Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As the weather gets hotter.

North and south of Guandu, the fierce fighting between the Han and Wei armies had lasted for a month and a half, and the intensity was gradually decreasing.

There is no other reason. Apart from the climate reasons, the continuous fierce fighting will inevitably lead to military fatigue.

Especially since the Han army first inflicted heavy damage on Lu Bu's army, and then fought fiercely with Cao Wei's army for a long time, it was inevitable that morale would decline significantly, and naturally they needed to temporarily slow down the offensive and rest for some time.

Not only in the Guandu direction, but also in the Xingyang direction, the intensity of the battle has obviously decreased.

In a long and fierce cavalry chase, even if the cavalry itself cannot bear it, the consumption of horsepower is extremely huge.

Therefore, the White Horse Volunteers led by Zhao Yun also reduced the frequency of harassing Xingyang. They only needed to ensure that Lu Bu and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry could be contained in the Xingyang area.

The direction of the war caused many famous scholars and aristocratic families who were paying attention to it to begin to think that perhaps this Battle of Guandu would also gradually enter a relatively long period of confrontation like the previous Battle of Jie Bridge.

The winner can only be determined when one side finds the other side's fatal flaw or drags the other side down.

The advantage is obviously still in Han...

In order to rally the people's hearts and minds, newspapers directly controlled by the Han court have been continuously reporting on the war situation since Li Ji led his troops to the north to capture Qingzhou a year ago.

Since launching the Northern Expedition, Li Ji has been unstoppable. Although he has encountered some obstacles in Guandu, the small victories that have been frequently reported in the newspapers have made everyone under Liu Bei excited.

From high-ranking officials to ordinary people, everyone believes that the prime minister will win. At the same time, the corresponding war trends are also the focus of discussion among countless scholars under his rule.

In addition to the students in the academies in the four states of Yu, Xu, Jing and Yang, countless students in the Rende Academy which moved to Shouchun were also discussing and analyzing day and night, and some of them put forward some ingenious ideas.

To sum it up in a nutshell, the martial virtues are so abundant that every one of them is eager to rush to the front line to help the Prime Minister, kill the bandits and revive the Han Dynasty.

A-dou and Li Xiang, who are now twelve years old, concealed their identities and enrolled in Rende Academy under Li Ji's arrangement before the Northern Expedition.

In such a strong atmosphere of martial virtues, the kind-faced Adou seemed a little out of place. He often participated in discussions with his classmates, but basically just listened with a smile and seldom spoke out.

Even in terms of academics, Adou seemed quite mediocre among his peers, neither outstanding nor worst.

However, Adou was extremely popular and could talk to anyone in Rende Academy. In just over half a year, he had become a know-it-all in the academy.

In comparison, Li Xiang, the nominal elder brother of Adou who changed his name to "Li Dou", also changed his name to "Li Cheng" and became a dazzling and terrifying leader among his peers.

In astronomy, geography, Qimen Yin and Yang, government and other subjects, Li Xiang was the undisputed number one among his peers. His popularity was even comparable to that of Lu Xun, who was four years older than him.

It should be known that as one of the prime minister's disciples, Lu Xun is special even in the eyes of many students in Rende Academy.

In the eyes of many students, Lu Xun was simply born at the wrong time and was a few years younger than Zhuge Liang and his ilk.

By the time Lu Xun had completed his studies, the prime minister no longer had the time to go to the academy to teach his students, so most of the time he was taught by his fellow students.

This also led to Lu Xun, who claimed to be unparalleled in talent and learning, not being able to enter the government as early as his senior brothers, and he could only continue his studies at Rende Academy. Many students were quite curious about who was stronger between Lu Xun and Li Xiang, and who was the leader of Rende Academy today, and often encouraged and expected Lu Xun and Li Xiang to compete.

However, faced with many seemingly clumsy provocations, Lu Xun just laughed it off.

Others might not know, but how could Lu Xun not know Li Xiang's identity?
As a senior brother, Lu Xun must be crazy to make things difficult for his junior brother just for a little fame.

However, since the teacher intended to let the prince and his junior apprentice brother come into contact with a large number of scholars in the academy, Lu Xun naturally would not reveal the identities of the prince and his junior apprentice brother.

Apart from caring about the Crown Prince and his junior fellow apprentice in private, Lu Xun would pretend that he was not familiar with Adou and Li Xiang even if they met in other situations.

Moreover, within Ren De Academy, since many students had other channels at home, they often knew more details about the battle than what was published in the newspapers, and the discussions became increasingly intense, sometimes even resulting in physical fights.

"In this battle of Xingyang, the White Horse Volunteers led by General Wei can only hold out for a while, but how can they sustain it for a long time? I'm afraid it's not good..."

"There is indeed a gap in the number of cavalry. It is a pity that the north is occupied by many bandits, and the court is inevitably short of horses."

"Don't worry. In my opinion, since the Prime Minister has made such an arrangement, there must be a deep meaning behind it."

"As far as the battle situation is concerned, the situation is already quite clear. The Prime Minister intends to use this to contain the thief Lu and use the main force to attack Guandu. As long as Guandu is captured, the connection between Sili and Yanzhou can be cut off, and the thief Cao can be forced to retreat to Jizhou."

"But now the weather is getting warmer, and it is said that our army's offensive has begun to slow down, and Cao's resistance is also quite tenacious. It's not good..."

While waiting for the teacher to come and teach, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, who were sitting in a corner with Li Xiang and A Dou, listened to the other students' daily discussion and couldn't help feeling a little worried, so they asked softly.

"What do Dou Ge'er and Xiang Ge'er think?"

As the saying goes, one person's plan is short, two people's plan is long.

There are many gifted students in Ren De Academy who are good at making extraordinary plans and strategies. The results obtained after many discussions are still of certain reference value.

The second generation, such as Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, who followed Adou to Ren De Academy, have recently heard a lot of concerns about the war situation and can't help but feel a little nervous.

But Li Xiang didn't need to answer, Adou just waved his hand and said with a smile.

"You are worrying too much. How can a few thieves be a match for my father? What my fellow disciples can see clearly is clear to Cao, and my father must also understand it, so my father must have a plan..."

After a pause, Ah Dou continued. "What's more, my father once said that if you want to win against your opponent on the chessboard, you can't just focus on the chessboard."

Zhang Bao suddenly reacted and said excitedly, "I understand! Emperor Xiaojing once used a chessboard to slap his opponent to death."

"Brother Bao, you must not disrespect Emperor Xiaojing. It was just an accident. The prince of Wu accidentally touched the chessboard and died. It has nothing to do with what Dou Ge'er said."

After a pause, Guan Xing continued to ask, "Do you know what the Prime Minister will do next?"

Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were stunned, but Ah Dou said disapprovingly: "If I knew, would I still be sitting here?" (End of this chapter)