for Cao Cao to break through, and then joining the trap...

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In the next few days, Jiang Gan came to see Li Ji every day, ostensibly to ask for instructions but actually to spy on him.

Li Ji seemed to be irritated by Liu Bei. He took a rest for four days in a row. Every day he just stayed in the mansion to enjoy the snow and drink tea, or read books. It seemed as if he had completely forgotten the worries outside the mansion. It seemed as if he was expressing his protest against King Han Liu Bei.

While Jiang Gan was secretly delighted, he also asked his servants to keep a close eye on what was happening in the Prince of Han's mansion.

During these few days in the Han Palace, there was constant singing, dancing and feasting, and the enjoyment never stopped.

Yuan Shu was a loudmouth who could not restrain his words. He was forced to abstain from desires for a period of time. When he really started to hang out with Liu Bei and got excited, he could come up with all kinds of tricks that Liu Bei had never dared to think of in the past.

Although Liu Bei agreed to all the requests on the surface, he secretly cursed Li Ji repeatedly and said that the aristocratic families were really playing tricks behind the scenes.

The feasting and drinking that both Emperor Ling of Han and Dong Zhuo had displayed was nothing new to Yuan Shu.

When it comes to enjoying fun, Liu Bei feels like he's just a rookie in front of Yuan Shu and other real top-notch family kids.

This made Liu Bei very angry, and he asked Li Ji to find a way to cure this kind of atmosphere. He must not allow this kind of corruption and extravagance to continue to prevail after the revival of the Han Dynasty.

However, in Jiang Gan's eyes, it was undoubtedly that Liu Bei, who had been accustomed to hardships for many years, was truly deeply addicted to pleasure under the influence of Yuan Shu and others.

This also made Jiang Gan secretly despise Liu Bei even more. What benevolence and righteousness, what support for the Han Dynasty...

He was born into a family of weaving mats and selling shoes, but his heroic spirit was completely wiped out by the mere indulgence in alcohol and sex.

How much time will it take for Liu Bei of today to become Emperor Ling of the past?

However, just when Jiang Gan thought that the conflict between Liu Bei and Li Ji would continue to deepen, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned to Shouchun, and then went straight to the Prince of Han's Palace, and a quarrel seemed to have broken out.

That night, accompanied by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei went to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and took the initiative to visit Li Ji.

On the second day, Li Ji ended his rest, and Liu Bei also stopped his extravagant enjoyment that had lasted for many days and returned to diligently handling government affairs.

Jiang Gan saw all this and could not help but feel sorry for him. He understood that it was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who dissuaded Liu Bei in time, and that on the surface Liu Bei and Li Ji had reconciled and were living in harmony as before.

This disturbance was limited to a small circle, and even many middle and lower-level officials in Shouchun City had no idea what was going on.

Naturally, everything that happened was recorded truthfully by Jiang Gan and sent to Cao Cao's desk one after another.

Cao Cao also felt extremely sorry, but he also felt that this was reasonable.

Liu Bei and Li Ji had always had a very good relationship, and Li Ji had never really done anything out of line. Even if Liu Bei was temporarily addicted to pleasure and annoyed by Li Ji's actions, it was impossible for him to really break up with Li Ji because of this.

With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei mediating and admonishing, it was normal for Liu Bei and Li Ji to reconcile. But Cao Cao saw a great opportunity in it. Even if the cracks were filled, they would not be truly eliminated.

Liu Bei was inclined towards enjoyment, and the potential conflict between him and Li Ji would also always exist.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the generals relied on by Liu Bei, and it was impossible for them to stay in Shouchun forever.

A brilliant idea quickly emerged in Cao Cao's mind, and the image of a woman whose beauty was repeatedly praised by Jiang Gan emerged in his mind unconsciously - Diao Chan.

'Diao Chan may be the key to the breakup between Liu Da'er and Zikun...'

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As winter passed, Liu, Guan and Zhang had to say goodbye to each other reluctantly. They got drunk for three days and three nights, and even asked Li Ji to join them.

Guan Yu had to return to Jingzhou to take charge, and Zhang Fei also had to go to Yuzhou to train cavalry.

Both infantry and archers can be trained through the military household system.

But cavalry is different from other troops. The difficulty and requirements of training cavalry are not comparable to those of infantry and archers. Even in Yangzhou, there is no place that is truly suitable for large-scale training of cavalry.

Therefore, Zhang Fei needed to train cavalry, and the best choice was undoubtedly Yuzhou, where there were more plains.

And as Youzhou also came under Liu Bei's rule and became an enclave, Liu Yu had long cooperated with Li Ji in carrying out the policy of large-scale breeding of war horses and cattle in Youzhou.

Now a steady supply of war horses and oxen were being transported southwards by sea, and Liu Bei had completely gotten rid of the dilemma of horse shortage.

But even if there was no shortage of horses, training cavalry was by no means an easy task. In addition, Zhang Fei knew that the Northern Expedition was imminent, so after winter was over, he had to quickly return to Yuzhou to intensify training.

As Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left Shouchun, in Jiang Gan's eyes, this was undoubtedly the key mentioned in the brilliant plan sent by the King of Wei.

With his two sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei advising and supervising him, Liu Bei had to give up the idea even though he wanted to enjoy himself.

But once Guan Yu and Zhang Fei leave, there might come a time when Jiang Gan urgently needs the opportunity.

Just this wait took several months.

It seemed as if Liu Bei had truly reformed. The spring plowing had passed and the summer solstice had arrived, but Liu Bei still showed no signs of a relapse. He and Li Ji continued to get along well with each other, and no conflicts arose again.

This made Jiang Gan unable to help but feel anxious, and Cao Cao, who was far north of the Yellow River, was even more worried.

Just like a fly cannot bite a seamless egg.

Even if you want to find a gap between Liu and Li, there must be a gap.

Although the intelligence reported by Jiang Gan regularly mentioned a lot of useful information about Liu Bei's rule, including troop movements, they were all true after verification, and were of great help to Cao Cao in setting up his defense line.

But what Cao Cao wanted to see most was an opportunity to insert a needle, and then insert it hard to pry the corner of the damn Liu Da'er!
This year, until the autumn harvest, was the most peaceful year in the entire Han Dynasty in many years.

Only in the northwestern Liangzhou region, where Ma Teng and Han Sui turned against each other and fought each other, there was no war in the other twelve states. (End of this chapter)