Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 273: Wuhuan! Wuhuan!

Subsequently, Liu Yu personally arranged a residence extremely close to the government office for Li Ji as a temporary dwelling. Furthermore, according to Li Ji's request, he sent all the intelligence related to the Wuhuan rebellion.

After Li Ji carefully reviewed everything from beginning to end, he finally understood why this Wuhuan rebellion was so serious.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, these two can be said to have contributed greatly.

It was precisely because Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju colluded with the Wuhuan inside and outside that they launched a surprise attack and killed the Colonel Protecting the Wuhuan, the Administrator of Right Beiping Commandery, and the Administrator of Liaodong Commandery – three key figures – who were caught completely off guard.

Without these three, Right Beiping Commandery and Liaodong Commandery almost instantly fell into a state of leaderlessness, leading to their capture by the rebellious Wuhuan in one fell swoop.

Now, an even more棘手 problem is that, according to reports from scouts, the Wuhuan are not only looting wantonly in the captured prefectures and counties, but also opening up local government treasuries, seizing a large number of weapons and armor. Most of the Wuhuan cavalry have already donned Han army standard iron-scaled armor or leather armor.

The severity of the situation is undoubtedly clearer and more serious at present. Youzhou is not only at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, but even in terms of weapons and armor, it is difficult to gain an advantage.

Fortunately, the local government treasuries do not prepare a large number of siege weapons in advance, otherwise even defending Ji County would be a major problem.

Moreover, the existence of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, two veritable traitors, will undoubtedly make the Wuhuan even more difficult to deal with and make the Wuhuan more clearly aware of the situation in Youzhou.

This made Li Ji's heart sink involuntarily. In Youzhou, a plain area where the vast majority is extremely suitable for cavalry warfare, it is too difficult to face more than one hundred thousand Wuhuan cavalry equipped with armor.

At least, judging solely from the comparison of the two sides' strength on paper, it seems that the most appropriate approach for Youzhou is only to defend to the death.

After Li Ji carefully read through all this intelligence, it was already getting dark outside.

Qi Zhou, the staff sent by Liu Yu to deliver the intelligence, looked at Li Ji's gradually relaxing expression and asked, "Mr. Zikun, do you have any ideas?"

Li Ji pondered slightly for a moment, and then asked, "I wonder if there are any records in the government office about Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, and the Wuhuan tribe?"

"Yes," Qi Zhou replied.

"I wonder if I may have a look?" Li Ji asked.

"Of course, Lord Governor has ordered that Mr. Zikun can read any documents in the government office if he needs to," Qi Zhou replied, and then hurriedly left to make arrangements.

Taking advantage of this brief free time, Li Ji had some food with Zhang Fei, who insisted on protecting him at all times, to fill his stomach. When Qi Zhou returned again, he led more than a dozen soldiers who pushed two cartloads of bamboo slips.

Just taking a rough glance, Li Ji judged that the bamboo slips on these two carts together were definitely no less than a thousand scrolls.

Qi Zhou then stepped forward and carefully described the bamboo slips on the two carts.

"Mr. Zikun, apart from the four scrolls that are records about Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, the rest are all the records of Youzhou regarding the Wuhuan. The earliest can be traced back to the first year of Emperor Gaozu, some records of the Donghu being defeated by the Xiongnu's Modu Shanyu and fleeing to Wuhuan Mountain to form the Wuhuan."

This made Li Ji feel a little helpless. He didn't expect Qi Zhou to be so耿直.

The records of the Western Han Dynasty cannot be said to be completely useless for the current situation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it can only be said that it is of little significance.

Fortunately, these bamboo slips all have their own numbering sequence. Li Ji first read the intelligence about Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and then went backwards scroll by scroll to read the relevant records about the Wuhuan.

In the case of insufficient hard power, if he wants to defeat the enemy, Li Ji can only find a way to find the weaknesses of the Wuhuan themselves.

And this look lasted from candlelight until dawn…

As Li Ji thoroughly read through all the relevant records of Youzhou regarding the Wuhuan during the Eastern Han Dynasty overnight, he also gained almost complete knowledge of everything about the Wuhuan at present.

"Huff…"

Li Ji let out a long breath, threw the scroll he had finished reading onto the table in front of him, and then said to Qi Zhou, who had also耿直ly stayed up all night with him.

"Staff Qi, thank you for your assistance and company. I will not look at the rest of the bamboo slips for the time being."

Qi Zhou, whose eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night, shook his somewhat absent-minded head, hesitated for a few breaths, and then quickly replied.

"Mr. Zikun is only relying on a sense of benevolence and righteousness to help my Youzhou, and staying up all night to read intelligence to find a way to break the enemy. Compared with Mr. Zikun, I can only try my best to provide some assistance within my power."

After a brief contact, Li Ji knew that Qi Zhou could be regarded as a耿直 and honest person, and he would not be humble with Qi Zhou here.

Immediately, Li Ji got up and walked to Zhang Fei, who was sitting in the corner of the room with his eyes open and snoring loudly, patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, and said.

"Yide, Yide, wake up…"

Zhang Fei's originally lifeless pupils quickly condensed, and he stood up abruptly, subconsciously saying, "Mr. Zikun, I wasn't asleep just now… Is there an enemy?"

Li Ji didn't know for a moment whether Zhang Fei's unique skill of sleeping with his eyes open was developed in this situation.

However, it would be strange if Zhang Fei, who had been bored for the whole night, didn't fall asleep.

