Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Tacit understanding is only temporary and will inevitably be broken.

It depends on who can gain greater benefits when the tacit understanding is broken.

"Five to six days..."

Zhuge Liang did not doubt Li Ji's judgment, but followed Li Ji's thoughts and cast his eyes on the sand table to think, and said.

"I just don't know how Cao Cao will break the tacit understanding with his teacher."

Right now, with Guandu as the east-west dividing line, the west side is in chaos, while the east side is extremely calm, like the calm before the storm.

Simply dispatching troops to support Lu Bu's defense line is obviously not Cao Cao's style.

A greater possibility is to attack the place where the enemy must rescue, in order to inflict heavy damage on the Han army...

As soon as he thought of this, Zhuge Liang blurted out, "Could it be that Cao's army will attack the Zhongmu granary?"

"will not."

Li Ji shook his head and disagreed with Zhuge Liang's guess.

Not to mention whether Cao Cao could accurately detect the location of the granary, the key point was that the defense line arranged by the Northern Expedition Army was very tight, and it was not an easy task to attack the granary from behind.

Unless there is a traitor who knows all the military arrangements of the Northern Expedition Army and leaks the information...

However, Li Ji had already considered this point. Apart from Li Ji, the only person who knew the patrol route of the Northern Expedition Army on the south bank of Guandu clearly was Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of a large amount of military affairs.

So, if someone really leaked the information.

Li Ji stared at Zhuge Liang, feeling that the possibility of Zhuge Liang leaking the secret was very small, so the traitor could only be...

As Zhuge Liang looked at him in confusion, Li Ji chuckled and asked, "Have you learned the music that you have played for me in the past few days?"

In terms of the art of playing the zither, Li Ji, Zhou Yu, Cai Yong and Cai Zhaoji can all be regarded as first-class players of the time.

Zhuge Liang was not very interested in the art of playing the zither. He learned a little in his spare time as a way to cultivate his sentiments and ease his mood, but his level was only at a mediocre level.

At Li Ji's request, Zhuge Liang did not forget to take time out every day to practice the songs played by Li Ji, and he was able to imitate them almost perfectly.

Of course, Zhuge Liang had no idea what Li Ji meant by the question, and he responded modestly out of habit.

"I understand a little bit."

Li Ji continued to stare at the sand table and replied, "It's not enough to just have a basic understanding. You have to learn it in both form and spirit, so that it can be mistaken for the real thing."

Zhuge Liang understood the elegant meaning of the music. Perhaps what Li Ji said was superficial, but Zhuge Liang vaguely grasped some of the clues. After a slight change of expression, he answered.

"is teacher."

"Go ahead and get busy."

Li Ji waved his hand, and after Zhuge Liang bowed and left, he returned to his military tent to continue processing various documents and arranging the logistics and supplies of the 700,000-strong army in an orderly manner.

It was not until late at night when Zhuge Liang stretched his aching muscles and bones, pulled out his seven-stringed zither from under the bed, and prepared to practice it before going to bed.

What was different from before was that now Zhuge Liang treated this as a task and took it more seriously. He also deliberately recalled many details of Li Ji's playing and imitated them.

……

The next day.

Li Ji continued to walk to the other side and play music as usual, and Cao Cao continued to accompany him with drums, just like a pair of close friends who had different positions and had to fight each other, communicating with music.

The harmonious sound of piano and drum continued for half an hour.

Li Ji left as usual, and Cao Cao also wrote down "Guan Du Zou·Part 7". Xiahou Yuan, who was waiting beside Cao Cao this time, couldn't help but nudged Xiahou Dun with his elbow and muttered.

"Brother, your attitude towards Li Zikun has not changed in more than ten years. This eager attitude of seeking talents is really touching. I decided to give those bastards under my command two more training sessions today, and I must capture Li Zikun for you as soon as possible."

Xiahou Dun, who has now gradually adapted to this kind of vision where he can see the end at a glance, couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, if you keep writing one poem a day, it won't be long before you can publish a collection of poems about Li Ji."

However, Cao Cao apparently did not notice Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. He held the new poem with the ink not yet dry, recited it with great satisfaction, and exclaimed in praise.

"Very good, very good..."

In this regard, not to mention Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, even the surrounding soldiers were somewhat accustomed to it.

Cao Cao got up early, accepted the customary invitation, and left as usual.

In the next few days, this scene continued to happen as usual, and Cao Cao's daily "Guan Du Zou" had been ranked to "No. 10".

That day, after Li Ji finished playing his music without saying a word and left, Cao Cao sorted out the ten pieces of "Guan Du Zou" and sent a personal guard to deliver them to the Han army camp. He also handed over a sentence for Li Ji to comment on.

However, when Cao Cao, with a smile on his face, brought Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan back to his military tent, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were about to retreat.

Cao Cao made a gesture and whispered.

"Yuan Rang, Miao Cai, wait a minute..."

Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were somewhat slow to react until Cao Cao continued speaking.

"Liu Da'er's Jinyi Division is omnipresent, and there must be spies in the army. Some generals may secretly communicate with the Han army, so we have to be cautious when plotting major plans."

Immediately, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were shocked and asked anxiously.

"I wonder what the big plan is?"

In the still dim military tent, Cao Cao spoke slowly with an uncertain expression.

"Miaocai is the best archer in our army, and few can match him. Therefore, I want Miaocai to shoot and kill... Zikun."

"Zi Kun is the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and the Grand Commander of the Northern Expedition. Once Zi Kun dies, the Northern Expedition Army will retreat and the Han Dynasty will be in chaos."

Xiahou Yuan's expression changed, first showing some excitement, then turned into embarrassment, and said.

"If I can make an inch of contribution to the Wei Dynasty, I will not be afraid even if I die. However, Li Zikun is sitting on the other side of the river, more than 200 feet away from the camp. It is beyond the reach of archery."

Anyone who can shoot an arrow through the target from a hundred paces away can be called an archer.

The distance of these two hundred feet is more than three hundred steps. Xiahou Yuan really didn't dare to agree to such a fantastic thing.

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao began to explain.

"Of course I didn't ask Miaocai to shoot Zikun in the camp..."

After a pause, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Yuan Rang, Miao Cai, do you really think that my daily drumming performance with Zi Kun is purely due to our personal relationship?"

Xiahou Yuan said quickly. "Your Majesty's actions must have a deep meaning."

"It's just..."

Xiahou Dun also followed suit.

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back, shook his head and spoke.

"Zi Kun is a rare talent. To have him is like having the whole world. I like him very much. Unfortunately... he is not useful to me and I can only destroy him." (End of this chapter)