"There is no enemy."

After a pause, Li Ji rubbed his temples, which were a little swollen from staying up all night, and then whispered into Zhang Fei's ear.

"Yide, send someone back to the port and ask Bo Gui to come to Ji County quickly. I have something important to discuss."

"No problem, leave it to me."

Zhang Fei replied in a loud voice.

"In addition, I need to go back to my room to rest for a while. Don't make any loud noises in the mansion, Yide, keep your voice down."

This was the sentence Li Ji wanted to tell Zhang Fei the most, otherwise, with Zhang Fei's thunderous voice, he didn't even need to think about the quality of his sleep.

Immediately, Li Ji bid farewell to Qi Zhou and asked Qi Zhou to go back and tell Liu Yu that he would visit tonight to discuss the Wuhuan matter. Li Ji randomly found a room and went straight to sleep with his clothes on, falling into a deep sleep.

This sleep lasted a whole day.

After Li Ji woke up leisurely, the original fatigue had completely dissipated, and the whole person regained that refreshed state.

Afterwards, Li Ji took a bath and changed his clothes before taking Zhang Fei to Liu Yu's residence to keep the appointment.

And after learning that Li Ji would visit tonight, Liu Yu naturally reserved time for Li Ji early, postponing some of the heavy military and political affairs, reserving sufficient time for Li Ji, waiting for Li Ji's visit in the mansion.

When Li Ji arrived at the gate of Liu Yu's mansion, Liu Yu actually came out to greet him in person again, which was quite a face for Li Ji. Liu Yu even prepared a grand banquet and all kinds of singing and dancing for Li Ji.

However, Li Ji came here to discuss important matters, not to eat, drink, and have fun.

Therefore, Li Ji had to say to Liu Yu, "Lord Liu, business is important, why don't we find a quiet place to talk about breaking the贼, how about it?"

Liu Yu was slightly stunned, and then opened his mouth in great surprise.

"Could it be that in just one day, Mr. Zikun has already thought of a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Liu Yu had naturally heard from Qi Zhou about Li Ji's overnight reading of documents last night.

However, Liu Yu originally thought that Li Ji's visit tonight was to ask for some more details and make some other requests.

Therefore, what Liu Yu thought was to entertain Li Ji well, so he set up a grand banquet.

Immediately, Liu Yu reacted and, regardless of the subordinates or singers who were accompanying him at the banquet at the moment, took Li Ji and walked deeper into the mansion, directly leading Li Ji into the study.

Immediately, Liu Yu invited Li Ji to sit down and quickly asked, "Does Mr. Zikun have a way to解 Youzhou's crisis?"

"It can't be called a way, but I have some ideas."

Li Ji's eyes revealed a calm response.

Liu Yu quickly replied, "Mr. Zikun, please speak, I am all ears."

And Li Ji said unhurriedly.

"Lord Liu, since the twenty-fifth year of Jianwu (49 AD), after Hao Dan, the Wuhuan大人 of Liaoxi, and 922 others surrendered to the Han Dynasty, a large number of Wuhuan people have moved into the ten commanderies of Liaodong属国, Liaoxi, Right Beiping, Yanmen, and Taiyuan…"

"It's just that the Wuhuan are really fickle people. After the three emperors, Emperor Ming of Han, Emperor Zhang of Han, and Emperor He of Han, recuperated, the Wuhuan people living in the Han territory still maintained contact with the Wuhuan tribes on the grasslands, and repeatedly jumped horizontally between the three parties of the Great Han, the Xiongnu, and the Xianbei to help攻伐."

Liu Yu, as the Governor of Youzhou, naturally knew this very well.

In a sense, a considerable part of the Wuhuan has moved into the border areas of Bingzhou and Youzhou for more than a hundred years, but the Wuhuan has not only not been assimilated into the守户之犬 of the Great Han as originally expected.

On the contrary, after recuperating under the protection of the Great Han, the Wuhuan in the Han territory nominally submitted to the Han, while the Wuhuan outside the border nominally submitted to the Xianbei and the Xiongnu.

But in fact, the Wuhuan are similar to mercenaries, repeatedly jumping horizontally between the Great Han, the Xiongnu, and the Xianbei, to seek利益 and strengthen themselves.

Even when the Rebellion of the Western Qiang had just broken out, the imperial court also summoned 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry through the exchange of interests to resist the Western Qiang.

However, the 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry were not satisfied with the benefits given to them by the Great Han, and they had already scattered before they left Youzhou.

"That's right, Mr. Zikun is really amazing to have understood the Wuhuan so well in such a short night…"

Liu Yu nodded, praised, and then said.

"In my opinion, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were able to勾动 the Wuhuan to rebel this time, and they must have promised the Wuhuan a lot of benefits. As long as we can find a way to move the Wuhuan with emotion, reason with them, and then supplement them with利诱, presumably the Wuhuan will be able to make a wise choice between the Great Han and Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju."

"No, Lord Liu, some of my ideas are the same as yours, but they are exactly the opposite," Li Ji said.

"Hmm? Where are they the same? Where are they the opposite?" Liu Yu asked.

"Negotiation is a great way to resolve the Wuhuan crisis, but the premise isn't to appeal to their emotions or reason with them..."

Li Ji paused, then continued in a deep voice.

"The Wuhuan tribe is fickle and profit-driven. If we want them to withdraw their troops voluntarily, we must first strike them head-on to instill fear, and then lure them with some benefits to make them retreat on their own."